this is indeed if you can use live from berlin london police are under fire after clashes at a vigil for the murdered english woman sarah. there have been calls to investigate the officer's response after politicians described it as an acceptable and deeply disturbing tensions ran high at the memorial the men being held for the woman's murder is himself a member of the police force also coming up. voters in 2 german states go to the polls in the 1st test of the national mood ahead of this year's general election chancellor merkel's conservatives face blowback over their handling of the

coronavirus crisis and the scandal over pandemic profiteering. and bonus league of football buyers music shows are still the ones to beat. the travel to braman on saturday and it easily took down the home team coming away with a 31 victory. i'm exposed welcome to the program there is anger in the united kingdom over the police handling of a vigil in honor of sara ever the 33 year old woman was kidnapped and murdered allegedly by a police officer while walking home in london on march the 3rd on saturday a gathering to honor her and other victims of male violence was broken up by police citing coronavirus restrictions officers arrested 4 people.

i rage at one police officer becomes anger towards many arrests turned ugly as police attempted to enforce pandemic controls at a banned vigil the offices response drew criticism from london's mayor who said they were not appropriate or proportionate britain his home secretary has demanded an explanation from scotland yard london's metropolitan police said the event had become a public danger we absolutely did not want to be in a position where for some time action was necessary. but we were placed in this position because of the overriding needs to protect people's safety. earlier crowds had turned clapham common from a place of fear into one of defiance reclaiming the park close to where sarah ever rod went missing. i think it's important for all of us to especially as women to say unity with sara and pay our respects as well and that.

away instead and i think is important for us to all have this presence we could all be sarah. the 48 year old policeman charged with every rods kidnapping and murder appeared in court searches continued at the accused murderess home and the site where everard's body was found police collect evidence against one of their own the incident has shaken trust in the police and raised concern about women's safety everywhere. and has referred to as murder has really hit a nerve in the united kingdom to do correspondent charlotte shell some pill has more on how people there reacted to the case. you know this is a case that sent shock waves not just through the u.k. but around the world as well the boxset debates online and in people's living rooms with loved ones friends family about the fear this so many women fear when they're

walking alone experience rather as they're walking alone on the streets particularly at night there's been a real conversation about how we talk about that how we reference. aggression than and harassment that is experienced by women as well men of being brought into this conversation a lot of questions being asked including by the men themselves about how what they can do to make women feel more comfortable keep them safe on the streets. and here in germany polls have opened in 2 state elections they're being seen as the 1st major political test ahead of a general election later this year that will determine who succeeds chancellor angela merkel it's the 1st major vote since the start of the pandemic with merkel's government facing increasing criticism for its handling of the crisis and a corruption scandal involving deals for facemasks voters in the southwestern state of boston votes on both will decide whether the country's only green party state

premier can stay in power for a 3rd term in neighboring rylan pull out and pull suggest a close contest between the governing social democrats and merkel's conservative christian democrats. and with me now with me now in the studio is our political correspondent has brett hats thanks for being here looking forward to the outcome then your analysis 6 months away from the big federal race but with these 2 regional races tell us well as you just said i'm going to machall is leaving she will no longer be the chancellor in germany by the end of this year and the big question is how would her conservators perform in the polls running up to that general election in september at the moment the conservatives are struggling there on the back foot and in these 2 regions where the elections are taking place today they are not in government they're both pot and both both regions they are part of a coalition government but they're not the leaders here and the question is whether they can make gains there it doesn't really look like that at the moment as i say

they've been on the defensive so the question is how did that perform and what will the other parties do the greens for instance and about invoking back who are leading the election who leading the government there and is part of the defensiveness come from what's happening with this pandemic profiteering scandal that mark merkel's party yes indeed that's been that's a fairly recent scandal has happened it's become clear over the last couple of weeks that 2 at least 2 members of the of the central german parliament of the consulate. made hundreds of thousands of euros in deals involving hygienic mosques in the past year and the party has regarded that as a catastrophe that's the would that they've been using it's a catastrophe because it calls into question the integrity of politicians in general of that party in general that comes on top of the fact that. initially was regarded as having handled the pandemic very well and that have giving

a boost to her party in recent months there's been quite a lot of chaos about the vaccination campaign about testing strategies and so on and that has really damaged reputation the reputation of the party as well. and when the results come in later today what will be will be looking for in terms of understanding how voters intentions may have changed or remain the same the big question really is where will the protest votes go if people do test against the conservatives will that with. and there's a possibility that the far right alternative for germany could profit from that it is pushing to gain those votes as a possibility that people will simply stay away from the polls partly of protest partly because they might be concerned about the corona conditions in voting areas and then there's the question how do the greens form because they have pushed the social democrats into 3rd place and if they continue their run if they continue

staying in 2nd place we're likely to have a. coalition government between the conservatives and the greens as we have involved in britain back where the voting is happening today so those are the aspects that will be look right and just a quick last question you mentioned the pandemic may be causing people to stay home this is i think our 1st set of elections during the pandemic we're in a year into it is going to change things in any other way or has a change a campaign any other influence not from the protest. logistical problems obviously the voting is going to be controlled in a. kind of pandemic way as the voting is going to be a lot more difficult all complex and one expecting that there will be a lot more posts. some people are talking about 50 percent of the votes coming in by mail if that is the case that will delay counting and it's may also mean that the most recent scandals in fact do not have such a big impact on the votes because people voted quite

a while ago when they sent them in by mail so that would be lucky for mark on the cd you had sprint thank you for that insight and analysis we look for talking to you later. it's time now to take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. demonstrators in the united states gathered in louisville kentucky to mark one year since the killing of briana taylor whose death became a focus for black lives matter protests the medical technician was shot in her home in a botched police raid no one has been charged in direct connection with her death. bolivian police have arrested former interim president on charges of terrorism sedition and conspiracy she succeeded his interim president for a year and 2019 when he fled the country because of widespread protests against his disputed reelection and yes denounces the move as political persecution.

the leader of a group of civilian politicians ousted from in mars' government has vowed to support what he called a revolution against the military that seized power last month. speaking from hiding for the 1st time since the coup men when king tan said that this was quote the darkest moment of the nation and the moment of dawn is close at least 11 protesters were shot dead by security forces at demonstrations around the country on saturday. and david who's an activist from mandalay joins us now or not using his full name to protect his identity david thanks for joining us do people find this address from this civilian leadership is something that can actually change the situation. thank you nic i think it's a really positive message that the president has deliberate and the whole nation is . quite energetic now and also he also what the prioritizing at the

moment and what to expect in the coming moments and what to prepare. for ourselves and for the coming days. there is a curfew last night david and as you know those people still gathered in and yang gone is there some way to measure if there is still the same turnout and commitment by demonstrators as before. i would say that not just in yangon because i'm based in mannerly and i and your mom people use mostly use facebook and we can see on the news feed that it's it's almost the whole country who turn out last night we had lighted candles and chanting for democracy so now we are shifting hours east of expressing ourselves to night time so that they limit their military has limited person now so they cannot krokus dao as figure asli as the has been

during daytime so the number of people because the protesters are now are very confortable because they are just shouting and conall their homes it's easier to disperse it's easier to. do so many things we can defend ourselves in our neighbor do the military do not easily get into the neighborhoods because it's not the home ground of course so i think that this strategy going to last longer than you know gathering at the published all that was my next question i mean understand there's been a change of tactics that perhaps makes it easier to gather but it's been 6 weeks of protest dozens of people have died and the military crackdown is intensifying and if it continues to intensify well how will you respond. it's. quite frankly when we have just one message back to down we're going to protect ourselves and we're going to do stand for our lives. so if they do not

harm as we we won't do anything else will live on our we will just live peacefully but if they started harming our parents our family our neighbors there is a limit and. we will not stop the fight but if they start we will have rights to defend ourselves and we will to. thank you so much for that insight david in mandalay and for joining us once again. thank you. and it's time for some sports now in the bundesliga by a new nick have been invincible since their surprise loss to i'm shocked frankfurt in february the champions have rattled in 13 goals in 3 games since then on match day 25 it was very rare berman's turn to suffer. byron loss to frankfurt just 3 short weeks ago but the notion that the champions are vulnerable now seems quaint indeed luck to cologne and dortmund have felt their wrath since then it was blame

ins turn the hosts held out just 22 minutes before leon got scuppered by an in front. of 30 minutes later it was too no through search nobody i too must miller's delightful piece of control set up the winger to fire. the. leaven dub ski's obligatory arrived after the break because 30 seconds of the season moves him closer to the legendary go miller's record before in a single campaign this was a poacher's goal of which miller himself would have been proud. i name is nicholas through kook took a little sheen off the score line 4 minutes from time. but by and luke rampant as they move into the final straight of the title race. and you are watching news live from berlin coming up next world stories with reports from germany the u.s.

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