this is news coming to you live from berlin international condemnation as myanmar's military junta imposes martial law in young gone following another day of army. dozens of protesters were killed in one of the deadliest days since the military coup activists planned more democracy rally also coming up support for transfer i'm going to use slumps to state elections in the wake of a coronavirus corruption scandal we take

a look at how the results by the national elections later this year plus. minus. you heard this from the us this problem in syria's democracy movement. today it was kidnapped by armed men 7 years ago and is still missing investigative units retrace his steps. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us it's been a weekend of violence and killing in myanmar as protests continue against military coup shots were fired at protesters in or dozens of people were killed by security forces more deaths were reported in other parts of the country it brings the death toll to more than $100.00 since the n.t. q demonstrations began. state media reporting that martial law has been declared in

some areas despite threats protesters say they will continue their resistance. a group of protesters charged the well armed military jointer on the streets of young gone armed with just sticks and knives the result tragic sunday's one of the bloodiest days of protests in me and since the military coup began reports suggest dozens of protesters died state run media said a police officer was also killed in the clashes and announce that the military was declaring martial law into young dawn townships more deals are now in a state administrative council gives the younger one regional commander it mistreated and judicial martial law power over the 2 towns ships and young gone region this will enable the young on military command to enforce security in force the rule of law and ensure tranquillity more effectively. the move came after china

called on me and mine to protect chinese interests and people in the country after reports to chinese financed businesses were set on fire by unknown attackers many protesters believe china is giving support to the me and my military. off to 6 weeks of demonstrations protest is refused to give up despite the obvious threat to their own safety and many feel like a weight to those who have already died. but. i saw the fallen heroes give their lives i don't want them to think that i am afraid and just want to stay at home and going out on the streets as a citizen and as a woman so that i can stand on the side of justice. i mean i did. that with the death toll drastically rising it's hard to say how long these protest is will be able to hold out oh. let's get the latest from journalist andrew

not concerned he is in young gone andrew security forces are using lethal force they are more and more around 40 people were reported killed in the latest crackdown what do you impact is this having on the protest movement well 'd yesterday was the deadliest day of crackdowns so far and these increasing massacres are kind of having that dual effect yes they're making protesters more scared to go out on the street but they're also making people angry or degree or were increasingly seeing protesters are with swords and other weapons so i think these lethal crackdowns are going to be effective turning what was peaceful protests into people actually starting to fight back china is a player here china is myanmar's neighbor to the north hugely influential in the country what is china playing in this conflict.

so there are a lot of protesters who believe that china directly supported the coup i think that's very unlikely just because i don't like stability there their business interests are threatened by the political chaos gripping the country right now but certainly i think the protesters are right to believe that china should be doing more to put pressure on them into they've basically said you know this is an internal affair and kind of taken a step back and i think if china were to apply more pressure it probably could be productive in solving the political crisis. thank you very much that was journalist andrew nothing in young go thank you. well here in germany to regional elections victories for the greens and the social democrats but everyone is talking about the losers not the winners. christian democrats suffered significant poll losses in 2 southwestern states the ballots kicked off a year of voting in germany culminating in the national elections in september

chancellor merkel's not running again now her party is concerned that these election results could be a bad omen i'll speak to one c.t. lawmaker in a moment but 1st let's look at how the party is reacting to sunday's defeat there's no pretending it was not a bad outcome for the angle of michael's conservatives. to put it bluntly this is not a good election evening for the c.d.u. we would have wished for different and better results in the body but i'm right in the states elections coverage to enron and that's an at home of the code 19 vaccine development by in tech the governing sense in left s.p.d. retains the lead with more than a 3rd of the votes in the medical c.d.u. ranks 2nd with over a cool but down 4 percent on the last election and regional partners the greens have just under 10 percent. budden vuitton bag best known for comic is porsche and

miss avies sees the greens the main governing party increase their vote share to just under a 3rd their coalition partners the c.d.u. again lose votes but retain nearly a quarter share. so it was a good night for the greens. this is true and this is a super start to this major election year and we will hopefully be able to capitalize on this momentum going forward of. the s.p.d. the main coalition partners in the federal government the senate bracing that outright win in rhineland pellets in it and 3rd place in bottom. with an eye on germany's autumn federal elections to get from biden via her through south's give a clear indication that a governing coalition could be formed in germany without the c.d.u. this gives momentum for the federal election and potentially for getting into the

chancellor's office a national government without medical c.d.u. would be a massive political shift the party was already under pressure following a corruption scandal involving conservative politicians profiting from face must be kim and deals merkel has said she will stand down at the end of her current. popularity has helped to see do you wind power in the last 4 federal elections but the conservatives have yet to decide on who will be their candidate for chancellor in september for some reaction now we're joined by telephone matia he's a member of germany's parliament the bonus talk representing the conservative c.d.u. party and joins us from prague our thanks for being with us this morning mr marshall your party used to be the dominant force in your home state of boston for a while back now support for the c.d.u. there has dropped to just 24 percent how do you celt for that slump.

now in fact it's a dark day for the christian democrats not only inviting them back also and run on a lead in aid and i think in all germany and but what is the reason the reason is that and both bob and didn't back and dry land and let in aid we have missed the presidents that out very popular that are very close to the people that talk their language that out pragmatic and not ideological so these 2 are quite different from the national parties the green and the social democrats and that is the reason why they were solicitous full in these 2 lend of britain back. let's look at the nevertheless we have had a big go ahead. the national picture. is interesting because. we see that in rana and that innate there is a government of us social democrats green and that is interesting the liberals the liberals that stand for economic strength and growth just that stand for low

taxes and that basically would not be thought to be a member of such a correlation and now this might be also. at chance for them to have a government in the national elections together with the green and the social democrats and therefore that city will must show again that they are the integrative bake option of body i want to ask you about the c.d.u. of looking at the september election on the national level what do you think that your party needs to do at this point to improve its fortunes particularly in light of the mask procurement scandals. well. our faction has already taken the strict measures to give more transparency of. private business activities of members of parliament i think they have

transparency is needed to give back. what what people need done by distrust and policy and that is one thing but more important i think is that this c.d.o. gains again the force of a popular party and that means that we need to integrate the we need to integrate both economic strength and ecological. measures climate protection we need to integrate all parts of the society we need. to give those who need social support a boot a good perspective we need digitize ation awful a society and that is where we need fresh wind in our ok the greens they're the strongest party in your home state they have been for a while they seem to be getting

a lot of support at the moment that you think they can duplicate their success at the national level. it would be difficult because you have to see that been freed on mr president and bob written back is quite conservative he loves even diesel cars something which the green on the national level 8 he loves to speak the language of the people he has no he doesn't like at all politically correct and that is also what the green hate in the national party so he is not if you are logical is very close to the people and it will be very interesting to see whether the green at the mesh no political leverage can call this and whether they really want to be a part the for the center society for the center middle class or whether they would stick to their ideological way misapply marshall thank you very much for talking with us that was much on from the cd a member of germany's bonus toth thank you so much. now let's

take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today people in the netherlands are voting in 3 days of general elections which are seen as a test of that country's coronavirus policies the nation is under tight restrictions at the moment which is fueling public anger police broke up and down protests in the hague on the weekend prime minister mark ruta is tipped to win another term. and another has become the latest country to suspend its roll out of the us resent a coven $1000.00 vaccine while gary of denmark ireland and norway have stopped giving the shot following imports of an increased risk of blood clots by seneca and the world health organization insist there is no risk. thousands of people are rallying in australian cities calling for an end to violence against women for the march for justice movement is demanding a public investigation into sexual misconduct within australia's parliament it

follows a series of rape allegations against politicians and staffers. the police chief of london is rejecting calls for her resignation many londoners want chrissy the dic to step down after officers reacted by want to people who had gathered in memory of a woman who died at the hands of a police sarah went missing on march 3rd while walking home serving london metropolitan police officer has now been charged with her murder. a sea of flowers at this memorial for the marriage sarah ever at it's a scene of both anguish and anger. just one night before police broke up an unauthorized vigil everard's on a siding coronavirus restrictions images of police roughing up female protesters as they tried to disperse the crowd has caused public outcry several u.k.

leaders have called for an investigation london's top police official preceded dick has faced calls to resign but she's refused and reiterated that the vigil was unsafe and had to be dispatched as far as i can see my vote this is no unlawful gathering which poses a considerable risk to people's health according to the regulations. really invidious position for most of the fine. but they. moved try to explain to people and goes with people to get people to disperse there for some the problem of the police goes much deeper than this one of and the leader of britain's women's equality party told d.w. the police have a lot of work to do to eliminate what she called institutional massaging i would also open up a conversation we in women who feel betrayed by the police so that police get an understanding of what it's like and what to be a woman in the city hoping that the police who protect them and use that to and all

the strategies and culture change there is desperately long overdue within that institution the merrow sara ever it has unleashed a wave of anger and a demand for change the doesn't look like it will be subsiding any time soon. you're watching the news still to come. football at leipsic losing ground in the title race horse show you what west brom. but 1st 10 years ago today the arab spring erupted in syria in the city of daraa people took to the streets with high hopes for human rights and democracy but the resume of bashar al assad responded with a brutal crackdown triggering a war that has cost thousands of lives today we're shining a light on one of the most prominent figures of syria's pro-democracy movement human rights activist rosin zeitoun she was kidnapped by armed men in 2013 and her

fate remains unresolved w.'s investigative unit has been retracing her steps. my name is. you are from the us this was. when protests erupted across syria on march 20th level rights activist rosin said to me i was on the frontline she was key to revolutionary efforts across the country beside her also close friend martin del wish. we meet the human rights lawyer in paris is. because. for me the most important aspect of president's personality is a rejection of injustice and her willingness to do anything to fight injustice. when the assad regime responded with a bloody crackdown arresting thousands of activists rather than they'd surely the

world would know. she became a q swears she had the sort of softness almost frailty to when you matter of the beginning and you like how she doing this very dangerous job and then as soon as you spoke to her you immediately discovered the sort of steely courage and principles. in 2013 resin fledge regime had to mask was for duma a town that would later be dominated by the hardline militant group jaish and islam . present launched women's initiatives forth for the rule of law and documented human rights abuses including those committed by our troubles. all that made her and petted her for jaish al islam to its control to its ideology and its desire to establish an emirate or caliphate. rather than was targeted several times the bullet left at her doorstep and none of this letter

by d.w. threatening her life the words i will kill you repeated 5 times i trusted confidante. not him who are asked to leave tomorrow she responded the next day saying i am not going to move we did not do a revolution. thousands of souls so that such monsters can come and repeat the same in just history. these people need to be held to account just like the regime. on december 9th 20 cities in armed men stormed her office they abducted rozanne together with her husband and 2 fellow activists after years of investigation human rights lawyer wish and his team are confident that jaish al islam are responsible they gave us exclusive access to their findings. of the additional witness statements we collected in syria and turkey corroborate that reson was held by the

islamists before the trail goes cold. we've confronted high ranking members of jaish al islam but they strongly denied any involvement in the abduction however the judicial investigation is underway by the french war crimes unit here in paris and a former top official of the group has already been arrested in connection with the case martin the wish hopes that the investigation will finally bring clarity for him residents absence is reminiscent of the pro-democracy movement in syria. the fate of rozanne and her colleagues resembles that of the civil peaceful movement that tried to create a moral eternity for syria. they were crushed between the regime and these islamist groups in a bed in the end of terry and as well as. the. 8 years after iran and her colleagues disappeared their fate remains one of the great

mysteries of the revolution but friends and relatives have not given up hope that one day they will know the truth. joining me now from ball is louis sanders from the w.'s investigative unit lois it's been more than 7 years. and her colleagues disappeared have you found any trace of. that's a tough question because there are credible credible indications following her abduction that she was held for a number of years to life now so you know we've collected a lot of information over the past couple weeks and you know part of this process includes the you know there are also false leads and part of our job is to go through and sparse and determine which ones are credible and which ones are relevant to our investigation in determining what happened to resign zaytuna her husband and her colleagues now i would like to mention that one of the crucial moment her abduction happens in a crucial moment it's duma it's 22013 there are several armed groups vying for

power in this moment and yet one of the strongest is j. shows which had which was instrumental in a campaign targeting resume to know and so that's all to say that ahead of us we have a lot of work you know to do. what made you decide to investigate what happened tonight. well tonight is one of the most prolific figures of the syrian revolution and was absolutely crucial to early revolutionary efforts to to you know establish democratic structures in syria and so she's kind of this towering figure you know even in one of our previous investigations her name comes up a name her work that she did at that time continues to inform criminal cases human rights case she is cases to this day and so finding out what happened to her and her colleagues is absolutely crucial to understanding what happened to the pro-democracy movement in syria which was basically sidelined between you know the

assad regime on one hand and some of these more hardline groups on the other and we heard in your report that you know i was up against a group called jaish. you mentioned and the french authorities are investigating the group why france. well it's important to say that you know one of their senior ranking figures decided to go study in france received a student visa and as soon as they found out that he was there you know interested parties filed a lawsuit not only against him but also against the group in general and to the fact that he was in france a lot of french authorities to arrest this man now it's also worth mentioning you know that the group. has been accused of international crimes including crimes against humanity and torture of civilian detainees and so this is all part of

a kind of a larger case in france and the reason why that's a little bit different you know french authorities could have done more without someone you know within their jurisdiction whereas in germany for example you know a court case can happen with crimes against humanity for example that would happen outside of their borders. today marks the 10 anniversary of the syrian revolution which has been turned into a full blown war of course is there anything left of the arab spring spirit in syria well after 10 years of conflict you know we have spoken to many people within this investigation and you know despite the chaos despite the hundreds of thousands of deaths despite the millions displaced despite the complete destruction of cities you know a lot of the people that we have spoken to say you know we still have hope we still believe in a democratic syria and you know we still believe that even in this dark tunnel

there's a light at the end of it. was thank you so much that was w.'s louis sanders. d.w. continues to investigate the disappearance of rosa inside tuna and her colleagues and if you have any information regarding their whereabouts or the circumstances of their abduction you can contact the securely at d.f.w. dot tips at proton mail don't call. now prizes have been handed out at the us music industry's annual grammy awards performances took place in a mostly empty arena in los angeles with fans watching from outside the on say broke the record for the most grammy wins by a female artist she appeared on stage alongside meagan 3 stallion to claim their shared prize for best rap soul last year's big winner billie picked up another prize for her song everything i wanted now sits in the

bundesliga leipzig is the only club with a chance of denying by a munich a 9th consecutive title when it was hoping for a win at home against frankfurt but they only managed a draw it was their 2nd set back in recent days after they were dumped out of the champions league by liverpool in midweek lights were hoping to avoid the dreaded european hangover and yet another good does legal win to keep their title challenge on track after a goal as 1st half the hosts got off to a flyer in the 2nd i mean forsberg needed one. this weed's 6 that the season made him the club's joint top scorer of a strangely modest come pain in front of goal. 6 title has been built on defense that ship the fewest goals of any bindis league aside going into this one put front foot the way through. japanese international daichi come out of meeting $11.00 just up to the hour mark. quite secret and have the best chance to win the match on 67 minutes but if the frankfurt also know

a thing or 2 about defending the use of cool seems to me. $11.00 it finished like 6 winning run is over. well hope that their championship chances haven't disappeared with that. you're watching t w news up next monica jones with business i'm terry martin thanks for watching.

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