this is video of you news live from berlin me on my activist continue to demonstrate against the military junta despite a weekend of violence that left dozens dead. if the international condemnation following sunday's army violence in young gone and the military has imposed martial law in parts of the city. support for chancellor angela merkel c.d.u. parties slumps in 2 state elections in the wake of the coronavirus corruption scandal we take

a look at how the results might affect national elections later this year. also coming up. here on earth scientists from asteroids prominent in serious develop receive movement rosalind's i today was kidnapped by an armed man 7 years ago and is still missing w.'s investigative unit retraces her steps. as welcome to the program mia massacure the forces have again fired on pro-democracy protesters killing 5 people according to media and eyewitnesses the fatalities come a day after dozens of activists were shot dead in the country's largest city young gone the state broadcaster says the military has now imposed martial law in 6 townships in the city the country's largest the you. special envoy has called for

international solidarity with protesters and described her dismay at the deaths that occurred during the weekend. was deadly clashes continued into the night as fires burned in the streets and smoke mixed with tear gas. on the monitor groups report that over 40 people died from sunday into monday morning the bloodiest day of protests against the coup so far. on outskirts of yangon and identified attackers set fire to chinese own factories reportedly wounding multiple employees many pro-democracy protesters accuse china of secretly supporting leaders . the chinese embassy in myanmar issued a statement saying china urges me and mark to take further effective measures to stop all acts of violence punish the perpetrators in accordance with the law and ensure the safety of life and property of chinese companies and personnel in

myanmar. me on mars military shows no signs of easing the crackdowns the military declared martial law and several large districts of yangon and mandalay the country's 2 largest cities but protesters are not relenting in mandalay hundreds return to the streets on monday morning to call for the release of aung sun suu kyi and other civilian leaders arrested at the start of the coup. a court hearing was scheduled for sujit today but her lawyer reported it was postponed me and maurice deposed leader is now expecting her next hearing on march 24th. and. security forces are using lethal force more frequently now around 40 people reported killed in the latest crackdown. yes so we definitely seen an escalation in terms of the frequency of lethal crackdowns initially we would have some days where

a lot of protesters were killed and some days where security forces because i have backed off for a little bit in the last few days we have seen protesters killed every single day which definitely marks an escalation by the military and what impact doesn't on the protest movement we're seeing definitely the protests getting a bit smaller getting a bit. kind of concentrated to to really hardcore protesters we're also hearing and seeing things that indicate that the protests could get increasingly violent in terms of protesters fighting back for the 1st month these protests were completely peaceful but now that the military has started killing people in the streets i think increasingly we're going to see people defending themselves. but that's what our poll that hearing nothing else to civilian and also also that was

supposed to happen today has been in john but happened. we've been told that it was delayed due to technical difficulties seems to be difficulties that has caused itself by blacking out most vital data across the country why fight is still functioning so we're not sure why it couldn't have just been done that way but i also think this trial is it is a bit of a sideshow because. it's just going to decide the outcome itself it's not going to be decided by any type of objective judge or a legitimate court hearing. so me i'm a big name but china does play an important role in this conflict what influence does china actually how. so there are a lot of protesters you believe that that china might be secretly supporting that bhutto or literally even helped organize the coup i think that's unlikely because china now use political stability and its business interests more than anything

else and obviously this coup has been very bad for political stability and its business interests are now under threat but i do think the protesters have a valid complaint in that china has not used the huge level of influence that it has in the country to to support the protests to support the return of democracy to put more pressure on them which it definitely could be doing. journalist andrew not comes and reporting from young on for us thank you thank you. and to regional elections there were victories for the greens and the social democrats in germany. christian democrats suffered significant poll losses in the southwestern states the balance can call for a year of voting in germany culminating in national elections in september chancellor merkel is not running again but not party is concerned these election results could be

a bad omen of things to come we'll have detailed analysis from our chief political editor in a moment but 1st a look at how sunday's voting unfolded. there's no pretending it was not a bad outcome for angle america'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 barton version berg and rylan pellets in 8 states elections. coverage in rhineland collaton at home of the covert 19 vaccine developer biotech the governing center left s.p.d. retains the lead with more than a 3rd of the votes angela merkel c.d.u. ranks 2nd with over a quarter but down 4 percent on the last election and regional partners the greens have just under 10 percent bargain vuitton bag best known for carmakers 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 and celebrating that outright win in rhineland collaton 8 and 3rd place in bottom. with an eye on germany's autumn federal elections to get from by via her through souths 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 and 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 facemask procurement deals. merkel has said she will stand down at the end of her current. popularity has helped the c.d.u. 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. more on those stories let's bring in did obvious chief political editor. one senior member of america's party described the elections as a wake up call where yesterday's election results really such a surprise. yes and no the cd you did see it coming they did have this scandal over m.p.'s who had to step down because they took caps to basically connect a mosque deals to deal with also the corrosive performance of the government is not really scoring with voters at the same time these were reasonable elections and in

both cases both states went to the polls the c.d.u. are going to party had the worst results in history of the german born this couple big the republic there so that was pretty bad and as marco from bavaria put it it struck the c.d.u. c.s.u. right in the heart right in its conservative heart with many question marks now over how it can recover from this in time for those general elections you've mentioned the coronavirus pandemic germany's shambolic vaccination drive what kind of a role did down play in these elections. well it wasn't over arching issues but when you look at the breakdowns what voters were actually saying a lot of this blame was seen firmly with the central government so i think it's safe to say that this wasn't simply a vote on the corona performance although the free democrat opposition states that it definitely was so there are different views along the lines of what the current

political interests are but these are very much about the charismata of the incumbents in both states both. social democrats leader of the of the smallest state and then in bonn burton back in 5 cats one who's of this larger than life conservative figure almost within the green party so there were 2 exceptions but they do amount to what could become a rule and that's very threatening for the conservative c.d.u. that government could potentially be done without them entirely and that's really what everybody here in the conservative camp certainly is afraid of that's an interesting point looking to september's national elections option how viable is starts to form a government without the c.d.u. . well 1st of all it's democracy. but it really breaks with what the expectation was there was an expectation that yes it would be the post machall era

but that the c.d.u. remaining the only big tent party here in germany in europe almost would guarantee them access to at least being in government in fact the expectation was that they would be the stronger party this is now thrown into question and it also damages i mean last it was the new cd you also seen as the most likely still man to follow and i'm going to michael's footsteps as chancellor candidates well now he certainly is on the defensive. davina's chief political correspondent thank you for this analysis. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world afghan officials have overturned a ban imposed on girls singing in public it was a furious backlash on social media when the ban was announced last week school girl choir is a regular feature of official events in afghanistan. people in the netherlands

voting in 3 days of general elections which are seen as a test of the country's coronavirus policies the nation is under tight restrictions which are fueling public anger police broke up until lock down protests in the hague on the weekend again prime minister mark is to win another term. there's been more demonstrations in london against violence towards women this time in front of the police headquarters and it was sparked by the heavy handed police response to an earlier vigil in memory of sara ever offered a police officer has been accused of kidnapping and killing the 33 year old after she disappeared while walking home at night. allegations of rape in the australian parliament resulted in mass demonstrations across the country thousands rallied against a massage me and workplace cultures that are dangerous to women in the capital

camera people gathered to protest part of the march for justice movement is demanding and in the investigation into sexual misconduct in parliament house the prime minister's called morrison is under pressure over his handling of a series of rape allegations against politicians and staff is. joined from melbourne by a son of top star politician forcefully a center left labor party in the eastern state of victoria. thousands of women on the streets of more than 40 cities and towns was led to this. yeah well and as you know as we were discussing earlier the space and very serious allegations of not only sexual harassment you now meant but also an allegations of right so these are very very serious allegations and many women across the straley and they supported and allies are very angry and took to the streets today to protest against that. as prime minister scott morrison made

a statement about the protests in the parliament today let's listen to what he had to say sorry acknowledge the prostration and share the disappointment of what is yet not going to change just because members know if i was to gather outside these pies to die an invitation was offered to them for a meeting with me here today a good price action mr speaker but i respect their right of organizers to choose not to me. son in your party is of course opposition federally to the prime ministers how would you rate the government's handling of this file and if it's anything to guide by their reaction across a straight i mean it's an appalling response really it's not good enough women were calling for the prime minister to come out from parliament house and to make them on the forecourt which he refused to do it and it's really it's a provocative inflammatory response and it's just not good enough it's simply not good enough. so almost a decade ago former m.p.

julia gillard made a famous speech in parliament against sexism and so jenny has windeatt nothing changed in australian politics since then. yeah look at it's interesting in this speech try out for my family to situate the work really did galvanize a lot of women because it really resonated and i think. many years have passed since that speech but i think that certainly what's happened in the last he wakes has really meant for a lot of women that we can say that really things have really changed and women of calling for much much deeper commitment by our federal politicians to really stamp out six's i'm a sergeant a sexual harassment in the workplace and of course a very serious allegations involving right women have had enough it's simply not good enough and women all around us around the recalling on ethical politicians to do more and to take up insincere it seriously so it does saying that things really

haven't changed thank you for. your center left labor party i mean some state of victoria. 10 years ago today the arab spring erupted in syria in the city of daraa people talk to the streets with high hopes for greater human rights and democracy protest was triggered by the imprisonment of 15 children who had spray painted the government's slogans the regime of bashar al assad responded with a brutal crackdown in the area triggering a war that has cost thousands of lives and mass displacement of the syrian people. it started with a glimmer of hope in spring 2011 the people took to the streets of syria after watching the arab spring in other countries they decided to demonstrate for political reforms and democracy in their own country. but their story ended

differently i think. president assad's regime brutally struck down the protesters. but they fought back a rebel army formed this peaceful protesters joined forces with army does a battle lines were drawn. up one of the bloodiest conflicts of the 21st century began in syria. other world powers used the conflict for their advantage to spread their influence in the region. moscow and tehran supported a silent while the united states and turkey gave their support to the rebel troops . the assad government regained control of syria but their victory was blunted. the country lay in ruins. and it's the civilians who have suffered most

since the beginning of the war at least half a 1000000 syrians have been killed more than 6000000 syrians have left the country another 6200000 still displaced within syria more than half of them chilled. 10 years later for the people of syria peace is still unknown way away. but today we want to shine a light on the fate of one of the most prominent figures of syria's pro-democracy movement a human rights lawyer and activist. she was kidnapped by men then 2013 of her fate remains unresolved. investigative unit has been retracing her steps to learn more about events at the start of syria's bitter civil war my name is. you are from the us this. when protests erupted across syria in march 20th 11 rights activists streisand said to me was on the frontline she was key to our national efforts across the country beside her also close friends must

now we shall. we meet the human rights lawyer in paris is. be very early for me the most important aspect of president's personality is a rejection of injustice and willingness to do anything to fight injustice be. alone. when the assad regime responded with a bloody crackdown arresting thousands of activists reza make sure the world would know. she became a key supporters she had this sort of softness almost frailty to her when you met her at 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 resins sledge regime had to mask for drama a town that would later be dominated by the hardline militant group jaish and islam

. present launched women's initiatives for for the rule of law and documented human rights abuses including those committed by our travels. all that made her the competitor for jaish al islam to its control to its ideology and its desire to establish an emirate or caliphate with you nothing. rather than was targeted several times a bullet left at her doorstep and none of this letter obtained by g.w. threatening your life the words i will kill you repeated 5 times 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 i lose thousands of. so that such monsters. and repeat the same in just history. these people need to be held to account just like the regime

on december 9th 2030 in armed men stormed her office they abducted rather than 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. a little 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. it's underway by the french war crimes unit in paris and a former top official of the group has already been arrested in connection with the case marzo wish hopes that the investigation of the finally bring clarity for him

presence or absence is reminiscent of the pro-democracy movement in syria on the move this is. the fate of rozanne and her colleagues resembles that of the civil peaceful movement they try to create a moral eternity for syria. they were crushed between the regime and these islamist groups in the end of terry and as well. this to me here 8 years after resonant 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. continues to investigate the disappearance of. colleagues if you happen to have any information regarding their whereabouts or the circumstances of the abduction you can contact us securely w dot tips proton mail dot com for prizes

have been handed out to us music industry's annual grammy awards for formosa's took place in a mostly empty arena in los angeles with fans watching from outside beyonce broke the record for the most grammy wins by a female artist she appeared on stage alongside meghan the stallion to claim their shared prize for best rap song last year's big winner. picked up another prize for her song everything i wanted. well as to your football now where leipsic is the only club with a chance of denying by munich a 9th consecutive title when he was hoping for a win at home against frankfurt but only managed to draw it was their 2nd set back in recent days. after they were dumped out of the champions league by liverpool in midweek leipzig were hoping to avoid the dreaded european hangover and rack up yet

another been 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 annual forsberg meeting one nil. the swedes 6 the season made him the club's joint top scorer of a strangely modest campaign in front of goal. plate 6 title push has been built on defense that ship the fewest goals of any bindis leaders say going into this one but frankfurt phoned away through. japanese international daiichi commander made it $11.00 just up to the hour mark. then had the best chance to win the match on 67 minutes but evelyn and dick assured that frankfurt also knew a thing or 2 about defending much to use it to seems to smi. $11.00 it finished like 6 winning run is over coach. will hope that their championship chances haven't disappeared with it. games the european ambitions a boost with a win over visiting team hoffenheim those took the lead after 15 minutes the

unfortunate adams turned the ball into his own net and sasha. teenaged girls victory in the 2nd half scoring for his 7th game in a row to equal the club record stoke other now just 4 points away from the european qualification places. as the standings after match day 25 by munich gained ground on life in the title race stormont moved up at the expense of liverpool's further down below felt as state the relegation zone while. into it mindset shock a friend of the ria. if you're watching the news here's a top story of this we have all the moxie activists continues to demonstrate on monday despise a weekend of military violence that left dozens of protesters dead state media is

reporting that buffalo has been declared as in some areas whole fiasco. that's it from me and the news team up next is business update with one of the giants taking a close look at the international side of galveston bell and that's a watch.

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of the only as african swine fever spreads rapidly. hello and welcome to your business i want to johnson berlin good to have you with us indonesia the neverland's and ireland are all joining a growing list of countries pausing the distribution of the astra zeneca vaccine that following reports of blood clots in some patients the dutch organization tasked with reporting adverse drug reactions has said it has had 10 reports of incidents after vaccinations with astra zeneca now the w h o the e.u.'s medicines regulator on the maker of the job they all insist it is safe and germany too says it will continue to administer the british swedish vaccine provided there are enough doses astra zeneca has repeatedly failed to meet its vaccine deliveries target. earlier i spoke to do the obvious comrade boson and started by asking him about astra zeneca is reaction to those safety concerns. more

money statement to the press astra zeneca has said analysis of the safety data of more than 10000000 records has shown no evidence of an increased risk of palmer mary embolism or deep vein thrombosis in any defined age group batch or any of the countries where the vaccination has happened this is backed by the health authorities both the w.h.o. the world health organization also the european authorities are saying that they don't see any connection between the vaccinations and the blood clots no direct connection no causal connection but of course on the other hand everyone wants to be super careful and that's why they put the application on hold off this vaccination in those countries that you told us about right and i mean what happens then to the astra zeneca vaccine so that are not being used are they eventually

flushed down the toilet i mean this is also very costly it is and you know in many other parts of europe authorities will be happy to hear that more doses of the u.s. was america vaccine are now available let's not forget astra zeneca did not manage to deliver all of that though says it had promised at the beginning you know last year in the contract between the company and the e.u. there was talk about 300000000 doses to be delivered during the 1st 6 months of this year now all s.s.n. across says it's only going to be able to deliver 100000000 doses so it's very likely that. those cities will be anxiously awaited in other parts of europe. and that was developing as conrad was and speaking to me earlier. global arms sales have leveled off for the 1st time since the turn of the

century that is according to a study by the stockholm international peace research institute or sipri the us germany and france or weapons exports rise in the period from 2016 to 2020 compared with the previous 5 years but that growth was offset by a drop in demand for chinese and russian made arms how much of the global demand was driven by a huge growth in arms imports to the middle east with saudi arabia egypt and qatar among the big spenders and for more i'm joined now by peter these a man he's a senior researcher with the sea pre arms and military expenditure program and one of the authors of that report a very good to have you with us 1st of all what do you make of those figures in that report what does it tell us about the state of that market. it tells us that for now at least the the montana soon to stagnate it on

a certain level of course it's uncertain what will happen in the coming years as we do know that we are quite some country which have very major contracts still ongoing and waiting for deliveries for those contract so exactly how this will develop over time we'll have to see you know we see that stagnation obviously that's taken asian has taken place in some parts of the world where as you already mentioned all across the world particularly the middle east the demand has basically still been growing over the past 5 years to some so it's very diverse in what's course there's a stagnation especially now for what china and russia has to offer in their exports plummeted. well yes good for rasho they weren't really don't for china it's a slightly different story to start with but one which only we saw a very steep increase of arms exports over the past well 15 years before these 5 years then and then it kind of fell somewhat but not that much yet and there we see that china has reached a bit of

a limit as it has managed to convince countries where would you have it has close relations to acquire arms from china but of course it has not managed and will not manage most likely other states such as major importing states such as india japan australia we all see china as a military rival so that it can't really so much and they haven't read the succeeded in that one market where you would expect them to be very active in trying to sell arms and what it would also expected to be an interest in chinese arms if only to be able to diverse away from other suppliers and that is in the middle east but there china's had some success but it's still very limited how it was germany fair and in the middle east and the germany's ranking 5th. germany has its ranking phase 5th as an arms supplier own world and it has a whole range of major markets there south korea is on top but then immediately

after that we see old syria and we see each have increase an increase very much as we sabean's of major arms from germany in the past 5 years and that's maybe a little bit contradicting to what people would expect especially considering how germany has been so major we strange on arms exports to the major arms explore arms importer in the world and that is saudi arabia so despite that we still see clear increase in german arms sales to the middle east again particular to egypt to israel also and slightly outside there to algeria now your studies looking at the time period from 2016 to $222020.00 was the start of the coronavirus pandemic you have already any idea how the pandemic could impact that market. well the remarkable thing is that we see every 2020 very low level of arms exports and therefore arms imports but we're not really sure if that's really due to the

growing of fire is too to the effect of the don't demick as all of course companies have difficulties to sustain their production to deliver weapons or group considering to travel restrictions that are in place but we still believe that that particular dip for 2020 is also related to order issues which happened to go together with the pandemic for example the fact that certain relations between certain arms suppliers and we sippin to have change to launch i mention in this case the fact that tookie has fallen out as one of the major recipients of u.s. arms in the past years and hasn't found an auto supply yet so there are so many different reasons why 2020 is so low i wouldn't dare to say one is the most important one ok well thank you so much peter is a man senior researcher with the secret arms and military expenditure program thank you so much for the of your insights. welcome. and now to some of the other global

business stories making news french food giant down owner has dismissed its chairman after months of complaints about the company's poorly performing shares a man with took the helm often done no one in 2017 and butted heads with activist shareholders over social issues and layoffs shares were up in early morning trading out the news of their departure. streib is now the most valuable private startup in the us a valued at $95000000000.00 the online payment company was founded in 2010 by 2 irish brothers it drew 600000000 dollars and its latest financing round. china's economic rebound has kept going officer data shows industrial production spiked more than 35 percent on the year the biggest balance in decades while retail sales also beat expectations with almost 34 percent growth strong numbers are distorted however because they are compared to 2020 but most of china's factories were in pandemic lockdown. of the coronavirus keeps us humans on our toes for pigs it's

african swine fever and an outbreak into eastern german states has cost a dramatic drop in pork exports to asia some pic farmers are barely able to make ends meet. these pigs are destined for the slaughterhouse after spending 4 months fattening them up farmer peters says who are next to nothing for them pork sales are down because of the coronavirus and an outbreak of african swine fever has led to a collapse in exports to asia. current market prices are not enough to sustain his farm long term. deal it's more not in the last few months things got dramatically worse because we were getting one euro $2110.00 for a human gram of live weight that just about covers the cost of feet but nothing else. to do of course it turns to was. since last fall authorities have been

discovering infected wild boars in the eastern german states of saxony and brandenburg the animals died from african swine flu the virus which cannot be passed on to humans entered the country from poland the outbreak prompted authorities to install a series of electric fences on the border in order to stop wild boars from entering . kilometers of additional wire mesh fencing with an added hunters are killing more wild boars too thanks to these measures the disease has not yet spread beyond saxony and brandenburg. the result has led to regional differences among pig farmers in germany. large scale operations in western states have been largely unaffected by african swine flu and have been able to sell their

produce to countries like vietnam singapore and thailand. doesn't exist this is really important for germany because in asian countries they consume the parts of the pig that we don't like to eat like ears knuckles cheek awful and fat. speckled set. back to pay does eagles farm well the price of pork is rising slightly again he says he's done he's reducing the number of pigs he holds and he wants to rent out the freed up space and storage was the college english news is my colleagues tell me that you can actually earn more wrenching your study out than by keeping pigs in it that really stings. at the same time he cannot imagine giving up pig farming entirely right now he still has 2500 pigs to take care of. and just to show that movies can

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story we are trying always to understand this new culture. another visitor nothing yet you want to become a citizen. in for migrants your platform for reliable information. this week on world stories. new hope for migrants in the u.s. . women are fighting in militias in congo. but we begin in germany where the world's 1st criminal trial on torture in syria has taken place 1st verdicts have been announced for the bereaved families of the victims it is just the beginning. there always fresh flowers next to add

a must if is portrayed. he disappeared in syria 8 years ago the few remaining photos of him at all his daughter was 1st most precious possessions she's looked at them if hours and times trying to conjure up his presence the day it happened was a way her mother then living in northern syria was on her way to visit her husband in damascus they hadn't seen each other in months 15 minutes before she arrived she called and said i need to 15 i'll be there in 15 so he said that i clean the how everything is perfect and i'm just waiting for you'll. see our 15 minutes later she i've. she called him and he never responded oh oh. you know i mean for the day i was like this is according to neighbors armed men had

come to take the midst of her away. her mother and sisters had to flee syria one week later and leave him behind they still don't know anything about what happened to him. that i actually survived by leaving syria and not getting killed there maybe i have physically survived somehow war you cannot just get used to the fact that you lost your dad in one second you know you cannot just use to this. get used to the fact that he just disappeared for nor isn't. wafa his father is one of 130000 people who have gone missing in syria investigators believe most of them were disappeared in bashur prisons a german court has now convicted one former syrian intelligence officer for his role in the torture of prisoners in syria another office is trial is still ongoing when the trial began held

a vigil in front of the courthouse. i live in mind myself and i remind the whole word every day that my dad was political was against a dream he only demanded freedom justice and the state of law and for that reason he's been disappeared for almost 80 years now and this is not acceptable i'm not going to be silent about. what for feels at home in berlin but says she could see herself eventually returning to syria and rebuilding the country in the meantime it's important for her to be in germany at this historic moment we are working our best. because you cannot dismiss and decide anything about us without us. u.s. president joe biden's plans to reform a solemn laws are giving hope to many of them seekers who are reaching mexican

comes to enter america. every morning got some rice crosses to bridge over the rio grande that to mexico her daily mission is to help refugees to get to the other side as immigrants re fair to the united states on this site people already know her and are called somebody asking for her help. now there is a possibility again to offer a person who is being persecuted and who has a life threat to apply for asylum. after 4 years suborder is finally opening again for immigrants qualifying for asylum many of them have been waiting in mexico for years under inhumane circumstances this is what our role as a people that care about their circumstances. and they need to know that presence of the fact that they're not alone. this is why

he is here to guide them and assist them in the process these immigrants came together 2 years ago and created the informal refugee camp. ever since they refused to move insisting to stay as close as possible to the united states they came from haiti central america and also from parts in mexico where criminality is high. a total of $25000.00 immigrants seeking asylum have been stuck in mexico for years president biden said ministration has now allowed them to wait for the hearings in the united states. for them. this is the culmination of years of waiting and for sister norma it's an honor to be part of it and screen care the most so yeah because once you finally this is so beautiful i'm tired it has been a day full of emotions and very exhausting and to free them with these families they have suffered a lot and now the united states is opening its doors for them. but i

was. once on a u.s. side n.g.o.s are taking care of them around 99 percent have family members or friends living in the united states but this is not the end of their trip. this long journey is just starting the goal it's not here yet in this they are meanwhile on the mexico side of the border more families who are forced to flee iraq big hoping that the new biden administration will let them in at the moment. we are in there for my family and i we had to scape because they said they want to kill us. as long as the root of the problem is not address the increase of criminal activity in mexico and central america is still going to force families to abandon their hopes. the eastern democratic republic of congo is proved by rival militias. women are

movies rebel fighters running of them experienced abuse as teenagers. we are on foot the beauty of the landscape cannot distract from the constant fear of kidnap of being caught up in fighting. as soon as we get close the rebel militia sends an escort to take us to that base. one of them is mama for either she joined the militia almost 20 years ago after another group attacked her village the man killed her parents with machetes 6 of them raped her she was just 15 she'd already been married the same group that killed her husband. she would take it and i felt defeated my life had defeated me i saw what they had done to me and how they killed my family i couldn't continue my life like it had been i mean really so i decided

to become a fighter and drive them out of what was a. given the chance she'd shoot them on the spot she says when a former teacher began recruiting people to take revenge she joined him many in her group survived similar trus it is it's a militia of traumatized damaged young people. they killed my father they killed everyone in my family that's the only reason i became a fighter. terry bench and survival they control around 20 villages in the area security for food in a deal they say is consensual but we saw local people running in fear from them the idea of consent is complicated for everyone. it's only when we are alone that mamma

says this. i hear that other people run away from the group but i think how can i run i have no one to help me i have no land i have no one who could help me build a life. and you know. she would like to trade her gun for the life she had before as a farmer in english if they were my shop they are i would have had a good life with my husband one like other people have but that was taken away from me 7 o'clock. now she pours what hope she has in her children that they will have choices one day. responded to me coronavirus cases with drugs restrictions are fairly relaxed the spanish capital is becoming the new favorite destination of lockdown we return from all over europe. meeting friends and enjoying drinks

in the sun a rare pastime these days but possible in madrid and that's why the spanish capital has become a refuge for young tourists from france it's so so depressing being in a country that is nothing's open it's gloomy all day you have to be back there's a curfew it at 6 you can even see your friends there are no cafes there's no you know you can't sit down with anyone you literally can't do anything in france. in madrid coronavirus restrictions are less strict than in other parts of europe and negative p.c.r. test was enough for n.z. to demand t.v. to come here she didn't have to quarantine and also brought a friend i come here there's there's friends there is. it's amazing it's a dream come true. i dreamed that theodore stark and i you could be have also pursued the students live in germany and are spending a few days here they planned the trip with friends knowing that germany has advised

its population to avoid travelling tyrus countries. somehow you feel bad if you travel because other people are self isolating and you're not supposed to travel at the moment. but i don't think you can stay at home for a whole year either. we want to see the world while we're in the prime of our lives . during the day the students explore the city in the evenings they stay at home they say they feel safer keeping to themselves others feel differently madrid's police sometimes have to break up illegal parties held after curfew with participants ignoring current contact restrictions which is ideal for this bridge of the virus this party was organized by french tourists. illegal parties also worry dr laura sons in the end they all contribute to more

infections. that get in america so we already have to be very careful with family members and in our everyday lives unnecessary contact has to be avoided it. the young people we met this afternoon in madrid think both can work being responsible and enjoying the freedoms of life we do all the p.c.r. test and everything we wear the mask when we have to we don't want to bother spanish people you know we just want to leave again and in france we're going to do that from now madrid as one of the few cities in europe that still lives some leeway that can change at any time.

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is the w. news live from berlin. activists continues demonstrate against the military junta despite a weekend of violence that left dozens dead. has been international condemnation following sunday's army violence in the ongoing military has imposed martial law in parts of the city. also on the show support for chancellor merkel sunni parties slumps and 2 state elections.