and as you know insisting there's just simply no evidence that it's vaccine causes increased risk of blood clots yet a number of countries mostly northern european countries have suspended the use of the vaccine. so i think we must say festival it's extremely important right in situations like this of ours to take them very seriously have a look at potato very carefully before jumping to conclusions. we've come into this pandemic through decades of people listening to conspiracy theories around the risk of oxys present because to other diseases so any kind of wrong message it's actually going to be very impactful especially in an effort to try and push back against this bill that so it's really really important that we give clear concise and carefully so topless or so in that respect i fully support to the session of any law to stop of a book

a tactic to consideration the data now although they tell what we know is that 17000000 people of received this boxing and 37 people have developed these protocols of corresponds to point 0002 percent of actually anybody who has been vaccinated getting a blood clot and you would probably agree with me that the risk of getting a blood clot is actually. 100 times more or less the risk of actually time for a court of arse if you get to get the full 2 to basically be afraid of something that may happen because of the boxing in order to protect ourselves from something else that can be much more harmful to your alone to decide to people whether or not they should take the bus but of course and i just i find the question is sorry sir for interview because we have very limited time together and i'd like to get as many answers from you as possible you know obviously yes the chance is very slim

that one will get a blood clot but if you happen to be that one person have to like that is of course not ideal in terms of astra zeneca it's been it's been blocked by trust issues not so much in its vaccine but in terms of the deal that kind of did when he went wayward with the e.u. you know what can astra zeneca do at this stage to restore confidence in its product. look i don't work for the public relations department of us because under calm here as a scientist to express my opinion my learned opinion about the risk that's presented by this vaccine and i'm going to put it this way if some to came to me through the door right now said to me is that action will you take it i would say yes please because i'm in the queue to come into the box at the end of april and that's too far away as far as i'm concerned i would take it straight away i would even give it to my 4 year old child even though this is not being tested on

children this is how confident i feel similarly about the risk presented by these so called blood clots blood clots happen in the population randomly there's a specific number out there that you can look up which we got with regards to the frequency it looked lots in the general population people have received the vaccine seem to be twice less likely to get the blood clots overall so from that perspective there is no risk we really need to make the above and fully clear your joining us sir from the u.k. where as i understand astra zeneca is widely used share with us some of the experience that the u.k. has had with this particular inoculation. well can i say obviously many people would have preferred to receive one of the vaccines to have a generally slightly higher percentage of effect i say but it still is a very efficacious fox and we have all of us and the proof that it is for decades but i'm nowhere near as a fictitious us this foxy and as

a result of thought. there should be no concern no hesitancy about receiving the as a percentage correction the only dividual start. who should be a bit more careful of the people with very strong ologies and this is just something general for all medications i'm sure at last and you went to the doctors on their day of your prescription they asked you are you allergic to anything so if you are allergic to something you need to tell the doctor before you get any boxes just this box and a lot of them are iraq says it's actually important that we think about the common good and how we can but as individuals to support society and the economy in general. he viola just and associate professor at northumbria university in the u.k. and molecular biologists thank you for sharing your expertise with that. you have a look. at some other developments now on the pandemic the developers of russia's sputnik v.

vaccine say companies in germany france italy and spain have a great help produce the jav it hasn't officially been approved in the e.u. yet though meanwhile i.c.u. doctors here in germany are urging an immediate return to a partial lockdown because of covert 1000 mutations germany has seen a rise in infections since gradually easing measures late last month and half of italy's regions have gone into a strict lockdown it's because of a new spike in corona virus infections authorities say hospital admissions are beyond manageable. voters also here in germany have handed chancellor merkel's ruling conservatives a stinging defeat in 2 regional elections on sunday voters in the states of bonn britain burg and riaa land collaton it turned their backs on the city new in record numbers and a leading city un peu will give us his take on the elections in just a moment 1st we have this report germany super election year began badly for

chancellor merkel's conservatives in 2 regional elections they significantly lost support among voters the c.d.u. is in crisis one day later in berlin the frustration was crystal clear among the party leadership. we can clearly say that the regional election result disappointing for the c.v. you. shouldn't an election result is always a wake up call anyone who does not take note of election results who simply ignores them simply not understood the meaning of an election the c.d.u. was probably punished by voters for the painfully slow coronavirus vaccine rollout nationwide. a facemask procurements condo involving conservative lawmakers only made things worse. but one party's loss is another party's gain after winning the election in the wealthy state of body to back the greens were in triumphant mode on monday in schism overall we see that momentum for the greens continues we are

starting the super election year strongly the trend of recent years is being borne out in 2021 to photos and i know it's fun to watch similarly the social democrats were eager to highlight their victory in the state of ryan and polite innit. the election result especially in ryan. is giving a boost to the social democratic party as a whole and. we want to use the upswing to help ensure that we can lead a future federal government and provide as a german chancellor income slid up on the subject or trunk stand there to regional vote and not necessarily a preview of what will happen in september when all germans go to the polls but they do provide clues about what voters throughout the country want what problems they see what parties they like and about what coalitions might be possible at a federal level for the c.d.u. it particularly they are also

a stark warning they have 6 months to recover before their biggest challenge whether they can hold on to power without time 11 o'clock. are a term we are now joined by patrick sounds very good who represents the city you in the german parliament and we'd like to welcome him and get his reaction so we just saw some very high level members of your party reacting reactions ranging from disappointing to this is a wake up call how much trouble is your party. i'm it's so really disappointing the results are really bad for us in this both regional elections. enough so we're really not satisfied by the result you must know that the 2 candidates who were prime ministers in this states they were strong so we had a kind of feeling that the results were not so good but it's quite unset exciting and it is a wake up call that we have to make our homework we have problems with the rollout

of the vaccination and we have to decide or issue about chancery who is our candidate for chancellor i mean that is of course part of the explanation that you see why you had such disappointing or results in those are 2 states to what extent has the recent scandal involving m.p.'s from your party using their political positions to personally profit from people purchases made it look as if they are serving themselves rather than the people how much of a role has that played in this at all i think it influences the decision of course but we know that 2 thirds of the decision is basically dismayed by regional issues there were strong prime ministers in the country's high quality of voters who voted with their votes before the election day by letters so i think it is an issue and it is a quite a big issue for the whole party but it wasn't so dramatic in this 2 elections i

said wasn't that dramatic nevertheless there is some soul searching going on and people are talking about how to you know get a quick fix to the problems facing the c.d.u. with only 6 months to go to national elections you know how do you see this being resolved. i think we have to solve our problems in the issue of roll out of vaccination we have to give the people a feeling when shops can be open study what's about the tourism what's about hotel and restaurants so we have to given them a perspective i think that's what people want specially before the easter holiday and we have a conservative party we have to announce our candidate for chancellery we have to find a clear position for all the questions of the people so we have to do our homework very quick now has the city you lost touch with the electorate i don't think so

we are still the party with. the most candidates and delegates in rural areas so we have lots of contact but we have to not just to hear the questions we have to solve the problems the main problems are the problems with. make we have to solve lots of problems of with our business in the future and the main issue actually days it's the vaccination rollout that's much too slow and we have to be faster and find a better solution on this issue but of course mrs burke at the c.d.u. has been in power for a very very long time has the time come for the c.d.u. to hand over the reins take some time out from being in government and give another party the chance to be in charge because maybe the electorate is ready for change. i don't see that it's time for a change i think that the conservative party covers

a lot of issues if we see the whole program and the whole issues that are important for our country from the economy to agriculture to future issues like electricity energy. so we have lots of issues where my party has got solutions so a lot of things are focused knowledge because this hour. the european union said it will take legal action against the u.k. government after it announced it will unilaterally extend the grace period for braggs it the u.s. says london's decision to delay imposing customs checks on food deliveries to northern ireland amounts to a violation of the northern ireland protocol. primary school students and their teachers have been kidnapped at gunpoint in nigeria the incident happened in the state of could do now and the 5th such abduction in the region since december armed men also attempted to see students in the same region over the

weekend. i was going to the shows have overturned a local ban and host on girls singing in public in the capital kabul on there was a furious backlash on social media when the band was announced last week schoolgirl choirs are a regular feature of the social events in afghanistan. we turn our attention now to me and mara security forces have again fired on pro-democracy protesters killing at least 5 people according to media and i would misses the fatalities come a day after dozens of activists were shot dead in the country's largest city on the state broadcaster says the military has now imposed martial law on 6 districts and the city the u.n. special envoy for me and mark called for international solidarity with the protesters was deadly clashes continued into the night as fires burned in the streets and smoke mixed with tear

gas. from a monitor groups report that over 40 people died from sunday into monday morning the bloodiest day of protests against the coup so far. on the 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 2 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 all. son suchi

and other civilian leaders arrested at the start of the coup today a court hearing was scheduled for sujit today but her lawyer reported it was postponed me and mars deposed leader is now expecting her next hearing on march 24th 6. today we are shining a light on the plight of one of the most prominent figures of syria's pro-democracy movement human rights lawyer and activist resigns a toonie she was kidnapped by on-demand back in 2013 and her fate remains unresolved w.'s investigative unit has been retracing her steps my name is. you are from the oscars thanks. when protests erupted across syria in march 20th level rights activists streisand said to me was on the frontline she was key to revolutionary efforts across the country beside her also close friends

martin doul we shall. we meet the human rights lawyer in paris is. really. for me the most important aspect of president's personality is a rejection of injustice and willingness to do anything to fight injustice be. i when the assad regime responded with a bloody crackdown arresting thousands of activists rather than make sure the world would know. she became a key stores she had the sort of softness almost frailty to her when you met her at the beginning and you like how is 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 them ask 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 caliphate. rather than was targeted several times a bullet left at her doorstep and none of this letter obtained by d.w. threatening her life the words i will kill you repeated 5 times i trusted confidant not him who are asked to leave duma she responded the next day say i am not going to move we did not do a revolution i lose thousands of. so that such monsters. and repeat the same unjust history. these people need to be held to account just like the regime on

december 9th 20 so teen 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. 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 presence absence is reminiscent of the pro-democracy movement in syria.

the fate of rozanne and her colleagues resembles that of the civil peaceful movement the trying to create a moral eternity for syria. they were crushed between the regime and these islamist groups in tibet in the end of the route 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. and that was very special reporting there and character is here with me in the studio now she is part of the investigative unit a very harrowing account there bigot it's been more than 7 years since resigned zaytuna disappeared along with her colleagues. not to dampen any hopes that are out there but really realistically what are the chances that they will still be found alive.

that is very tough to answer. i mean there are credible. indications suggesting that she will sell the life some years after the abduction of her her colleagues and her husband but part of our work now is to follow up on this leads because it is challenging there are a lot of wrongly it's out there so we're still investigating the case and we're trying to find witnesses because it's important in a way to shed light on. state because this also explains a little bit what has happened to the democratic movement in syria they were in the ends trap between the. regime and the rebel forces who in a way kitchenette the revolution and followed their own islamist agenda now you just reported as we saw in that report that you did resign zaytuna was up against a group called. slam who are they tell us about them there are one of the

most powerful armed opposition groups and their mostly fist leaders who are repeatedly part of international peace talks so they they are well known they fought against the assad regime they fought against isis but that they also forward against competing rebel groups and by doing this they reportedly committed grave human rights violations they are. we talk about forced disappearance we're talking about torture so it's important to see what these groups have been down who were in peace talks and it's important also to remember that these groups us to operational so it's not only the past they are still operating in the north east of syria and they are supported by nato member turkey as well that complicates matters

a considerably it's been 10 years since the syrian revolution we were talking just before we came on air minutes shocking just to think of all the things that has transpired since the arab spring. in terms of you know is there anything left from that pro-democracy movement that was so vibrant at the start of the arab spring in syria. there is something left and that is in a way hope despite of the brutal war despite of hundreds of thousands of victims despite all fall. millions of refugees not to one of the syrians we have been talking to over the last weeks said it was a failure or it was a mistake to start the revolution so they've still hope that there will be one day this democratic and. peaceful syria they have been fighting for even if it's in some years or even decades in the country of course severely broken out all right

thank you so very much bigger for your insights. and as you heard g.w. is continuing to investigate the disappearance of rezai toony and her colleagues if you know anything about their whereabouts or the circumstances of their abduction or if you have any other information you can contact contact us securely d.w. dot tips at proton mail dot com. one or might you know of the top stories that we're tracking for you this hour. germany has suspended the use of astra zeneca its coronavirus vaccine over concerned it could cost blood clots the country is the latest of several european nations to halt the vaccines roll out on the world health organization insist that the vaccine is safe and miramar democracy activists continue to demonstrate on monday despite a weekend of military violence that left dozens of protesters dead state media is

reporting that martial law has been declared in some areas of young. up next our science magazine tomorrow today with a look at poor testing thanks mark. absolutely . going to. come. to.

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