this is the news live from berlin women's rights in turkey are dealt a serious flood thousands protest in istanbul of the president but one pulls out of an international treaty to protect women against violence who want support inside the pact damages traditional values also coming up and the lock down protesters come out in force across europe demanding the easing of prescriptions meanwhile hospitals are filling up with coverage 19 patients as the constant battles of the wife. and rob 11 the bright closing in on

a fabled precourt in the bundesliga he keeps on scoring goals and he's caught by people with. held work in the program women in turkey have taken to the streets to protest the government's decision to pull out of an international accord protecting women from violence conservatives say the 2011 into the convention threatens family values and promotes homosexuality women's rights groups immediately called for demonstrations against the move germany's foreign ministry has condemned turkey's withdrawal from the treaty. i. thousands of demonstrators took to it stumbles street. in response to president

earlier ones actions. and some of the istanbul convention is a means of protection for us women and now the government paves the way for more violence against women and that's the reason we're here now if. i heard about the withdraw decision in the morning and i got very angry i told myself i purposely can't change it and all of us here we can't change it but at least i wanted to shout out my anger toward a war like high corruption good works. but when i heard about the decision i thought it was a joke at 1st i could not believe it there had been discussions about this but i thought they would not do it i think this is a political decision and they are ignoring the rights of women and children for the sake of their own political benefits. will play you a lot. has been under pressure from members of his party who say the convention undermines the traditional family structure they also say its principle of

nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation amounts to promoting homosexuality. but activists say gender inequality is still a major issue in turkey last year women's rights groups reported over $300.00 women women across the country and they say turkey's withdrawal from the convention comes at a time when violence against women is on the rise. or earlier we spoke to the correspondent julie han and i asked her why president obama had decided to withdraw from the convention well you have to understand that the whole discourse surrounding this istanbul convention has dramatically changed at 10 years ago when it was signed it was hailed as a breakthrough for gender equality here in turkey and then last year members of president everyone's conservative islamist rooted a.k.p. started to suggest the government should do. from the from the treaty arguing as

you mentioned that aids threatens traditional muslim family structures or encourages homosexuality then women took to the streets in protest but still we saw prison edwin's decision now so why is that observers argue that it only shows how much influence hardliners gained in his ruling party and ruling party correlation and that turkey has been experiencing an economic downturn or downturn for quite some while now and they're saying this is one and his party trying to energize and mobilize their base so the move has domestic reasons that's what observers say as julieann in istanbul where tens of thousands of people in several european cities have held protests against pandemic restrictions in the german city of cuss all demonstrators clashed with police then used pepper spray and water cannon to disperse the crowds the protests taking place as in fiction numbers are

rising across the continent and intensive care beds a filling up. lungs so weak a machine helps with breathing. at this hospital in rome special coded 19 i.c.u. beds are filling up yet again. at this moment we have a bed occupancy that is quite significant. around 80 percent of the beds are taken . health care workers are exhausted physically and emotionally from a year long fight against the virus. that's. taking care of patients is emotionally draining especially because they are lonely. we have seen patients who have asked to make the last phone call before being incubated i guarantee you that is emotionally very stressful.

case numbers are spiking all across europe but the threat of incubation in an i.c.u. and the immense burden on health care workers isn't enough to convince some people to follow the restrictions. protests against a lockdown spread all over europe on saturday including in germany. in finland. the united kingdom. and poland. there were scuffles with police in the german city of castle with thousands of moscow's people marched demanding more freedoms. i want our fundamental rights to be respected again they have been disregarded for a year now. when this lockdown must end good people wear masks and still nothing gets better. i don't think it's right that they were not being informed about the vaccination but. german authorities worried the protests could become

a super spreader a vent placing further pressure on hospitals already seeing an increase in admissions. there is no clear organizational link between the demonstrations but they do attract similar crowds conspiracy theorist anti back says and right wing extremists march alongside those simply fed up with staying inside. or brazil is one of the countries hardest hit by the pandemic with nearly 3000 people dying every day in a recent poll i think percent of brazilian said they thought the pandemic is out of control and a variant that was 1st detected in the country is spreading rapidly intensive care beds are almost fully occupied and hospitals in many areas are on the brink of collapse have been are resting on vast vaccinations at the role that has been slow . the vaccination program is back up and running in brazil after

a supply shortage storage growing to a halt people aged over 70 should have been vaccinated by now but brazil is behind schedule. i should have received the short months ago but the inefficiency of the government means it's slow going there isn't enough vaccine. the government's failure as a becoming ever clearer president continues to reject scientific advice he is now on his 4th health minister of the pandemic but no one is expecting a fundamental change of direction experts are warning that the unchecked spread of the virus in this vast country could present a danger for the whole world some fear it's only a matter of time before a variant emerges here that is resistant to the current vaccines. the international community has to mobilize and show more initiative if only in its own interests because today brazil is the place with the highest likelihood of

producing a variant that could be dangerous for the entire world. the apparently more dangerous virus the area and p. one is already the dominant strain here but this hasn't prompted decisive action precautionary measures remain piecemeal rio's beaches were closed at the weekend but otherwise there were hardly any restrictions. ok let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world tanzania and have bid farewell to the country's late president john mcafee he died suddenly on wednesday the position says he was ill with covert 19 but the government says a heart condition caused his death would be fully has led the country for over 5 years he was known internationally for his skepticism of the virus. where crews have begun taking down fencing surrounding the u.s. capitol in washington d.c. it was put up after writers stormed the building on january 6th they were trying to

stop the assembly confirming president joe biden's election victory more than 300 have since been arrested over the rising food and prominent members of brought us. bundesliga football now live and also he scored a 1st half hattrick is by in munich one easily against it got the polish struck a noun they'd just 5 goals from his 8 remaining matches to equal the record sit for the most goals scored in a single on this league season by instructor give miller managed 40 almost 5 decades ago and since then no one has come near that record until now. robert levy does he is closer than ever to the old time buddha's league goal scoring records he'd already 932 times this season and ahead of this clash with stuttgart buns afternoon started with a 6 pack when our phones 0 davies was sent off for this challenge in stuttgart wataru ando any hope the guests may have harbored of a shock result was dealt

a blow shortly afterwards though when serge cannot pre-set up leventhal speak for his 1st of the afternoon. after the smooth passing move in the 20 seconds minute cannot bring himself doubled by ends lead the 3rd goal in the space of 5 minutes then followed when thomas cross to live and dogs who converted with a perfect be placed her. hands full for the striker complete a 1st half hat trick with his 35th bundesliga goal of the current campaign with a games left 11 though still looks a safe bet to equal or even surpassed good morals record of 40 goals in a single season. i don't want to think about it too much i need to stay patient and do my job how many goals i need to school that's a secondary concern at the moment that's the thing there's a man in tight that i. acquired 2nd stuttgart accept this fight

they stay in 7th place while league leaders buy and maintain their 4 point christian over lights at the top of the table. and while the master level has been piling on they also by holland is tied for 2nd for scoring in the league and holland added 2 more to his title against cologne on saturday 3 minutes into the match he managed to control the ball from the wrong pass and post it into the net for nearly one l.a. but top and fell behind until the 90th minute when holland's last gasp slide. so to withdraw dortmund 5th in the late. troubled olympic and paralympic games just suffered another setback with the announcement that international fans will not be able to attend judah coronavirus concerns some games were to take place last year but were postponed due to the pandemic now and the

japan based ticket holders can attend i can tokyo the 1st games ever without international fans. turkey has decision to exclude international fans was expected but came with a shock the city's governor looked askance as an earthquake struck during the olympic organizers meeting they are now hoping to minimize the impact of covert 19 . and then it is surely disappointing but given the coronavirus situation and in order to not burden the medical situation in japan it was an unavoidable decision in order to ensure a safe and secure environment for people in japan and the athletes and participants coming from abroad. almost $1000000.00 tickets will be refunded to international guests but hotel and travel costs will not be the loss of tourism income adds to the bill of what is already expected to be the most expensive games ever the

stadiums have long been ready now many seats will go unfilled. i really feel sorry for the situation but necessary decision because we have to respect the safety of all the participants and we will make all the efforts. there to share with the olympic spirit by means of broadcasting and digital platforms so that they can enjoy the olympic games are talking 2020 representatives appear positive but the games are on a losing streak in 2 executives have resigned after making derogatory comments about women some question whether the games can happen at all although organizers insist they will go ahead the torch relay is set to start this week with just over

4 months to go until the olympics start there's still plenty of time for more plans to go up in flames. or at sports law physics up next here on de w. in the story of the german surface one of my dead to booth at the tokyo to meet some at the hell of a lot of the news headlines for you at the top of the hour. where i come from we have to fight for a free press and was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one to the shadow and if you newspapers when official information as a journalist i have worked off the streets of many can trust and their problems are always the same core to the social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press. go up should we can afford to stay silent when

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surfing means everything to me and it's almost like a mistake from reality i feel super lax and super calm in the ocean and it just it's kind of afraid i'm forming. you can get angry sometimes but the feeling that i get the most is happiness and freedom. from surfing it's my life i'm bringing them every day to get connected with the water in my surfboard . costa rica's speeches by used to year round waves attracting surface from all around the world for the guys we're going to run so i'm mentoring 3 of geminis best stuff is train here it's the old i can do is competitions have badly been held over the past year shortly before surfing was set to make its debut at the olympic games

the world ground to a halt 3 athletes in limbo. my name is rachel press here i live in melbourne florida and i am a national search. term and all to. my name is don't grow on i was born in the ledger maybe but now i live in portugal and i surf the net the german flag for the german for. my neighbors you know lots where i live in public it's closer and i search for the terminal empty. rachel prestige and dylan clue and want to be the 1st german surface at the olympics. on the side of august 2016 that lives were turned around. in rio the international olympic committee decided to make surfing and in pick sport. sure finger. bernard pulled her up and ready for darker form.

siri saki surfing beach is set to be the scene of the very 1st and then pick surfing event for gemini 3 men and 3 women are currently still in the running. for 4 tickets to tokyo they live in the usa costa rica ecuador and the canaries all of them have german citizenship but most have never actually lived in the country. most skilled surface grew up by the beach writing their 1st waves at an early age. dylan groom's mother has german rates his father is south african and he lives in portugal. basically germany where one and i was born a berlin and when i was 4 years old we moved to portrayal because of my dad's work i went through a german school so there's a lot of german in. the 20 year old finished school 2 years ago and has been fully focused on the sport since then. at age 24 is already something of

a veteran his family from castle but he grew up in the costa rican surfing hotspot of onus when he was 9 he was discovered by gemini's then top surf. he became his mental. the 1st thing he gave me was a surfboard and all just so excited i couldn't believe it i went running. getting a surfboard from this professional surfer and his german this student who has since become the master is still a close confidant. rachael christie is from florida her mother is german the 18 year old is touted as germany's great his chum's just surfing medal. in 2018 she was junior well champion and the biggest international success. she started her career representing the usa but that she faced

much tougher competition. especially surfing for germany it's really cool since i'm representing my mom's background and all my mom. family still lives in germany so i feel like i'm almost doing it for the family kind of thing to relationship with dillon helped to make the move they've been living and training together since they met at a junior competition 2 years ago he's super motivating once surfing and super helpful whenever i'm down and always makes me sick perhaps. there was some difficult moments in 2020 the coronavirus pandemic brought competitive surfing to a halt rachel and dylan couldn't compete an abrupt change for athletes usually on the road for up to 11 months a year the contest which would have determined olympic qualification was delayed by a year 12 months of uncertainty without knowing when things would be starting up

again. it's hard work you know i mean you know because of olympics and everything we're mostly training right now and we're still training and working out for the upcoming season. in jim hogan they have one of the most renowned coaches in the world the american has known them for several years and is in close contact with the german association reporting on their progress. today the waves are fairly small just like they're expected to be at sirica. so they're working on technique. after 2 hours on the water they go through the session analyzing every move it's 123 his board so that 6 feet above the lip the so they call tell har. feedback from because sometimes i could be doubting something he does and we kind of you know get into the middle of the we're all working on

something different next time we go on the water we definitely think about what we've got to work on and work on and hopefully the chivas. probably working on something else or straight or. there we go all right now in the next session jim hogan has the surface goes through competition conditions he's evaluating that tactics bad choice of waves dylan is up against lay on great show is facing australian pro michela green. looking for the biggest wave or the most radical new for closest to where kerr all the breaking part of the way with each maneuver getting better and better with more. power in flow. under time pressure the athletes have to choose their way and decide what moves they compose off failed attempts will cost them valuable time in the competition. jim says that the 1st wave will set the marker for the competition in his test run he awards

double points for the 1st wave at the end rachel and dylan get a close win and then added up it was 17.6 just 17.30 that's about as close as you're going to get that was a good. new boards have a arrived filet on from his sponsor. 3 boards each suited to a different type of wave. he uses around 30 per year. is the best feeling to get your boards because it will be your motors basically for the next qantas and the 1st thing i check when i get a board is is the likeness you know and also i look at the rocker it has fear that goes through the nose and also there is a there is kind of a noise you want to look for which is not very hollow you look for. but springing noise and so they're really good. each who would feature is the gemini

calas surface receive funding as part of the alien pick program. there's the bell of thing our career towards olympics you know you have a lot of support from them and we are we have coaches the psychologist sports psychologist so there are definitely helping us to do the olympic dream and now that we have access to all of this suddenly our our surfing is just going beyond and yeah we're having a lot of chances of winning contests and stuff so we'll see how the qualifications will be. the german surface who wants someone ridiculed has significantly closed the gap to the wilds elite they've snapped up a few victories in the world qualifying series which is comparable to formula 2 in my to sports. rachel friend he just won her final you need to let me remember my good. rachel bruce is not going to be able to do.

with bringing a lot to the table and the german team is one of the strongest teams right now for us. in the evening dillon and leon can showcase just how strong they are in. their taking part in a local contest. so now we've got the night surfing looks like it's going to really be fun small waves so this is something new that's coming into the industry so it's actually pretty interesting. so fondly on his own he competed in daylight surfing on to the floodlights is a brand new challenge that he initially struggles with. is a very challenging but also a little scary i couldn't see much you know these lights actually help much but it's fun you know it's something new to me to surf at night and. we see all the next the next wrestler contests goes. dylan is also adjusting to the conditions the

competition is famous several top surface a currently training in costa rica and they using this opportunity to test them mettle. dylan makes it to the quarter final stage. play on his journey ends in the 70s but the policy goes on deep into the night. from balmy costa rica to cold cologne the an impact based on rachel and dylan meet the national team colleagues 9 athletes representing a country that they're fairly unfamiliar with at the german sports and the lympics museum they receive a crash course in german sports history. you know almost. rights to one fuck you know being the whole team here i feel like we have built up such a good team spirit and we all get along with each other so it's like a family. national team coach llewellyn which is outlining the next steps

leading up to the games. in may the last salts will be filled if things go to plan . and rachel have set that sights. the olympics are just the best of the best athlete so it's going to be really hard to make it i'm going to give it everything i've got and i think i can make it it's the most amazing thing ever i feel like i actually have a really good possibility of making it and that's what it pumps me up and excites me to. think we are a part of the olympic history. we're part of something bigger than just surfing.

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