players. play. play. play play. play. play play. this is d w news live from berlin a veteran pro-democracy activists in hong kong await their fate any minute now they'll be sentenced for their roles in one of the city's largest ever protests they are the latest in a string of anti establishment figures to face the courts as china implements a sweeping crackdown on dissent we'll go live to our correspondent. also coming up

a plea for urgent action against germany's 3rd wave german doctors are calling for swift measures as hospitals fill up with seriously ill cope with 19 patients the head of the public health institute says the time to change course is now. and thousands of images tell the story of a pandemic but this touching photo captures what's been a dramatic year we'll get a close up of the winner of the world press photo contest. i'm serious oh my god it's good to have you with us. will they go to prison for protesting in hong kong a group of prominent democracy advocates are due to hear their sentences in the next hour after they were convicted for organizing pro-democracy protests in 2019 the massive gatherings in the territory led to an overwhelming crackdown from

beijing media publisher jimmy lie is among those to be sentenced so is 82 year old lawyer martin lee also known as the father of democracy in hong kong back in $29000.00 an estimated $1700000.00 people marched in protest of a bill that would allow hong kong residents to be extradited to china for trial. let's bring in our correspondent phoebe kong she's standing by for us in hong kong with the latest on this story phoebe it's good to see you so we've heard that the sentencing will be handed down for all the defendants today what are you expecting . and yes i'm now sending absecon today 10 defendants who are all of the fashion icons of hong kong's opposition movement now facing sanctions inside the car about the fate oh no by that they will have to go to china or face other criminal sentence. about that petition patient in 2019 and the government. a lot of media tycoon and also the facts one

activist facing most. and contracted off those charge just accusing them of participating and also organizing and authorize assembly back in august 29 teams so this morning many of the defendants damage occasionally in front of the judge inside the talk room laying out quoting that looking back at their lifelong service in hong kong in the community and also the put it to activists some hope that could be as a defense recent ask for more lenient sentence from the courts but we will see how the courts will consider and how they will hand down the final sentence on the fact . of these are very prominent figures all eyes are on this trial i mean how are you expecting people in hong kong to react. well this case is happening and has been put on the spotlight in hong kong not only out

to community level without today we have seen. supporters showing up here to attend a hearing to keep themselves up stay off the results and also to show solidarity with the defendants the leaders of the opposition cames but also. multiple foreign diplomats also attend the hearings that including many european countries like germany and the e.u. and also the western governments send representatives to tender hearing and so you really shows that how the international community are concerned about the sentences on these specters 51 of the defendants is the former chairman of the hong kong democratic party let's take a closer look now at your report. a silver medal awarded to you by the government for his political work it was something this former lawmaker felt proud of but 12 years later it seems to represent

a hong kong that's been lost. time this time to government everything. is to. adopt a column i'm opposed to hong kong tribe is my country my home cause my home to love your country doesn't mean you love a certain political regime. young son was one of 7 found guilty of organizing a march in aug 29th teen during massive antigovernment protests many opposition icons of his generation now face sentences for the very 1st time this is only the 1st of 6 charges confronting young some the 73 year old has taught at the university of hong kong for decades while also engaging in politics in court she was the only defendant to read out his submission in person. as a civil disobedience of prayer duty but i don't feel remorse because i don't think

i have done anything wrong and so i don't be picky my case and. go for appeal imprisonment. won't be a surprise to me. young son clues himself a moderate who hoped for democracy under chinese rule but that hasn't happened before hong kong's handover from britain to china you saw him and fellow activists martin lee set up the democratic party they were among the 1st lawmakers directly elected to voice dissent in the chamber and paved the way for hong kong's party politics but now the national security law and intellectual overhaul are making it difficult for opposition parties to even survive for a typical really depress me just to be worth all the praise of democracy we have managed over the past in the 3 years so this is

a big retreat of democracy you know call is it worth of arduous time for you lots and again i mean thing about the politics i think is a big question of whether we go back to the pressure group politics i did like in 70. 5 of his generation may soon become history but he doesn't think that efforts will have been in vain on history is so full of stock was. never the same gauge myself in politics and i don't think i would leave hong kong at all democracy and not as about a party politics not as about the world but also just how it affects our ways of living but i was to insist on the russian law and peaceful approach and i think this is the way to solve the problem in the long run. billie's democratic values a noun deeply rooted in hong kong's culture his fight. it isn't over yet.

he be looking at young some story there what do you think this trial and his case tells us about the future of the democracy movement in hong kong. these tensions and the confection is definitely not a major setback to the opposition came away knowing how facing so many challenges of their survival after opposition came and more importantly that this case was such. an important reference to are there similar cases that there defendants they participated in the so protests but that wasn't recognized by the church as a defense present and it seems that a governing is now going after for peaceful protesters saying specially the iconic leaders of the opposition came so far no matter how the sentence goes today that they will this will also be an example for artists in like cases that more he's

told leaders and protesters may be conflicted because of these cases and also that no matter what are they will have to be like it or not that this is only the very 1st sentence of many charges spacing of these defendants that she realizes in morning 10 charges now and you know some this is the one out of 6 charges he's he's facing right now so many of them are expecting to go to china any time soon even though they are not show today our correspondent from becoming outside of that courthouse in hong kong where a veteran pro-democracy activists are awaiting their sentencing thank you so much phoebe. now there's been a shooting in the u.s. city of indianapolis local media say multiple people have been taken to hospitals in the area police were called to respond to reports of shots fired at a fed ex facility on the southwest side of the city near indianapolis internet. airport now police have confirmed that the gunman is dead and say they do not

believe the general public is in media to danger. we can get the latest on the story now with senior reporter for business insider kaina she is in indianapolis and at the scene at that fed ex facility on it thanks so much for joining us and as we said you are there or tell us what you're hearing and seeing what has happened. thanks for having me yeah i'm standing outside. on the southwest side of it and you know. all is why here right now although you can still see some of the police states in the background or not. there's not much to update you on at this point it seems like there's been media gathering all night there was a brief press or that happened shortly before i arrived here where an indianapolis police confirmed that the gunman was dead and not really sure many other details at

this point i can say that i observed a bus and a caravan of cards being escorted by police cars leaving this area so that that could have the family members of potential victims or even witnesses departing for an unknown location yeah i know we are seeing some reports from the associated press that apparently up to 8 people have been shot dead can you tell us more about who might be injured and what more police are saying about that. absolutely and i actually just got off the phone with state police they weren't really able to clarify about number of casualties or number of injuries at this point i've seen unconfirmed reports that it could be up to 60 injured but at this point i have no verification on that we do know that this is a daring march syllabi and police appear to be going through it so it's possible that there could be casualties or injuries and we don't know about yet just because

police still have to secure the scene and police still have to go through and make sure everyone is out of this. and you know police as you said have said the gunman is dead is there any indication it's very early but any occasion what the motive might have been you had as you mentioned earlier i mean it's hard to when something like this it's so common in the united states you know the motive is often something that we want to you know early on i haven't heard anything on that seems like police are really trying to hold back on those details until they really are able to confirm them nail them down so we're still at such an early part of the investigation no whispers about a motive but yet fortunately. all right we'll leave it there a senior reporter for business insider on occasion at the scene there at that fed ex facility in indianapolis thank you so much for bringing us up to date thanks. let's get a roundup of some other headlines now chicago police have released body cam footage

of the moment a police officer shot and killed a 13 year old boy adam toledo the police said the teenager had a gun a lawyer for the boy's family said he had complied with demands to show his hands when he was shot. china's economy grew rapidly in the 1st 3 months of 2021 as a recovered from a pandemic induced a slump the total value of goods and services produced jumped by at least 18 percent compared with the same period last year. japan's prime minister yoshihiko has arrived in the united states for talks with president biden he will be the 1st foreign leader to visit the biden white house in person japanese foreign policy commentators say china will be the main topic of discussion. now europe is in the middle of an intense 3rd wave in the corner bars endemic in france more than $100000.00 people have now died from cope at 19 meanwhile germany is seeing

its largest rise in new infections since early january that is despite faction vaccinations picking up pace new national controls have been approved by the country's cabinet but they could take another week to pass through parliament doctors and health officials are pleading for immediate action. on german is intensive care ward the 3rd wave looks like more than 29900 cases were reported on thursday the highest number since early january doctors are warning that in parts of the country only 10 percent of intensive care beds around filled the head of germany's public health institute is alone. because yet still good it is clear that we need to act now on all levels above all the decision makers need to take action we need to reduce contacts now break the infection chain now and save lives in the health of many people feeling that. but not all decision makers share that sense of urgency in particular some regional

leaders have been reluctant to implement tough restrictions now chancellor merkel is introducing a change in the law to grant the central government temporary powers to enforce lock downs in areas with high infections but even for the health minister this could be too little too late. i already said a week ago that we needed extra measures and that we needed to take firm action time is not on our side and everyone already has the option to be taking measures they need not wait for the law to be finalized but. the new nationwide regime mandates school closures and contact restrictions when infection rates hit defined levels much of the public support staff action but critics say the focus is too much on limiting personal freedoms for instance with the proposed introduction of

night turn curfews. much of my doubt a lot of people of my age will just meet at home in secret curfews won't get this under control people will meet privately this dimension i think. that's my guess no i don't like it you can't do that with people marking that's you know it's. all i also like to be outside and meet people but i think we just need to shut things down for 4 weeks and. those who didn't follow the rules before won't listen to these new laws but those who did of barry feel they're being treated like foals restrictions in some parts of germany have been light for much of the pandemic but as laws are tighter and people here having to face the fact that coronavirus not only costs lives it corrodes liberty as well. we can bring in our chief political correspondent on the crane for the latest on this story good morning melinda we heard that tougher restrictions are coming are people going to go along

with that. we have seen consistent that people have been very supportive of tighter and more restrictive measures when the wave of infection surged and that is still the case even after a very very long lockdown here in germany so at the moment when it comes to restrictions like a curfew 51 percent of those surveyed say they would support it $46.00 would not but amongst the mainstream parties amongst the 2 governing parties as well as the green party and the left party nearly all members say they would go along with the curfew it's actually only the right wing a.f.d. party and business friendly 3 democrats whose members say that no they would oppose a curfew so all in all still critics strong support among the population at large

for tougher measures that's among the population at large but melinda no one year into this pandemic why does there still not to seeing seem to be a clear consensus among the country's leaders on how to tackle that. well there are couple of reasons for that 1st of all german federal it does in fact or has until now left the main responsibility for protecting against infectious disease in the hands of the federal states now they did agree to never only march on a phased plan that would above a certain rate of infection impose stricter measures a so-called emergency brake but the states gave themselves pretty wide latitude in how they defined exactly what measures should then be imposed and that is what the federal government now wants to change with a new law that is being debated that could pass as we heard in that report as

early as the end of next week and that would make emergency measures in forcible above a certain number of infections per capita in the population however even so even if the federalism challenges are now better managed there is still a lot of this disagreement among politicians about things like the curfew because it is a fundamental incursion on basic freedoms so you see some politician saying that a new law must much more carefully weigh the balance of benefits and costs from such a measure and then there is also a lot of hair splitting about things like what what statistics should be used as a basis for deciding when the infections have gotten so high that emergency measures need to. right our chief political correspondent when

a crane thank you. let's look out some other developments in the pandemic japan is set to extend coronavirus restrictions to 10 regions a 4th wave of infections is casting doubt over whether the summer olympics can be held in tokyo india has seen another spike in cases recording its 8th record daily increase in 9 days and denmark is speeding up reopening plans as infection rates there stabilize restaurants and bars will be back in business next week. the united nations is warning of a large likely long lasting humanitarian crisis in kabul they'll gather in northern mozambique more than 600000 people have been displaced in recent years as a result of attacks by islamist militants delgado was once a remote tourist destination but the situation there has turned volatile is under increased travel to the region plagued by insecurity. from the air the islands of

mozambique snore than coasts look like paradise but life on the ground is increasingly difficult as one of the last islands that have been spared from islamist attacks a flood of refugees has more than doubled its population in just a few months the united nations 8 mission isn't able to feed everyone. everywhere and that you. been here since 7 in the morning and haven't gotten anything i don't know what they tell us they all have their roots down on numerous what should i do no no no like. you are. lucky enough to receive some rise flour corn and cooking oil taro groups have attacked her home village on the mainland twice and want everyone to leave but the villages have nowhere to go then the attackers

came with time. don't be so cruel. they just chopped off wondrous and no resistance why everyone has to watch even the jurors none as there were. now marie lives in the hut with her 3 children she has adopted another child who had lost his parents on the way here. for. the next day we started for the neighbor. in island of cuba the u.n. food program has also plans a mission here. that the island's government administrator helps with distributing food that's critical for survival here. without. crisis almost everyone here lives rather slow but the refugees are from the mainland to look at their followers and and tell me this without. the details here

. it is. about 4000 people lived on this island before the insurgency now it is more than 10000 people was thousands of displaced people leaving the mainland in the coming year in the past months looking for a safe place to stay just that this isn't exactly a safe place last year terrorists at tech the island pillaging it and killing 2 villages to terrorists kidnapped 30 islanders mainly gilts couple they got a province people are worried about more attacks most feel helpless against the terrorists and so far not a single soldier has been stationed here on the island. now a giant cloud of sand is darkening the skies above beijing and showering residents with mighty rain the city suffers from several dust storms every year but this one is being called the worst in

a decade flights are being canceled and people are urged to stay indoors. thick and opaque pollution clouds the atmosphere and shrouds beijing skyscrapers and dust and sand. but i thought it was bright earlier this afternoon but after a little while it suddenly went dark and then there was stunned and rain with muddy raindrops. i don't feel good we've had several dust storms this year the air quality is much worse than in previous years and. the air is so dirty in the chinese capital that people cannot only see it but feel it to this finance workers forced to wipe down his motorcycle before heading to the office. it's climate change there's nothing we can do about it meteorologist say the particles drifted from one and the chinese region of inner mongolia high winds are expected to propel more polluted air to central and eastern parts of the country by friday.

how do you capture a year's worth of emotion and drama anxiety and loss in a single photograph when judges of the world press photo contest have selected the one image they say tells the story of the unforgettable year that was 2020 it was taken by a danish photographer and it portrays the power of human touch. the many aspects of the coronavirus pandemic top photographers around the world captured their impressions of exhausted caregivers people dying alone social distancing and loneliness. the winning photograph shows an 85 year old woman receiving her 1st hug after 5 months isolation and her son paolo nursing home through a plastic curtain which happens to resemble an angel's wings. she had the jury viewed this photograph as one of the pandemics few positive images this

picture suggests vulnerability loss grief and death but above all survival. brazil has been especially hard hit by the pandemic 350000 people have already died there nursing homes were closed off for months to protect residents. and the split of a 2nd that we see the images we feel. how it must be it's good that all the person got a sense of. what unites us the jury looks through nearly 75000 images. a disposable surgical mask even made its way into the winning photo in the nature category. before we go and have an akubra are celebrating the birth of 4 bengal tiger cuts including a rare white tiger the new arrivals are the result of 2 decades spent trying to

breed to the endangered animals at the zoo why to tigers are in genetic variation of bengal tigers which are usually orange numbers in the wild have brindled in recent years due to poaching deforestation and excessive hunting. coming up next our debate show to the point our guest discuss the growing crisis and ukraine's border with russia stations.

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