then implored toledo to stay conscious. but he's been shot in the chest. meanwhile investigating officers pointed their flashlights at a gun on a fence line just behind where the shooting occurred. on adam toledo's attorney and family know that police will rely on that handgun to defend officer stillman's actions if he had a gun he tossed it the officer said show me your hands he complied he turned around there's a still photo going around on the internet with his hands up and he shot in the middle of his chest. chicago has a reputation as one of the most violent cities in the us where gun crime is rampant as is mistrust of the police. so while we don't have enough information to be the judge and jury of this particular situation it is certainly understandable why so

many of our residents are feeling it all too familiar surge of outrage and pain. in the wake of the release of the video mayor laurie lightfoot called for calm knowing that latino and other minority communities will be watching closely an investigation into another officer involved shooting. the world health organization says covert $900.00 cases around the world are rising and worrying rates the w.h.o. a director general is warning that sharp increases are being seen in countries which have so far escaped widespread outbreaks around the will cases and is continuing to increase warning rates globally the number of new cases per week has nearly doubled over the past 2 months this is approaching the highest rate of infection that we have seen so far during the pandemic. well europe

is in the grip of a 3rd wave of infections in france more than 100000 people have now died from cope at 19 germany is seeing its biggest rise in cases since early january the cabinet has approved new national controls which still have to go through parliament well now doctors are calling for immediate action to save lives. on germany's intensive care ward this is what 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 are unfilled the head of germany's public health institute is a long. list yet 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. 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 and 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 a very feel they're being treated like foals. restrictions in some parts of germany have been light for much of the pandemic but as laws of tightened people here having to face the fact that coronavirus not only costs lives it corrodes liberty as well. and parliament is still debating whether to allow the government more

powers to act earlier chance on america made her case before lawmakers them enough but i think more not if we've learned a lesson 13 months into the pandemic it's this. that's a virus doesn't forgive any half heartedness it only makes things worse. the virus doesn't forgive hesitation it just makes everything last longer. the virus doesn't accept any negotiations it understands only one language the language of determination. the language of determination interviews chief political correspondent linda crane is the german promise was at the german parliament as you say she's now in our studios. first of all in america they're making her case are we going to see today german lawmakers finally taking those essential steps that public health officials and doctors are pleading for that had been the government's original hope and the chancellor definitely made

a passionate case for the draft law in its current form but a lot of questions were raised in today's parliamentary debate and it seems pretty clear that there will be some revisions to the draft law so that policymakers are saying the earliest possible date at which it could pass both houses of parliament is likely to be the end of next week and even then some of the provisions like that curfew that was mentioned in the report may wind up being challenged in in the country's courts by members of the opposition business party the f.d.p. so it will still take some time and we're in the middle of a 3rd wave we're in the middle of a 3rd wave melinda where one year into this why is there still no clear consensus among leaders on how to tackle this head on. well part of it is german federalism the country's infectious disease law until now has put most of the responsibility for pandemic management in the hands of the federal states and there are wide

variations in the rates of infection among the states also in the politics of different state leaders and therefore their interpretation of the restrictions including especially of the so-called emergency brake that's supposed to go into effect when infection rates are surging has had a lot of latitude therefore that was the impetus behind this new draft law another issue though is a very real and justified concern for incursions on personal freedoms that are guaranteed by the constitution and particularly when it comes to these curfew restrictions that's why the chancellor in her remarks talked about a proportionate approach that would balance burdens and benefits now crafting that kind of a rule is important but proportionality can quickly veer off into micro regulation and hair splitting and that some of what we're seeing instance interestingly enough there is broad consensus among the population both on the need for stricter

restrictions altogether and even on this curfew at least 51 percent are saying that they think a curfew would be justified 51 percent that is a high number but we're getting we're seeing glimmers of hope this week with executions finally kicking into gear will this be enough to break or contain the 3rd wave at least. indeed in fact there was a symbol of that hope today when the chancellor herself was vaccinated with astra zeneca which has been quite a controversial vaccine here in germany now with characteristic restraint she did not do that in front of the cameras and she was very careful to thank all of those involved in the rollout of the vaccine but it's interesting that after months of vaccination only now did she get her shot and the chancellor is over 60 years of age so that tells you something about how slow the process has been here we are now

seeing it take off though germany's now a little over 18 percent of the population that has had at least one shot but as you know herd immunity that would really keep the country safe that is only reached when we're somewhere above 7080 percent of the population so a long way to go that's an elusive goal all of us are chasing little correspondent linda crane as ever thank you so much for your continued coverage and now to some of the other developments in the penn demick japan is said to extend restrictions to 10 regions a 4th wave of infections is casting doubt now on whether the summer olympics and be held in tokyo meanwhile india has seen another spike in cases the 8th record increase in 9 days' time and denmark is speeding up reopening plans as infection rates there stabilize restaurants and bars will be back in business next week. now how do you capture a year's worth of emotion and drama anxiety and loss in

a single photograph one 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 a patrol base the power of the human touch and resilience. 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. 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

and. brazil has been especially hard hit by the pandemic 350000 people have already died their 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 get 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. yours or mine another top story that we're tracking for you this hour several of hong kong's most prominent democracy campaigners have been sentenced over antigovernment protests media tycoon and she relied as been jailed for it 14 months and 22 year old martin lee known as hong kong sponsor of democracy

got a suspended sentence. stick around coming up next and it'll be news asia target of violence by myanmar's military is forcing people to flee to more areas we track developments in myanmar's fight for democracy that story and a whole lot more coming up and you believe asia with my colleague there strategy that's for sure.

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that you could join us the european union is reportedly planning to science in 10 individuals into companies connected to the military regime in myanmar according to news agency reuters the sanctions could come into effect by next week the sanctions come amid a warning from the un human rights chief who said the situation in the country could be spiraling to a full blown syria style conflict more than $700.00 people have been killed since the military took power in a coup in february and since then it's cracked down on pro-democracy protesters has only grown stronger. these. military will go to. to crackdown on dissenting voices. this video from social media shows the moments a prominent protest leader is deliberately rammed off his motorbike.

way monad was arrested by armed men after trying to flee the incident with friends saying they now fear for his safety. security forces have used increasingly violent tactics to quell the anti coup movement the un says there are echoes of the civil war in syria. there too we saw peaceful protests met with unnecessary and clearly disproportionate force the state's brutal persistent repression of its own people led to some individuals taking up arms followed by a downward and rapidly expanding spiral of violence all across the country. despite the risk to their lives protesters have been trying to keep up the pressure on the military regime the spilled red paint symbolizes the blood of those who died activists say at least 700 people have been killed since protests began in february

. normally at the moment people in myanmar would be celebrating to jan brewer this new year holiday but not this year. it's important for young people to rebel against a dictator we can't be happy now as long as we live under this dictatorship our future is lost. the protesters aren't giving up but neither it seems is the military. for robertson from human rights watch has been monitoring the situation in myanmar for the past couple of months and joins me now from bunkered fairly heavy entered a phase in myanmar where the haunter is comfortable with the status quo and relatively confident of keeping power. well i'm not sure that they're confident yet but they are certainly acting on a presumption that the protesters on the streets are their enemy and they're using lethal force against them you know they're treating myanmar cities like

a battlefield and they've used machine guns and grenades and r.p.g. games against protesters in places like by the go where last week we saw more than 80 people killed in one morning and what are you hearing from protesters on the ground do they feel that the international community is standing up for them they are disappointed by the international community they want to see more action they have appreciate all the statements that have been made by various foreign ministers around the world and by the u.n. security council and others but they're calling for much more i think if they had their way they would see an invocation by the u.n. security council of the responsibility to protect doctrine and some sort of deployment by the international community into me and martin i don't think that's realistic and i don't think that's really in anybody's plans you know whether it be the u.s. you or elsewhere so you know the people i think are disappointed the international community hasn't come in as almost like the cavalry but they're determined to

continue protesting they're angry at the military and they are quite clear that they do not want this myanmar military in any sort of future for myanmar and wonder talking for their own sort of also the e.u. member for the sanction officials and companies connected to the who. are going to be the 1st sanctions from the e.u. but is this going to help change the situation in any way. well it's a substantive step forward the european union has frankly been a bit slow in imposing target economic sanctions and now we're hearing that they're going to go after the 2 major military controlled business conglomerates the union money on mar economic holdings and the myanmar economic corporation which is what we have been asking them to do from the very beginning we have to go after the companies we have to go after the cash flow to the myanmar military who've done

just targeting talk level myanmar military officials it's important but it's not enough speaking of the economic side of things i mean menards main trading partners in the region countries like china india japan thailand for example do you think these countries are doing enough to enable them to turn to democracy quite clearly the front line states are not doing enough to actually pressure the myanmar military junta to return to the barracks and to allow for the democracy that they have destroyed to be reconstituted i think that unfortunately we're seeing a go along to get along sort of arrangement from these front lines days like thailand india and others hope that somehow there will be some action from the. association of southeast asian nations but we're not seeing that we're just seeing a very divided regional body here that's not really prepared to go forward in unity

to pressure the government in myanmar relieve it there for the time being but thank you so much for joining us from robertson from human rights watch thank you by the military's violent crackdown against protesters is forcing many to seek shelter with ethnic groups that have been for years fighting the army groups such as the cattle methadone liberation army based in southeastern states on the border with thailand. the earth mcadam like many other ethnic groups in the country have been for years fighting the military for some form of self government they are now proving life savers for those fleeing the military's crackdown on democracy it may not look like much but this rule forest camp has become a sanctuary for me in march terrified protesters. although we had been protesting peacefully we had to run away because of the violent crackdown we knew that if we

were to get arrested the security forces would not let us live he would kill us. they arrived in the territory of one of the country's key arm to rebel groups the carin national liberation army the group controlled large swathes of land on the border with thailand and has been fighting the central government for the last 70 years life in the camp camp is spartan among its new inhabitants striking teachers who see they had no choice but to flee there after the junk issued warrants for their arrest. there is no trust between the civil servants and the ethnic armed groups they helpless and their kind we feel safe being here since they started siding with us we told them ask us for anything that we can do to help we are ready to help. new partnership has brought to a new detention to the broad spectrum of resistance that the junk tonneau faces and

greece concerns that should they go on the offensive violence could spiral out of control. and there's reports of members of ethnic groups uniting with lawmakers and 2 protesters to form a national unity government in the country something we'll be tracking in the coming weeks. so many of us have been wearing face masks this past year that all down sides in taiwan some people have decided to take advantage of the fact their faces are covered to get plastic surgery doubloons joints lead has this report. a clean exit so during the pandemic it's not just here to have a 1st after micro plastic surgery one thing is i want to have botox along my job line and i am the running acid fillers from my chin i'm very happy and excited

because i've been looking forward to this for a long time i think i'll get prettier after the treatment. she sashes been longing for face really fam for 3 years already but could never take the time to do it you know what i mean sales and i have to face clients every day at work it would be very inconvenient to have bruises and swelling on my face after treatment now that everyone wears a mask i don't need to worry about that so i am taking advantage of the pandemic. plastic surgeon savior who says business dropped significantly at the beginning of the coronavirus tyrus pandemic but things started to turn around in a 2nd half off last year so. business has gone up by 50 percent the increase is impressive so many patients told me it's their 1st time having cosmetic surgery thanks to the face mask rule as for my existing patients they used to come here say every 6 months now they come every quarter so people are coming in more often.

times want to see one of east asia he hopes there are more than $800.00 cosmetically next on the island with a population of $23000000.00 of the $40000.00 plus registered doctors a quarter work in a cosmetic industry or screen i saw located here on jones salaries wrote in taipei but doctors say the manas now is so high that getting an appointment won't be easy as long as the mosque mandate is in place. during depend demick people are diving f.-o. more deeply into social media and because everyone naturally wants to look their best the demand for plastic surgery has been driven up. cosmetic surgery consultant to andrea home for most treatments on instagram she noticed a drastic change after. that. before the pandemic when i post an instagram story i usually only get 500 views now it's at least 1000 to 2000 shoes i get more

inquiries than i used to i think people are more aware of how they look on social media and they are desperate for a quick fix so they come to get cosmetic treatment that. and for many getting treatment it's not just about their look but their way to find happiness during the pandemic yes he sends a voice cove it has brought so many uncertainties to the world. now at least i can control how i look and i feel good if i look good it cheers me up and boosts my confidence that joy is real to me south facing 2 of those among . men violet in india rising cases of corn about us and the states have forced the local government to announce strict restrictions for the beer to 15 days they impact can be felt in its largest city mumbai we leave you with those images and we are back next week see that the way.

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19. and if that's too wacky for you how about an opera singer to teach you how to breathe more easily if you're suffering from long covered w.'s london correspondent mascotte up with an operatic voice coach. knowing bubbles to help with. susie do basic training. she's developed special greeting exercises patience i'm sure some of them is a bit too hard work at the moment but what it does is it just allows your voice a little bit of a chance to unpressed. he's sheba says it's thanks suzy that she feels well again and is able to take of your hobbies just a year ago she was suffering from a lung infection and needed oxygen. 3 months on

i remember feeling so fatigued breathless i mean literally from my bed to the bathroom i would just get breathless. shiva never dreamed of people missing as would be the ones to help her through. arms down to the high. in weekly zoom sessions participants love to relax and improve that posture and most of fool to breathe and just hold that for a moment we think a lot about knowing breathing down because. if you're breathing you're taking in lots of that and actually tend not to be extending the so just giving people tools to slow things down and i think the minute my mind is really out. this. being part of this. i could have never imagined coming out of that

darkness all by myself so it's been a huge support system for me it's like my family now we had i guess you can say a common purpose to get better and more beautiful way to think. out and heal them at the same time the shiba dreams of singing on a real a prostate together with others like. that could. i soon as per week restrictions allowed into this national opera plans to stage it's very special opera. to get patients. to see me. run frances is a cardiologist and you cheaper and joins us today and covered special so can blowing bubbles special breathing techniques and things like singing actually help with long covert or even help protect from cover 19 in the 1st place.

i think the honest answer is we don't know for definite because we simply don't have the data specific to kobe but we can compare to other similar kind of 1st group tree viruses and i think there's certainly when considering long coded and you know we have got. things to compare with post viral fatigue syndrome is nothing new but they've been rather neglected at. in can medical research so hopefully this will mean that we allocate a bit more resources to things like that i think yes breathing exercises certainly can have a role in a long covert type syndrome i'm not sure that it necessarily has a role in the acute setting in the initial setting when you're infected and unwell i think breathing exercises aside from just staying mobile and making sure your lungs are well ventilated i don't think it necessarily has a role there but in that chronic condition which obviously is troubling

a great deal of people i think it has a role what about something like cold exposure you've looked into that quite a lot and i've been living here in germany for quite some time now and know all about coal exposure. yes i think this is an interesting kind of phenomenon that. maybe. it is slightly kind of simplistic in how we looking at it but essentially that we know that exercise has obviously got many proven benefits to physical health and mental health as well and exercise is all about sort of making your body work a little bit harder most of us lately said injury lives and we're not getting the kind of physical exertion that really bodies evolved to do and so we're quite familiar with the concept of exercising to try and some of those benefits and call exposure and maybe things like saunas both of which have an evidence base although

i would just advise a little bit of caution because i think a lot of the claims that you'll find online are a little bit outlandish but i think it's all part of the same phenomenon of trying to stress the body in a controlled way and maybe improve our overall physical fitness so can you give me some of the tips that you give us on your own on prepping my immune system survive better handle a corona virus infection. when the 1st thing i'd say is that if anybody gives you. suggestion about how to boost the immune system that's a bit too easy it's going to be too good to be true because i think the best way to keep your immune system in the optimum shape is by maintaining physical and overall wellbeing and fitness and that's with a healthy diet and regular exercise and a quick fix is on really going to do that so in terms of preventing infection you know again it's nothing too complicated it's all the advice you've already had social distancing mask wearing and those kinds of things no amount of immune system

preparation is going to prevent an infection but you can prevent the severity by by having a good primo state so if you do get infected as long as you're in the best possible physical shape beforehand that's going to be your best preparation what about something like you can make much of a difference. yes a yoga i think actually has quite a considerable evidence base behind it now yogurt of course combines different elements you know we mentioned breathing which is central to it but also physical exercise as well so in terms of things like the method which. brings in a lot of yoga practice is alongside things like cold exposure so yoga as it is a novelist and off as i think many many benefits it should also be said that you know one size doesn't fit all so you don't have to can try to crowbar yourself into a yoga program if other. techniques work better for you but i'm

a big fan of the benefits that yoga can offer and we've seen that not only in terms of the physical benefits but i think it particularly in this day and age meditations enjoying a resurgence and that offers a lot of additional benefits on top of the of the physical side of things ron i guess one of the big questions is can you actually go as far as saying these types of techniques are viable alternatives alternatives to conventional medicine. you know i'd certainly be very cautious of suggesting anything like that and again i think that would raise alarm bells if people started saying that kind of thing conventional medicine. is simply a way of talking about interventions that are tested and proven so the nothing on natural one a natural about the other if things don't work then we don't call them proven methods and so i would always regard this as an adjunct but not

a replacement however if you. pay attention to all these these preventative methods maybe you can avoid coming into contact with what is deemed this sort of conventional medical system and that's great but if you do get you know heaven forbid and then of course conventional medicine is going to be the thing that's most likely to help cardiologist from francis thank you very much for being on the show today thanks very much for having me. and over to derek williams for the last time this week and if you question about the availability of russia's ha growing karate back say. when will the russians public view vaccine be available in europe. since its launch last summer sputnik b. has generated a lot of controversy but but some of that has died down since the publication of phase 3 trial date in january indicating the russian made back scene is effective

and safe india approved it for emergency use earlier this week becoming the 60th country to do so among them a couple of countries in europe including hungary and serbia slovakia also wanted to begin vaccinating people with sputnik v. as well but has become embroiled in a dispute with russia about the quality of the doses it received most e.u. member states however are waiting for the european medicines agency to weigh in and it monitors new medicinal products seeking approval in the block and it makes them before all's to national health authorities the e m a is still looking at the evidence and still carrying out inspections if it does give sputnik the thumbs up orders from vaccine straps european countries will follow of course because of the early controversy deigning wide public acceptance

for the russian backed scene in the e.u. would i think prove tough sputnik be is also based on the same platform as the astra zeneca and johnson and johnson vaccines which in the current climate won't make the sell any easier but but with a approval and if russian manufacturers can deliver. another big f. then i suppose sputnik v. could start going into more arms in europe by the summer if you have my approval is withheld. then most of europe's national health agencies will also probably refuse to green lighted. lastly a lebanese doctor is among those who've developed an un orthodox method for testing people to cover 19 we leave you with the specially trained sniffer dogs they can

detect the virus in a person in just a few seconds even in very early stages when a p.c.r. test be guilt negative their margin of error is just 5 percent even so the techniques not intended to replace regular testing but has been rolled out in a number of airports like dubai helsinki and sydney thanks for watching stay safe and see you again soon.

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