and in response though many of the defendants i have spoken to over the previous weeks that they said oh well prepared for cho term but still. at a moment when they were sentence that they chanted slogans inside a courtroom insisted on there is no there is nothing criminal to all the nice and attend and unauthorized assembly there is a peaceful one although without permission from the police that they insisted that this is not just to see for disobedience now. i was the most arguably the most prominent defender today port talked about the significance of his 4th 14 month sentence and also tell us a little bit about him what makes him so remarkable. yes to me i have received one of the most. sentence we've seen today that he

is the founder of the very famous and the biggest opposition news outlet in hong kong he has been very outspoken critic of the chinese government and also the hong kong government a local level that. the sentence is this is a fair sentence that he faced lie in his life. he has to face a impending verdict and sentence in the future but this is a very symbolic moment that he is officially sent to jail for the very 1st time in his life and that the speaking about the sentences today that many of the defendants that they received jail terms and though have the defendants 5 of them were given are suspended sentences but that doesn't mean that the case was just and at this point the prosecution may still make an appeal against the sentences that

the and that means they are still facing are the charges that chance for them to go to jail any time soon in the future if you become reporting from hong kong thank you very much. and c.v. spoke to one defendant the former chairman of the hong kong democratic party before he was sentenced. a silver medal awarded to young song 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 their time to government everything. is to. adopt all of them approach to hong kong try to is my country my home cause my home to love your country doesn't mean you love a certain political regime young so much one of 10 defendants found guilty of organizing or attending marches in 2019 during massive anti-government protests

many opposition icons of his generation now sentenced for the 1st time this is just the 1st of 6 charges against young saw him the 73 year old has taught at the university of hong kong for decades while also engaging in politics in course he was the only defendant to read out his submission in person. it's a civil disobedience a 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 pace and. goal for appeal imprisonment. won't be a surprise to me. young son calls 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 snow maker is 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. right typical the prayers we disagree were all the praise of democracy we have managed over the possibly 3 years so this is a big retreat of democracy and on call is it will evolve to stand for you lots of again i've been playing about the politics i think is a big quest or whether we go back to the place of group politics i did like in 70. 5 his generation may soon become history but he doesn't think that efforts will have been in vain all history is so full struck oath to never use

a gauge myself on politics and i don't think i would leave home call it for democracy a lot is about a party politics not is about the will take but also to affect our ways of living but i through instance of the rough and or peaceful approach and i think this is the way to solve the problem in the long run. billie's democratic values are now deeply rooted in hong kong's culture his fight isn't over yet. and we can report that mr young some of the former chairman of the hong kong democratic party a featured there in that report has been given a suspended sentence he's still facing 5 other churches when to say in the region and japanese a prime minister yoshiro day is to be the 1st world leader to hold face to face talks with u.s. president joe biden mr has laid a wreath at the 2 of the unknown soldier in arlington national cemetery he will

meet president biden at the white house later and increasingly assertive china is likely to be the focus of the one day sounds. for more or less served chicken with alexander sick aki at the german institute for international and security affairs thank you so much for joining us a u.s. official say that mr biden and mr pseudo will mention taiwan in a joint statement is hard to overstate that this hasn't happened for more than 50 years how significant is this and what are they possibly thinking of achieving with that. yeah i also expect them to mention taiwan in the joint statement in fact actually during a previous. meeting off of foreign and defense ministers of japan and the us in march they already mentioned interest its ability of the taiwan strait so this is actually something that we've seen

a month ago already. this is quite significant and it shows how concerned both the u.s. and japan are about growing pressure that trend of putting on taiwan economically and also militarily now obviously that seems to be going by what you've just said that china is in a way a unifying factor for these 2 countries now what i'm wondering is i mean in terms of u.s. china relations they are increasingly confrontational how far can japan go along with the u.s. . well i think both japan and the u.s. they share a concern about demonic ambitions that china is showing in the region so there's a very strong common concern that both share so in general i think japan and china and u.s. are on the same line more or less on china nevertheless i think japan tends to be

a bit more hesitant about pushback against china the way that they're the u.s. has done and it's not surprising if you look at last year's foreign trade balance of japan about a quarter almost a quarter of that foreign trade of japan is going to go with china us so china is a very important economic partner and it also explains why japan is a bit hesitant to. go with us on this complete pushback against china now mr to guy is the 1st foreign leader there the president biden is meeting in person this this signal that the us is putting japan at the heart of its asia policy absolutely i think this is a very very strong signal that the us places huge importance on japan and in fact it's also in line with the previous. meeting that i mentioned

a foreign and defense minister so actually our foreign minister blinken and defense minister austin of the us. took their 1st foreign visit to japan so in march and so this really shows that the us places japan at the center for. security policy especially because of the china alexander the cauchy is with the asia division at the german institute for international and security affairs to thank you for your time thank you. i think looking at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. iran says it has begun enriching uranium at 60 percent that's the highest level it has achieved so far the process takes iran closer to the purity needed to produce a nuclear weapon a suspected israeli attack on a key facility has complicated talks and that we can linger tehran's nuclear deal with world powers. french presence of

a man who in my car has held talks with the ukrainian leader for a lot amir's olinsky on escalating tensions with russia joins us on american also joined by video link they get called on moscow to halt a military buildup along its border with ukraine. several people have been killed in a shooting in the u.s. city of indianapolis gunfire broke out at a fed ex depot near the airport police have confirmed that the gunman is dead. and a graphic video release in chicago next where footage from a police body camera appears to show a 13 year old boy dropping a handgun then raising his hands just before an officer shoots and kills them please note that this report contains images that are upsetting. the officer involved incident started with a call to an emergency line early morning march 29th released by the city of

chicago. chicago emergency sampler having was about 7 every country. 12300. 2300 block of earlier i'm hearing a lot of commotion right now. officer eric stillman was there not long after he got out of his car in 1000 seconds later a single shot. stillman called for medical help. part of our cameras are here to help. then implored toledo just a conscious. but he had been shot in the chest. they were. still in started 1st aid as other officers arrived they tried to save 13 year

old adam too late it was fading life. meanwhile investigating officers pointed their flashlights at a gun on a fence line just behind where the shooting occurred. 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 out and he shot in the middle of his chest quick 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 lori lightfoot called for calm knowing

that latino and other minority communities will be watching closely and investigation into another officer involved shooting germany is seeing its highest rise in corona virus cases singed january 1 of the main reasons is the slow pace of vaccinations fewer than one in 5 germans has been given a 1st dose but the vaccination drive is has picked up speed in recent days and one of those to get her 1st job was just on the 66 year old was given the astra zeneca vaccine and said she was quote delighted he'd have you political course by simon young joins so much to unpack here simon how much of a shot in the arm for the vaccination drive in germany is chancellor merkel receiving her astra zeneca job today. well of course age does show the vaccination campaign he's moving forward but in some ways i suppose you could

say it shows that he's moving forward roll the slowly here in germany engler medical is 66 years old and she's only getting her 1st shot now so as as is ripping reportage you know we're not moving forward as quickly as many would like but. we didn't seek to make a media moment out of this as is her way just released that picture of her vaccination booklet and the statement they say that she was the very place to get the the jab and also saying that vaccination she says is the key to get out of this pandemic meanwhile they're still debating lawmakers about you know introducing a stricter measures to well to tame the 3rd wave let's take a listen to what chancellor merkel had to say in the parliament today them enough that i have seen more not punish me 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 chance of their making her case or earlier are we simon going to finally see german lawmakers stepping up to the plate and finally taking those steps the public health officials and medical staff have been pleading for now. i think ultimately we will because most medical experts say we are in the middle of a 3rd wave and they're already seeing the signs of that with real pressure on many hospitals around the country but there's been quite a lot of all good meant about these measures particularly the ones that people's

personal freedoms has been part of the plan is to impose night time curfews when the infection rates go up and there's also talk about you know going back to closing schools just when people were hoping i think that there would be a lot more opening up and medical says that every day counts but it looks as if this legislation might not actually pass 3 paula meant until the end of next week so it's a battle of the political level but some people feel that this legislation really will help. now in conclusion as i'm in that we're beginning to see glimmers of hope this week with vaccinations finally kicking into gear will this be enough to break the 3rd wave or at least contain it. well as i say the belief is that vaccination is essential and it's an essential part of the program but it's also true to say that germany's rollout has been very slow we've now had over

$20000000.00 doses of vaccine delivered but that's still only 18.5 percent to the population that's had even one jab so you know it's not moving as fast as it needs to elsewhere and if seriously infectious variance all mutations that cause serious disease a rise that could really complicate the picture. the political correspondent reporting thank you very much and to simon's point coronavirus cases continue to rise here in germany doctors are warning that intensive care units are filling and the reporter. visited a berlin hospital and is now close to capacity. we're at the intensive care unit in the hospital half of the patients here suffer from cope at

19 dr thomas kuhn and this team have their hands full and the beds are filling up. on the. streets slowly you can see that there is an increase at the moment we're not yet in a situation that brings us to the edge of what we can do with your crown but we know that if the numbers continue to rise because certainly have problems go through the hellish. comb in recent weeks the number of covered patients in germany's i.c. use has been rising sharply again by now at the peak of the 2nd wave of the pandemic has almost been reached intensive care beds are becoming scarse and the workload of staff continues to grow. intensive care nurse tim cook has also noticed that. i'm on record and i documented now in this 3rd wave it is particularly

noticeable that the patients are getting more seriously ill and they are ill for longer and also they need a lot of care that means the situation is very challenging and very stressful for us you really need time to relax when you're off work. but it is not just the sheer increase in covered patients that worries the teeth that patients health is deteriorating fast and this 3rd wave of the pandemic they are also an effort to get them before probably also because most people over 80 years old have already been vaccinated. the average age is now much younger compared to the 1st or 2nd waves and we see that very clearly we don't really have any patients who are over 80 years old anymore they're almost non-existent if you would you know to what extent german hospital. cities average varies greatly from region to region some are already completely full others are still coping one thing would help more

vaccinations one in forgiveness we won't get out of this without back scenes they are very important but it is also important to stick to hygiene measures keep that distance and observe current coverage for stretches of each and everyone must take this been demick seriously and can do their part to make us get out of this is quickly as possible the truth will come if the number of patients continues to rise other important treatments would have to be postponed in some areas and many that is already the case the situation many doctors agree is serious. the un is warning of an escalating humanitarian crisis in northern mozambique more than 600000 people have been forced from their homes by islamist militias he didn't use it increase travel to a region plagued by insecurity. from the air the islands of mozambique's northern coast 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 and united nations 8 mission isn't able to feed everyone yeah yeah. i know. that we've been here since 7 in the morning and haven't gotten anything i don't know they tell us they all have their roots down now and i miss what should i do now you know like you your body. you want to. marry not so i was 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 villagers had nowhere to go then the attackers came a set time. beside you again to live until just chopped off

the wonders of his head when no resistance might be why even everyone has to watch even the jewish nun as though we were there yet i designed a video. 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 neighboring island of cuba the un food program has also plans a mission here. that the island's government administrator helps with distributing food that's critical for survival you said. without. them it's a crisis almost everyone here lives from the sea of god the refugees are from the mainland to look at their followers and and tell me this without. the details small town settlement it is a book about 4000 people lived on this islands before the insurgency now it is more

than 10000 people was thousands of displaced people. leaving the mainland in the coming year and the possible looking for a safe place to stay just that this isn't exactly a safe place last year terrorists attacked the island pillaging it and killing 2 villages to terrorists kidnapped 30 islanders many girls couple to god oh 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. it increased reporting from the exam peak next the head of the tokyo olympics says there are no plans to cancel the games this summer 2nd hashimoto's said comus follow a senior politician who said cancellation is a possibility will health experts also say the games should be reconsidered as affections for surge in japan but would less than $100.00 days to go organizers are committed to staging the event. zookeepers in havana cuba are celebrating the birth

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