punished for speaking out hong kong's pro-democracy activists are sentence. more than a year in jail for joining mass demonstrations against china's tightening grip on the territory also coming. this violence and so says the u.s. vice president after people are killed and yet a shooting this time in a fed ex facility in indianapolis. has no clear motive. and a show of confidence angela merkel gets her 1st job at 19 shots and receives astra

zeneca germany's chancellor says she's happy to take the vaccine and others to do the same also warns of a crisis in mozambique where more than half a 1000000 people have fled attacks by islamic militias our correspondent reports from people who are seeking shelter. viewers on p.b.s. in the u.s. and to all of you around the world it's good to have you with us. 10 of hong kong's most prominent democracy campaigners have been sentenced for taking part in anti-government protest media tycoon jimmy law i will serve 14 months in prison for unauthorized assembly 82 year old martin lee known as hong kong's father of

democracy got an 11 month suspended sentence almost 1700000 people took part in pro-democracy marches 2 years ago. correspondent phoebe kong describes what happened as the activists were sentenced for happiness thing in the court room 3rd the day to observe the sentencing and right after they announced the sentences on the hall 10 defendants the cochran house burst into a kind of i loud chants of protest locus a lot of supporters show up today to attend the hearing to show senator solidarity to the checkout defendants and also to protest against their sentences the way they think is unjust and in response other many of the defendants how i have spoken to over the previous weeks that they said oh well prepared for cho time but still.

at a moment when they were sentenced they chanted slogans inside a court room insisted on there is no there's nothing criminal to hold an ice and it and i 10 and i'm not authorised assembly there is a peaceful one although without permission from the police that they insisted that this is not to to met say follow this obedience. correspondent phoebe kong there so what does the future of hong kong's pro-democracy movement look like c.b. asked one of the defendants a former chair of the city's democratic party. a silver medal awarded to your film by the government for his political walk it was. something this former lawmaker felt proud of but 12 years later it seems to represent a hong kong that's been lost that time the central government of beating. us to. adopt my. approach to hong kong try to as

my country my home calls my home to love your country doesn't mean you love a certain political regime young so much as one of 10 defendants found guilty of all going izing 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 your. 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 as a civil disobedience aipac beauty but i don't feel remorse because i don't think i have done everything 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 makers 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. typical realty prayers we disagree worth all the praise of democracy we have managed over the possibly 3 years so this is a big retreat of democracy in hong kong is it time for you lots of again i've been talking about politics i think is

a big quest to. go back to the pressure group politics i didn't like in 70. 5 of his generation may soon become history but he doesn't think that efforts will have been in vain history is so full of struck quoth. he said gauge myself on politics and i don't think i would leave hong kong at all democracy in waters about a party politics voters about the won't take but also to our ways of living but i threw in since all the russian the peaceful approach and i think this is the way to solve the problem in the long run. so mellie's democratic values are now deeply rooted in hong kong. his fight isn't over yet. and we can tell you that the former chairman of the hong kong democratic party featured in that report has been given a suspended sentence he's still facing 5 other charges let's take

a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world at this hour raul castro is standing down as the head of cuba's communist party the move brings an end to the leadership of castro and his brother fidel they've ruled cuba for more than 6 decades or will castro says he's handing off to a younger generation. russian foreign minister sergey lavrov says moscow will tell 10 u.s. diplomats to leave in retaliation for america expelling 10 russian diplomats washington ordered them out over alleged russian interference in the u.s. presidential election. japanese prime minister yoshi. he has become the 1st leader to hold the face to face talks with u.s. president joe biden vice president kamla harris welcome to the white house and increasingly assured of china is likely to be the focus of the one day summit. 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 lot you're a lawyer for the boy's family said he had complied with demands to show his hands when he was shot. president joe biden has ordered flags on all u.s. government buildings to be lowered after a gunman killed 8 people the attack at a fed ex depot in indianapolis was carried out by a former employee he also shot himself dead the rampage has prompted renewed calls for tighter gun controls biden says too many americans are dying every day from gun violence. it was shortly after 11 pm on thursday night when the police were called out to the indianapolis airports roads were closed and much of the airport placed into lockdown police said officers responded as quickly as they could but they arrived to light at the fed ex building morning. received

a call reference shots fired to that location as officers responded. they they arrived to an active shooter incident. at that location. problem any information at this time is that the alleged shooter has taken his own life here at the scene. police say 8 people were killed suffering injuries consistent with gunshot wounds 5 of those were taken to hospital one is said to be in a critical condition. witnesses at the scene a man far in what they thought was an automatic fire. i saw a man with a submachine gun of some sort an automatic rifle and he was firing at any open and i immediately ducked down and got scared as day broke police was still collecting evidence trying to identify the 19 year old shooter's motive. in the

doubtless was revisited by the scourge of gun violence that has killed far too many in our community and in our country although we will learn more about this case in the coming days and in the coming weeks no piece of information will restore the lives that were taken. this is the latest in a spate of mass shootings in the u.s. after a period of relative calm during the coronavirus pandemic and it's already prompted renewed calls for stricter gun controls. the world health organization says covert $1000.00 cases around the world are rising at worrying rates w.h.o. director general is warning that sharp increases are being seen in countries which have so far scaped widespread outbreaks around the will cases and is continuing to

increase warning rates globally the number of new cases but we cause nearly double over the past 2 months this is approaching the highest rate of infection that we have seen so far during the pandemic. germany is seeing its highest rise in krona virus cases since 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 has picked up speed in recent days among those getting a 1st jab was chancellor angela merkel her office released this image of her stamp vaccination document the 66 year old was given the astra zeneca vaccine and said she was delighted. political correspondent simon young joins us now simon i imagine chancellor merkel receiving an asteroid zeneca jab might be

a much needed shot in the arm for germany's vaccination drive. well indeed issues of things moving forward but probably you could say it also shows how slowly them moving forward as you say our goal of medical 66 years of age she's only just become eligible now to get this show up she's had it today and she did make a big deal out of it she didn't make a media moment out of it there have been no pictures released of her actually getting the vaccine always seen as what you just saw there the the vaccine booklet that belongs to angela merkel so anyway yes the vaccination is moving forward but still not as quickly as some say it needs to indeed the debate about stricter measures is still ongoing of course let's hear what chancellor merkel had to say in parliament them enough but i think more not unkind and 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. medical making her case there are we going to see german lawmakers finally taking the steps that public health officials and doctors are pleading for . well i think the support of legislation is going to go through in the end there have been quite stuff all commits about it in parliament because you know there's a lot of focus on imposing really tough and on the usual things such as night time cookies. that's something that's got a lot of people up in arms it's already happening indeed from saturday night for

instance the 1st nighttime curfew since the 2nd world war will be imposed in the city of cologne so you know these are measures that really do go to people's personal freedoms but medical experts say it is needed because many of them say we are in the middle of a 3rd wave already so i expect the talking will go on and probably not so the end of next week will this legislation be passed off and there may even be cool challenges to it off to that but a lot of people say this is the kind of thing that's needed to get a grip on the situation here in germany you know we should mention we have seen glimmers of hope this week with vaccinations finally kicking into gear will this be enough simon to break the 3rd wave. you know well that's the big question i think a lot will depend on the role of variance there are all more dangerous more infectious variants around some of which apparently can cause more serious disease

and maybe some of the vaccines aren't. ready to get it get it to meet that challenge if you like but nonetheless vaccination clearly is still very important 20000000 doses of now bain issued to hearing germany still only 18.5 percent of the population that's had even one dose so there's still quite a long way to go to the most out of 70 or 80 percent which makes pets what's needed political correspondent simon young simon thanks as always as going to virus cases rise here in germany medical workers are warning that intensive care units a push to the brink reported test evolve visited berlin hospital that is close to capacity. we're at the intensive care unit in berlin scatty tests 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. puzzles and 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. we have incurred on in recent weeks the number of covered patients in germany's icy 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 could 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 uncovered 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 are breached varies greatly from region to region some are already completely full others are still coping one thing would help more vaccinations one of them forgive me if we won't get out of this without back scenes

they have very important but it is also important to stick to hygiene measures keep that distance and observe current coverage for structures of each and everyone must take this been demick seriously and can do that part to make us get out of this is quickly as possible the truth. 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 now to some other developments in the pandemic germany has removed the united kingdom from its list of risk zones meaning travelers will no longer need to quarantine on arrival india has seen another spike in cases the 8th record increase in 9 days and denmark is speeding up reopening plans as infection rates stabilize restaurants and bars will be back in business next week. highlighting now some of

the other stories making news around the world at this hour the leaders of germany france and ukraine have called on russia to pull its troops back from the ukrainian border volodymyr selenski met. in paris and angela merkel joined by video selenski called for a summit involving all 4 nations. iran says it has begun enriching uranium at 60 percent the highest level it has achieved so far the process takes around closer to the purity needed to produce a nuclear weapon a suspected israeli attack on a key facility has complicated talks aimed at reviving tehran's nuclear deal with rule power. the united nations is warning that conditions are worsening as a result of the conflict in the northern ethiopian region of. the u.n. says people have begun to die of hunger and sexual violence is still being used as a weapon of war. the u.n. is warning of an escalating humanitarian crisis in northern mozambique where than

600000 people have been forced from their homes by islamist militias many more are facing food shortages. travel to region plagued by insecurity. from the the islands off more beeks northern 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 and united nations 8 mission isn't able to feed everyone there that her. haven't gotten anything. what should i do now not. you are. lucky

enough to receive some rise flour corn and cooking oil terror 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 search time. lines beside. her just chopped off wondrous things heading for no resistance why even everyone has to watch even the jewish 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 neighboring 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 from the scene of the refugees are from the mainland to look at their followers and and tell me this without this would not be the case small town said it is. about 4000 people lived on this island before the insurgency now does more than 10000 people was thousands of displaced people leaving the mainland in the coming year in the past 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 so terrorists kidnapped 30 islanders mainly gilts couple to gado 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. final preparations are

underway for the funeral of prince philip the husband of britain's queen elizabeth their son prince edward and his wife sophie viewed by members of the public outside st george's chapel in windsor where the funeral will take place only 30 close relatives will attend restrictions the funeral is being closely followed here in germany where the british royals trace some of their roots and where they still have many fans. queen elizabeth the 2nd and prince philip on a 2015 state visit to germany it was their 5th such trip but they were still greeted enthusiastically some traveled hundreds of kilometers to catch a glimpse of the royal couple. we had to do it and i'm very glad we did. and values tradition pride and the friendship between england and germany. the

queen is something special when she's in germany you have to be there. the british royal family is very popular in germany royal weddings are broadcast live on television and millions watch. visits republicans become royalists at least temporarily. people can project a lot onto the entire royal family because it is so present in the media but at the same time the royals personally want as little as possible to be known about them many people find the tradition the glamour the ceremony fascinating the castles the titles the cottages. but most germans don't want their abolished in 1900. 2020 poll showed that 85 percent were opposed to having a monarch as head of state. but germans are nonetheless very interested in the glitz and glamour of other royal hoses around europe.

it's a safe kind of excitement to support for and monarchies like this you can easily get involved via the media in the past via print media and recently via digital media it's very accessible. prince philip's death also touched the hearts of many germans their newspapers run emotional front page coverage the day after he died chancellor angela merkel praised his integrity his dedication to duty and his friendship with germany prince philip had a special connection to germany his parents were german nobility and he spent part of his childhood in southern germany to marry elizabeth he became british and adopted the son in the baton prince philip had an infamous sense of humor that often crossed the bone disease of political correctness. they only know that the queen used to ask him when he was travelling where did you put your foot in it this time. what's the next thing will read about you doing something

unbelievable. everyone was aware that he would make a few fool. but that was always seen by the family just a bit of fun. but he always understood that his role was secondary to the queen's with loyalty diligence and wit prince philip and respect during his 73 years of marriage to queen elizabeth the 2nd from subject in the united kingdom and from royal funds in germany. well zookeepers in havana cuba are celebrating the birth of 4 big l. tiger cubs including a rare white tiger the new arrivals are the result of 2 decades spent trying to breed the endangered animals at the zoo white tigers are a genetic variation of bengal tigers which are usually or numbers in the wild have

dwindled in recent years due to deforestation and hunting. here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you at this hour several of hong kong's bush prominent democracy campaigners have been sentenced over anti government protests meter tycoon jimmy lying has been jailed for 14 months in an 82 year old martin leete known as hong kong's father democracy got a suspended sentence. you're watching. live from berlin after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day hope to see you then i'm mike lived in berlin taken.

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to trace begins. to create the tallest biggest and most beautiful structures this is how massive churches are created. conscious of the cathedral its starts april 12th on d. w. . the price for resistance $9.00 veteran activists and lawmakers in hong kong have been sentenced to prison terms of up to 18 months for participating in mass anti-government protests nearly 2 years ago now punish the region's most prominent pro-democracy campaigners including media tycoon jimmy lie and martin lee known as hong kong's father of democracy.