and both sides are reportedly ready to launch legal action. you're watching the news live from up next is our coverage 19th special describing you can find much more news analysis and video on our website dot com i'm here thank you very much indeed for watching more news about 2 hours time to use it like. the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. information and context the coronavirus update 19 specials. on t w. i was issued when i arrived here i slept with 6 people in a room. it was hard. i haven't got white hair

and. learning the german language head nodding off this gives me a little but you need to interrupt the flavor you want to do their story in full bloods are fighting and reliable information for margaret. 3000000 people have died from the corona virus. most of the victims in the united states and brazil. but there's hope. powerful americans have received their 1st vaccination awful israelis have received 2 jabs life for them is returning to normal. but mutations could change that if they find a way to have a doubt body's immune response. the world health organization. cases in many

countries are still rising at an alarming rate some other nations conference there over the worst of correspondents on ukraine i reports from israel where a rapid vaccination program has brought with it some walking free. they're taking it easy at this outdoor cafe in this center have to levy for this is a sense that life is gradually returning to normal the government has rolled back many restrictions owners stuff to her is cautiously optimistic the national government is we have the feeling that it's over it's nice it's a relief i feel the virus is no longer a threat as everyone here has been vaccinated palace manager for colors enough already look even my mask had enough. case numbers in israel have fallen sharply thanks to one of the world's fastest vaccination drives some restrictions remain such as sparing masks and the green pass sexy nation certificate is required

in some venues after 3 hard lockdowns people are not taking things for granted sam a clear enough that it's great that things are getting back to normal of course i'm still wearing a mask be a cautious there's still fear you can't shake it off that creaking of my hair over half of the population of 9000000 israelis has been fully vaccinated but israel has been criticized for failing to supply vaccines to more palestinians in the occupied west bank and gaza a covert 19 unit in a converted parking lot at sheba hospital near tel aviv 1st closed recently public debate has now turned to vaccinating children under 16 the spread of new variants and how long the vaccines will offer protection going back to school and back to call meals people are back in workplaces and are vaccinated and we see a decline in cases where people are generally very optimistic of course the science

easily could be more cautious and we have to be very careful in assessing the new value in looking carefully at their vaccine effectiveness. to keep variants at bay travesty actions are still in place as here at ben-gurion airport foreignness need to specially permit to enter only by late may small groups of vaccine and to tourists will be allowed. for now israelis and telling their new found freedom depend mic is far from over but at least in the bubble of tel aviv it almost feels like it could be. a eyelash on who was in that report that joins us from tel aviv is a director at israel's largest hospital the sheba medical center just how close is israel to the end of the pandemic would you say. by all means israel is seeing substantial decline in the number of concerns however

we're not at the end of the i'm game there are limitations on travel over billions leask for resurgence of the disease number of reasons and you've still got a lot of palestinians to get vaccinated will the students then walk inside these lane with also. india many thousands of then wilcox in really good form what i understand and are not especially still international no the palestinian authority has the jurisdiction only health so all these and fully incidents the palestinian authority however is a doctor when it fails and i think israel should do anything in its own to help the palestinian authority flaxen aid the population insulin's both. there are others who argue it's israel's responsibility and at the same time i mean what's the point of getting israel vaccinated or israelis vaccinated when its neighbors an option is

. to want fro of people of course in that region and we're also talking about a globalised world here what's what's the use of the country getting vaccinated when other countries haven't even begun. well a fully agree that while this is a globalized world and there are really connections between populations countries need to support each other in trying to achieve the highest marks in coverage globally and not only in specific countries however health inequities are not a new issue or topic in global health there are many health inequalities between the euro pms in the african countries for example in this is only just one specific example of how health inequities impact the global population so from your scientific perspective how should israel proceed to ensure that all of the progress

it's made which is fantastic isn't undone well one a subject that needs strengthening he's the lens we need to continue looking for breakthrough cases and outbreaks in try and contain them through classic public health measures such as in call in team in isolation we need to make sure that people who enter israel for me bald get tested for cost lead in do not list the population by inserting their files break into israel and of course as i mentioned we need to support the global effort to lower the leask eliminate their violence eventually you said in that report we have to be very careful in assessing you variance and the effectiveness and your ration of vaccines as a new study which hasn't yet been peer reviewed but it shows a small amount of fully vaccinated people can get infected with the variant 1st discovered in south africa is that or could we perceive that as the 1st evidence of

vaccines may not work against some mutations. will we have entirely if we didn't support glommed effectiveness of some of the vaccines against some of the variants of concern including the valiant that was identified in south africa we don't have and we danced to 2 so called it to democracy inside substantially lower clinic and i think so in simple words it may be that the folks in still prevents a real disease was retaliation in their form is caused by disability and so fights united people will take them but perhaps. efficacy against transmission in mild infections is low and for some of their valiance dissolution is a thing as much die tough is possible by so great ends in be prepared the contingency flynn plan by possible changes to the vaccine.

induced until bodies so that they fit know how to dance in. their doses hold those who are boxing or israel is considered a world champion in surveillance as well this study suggests mutations keep finding ways to evade the body's immune response how can we deal with that danger posed by new mutations that. yet so again some fine tuning we are talking about infection there is no evidence that these fully vaccinated people who were infected didn't have did have a severe disease so the vaccine may still be there buddy against serbia disease which is the primary objective of uk seem we don't want someone to be severely ill but they may still be infected in the only way that we can control such immune invasion against infection is to develop vaccines that are specifically more

effective against these valiance of concern why maintaining day public health classic measures of isolation and quarantine if we see an outbreak of this type of value of consent a lesson the director of the center for travel medicine and tropical diseases thank you very much for joining us today. and over now to our science correspondent derrick williams who has an interesting question today about covert and vegetarian . budgetary ins and deacons get less sick if they catch covert 19th. i was surprised at 1st at how little clear data i could find on this topic but i guess i shouldn't of bad i mean what constitutes a healthy diet after all has always been controversial but i can say that i found no reliable studies establishing any direct lengths between diet and covert severity what i mean by that is that no new evidence in the

course of the pandemic has for example caused the world health organization to change its dietary recommendations although the w.h.o. certainly emphasizes the central role that fresh produce plays in a healthy diet it also continues to recommend the consumption of certain animal based products as good sources of protein that said in direct links to diet have been established because while eating mostly unprocessed plant based products doesn't guarantee perfect tells a many studies have shown that it does help reduce non-communicable diseases like obesity or type 2 diabetes and those conditions are unquestionably risk factors for developing a more severe case of coke at 19 if you're infected so the take away i guess is

that there's no evidence that eating the occasional burger raises your risk of contracting severe kovac 19 but putting on a lot of weight by eating too many burgers over. any yours does. and on the subject some good news for diners of fine food some time back we brought you the story of alexander and how his top restaurant in must say he was doing takeaway for the 1st time and had set up a food truck well here it is just a few meters from the restaurant where most of the food is prepared what's he has 3 motionless does to his name so the hug made lunch he and his team whip up is pretty pricey between 20 to 36 euros but the man has been strong enough for the shift to colback all of his 17 employees to the kitchen.

i stay here thanks for watching stay safe and see you again sir. me and mark one woman versus the military. now mike de facto head of government disempowered and detaining people on demand in. the regime's forces are responding with violence why is the nobel peace prize laureate constant threat to the powerful generals. close up. next totally. india. empowering

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because change doesn't happen on its own. to. make up your own mind to. w. paid for mines. manned mars democratic hopes have been shattered on february 1st the armed forces staged a coup seizing back power after a decade of cautious. for 50 years generals have ruled the multi-ethnic state with an iron fist and practical isolation from the outside world then 10 years ago under pressure from international sanctions the military allowed elections and the introduction of what it called disciplined democracy. the military held

a long son suchi under house arrest for 15 years. became an icon of the struggle for freedom the nobel peace laureate began fighting for democracy in myanmar in the 1990 s. . as the military came under more and more pressure from sanctions and economic boycotts they decided to release their arch enemy from house arrest 102018 sign of goodwill toward the west but all song suchi was barred from standing in the forthcoming elections and her national league for democracy boycotted. virtually unopposed the military gained almost all of the seats. in any case the constitution guarantees the armed forces 25 percent of seats and key ministries. the civil service and police remain under the general's control. the commander in chief directly

appointed the ministers for defense border affairs and the interior. some members of the military exchange their green uniforms a white civilian apparel. a former long serving general was made president. he was ordered to usher in a cautious transition to a more mobile and society. you know where i learned a lot of a lot of the who knew my theories who i would never have dreamt that i would become president of the monarchy a lot of homologous what after i became president and head of government of the my picks the cabinet. almost all of the ministers i chose came from the previous military junta who were in the car they were well educated and experienced found their pneumonia of the region but none of us had any idea how we should engineer the transition to democracy who agrees we had lived without democracy for tamil than 50 years see through everything i do is on the move reasoning there drinkwater 100 cars or you want to shoot him. before being appointed the 1st

civilian president of man after the dictatorship general tain sane had been involved in overseeing the creation of a new constitution. but how does. if you read about war and tell me what we were before 2010 the country was under the control of a military dictatorship and the result was widespread poverty because the state was bankrupt and the winced imposes sanctions upon us and where did what and there were many other problem and. a good idea. but no one really ever had the intention of good hearing to democratic principles rather despite a few reforms they wanted to stick with military rulers it will become your whole.

the reforms have the sole aim of improving relations with the west and underground so tell you to call on. the top priority was the lifting of sanctions. but it would have been difficult for the new government to win over the international community without involving that then opposition leader aung sang suu kyi with just a few seats to fill in parliament it was decided that aung sang suu kyi should be allowed to stand in the 2012 by elections it was more a symbolic gesture the risk was small. only 80 percent of the seats were being contested. but it gave the opposition are put in the door. pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi has taken her place in me and miles parliament's ushering in a new political year round 3 years of military dictatorship that nobel peace laureate and of the newly elected members of her party pledged to safeguard the constitution it's quite a change for

a woman who's been incarcerated most of the last 20 years one of her closest associates was fellow party member when taylor so when i arrived at the dawn a lot of media were there. i told them he rebels. rebels are coming. the 79 year old was detained after the february military coup and remains in custody he was a political prisoner from 1989 to 2010 actually weigh a rebels we had struggled along so many years nearly 3 decades yet their status as insurgents changed overnight and they were regarded as above ground insurgents if they did not underground. one sense you key into a party only hold 8 percent of seats in parliament so at 1st glance they don't seem to have much in the fridge the military had hardly left them any room to maneuver

but on song suchi and her supporters were determined to make the most of it they knew that the architects of this discipline democracy wouldn't play fair our objective wants to continue our struggle for this based on our political principles and to get a truly democratic state. i have for tremendous conservatism in the free citizen in any way for the assistance of my fees to be such in together that for you would like to either reduce their presence or not have them in the parliament we would like to know all parliament to be in line with international values it's not because we want to move and but this. due to her iron will and her charisma the military i don't song suchi with suspicion. back of confidence. as you have to point point one the greatest weakness that's a lack of trust and confidence the nobody trusts anybody. has this this is the

result of years and years of dictatorship authoritarian rule you all have have to be careful you don't know who is informing on whom and this lack of trust has seeped into our very bones in a sense so this discussion helped to bring about to consider. the new civilian representatives might have been full of good intentions but the generals still have the upper hand. the military had created a constitution that cemented its own standing leaving the civilian government with little real power. the constitution guaranteed the military 25 percent of seats and beat all rights meaning the constitution couldn't be changed without its approval. the new constitution also had an article $59.00 that was made specifically to keep on song suchi out of the running it barred anyone becoming president or vice president

if their spouse or children were not citizens of man mark. it was designed to curb suchi is political ambitions she had studied in the u.k. and the us like her late husband her 2 sons are british citizens plenty more to go . to go get the cheese our g.g. to protect the constitution adequately according to the me in my constitution the most important task of the military is to ensure that the country's fundamental laws are respected. that the jug. be up to. the military generals were confident that the much revered and beloved song suchi would never be able to become a manned mars president. i

think one has to accept that there are some elements of the minute military who would generally think that they are the only ones capable of competing to come together now this is not surprising because they feel they were in pa for more than 50 and they have to because it is still hot and the sense tell that pop because of the constitution there. managed 1st minute she could that established. known term in a trooper and i took place in 1962 so if you caught it from then it's over 15 years after 15 years at the helm and it's not very surprising that they quit used to thinking at they were the only ones keep of kicking the country together. widely known as mother sue this advocate for a peaceful transition to democracy has long been regarded almost as a deity and man. but her popularity was only of limited advantage.

important changes to the constitution had to be approved by more than 75 percent of parliamentarians. with the military occupying one quarter of the seats song suit she's hands were tied. one powerful man was still pulling the strings general thomas way ruled man maher with an iron fist until 2011 he had ordered the disbandment of the military junta and the shift towards disciplined democracy his aim the lifting of international sanctions before leaving office in march 20th 11 he divided his power between president tain same admin on the plank whose destiny was written in the stars. last. mean on hi i was appointed commander in chief by tom shrank on the advice of astrologers. he

got the job because the stunts were favorable not due to any military prowess is. this guys and. the. monks and astrologers are deemed the nation's guardians and have. long played an important role in myanmar. you know. general tonge way was most fearful of the woman who had defied him ever since the 1990 s. . even what aung sang suu kyi was under house arrest he had consulted for astrologists to ward off any potential danger that she might pose. the entire country was waiting for the 2nd general election to be announced. tonge way and his backers realized they could face

a crushing defeat but article 59 guaranteed that their opponent couldn't become president despite her popularity. the elections were allowed to go ahead on a suitably auspicious state. they chose the election date november the 8th 2051 of the top astrologers advised them so if the elections are on the 8th of november 2015 you won't win a landslide victory. more than 30000000 people were eligible to vote. the electorate had big expectations to killer of sheep opposition leader aung sang suu kyi and her national league for democracy. she had been on the election trail for weeks ahead of the polls tens of thousands turned out to see her. many hoped for change on multiple

levels more freedom economic growth less corruption and less poverty. that is at the polls according to when tame predicted that the opposition would win handsomely. saying see the people of myanmar waited 25 years and the n.o.c. the national league for democracy. as one. starts to get to this point today. the military's white clad appointees in parliament accepted the decision and made way for the n l d and song suchi. from now on she negotiated directly with the commander in chief clack. the man who would seize back our in the

february coup. the victory brought new faces and new colors in the parliament aung sang suu cheese national league for democracy party now help the majority. but despite this decisive electoral result the n l d s founder and leader could not become president and a quarter of parliamentary seats and key ministries remained reserved for the men in uniform. the icon for democracy seemed prepared to come to an arrangement with the military for political expediency. the routes that bind on song suchi and the military proceeded that. they are embedded in her family history. in the 1940 s. a general fought against british colonial rule and was instrumental in engineering

independence for as man marr was formally call he is still regarded as a national hero today his name is general aung san the father of aung san suu kyi. to create unity in the country and to help ward off external attacks he regarded it as vital to strengthen the times between the various ethnic and political groups. that was no easy task as the country is not only geographically diverse with 5000 meter high peaks plateaus swamps and tropical rainforests it also has more than 130 different ethnic groups with varying religious affiliations. including bamma to change. change again mona sean kareem careening barca naysay and. general on song favorite a socialist state having rejected capitalism after the experiences with colonial rule son conducted the negotiations for burma's independence from britain it was at

an early especially chosen by the emmys astrologers that rangoon love them as full assumption of independence and face of the union jack that means national bank was poised with all jewish settlement it was a moment however that aung san did not live to see he was murdered by political opponents some months earlier posters for the national league of democracy still bear the image of all song today the national heroes legacy the burma independence army the forerunner of today's military and his daughter long sought suchi. she always mentioned that she was broad top in the hands of the n.c.o. around her father. yet she had affection for the army in them but they still did not accept the rule of she is wasn't a grudge. as you know says since independence when her

father was assassinated. it was a known fact that he was the architect of our independence. the founder of the ami. long song suchi initially saw herself as having no choice but to reach an accommodation with the generals. she wanted reform and democracy from man march to remove the military from power and the long term and to take over the presidency clearly there was a long hard road ahead. last. the constitution from becoming the president but today she threw down the good to be a mom of the. 2 since it is not. just

their. tradition she said it presents an impossible task to. come out on to the navy not mistaken despite resistance from the military and that host of state councilor was created with a majority of votes dumping on. the monitor the military stood up in a sign of protest but the law was passed. that. according to the late tony. he was an expert in constitutional literature. so he leafed through all the articles and he found one loop that the president can create a position for anybody of any status. it is a myth but the most important and urgent matter would be

a change in the constitution who believe it. so in her newly created position of state councillor son suchi placed herself above the president the defacto head of government. but even this role did not concentrate all the power in aung san suu cheese heads over the years she had become familiar with most of the country's political rules but the military is also a law unto itself resorting to violence to solve some of its problems. was was in a chinese state run news m.r. dudley reported that one of the government legal advisors to link san suu kyi was shot and killed basal gunmen police have

a suspect in custody. that agang an international airports where he was 9 months young branch trials. by many. many many here. government. yet. the murder is also seen as a warning one toward you our military. boss on suchi was notably absent from connie's funeral she remained silent and withdrew from the public gaze . she was shaken she can guess the main reason. if she says something it will get wives. there is another aspect to this brutal killing connie was not just a lawyer and one of aung san suu cheese advisors he was also a muslim. relations between man mars buddhist majority and the country's muslim

minority are difficult. the conflict is in part and historical 11 burma's people fought against british colonial rule after the 2nd world war one ethnic group remained largely on the side of the british the muslim or hinge of people. the buddhist majority regarded them as traitors nowadays the buddhist population mostly refer to them as the bengalis meaning muslim immigrants from bangladesh for decades the ringette have been denied citizenship the law stipulates that only ethnic groups who lived there before between 24 before the beginning of british rule can hold citizenship many buddhists are convinced that the road later the last loudspeakers promised that the whole of would soon be free of bengalis. who did it over here to tell it's not just down to teach to uphold laura noida but

also to retain the identity of our country so we have to clearly state that the rich do not belong in our country if the muslims in rakhine state a bengali immigrants the money it has to do that should all retirement was a time bomb that was to kill as you know this rising. nationalist feeling. and where these 2 communities muslim and buddhist also began to see each other not just began but increasingly saw each other as their main enemies as well. and then you had i think not surprisingly the emergence. in 2016 on the muslim saw and a new insurgency and a very militant insurgency the group is poorly equipped it has guns small homemade bombs and what it describes as a noun mission to protect for him the muslims. attacks

on police stations had devastating consequences. they gave the military a welcome pretext to go in the heart. of any response was to close the area and the only began what he calls a clear separation civilians as well as political support. a military has its own agenda without without consulting us they will try to do anything that night. but. the un says almost 850000 both indians have fled the trade don't let me put this country into

neighboring foundation in the last 12 days since the nutri operation began the current situation cannot yet be fully assessed but the situation remains for seniors a textbook textbook example of ethnic cleansing. the international community expected to clear reaction from san suu kyi and an end to the expulsions and the military operation but she remained silent. manned mars political system as a hybrid of civilian and military rule to get into government this iconic figure had clearly made big concessions to the military. there are hence a crisis through these compromises and to start really. the ministry of the interior the home ministry defense and border areas are controlled by the army so when the rakhine thing happened then to national

community blamed us they said she was protecting the army. the reason was that cheney didn't want to make any hostile remark to the army for the long run . she was blamed for that. that's why we call it a military trap nobel peace prize laureate and some sushi who is now burma's de facto president is facing mounting criticism for far and little of the. judiciary that piece on some suit she has a clean terrace of what she termed quote a huge i spent a piece on let it take place at international observers accused aung san suu kyi of having become a political opportunist. she was stripped of numerous awards and honorary doctorates. and shang now whose main one shang knows the problem and he's enjoying this hugely. many people in

myanmar welcomed the government's stance toward the renter and defended on sun suchi. then she finally broke her silence about what had happened and called for a peaceful solution. after intense pressure puns on sujit finally address the radio refugee crisis this televised christmas diplomats business c.t.'s chance to state their case to the world. it is not the law. really ought to have any pages on them when we find them more human rights and unlawful by the un to make it to the restoration of the definitive. law throughout the.

area that it considers to her to louis and because. i am aware. that there were tension is fullness of the situation in your kind state . but you would. i think country as a whole not just. little to buy where you go the international community wanted her to say my support the range a goal but i don't think she can say something like that if she wants to work with the military on a long term basis. also on suit she has made her choice for the relationship with the military on the stability of the government comes before the recognition and what's left of her international reputation.

more than 700000 rohinton refugees fled into neighboring bangladesh in 2017. in manaus they continue to face severe repression and persecution. human rights groups have spoken of genocide and ethnic cleansing. the international criminal court in the hague is investigating. song suchi silence only helped her in the short run the generals were apparently unable to accept or landslide victory at the polls in november 2020. the military coup in myanmar in february represents a return to the dark ages.

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