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10 years after the arab spring. starts june 7th w. . this is news live from berlin germany's 1st coronavirus aid shipments arrives in crisis ridden india supplies include badly needed ventilators again post record breaking numbers of new infections also coming out. clashes erupt in german and french capitals during traditional may day rallies demands range from stronger workers' rights to easing pandemic prescriptions. and antigovernment protests
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in kenya opponents are pressing for an end to lock downs and police brutality. is caught up in the violence. welcome to the show india has reported a staggering 400000 new coronavirus infections in a day after a run of record breaking surges in infection numbers several nations have pledged support germany has sent its 1st batch of assistance including 120 ventilators a team of medical experts on board the air force plane to delhi will be staying for 2 weeks several indian states had to delay extending the national vaccine to hundreds of millions of adults because there aren't enough shots to go around. it's
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their best hope of surviving the pandemic the queues are long and surprise are short only about one in 10 of india's vast population has even had a 1st jab and one by blacks in centers are closed this weekend because of the shortage so those who do get a shot know how fortunate they are i feel really glad because i'm in the operation where i have 2 people travelling and i'm surrounded with people who don't grandma quite my level already you know with all the care they had to do it isn't about what the public. that is going to be about vaccine shortages it's just one of the many problems india is facing people are desperately searching for oxygen and medicine emergency rooms are closing their doors to new patients while crematoriums are running out of food for the dead for those who have lost
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a loved one to cope at 19 there is no dignified way to say goodbye many blame the government. i didn't hear that there's a big failure of judiciary of the nation for somebody to be cheated you don't feel and to have it do you believe that to do the job i. wonder if i didn't know you don't got it. got to late everything. from. an international relief effort is underway to help india fight its devastating 2nd wave. earlier we asked our correspondent major johns fall about the vaccination campaign. back units and it took you days to pull its people between 18 and 45 what they are trying to mangle what jack today but this would be stretching it back because many states what is little actually
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jabs said and this will put all can back in the ocean many other cities in some of the hardest hit areas like duty in maharashtra the question people are also part missions and just because they just do not have to do is that maybe it will look like iraq will quite. back then to see that they cannot get them out even though they're eligible because they just do not have daughters and some private. but they have to charge a fee and that factionalism sending it to them but a higher price. for reporting from delhi brazil is also facing a terrible death toll more than 400000 people there have died only the u.s. has seen more fatal cases many blame the government's handling of the outbreak activists have staged a poignant protest in rio de janeiro. real's famed copacabana beach
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a brazilian flag is symbolically laid to rest for human rights groups organize this protest in memory of brazil's 400000 coronavirus did you see focus will solve the balsam our government is responsible for this tragedy played down the risks of the pandemic and is rolling out vaccinations too late there's absolutely no national pundak strategy as a bottom up leach the job. brazil's hospitals are still under pressure in some places patients are treated in the corridors the government's vaccine rollout has repeatedly been delayed and interrupted due to a lack of supply. the government doesn't have a magic wand to solve everything at once but we're working on behalf of brazilians every day. brazil's congress has launched an inquiry into the bowl tomorrow government's handling of the pandemic senators are looking at what mistakes were made worst hit by the pandemic of being brazil's poor many who have lost work
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especially those who are job before the crisis. and because of the country's slow vaccine rollout brazil's agony looks unlikely to end soon. let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world negotiators have reported progress in talks aimed at bringing the u.s. back into the international nuclear deal on iran after the latest round of talks in vienna diplomats say they are cautiously optimistic. australia is to ban anyone who's recently been an india from entering its borders including citizens and residents rule breakers face fines or even jail cameras says the move is necessary because of the huge number of infections in india. my 1st international workers day demonstrations have been taking place all of europe in some cities protests were directed against coronavirus roles but in paris
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police clashed with activists demanding stronger labor protections. back on the boulevards the french left in all its shades of red turned out in its thousands in paris. depended because protestors off the street lost my thirst. on the margins of the much fire and fury and broken glass clashes and has confronted the place who used tea gas sending the crowd scattering. she gets to in belgium bikie midges can this save this was no workers' rights gathering instead it was a protest party organizers by the young. and those who feel like they're losing their youth to the lockdowns police said the party violated covered rules and broke up the events of the protests by people
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angry after being told to see the time is a sign of just how much the dive work is this china. is temple with turkey entering a lockdown life indictments and police detained hundreds of people. opposition lawyers accused them of specifically targeting journalists attempting to film police during the rally. picking up. a little bit in the. side from all the protests there's another side to my day to day in many countries to work his day has been declared a holiday in china many travel this year the great wall was jam packed with sightsee is enjoying a break from all that light. they've also been. clash as to may day protests here in berlin the demonstrations drew several 1000 people began
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peacefully but clashes with police escalated after nightfall some 5000 police were deployed the german capital has often seen heavy clashes on the traditional workers' day officials say the pen demick has increased tensions. earlier we spoke to our political correspondent juliet deli in berlin and now the police is trying to clear out the situation here we saw the demonstrations starting peacefully in the beginning but only after half an hour or an hour from it start we saw clashes breaking out and we saw demonstrators setting fire to trash bins and 2 wooden pallets. stones and bottles being thrown at police we heard some police have been injured and we've seen people being arrested and taken away by the police julie is reporting that a car bomb in afghanistan has killed at least 24 people and wounded more than 100
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of those most of the victims were students preparing for exams no group has yet claimed responsibility for the blast in lodi robins the bombers struck as people broke their fast during the islamic holiday month of ramadan the u.s. and nato have begun withdrawing troops from afghanistan after a 20 year war with the taliban. western military involvement in afghanistan began nearly 20 years ago when u.s. led forces went in just days after the september 11th 2001 terror attacks. the mission of the u.s. and its allies to make the world safe from terrorism by removing the taliban which had allowed osama bin laden and his al qaeda network to operate from afghan territory. the taliban regime was quickly overthrown but achieving peace in afghanistan has proved elusive. with international assistance
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a civilian government was set up in kabul led by president hamid karzai. but the taliban regrouped and began carrying out attacks and regaining control of parts of the country. despite a peak of 140000 nato troops in 2011 international and afghan forces have been unable to defeat the taliban. in 2014 nato ended its combat mission and transferred security control to kabul since then nato led troops have helped train and assist their afghan counterparts currently about 9500 international soldiers remain in the us which supplies the largest contingent has announced it will complete its troop withdrawal by september. the taliban have sought to negotiate with the afghan government but so far talks of stalled a recent u.s. intelligence analysis concluded that the kabul government would likely struggle to
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hold the taliban to be once foreign troops leave the country. to kenya now where i reporter has been injured after police fired tear gas canisters at demonstrators in nairobi east africa correspondent was covering a protest over the coronavirus restrictions job losses and police brutality with a cameraman when she was hit twice mario was interviewing a demonstrator at the time. to general the local journalist organization for the region and amnesty international have condemned the incident a miss d. is calling on kenyan authorities to investigate. we spoke to mariel miller earlier and she described the moment she was hit by the canister. when come our colleague john to and i we were together. a little square in front of the national archives here in nairobi which is in the central business district it's a popular gathering people where they're sitting you know just enjoying the free
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day and also also watching as activists were gathering 40 activists more or less. came there to protest very peacefully also always reminding themselves to abide to the rules and you know maintain social systems they were demanding you know improvements or support by the government especially for low income populations in there will be especially affected by the corporate. measures and the pandemic and the lockdown especially so we were there we filmed that and we saw we heard a shot and we thought ok what's going on we saw the tear gas and then we saw also the police and so we also felt of course that we you know inhaled it you know it affected our eyes and our noses but then. we dispersed and then later on when i thought it's a bit calm you know we just tried to get out of the way. we interviewed a lady who was also
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a protester and it was just us interviewing her and nobody else and then of course always people gather when you do interviews with a camera so then some people came up and we continued the interview but then we heard another shot and there was police right behind the lady and they were pointing at us and we just wanted to go you know get out of the way and we tried that but then i the next thing that i heard or felt was another shot and then i just felt like this burning pain in my thigh and i saw that this kind of stress of this to you guys that you know launched from a real weapon so it's not just you know they don't throw it it's really a weapon so it's really strong and the impact was really strong so yeah that's what i that's what i experience today. reporting football now and brasier dortmund to the german cup final after thrashing 2nd division side holds the hand kiel teenage attack a geo raina scored the 1st 2 goals as dortmund won a 5 no victory in the semi final they will face abi leipsic in the final in berlin
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live pics for athletes in. it's the ultimate dream. because i was 10 when i 1st watched the olympics on t.v. it was fascinating and i've been fascinated ever since the olympic torch relay to tokyo is already underway with the games set to open on july 23rd despite rising code rates and even if i look at the olympics and the movement it's what makes the top cream very social for me. 3 german athletes a fence a javelin thrower and a high jumper and very rocky road to tokyo. junction i definitely want to be there although it is a bit scary maybe this person has it and can infect others so there is a risk i'm concerned and i'm. limbering up at a training camp in turkey for him it's been an extraordinary year after the
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postponement of the olympics he took a break to concentrate fully on physical preparation as opposed to competition over the winter that meant training indoors but now he's finally back outside. and suddenly picking up the javelin again feels just amazing like a child having that bicycle taken away and then being allowed to get on it again it's something you never forget how to do and it's exciting to you pick up the javelin and it's immediately gratifying to have that feeling back. is important to us as athletes and technique is crucial it's a really special feeling if you haven't done it in 6 months you're so hungry that you can't wait to launch a long and powerful fro again by power it's a very. powerful in this case means 90 meters plus something he's managed to time
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in the game in recent years his goal now is to repeat that feat the. here. alexander has already competed in a major me this year. she entered the qualification told a mentor in russia determined to secure her ticket to the olympics as were 204 rival fellow fences. dolo attacked and fainted but failed to make the grade her dreams of making her 1st olympics could now be dashed. to be that be a limerick so my big goal now especially for tokyo as i thought they were this is a huge sporting festival with so many disciplines and the same place at the highest level and. it's the biggest event out there for months sports and i want to be part of it on time and there's one final chance for alexander via
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a tournament in madrid in april that's what she's focusing on now but only the winner will qualify for tokyo. will 4 years of high intensity training for the big gold prove to have been in vain. ringback ringback. it's been a complicated past 12 months. the pandemic turned her plans upside down the olympics postponed training under difficult conditions and no tournament the resulting lack of security about her future also compromised her motivation comes covert 19 is still impacting on her daily life her boyfriend has been the pillar of support helping her make it through these challenging times.
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through the getting to do something with friends again over that relatives without a guilty conscience i also want to work with my coach again without any issues. one and a half or 2 metres distance just isn't normal. she has the experience and almost fatherly support of her coach. she's in charge of the german national high jumper team having worked with young flies for over a decade now also provides some much needed confidence. in recognised my weaknesses and helped me to improve. between us that's extremely important it's been officially worked together and for our goals. the 2 of them have already been to the canary islands for the training this year. has been without competition. affecting those all important steps is crucial for her to
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take off the heart she can clear. up is very tough to effect you have to spend ages financially and even then years later it's not ideal. she just wants to be proving her talents on the big stage and it could happen in may if the pandemic does. get in the way again it's tough to assess her current level of performance. no idea when you're jumping against competitors at a similar level then you also massively jump a bit higher because of the pressure. at the 2016 games in rio de janeiro she finished 7th after clearing one meter 93. flushes case it's all about focusing on her body and also has a silent partner to consider. some
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of them partner is pretty accurate i don't have any extremely emotional bonds to my javelins that's because they get broken too frequently for me to connect with them like you do with it. there's a whole range of them and they vary not just in terms of color there are different materials to. carbon fiber metal. steel allen 1000000 with carbon fiber on the surface they're all the same rules wise to the same length same weight same thickness that's really important the only difference is in the 3 you choose your particular javelin according to the wind feeling and personal technique and the vibration is also important javelins that silent after all there's a particular noise when you throw them. it is a global issue. that involves absorbing one ton weight javelin throwing might
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look straight forward but it puts the body under enormous strain that 2 means specific training. uses a subtle and perhaps unexpected that for years he's been practicing his stance and stability on a slight climb. pretty spect. but it's basically about having an uneven surface that helps me to train even the smallest muscles. of the key words here injury prevention for us it's not about growing as far as possible regardless but about ensuring a healthy career in sports something we also try to teach up and coming talent practice won't enable me to immediately fro further but it will help to maintain a high level of performance over an extended period of time in the affidavit for your bowling of a type of war license 5. you'll need that high level
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come august 7th when his biggest event of the gear takes place at the tokyo in the pics. from a feeling nervous he's looking forward to tackling the new outdoor season with less stress and more confidence. i mean we're entering a phase where things are getting gradually more intense the weather's getting warmer in germany we're doing more targeted training and gradually doing more javelin froze. the focus on competing and more specifically on the olympics. at the end of april aleksandar the tournament in the spanish capital is her last chance to get to tokyo. there's no room for error only the winner will stamp
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their ticket to the olympics the rest will have to watch from home. alexander who has high hopes and she gets off to a very promising start comfortably beating an opponent from lithuania and then from hungary. but the semi. final presents her with a rival of a different caliber. cut setting up a shot neva from bella ruse the 2 had never faced each other before and maintains her focus throughout the bouts. ends up as the 15 points to 9 when she's now in the final. standing in the way of her path to tokyo is a tribute scar from ukraine a 2 time bronze medal winner of the world championships she's the favorite and
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complete takes the lead. alexander tries to recover repeatedly landing hits on a poem's body but not often enough. we've got emerges victorious and is headed for times you know. for alexander the olympic dream is over. for high jumper money long as young flies it will now also be. time for. the olympic countdown has begun with less than $100.00 days to go the focus is also on finding the. first. it's often the case that this i'll jump at a level i'm happy with the swing of and will be able to day to the games with a clear conscience you can hopefully i'll jump over 1000. maybe even clear to me
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at the thing. is also feeling the exertion of these very special conditions a prerequisite for all of them pick hopefuls a coronavirus job. in tokyo there will be no olympic village and a limited number of fans in the stadium. because you don't get is a home that's not limping champion i'll be really determined to go for it of course there's always a gamble i don't want to have peaked too early there's no help this season i want to hit my peak in late july early august but that's crucial on top performance by sandakan solve. one thing is for sure almost any more time in the coming weeks for his whole be fishing. and off the recharging his batteries he'll be out to defend his crown in tokyo.
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