both played. both. this is do w. news live from berlin and scientists in india excuse the government of ignoring warnings over deadly new coronavirus variants advisers playing politicians failure for the devastating 2nd ways of coping 19 now overwhelming the help system. also coming up giving a voice to the voiceless today marks world press freedom day and we will reveal the

winner of the use freedom of speech will work plus there are calls for the president of the german football association to resign after he compares his deputy to an infamous nazi judge will get all the details from t.w. sports and the tale of an 8 limp creature and her human companion we take a look at the film i talked to post future the south african film winning the best documentary prize at this year's oscars. i'm sarah kelly welcome to the program. scientists in india are accusing the government of ignoring warnings of new more dangerous variants of the corona virus a form of advisers says that ministers sail to impose large scale restrictions

despite the alert in march mass political and religious rallies have since been cited as super spreader events 2nd wave of covert 1000 has left india battling record numbers of deaths and infections. india is struggling as the pandemic 2nd wave crashes over the country death and desperation are spreading so too is the fear that the government can stem the surge and end india suffering. when the cases started rising up i had a plan. but don't doubt that it means that in the 1st week understood that the government have no idea they're not prepared for anything that if you don't have it up until later than one hospital forget about all the whatever you need for the entire city already an entire nation in just one example a dozen covert 1000 patients died this weekend when a hospital in the capital ran out of oxygen supply for nearly an hour and

a half of one of the main themes of the room to fulfill their mission. is the oxygen they need for food because babies are to be so across the city. of increased demand in the hospital a court in delhi says it will start punishing government officials for failing to deliver lifesaving items. but it's impossible to give what is not yet available the international community spent the weekend sending supplies grieving relatives and scientists blame elected officials for the catastrophic situation saying they ignored medical advice and warnings about variance. prime minister narendra modi faces intense criticism over his handling of the pandemic and his decision to allow state elections to go ahead amid this urgent cases despite heavy campaigning his party failed to win the key state of west bend gal or to make significant gains

in other state assemblies and let's go now to our correspondent been there a child who is joining us with the view from delhi mynheer we heard just there india's prime minister narendra modi suffering a defeat in tea state elections on sunday how angry are people over the government's handling of the pandemic well the national ruling party the. state of west people which lost yesterday but it will leave it to our fish to see that this happened because people are angry with the really bloody handle the situation going to your children that most of the reserves in the state all of a dying we saw the 2nd we. saw the consequences it was only last. week by how it would have been impacting the government handle the situation the loss of the ship being the state has wanted to deal with the fact that a lot of opposition they did not agree with. all their daily campaigning but one

thing can be said for sure sara is that this defeat is a major setback for the g.o.p. at a time when it's facing a lot of criticism for that we've been have to react to just. absolutely a lot of accusations of pandemic mismanagement how are they responding to that. we have not seen any direct responses coming from the government to these allegations the us instead it is a political beginning and seen a lot of it happening in the national capital davey which is the what's he still struggling with a. lack of oxygen the lack of detail beds what you're seeing is that and as the critics suggest the government has not actually been responding to a lot of but new questions which i think. so what happens now we have to ask because we understand that the cove in 1000 task force has pushed for a nationwide lockdown could we see that happen where you have an email below the top schools reportedly have been pushing because i meant to him

pull the nationwide law down the supreme court to also been suggesting the same in fact last week they sought after dr anthony fauci the most a lot of ways but if only to the u.s. also to the death in racine in an interview to one of the publications here but they're not very good and will the government will take this fall so bottom line because we saw what happened last year the question was in fact a lot of people lost jobs and the government may be concerned about the backlash which is really big wimple the nation like lockdown but it's a body that we should be not sure of the decisions that will be taken in the coming few days are there any lessons to be learned for from from the way that it has been handled so far many are because we're hearing these reports that the government had in fact been warned by a form of scientific advisors about a more dangerous variant back in march but that warning was reportedly ignored why . well you know there have been accusations that the had to learn from history is

the only way to the fullest we've clearly there are those but the lady of the ari would have been made aware not me and this floor was saying to go on up and said that they wanted the government and the health ministry early lot with c.m.e. just like in the number of isn't there this particular where is this particular strain is a lot more and you just know what these are last year but clearly they are suggesting these warnings were not doing back in the day we saw the government the only party or so all and i did not matter the election rather than the state of it's been what they have been happy the issue that the government perhaps in what greg in your prayer to the stupid lections bad abandoning your correspondent in your town during in delhi thank you. and today marks world's press freedom day and what a better day to reveal the winner of data abuse freedom of speech award this year we are honoring an investigative journalist from nigeria from an early age she

stood up for women's rights and called out injustices we caught up with her to talk about some of her most challenging investigations. a few things excite to body of 40 more than finding a good story. i've seen is fiery red to prove one point who really on. in a good trade in male sexual gun. overbore has been speaking out against injustice and she was a little girl encouraged by her father she decided to become an investigative journalist. i watched with bad. truth pit i watched your brain being treated unjustly. i was there in the same bin quantities and although i love when i'm walking free that we have our made that comment from so that's really laid the foundation for what i. was in to give voice to the voice

live with the power to rethink the world. of worries work sometimes involves changing her identity all her stories affect her personally but none of them impacted her life as much as her 2013 investigation into nigeria's human trafficking mafia the story unfolded on the street allan avenue a popular hot spot for prostitution for 7 months of war he was an undercover sex worker here it was the toughest most frightening and most challenging investigation one she wasn't prepared for she was raped abused and so 2 people beheaded in front of her. i see that it's a depression. that was the trauma. of course traumatic stress disorder. panic attacks at some points it's quite. in the middle. of war he is still recovering from that

experience her story so does the inspiration for the netflix film or no 2 you're a she's made several other award winning investigations and is adamant she's not stopping any time soon. and for more we are joined now here in the studio by the u.s. director general peter limburg thank you so much for joining us on the program why is it so important for data here to honor journalists like to boree of henri who we just saw in that report. well to borrow gori belongs to the kind of people who bring light into darkness where some people don't want to have any light and i think this is a very courageous woman and colleague and i think she really deserves not only for her for for compassion but also for for the for the challenges she she has to pass through during her work so i think she deserved this and. journalism in

africa isn't very very easy sometimes most of the times and journalism in these kind of areas where it is around human trafficking and a lot of criminal people around there so this is really dangerous and she's a really courageous woman and with all that in mind again there are so many journalists doing so much amazing work not only in africa but also beyond around the world how did steve choose a winner every year where we do it among our colleagues of around the the management and we get always some some hints from from all over the organization we broadcast around the world so i think our departments of language know a lot of great journalists and they propose the ones for us and this time it was temporary of warre and we very soon agreed that this when. is it is a good choice and especially i think human trafficking is

a topic where we as westerners as europeans have a great responsibility because it wouldn't happen if we weren't here as westerners and. we also are part of the story and we're not only looking downwards to 2 to africa to the south and see something with the trees and just but we also the clients are here in europe and in america in the west and all around the world or in the gulf so i think the responsibility is very high and i'm really happy that we that we found such a great war and the announcement of this award today world press freedom day is coming against the backdrop and fact of a poignant reminder of the drama of the dangers that some journalists face while reporting around the world in fact our very own marian mariel miller. was wounded last weekend in nairobi during a protest she was covering for torch of ella we're going have a look at the video and then speak with you there after the sound that was the one that i. rather.

like. what does this say about the freedom to report for journalists around the world 1st of all it says that journalism is getting more and more dangerous and it's a really shocking example to see your colleague been hit by by 2 guests go to she is and canisters and i think this is really not acceptable and i conned understand why the kenyan authorities. haven't reacted yet i mean it's happened 48 hours ago so we're still waiting for the kenyan authorities to react to this and i'm not only waiting for an apology or something a for something to happen that this has consequences because this is. not acceptable she has been acting absolutely according to to all the rules and she was

just. doing an interview with people in the streets who are protesting who are protesting against covered measures and this is not acceptable it has been what we see that the video certainly is shocking one has to say what kind of impact more broadly speaking if you just put this now into the big picture for us you know this kind of quality journalism that you know journalists are often doing in difficult circumstances what does it have on society in your view. i think free journalism is absolutely vital for full societies because we can bring stories which you normally don't see and which bring in good cases helps societies to get better and this is why we are doing our job w. here why our brave correspondents and other colleagues are doing this job and i think we can have a good impact on societies with journalism deputy director general peter limburg

joining us in the studios wanted always great to see you especially on this world press freedom day as the winner of the freedom of speech award has been announced many thanks thank you sir. and now to some other stories making news around the world. u.s. secretary of state and city blinken has criticized china for acting and quote increasingly adversarial ways but he stressed that a military confrontation would be against the interests of both nations like it arrived in london on sunday for a meeting of g 7 foreign ministers where china is one of the issues on the agenda. young activists in myanmar have staged nationwide rallies calling for others to join them in a spring revolution witnesses say security forces shot several demonstrators dead a series of explosions rocked the city of young gone it has been 3 months since the

military seized power in a coup residents along care just towns border with side take us down have been returning to their damaged homes days after thousands were forced to flee from clashes more than 30 people died in a flare up of tension between the 2 former soviet states a cease fire now appears to be holding. almost european countries have been relying on lockdowns masks and travel bans to keep coronavirus cases down but sweden has taken a different path as its top epidemiologist doesn't agree with lockdowns of turn the country into an oasis of freedom but now sweden is seeing a surge in infections health authorities are urging people to follow their advice but while they listen teri schultz reports sweden seen as the land of sweet liberty for those chafing against coronavirus closures curfews and mandatory masks while most of europe has been in various stages of lockdown over the last

year swedes have been skiing shopping dining in drinking restrictions in swedish restaurants mean giving customers space and closing at 8 pm i think we have taken away a round hole through the very rules so we have one big gun jimmy head waiter at the concern and restaurant in stockholm says sweden's done it right were tourists from belgium from drones. from czech republic come here thank you we were kids. just for you the freedom the architect of this model state epidemiologist anders techno rigid basically the same as many other countries who do things in slightly different way trying to think sweden has tried maybe a bit more than notices to pinpoint what exactly we do we need to close to 10 miles a different way has seen sweden record a far higher death toll than its closest neighbors finland and norway

a comparison he rejects they all flyers sweden. very much more true. or strong even germany and sweden these among the $5.00 to $10.00 countries for at least excess mortada to see in europe but sweden's care homes in particular were hit hard last year and still now hospitals warn intensive care units are nearly overwhelmed in december even the king said he thought the strategy had failed but techno stands by his recommendations he says the only problem with them is that people don't follow them take masks for example. doesn't believe they're very effective so on public transportation writers are urged but not required to mask up during rush hours few appear to do so some feel that's a failure of the government's covert $1000.00 communications strategy at least journalism professor christian christianson says the lax approach to mask wearing

exposes inequalities in swedish society endangering especially minorities you're seeing people who are probably in lower paying jobs service industry jobs must take public transportation they're on packed trains in the morning day in day out with hundreds of people in a small container i think it's reasonable to ask like you know might that not be possible public health problem if they make it more tight that everyone should make you should wear a mask that would be very important and maybe we could have spare some life through a new emergency law gives the government temporary power to him. pose a lockdown but it hasn't been used well polls show some swedes have lost faith in their country's approach to stuff our blood isn't one of them he still trusts in ender's techno he represents a like this different kind of way crisis in the world we did it in a way where people still could have a lot of their freedom and for me freedom is really important agra blood support

isn't likely to fade quickly last year he immortalized the epidemiologist on his epidermis. now the german football association wants its president to resign after he compared his deputy to an infinite not seat judge fritz keller admits that he made a serious mistake but is refusing to stand down he's been in the job for 2 years the association it's the world's biggest single sports federation with more than 7000000 members. joining me now in the studio is jonathan crane from deja vu sports what's this all about well this all stems from a meeting just over a week ago actually between top federation officials it was a closed meeting so not open to the public and during this meeting. referred to running a cult his vice president as priceless now why is that significant will run on friday was a prominent nazi judge he was involved in the as

a conference in 1942 and during that meeting the holocaust was planned the murder of 6000000 jews the comparison being made because ryan a called himself is a judge in munich now and for its has apologized for his remarks but so far he's not showing any signs of standing down yet not many people laughing about that this this that's for sure how are people reacting to the way that the football association is handling this very serious matter there was an emergency meeting at the weekend between the state and regional associations to form the german football federation so clearly they are taking it very very seriously in that meeting they released a statement calling his remarks completely unacceptable pressure really is mounting on cata to resign he lost a vote of confidence 26 to 9 i mentioned the apology he made to call a court has not accepted his apology and i think speaks to why into struggle within

the federation these remarks were leaked to the media very very quickly while expressing remorse for his remarks is regretted that as well on one side of this power struggle you have for its color on the other side. you have called the general sick tree curteous who has also lost a vote of no confidence how much is this potentially overshadowing the game that it i mean it's a difficult time for football of course with the coronavirus pandemic of course and clearly this is hugely damaging to the federation internal discussions talking about how damaging it is for the image of the federation talk of wholesale changes being needed don't forget that for its color was brought in in 2090 to clear up the mess that the federation found itself in at the time but on the pitch after that disastrous world cup exit in $28.00 c. in the north or off it after a series of corruption scandals involving former presidents now clearly things on the pitch i mean exactly improved in recent times and now with all this off the pitch it feels like the german football federation is in many ways back to square

one jonathan crane or it's thank you you're welcome. anytime how to better then return to action in the bundesliga on monday night after a 14 day coronavirus quarantine the team is currently 2nd from the bottom in the table and faces a run of 5 games in 13 days so the match against relegation rivals minds could be a defining moment in their battle for survival. berlin season came to a halt maybe april the last mess they played was against club by and they didn't leave if he had to buy that drop into the 3 game road where i had to pick up 5 points but their momentum was put on hold after coach started i did several players return positive covert $1000.00 tests currently and 17th on the table to have 3 matches to make up starting with months in cold start di believes they can do enough to free themselves from relegation danger the not from these 3 games we need

at least 4 points at least i'd be happy if we get more 97 it doesn't matter but it has to be at least for that that's what i expect from the team and they'll have to deal with that pressure i don't think it's too much pressure because it she will go i think they'll manage even though the. covert 19 has kept some hits of players still sidelined goalkeeper rumor you are stung suffered badly and is out for the rest of the season. with no real match practice hansa face an uphill battle when they meet meit's a side riding high after defeating byron munich 5 and in formula one lewis hamilton has extended his lead by winning the portuguese grand prix hamilton started in 2nd place behind the terry boat us at the bridge past his mercedes team

mate and held off a challenge from red bulls max for stopping to claim his $97.00 grand prix when reigning champion hamilton is chasing a record 8th title is now 12 of his season's see 3 races. and now to the tale of and 8 limbs sea creature and her him and companion a film about their bond just won best documentary feature at this year's oscars my octopus feature portrays the unusual friendship forged by the octopus and a south african filmmaker in the waters off of cape town. doctor. it's a captivating tale of friendship south african filmmaker and naturalist craig foster was intrigued by a young octopus he found in an underwater forest near cape town foster began to document their daily interactions and the mollusk wild him and his fellow directors

this curiosity turned a personal video project into a full length documentary. i think it's also what he said we incrementally saw builds to be something that feels really a group who are not only interested in this or natural history in this environment but the sort of everything craig's going to as a human being he saw the relatable things he's dealing with guilt disappointment so he's conflicted about things he's trying to sort of. security. and patience and dissemination always of human qualities that are being questioned so you stories just the context is very young. and the effort is well come on ground in cape town. not because it had

a profound effect not just on a winter's dinner to take a ride in something. amazing but you did all that not to go. you know how you how do you follow that. it's a lesson in how humans and nature can co-exist in mutual appreciation. and up next on news it is tomorrow today i'm sara kelly in bar land thank you so much for joining us take care.

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