this is d.w. news live from berlin of the german police shut down one of the world's biggest child sex abuse platforms the network in the able to hundreds of thousands of members to share graphic images and video some of the content include serious sexual abuse of toddlers we will have the latest on the investigation from our correspondent also coming up scientists in india accuse the government of ignoring warnings over deadly new coronavirus variants advisers blame politicians failure

for the devastating 2nd wave of covert 19 now overwhelming health services and giving a voice to the voiceless today marks world's press freedom day and we will reveal the winner of the us freedom of speech award. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program. german police say that they have shut down a major internet platform that shared images of the sexual abuse of children officials say that the dark that site was one of the biggest in the world with over 400000 members and had been operating since at least 2019. there were maybe 3 men were arrested in germany and further suspects

detained in paraguayan a series of raids in mid april they followed a months long international operation coordinated by europe. and for more let's bring in political correspondent theresa trope or she has been following the story to raise that how did all of this come to light well we don't know in every detail yet sara but would what we do know is that these criminal investigations took a long time several months and that there were quite complex at the heart of them was a task force instigated by germany and as you said coordinated by your own pool but there were also a number of other countries involved not only european countries but also australia the us and canada for example the raids took place in mid april and what we also know is that the content that was uploaded on this platform was really shocking the 400000 members shared graphic images and video content showing the serious

sexual abuse of young children of totals and mainly boys what is known about the suspects. well the bringing in main suspects believed to have been the admins off the platform and 2 of them live here in germany and were arrested here in germany and the 3rd one was also a german lift in southern america for while they were or are 40 to 58 years old and police say they also provide technical support to the members and also gave them advice on how to avoid being caught by the authorities and the 4th man a 64 year old who was arrested and how rog why is believed to have been the most active user off the platform an upload to more than $3500.00 posts and all of them are now in custody in a facing charges in the platform itself is of course offline no d.w. political reporter theresa tropper with the latest on the story i know you will be following it further as further details emerge thank you so much for the reporting

. in the meantime now we had to india where scientists are accusing the government of ignoring warnings of new more dangerous variants of the corona virus a form of advisors say that ministers failed to impose large scale restrictions despite the alert in march now mass political and religious rallies have since been cited as super spreader events a 2nd wave of coated 90 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's suffering. when the cases started rising up by the plan. but turns out that in the 1st week

understood that the governments have no idea they're not prepared for anything they don't have it up until later than one was busy get about all the whatever you need for the entire city or the 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 means to go free to fulfill the mission. is the oxygen believe support because babies are to be so cross. 50. feet of the 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 variants. 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 bengal or to make significant gains in other state assemblies. now let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world u.s. secretary of state antony blinken has criticized china for acting in quote increasingly adversarial ways he stressed that a military confrontation would be against the interests of both nations lincoln arrived in london on sunday for a meeting of g 7 foreign ministers where china is one of the issues on the agenda. of young activists in me m r have staged a nationwide rallies calling for others to join them in

a spring revolution witnesses say that 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 on supporters with tenchi christan 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. well now today marks world press freedom day and what a better day to reveal the winner of d.-w. is 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 portray of 40 more than finding

a good story. i've seen is tiring read the prayer book one through. 2 are locked 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 we've met been paid i watched drain being treated unjustly. i was there in the same bin point. and all the wealthy will think when i'm walking free. that we have our make up common from so that's really laid the foundation for what i do now wanting to give voice to the boys' lives with the power of the roots in 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 a most challenging investigation one she wasn't prepared for she was raped abused and so 2 people beheaded in front of her. and i see that it's a depression. that was the trauma that post-traumatic stress disorder. are right around panic attacks at some points it's quite kim sydell. of war he is still recovering from that experience her story served as the inspiration for the netflix film. 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 who's director general peter lindbergh thank you so much for joining us on the program why is it so important for day to honor journalists like to boree of henri who we just saw in that report. well to borrow glory 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 all 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 or most of the times and journalism in these kind of areas where. 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 you choose a winner every year where we do it among 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 tory of warre and we very soon agreed that this when. it 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 down words to to

africa to the south and see something which is unjust 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 but 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 there then the. other.

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 the 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 on this and i'm not only waiting for an apology is something i'm waiting for something to happen that this has consequences because. this is not acceptable she has been acting absolutely according to to all the rules as she was just. doing an interview with people in the streets who are protesting were 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 we are all brave correspondents and other colleagues are doing this job and i think we can have a good impact on societies with journalism. 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 his freedom of speech award has been announced many thanks thank you sir. and we will be speaking with the winner of his freedom of

speech award in about an hour from now to boree ovoid he will be joining us then to talk about her courageous on covering her investigative reporting to stay tuned if you can for that in the meantime dr phil is up next i'm sara kelley in berlin thanks for watching thank you. for calling. do you feel worried about the plan. to. deal i was lucky on the greek times part and to me it's clear we may. join me for a deep dive into the green chance formation of a made for you for the council.