it's simply. the. on this world press freedom day a troubling trend more than ever before the safety of our female colleagues is at risk it often begins with women targeted with online abuse it often becomes offline violence too often lethal and she knows that better than anyone. is an investigative journalist who went undercover in the underworld of nigeria's

sex traffickers she exposed the mafia but not before she was raped and made a witness to murder for her courage and her commitment she is the 2021 recipient of the d.w. freedom of speech of war. and berlin this is the day. i think. it's very. social. evil site. when i think it's important for us. to highlight also these kinds of cultures one thing boys for the boys played with the powell day everything was ok to grow very belongs to the kind of people who bring light into the darkness where some people don't want to have any like that. but i thought that

the recognition of my work comes about as with the racial thing i was making sunday morning. also coming up the people of myanmar have had their fledgling democracy hijacked by the military should their olympic athletes stand with them by sacrificing a once in a wife time chant there should be an international boycott of the name of that the committee and of. being a threat to global sporting events because both is as propaganda by the military regime to. their rule and their. viewers on p.b.s. in the united states into all of your around the world welcome we begin the day with the women risking their lives so that the truth doesn't die to mark this world press freedom day the international center for journalists and unesco have released a new report on violence against women journalists intitled the chilling 75 percent

of female reporters say they have experienced online violence online but definitely not virtual abuse that begins on social media often morphs into threats of rape and murder in the last decade the number of attacks has increased exponentially fueled by viral dissin from asian campaigns in societies where the politics of the extreme are more and more mainstream women journalists are often left with no choice but to day are the danger and that definitely describes this year's recipient of the d.w. freedom of speech award her name is to. she is an investigative journalist from nigeria in a moment show joining me but 1st a look at her life and career and the price she had to pay for shining light into the darkness. a few things excite today of 40 more than finding a good story. of fame is hiring 8 the red. line

to. draw a line in a good thread even male sexual gun. of warre has been speaking out against injustice and she was a little girl encouraged by have found that she decided to become an investigative journalist. i watched we. had i watched chile drain banks for a tad and just really. i was there in the face bin pawnees and all the way they were mocking him free. that's the about make up comment from so that really laid the foundation for what i now want him to give voice to the boys live with the power to rethink the world. of worries work sometimes involves changing her identity all his 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 this street allan ave 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 sold to people beheaded in front of her. and i see that it's a depression. that was the trauma that post-traumatic stress disorder. are panic attacks at some points it's quite broke it up look inside out. of worry is still recovering from that experience her story served as the inspiration for the netflix film ot your atheist child or not she's made several other award winning investigations and is adamant she's not stopping anytime soon. well hers is

a poignant story of perseverance and she is with me tonight from walk nigeria i'm delighted to welcome to the program to boree award congratulations on the freedom of speech award and let me say thank you for staying up to talk with us tonight it's good to see. thank you very much you are you're living proof of the sacrifices that are made every day by women who simply want to report and tell the truth you even considered taking your own life because of what you've experienced tell me what has kept you what has grounded jew through all of that. i would say that was has. what's hard now that needs to try to move on. i would say yes to god almighty. hope i'm a very poor. cussing. that's in the county at some point

yes i did because society. as an actual nazi period since that i think i have difficulty in about. when and cuts the we know and the children around in the. story and it's becomes very difficult for me to tell it myself. is i decide i now yes the other classes will be good for the children and women but how do i continue clenching buat seen my. scenes we did a society so and i simply had to. have some courage myself to keep moving that many women many children out a young person who are looking up to me so that keeps me going to war you say that it was your father he would encourage to you to become

a journalist in tell me about that. yes my legs had a mistake japanese because last year in july. while grain of here woods gets me a newspaper we get the books to read. i long side market them books and he's said my rights in white fairly lives and he guards my rights of published in the guardian's impact as jimi on the idea so he kept encouraging by and he clearly didn't know it says that i was always kind enough to give anything just i would speak out and he can't encouraging me lets in you know that my voice was never that these i live i'm not having coffee if i was before i became and he has what he would tell me that is contrary me for the future when he's not

going to be day so on no icons should i loud my voice silenced it when he's not given a plus in standing alone i should continue for i get on so yes my dad was largely responsible for what i did the and i'm sure your father never expected you to come face to face with the human horrors of sex trafficking as you did when you went undercover for that big investigation when you started going undercover did you did you prepare yourself mentally i mean did you know what could await you. still be honest i never expected ones happens jerry because of the investigation i mean the killing. of the graves i wasn't expecting that i. might stick to that i was going to be traveling with

some more rise so. the traumatic experiences the whites the killings the shocks and needs to be honest it came as a shock so i would say i was naive that's me that's did you did you ever think you know you've been raped you sold people being beheaded everything that this is just too much journalism is demanding simply more than i can give. to be honest i had some winds i was caught in between 800 of the job hands that and the same time alan tell myself. i remember what these 2 the objects of. treats. its sides are horrendous was my. when it's freshly

have gone and i wasn't. but mallard that i've gone on the terror happy i'm doing well in terror now i can. jump i thought. well let's talk about something positive what did you think when you learned you had stroh's in you for the freedom of speech award that's. when i. even knew. i. i was. speechless because i wasn't expecting the it's and. i don't and i mean 3 and i never knew. where what scene well i do still. yes it's less. than very exciting. yeah yeah a lot think a lot of people are excited for you was well nigerian investigative journalists and

2021 g.w. freedom of speech award winner to boree of henri congratulations again much success moving forward and thank you for sharing your story and thanks for staying up with us tonight thank you. l.l. thanks for the recognition. police here in germany say they have shut down one of the world's biggest child sex abuse online platforms the platform was known as boys town and had more than 400000 members police say the online network was part of the darkness and had been operating since at least 2019 an international operation coordinated by europol over several months led to a series of raids in mid april for men in germany one man in paraguay have been arrested are for more now we want to bring in our political correspondent julia

saw daily she has been following this story for us good evening to you this this is difficult to get our heads around there were almost half a 1000000 people involved is that right. yes it is an astounding number and investigators think that this is one of the biggest online platform where people were sharing sexual abuse on on children and to put this into context if we look at 2017 the german authours and investigators shut down another platform of this kind and this had around 100000 members and the platform that we saw being shut down now had 4 times that number so it is really a large amount of people and the platform was internationally oriented it had members from all over the world who are conversing in chats in different languages so it was a really big operation we knew how police were able to find what was going on

the police and investigators know that illegal things are happening in the dark net we know about child sexual abuse we know of drug markets so they were scouring the web looking for such platforms and the german task force working together with europol which is the european union's police task force police a law enforcement agency together with law enforcement from other countries such as the united states canada and sweden and in mid april german police raided some properties all around germany and that's when they came to the arrest of several people of the suspects what do we know about these suspects. so we don't know the suspects names that is because of privacy laws here in germany we know that the 3 main suspects were thought to be the administrators of the

platform are 3 middle aged german men 2 of them living in germany one of them residing in south america for a long time he is expected to be extradited to germany pending the german request to authorities there and one man who was thought to be the most active user of the site also a man living in germany who was thought to have posted up to 3500 posts to the platforms so these suspects these are like the ringleaders if you will but what about the $400000.00 people who were consuming this material are they going to be prosecuted well it is very difficult to identify people and users in the dark net it was difficult to identify the administrators it's even harder to identify the members and the users of these platforms because it's really easy to remain anonymous in the dark net and also members of this platform were exchanging tips to leave as little traces as possible so the investigation is going to continue to try

to find out who these people were but it's going to be difficult how big of a problem is it julian to discover these underground networks that we're seeing right now well it is a problem it was a problem before and now you're opel has said that during the coronavirus pandemic in the lockdown the situation has gotten even worse there has been growing a demand for content portraying sexual abuse against children both on the dark knight but also on the on the surface web the one that is accessible to everybody and they they fear that this tendency will also continue after the lock downs and the restrictions for the pandemic will be over. julie's all girly with the latest tonight julia thank you. the people of myanmar have suffered great loss since the military coup toppled their

democratically elected government back in february but their losses and sacrifices may not in the anytime soon just asked the country's olympic hopefuls a swimmer from me and more wants his country banned from taking part in this year's tokyo olympics when ted is a vocal critic of the country's military rulers and says that olympic participation could lend legitimacy to a regime that he says is guilty of genocide. we always one of neon months top swimmers based in australia he's met the standard to qualify for this year's tokyo olympics but despite all the training he's put since with cheating that he says he won't now take policy even if selected because of the military coup in his country. there should be an international boycott of the never let the committee and any name our teams being set to the global sporting

events because that those teams will be yours as propaganda by the military regime to legitimize their rule and their life. when ted competed for me and moderate the 2019 southeast asian games with the unrest continuing in his country he's calling on the international olympic committee you see to intervene. at the very least i expect the i.o.c. to send an investigative team to myanmar if they can because i do have fears that the net many of them are athletes are being intimidated or threatened to either participate in the olympic games or an international sporting events. we. dream may not of course of the starting blocks. for him a restoration of democracy in myanmar would be a much your giving tree. summer vacation and the european commission has outlined plans to reopen europe's borders

for non-essential travel and to boost europe's troubled tourism sector commission president 1st of underlying says the proposals would apply to travelers who have been fully vaccinated with n e u approved vaccine travel into the european union is currently limited to visitors from just a few countries that have low infection rates the proposal still need to be approved by all $27.00 e.u. countries. well hope for a post tend to make world is made possible by the research that gave us the coronavirus vaccines pfizer biotech and modernity both used new m.r. in the technology to develop their vaccines it was a medical breakthrough decades in the making and mail there are hopes that it could be used to treat a host of other diseases such as cancer unlike conventional inoculations m.r. in a vaccines do not use a live virus that makes them easier to manufacture. something

is the hung jury and born scientists whose works led to the development of the body on take sides or vaccines she spoke with our reporter in budapest it is it is hard to imagine that you know all of this effect is going to relate to my book what i did or of my input was so important i tried to say that the you know i play a part of people maybe at the beginning you know and the sunday show and of the vaccine . i play important role but the i always emphasize that so many scientists and. especially at bio at the pfizer and all of this other companies they had important very important role and i was i i tried to imagine that i was one of them you were being told no by universities by other employers they just didn't believe

in what you were doing what kept you going to continue researching and believing in the work that you were doing i could see that the messenger r.n.a. when we really would. you know we could have an effect as we went on we could see that the know that it worked on and it was and and then finally we could inject it to animals and be could have biological effects so through insisting that you know this is a great thing was. as i could see the progress we could make and for me it was important that every time i at least one person who had grand the support i could convince that we have to do some messenger on the research for that that is the reason why i can survive because otherwise you know that in the u.s. that the you have to have a grant to investigate something but if i can convince somebody who has a grant for something guess what they're realizing that this is the is a has a great potential so that was important for me that i had

a colleague who was cheering and he had progress which would like for you to know that the effect that your research has had all around the world. so you know the biotech it did use also conventional and i have to cut the botany and learning that you know the new clothes i modified already which i worked on that was the best result and that this was pushed forward even in the new clinical trials and learning about the november 8th it was a sunday when we were called me and the next day was announced. you know with this to 95 more than 95 percent to a fission c. and it works it was you know the 44 cells and the people trial i kind of based on the earlier days i would have learned how high antibody was and also the work i did need to do in the meantime these are all based on and

colleagues. in order hardy and we are using going to the nuclear side mortify autonomy same formulation breed talk with us l m p already in the car and the influenza age i.v. different animal on what has it worked for the thing and so i expected that the schools were for this as well so i was not surprised as much but maybe because i was naïve i don't know. the vaccines are saving lives but they won't be able to save october fest for the 2nd year in a row germany's world famous beer festival is being cancelled october fest is the world's largest beer festival that takes place in the bavarian capital munich usually attracts around 6000000 visitors from all over the world but this year like last year the risks of a new viral surge proved too great. but not always last this year here in germany

one of the country's most popular tourist destinations the north sea island observed is reopening this month here where hello and welcome at least register with the app so now you're booked. how do you have your test results my test figure if i'm the only one your phone. data collector and test checker this restaurant owner can only admit guests who have checked in with a contract tracing app and to provide negative carona tests this is some void if when it's a good feeling we're back and we're here for our guests and that's what makes me really happy he did of course there are many requirements that we have to fulfill it's taken a lot of work as a special here i want us to get to the moment i understand. in the 30 i don't think we're more likely to get infected here than at home and schtick because we're being cautious and following all the hygiene rules. getting

guns and the tests give us a sense of security and money and again this is the doctor to test them. visitors to silk need a negative tests no more than a day old to go to a restaurant and 2 days to stay in a hotel room but some residents think the strict testing strategy alone isn't enough the 18000 full time residents share the island with 62000 beds for tourists and 14000 vacation homes. south really doesn't inspire how will they keep track of 2nd home owners when they rent out their places to friends and family how do we know those people will also be tested yeah get that he got on death to test the truth. a normal temperature and a vaccination record the requirements to stay at a hotel guests with 2 jabs don't need to show a negative test. we've had so many lock downs now i'm using this as

a get away from the day to day stress it's important because we want to get back to normal. eager to get out of the house after more than a year of restrictions germans will be watching still to see if it's safe again to go on holiday. well the day is almost on the conversation continues online to find us on twitter either at u.w. news or you can follow me of t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then everybody.

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say i ordered from. this is the w. news live from berlin tonight hoping to save the summer vacation season from the pandemic the european union bills plans to welcome tourists again national vaccination programs are speeding off and that means europe's borders could be open to travelers in time for the summer holiday is also coming up tonight a dramatically different scene in india hospitals are making emergency appeal for

oxygen as the health care system crumble amid the world's biggest surge in corona virus infection. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us european holidays could be back on the agenda for foreign visitors this summer the european union's executive body has outlined plans to reopen europe's borders but only for travelers who have been fully vaccinated with an e.u. approved vaccine injury is currently limited to visitors from just a few countries that have low infection rates it's hoped the proposal will boost europe's troubled tourism sector but it still needs approval from all 27 members of the european new while addressing variants after months of fumi pandemic news in brussels finally some calls for optimism on an e.u. press conference the commission is proposing to ease restrictions on nonessential

travel to the e.u. to take into account the progress of vaccination campaigns and developments in the epidemiological situation weld light. europe's attractions beckon but potential visitors are likely to encounter different rules in different countries after months of lockdown france will begin relaxing its nightly curfews this month reopen cultural sites and allow cafes bars and restaurants to offer outdoor service in germany over night hotels days for tourists are currently forbidden and no date has been set for reopening in person dining in many places a nighttime curfew remains in effect and some destinations are even off limits for nonresidents some countries that depend heavily on tourism are pushing for a full reopening in time for the summer to help things along greece as advocated developing digital proof that travelers have been vaccinated or tested negative for

corona virus but on a continent where many countries are slow to digitise some worry this proposal could delay rather than hasten their holiday in the sun. earlier we spoke to our brussels correspondent and we asked him if approved would this be binding or would member states still be able to make of their own rules as in so many cases the e.u. is a couple of states who cooperate and in this case that is also what they hope to achieve to facilitates travel to have one rule that applies for everyone but if member states do choose to opt out they're free to do so at what we have a situation is in the right now is rather a lot of member states like greece for instance where the tourism industry is really important who already say we we already apply these measures if you're vaccinated you can already come and spend your holidays was gave much of their reporting to india now where the coronavirus crisis remains the worst in the world right now in the campaign is slow due to vaccine shortfalls the health care system

in the country is struggling with a huge surge of corona virus infections now approaching 20000000 hospitals are appealing for emergency supplies as they run out of oxygen to treat severely ill patients. there's no room for these patients at this hospital instead they're made to wait outside and left hoping that the oxygen supply will hold out. as ambulances queue at hospitals other means of transport are also taking on a crucial role trains are india's lifeblood tracks holland for asian people across the country's vast landmass like arteries today they also offer a lifeline this locomotive pulls a precious cargo oxygen headed to the worst hit areas. india's railroads have been drafted into the country's emergency response in other

ways too. 11 train coaches have been converted into isolation wards there's a separate coach for the doctors that's 12 isolation coaches available here there are 2 oxygen cylinders in each coach and we've set up 9 air coolers as well sprinklers on the ceiling control the temperature 16 patients can be accommodated in each coach and sanitation waste disposal arrangements have also been made. ingenuity and improvisation are doing their bit to stem the rising tide of coronavirus death. but it's not enough to shield the modi government from anger over its failure to prevent this deadly 2nd wave of the pandemic. the backlash was felt last week when the prime minister's b j p party unexpectedly lost an important state election in west bengal. much like the surgeon infections this is not what modi had in mind when he declared

the end of the pandemic at political rallies all over india after this miscalculation his political fortunes may be linked to the coronavirus more closely whenever. we hear some more of today's developments in the pandemic the european medicines agency has started to valuating the use of pfizer by on tax codes in $1000.00 bank scene for 12 to 15 year old authorization is seen as a crucial step towards achieving herd immunity new york city is set to resume 24 hour subway service it's one of many coronavirus restrictions that will be lifted in the next weeks $1000.00 rates there are at their lowest since november no back since told the e.u. it plans to begin delivering its coded 19 bank scene towards the end of this year the deal will supply $200000000.00 doses for booster shots. let's take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world

suspected islamic militants have killed about 30 people in the east region of. local security sources say armed individuals attacked the village of cobia for hema faso has seen the as been the target of islamist attacks in recent years last week 3 europeans were killed in an ambush against anti-poaching patrol the u.s. billionaire bill gates and his wife melinda have announced that they are divorcing in a joint statement published online the couple said that they will continue to work together at their private foundation they have been married for 27 years. today is world press freedom day reporters without borders is calling on the european union to do more to protect journalists here in europe their annual report says that journalists around the world are finding it increasingly hard to investigate and report sensitive stories and europe is no exception. independent media in hungary almost completely dismantled. the fortunate

to. come in and encourage regional join a list in poland in distress it will be from so i couldn't imagine having someone to tell me what i'm alive to write about and what i can't write. female reporters in slovenia facing attacks every day. we are becoming such threats and saw its effects according to reporters without borders the media situation in the e.u. is deteriorating they strongly criticized the e.u. slack of action in defending the freedom of the press for example in poland if they verse media landscape is now under threat. we visited radio 357 in warsaw and independent station which broadcast over the internet it's run by some very experienced journalists ana so that when work for the public broadcast

a toy car for more than 3 decades until last year when he was fired he says for opposing propaganda in favor of the ruling party. it was our bosses the program directors they would tell us what topics to cover and what topics not to cover it was our supervisors who were our census. doesn't apply has come wasn't fired she resigned from her job as deputy editor in chief at the exact hardly last year the regional newspaper was bought by the state run oil refinery. i think they'll want to have reports showing them in a positive light. there will be national elections in poland in 3 years. regional newspapers like it because according the are very well suited to spreading their message. to suppress my cousin they're not so sure. they got the ball when you cut them since the law and justice party came to power in 2015 the

government brought public broadcasters under its control in addition it has huge state advertising to favor loyal outlets. in the world's press freedom index the country is now at position 64 down 46 places in 6 years but the government says it's low ranking it's politically motivated. i think poland is an example of how things should be when it comes to free media and criticism of the government everyone has the right to criticize and they make use of it. over the critic. but there's an upper house car has a new job at a regional internet platform they take over for former newspaper was put on hold by a court in war so for now but question up a has got its war eat up of our system of the press freedom is certainly when it

comes to democracy in poland. if this freedom vanishes there will be consequences. a problem well known in brussels the e.u. commission says they are concerned but cannot do much about it and we don't have still sufficiently strong e.u. legislation which were thought to get the media so it's not so easy to take decisive action journalists in poland wants to fight for their independence just like they're calling in hungary or slovenia but they also see they need to see more action from brussels to defend media freedom in the european union marking world press freedom day g.w. has awarded its annual freedom of speech word to nigerian investigative reporter to . starting at an early age she stood up for women's rights and she called out injustices when she saw them or undercover reporting on sex trafficking almost cost her her life of henri says it's her mission to give

a voice to the voiceless by using the power of the written word but i spoke with. a short while ago when i asked her what has kept her going despite the trauma that she has gone through or being a reporter. i would say that what has. what's hard about that needs to try to move on. i would say just going to mighty. hope i'm a very hopeful. person. that something can be at some point yes i did because society used to do lead. here ian says that i think i have difficulty talking about. the women and the children around me. and it becomes very difficult

for. myself. i decide i now i guess the other pluses will be d.n.a. for the children and women but how do i continue contributing my. scenes with society so i simply have to. have some courage myself to keep moving that many women many children out there young persons who are looking up to me so that gives me hooey. it was to avoid speaking with me earlier sports news now in german bundesliga football hits a berlin were back in action on monday the team had been ordered into quarantine when 2 players and 2 staff members tested positive for coke at 19 that caused them to sit out 3 match days and they were desperate to use those 3 rescheduled games to drag themselves out of the relegation zone but against might they could only manage a one all droll. being 2nd to last in the standings this late in the season means

he or him big trouble could. head to berlin come back strong from their quarantine and rack up some points against both spend sons minds. you've got them on the way after 36 minutes. drinking that set. a perfectly designed and executed free kick headed in by the frenchman to open the scoring for heads up. but it took minds only 5 minutes to respond. when it netting his 1st one just the get go. and what an unstoppable beauty it was. and that's how it ended one and. pick up only one point though it could prove crucial in their battle to beat the drop of visitors to rome's colosseum will soon get

a gladiator's view from a new retractable stage the high tech floor will give tourists a clearer picture of what it was like when gladiators fall to the death the stage will protect the network of underground rooms and tunnels and will include trap doors and a pulley system similar to those used to bring animals and fighters into battle the project will cost more than $80000000.00 euros it is set to be completed by the year 2023. fox business news is up next would you go stick around she will be right back. folks in an ongoing quest for a 5th of. the arab spring began in 2011. people stood.