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faso. the army says it as deposed. the government suspended the constitution and closed the borders. it comes a day after demonstration, demanding the president's resignation. also coming up, nato sends reinforcements. say, eastern europe, a med fears. russia could invade ukraine. moscow accuses the alliance of escalating the conflict, but continues its own military build up along here, craig, and order. one person is killed in a shooting at heidelberg university here in germany. several others are wounded after a gunman opens fire inside a lecture hall. ah . 2 i'm see me so much gun that's good to have you with us. we start with some breaking news tonight in burkina faso, where the army has taken control, members of the military now. so news,

our national tv soldier said they had suspended the constitution, dissolved the government and closed the borders. they said the takeover had been carried out without violence and that those detained were safe. now this statement came after days of unrest including street demonstrations and gun battles had army barracks and around the president's residence. the military and many civilians are angry at the government's failure to reign in a g hottest insurgency. to get the very latest, we can speak to her, a west africa correspondence flourish to kuda. she is a monitoring the story for us. i flourish. tell us what the latest developments are that you're monitoring. oh, so me, what we can see right now before us is the collapse of yet i know that democracy in west africa the military in booking a fast. so have announced that they were officially and dead. the government of the president, the democratically elected president carbury,

and they said that he's safe and they are respecting human rights according to international laws. they've also closed down the air, air, and land borders. leave em, they've suspended the constitution. they've dissolved the entire government, the entire democratic government, and they've also imposed a cough you from 9 pm to 5 am. in coming days we would hear the process of what the school is going to be like if they are going to actually handlebar par bazzi, democratic government more. what their plan is going forward. but so far what we have are, what we know is that the government, the democratic government is over and the military is now in charge in book in our fossil the military is saying that president kubota is safe. but what, what more do we know about his situation? well, according to the ruling party, which is present, cowboy, a spot c, ellia,

they said that i attempted to attempted murder was advantage. so they are claiming that they tried to kill. that is, the military tried to cue president cowboy, but that was aborted the military thing. the cavalry safe. there was no bloodshed, according to them. and everything was dawn. you know, with dignity, respect to their dignity, and also human rights stand international human rights standards. as far as where he is right now or his current state, we actually don't have any saline information yet. everything is just unfolding before our very eyes and we wait to see what happens next. are west africa correspondence for a stroke. what are wit? the latest developments there. thank you very much. don't sudan to protesters, have been killed by security forces as crowds marched on the presidential palace in

the capital cartoon. calling for an end to military rule, security forces use tear gas and water cannon to try to disperse people where lent las protestors have demonstrated regularly in sudan since the military to power in a cool 3 months ago, the takeover has up ended sedans, transitioned to democratic rule after 3 decades under autocratic president, omar bashir, and we can go to cartoon. now. adrien crecia correspondent is standing by there for us. i, adrienne, tell us what you've been seeing what you've been hearing or to me, as you mentioned, tens of thousands where trying to march towards the presidential palace here in hot tomb to day. and once again, they were met by force and violence of the security forces. are we it? well, so am watching the situation closely and we saw there were shooting t garza on the demons traitors em several one. i've seen a personally dozens of them being taken away by motorcycles because they were

heavily injured. so they had an a local arrangement that motorcycle drivers would bring them to hospitals. by now it is confirmed that 2 people died during the protest here in khartoum. another one outside of khartoum and according to the sudanese doctors committee, they were all killed by a life ammunition. so since they're cool in october, more than 70 demonstrators were killed most of them by life, ammunition, yet the government here, the regime keeps on insisting, saying that nobody demonstrators was killed by the regime. or you touched on it, adrienne, this protest had been going on for months. is there any resolution in sight? well, it's really a difficult one. basically the military quits the relationship with the civilian side. there was a joint civilian military, ab government in the past until the cool happened that was basically the end of this relationship. now people on the streets are really angry and they're not ready for any compromise. they are saying we want an end to the military leadership and we want a civilian leadership. we want a democracy. we don't not do not want to have any compromises. on the other hand,

the military is also in a difficult situation because they have a lot to lose. they have been in, in power in this country for a long time. so one economical benefits. a lot of generals and senior and military officials have been profiting from the state of school for a long time, and they have huge interests in the economy. basically, the military controls very important part of the economy. and the 2nd part is, is the justice question. if a civilian government comes in place in our many military representatives are fearing consequences because a lot of angry people here, lot of people were killed and people want to see justice. they want to see those perpetrators behind boss. so these are difficult points. the pressure on the street as up, but also the financial pressures up for the regime here. a several western countries of froze, their development age. that is more than 700000000 a u. s. dollars suck sudan has depth of more than $70000000000.00 u. s. dollars, so the pressures up both on the streets as well. it's financially for the current

regime deities, admin, crease, reporting from cattle. thank you. now to the ongoing geopolitical crisis here in europe, nato has put forces on stand by a mid tensions between russia and western nations. over a possible invasion of ukraine, the alliance is sending more ships and fighter jets to bolster defenses in eastern europe. russia has mast an estimated 100000 troops, nearly ukraine's border. meanwhile, the european union says it will continue to pursue a diplomatic solution to the crisis. foreign ministers have been meeting in brussels and holding talks via video with the u. s. secretary of state. the use top diplomat says the block is sending a strong message of unity against russian aggression our collectively provided efforts to convince russia to take the best of dialogue will continue. even though the russian and authentic does inspire

a lot of confidence. but should diplomacy fail? we have very well advance in the preparation of responses to a potential russian aggregate aggression. and certainly he will be a quick and determined action with a strong unity. not only we seen did a via union, but also internationally. d, w has been speaking with the incoming head of the munich security conference about some of the issues that we've touched on. christopher can says russia is trying to destabilize the european union. we still have no assumptions list yet from the european side. at the same time, we are hearing that britain also the united states of bringing back some of the diplomatic stuff in the ukrainian capital key. if we have a political storm across the west. also with the german navy chief stepping down

after basically saying that fruit in probably deserves respect. so how united is the west at the moment and how much is it believing in itself in this competition? so you could see that when this and said what he said, he was saying they basically he was suspended from work at this demonstrate that there is unity in the german government. there's unity in europe. there's unity with us. i think we are, by the way, we're very happy also with the way our american friends are coordinating this. what's your take on what putin actually put in? you know, you have to deal with putting for a long time. we have seen that in all the post soviet space, we have seen it from georgia. we have seen it in ukraine beside last year. in the yellow rose, we seen it a few weeks ago and cut us down. people are very unhappy with the post soviet and

worth. and putting, of course, is afraid that this could also spill over to russia. so what's the key aim is it to the stabilize europe? is it to destabilize ukraine and recreate soviet style fear of influence around russia? and he has said that, you know, the fall of the soviet union was the biggest catastrophe of the 20th century. and he's trying to re establish a kind of a with union russia style. so he's trying to destabilize the the european union, the countries because he doesn't want to see our models to succeed because this could give their own citizens and idea that they want to also democratic lives. they want flourishing civil society. and that's because of how it's going for my advisor to i'm going to knock on future head of need security conference. thank you

very much. it was my pleasure. thank you. let's catch up. now. some other headlines, british prime minister boris johnson held a birthday party, drawing england's 1st coven, 1900 lockdown in june 2020. when indoors, social gatherings were ban. that's. according to britain, i t, the new johnson is under pressure to resign. after a series of allegations that party took place at number 10 downing street during the lockdown. britain's high court has ruled that wiki leaks founder julian phones can appeal to the supreme court against his extradition to the us. he is wanted there for wiki leaks, publication of hundreds of thousands of leaked documents relating to the afghan stan and iraq war and the united arab emirates says it has intercepted to ballistic missiles over the skies of abu dhabi. the attack is the 2nd on the m, a radi capital this week. yemen who the rebels have claimed the attack and threatened to expand their military operations against the american. the u. a. e is

part of a saudi led coalition. that is fighting the rebels in yemen. one person has been killed and several others wounded in a shooting at university of heidelberg. here in germany, police say the assailant was an 18 year old german man with no previous criminal record. he opened fire inside a lecture hall at the university before turning the gun on himself. one woman later died from her injuries. the motive of the attack is still being investigated. earlier german chancellor, olaf shots had this to say. it breaks my heart to hear this news. my thoughts are with the relatives and the victims. and of course with the students of the university of hydro bag. let's bring in our correspondence. stephanie burnett is in heidelberg, near the scene where the shooting took place, and she joins us for more on the story, which is still looking to pull up her picture there. stephanie,

we don't see you hope that you can hear it. i think you could hear us. so i wanted to ask you, 1st of all about the press conference that police have given recently. what more do we know about what happens? yes, so the investigation is ongoing, but what we know so far is that an 18 year old student who was a student at the university of hybrid heidelberg where this occurred earlier today was, is the believe gunman, he is understood to have been carrying to weapons using one weapon to fire on to the other students before turning the gun on himself. he had no criminal record, and it is understood that he did not have a license to purchase these weapons as they are understood to have been purchased from abroad. so investigation is ongoing as to how he came into acquire these weapons. and as well as what the motive is behind this, evidently, what more can be said at this point about the perpetrator and any possible motive.

yes, so the motive is not clear at this point, but police did say that the before the gunman went on the attack that he sent a what's at message to one person where it warn't that they must be punished. it is not clear who he was referencing to, but police said that this message was sent before the crime was carried out. and the motive is still being determined. how have people there and handler, which is a small city, been reacting to what happened students, as you can imagine, were incredibly shocked to hear the news. i spoke to one woman who was a student in the nearby building who told me how she, how to secure the area. and all of her colleagues were seeking safety and locking the doors at the city. here itself is quite a tightening community. and when i spoke to one person earlier who was not

a student, there was an overwhelming sense that he describes, is that there's a set of protection for the students and for the city here. so while this has really shook the community, people have been saying that they are relieved that authorities have been on the scene. and, but there is still uncertainty about why this gunman carried out the attack. and they are seeking answers just like every one else. d w. stephanie barnett, reporting from heidelberg, thank you for that update. well, jim and chancellor shawls and the countries 16 state leaders have agreed to keep the current rules against the spread of covet 19 in place. during their talks at the chancellor, they decided a tightening of restrictions is not necessary at the moment. despite the rapid spread of the i'm a cron variant that is causing record confection numbers here in germany. while some politicians and germany all are calling for an end to restrictions,

as the new varying appears to cause less severe disease and vaccinated people. but some doctors, especially those working in hospitals, say it is too early to give the all clear. a typical scene in one of germany's emergency rooms an incoming patient is tested immediately for coven 19 and receives the news they're infected with omicron. germany's latest wave has cases spreading faster than ever, and many health workers are also expected to catch the virus. the university clinic and regensburg is bracing for impact. ma'am for them so much was that we were able to bring in students. we had a part time staff who have increased their workload. and we have teams that work in rotating shifts teams to some extent at the fest in and she can gov it at home and stuff other dr. marcus zimmerman doesn't just lead his hospitals emergency department. he also coordinates with other clinics and physicians in the region to see not if we're still seeing growing infection rates without the staffing to reflect this,

be legal. the weekly video conference of doctors and clinics is an important means to directing the flow of patients. if one hospital is full, they can use the network to quickly find free beds for days. every one in regensburg who's tested positive for coven 19 has had the omicron variant. despite this, fewer among them need inpatient treatment. this cindy will fordham swan the other? it's a bit the quiet before the storm was we expect the number of incoming patients to grow and quickly me as well, but i'm more worried about the staff than about the patience vendetta. if we have growing numbers of staff out sickles, then treatment at our hospital will be stretched to its limits. hunger house fun on dickinson, coleman, and regensburg, the helicopter unit flies and fixed teams to minimize the significant staff loss. if only kron cases continue to soar. if been caught being at us, if, if i'm optimistic that we will handle it, i took, were well prepared. we know where to put our patients and, and who knows, and maybe this wave will, missa might say, inflect, lactic, off of an income,

cause a house with flexibility and cooperation. germany's medical community as standing together. despite the challenges faced, retired former pope benedict. the 16th has admitted he made a false statement during an investigation and to sexual abuse in the german catholic church. benedict had previous previously said he did not attend the meeting in 1980, at which the transfer of a pedophile priest to his diocese was discussed. the former pope says he made the full statement due to what he now calls and editing oversight. a report released last week found the benedict who was then cardinal yoseph. ratner knowingly failed to act against 4 priests. he was of child sex abuse in the 1980s. we can speak now to our religious affairs analyst martin got for more on this story . good evening, martin. how significant is this admission from the former pope? well, i mean it's, it's, it's very significant. obviously, i mean it's, it's,

it's really a white shocking. and what we have is basically that mission, not only of life, but that mission of ally concerning grace that we're actually actively engaged in sexually abusing children. so human dispos honestly, although to the very the urge in bait talks is very, very serious questions which go i think at this point way beyond the church itself . what might happen to benedict and other church leaders involved? well, in the content of the church in the context of the church itself, it's really very unlikely that anything will happen to benedict. i mean, he's in america spoke, he's very old and he's retired and he is essentially at once again the very top. he has been very at the very top there are going to station the west in however it's

weather prosecution would actually director sites to benedict. we know that there are 40 people there about that are being looked into, or their case are being looked into by the prosecution bed. sort of, you know, the immediate answer to that. it's really that very likely nothing will happen to benedict. and this big admission, as you said, coming off the back of the report that was just released last week about the church in these cases of sex abuse in the eighty's. could this lead to any form of justice for the victim? i mean, you know, we can not go and much more than opinion and precedent really. so far we have seen the sort of repeated apologies from church members. we had seen different ways in which, you know, the states. i mean, in this case, germany have attempted to look into cases that for a very long time, they clearly had not actually taken seriously enough, but you know,

the question of redress. i think it's really no different than it was a week ago before we found out that, that, that i've seen, you know, had, had lied about the cases. keep in mind that there, you know, sort of about 500 cases contemplated within this, within the report. and really, i mean, it's not any bigger or smaller than previous reports. the only one major difference we do know now is that, you know, essentially misconduct, which is one of what the lawyers in the case called it went all the way to what then became the top of the catholic church. our religious affairs analysts martin, gac good to talk to you. good. step 227. meanwhile, here in germany, a 125 church employees including priests, have come out l as as l g, b t q and are calling for reform. in a statement,

the group called for an end to the discrimination and exclusion they had experienced in the church and free access to all pastoral vocations. the issue of homosexuality is caused a major rift in the catholic church between modernize years and conservatives. the german bishops conference has welcomed this initiative. we can speak now to kiana battalion. she is a member of the initiative out in church. that's an organization representing l g b t. 2 people working in the church. he had a good to have you on d. w, can you tell us more about what was behind this decision to organize this very public coming out? yes, most of us have had many experiences of discrimination and exclusion also in the church. and the church teaching authority claims that we are incapable of correct relationships to other people and that we fail to be fully human because of our object of the disorder tendencies. and that same sex relationships cannot be

recognized as object of the art it to the reveal plans of god. so you see our movement is about human rights. we simply want to be respected and to be part of the church without pasting discrimination. and we do this also in solidarity with her l g b, t i q plus persons in the roman catholic church who do not or do not yet or no longer have the strength of this. and you've also published a list of demands to the church. what's the most important demand? yes, we want to be able to live and work openly as you b t i q. persons in the church without fear. we want to have access to all fields of activity and occupation of the church without facing discrimination. and the church and payment rules has to be changed in life, according to one sexual orientation. and gender identity must never be considered

a breach of loyalty or a reason for dismissal. and because of the fact that in dealing with persons to church has caused much top rated throughout the history, we expect also the bishops to take responsibility for this on behalf of the church, to act advocate also for the changes we call for carry. you said yourself that the church essentially says that people and same sex relationships fail to be fully human. do you think that the church will actually be receptive to these demands that your organization has made? i can tell you that i hope so. we are 125 people and we are strong. the church can't ignore us any more. for sure. change won't come quickly, but this is the beginning and i think change can only happen with education and people and power taking responsibility. and can i ask if there are what this moment

the big public coming out means to you personally and to the members of this organization? yeah, that's a huge step. and i am thinking about leaving also sometimes, but that we're all coming together and that we are standing together and i get a lot of positive messages. yeah. and that makes me strong in this moment. i don't fear and thing right now. and last question, what is then the next step for these demands and for your organization? yes, i'm motivated to fight because the church has still a huge influence on the german society. the church is still a big employer and christian education is taught in school so that children who grow up in the church that maybe one day and like me to cover their own sexual orientation. and i don't want to live in a world where christian children and teenagers think about themselves that they are

not normal. so i want to continue my activism and i want for the kids to grow up in this condition that they feel loved and accepted as they are care of italia. thank you so much for joining us here on the w. thank you. which is the time for reminder of our top story, the leaders of a military coup in brooklyn, of faso say they are in control of the country. after ousting the government, suspending the constitution and closing the borders. that comes after days of unrest including strict demonstrations and gotten battles around the presidential palace. thank you for watching p w. ah ah,

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