companies and countries are rethinking everything and making major changes. you reviewed this week on d. w. ah, ah, ah, this is d, w. use life from berlin. unrest builds in china over its strict coal with policies . fresh protests to wrapped after 10 die in an apartment fire in the city of rome, she president say the lockdown, hamper to rescue efforts and the world chop the host,

cut out and iran team and it's silent protest after threats of reprisal players, halfheartedly sung along to their national anthem, iran went on to bead whales to nil. ah, monica jones in berlin, good to have you with us. unrest is growing in china over strict corbett 19 lockdown measures. protests have broken out in several parts of the country, including in jin chang region where many people have been barred from leaving their homes. for more than 3 months. protests in the regional capital room, she came after an apartment log, fire killed 10 people with some resident saying the lockdown, hampered rescue efforts. growing public frustration is increasingly putting beijing's 00 cobit policy under pressure.

journalists to hardy and catch my is in beijing and currently affected by corona virus restrictions himself. yet this afternoon, local time, my building got locked down. why? because one neighbor tested positive during the daily mass tests that we are facing already for many months now. and to give you an idea, i mean my building has 25 floors or so one person is positive. that means we all have to stay inside the building and locked on. that. that means that we are physically prevented from leaving. if i go downstairs then at the building entrance, there will be a half a dozen people members of the local neighbourhood committee and also health workers in full harassment suits. and yeah, they, they build up a fence if i want to, you know, across the line they will get very unfriendly. so you're, you're literally locked in your own home. and that's the faith that many beijing us or i mean several 100 millions of chinese in the country are facing right now. so

i'm not the only one to tell us more about the events in orange. she yet there was really a very tragic incident on thursday night. a fire broke out there was an, a high rise residential building on the 15th floor. and yet the claims of it, you know, those 10 deaths could have been prevented if there was not a, you know, an excess of looked on because the rescue woke us. they needed a very long time to get to the building because of all the fence sister restrictions of movement. then also the a people in the compound they could not leave so easily because there were locks. apparently the fire exit also is supposed to have been locked, and i mean that's very credible. i've seen that and also karen teen facility. see that in the exit or are you really with an iron locked m a close to? so, i mean, that's very tragic and it's not the 1st time that people are dying because of the tragic side effects of those locked downs. it's rudy and sparked

a lot of anger and people who don't lucy or they've gone to the streets. they've protested, and they do that under very, very great risk and under great danger, but still they're so fed up, they have nothing to lose. they went on to the streets and actually it helped us the next day, the local government set. okay. we basically clearing up now and i'm relaxing some of the restrictions. and is this something of that can be sustainable, the relaxation, i mean, how big of a challenge, obese predecessor will witnessing and china to the country. they were called the policy yet the frustration is as high as it has never been before. and during the pandemic, if you go on social media, you see a lot of chinese posting very critical am a statements, very critical videos. and also those who are actually not so a political or who are not. so what we're rather patriotic, but even they've had enough in the sense of us. i really it's at working overtime.

you scroll through a social media opening links and the next morning everything is deleted. so it's, it's really shows you something. and usually i would say that, you know, those anger on social media could also disappear soon. it has happened before, but nowadays, i mean it's hard to see a light at the end of the tunnel because even despite those really strong locked downs, the cases are rising am. beijing is posting record high numbers. the country is also posting a record high numbers also the already the 4th consecutive day. so i mean, the restrictions will go on if the government doesn't change its course, but right now they're really doubling down on 0 covert. so i don't see any solution for that. this really a lot of frustration here. right? journalist 5 and catch my, they're reporting for us from beijing himself in lockdown as well, had in thank you so much. and he has a look now at some of the other stories making news around the wealth. the united states has banned the sale and import of communications equipment from chinese

firms. why an c t regulator said they pose an unacceptable risk to national security surveillance equipment produced by several of the chinese companies has also been banned. the u. s. v as china could use such equipment to spy on it, and its allies tie once president, sighing when says he's quitting or she's quitting the leadership of the ruling democratic progressive party. it suffered a serious set back in local elections. the main opposition k m t party made significant gains the vote, which took place during renewed tension with china. a global summit on trade in endangered species has backed a plan to protect shocks. the aim is to reduce the illicit trade in shock fins. several types of shock are in danger of extinction. more than 180 countries approved the proposal in panama. sharks often conjure images of

man eating predators lurking in the ocean depths, ready to attack a perception. hollywood is helped fuel with films like the 1975 thriller jaws. 6 but scientists say they should be treated as vulnerable, not vicious. experts say they play a crucial role in marine ecosystems, and protecting them helps boost the health of the world's oceans. delegates at a global summit in panama, agreed. they voted to protect 54 shark species by making it easier for customs and enforcement officials to ensure the international trade and shark products is legal and sustainable. the animals are often hunted for their fins and for their meat that's placed several shark species at risk of extinction. o. delegates at the global summit meet every few

years to hammer out policies aimed at ensuring the survival of hundreds of animals and plants worldwide. i spoke to you on a secretary general of the convention on international trade, an endangered species of wild phone flora, and i asked her whether the results of the conference will make any real difference to maintaining biodiversity. absolutely. as you know, i think the convention that regulates international trade, it endangered species. and this is a legally binding convention when the decisions are taken here. at these conferences, parties, the parties have to go back home and change their legislation. change the way they regulate this international trade in the specific species that have been adopted. new regulations, for example, whether it's non commercialization which would be an appendix one or that commercialization is accepted. but highly regulated with permits. so they have to

go back and put in place the scientific studies to understand how much they can actually export. that without damaging the existence of the species in the while and legal documents that show that everything from the entire value chain has been legally acquired. why $54.00 shocks species? why? why not say, let's sort of bun hunting and trading off all of them. because not all of them are in danger, not all of some of them are both so that they don't have as much of a threat as others. we have to look at the science and everything undersized to be based on science. and there is evidence, many of the sharks, those targets that were most of the ones that were accepted to put in for regulation has suffered losses and obligations of up to 70 percent over the last 50 years. this is evidence that the trade is breaking them. but also some of them are

actually so hard to distinguish from each other that there's an additional additional duties that had to be added. because we're customs officials and others . it's difficult identify when you see it in, especially when you see need to know which is nice and so they have to look like this. and there is a provision under the convention for that, mike. all right. and you would say that there is a real sense of urgency there right now across the board. absolutely. if you think about what the triple planetary crisis that we are confronting of last bio diversity, climate change and pollution. and the the inter linkage between climate change and loss of bio diversity. we are really in an urgent situation. we have now had the cop climate change that just took place in charlo. shake me now has diabetes and we are on our way to the conventional bio diversity that's having their conference of the parties in a couple of weeks and more trailed in canada. it's a sense of urgency that we know that do not do anything about the about by

a diversity about endangered species. we could those up to a 1000000 up in, in the next years, right. even on aero secretary general, all the convention of international trade, an endangered species of wild form and flora sense of urgency. but there is some sort of silver lining on the horizon there at least after the last conference. thank you so much for your time. oh, thank you. oh. until the wild card now where australia got their 1st taste of victory and cattle after defeating tenicia one nil to kick off today's action. the soccer was netted early in the march through mitchell duke, and the 23rd minute duke managed to convert a header from craig goodwin's cross. the aussie found the back of the net just out of the reach of the tunisian goalkeeper. the wind keeps the sufferers whilst up hopes alive. while a shock defeat on tuesday left

a bitter taste at the mouth of argentina, fans after saudi arabia stunned the south american nation. but you couldn't tell by looking at the hands in doha. so what keith, where argentina fans gather to the capitals, oldest marketplace to show support for their team ahead of their match against mexico later today. argentina's to one last to saudi arabia is seen as one of the biggest upsets in world history. the iranian football teams refusal to sing their national anthem was bigger news than the score line in their 1st batch. but they were singing again ahead of their to nail when of a whales following a legit pressure from the government. it is just one sign of the huge risks iranian people are taking to show their descent at a world cup, increasingly overshadowed by human rights issues. these iranian fans in the stadium wanted to seize the opportunity and draw attention to the bloody correct on,

on protests happening in their home country. but their message, women, life freedom, was not welcomed by fi, fine cutter and removed, just like iranian flex, alter, to hide the symbol of the islamic republic. the team's decision to this term, sing the national anthem, all be it reluctantly, a sign of the immense pressure the play asunder, and the u. medication painful to watch for many in attendance. for others, it's a symbol of giving into a regime they don't approve of. especially since it comes just a day after their formative med valera, valerie was arrested in iran after training session with his club full at halls as time. therefore, he is of kurdish origin and has repeatedly criticized the oppression of women and minorities in these lamp republic. now he's facing charges for tarnishing the

reputation of the national team and spreading propaganda against the state. that mexico 41 of the more than 15000 people authorities in iran have arrested since the protest began in september. more than 300 iranians have been killed according to human rights groups. and every day security forces attack, protest us all over the country. it has created a rift through iranian society that's also on display encounter outside the stadium . supporters of these law, mac republic, try to silence, antique government protest us and hide them messages, turning the match itself into a sideshow. and so the iranian team managed to defeat wales on the pitch and yet disappointed to many of their fence for not standing by them. watching d. w. news. a quick reminder of our top story. protests have broken out in china,

us, jim john region over the enforcement of strict covey. 19 lockdown measures. social media videos appear to show crowds in the regional capital venting their anger and local officials. the protests follow the death of 10 people in a residential fire. that's all from us for now. just coming up next, our documentary highlights the fight against matchup culture in latin america. i'm monica jones from me and the team here in berlin. thanks for watching. and we'll be back with the latest other top of the hour to see them with great a small shelves filled with explosives, a symbol of power, rebellion and sensuality. and magic wand.