now the ongoing crackdown in bella ruse also continues to provoke debate and outrage in other countries including germany over the weekend the chancellor have this message for president bush and co be able to produce a fool calling on the political leadership in minsk to immediately end their repressive acts and to release a political prisoner and we call on you to respect the rights of your citizens is a free expression of opinion in germany and the european union will continue to hold accountable all those who are responsible for the ongoing human rights violations in bella ruse as we've demonstrated with the round of e.u. sanctions. now the chancellor also announced details of the german government's so-called action plan for civil society in belarus which is aimed at actively supporting the velo received opposition support will include offering refuge to persecuted opposition activists through easier visa access germany would also offer treatment to traumatized victims of torture and there's a plan for scholarship programs that are intended to help young professionals and independen

german chancellor angela merkel has vowed to provide more support for anti-government protesters in bella ruse germany would ease visa rules for persecuted dissidents and offer help to victims of torture belarus has been gripped by months of protests from a disputed oldest presidential election and a brutal police crackdown. thousands of people have attended an anti-government rally in tunis police lockdown parts of the city ahead of the demonstration which is the country's largest in years to this is revolution 11 years ago sparks the arab spring but the country is now mired in political turmoil and economic decline. let's take a look at some of the developments in the corona virus pandemic here in germany the number of new infections keeps falling health. committee is revolution 11 years ago spots the arab spring the country is now myatt in political turmoil and economic decline. let's take a look at some of the developments in the corona virus pandemic here in germany the number of new infections keeps falling health authorities registered 10 and a half 1000 new cases in the past 24 hours d

journalist and doctor accused of releasing the medical records of a deceased protester has started in bella ruse the victim died from brain damage after he was arrested at an anti-government demonstration last year on thursday a court child to journalist for violating public order while reporting on the rally . china has confirmed the fall soldiers were killed in border clashes with indian forces last year it was their deadliest confrontation in decades this is the 1st time beijing has admitted casualties in the fighting which also killed 20 indian soldiers the country's recently agreed to this in day at the disputed region. and he could protest as in myanmar has been overshadowed by the news that a protester has died a week after being shot in the head by police the young woman is the 1st person to be killed in demonstrations that was sparked by the military detention of man was elected leader aung sun suu kyi a spokesman for the military did not deny that the woman had been shot by security forces and said investigation was underway. the 20 year old woman became the 1st fatal victim of myanmar

the trial has begun in bella ruse of a journalist and a doctor accused of releasing a medical records of the deceased a protester the victim died from brain damage after being arrested and i'm to government demonstration last year on thursday a court jailed 2 journalists for 2 years for violating public order while reporting on those rallies. britain's prince harry and his wife meghan markle have announced they're stepping down permanently as working royals buckingham palace said their patronage is an honorary military point which will be returned to the queen a couple who recently announced they're expecting their 2nd child. stream freezing temperature in the u.s. central and southern states has been blamed for the deaths of at least 40 people to access has been particularly hard hit and if you companies are now gradually restoring heat and electricity to households following a winter storm that the power grid crippled for days and millions of texans have been told to boil their drinking water after freezing temperatures caused damage to infrastructure and pipes. different shifts win

and we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you thank you. 6 months ago bella ruses disputed presidential elections sparked widespread protests against longtime leader alexander lukashenko more than 30000 people have been arrested in the brutal police crackdown that followed his controversial victory in august despite this protest showed no sign of abating prominent athletes like olympic basketball player yelena lloyd chunka are among those pushing for change she was jailed for 15 days for taking part in the protests she spoke to us from athens where she now plays and from where she supports the protest movement. before i am an athlete i am. human i have a right. too. braise my thing is to not remove something and maybe an apple. it was time for me to to give the fans for the people that supported me throughout my career and i use my platform and my words and all those terrible terrifying events happen and. i can be quiet and. there was no other option for the one we i did together we knew there is a chance that we are not an exception and the government can use us to show ot

snowmobiles in the black sea resort and when they were warmed up the think putin for supporting bella ruse financial british prime minister boris johnson have set out plans for easing coronavirus restrictions in england measures will be lifted in 4 steps starting with the reopening of schools on march 8th johnson says the threat from the virus remains substantial he said the route out of lockdown should be cautious but irreversible. our let's take a look now at some of the other developments in the pandemic the death toll in the united states is expected to pass 500000 today u.s. president joe biden will mark the grim milestone with a moment of silence and candle lighting ceremony at the white house so vikki has called on other european union countries to help with its quote tragic coronavirus situation so lucky as foreign minister has requested an advance vaccine shipment as the country battles a record number of cases and the world's biggest banks the maker india's serum institute says it's been told to prioritize its production of the astra zeneca vaccine for india it asked other countr

bella ruse has been gripped by months of protests stemming from a disputed august presidential election and a brutal police crackdown. a code 19 has devastated many parts of the world with millions of people infected and more than 2000000 deaths and counting but the impact has varied considerably between countries even ones with similar resources since the pandemic began people have been wondering why that is now a new scientific study says it has the answer and my colleague reporter pablo foley ileus has delved into the results pablo this sounds intriguing tell us more. it certainly is well what the researchers found that actually country fared in the demick doesn't. relate directly to whether the country is wealthy or whether at the population has access to at you know good medical health care and in fact it has a lot to do with culture so what the research did was it looked at how populations react to will say rule breaking in particular and it divided them up into countries which would be we'll say loose and we'll say cool culturally that would mean that they had the populations ten

championships will take place solely in the latvian capital re get this year decision comes 2 weeks after bella ruse was removed as co-host due to the political situation in that country denmark and slovenia had bid to replace bill arose but ice hockey peak body decided on keeping the event in one city as it was deemed safer in terms of covert on t.v. . and the president of the tokyo olympics has said the event will go ahead this year regardless of the state of the coronavirus pandemic yoshiro mori told reporters on tuesday that the games would not be postponed again following similar comments made by the head of the international olympic committee the games were postponed from last year due to the pandemic a recent spike in coven intentions in japan has fueled speculation the games would be rescheduled again. now for many of us living under a pandemic a law down life has begun to feel a lot like groundhog day if you remember that movie but tuesday actually was groundhog day the 134 year old american tradition of predicting the coming of spring with the help of an oversized rodent took place as alwa

german chancellor angela merkel has vowed to provide more support to anti-government protesters in bella ruse germany would ease days of what was the persecuted dissidents and also helped to victims of torture bellerose has been gripped by months of protests stemming from a disputed all this presidential election and a brutal police crackdown. covered 19 has devastated many parts of the world with millions of people infected and more than 2000000 deaths and counting but the impact has varied considerably between countries even ones with similar resources since the pandemic began we've been asking ourselves why that is now a scientific study says it has the answer and my colleague did a reporter problem solving ileus has delved into the results how low this sounds intriguing tell us more about this research. well the researchers found that actually culture plays a very important part here that it doesn't just come down to whether a country is wealthy or whether it's population has access to medical resources so what the researchers found was that whether a culture follows the rules or doesn't

students who were asleep in dormitories one student was killed. 2 journalists have been jailed in bella ruse for violating public order i can't see arena. or child so were arrested in november during live coverage of a protest in minsk against or for terry in the house on the shanker the us has called for their release. at these new prime minister mario draghi has survived his 1st vote of confidence in the senate having vowed to do whatever it takes to lead italy out of the pandemic and rebuild the economy with the drug is expected to win a 2nd vote in the lower house of parliament. that especially where police have arrested around 50 people following overnight clashes with thousands of protesters demanding the release of a jailed musician catalog rapper was convicted of glorifying terrorism and insulting the country's royal family in his songs and tweets sentences and sentenced to 9 months in prison unrest broke out in cities including madrid and barcelona. demonstrators in pavlo as those hometown of you marched to the jail where he is being held. thank you. his detention as an assault on f