i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. local media reports in miramar say security forces are fired on protesting crowds in the city of mandalay though there's been no official confirmation of injuries or deaths the ministry judge has deployed extra troops across the country as it intensifies efforts to quell a popular uprising a coup 2 weeks ago triggered mass protests and international condemnation so far the generals appear to. mian mars military junta has sent in the big guns soldiers are patrolling the streets a sign that the crackdown on pro-democracy protesters could escalate since this month's to the military has given itself sweeping powers allowing it to detain people without court order. you know the way that you know he's done it today here we can see military vehicles not police security like before they've tightened security at the central bank because this is the main stream of the country's money in circulation they are afraid the central bank will stop working so that's why they have deployed the military

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. germany is marking a year since 9 people were killed in a racist attack that shocked the country the victims all from immigrant backgrounds were gunned down in the western city by a 43 year old german man with a to turn the gun on himself. wasn't francophile to acknowledge that authorities had made errors and said he was deeply depressed that the state had failed to protect those who lost their lives. here a strong president from. it's a hatred racism an incitement to violence against muslims and jews white supremacy fantasies all of this is very specifically directed at certain people who want to people who live among us. to belong to our communities to our cities to our neighborhoods. go to the same schools that we do shop in the same shops do the same jobs do for you get more fact that we share so much of our daily lives with them is true from live anywhere needed that we belong together despite our differences well they doubly political correspondent hans brandt was at the ceremon

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. germany's federal and state leaders have begun a virtual summit to decide on the next steps out of the coronavirus pandemic counsellor back it was very clear she wants the national lockdown that began in december to be extended for several more weeks at least but some of the 16 state leaders are expected to resist. alaska d.w. political correspondent nina haas welcome so talk us through the main measures and indeed sticking points on today's agenda. well before before i do that i think it's important to recap where germany's standing at the moment so we've been in a nationwide lockdown essentially for 2 months so that means public life has come to a standstill schools are closed kindergartens are closed and of course the infection numbers have gone down over recent weeks because of those measures say scientists so there is a lot of pressure lot of people calling for the restrictions to be lifted again but at the same time politicians are extremely scared by the news from the coronavir

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. niger defense ministers have begun a 2 day virtual summit to consider the alliance's future in afghanistan it's the 1st such meeting since the us election meeting the may deadline for troop withdrawal set by the trump white house is now end doubt the ministers will discuss whether to continue the fight against the taliban or withdraw their troops even as the taliban increases its attacks against afghan police and civilians after the 1st day of meetings nato secretary general mentioned altenburg laid out the alliance his plans for their mission in afghanistan. we will only leave and the time is right and the focus now is how can we support the peace efforts the peace talks and the re and the joists. relaunch the new strength and new momentum in the peace talks because that's the only part of the piece. as you know we went into afghanistan together. nato allies partners and united states after $911.00 we have made decisions on adjusting our presence together and we will also make the de

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program germany's federal and state leaders have begun a virtual summit to decide on the next steps of the coronavirus pandemic council machall has made it clear she wants the national walk around the began in december to be extended for several more weeks at least but some of the 16 state leaders are expected to visit. alaska political correspondent nina hasa welcome nina some talk us through the main measures and indeed sticking points on today's agenda. well before before i do that i think it's important to recap where germany's standing at the moment so we've been in a nationwide lockdown essentially for 2 months so that means public life has come to a standstill schools are closed gardens are closed and of course the infection numbers have gone down over the recent weeks because of those measures say scientists so there is a lot of pressure lot of people calling for the restrictions to be lifted again but at the same time politicians are extremely scared by the news from the coronavirus mutations that are of course a lot more infectious so there is a