will spain follow the u.s. is lead and recognize the western sahara as broccoli territory well let me 1st tell you that we have extremely cordial relations with morocco it's not just the neighbor it's our partner it's a friend we share enormously with morocco in economic terms in social terms in cultural terms we've got a very solid. moroccan population that is living in spain we've got many spaniards living in morocco and we take this relationship seriously now on western sahara spanish position has not changed we need a solution that is agreed by all sides and we need to find that solution within the united nations this process has been rather dormant that we we have not had an envoy which is what we need as secretary general for the western sahara we need one we hope that one can be found sooner rather than later and that the negotiations and the dialogue on the western sahara can resume with the u.k. the you've got to rely even more on the mediterranean as one of your key trading partners and key resources

could catalonia again try to secede from spain regional elections have given separatists an increased majority but parties that favor spain also made a strong showing so could this lead to more political chaos this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program on the homages room it's been a turbulent 3 years since catalonia tried to secede from spain the government in madrid hadn't authorized the referendum organized by regional leaders in barcelona and afterwards charged them with sedition many fled into exile but the issue hasn't gone away and was a major focus of sunday's regional elections 3 separatist parties won enough votes to increase their majority in parliament but the couple on branch of spain's ruling socialists also won more seats and the far right is set to enter the regional legislature for the 1st time since the monaghan reports. separatist parties in catalonia are hailing the vote as a major victory with the strength and majority of the region's parliament many of the movement's leaders say the case for secession from spain has never been stronger i would like to

they are prounion with spain.s that going to play with your perspective, and how popular have they become? >> it is hard to answer in global terms. i think they did very well. [indiscernible] i do not think their political proposals will move much further. i think they will make a lot of noise, that is what they do very well. they know how to grab attention. i do not see them being a very strong political actor in the parliament. a lot of proposals -- i assume. it is very worrying in any case that in spain, we have not had right-wing extremists parties until recently. it is worrying that they are moving so quickly. they have it precisely based on this anti-catalan a sentiment -- anti-catalonia sentiment. anchor: the fact that pro-independence parties have one more than 50% of the vote, how significant is that? >> i think it is very important. i think it is a confirmation of the fact that there is strong sentiment in cap alarm society -- catalan society to gain more self-control or even independence. i think that i

mexico was especially important to spain because of very rich silver mines. france was over to the northeast in louisiana, and it was up -- it reached up to the northern borders along the red river where it was causing some trouble with the indians and looking straight across the empty reaches of texas into the silver mines down in texas and elsewhere. the spaniards knew they had to have some sort of defense, and they came upon san antonio, and so in 1618, 302 years ago, san antonio was established here. the first challenge they faced was getting water. the first things the priest did when they set up a community like san antonio is to build a church. the second thing they did was to set up a water system and in texas you have rivers but you don't really have a lot of green fertile areas too far away from them. to address that, they drew from their experience in spain which had come from arabia which had actually come from the roman empire, a system of irrigation ditches, and they were not just irrigation ditches, but they also furnished drinking water and wa

however he is not the 1st case in spain. dozens of artists have been taken to court in recent years. the rapper says are montagnier also known as strawberry was 1st sentenced to one years' imprisonment after tweeting about an 8 or attack on a general of the franco regime. but the constitutional court acquitted him after 5 years. for people who don't know you you remain a terrorist because of these. accusations someone who glorifies terrorism someone who should be excluded from society. who read the last of him. for york a rapper of a tonic was also sentenced to 3 and a half years imprisonment for insulting the monarchy and glorifying violence. but after the thought of that if he was them on a flight to belgium and now lives in brussels. the question of thirty's have so far refused to extradite him. they say the offenses for which he is wanted in spain are not a crime he's in belgium that the money he's the will not be filthy many spanish bands are seen to be hable and they'd love to sing a song against the king or but they'r

the third wave of coronavirus hit spain hard after christmas. be stabilising again. but the government says the highly contagious petition strain of covid would be the dominant one in spain for covid would be the dominant one in spainforthe covid would be the dominant one in spain for the next few weeks. while there has been a good deal of concern about pressures on the healthcare system recently, there is also been outraged due to a series of scandals involving public officials who appear to have used their position in order to jump used their position in order to jump the queue and get vaccinated earlier. among these have been a number of small town mayors and the head of the armed forces, he was forced to resign. translation: this is a disgrace. is _ resign. translation: this is a disgrace. is a — resign. translation: this is a disgrace, is a social _ resign. translation: this is a disgrace, is a social disgrace i disgrace, is a social disgrace and a problem we have in spain. i don't know if this happens in other countries. it is the kind of

they're reporting a 300 percent jump in reservation suggests nations in spain portugal and greece. the world's largest tour operator 2 we also said bookings jumped 500 percent over night. and travel fever has also group london stock markets as investors flock to to eat easyjet and other travel sector stocks. but there are still some major hurdles to be cleared before sun worshippers can hit the beach is. how local countries handle code testing and vaccination checks will tourists have to quarantine. destination countries willing to lift their travel bans at all. but for britons at least now there's a destination in sight. all right let's bring in our financial correspondent in frankfurt ashutosh. good morning brits want to travel to countries want them good morning steve yes that's the big question and all those questions that was in that story at the end. of the different countries that it covering at beijing yeah that remains a big question because the folks who are making the bookings are actually hoping that the situation on the coral front in. the. destination is going to be e

spain is currently run by a left wing coalition but it is struggling to change the law. however the ministry of justice announced this week that it was working this after the jail of pablo herself that's a massive protests. told g.w. it had the time for an interview. however the prime minister did comment i mean our democracy will always guarantee demonstrations and freedom of speech and even outrageous absurd statements but our democracy will never tolerate violence. besides this is. a controversial rupp's by public actually that the demonstrations for many his arrest has turned him into a martyr. spain is coming across as an unjust state because of its restrictive interpretation of freedom of speech. at some point the demonstrations become violent which is part of the ritual of these protests many young people are seeking confrontation right now. the imprisoned tropper has become a symbolic figure for them. this year germany is celebrating 1700 years of jewish life in the country it's a vicious and events both online and on the ground are showing what it's like to be a

spain is currently run by a left wing coalition but it is struggling to change the law. however the ministry of justice announced this week that it was working this after the chain of pablo herself that's a massive protests. told g.w. it had no time for an interview. however the prime minister did comment i mean our democracy will always guarantee demonstrations and freedom of speech even outrageous absurd statements but our democracy will never tolerate violence. besides this is a. controversial rupp's by public actually that the demonstrations for many his arrest has turned him into a martyr. spain is coming across as an unjust state because of its restrictive interpretation of freedom of speech. at some point the demonstrations become violent which is part of the ritual of these protests many young people are seeking confrontation right now. the imprisoned driver has become a symbolic figure for them. this year germany is celebrating 1700 years of jewish life in the country exhibitions and events both online and on the ground are showing what it's like to be a jew in

they had may cook for the admiral of spain. i was already a champion of spain of the young cooks.u worked in a kitchen since i was 14 - i worked -- i worked and a kitchen since i was 14. i said " i don't want to cook for you with all respect." i -- the ship i got on and traveled around the world on was a four mast. six months on the ocean, i learned the meaning of teamwork. i arrived to pensacola, florida, and then to new york. can you believe that 30 years ago with that ship i dock on the west side in manhattan, 30 years later, i open my biggest restaurant on 30th street 150 meters away from the place i arrived as a young sailor? the american dream is real. david: after you finished your tour of duty in the spanish navy, you went back to spain. when you come to the -- when did you come to the united states as a non-navy person? jose: 1991 to new york to be a young cook in a catalan restaurant in new york in manhattan. ia was coming from spain into the united states. there was a lot of cultural and business collaboration. i was one of those guys that came to america to become a cu

in spain.t reflects on what's happening here. absolutely. all of in the same position because of the pandemic. throughout europe as mentioned, but also throughout the world. spain is also throughout the world. spain is a particularly interesting example, because of the big sides. real madrid and barcelona particularly. barcelona's financial records have been released in the last week we have found out how much debt the club is in. now this really is hard to wrap your head around, they are in debt by more than 1 billion euros, so they are not willing to spend much money at the moment. they don't want to bring in any of these big signings that we have seen over the years. you might rememberjunior from liverpool for £100 million, and deliverable in a similar situation. they don't have that much money to spend they have not brought in those big signings we have seen over the years. of course that has an effect on the rest of the football pyramid, not just on the rest of the football pyramid, notjus

across spain.yes so like sorry so it's some just it's not just that's a long out but it's actually among a host spain like you said. and others other big. thank you actually also tired of all the restrictions. so they are using you know different excuses such as the iris of pablo basically also they want to you know have a normal life again go back to work and go to restaurants and and and they are just hired and and everything is thanks very much for giving us a sense of what's happening there in barcelona tonight stay safe evelyn kaczynski life from the catalan capital local journalists there it will be keeping a close eye on proceedings there right through the evening and we're all set to cross to some more great programs though in moments here nor to stay close to find out what is showing where you are today. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest in the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. hello and welcome to cross talk wh

this is the business i'm joined now the mylan in berlin glad you can join us we start in spain where the beleaguered retail sector is finding some relief amid a surge of shoppers coming out for winter sales but smaller businesses are finding it hard to match big competitors discounts and many are even shutting their doors altogether. bargain fever instead of cold it blocked out winter sales are tracking thousands of people to the center of events. all the stores are open despite the fact that the region still has one of spain's highest infection rates. that if you don't then i agree with how it's being handled after all we need some distraction and if it's done responsibly and according to clear rules then i think it's all right now but if there are. intensive care units or at more than 150 percent capacity hospitals are overcrowded people don't seem to realize that they act like everything is fine. their court tasing glaze europe's largest department store chain is also open the authorities only allow them to operate at 30 percent capacity but some departments are still crowded. the

sentenced to jail for his song lyrics and tweets cases putting a spotlight on freedom of speech in spain. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us demonstrators have returned in force to the streets of myanmar as biggest city gone to protest against the country's military coup they call for what they hope will be the biggest street demonstrations yet to oppose the power grab carried out by the country's military on february 1st and the removal and detention of elected leader on sales of cheap rallies have been taking place daily despite nationwide internet shutdowns and a build up of security forces in major cities. journalist iman tunde is in yen dornin joins us now from there the un's human rights expert on myanmar says he's terrified about signs of an impending military crackdown in the ongoing you're there what are you seeing. thank you for having me so in yangon as well as around the country we've been seeing a lot more and especially at night during the internet shutdown when the very day of that now. there's been reports of people with videos and photos showing large carava

this is the business i'm joined in in berlin glad you can join us we start in spain where the beleaguered retail sector is finding some relief amid a surge of shoppers coming out for winter sales but smaller businesses are finding it hard to match big competitors discounts and many are even shutting their doors altogether. bargain fever instead of covert lockdown winter sales are attracting thousands of people to the center of. all the stores are open despite the fact that the region still has one of spain's highest infection rates. magic on them not on i agree with how it's being handled after all we need some distraction and if it's done responsibly and according to clear rules then i think it's all right now but if you are. intensive care units or at more than 150 percent capacity hospitals are overcrowded people don't seem to realize that they act like everything is fine. and cortez ing grace europe's largest department store chain is also open the authorities only allow them to operate at 30 percent capacity but some departments are still crowded the company stresses that everything

spain is currently run by a left wing coalition but it is struggling to change the law. however the ministry of justice announced this week that it was working just after the june of pablo herself that's a massive protests. told t w it had no time for an interview. however the prime minister did comment i mean our democracy will always guarantee demonstrations and freedom of speech and even outrageous absurd statements but our democracy will never tolerate violence. these are just so. controversial raps by public herself actually that the demonstrations for many his arrest has turned him into a martyr. spain is coming across as an unjust state because of its restrictive interpretation of freedom of speech. at some point the demonstrations become violent which is part of the ritual of these protests many young people are seeking confrontation right now. the imprisoned tropper has become a symbolic figure for them. this year germany is celebrating 1700 years of jewish life in the country exhibitions and events both online and on the ground are showing what it's like to be

catalonian separatists win more than half of the seats in the regional parliament in spain.rom today, passengers arriving in the uk from 33 countries will be quarantined in a government—approved hotel for ten days at their own expense. and solving covid is easy — what's hard is fixing the climate. so says bill gates in a new interview with bbc news. hello and welcome. we start with the latest on the military coup in myanmar. the lawyer for civilian leader, aung san suu kyi, says her period of detention has been extended for another two days. it had been due to end today. the news comes after internet in the country was cut overnight, but some services have since been restored in the main city yangon. car horns blare. and more troops have been deployed in response to the mass demonstrations. many drivers expressed their anger by beeping their horns. western embassies in myanmar have called on the country's military to "refrain from violence against demonstrators and civilians". this comes after reports security forces opened fire to disperse a protest. our reporter nin yah ay

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the 5th night of protests in spain over a catalan rock has a rest and we'll hear from families in uganda who say their relatives have been forcibly disappeared for supporting the opposition. how still looking at some very nasty weather pushing into central parts of the philippines at the moment with a tropical storm moving into further south that's where we have seen the heavy rain into indonesia is seeing some slightly dry weather moving away from java so jakarta shouldn't be too bad over the next couple of days but the show was never really too far away that we could scattering as she has across much of indonesia pushing up into malaysia and then another very wet day there for the central parts of the philippines and china on the other hand looking fine and dry that's fine and dry by the stretching across the malaysian peninsula so we see some pleasant sunshine coming through here over the next couple of days to choose to say that western weather from tropical storm will move out into the south china seas the still a legacy of showers coming in behind with more heavy downpours now heav

in the headlines today are nazi international spain is rocked by all the rest of the jailing of cattle on raw power pablo has felt afterwards candy that a 9 month sentence the floundering the clown and glorifying terrorism. and millions of texas residents are left without electricity and hades as all farty struggle to cope with the deadly winter storm sweeping 7 states of america. so this is good. to. be. told so food or medicine that's the choice facing many of its leaves most vulnerable as the permed make takes its toll. very welcome it's 11 am here in moscow and you're watching r.t. international with me mickey aaron. knowledge protests have broken out in spain over the jailing of council on rapper pablo herself for slandering the crown under glorifying terrorism hundreds of celebrities have spoken out in support of the artist while on the stand to national described his arrest as an excessive restriction on his freedom of expression. thank you. so much. heavy clashes erupted in catalonia as has cell was arrested in his hometown as a guard on tuesday around 2000 people rallied in ba

the government confirmed that slanting to reform spain's criminal code with lighter punishments for free speech offenses and protection for artistic and cultural forms of expression oh. well millions of people in the united states remain without power in record breaking cold after a rare snow storm knocked out power grids at least 20 people have died the frigid temperatures caused catastrophic generation and generated generation failures in western texas making it impossible for energy companies to keep up with escalating demand state officials have called it a manmade disaster. minus 7 degrees celsius in texas cold by anyone's standards the state's residents powered up their electric heat is rarely needed and the the climate weather overloading power grids in many areas. ice crippled gas fired power plants and wind turbines produce more than 4000000 people across texas are without power. what we lost power yesterday morning. to start getting real cold like around 2 o'clock and then you got all the blankets out and we tried to all sleep together to keep us warm to the cars to keep our ma

i underestimate cross spain over the jailing of. he's been handed a 9 month sentence for insulting the world and glorifying independents arisen in his tweets and lyrics. and other headlines some of the world's largest producers face accusations of child trafficking and forced labor we hear some disturbing testimony. were not given any food both have visible scars from machete accidents. declares the country's. illegal ministers miscues the emergency powers. israel's prime minister proposes giving local authorities lists of vaccinated people as part of its coronavirus inoculation campaign critics though say it violates privacy rights. people would not like to force them to do that it's violating the right to protect people. here in the russian capital thanks for joining us on our to international i'm daniel hawkins welcome to the program. on rest has erupted in spain following the jailing of. people in barcelona madrid and valencia are demanding his release has been handed a 9 month sentence over insults directed at the spanish rule

spain's government announced it would change the law and remove prison terms for offenses he valving freedom of expression but no timeframe was given and the announcement appears to have done little to calm the social tension alexandra byers al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera and these are the headlines.

i slowly and cautiously opening up because they were shut down for weeks in generous spain saw a very sharp rise in cases which forced them physically to shut down this was after the christmas holiday and that the people obviously mingled and well bit relaxed and now numbers have come down again so the measures were we are at 218 cases in 100000 people in 2 weeks basically so that's a good outlook some regions coming down from around 1000 so it's huge progress but you have to take it so here meant for it now miss us still double so it's still a risk but the city has never really shut down to be honest restaurants that business open arsis well from some theater old within some measurements that were put in a number of people you could meet were obviously unlimited also the curfew was a bit earlier for some time yet the city decided they wanted to still be allowed to earn some money and when you walk through the city right now you don't really feel as if this was a fanatic if it wasn't for the auditory mosque that everyone has to wear and this also worries obviously mehdi mehdi at the m

they put me to cook for the admiral of spain. why? i was a young cook with talent. i already was champion in spain of young cooks. david: really? you already had a background? jose: i began working in the kitchen when i was 14. i said "sir, i do not want to cook for you, with all due respect." he said, "what are you saying? that's the best position in the navy, the kitchen." i said, "i want to go on a boat." it changed my life. on that boat, six months on the ocean, i learned the meaning of teamwork. i arrived to pensacola, florida, and then i arrived to new york. can you believe that, 10 years ago, with that ship, i docked on the west side in manhattan, can and -- and 30 years later, i opened my biggest restaurant 150 meters away from the same place i arrived as a young sailor? the american dream is real. david: after you finished your tour of duty in the spanish navy, you went back to spain. when did you come to the united states as a non-navy person? jose: yeah, i arrived, and the beginning -- around the beginning of 1991 to new york to be a young cook in a catal

now starting in spain where raw. it police have dispersed thousands of protesters who took to the streets across the country after the jailing of catalan rapper pablo cell he was handed a 9 month sentence for insulting the spanish world family and glorifying terrorism in his tweets and lyrics. well have a clashes erupted in catalonia castle was arrested in his hometown of on tuesday around 2000 people rallied in barcelona where they were met with a strong police presence handful of protesters set a barricade set pins on fire and 3 projectiles at police regional or enforcement forces said several people were arrested local journalist evelyn kaczynski was at the scene. people are starting to like they already started yesterday going out on the streets of mar so long and they want. to be released he basically was criticizing the spanish crowd and she's in his songs in his rap there are lots of teenagers a protest think mostly young people and not just in barcelona but also in other sneakiness in catalonia especially a l

in the headlines today on r t international spain is wrong smiling west of the jailing of catalan rapper pablo self i thought that he was hands a 9 month sentence to stronger and the crown and glorifying terrorism. millions of texas residents are left without electricity and heat as all 40 struggled to cope with a deadly winter storm sweeping the southern states of america. so this is it. would be. done the fire for concealing thousands of pat home deaths at new york state assembly members pushed to strip governor andrew cuomo of his emergency powers. very welcome it's may day here in moscow when you're watching r t international with me making erin it's great to have you with us our top story large protests broken out in spain over the jailing of cattle on a rock popular hersel force laundering the crown and glorifying terrorism hundreds of celebrities have spoken out in support of the artist want honesty international described his arrest as an excessive restriction on his freedom of expression. it. was such. a heavy clashes erupted in catalonia as her cell was arrested in his hometown

international spain is blank spy on the west over the jailing of cats a long rap a sell off he was handed a 9 month sentence for laundering the crown undergo a fine terrorism. and millions of texas residents are left without electricity and heat as well farty struggle to cope with the deadly winter storm sweeping the southern states of america. so this is. also on food in medicine that's the choice facing many of its allee's most vulnerable as the pandemic takes its toll. a very warm welcome to you it's 10 am here in moscow and you're watching r.t. international with me here airing now our top story this hour large protests have broken out in spain over the jailing of counsel on pablo has cell force laundering the crown on the glorifying terrorism hundreds of celebrities have spoken out in support of the artist while honesty international described his arrest as an excessive force direction on his freedom of expression. it was i. was. hurt. it's heavy clashes erupted in council lonia cell was arrested in his hometown of gaither on tuesday around 2000 people rallied in barcelona where they

international spain is long spot on the list over the jailing of thomson on the ground how low can sell after he was handed a 9 month sentence for small to read the crown and glorifying terrorism. and millions of texas residents are left without electricity and he says all parties struggle to cope with the deadly winter storm sweeping the southern states of america. this is. to. close. calls as a column food or medicine that's the choice facing many of its in these posts vulnerable as the pound takes its toll. i have to buy some medicine result anyone's help i also can't afford them which we need to be treated myself i choose to fema i can't buy medicines a process which is increasingly they're saying this could be them so we don't have a better future for which there is no hope. a very warm welcome it's 9 am here in moscow and you're watching r t international with me becky airing. riot police in spain have dispersed thousands of protesters who took to the streets off the jailing of consonantal pablo hersel who was handed a 9 month sentence for so long during the spanish well family gl

the government confirmed that slanting to reform spain's criminal code with lighter punishments for free speech offenses and protection for artistic and cultural forms of expression. to the us where millions of people remain without power in record breaking cold after a rare snow storm knocked out power grids at least 20 people have died the frigid temperatures caused catastrophic generation. power generation failures in western texas making it impossible for energy companies to keep up with escalating demand the state has implemented rolling blackouts to ease the burden on power grids. minus 7 degrees celsius in texas cold by anyone's standards the state's residents powered up their electric heaters rarely needed and. overloading power grids in many areas. ice crippled gas fired power plants and wind turbines produce more than 4000000 people across texas are without power. when we lost power for their morning. getting real call like around 2 o'clock and then you got all the blankets out and we try to all sleep together to keep calm to the cars to keep our phones. and then today when we

other businesses in journey brutal 2020 especially those in terms of taking to the white beaches of spain were business owners are still licking their wounds. welcome to the show i'm seeing beardsley in berlin it's good to have you with us jeff bezos is synonymous with amazon the company he built from a modest online book retailer into a 1.7 trillion dollar everything store is those is now stepping back effective in july and heading his company to one of his top deputies in many ways amazon is in prime for raking in profit like never before but challenges loom. what comes next for the world's richest man jeff bezos founded amazon in a washington garage in 1904 and built it into the he met that has attended the business of buying and selling goods to 57 year old has become one of the most respected and feared business leaders in the world and the richest but the net worth of almost $200000000000.00 and an e-mail to employees business wrote that being the c.e.o. of amazon is a deep responsibility and it's consuming. by stepping back he'll find time to focus on his other projects such as the

we are one of the largest and there is more fiber in spain.ot of infrastructure that is attractive and you will still see it in the telecom sector. we should expecting more and more deals because it is attractive for investors. we have launched a new alliance and are on the way of announcing something similar in result. there is more to come. anna: releasing the value of those assets trapped in telecoms seems interesting. in october you mentioned you had a process from investors to acquire states -- sectors in your tech unit. when will we see a deal that? jose: first we need to make sure we have telefonica tech ready. we need to seal up the assets, the teams, and the products. now, we are in the way of putting to the market that there is significant value in the unit. i'm talking about cloud cover security, it is needed. for the time being what we're doing is making it clear to the market, that is significant volume in telefonica tech. anna: do you have any sense of what kind of deal might come through and what investor? jose: i am working on

from employer consentual and spain's democracy has this painting task there is a 1900 as in spain to put it freedom of speech so that our regulations are in line with other european countries. spain's government announced it would change the law and remove prison terms for fences involving freedom of expression but no timeframe was given and the announcement appears to have done little to calm the social tension alexandra byers al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera and these are the headlines iran's representative to the un's nuclear watchdog says talks with the heads of the i.a.e.a. in teheran have been fruitful ruffo gross's there's it comes on the day of a deadline set by the iranian parliament for the us to lift economic sanctions iran's foreign minister says all steps taken since the 2015 nuclear deal are reversible nothing has changed by didn't claims that trump a policy of maximum pressure was maximum pavia being can also just recently said that that policy fade but for all practical purposes they're pursuing the same policy they haven't changed that policy the problem in the united

and restaurants remain open though in other parts of the country they're shut over all the trend and spain goes towards tougher anti covert measures the country is desperate to avoid implementing another shutdown. and at this new peak there is a glimmer of hope pretty depp seen a substance that could help treat 1000 patients and it is a change from marine organisms in the mediterranean fullfil actually they were not as cool as she was going into a field of it works like this on the virus and to sell it needs sort of a go to be happy or to copy itself and create new violin articles immediately into the player depth same does is the disconnect this photo op with a knife will end up disconnecting this photocopier it blocks the virus is going through and stops the viral cycle it really should have. the free not the armature figure we got. pleated epstein is usually used in the drug applet in it's currently only marketed to cancer treatments in australia in europe it was more to market any you court reversed that decision not just yet now clinical tests have shown that the deaths in can reduce

this is d w news coming to you live from berlin spain is brits by a 2nd night of unrest over the jailing of a couple and rapper police say police face furious demonstrations in cities across the country protesters are bending the release of pablo hussey know who's in prison for torah flying terrorism and insulting the royal family also coming up the jury is security forces are ordered to launch a rescue operation after gunmen attack a school killing a student and abducting 40 other people look at the latest from the capital a budget and some health workers in germany shown on the asters zeneca vaccine because of concerns over its effectiveness and side effects the health minister tries to boost confidence he says he wouldn't hesitate to get the shots himself. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us spanish police have clashed with thousands of protesters demanding the release of a rap artist jailed for his lyrics and social media posts police in madrid and barcelona face the 2nd night of ballance using tear gas and rubber bullets demonstrators set up burning barricades. there wer

depp's and has shown promise treating the illness in early trials it comes as infection numbers in spain seem to be stabilizing after the peak of the 3rd coronavirus way. medics working and less hours after the christmas holidays spanish intensive care units are being pushed to the limit yet again at dr mary agnes martins ospital in madrid the situation is tense. it's glad to say that we haven't doubled our resources but practically everything is occupied is that with covert 19 patients. some of the critical patients we work to the maximum every day and that's tiring and still can't infection numbers in spain seem to be stabilizing but there are huge worries that new virus variants will reverse any progress. in madrid stricter measures like only a car fuse and contact restrictions are in place shops and restaurants remain open though in other parts of the country they're shut over all the trend and spain goes towards tougher anti covert measures the country is desperate to avoid implementing another shutdown. and at this new peak there is a glimmer of hope pitted epstein the substance th

also on the show signs of life in spain as shoppers hit the winter sales but once again it's smaller businesses that continue to struggle. and irish port see demand surge after a break sit as companies seek to avoid red tape and delays by shipping directly to mainland europe. this is the adult your business i'm joined on in brylin have the you can join us the coronavirus pandemic may have affected the united states more than any other nation worldwide but the u.s. is making major advances with its aggressive vaccination campaign by some estimates the country could vaccinate its entire population of some 330000000 people by this summer and more help could be on the way as johnson and johnson is expected to get the green light for a single shot vaccine from the food and drug administration this weekend and that good news that is driving the dow jones to new heights. joins us now from new york now yes that widespread vaccination of course has a cause to celebrate their what's that doing to the discussion around possible release measures from the coronavirus. well i mean there are report

a 5th night of protests in spain over a catalan rapper's arrest. russian opposition leader alexina valley loses his appeal to get released from prison but the court reduces his sentence to 2 and a half years. and terrifying moments for passengers as a commercial aircraft jet engine catches fire over the u.s. city of denver. international pressure is mounting on man mas military after the bloodiest day more than 2 weeks of protest soldiers fired tear gas water cannon and live rounds in the 2nd biggest city mandalay killing 2 people and injuring dozens more the violence unfolded as police and soldiers fought with demonstrators and striking shipyard workers but saturday's violence hasn't stopped some people from showing up on the streets again these are the scenes from the kina where people are gathering once more to voice their anger over the coup earlier this month. well we'll get the latest from tony chang shortly but 1st here's his report for. shots ring out as protesters in mandalay flee from the police and water cannon tear gas and sling shots a

rapper received a 9 month sentence on tuesday he's accused of glorifying terrorism and insulting spain's monarchy in his songs but. the arrest has sparked a national debate over freedom of expression whether you're going to get a little hassle of had enough of the frustration as a result of our day to day situation and by now people are saying that it is a recession is the last straw. i think that. protests have extended to other cities in spain including the capital madrid the government is now trying to curb the political fallout and she said i must remember you punch in children's bones democracy has this pain in tuscany there is one consensus in spain were they to put freedom of speech so that our regulations are in line with other european countries. spain's government announced it would change the law and remove prison terms for fences involving freedom of expression but no timeframe was given and the announcement appears to have done little to calm the social tension alexandra byers al-jazeera. attacks continue in afghanistan with an explosion in southern helmand province this bla