i caught going on with their game fun to. say. this is g.w. news from berlin tonight a plea of guilty a man is sentenced to 15 years in prison for the murder of multis journalist jeff need or want to leave the she was a reporter who exposed corruption within political and business elite are killing rock the island nation sparking protests that led to the resignation of the prime minister also coming up tonight another setback for the european union's

vaccination astra zeneca will reportedly missed its vaccine delivery target date yet again reaction from brussels plus facebook and australia's government struck a deal to end the blackout on new schemes does this mean facebook will now pay for the journalism on its digital platform and a massive cleanup operation underway in israel after an oil spill covered much of the country's mediterranean coastlines leaving it in thick talk. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of your around the world welcome her murder 4 years ago sparked international outrage now one of the 3 men accused of murdering maltese journalist daphne koller want to go has been sentenced to 15 years. it came after

he unexpectedly changed his plea to guilty and admitted all the charges against him cover want to leave had been exposing corruption in the country's political and business elite when she died in a car bomb attack her murder sparked protests and ultimately led to the resignation of the country's prime minister 3 new suspects were arrested on tuesday on suspicion of supplying the bomb that killed her. art for more now let's go to journalist keith micallef in valetta malta he has been covering this story since it 1st broke keep this going to have you with us we really can't say though that this murder click case is close to being solved with today's prison sentence can we. no definitely not i mean the will solve today passion is all of this we now know for sure who committed the and showed us as a nation but what the people are asking he's who has commissioned the ground who

wanted the current and it's young mannered and let's not forget as you said those on your introduction she used to investigate corruption of businessmen and politicians to fight to have been. no one in the shoes charged over demanded maybe they would be there to day one but people here in d.c. it's hard to believe there was absolutely not any political involvement. government of the da in relation to this case we do keith that deftly was murdered because her reporting exposed corruption at the highest levels in malta which happens to be where you also work as a journalist what has it done to the profession of journalism i mean does it make you feel less safe when you're trying to work on a story. i think at this point in time yes there is a degree of appreciation but there is also some concern sometimes that you don't

even trust your own sources because there have been incidents and there have been reports that were on his jet news they have been misguided deliberately by their sources in order to deflect attention from certain cases so apart from being comprehensive of touching certain issues certain stories there is also the needs to be extremely careful home you speak to because sometimes people might have vested interest in order to delete even certain investigations distinct had been following weeks of of different kind of want to see us made it would. have been certain quarters to try to do really the investigation and shifting it and we from certain aspects and we've reported titian's we don't know for sure of politicians are full of by definition attempts yes today the investigation you know you know the dangers certainly have still there for journalists that's for sure journalist keith micallef joining us from in malta tonight keith we appreciate your time and your reporting thank you. our list turn now to some of the other stories that are making

headlines this hour thousands are protesting in georgia's capital tbilisi against the detention of the country's main opposition leader the demonstration began if you hours after police stormed the headquarters of the united national movement and detained nelia he faces charges of inciting violence during protests back in 2019 denies all wrongdoing. unconscious executive has backed a bill that will bar anyone seen as being disloyal to beijing from elected office the electoral reform will require councillors to pledge allegiance to hong kong as a special region of china opposition voices in hong kong have increasingly been silent following last year's mass protests b.n. mars military regime is facing growing pressure both at home and abroad 3 weeks after it seized power the european union has warned that it's preparing sanctions

and the us has penalized 2 more generals protests continue to swell despite the killing of at least 3 demonstrators the drug maker astra zeneca will reportedly deliver less than half of the vaccines that it promised the european union in the 2nd quarter of this year the drug maker is supposed to provide 180000000 doses to the e.u. by the end of june it's already missed its 1st quarter commitments due to production problems the more than 90000000 dollars shortfall will likely hit the e.u.'s ability to meet its target of vaccinating 70 percent of adults by the summer you know this is not good news let's go to our forces correspondent barbara visa good evening to you barbara we know that the contracts signed between the european union and astra zeneca well they had enough holes in them that you could say it looked like swiss cheese and this news today it shouldn't surprise us right. it

maybe not surprising as but it still does main news because of course the european union had really built its whole vax in the strategy on those contracts the contract. pfizer buy on take the contract with. the contract in particular was us president because they over promised as we now see vastly obviously and talking about swiss cheese and the contract i mean some of these holes have now been filled we know for instance that the present presumption that the british contract had been signed earlier than the one of the e.u. was not true because we now go to see it we also know that there are concrete delivery. volumes figures in that contract was us was an anchor to the end of the of the summer until the end of june they should have to live a 100000000 doses to the e.u. and there will probably not even manage to deliver half of that so that is really

a blow for the european union but what's the probably your then why can't they deliver. the problem is manifold the problem probably largely comes from the supply chain they can in some instances not get the basic materials they need to produce this vaccine they have problems was. the bottling and the filling and delivery and and and the plants that they are using to to make the vaccine simply cannot be scaled of could not be scaled up quickly enough to produce those huge doses so basically astra zeneca signed a contract and promised something that is really by far can not deliver and that is a very bad news for the e.u. and it also throws a light on the company everybody is asking why are they doing that why did they do

that why are they not trying to be more realistic. news that affects all of us living here in the european union what is it going to do to target vaccinating at least 70 percent of the population by the end of the summer. politically of course this is a disaster the european governments promised their citizens their population we will get these vaccinations to you and there will be light at the end off this so corona crisis tunnel and now dislike might come so much later maybe in the 3rd maybe even in the 4th quarter of the year so everything will be pushed way back because astra zeneca is not the only company not delivering went down to has mess of problems was production obviously and pfizer buy on tech too so politically for european governments this is bad news we'll going to have a summit virtual summit on thursday and friday this week and the european leaders movie talking about this and they will cannot really makes things that they would

just have to scale back their promises to european citizens disturbing and disappointing at the same time to use orbitz with the latest tonight in brussels barbara thank you here's some of the other developments in the pandemic and better news for the united states vaccine supplies there should surge in the coming weeks pfizer modernity and johnson and johnson say they can provide enough vaccines to fully inoculate 130000000 people by the end of march mexico has received its version of russia's sputnik v. vaccine senior citizens in mexico city's poor communities will be 1st to get the shots and the former czech president and corona virus skeptic but as fallen ill with coke at 19 the czech republic has one of the highest per capita infection rates in the world. facebook has agreed to lift

a news blackout for australian users after reaching a compromise with the australian government facebook blocked all news links after australia proposed new rules to make social networks pay for media content on their platforms this tussle is being closely watched by other countries who are considering taking on big tech the great unfriending began last week when facebook users in australia could no longer c.e.o. share news on the platform australian news content couldn't be shed abroad either the reason i proposed new law or by the australian government that which requires social media companies like facebook and google to pay if news content from local publishes appeared on their platforms in australia many users were unhappy with the move. well i just think it's ridiculous what news should be available to everybody

especially the good stuff or the true stuff from the gambles australia's government says it's trying to ensure a fair deal for local news media many have been struggling in the digital age and earn only a small share of revenue from online advertises facebook had to argue that the proposed law was unfair because the company directs more traffic to australian news sites the news media directs towards facebook. google initially threatened to remove it search engine from australia instead it started to make deals with a number of local media companies to pay them for their content. facebook has now agreed to follow suit off to reaching a compromise with the australian government digital firms won't be forced to pay for media content if they've negotiated commercial agreements which will help to

sustain the australian news industry. canberra is happy with the outcome facebook has committed to entering into good faith negotiations with a strange news media businesses in seeking to reach agreements to pay for content with the deal making headlines around the world it could become a global template for news media survival in the digital age or and for more now i'm joined by a reporter public to you pablo you know the tone we're hearing today a lot different than what we heard last week particularly from the australian government held at facebook and the government here today. well essentially brant what happened was that this proposed law was going to force platforms like facebook and google to pay for a lot of the content that publishers have on and on their platforms the platforms

such as or the publishers have been saying that facebook and google of the using their content and essentially not paying them for it now out of that you've also got critics in astray who are saying that actually this legislation was being pushed and through the parliament in australia be at because of their publisher such as rupert murdoch's news corp so there was sort of an interest there as well for them and they're also. the owner of that the largest number of newspapers in a strenuous of the results so something else going on there as well this is what facebook are claiming but facebook said that they were essentially being forced to pay for content which in fact this content was was actually helping these publishers because it was on those platforms which of course have a lot of reach and with regards to audiences yeah last week when things book blocked these news links basically to all users in australia have you been able to

measure do we know what impact that had. yeah it was actually really interesting brant because it was quite clear and within 24 hours you're already seeing the impact in fact actually in those 24 hours overall traffic to a strategy and muse sites actually plough much it it fell quite dramatically so obviously the question that we have to ask ourselves at this point is whether facebook is actually more important for those publishers done the other way around . ok. us with the latest tonight on this apparent turnaround between facebook and the australian government public thank you . let's take a look now at some other headlines linda thomas greenfield will become the united states' new ambassador to the united nations u.s. senators voted to confirm president joe biden's pick for the job which will be

a cabinet position the vote reflected the biden ministrations wish to reengage with the u.n. after donald trump's isolationist policies in the u.s. congress is hearing testimony for the 1st time from former capitol security officials about the massive law enforcement failures in the storming of the capitol on january 6th officials blame the failures on poor intelligence and a slow response to calls for backup as a violent mob laid siege and then stormed the u.s. capitol. the un's atomic watchdog has confirmed that iran had started enriching uranium up to 20 percent purity that's a level close to weapons grade the i.a.e.a. also says iran stuff stockpile of enrich uranium is 14 times over the limit listed in the 2015 nuclear deal curbs on inspections by the nuclear watchdog came into force today the french actor. is under investigation for

allegedly raping and sexually assaulting a young at tryst in 2018 the paris prosecutor's office said was charged in december after authorities reopened a case the actor is among france's best known and most controversial star. all right to israel now and in ecological disaster a massive oil spill has hit most of israel's mediterranean shoreline leaving black sticky tar it's also caused extensive damage to wildlife you know corresponded tanya kramer reports the cleanup could take months maybe years. it's a meticulous task clumps of tar 9 descend on is was military in coast one in tears and so just a cleaning to peaches by hand the only spill has been described as one of the worst environmental disasters in decades it has affected more than 170 kilometers of

shoreline. give it does it give you a slow tons of crude oil reach the beaches of israel from the south to the north and crucial ecological systems have going to affect and these are beaches where. nature with animals and plants living in the void to have been affected by the sun have died she tell you about my need for get will cause more difficult come to the tower was detected after i have even to storm last week because of the only spill most likely from a ship off the coast is currently being investigated but the case has been put on the controversial media gag order. and my own mental activists have called the disaster a wake up call for the government to put bet environmental protections in place this group is out at sea to help with locating potential remnants and the war to the overall effect

a marine life assistance being assessed but for some it is too late like this turtle found over the weekend but up or what's up got. and so we have a small ground and you can see what the title did today and look at the extent of this disaster as a small turtle. stuff but i'm sure the only one allowed. a soda to say the cleanup operation could take a long time the taas sticks to rock and pollutes the sand volunteers are determined to do their part in the cleanup effort and they get a lot closer to i think it is important that every israeli who usually enjoys the beach and they to it's important that we all come together and help with this mission it is a part of us and. for now the affected beaches have been closed to the public for an indefinite time. affordable

housing it can be difficult to find a big cities around the world just think of new york or paris here in berlin average rental prices tend to be lower but that is more and more a description of the past not the present one reason is the lack of social housing the stock of cheap rental homes for people in need is highest believe it or not in the u.k. forward by france is relatively small in germany you see right there germany even is worse than the united states now coupled with other factors like gentrification and overall lack of residential buildings this makes it hard especially for families students and single parents to find a home that they can afford here in berlin. how do i spin who i am hiker i'm a teacher and i'm looking for an apartment in berlin but i can't find one finnish kiner. pica doesn't want to give her full name she has lived in her belly an

apartment for 17 years her landlord has recently given her notice he wants to use the apartment himself michael has spent countless hours looking for an apartment online ever since that's built on this one here would be affordable. hiker is a freelancer and can only pay between $3.40 euro's a month but there is stiff competition for such affordable housing. i applied to view around $200.00 apartments i was invited to 2 viewings on who and i would have loved to have rented either of the apartments unfortunately they didn't work out. well i wasn't lucky enough to win the lottery or cut him loose for fun to give in. and it is a lottery around $300.00 people apply for each vacant apartment. that's the age when it gets so bad that i can't sleep. and when i ask myself where i'll

be in 5 years i don't have an answer and i don't know what will happen. right i get. new housing is being built just around the corner from hiker's current home but they're clearly not building affordable apartments. i think melanie will like i don't think i could afford these sort of least condos unfortunately this segment is more expensive than what i'm actually looking for. new and older buildings charge twice as much rent as hike a can afford property experts say this an affordable housing trend is not likely to change anytime soon we need to hire our tenants who don't care how much they pay because that company's paying or because they've come from abroad and they used to a completely different rental structure or even from a different part of germany where the rent is high anyway and they almost don't

care how much they have to pay in but then you can see in fast got us in between times and. their own urban housing providers to counter this but they cannot keep pace with developers red tape is causing years of delay to government construction projects i can only hope things will improve instead affordable housing has to be created in city centers otherwise people with average incomes will no longer be able to live there. who has to go and who can stay for more and more but when rent has this is become an urgent issue. well the golf superstar tiger woods has been hospitalized after being involved in a single car accident that's according to authorities in los angeles here he's seen winning the masters tournament back in 2019 the 45 year old woods had to be extricated from his vehicle his agent says that he's undergoing surgery after

suffering multiple leg injuries a vehicle sustained major damage woods was the sole occupant in that vehicle. soccer news now in germany are one of the favorites for next summer's women's european championship in england and they're currently warming up with a friendly many tournaments they got off to a good start with the win over belgium on sunday and on wednesday they renew one of the sport's fierceness rivalries against the netherlands. winter is finally drawing to an end and the german national team is starting to feel full of the joys of spring not all the squad can be here though 5 players based in the u.k. and in france have had to stay away because of pandemic restrictions. even says that's what made me very happy with how things have gone this week we've had a lot of fun and enjoyed being on the pitch i hope we'll take this with us into the

game. after the victory against belgium a tougher opponent to wheat in the dutch but the coach isn't focused on short term results or local rivalries. it's nice that as he said it's not about a rivalry quite the opposite. i think there's many tournament is a good sign for others that we can play football again. some countries have had to cancel their games. on the not so unless. in any case this is a germany team full of confidence after an unbeaten qualifying campaign for next year's european championship. you know. we have the highest expectations of ourselves. our goal is to compete for the title in england will give everything this year to develop as a team. by then take on the pandemic isn't making those preparations easy but friendly tournaments like this week's are providing something of

a test and those tests would come much tougher than the netherlands. and the champions league a german signed bruce you mentioned are marking their return to the phase of europe's elite club competition on wednesday night are up against premier league leaders manchester city led by former byron coach have city just recorded their 18th straight victory over the weekend blood box meanwhile are without a win in their last 3 matches due to cope in 1000 travel restrictions the match will take place in hungary instead of germany. snow and ice have been causing serious suffering for parts of the united states in recent days but the big freeze can also bring great beauty take a look at these these images parts of the famous niagara falls frozen over creating huge abstract ice formations in the main current rushing down through the ice the falls span the border between canada and the united states they have

a vertical drop when the water slowing of more than 50 meters. are here's a reminder the top stories that we're following for you one of the 3 men accused of killing maltese journalist daphne koller want to. plead guilty to murder and been sentenced to 15 years in prison she exposed corruption within most his political and business elite her death sparked international outrage and protests that forced the prime minister to resign. you're watching the w. news live from berlin after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day stick around we will be right back.

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