discuss on africa's facebook page and other social media platforms for. crime fighters tune in now. this is g w news live from berlin the european union is placing its bets on vaccine costs for its e.u. leaders have agreed on the need for a coronavirus vaccination certificates german chancellor i'm going to medical says that documents could be ready in time for the new citizens to take their summer holidays also coming up. thousands of armenians take to the streets after their

prime minister accuses the military of attempting aide to some rallying in his defense but many others demanding the prime minister resign. the dog wolf her employed by pop star lady gaga has been shot 2 of her french bulldogs stolen in a brazen attack in los angeles. on pablo foley s welcome to the program european union leaders have faced struggles in managing the coronavirus crisis with the slow rollout of vaccinations putting increasing pressure on them there are also divisions over certain members imposing border restrictions but they have agreed now on the need for vaccine certificates which they hope can lead to a lifting of travel barriers that will aid to tourism this summer member states

could start issuing the e.u. vaccine certificates within 3 months. with slovaks nations coronavirus variance border chaos and summer holidays at risk there was no shortage of talking points at this virtual e.u. summit during a 4 hour video call leaders try to find a united way forward in the fight against the pandemic the pressure is intense concerns can't just be waved aside with the e.u. lagging behind them vaccination numbers and new variants spreading rapidly across the continent the b. 117 is by now in all member states but one. the south african variant is in 14 member states and the brazilian variant in 7 so there's a lot of challenges ahead of us apart from ramping of that scene many factoring and easing production bottlenecks the e.u. will put more energy into detecting these more contagious and dangerous mutations through a dedicated program. with the spring on its way to resume has made it back to the

agenda greek prime minister tuchis was one of the 1st leaders to call for an e.u. wide vaccination certificate in the attempt to east travel restrictions and save the summer holiday season that's something old leaders could get behind but how and when exactly this vaccine passport could be rolled out is uncertain. we expected to be done by summer i am not a programmer so i cannot make any guarantees like i cannot guarantee vaccine deliveries but the political requirements are to reach this goal within the next few months were not. but for the moment member states have agreed that tourism and all non-essential travel is not an option. well earlier we spoke to our correspondent in brussels and asked him about the key points upon which e.u. leaders have agreed broody on one page when it comes to the fact that it was the

e.u. together that ordered all these vaccines are going to greece that was a good idea the 2nd thing then is that everybody agrees that they now need to get ready for a huge amount of vaccines coming in the 2nd quarter of the year so that the national rollout is more smoothly that it has been so far and certainly as you have mentioned the digital of vaccination passports that have been basically agreed on however the french president for instance made clear in his press conference after the summit that there will be no special rights connected and then it was the head of the european commission or the off on the line who specified that this is a political question and it's not clear it is clear that the the passes will come but it's not clear what they will actually be used for so another debate on the sky on the horizon. in armenia months of political tensions are reaching a tipping point on thursday thousands attended rallies in the capital yerevan after

prime minister and nicol accused the military of an attempted coup and then he turned out to support him but many others called for his resignation the prime minister has been a divisive figure more so following armenia's defeat in a conflict with azerbaijan last year. an impact leader holding on to power for now armenia's top generals called on prime minister nicole pushing on to resign on thursday following months of protests but this time his supporters of come out in force stepping in front of the crowd in the capital of on pushing and denounce the army's move as an attempted coup. keycard all the army must do its job . the army cannot look back the army cannot interfere in political processes the army must a by only the people and the political power chosen by the people. here feel that the rat pack i can describe it right now i put the opposition also took to the

streets in numbers. they pressed home the generals demand. that was a war that we lost shamefully and the prime minister who was responsible for that has not left his post and since that day the public it's been demanding his resignation. he was lovely. pushing young strobel stem from last year's war with a job over the region of nagorno-karabakh. in weeks of fighting armenia lost control of large parts of the disputed region of azerbaijan the turks really linking up the exclave to armenia thousands of armenians had to flee their homes and the army suffered heavy casualties. a crushing defeat fuels the anger on the streets of europe where the protesters have set up for the long haul. or

a secular crowd some of the other stories making news this hour the sizes of protesters supporting the military regime has been on the streets of myanmar there's been a number of reports of clashes with anti to demonstrators the united kingdom has announced further sanctions against the military regime as police continue to forcibly break up until regime protests. hundreds of police officers conduct the early morning raids in brain and the surrounding region targeting a band the islamist group officers raided apartments allegedly linked to members of the group which officials say advocates attacks on civilians from outside the so-called islamic state. a german man has been charged with spying for russia the german parliament prosecutors say the suspect worked for a company contracted to check a lecture going to put mint for the bomb the site he allegedly provided the

floorplan to the russian secret service the case is likely to heighten existing tensions between berlin and moscow. well let's turn next to the remarkable rescue of 4 children from a burning building in istanbul their mother dropped her offspring one by one from a high window and prayed they'd be caught they were all of them. a mother's love put to the hardest to test i a turkish woman had to throw her 4 kids from a 3rd floor window in order to save them from the flames. residents stretched out a blanket so they could catch them. they were moments of terror but the children made it out safely local media reported they were in good condition. anyone who has kids

will feel a lot more profoundly about this. there was great despair there one of those kids that wasn't able to jump down was about to faint. i broke down after he saw. his heartlessness it was heartbreaking and got no one lost their lives. the incident happened at a 5 story building in the european side of istanbul. firefighters latest english the flames sparked by an electrical panel. the mother and 4 other people in the building were all suresh skewed. a potential tragedy of the tilt to work now to violence near sunset boulevard in los angeles where a pop star's dog walker has been shot and 2 dogs stolen the prized french bulldogs belong to singer lady gaga who say the dog tried to fight off. a one shot with

a pistol the man is expected to fully recover from his injuries lady gaga is known to be extremely protective of her dogs she's offering half a $1000000.00 for thirst safe return. well for more on this from los angeles we're joined by entertainment reporter jessica usera hi jessica welcome to the program what more do we know about what happened to lady gaga as dogs and the dog walker. thank you so much yes i'm terrible news came out last night when lady friend and dog walker was out walking her 3 french bulldog there ended up being 2 men that came and attacked her friend as well as the 3 bulldogs they ended up shooting her friend who is ryan fischer he shot him and then he ended up stealing it 2 of the french bulldogs one of the dogs was able to get away but to

salve are now with the gunman as of right now so it's very terrible news here for lady gaga and certainly is no we've been very much focused on the dogs of course and you mentioned a little bit there about the dog walker he's seriously injured but well more do we know about him. yes so right fisher is one of lady gaga is dear friends she trusted him fully with her dogs and there is a video that was released of him walking the dogs when the shot happened and he's now in the hospital making a good recovery he's doing pretty well as of right now he's expected to make a full recovery but prayers are being sent out to him as a break now. in that lady gaga wants to pay half a $1000000.00 to get the dogs back it's a significant amount of money of course now what kind of reaction is that getting you. yes so half a 1000000 is a ton of money people don't know as of right now if the gunmen were after the dogs for the amount of money that french bulldog can go for they can go for 10 $1000.00

there are french bulldogs that can go for $100000.00 even so as a very know of these these dogs are lady gaga skates they're everything to her so she's willing to do whatever she can do and all of her fans are very understanding . i'm sure they are now jessica what are the police doing and what's being said about the possibility of the dogs being returned soon and of course safe and well to lady gaga so right now l.a.p.d. is on the case all they know is that there were 2 men dressed in all black they ended up going north found after the shooting bay were in a white said don it's expected to be a nissan altima or a nissan sentra but they don't know the exact car as of right now but they're still working very hard on the case they have one of their best groups on the case as of right now. jessica lose their 0 in los angeles thanks for out of date.

now to the world's largest painting on a canvas of the artist who wants it to be even bigger the guinness world record holding painting spawns over almost 1600 square meters and it is on the splay in a must have hotel room hotel ballroom in dubai its creator hopes the work will spark a humanitarian that is meant for children. the journey of humanity a work of art intent on making an impact the piece is made up of 70 individual paintings which will each be auctioned off to raise money for charity. british artist sasha jeffrey aims to raise their c $1000000.00 to fund health sanitation and education initiatives for children in poverty across the globe. i don't want this to be a one off thing where i create a painting. it's option and we raise the money and we help children because what i

need what i need to do this i want to actually help change the world. the project aims to bridge the gap in digital access between developing and industrialized countries. the biggest divide at the moment is those with the internet and those without and if we can put the internet every single one of these communities and then we can bring education and give them a real education these children then with the fun that was setting up we we can enable them they consider real exams using the internet they can get into schools in the country they can then get into university. children from a $140.00 countries submitted their own artworks to be included in jeffrey's creation a global connection that's woven into the canvas itself. and finally to a strenuous modern version of a us this is the she start rescuers christened by rock around

with a wooden coach weighing in at around 35 kilograms it was discovered in a remote forest north of melbourne it's believed he survived years in the wild by the time he was discovered he could barely see straight anymore due to all that hair of course now and animal sanctuary has taken a man team the most direct way you slice of life. you're watching the interview news in berlin that's all for me and the rest of the team here take care and see you soon. and so many push all the others are thrown out in the world of climate change because the story this is one place it went from just one week. before it can really get. we still have time to i am going.

to. 7 china's new silk beijing's multi-billion dollar bill rhoden the shooting of extending right into europe this soon for a section from newburgh rates to stop us all answer section from side to super data or constructed the bio china railway. china aims to get its goods across europe by train and southeastern and eastern european nations are

vital to that strategy will enable the transportation of goods to western europe via a single rail corridor. or southeastern europe in particular the new silk road project beckons with promises of new investments. in his forearms the chinese have come like a gift from family away. but china brings more. when cutting edge technology it's also prepared to invest in older environmentally harmful processes. could soon you know your cancer is a really horrible disease there's all of us know what we're in for it's lost the gutter usually. it's a region torn between its loyalty to europe and the opportunities that china offers . so it would be easy to convince our politicians not to get funds from the chinese for such projects if there was

a serious attempt off europe to help us in the transition towards the coalition. when. you. move. this is no children's model railway. welcome to the expression room for the project of hunger and so when i say to a way in the territory of servia place for me. is an engineer overseeing the belgrade to budapest route at the china railway headquarters visitors are shown serbia's showcase model. the beijing based engineer

has travelled practically all over the world for the new silk road project. for me actually there is no such controversial because i was doing a lot of international projects not only in pakistan i was in in egypt and ours in iran while ours in argentina political questions are off the table. we're only permitted to ask about the technical side of the project the chinese government that's all communication the aim to tell a success story china can build railroads everywhere including in europe. from engineers perspective this is not a difficult thing it is a reconstruction project it is a reconstruction project so we have a. lot of experience on that so when these really line is completed the travel time from a new

a bad grade station to budapest will be shortened into 3 hours. in recent years serbia has blossomed into china's most favored balkan partner. beijing has granted 10000000000 euros worth of loans to serbia more than to any other country in the region. but the new silk road project has created hardly any jobs here even the construction is largely being done by a chinese workforce that's been a typical feature of the belton road initiative. china imports its own builders stationing them in the host country for months at a time just as now in serbia. investment from china began flowing early as 2011 when the chinese consortium built the poop and bridge across the danube at

a cost of 175000000 euros. it became the symbol of sino serbian friendship. most serbs view the flow of cash from china as a good thing even if the money is only borrowed the loans from chinese state banks are quick and cheap the construct. and projects are headed and carried out by chinese firms with even materials and machines made in china. serbia's chamber of commerce says it's still a good deal we need to see who really need good more than the railways where we can not only have a passenger trains but also good cargo potential. this is it this is a no there's no. no hidden agenda with railways. but marco schottische is also well aware that beijing's chief aim with the rail network is to get goods from china to consumers in the west chinese initiative is

especially good in serbia but this is about infrastructure is about how fast you are able to really proceed with the projects is all complicated for purpose and for china serbia is part of the initiative serbia is difficult there is such it is important. i think the most important. aspect of this relation is that we are away from china logistically to the biggest. market the 500000000 people in the. serbia's friendship with china is a much celebrated one. xi jinping and other high ranking chinese officials are popular guests in serbia as evident during this state visit to belgrade and 2016 so serbia holds an important strategic position is it with a visible regional advantage and it will surely play an important role in this this

is a big day for all of saudi after all its citizens. over the past decade chinese money has flowed into highways bridges and security technology a serbian copper mines and a steel works have also received chinese funding. now the next project is on the table belgrade's metro system and the chinese want to build it. serbian opposition politician monica tepid is critical of the plans she says there were no public tenders and believes corruption is involved. yes the drastic were alerted us was the drastic difference an estimated cost for building the belgrade subway a bit of a dog a lot of stuff francis called in the initial contract with the french firm almost 10 years ago the quoted cost was 2200000000 euro those. boards. then president aleksander church suddenly turned up with

a chinese partner and the cost had doubled that is now they have said it will cost $4.00 on the bill i am euro this week you said it is that is check getting me out of this. or the. temperature is a tireless critic of the close ties between serbia and china she says that the backroom deals often come with strings attached and there is little transparency and belgrade's cozying up to china is a strategic mistake serbia's natural allies she says is here a. single person the need name all the problems i'm sure that no one here has a problem with foreign investment but we do have a problem when the dealings are corrupt as when far more money is spent and should

be the one we have no idea of how that money's being spent with the chinese firms are all being handled with kid gloves because they're protected under a bilateral 2 state agreement you can't even get into their factories in the end then he's picked up next in the window and horrified that. the serbian government prefers not to comment on the matter. it seems content to close ranks with china especially when there's chance of a photo op. in 2019 chinese police officers took to the streets of central belgrade to go on patrol with their serbian counterparts. a stance of li meant as a nod to the growing number of chinese visitors to the country it also sends a signal. china is looking out for the security of its smaller allies serbia. to move through that same year thousands of surveillance cameras suddenly turned up in central belgrade they've been supplied by the chinese telecoms giant huawei

under an initiative to make the city safe for its 1300000 residents. being observed all the time and not being able to be at least authentic that's something that is affecting personal self development and in this to say it also affects one thing that since the cameras were installed activists like nevada research have been trying to find out more about the deal with china but belgrade remains silent for reasons of security it says. you see it in one of the around london like a bone this this can go around and it's used for counting the player objects including people and also for facial recognition they all have facial recognition technology embedded. the cameras were installed practically overnight

and without any statistical evidence of a rise in crime. of being a ruse it is skeptical. of what is missing in the whole timeline of. hundreds of thousands of cameras is actually a public debate a debate on why we need it why the security sector is of the opinion that we really need it and what is the counter-argument so so we never debated when there was no deliberation in the parliament or in the public or amongst the experts or at least. accessible to the public to understand why why we needed. the surveillance technology is just one part of serbia's cooperation with while with. the telecoms giant plans to open a regional innovation center in belgrade aimed at promoting digitalisation in the finance education and energy sectors. china is one of those those countries

they did not recognize privacy as a core human human rights and they comprehension of the right of privacy itself is not the same so for that reason this is this is always questionable whether whether we share information of such sensitive nature with with such companies needless to say transported to the floor. we asked the serbian police for an interview and got no reply however they did tell the activist group that the facial recognition function was not in use the banner research and our group have maps more than 1000 cameras this is the one who is really puts around. the aim is to alert people to the presence of the cameras and although data privacy isn't a hot button issue here it could hinder serbia's attempts to join the e.u.

if the cameras are found so finally data protection laws. so just why is the friendship between serbia and china held in such high esteem. pro-government journalist millimeter march has a talk show covering national and international issues among them china. and his view of the e.u. is increasingly critical. to their favor that i belong to the generation that dreamt the american dream as a young man i dreamed of joining the european union but i downtown say it happened in my lifetime as you well know. serbia has been in excess in talks with the e.u.

since 2014 but its ambitions of joining the bloc are still just distant according to the talk show host this disillusionment has spurred the government to look around for other partners well more or she doesn't get is a chinese have builders the bridges and roads that the europeans weren't interested . for as the chinese have come like a gift from heaven. if you take a verse logos. but also did most of the work day they'll also. and while the e.u. keeps up its demands for a host of reforms china's loans come with no strings attached its message democracy isn't a prerequisite for economic growth. was a rodeo schism that china invests much more in many other european countries and nato members than subhi of chinese goods are coming in via ports in the new.