this is deja vu news live from berlin and japan marks the 10th anniversary of the country's worst disaster and living memory led by the emperor and the emperor as the nation mourns the more than 18000 people killed in the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck the northeast coast on this day in 2011 and led to the meltdown of the fukushima nuclear power plant. also coming up brazil reaches a new low with coronavirus cases surging out of control and even to bridge areas on the verge of collapse as

a new toy threatening variant spreads throughout the country. to the united states and major win for president joe biden and the democrats as congress approves a landmark with these tack edge and to helping the tide commonly recover from the coronavirus crisis. i'm sorry welcome to the program japan is marking the 10th anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that destroyed towns and triggered the fukushima nuclear power plant disaster. you're watching a minute silence there which was observed across the country at 2 46 pm local time the exact moment that a magnitude 9 quake struck and set off the deadly wave the i'm. right now and he

told prime minister who should. lead an official ceremony in tokyo to the tributes 18000 people who lost their lives now the half a 1000000 people were displaced and towns around the fukushima power plant remain uninhabitable. for more let's go over to journalists anya who is joining us from tokyo so just walk us through the commemorations and what has been happening today in japan on this somber anniversary since the morning people have been coming out going to the beaches according to the coast there were altars and flowers there for people to go to and hold their hands lower their gaze and think oh it's their loved ones that they lost in the whole country as you mentioned earlier that was a moment of silence observed it was also a ceremony in tokyo and despite i mean obviously this is 10 years it's

a modest little input on the other hand many people say for them it's really just a date it's ongoing and you can tell that for many people the emotions are still very close to the surface how has the tsunami and the fukushima disaster which followed how has that changed to pan in the past 10 years. it has changed a pattern in a sense that i think it showed many people full for the 1st time and also in front of television cameras what nature can do and what tsunami what the tsunami actually means and it's definitely elevated to the disaster preparedness of people with regards to the tsunami and lots of lots of measures were taken to improve disaster preparedness with regard to nuclear power that's a different story in the beginning that there were demonstrations there was a lot of discussion about limits and so on radiation limits and decontamination.

but after a few years this all kind of disappeared and an interview there recently said there is a kind of conspiracy to silence people in who are most affected they don't talk about this whole thing with each other it's like topic and also in the news it's really not much of an issue is the occasional issue again with tokyo electric power not reporting problems and you can hear a little bit in the news but it's not a thing that people talk about anymore it may be taboo but how do people in japan feel about it the majority is against nuclear power and they would like to see it's being phased out as soon as possible because there is the danger of another earthquake happening. and there are all the nuclear power plants very close to the sea and despite measures that have been taken since there is still the danger and someone compared it once to building a building

a nuclear power plant who knows very widely spaced because of the earthquakes so people are very uneasy sonia a journalist joining us from tokyo thank you and welcome. let's get you have to take with some other stories from around the world china's parliament has backed the communist party's plan to tighten control of hong kong by overhauling the city's electoral system the changes rads beijing veto powers over candidates critics are calling it one of the final nails in the coffin of hong kong's democracy with. a spokesperson for the meon more military has said that the hunter will only be in control of the country for a certain period before elections are held the news comes amid fresh violence at a protest against military coup in the central town of my young security forces

shot and killed 6 people reuters news agency says another protester was killed in young gone u.n. secretary general antonio good ted has called syria a living nightmare after 10 years of conflict ted it says that syrians had endured shocking atrocities their suffering was now being compounded by economic collapse and soaring poverty fueled by corruption sanctions and the coronavirus pandemic. lawmakers in mexico's lower house of congress have voted to legalize cannabis the bill is expected to sail through the upper house before becoming law it will make the country the largest legal market for the drugs in the world proponents of legalization say regulating the market would curb gang violence. today is marking one years since the world health organization officially declared kovac $1000.00 to be a pandemic the 1st coronavirus cases appeared in the chinese city of will hon

officials there claimed a seafood market was the source of the outbreak the virus quickly spread across the world with europe becoming the new epicenter lockdowns of border closures didn't stop it moving on before long almost every part of the world became affected by the pandemic. brazil is suffering with one doctor has called its worst moment yet when it comes to the pandemic many hospitals across the country including in the richest state of south paulo have no beds left to treat cope with 1000 patients the number of daily deaths pushed past 2000 for the 1st time on one say bringing to more than 270000 the number of people killed by the virus of the surgeon infections and deaths is being fueled by a more contagious variant that emerged from the amazonian city of mouse in january the situation there remains dire but as you're hungry nero's reports many have become complacent. lucy leonard thus it is back to living

a normal life in meet john why reach an early date when the health system in aus collapsed she had been infected with the newest strain of the coronavirus and needed oxygen but this city had run out of feet by the sea we'll see how. it's aim to apocalyptic us was my head the more religious people said it was a sign of the end of the world than with well it was a night in that you know i never thought i would experience such a dramatic moment the moment the film that i'm much less seen it's a moment the sea descends to hop forgotten this is the main market in manassas even thoughts tours and businesses are only allowed to to operate at 50 percent of their normal capacity and this by the scientists warnings about emergence of more and more dangerous variants the market is always overcrowded. about 13 new strains of the koran a virus had been that that death in minot was one off then the one is responsible

for 60 percent of current infections in the region suggesting that it is mark transmissible and that number is on the rise bracing fears of a 3rd wave it could lead it to date margins of even more dangerous bargains according to devide ologist who discovered that the ones trying. to squash people to behave your scares me because they are seen the situation the worse and yet they continue to live as if things are normal so that could mean that we will soon have a much more serious situation. according to the studies by the fear was research foundation the government of vaccines are still effective against the p one strain is but a nation center can add mr thousands of those whisper days but even here the oath already is are on the table implement. physical distance in. a posture the moment

when vaccination starts there are always a lot of people but then they crowding goes down when older people come for vaccinations they bring one or 2 relatives and that's what causes the crowd. with more than 7 percent of it's the hobbit on spikes united states of commerce on ice where my mouse is located because administering their most adults is today to brazil however it is still a far from containing the virus that without social distancing people will continue to die from the virus. the city has made space for 22000 new graves in the cemetery it's on the horrific forecast of what the new cover variants could bring to my mouse and in the our future. u.s. president joe biden is preparing to address the nation today to deliver what he is calling a message of hope comes after congress passed a nature really fact it's worth nearly 2 trillion dollars to try and defeat the

pandemic and help the economic recovery the american rescue plan as it's called is being including one off payments to most americans and also increases funds for covert $1000.00 vaccinations. a standing ovation for one of the biggest financial aid packages in u.s. history. promising to bring relief for millions of americans hit hard by the pandemic help is on the way half of america's children who are in poverty will not be in poverty because of this bill help is are on the way back then when you go back. house speaker nancy pelosi couldn't quite hide her excitement as the building had its final hurdle. the motion is that out. it passed congress 22220911 despite republicans unanimously opposing

the bell from south carolina them this was the 1st major victory for joe biden 7 weeks into his presidency i want to thank speaker pelosi the house of representatives today for passing the bill and i will be signing into law shortly this bill represents historic historic victory for the american people. this sweeping relief packages and aimed at defeating the pandemic and nursing the economy back to health $65000000000.00 will be spent on expanding testing and contact tracing and on speeding up the vaccine program at the same time hundreds of billions will be allocated to state and local governments and to schools to help get children back into plastering safely. businesses will also get support. we can employment benefits of $300.00 will be extended into september. and the

measure that will be felt most immediately a one off payment of $1400.00 will be received by most americans. they will benefit slightly but i think it needs to be more done i think we should get a monthly payment which will help out the economy a lot better it is a lot of people that are back up in bills from months prior and me i'm one of the people that never got any stimulus yet so. it's beneficial but it's a tease and a middle of a crisis right now. polls show that a majority of americans support the bill yet republicans have criticized it for burdening the country with far too much debt and some economists have warned it could spur economic growth that might lead to debilitating inflation. champions league football for you now and in the round of 16 liverpool have beaten bundestag aside rb leipzig to nail to advance to the quarterfinals after also

winning the 1st leg mohamed salah scored liverpool's 1st goal in the 70th minute savio manet netted another 4 minutes later also on wednesday amman drew one all with barcelona a go through to the quarter finals on aggregate after having won their 1st encounter. in the bundesliga braman be held to nil in their rescheduled match on wednesday evening this after their game was called off due to heavy snow last month josh sargent opens the scoring at the start of the 2nd half and deflected past the end of a right at the young americans feet for the easy tap in and half an hour later kevin i'm overhauled and netted braman 2nd to round out the scoreline the wind leaving braman comfortably in mid table i'll be with felt our stock in the relegation zone. up next on news our documentary looking at the

history of human trafficking i'm sara kelly in berlin do stay with us if you can for that and a whole lot more thank you so much for watching take care. oh . boy. a man homey poised to hold lunch i'll turn out in the world climate change a different office story this is my plan to bring home goes one week. we're going to really just what. we still have time to work on during. this. process.