this is the news line from building a double sit back in germany's attempts to end of the pandemic the end fiction right is rising exponentially and vaccines are held up again while the astra zeneca vaccine is reviewed other safety concerns also coming up define martial law districts made with more live fire from security forces and not the united nations calls on the international community to help end the violent standoff that has killed at least 138 people. and a young nation but a troubled one can

a new prime minister of a come the corruption and ethnic tensions that have been cos of out for more than a decade. american held welcome gemini center for disease control says new cases of coded 19 are now rising exponentially the news comes as the vaccination campaign suffers another setback germany is one of a growing list of countries to suspend its use of the asters anika back saying after reports that some recipients developed a blood clots medical experts say it's likely the report coincidental and that they just isn't any evidence to suggest the vaccine is unsafe. another setback in an already troubled vaccination campaign germany france italy and spain became the latest european countries to stop administering the astra zeneca vaccine

over fears it causes blood clots. and then. to keep up confidence in this vaccine we now have to give our experts in germany and the european union time to review these recent cases they must also clarify the question of whether the benefits of vaccination continue to outweigh possible risks so just smoke usually sick and i miss is key because one thing is clear not vaccinating also has serious health implications and that review process is what we're waiting on now. french president manuel mccarthy said his government would await a statement by the european medicines agency due on tuesday before deciding if the vaccine is put back into use. this is your 80 piece on the decision that was taken in accordance with our european policy is to suspend the astra zeneca vaccination as a precautionary measure in the hope that it will be resumed quickly if the european medicines agency allows it livy looked at me. to e.m.

a only last week declared that there are no indications that people who have received the astra zeneca vaccine are more likely to develop blood clots british prime minister boris johnson who is quick to dismiss concerns over a vaccine that has already been administered to over 11000000 people in the u.k. . we have one of the toughest and most experienced regulators in the world they see no reason to discontinue the back nation program and they are plenty of the vaccines that we're currently using either of that seems that we are currently using the u.k. vaccination drive is racing ahead of the e.u. efforts to inoculate its population against covert 19 with an increasing number of european countries putting their astra zeneca vaccinations on hold that lead is likely to grow. well joining us now is our political correspondent thomas sparrow

tell us before we talk about the circumstances of halting astra zeneca let's talk about coded 19 cases exponentially growing in germany what does this mean for the count strategy. it essentially means that the situation is once again very problematic that cases are increasing that the 7 day incidence rate that key element politicians are on allies into the side further steps is also increasing so it essential to me that the situation is once again very worrying in particular because of the coronavirus variance there is one caveat though and that's the fact that deaths continue to drop for those one positive element in germany's coronavirus tragedy but in general we can clearly say that the situation is becoming very worrying again and this comes at a time on technique when the vaccination program is still very slow and still very problematic so let's talk about the suspension of the astra zeneca vaccine what impact will this have on what is already

a slow moving german vaccination campaign. that is a very big question what impact it will have on that overall program that started at the end of last year already 7.8 percent or so of germans have received the 1st job this is very slow compared to other countries and there is one promise there that german officials have stressed repeatedly also chancellor merkel that every german adult will receive an offer to get a vaccination by the end of the summer if this suspension of the astra zeneca vaccine continues and this is still unclear how long it will take then maybe that promise will not be achieved it is still too early to say but what it does say right now is it creates questions about germany's vaccination program it creates for example the question of what to do with all those doses of the astra zeneca vaccine which have been delivered to germany but haven't been used so far we're talking here of about 1400000 astra zeneca vaccine doses that haven't been used

there's also a question about what to do with people who have received a 1st astra zeneca dose but haven't received a 2nd one can they receive some vaccine from another supplier so these are all questions that are now trying to be on said by german officials german officials have stressed that this is a precautionary measure they also stress that we're talking here of a very few cases related to that from both sides so 7 cases out of 1600000 astra zeneca vaccines that have been delivered so this is basically a precautionary measure waiting for further evidence from european agencies involved in analyzing the effect of the ashes and come back saying this quickly you talk about the word promises when we talk about vaccines we talk also about trust it's hard to win and easy to lose do you think the people's trust in the german government is still intact of this. no i don't think it's intact but i also don't think it is i also think it's problematic at the time and that's something that german officials have stressed that they want to change in fact the fact that

they're suspending this is what they say to create trust among the population to create transparency but other officials other politicians have stressed that they see this for example as very problematic that they should have considered more elements before suspending the astra zeneca vaccine so it is indeed a very controversial issue here in germany whether it was rights whether it was correct or not to suspend the use of the astra zeneca vaccine w. political correspondent in berlin tom aspera thanks so much ok let's take a look now at some of the other developments in the pandemic and brazil's president joe both sonora has again changed his health minister the 4th during the pandemic infections in brazil surging amass thanks and drive has begun on the international island of bali it's hard the tourists will be drawn back there once enough residents vaccinated and the philippine capital manila is banning those aged under 18 from leaving their homes for 2 weeks starting wednesday cases the 7 month high.

well currently the czech republic is among the worst affected countries in europe like elsewhere in the bloc vaccine rollout has been slow there and while global infection rates are falling the number of people who died with covered 19 in the czech republic is one of the highest per capita in the world. alexander phenomena visited the town of talk of where people have been widely impacted by the virus. the streets of are silent there are no children at the elementary school local shops are closed with new coronavirus variants raging across the czech republic this is one of the country to worst affected regions. deputy mayor use the paracho tries to keep track of the numbers he says everyone here knows someone who died of cope it 19. i realised many of those who died were

people my age or even younger. dressing room usually i realised i would never see them again to go fishing watch soccer or have a beer. that really gets to you. and the local health center the 1st responders tell us they feel totally overwhelmed and frustrated there is no hospital in town that means patients with severe cases of cope with 19 have to be transferred to a clinic 50 kilometers away mark delano younge of us says sometimes she doesn't have the energy to wake up and go to work the emergency doctor recently lost her father to depend demick and what's need to keep insisting that i would not because i'm a doctor i was allowed to say goodbye to my did and to stay was not until the very last moment. i didn't want

anyone to have to see what's going on in covert war it's when patients suffocate even if they. given oxygen then pain you cannot imagine that you know what it is a tsunami you don't get it over. exhausted from workers president in resignation and all this while the pandemic rages on across the region top of his less than 20 minutes drive from neighboring germany but the border has been closed this has disrupted the lives of many cross border commuters some have even lost their jobs who have to go through birger ripples through i need a job through but. i am trying to find work but no one wants me. it's tough the british you know other crap it is taking too long people want jobs they have to pay their bills unfortunately this is the reality but look at the at the top of stupidity mayer is pinning his hopes on vaccines even though so far big

c. nations are only taking place here once a week meanwhile dr mark kelly and i a young child are pulled herself together every single day so she can keep doing her job hoping that one day soon the pandemic will be of are. joined by your a harsh ective a commentator today says in the capital prague have a good so bad the country had some of the lowest infection rates in europe and now one of the highest in the world. good morning to you well i think we put the food off the pedal especially in summer 2020 and when we were one of the best countries in europe concerning handling the endemic and basically the government was sending the wrong signals to the public in a sense that the worst this probably behind us and also in autumn 2020 and around christmas was way too has it's and inconclusive probably and handling the crisis on

so-called popular demands having problem entry elections on the horizon in october 2021 and also there is a lack of communication we have now in march 2021 we're still waiting for an official. nationwide campaign concerning vaccination which is just just shambolic and to me on this i think the parts of the guild is also on the side of ordinary people so to say in a way that they're not. obeying the rules and the way they should and also i would say the police should be a lot straight to towards 'd those who are just not probably wearing masks in the public so it's a combination of factors if you will lead to poor communication being one of them from the czech government being a big factor have they since communicated to why it took so long to act as the situation got worse. i think there is some really

crisis in the side the government and the whole system how to handle crisis because prime minister and they publish repeatedly said that the heat is actually the people concerning the rollout of vaccine the whole communication of but crisis that the micromanagement we've had already 3 ministers of health in the span of one month just failing to handle the whole problem we have coalition government the communication between ministries has been quite poor so again it's a combination of mixture of factors. and very briefly what's being done to improve the situation going forward. well right now we have a law which is the most strict from what we've experienced since since last year we are pretty much the next step would be to switch off the industry and limit the

movement of people in the space of a couple of 100 metres from their homes so i think now the figures we will see next next week in 2 weeks will actually improve and also as the vaccination rollout has improved this is actually the part of the way out of the darkness he can prague many thanks pleasure ok let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world the official instagram account of kremlin critic has posted the 1st photo of him since he began his 2 and a half year prison sentence with a shaved head and a volley writes that he's serving his jail sentence about 100 kilometers north of moscow he described it as quote a real concentration camp. the influential sister of north korean leader kim jong un has warned the u.s. and south korea over their joint military exercises can go your home warned of consequences that could make washington quote lose sleep it comes as top biden

officials begin a visit to seoul and tokyo. where more deaths have been reported in me and mom a local monitoring group claims at least 20 people were killed during protests on monday and funerals are being held for victims of sunday's violence the deadliest day since the unrest again the country has been in turmoil since the on the removed elected leader chief from power hundreds of thousands of people demanding a return to democracy he when has condemned the crackdown according to the human rights un human rights office to date at least 238 peaceful protesters including women and children have been killed in the violence since february 1st the secretary general strongly condemns this ongoing violence against peaceful protesters and the continuing violation of the most basic human rights of the people of myanmar the secretary general and uses call on the international community including regional actors to come together in solidarity with the people

of mia let's bring in journalist andrew comes in and gone and the u.n. as we heard calling for solidarity with the people of myanmar is that good enough for the people on the streets you know to put it simply it's not good enough people expecting a lot more support from the international community has been pretty disappointed by the response and there's been some really clear things that countries can do as outlined by the u.n. special rabbits are human rights for me m.r. which includes imposing targeted sanctions on military operates and helping to build a more coordinated global arms embargo to regret military getting weapons. andrew families burying their loved ones to die who were killed in sunday's clashes in lot of the rising death toll to the boom these people still think it's with the risk

taking to the streets it's a tough question to answer i mean we're definitely still seeing some people turning out there's a protest going on in mandalay right now which has been one of the most part for protest sites but we also have seen over over recent weeks the protests starting to get a bit smaller. which is understandable same time i think a lot of people are more focused on the civil disobedience movement the mass strikes and the civil servants refusing to work for that moment i think a lot of people feel like that's really the most important battleground in the protests or kind of supplemental the middle of this deposed later he was due to appear in court on monday that hearing has been canceled and there are any updates on the trial and indeed condition. we haven't heard anything directly about. her attorney actually said that he still hasn't been

granted power of attorney by by the courts which is obviously problematic in that. he hasn't been allowed to meet with her personally told it allowed to be with her over to go away and those video links weren't working yesterday and that also in additional problem of that basically any of the needed few key are going to be you know supervised by a military team representatives who are going to be you know watching and listening to that video call and are not in the end going thanks so much thank you. you're watching news still to come this hour after the cultural drought brought on by coronavirus a remembering exhibition quenches the thirst with a 17th century take on travel. but 1st a cost of europe's youngest nation it declared independence from serbia in 2008 but

it's also one of the poorest people there want better lives and the expectations are high the incoming prime minister curtin will be the one to bring change kosovo's government is facing a number of challenges including corruption ethnic conflict and poverty correspondent funny for reports now from the city of mitrovica. a new start really is possible. to see all too common on the streets of metro the children banking for food for money for anything in what remains a town with a difficult history in one of the poorest countries of europe. more than half of the under 25 year olds in kosovo are unemployed they feel let down by successive governments who have failed to make a break from the past and to fight corruption in february people were dancing in prishtina the capital of kosovo their hope for change that event

a leftist movement turned political party without being courted as its leader. he wants to end corruption create jobs and promises a new start kosovo has seen so many people leave since the cost of war more than 2 decades ago we want better education for the coming years we want more work places. i expect better things to happen and corruption to stop. but not everyone was celebrating some of those images are skeptical the tone remains divided between predominantly ethnic albanians in the south of the city and ethnic serbs in the north this bridge acts as a border between the 2 sides it's blocked vehicle traffic you want out of the city of each works for an ngo. that aims to normalize relations between kosovo and serbia she spent a big part of her life in this buffer zone documents that void the. license

plates that's where you'll find a sums up life here serbia has never accepted kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence in 2008. must make di over serbia a priority if he's serious about all people in kosovo still require all of the arabs actually feel that they are in the buffer zone they are in the between and caught between 2 fires if this is not resolved what is going to happen is that people are going to continue living from here whether they're. binion's portion of turks it doesn't matter. held the office of prime minister last year a short stint of a few months before being ousted by his schoolish and partner dialogue is not his priority he says we cannot do everything at once some of the things will be longer time for example reform in the education system but certain things we can do

immediately for example. bringing back custom terminals to the state custom to manila to gain money the promises made before the elections. hundreds of millions have been paid to kosovo by the european union much eaten up by corruption this is the biggest challenge in court he faces apart from normalizing relations with. ok more news quickly from other parts of the world now and british police have arrested several people during a 3rd night of demonstrations in london over the murder of sara herat and has been growing of the violence against women after a police officer was convicted of killing. many criticize the heavy handed policing of the vigil in her protesters want the u.k. government to scrap a plan to give more police powers to control the protests. icelanders a hoping for

a volcanic eruption that will end weeks of sleepless nights to tremors tens of thousands of earthquakes have been rattling homes in the country south and what experts are calling an on preset entered seismic event yes quakes earthquakes rather caused by molten rock trying to force its way to the surface. well an exhibition of paintings by the 17th century master rembrandt has opened need in bringing some welcome relief to us germany's museums and galleries were recently allowed to reopen but within fiction rights now rising again no one knows how long the doors will stay open. museums in germany can open once again but they have to implement safety measures here at potsdam as museum by bahraini art lovers must buy their tickets online get their temperature taken and leave their contact details. the number of visitors has been drastically limited to only

a 3rd of what it was in pretend demick times but those who are here welcome the reopening. for me visiting a museum is normal and ordinary i go quite often and it was pretty difficult for me to stay at home and look at exhibitions online so yeah i'm really happy. and you'd understand if everyone's a bit careful keeps their distance and looks out for each other then i think it can work both will cough and get us. this new normal also meant that organizing the new rembrandt exhibition came with a few challenges for a museum director or 2 press tied up. as follows this. the logistics were extremely difficult pictures of this quality and value are usually accompanied by conservators but that couldn't be the case here so we installed the 6 a bishop along with 26 virtual couriers. each time

a picture was unpacked and evaluated it was done during a video conference with a representative of the lenders. that by. the results are breathtaking works by 17th century master rembrandt and his contemporaries for an invitation to dive into the dutch golden age of painting and understand how artists reacted to what was new to them turbans carpets and lush fabrics through their art rembrandt and his fellow dutch painters illustrated the beginnings of globalization and showed the influence of foreign cultures during the early modern period the west east encounter but one that was. never an equal footing so at best so because it's in owning one of these objects was a real treasure it was a sign of education luxury and affluence so it started a whole trend where the dutch themselves started to be protected wearing turbans even if it times they didn't know exactly which culture it came from what they have

little knowledge of distant countries and. like most of his contemporaries rembrandt never left the netherlands he and his fellow artists represented the foreign as reflected through their own set of values and their understanding of the world. in these days of drastically limited travel and social contact the museum barberini offers visitors a chance to explore faraway cultures a welcome interlude in these uncertain times. before we go here's a reminder about top story this hour german a center for disease control says new coke with 19 cases are rising exponentially eluding in fiction numbers come as the use of the astra zeneca vaccine is suspended over safety fields dealing another blow to the vaccination role that medical experts say the blood clot fears surrounding the astra zeneca baxi unfound.

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