this is t w news coming to you live from berlin the e used medical regulator tells governments to keep using astra zeneca as corona virus vaccine the head of the european medicines agency says the benefits outweigh the risks of side effects as an investigation continues into reports of the factions links to blood clot also coming up america's top diplomat on a mission to reset relations with beijing that our lives next on south korea were pyongyang's nuclear program is high on the agenda. and is really archeologists find

new fragments of the dead sea scrolls are calling it the most significant discovery in decades. hello i'm terry barton good to have you with us the european union's medicines regulator has urged governments not to stop using the astra zeneca coronavirus vaccine while the pandemic is still going on it says the benefits of the back scene outweigh the risk of any possible side effects number of members have suspended use of the shot earlier this week due to reports of a rare form of cerebral blood clots in germany the move has shaken confidence in an already sluggish saxony vaccine campaign. every adult in germany has been promised a vaccine shot before the end of september without astra zeneca that will be hard

to achieve the immunization program is about to be expanded including 3 general practitioners like dr saw her up for he me in berlin he was getting ready to give the jab to hundreds of his patients every week now he's been put on hold as. we were prepared to start vaccinating we wanted to get going early we'd spoken to the medical bodies set everything up here in the practice and alerted many of the patients. and there came this big surprise. the government says if it is asking people to get the vaccine it has a g.t. to inform about potential risks but many doctors say the cautious approach will cause delays. i think they've not done the vaccination campaign any favors but safety 1st i think it was important to put patient safety at the center of things so it was the right decision then you need to publish the information behind it

immediately. the european medicines agency has to give its verdict about fears that astra zeneca causes blood clots on thursday but even if the vaccine is given the go ahead for a 2nd time confidence in it has been dented from the information that we get is that the value of astra zeneca is greater than the risks but of course having any risk is not a nice feeling for this country i don't know. actually the risk of getting other people taking this my time is worth it or not because it's people are not being very clear about this situation if i had the choice i would take by on tech but if i had no choice it would take astra zeneca. doctor for he me hopes downs will not get the upper hand with the 3rd wave of covert infections approaching he says that would be bad news. it's come up on one of the months and i

can only say from what i hear many people are still willing to take it all more. germany has a shortage of vaccines a problem that will be much worse if hundreds of thousands of astra zeneca doses stay in the box. for more we're joined by you to polish she's a licensed pharmacist and a member of the european parliament for the green party has told us many countries including germany have suspended use of the astra zeneca vaccine you've described that decision as madness why well it has been said in in the country of us and we just watched the benefits do outweigh the risks a lot and in my opinion of course it's important to know about the risks of oneself the vaccinated but. as we have a 3rd way which is just it's exponential face and that's an 80 is not only

about protecting the backs in it also protecting the not vaccinate because back as far as we know that's native people are less prone to pass on the virus i think those really thousands of potentially thousands of dead people outweigh the risk of a very small number of c.d.'s meanest from poses now astra zeneca was declared safe by medical regulators around the world europe's medicines agency the may has said there is no indication the vaccine is the cause of the reported blood clots yet numerous countries are not convinced what did they know that the e.m.e.a. doesn't. well we must we must know that the specialists that are working or that are in the url of and. body at the end may other specialists of the member states assisted by additional experts so for example

politic would take who is the head of the park any institute in germany who are responsible for monitoring vaccination judging and if it procedure. safety he is part of the relevant body at the emmy so it's not the end against the member states it's run of the e m a saying ok there are number of countries have experienced issues they are taking the safe site it's our job now to collect all the data from all the member states and also we're looking at other data for example from the u.k. where we have millions of vaccinations with astra zeneca being administered and then put together the pieces in order to have a scientific assessment of what's happening. suing us percentage of those get the green light from the a.m.a. as expected on thursday do you think that will be enough to restore public confidence in the vaccine. i truly hope so i mean i have had

several of conversations in the last day with people who said before you leave that sitting on the shelf i'll take it because a lot of people really want to get vaccinated as soon as possible but it's not their turn yet because we take a risk based approach which it's perfectly fine but i don't think that we have problems of really getting astra zeneca into people's arms as promised thank you very much for talking with us this morning that was you to publish an m.e.p. with the green party thank you. with spring holidays just weeks away european union officials are meeting today to discuss how to get people traveling again because it 19 restrictions mean non-essential travel is still limited for many the e.u. looking at introducing a so-called green pass a digital document showing a traveler's covert status but critics fear any kind of vaccine passport could lead

to discrimination call it a certificate a pass or a passport some kind of documentation is in the works for people to show they're safe to travel the european union is calling their proposal a digital green pass vaccination status would be a key piece of information but officials have stressed it wouldn't be the only it's not that bus pulled so real such a ticket like you said but it's not only about vaccination it's about the recovery for the people who have read the sickness direction nation all the tests to avoid any discrimination between the different citizens covered 1000 vaccination is not required in the e.u. critics worry that a so-called green pass could become a slippery slope to a vaccine passport thus discriminating against the unvaccinated data protection is also a concern the world health organization is against making vaccination

a travel requirement and so is the i.c.a.o. the united nations aviation body tourism dependent e.u. members such as greece cyprus spain and portugal are eager to throw open their doors to travelers from places where vaccination is going quickly like the united kingdom and israel negative tests or proof of covert 1000 anti-bodies are also acceptable to many in the travel industry who. newsday hundreds of thousands of jobs in austria depend on getting to travel normally again for business and vacation. think. well. that's why i'm fighting to make this happen as soon as possible the green pass is one possibility for reopening borders reducing border controls and getting our economy going again. and e.u. officials say testing and quarantine will remain central to safe travel

a little more than 10 percent of the blocks 448000000 people have received at least one shot of an approved 1000 vaccine meaning herd immunity is likely farther away than the summer travel season. take a look at some of the stories making headlines today pro-democracy protesters have defined a curfew in myanmar to hold a vigil for those killed by security forces the u.n. says 149 demonstrators have been killed since the military seize power last month many have been detained or gone missing the ruling military junta declared martial law in myanmar's largest city. at least 8 people have been killed in a shooting spree at several massage parlors in the u.s. city of atlanta a 21 year old male suspect was taken into custody most of the victims are reportedly of asian descent and it follows a recent wave of attacks on asian americans. u.s.

vice president couple harris has vowed to fight to improve democracy and women's rights the pledge came in her 1st speech to the united nations in new york america's 1st female vice president said democracy could be strengthened by involving more women in decision making. u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken has landed in south korea on the 2nd stop of a tour to reset relations with asian allies blinken arrived in seoul from japan pushing the biden ministrations agenda to keep a lid on the growing power of china he also reaffirmed washington's commitment to the complete denuclearization of north korea but ahead of his trip the powerful sister of north korean leader kim jong un warned washington not to interfere in the region. let's get more now from correspondent frank smyth he's standing outside the defense ministry in seoul and is covering blinken visit frank

what can we expect from this meeting today. well they're going to talk about a few things 1st of all the just concluded 10 days of military exercises these were command post exercises which took place indoors largely computer simulated although they did utilize a number of troops both korea and the u.s. they want to get probably some more training odors now those laure scale 02 or exercises that would involve aircraft and heavy munitions and and tens of thousands of troops on each side had been particularly thorny and more in an acre bidding north korea and that's why they've largely been toned down they're also going to talk about what's called the opcw on transfer which would give sos korea control over its own troops during war time but that's been held up because of the ongoing tension here on the korean peninsula ok so it sounds like there's

a lot of focus on defense issues so the u.s. is also urging its allies in the region to help it push back against china are the interests of america and its allies there particularly south korea fully aligned in this regard. you. know they're not exactly on the same. so the green is largest trading partner is china 54 and it doesn't want to and take a nice b. cheney and jeopardize that trade back in 20162017 so great deployed american anti ballistic missile system sat terminal high altitude area defense and in place got songs you in the middle of the peninsula. reacted with unofficial sanctions against south korea's. entertainment and tourism industry and certainly president moon and here in south korea doesn't want to see that kind of

retaliation repeated if it was to put more pressure on beaching over issues that are more important to washington. and this is the by demonstrations 1st cabinet level visit to the korean peninsula to close for turbulent years of the trump presidency during which trump tried to engage with north korea where do things stand now between washington and pyongyang well you know recently just a day or so ago. 'd the ruler of north korea his sister. his sister kim you know jiang. told the u.s. to not make a stink regarding 'd any activity by north korea or military exercises by north korea. indicating a thaw it sort of any protection for talks in fact the biden administration early on reached out to north korea to try to bring them to the negotiating table but

because of the downfall in terms of you know this so-called love affair between kim jong il and its former u.s. president donald trump the failure of the noise summit in vietnam to us to really breaks through 'd the ongoing sanctions against north korea pyongyang doesn't seem to really interested in talking. frank thank you very much that was correspondent frank smith at the defense ministry in seoul. now you may remember scenes from a month ago extreme winter weather conditions in the u.s. that left thousands of americans without heat and water for days one month on most residents in jackson mississippi are still waiting for clean tap water to be restored in the meantime a number of volunteers have jumped in to help emily gore done went to meet them.

helping hands from all over jackson have come together to put aside their normal work and not becoming experts at handing out water. quality person day we're here at the city's water distribution site where they have received numerous donations for want for water over the past like week and soul organizations and while this is grassroots organizations are coalitions are coming here to pick up water to redistribute so residents across the city. their offer of bottled water attracts people desperate after months of water how to just some still have no water or told others cannot drink what they do have i mean they sound jacks then and we don't have quite how good my home we don't have no running water drinking water so it's hard to come by.

so i heard about the law and also i had no other choice but to get in line barbara to have to come in here water every day just try to hygiene and everything grassroots organizers all working on it many have links to tougaloo college historically black college which played a central role in the civil rights movement in the 1960 s. then the fight was the basic civil rights now the fine just to provide people with basic services. like you hunt is helping to distribute water normally he is a student at the college and the social justice activist what we're doing now is figuring out a way to not only combat the system that we're fighting against each and every day but also figure out how we can create long term sustainable solutions for the future so that the generation of young activists and civil rights pioneers that are coming after us won't be dealing. the same as the issues of today. sabrina wright

normally organizes exhibitions and performances with local artists most now she's bringing different groups together so that was a drive we have been able to orchestrate important get there a madrid of community leaders in organizations all throughout the state of mississippi to be able to enter this immediate call of water crisis people need water people need food people need financial support that joined by julian milla he runs the anderson center for justice which helps us when they're released from prison now the water crisis has his attention by one point the federal government provided support for utilities that has water and other infrastructure and i thought it was almost universal but since that time there's been this my move to sort of privatized these resources as with most social goods if you want to

services for contracted out to siemens a few years ago which led to residents being overcharged dramatically the city of jackson and that upswings humans and won back the entire cost of the contract. modernizing and repairing the water system after decades of neglect and the storm could cost as much as $2000000000.00 that's money which jackson city says it simply doesn't. want to volunteer is take up the slack the pressure is on politicians at all levels to find an answer to mississippi's water crisis. is really archaeologists have discovered new fragments of the dead sea scrolls a collection of ancient jewish texts found in the west bank originally in the 1940 s. and fifty's experts are calling it the most important discovery of its kind in decades . a race against antiquity feeds these archaeologists see through.

looking for signs of ancient life old scrolls and parchment have been turning up on the black market which led the antiquities authority to intensify their operations in the judean desert. this is known as the cave of horror named after 40 skeletons were found here 60 years ago. and there are signs robbers have already paid a visit but they didn't dig deep enough. only just discovered fragments of 2000 year old people called text. what we found is new fragments of a scroll that we have know me for that had been discovered in 1000 fifties and early 1960 s. but what we found is new parts of the puzzle of this rather large manuscript manuscript is of a translation into greek of the. 12 minor prophets. and

that from the bible the fragments are believed to have been hidden during the bar kochba revolt and jewish uprising against rome. they weren't the only discovery researchers found a 6000 year old mummified skeleton of a child coins cartoons and remarkably 10000 year old boss kids thought to be the oldest haven't found well this is by far the 1st place that's the most amazing thing guy and calico that i found they seem and my life it's kind of huge it's it contains between 90 to 100 leaders and it's all intact this is as far as we know the most biggest intact back of the oldest intact basket that we know of akio just hope the findings will lead to more

understanding of the beliefs of a little understood jewish sect. in other news the syrian military says israel launched a missile attack on suburbs of the capital damascus but it said syrian air defenses shot down some of the missiles before they hit their targets adding that there were no casualties. he shares government says gunmen have killed at least 58 people near the border with mali the attacks targeted a convoy returning from a market in a nearby village no group has claimed responsibility but several armed groups are active in the region including with links to the so-called islamic state and al qaida. and the u.k. is planning to lift a cap on its nuclear warhead stockpile as part of a foreign policy overhaul mr boris johnson also announced that britain will shift its foreign policy agenda towards asia. iceland

bears are hoping a volcanic eruption will end weeks of sleepless nights caused by tremors tens of thousands of minor earthquakes have rattled homes experts are calling it an unprecedented seismic event the quakes are caused by molten rock trying to force its way to the surface. experts say it could happen at any minute. here on the wrecking as peninsula icelanders wait for an imminent eruption in the area surrounding that caylee air but among the few residents in this small fishing town the mood is not so much one of concern as it is exhaustion so the situation a grim that it is quite uncomfortable right now everyone is sleep deprived because the earth is constantly moving all day on lights some earthquakes up bigger than others randy. is a school teacher and lifelong resident here. experts say the 10 eruption from the

brewing volcano will likely occur in an uninhabited zone and not pose a threat to the town's residents. what can be expected is a spectacular love a show with fine tunes which could extend up to 20 or even 100 meters in the air. i think everyone who lives and get interviews just waiting for an eruption it will be a slow and steady eruption they tell us just so we can get more peace and quiet and i know there will be earthquakes but maybe not as big as we have pat. many are escaping to the capital of reykjavik merely to get a break and they skate the night. but god daughter is staying behind she's confident there will be enough advance warning if the threat to residents increases as for now she only arns for a good night's sleep. next to

a tiny watchmaker shop in switzerland a country known for its perception time pieces in that shop an x. footballer is starting a new chapter in his working life he's not just any footballer stuff on. it play it for top tier european clubs like eventis arsenal and lots you. you know. he's made his millions now stefan links diner is making time for himself after years of success on the football pitch leeks diner is learning how to be a watchmaker in a workspace that could fit into a football goal. for all my life i put a whole. new experience for. the very. same life to see the new team to see how you do the watch and some solutions would have to be . perfect.

diner only just called time on the world of international football and top flight european club competition he set records for the swiss national team and earned over 100 caps on the way. he enjoyed a glorious 7 year run with powerhouse eventis among other clubs finally ending his football career last august after a season with the bundesliga as f.c. . steiner doesn't rule out a return to football but for now it's the quiet cerebral setting of a zurich watchmaker shop he was chosen for a traineeship over other applicants because of his enthusiasm can that translate to success as a watchmaker only you know what will tow. champions league football now in the final set of matches in the round of 16 the title holders by a munich will play wednesday but tuesday night's match ups included german club

against the best club in the english premier league manchester city and city advanced with a 2 nil win 4 nil overall in the 2 match series meanwhile real madrid also moved to the quarterfinals by finishing off italian side. you're watching d.w. news thanks for being with us. the food could.

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