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this is deja vu news coming to you live from berlin recalls that some bastard to the u.s. after remarks by joe biden inflame tensions. you think he's a killer. so what's. going to play well you'll see certainly also coming up dutch voters put margaret as conservatives on the path to election victory exit polls show him coasting toward a 4th term as prime minister in a poll overshadowed by the coded crisis. turns and he is president after weeks of
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absence from public life there have been rumors he had contract to target 19 the vice president says he died of heart failure. low i'm terry martin good to have you with us joe is facing what could be the 1st major diplomatic crisis of his presidency moscow has recalled its ambassador to the u.s. for consultations after biden confirmed he thought russian president vladimir putin was a killer the u.s. president was speaking in an interview with a.b.c. news he also promised to hold putin accountable for meddling in the u.s. elections director of national to this was the interview that galvanized to huge nations the u.s. and russia when in an exclusive interview with a.b.c. news george stephanopoulos asked president joe biden election. so you know vladimir
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putin you think he's a killer. to do so what price must he pay the price he's going to pay well you'll see shortly the interview comes as the united states is thought to be preparing new sanctions against russia for its meddling in the election at an earlier meeting biden made a point of a mark to putin he said no he doesn't have a soul i did say that to him yes and to and his response was we understand one another i wouldn't be in a wiseguy i was alone with him in his office that's how it came about it was when president bush had said i've looked at his eyes and saw a soul i said look through eyes and i don't think you have a soul look back we said we understand each other it's unclear what kind of a response moscow will have but no doubt u.s. russia relations have seldom been this low. or moral let's cross over to our correspondent emily short when in moscow and william grew croft here in berlin emily start with you biden says he considers putin to be a killer what exactly is the u.s.
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president referring to. well of course he wasn't very specific but over the years of letting their putin's rule there has been a whole list of pretty high profile murders or at least attempted murder as for example the killing of opposition journalist on the funny post in 2006 the killing of opposition politician but he's himself just meters from the kremlin walls in 2015 there was also the attempted killing poisoning of cityscape by the former spy in 2018 and most recently of course the attempted poisoning of bali say now via media opposition politicians that happened just last year and these are all killings or attempted killings that putin's critics have blame squarely on him of course the kremlin has always denied that and any investigations into these incidents these killings have never found any direct link to the
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president himself well you know the intelligence report from the u.s. blames small scope for meddling in u.s. elections 20 extents does it say that russia actually tried to sway the vote. basically what the report says is it launched a soft media operation essentially influence operations and misinformation working with you know russian agents and allies of the russian state working with u.s. officials trump trump officials trump. people who know trump people like rudy giuliani for example and basically planting ideas into their head things like corruption of the biden family and biden's family's role in places like ukraine this is very different from what we saw perhaps in 2016 where there was also this social media misinformation campaign but also russia actively try to hack into
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election infrastructure in the u.s. that in 2020 does not appear to have happened. w.'s william glue croft and emily short when there was take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world today a gunman accused of killing 8 people in the u.s. state of georgia has been charged with murder the 21 year old was arrested after a shooting spree at 3 massage parlors in the atlanta area most of the victims were women of asian descent. resistance to the military government in myanmar continues on the streets of yemen go on despite a deadly army crackdown residents burned barricades to block riot police the army has sealed off parts of the city and imposed an information blackout in a bid to stamp out dissent. a young marine scientist has plunged into a remote part of the indian ocean to impact to highlight the impact of climate change on marine ecosystems the area is home to the world's largest sea grass meadow which plays an important role in absorbing carbon dioxide the climate
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movement praties for future is calling for a global climate strike today. now in the netherlands conservative prime minister mark is claiming an overwhelming victory in elections this will make his 4th term in office exit polls indicate his center right freedom and democracy party increased its share of seats winning just under a quarter of the vote he'll need to form a coalition with at least 2 other parties the election was effectively a referendum on the government's handling of the pandemic more than 16000 dutch people have died of. conditions related to the coronavirus. our correspondent barbara basal is covering that election for us barbara exit polls suggest prime minister mark protos party has won again any surprises in the selection. there are some surprises but not the one the big one in this little
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round tower you see here in the back of me that is his office and my group to as expected doesn't even have to shift his files he can stay just right in place mark ruta has made the running once again and the polls indicated that beforehand because in spite of a scandal that brought his government down in generally this last government and it despite his really mediocre head off the krone crisis in majority of dutch people still has confidence in him if you talk to people here before right before the election on the streets they said yeah he has done ok who would have been wanted to have been in his shoes this is a crisis like we've never had before and he somehow managed to handle it so they didn't really take it against him that vaccinations are really slow in starting and that also the hospitals here in the netherlands where at a time really overflowing with the ill mark which is edge again what we did see
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however and that was the big surprise probably was that the left 3 english girl party made a huge jump forward and that is going to make it tilt political shift in his new government because he will very likely incorporate the. coalition well those not the only parties represented the parliament understand they're going to be 17 parties in parliament what will the future government look like. it's going to be a coalition that has been here like that for years people have become used to it and those can be quite diverse if you know makes a coalition was the left wing liberals the extreme right of course is usually left out there being pushed to the side and he can even incorporate the christian democrats small or christian party he can have his pick he could take in the greens he could take in pretty much anybody because he just needs
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a handful of votes to sort of make up a majority and he is such a political chameleon that he's capable of really governing governing but more on this in the other party he just sort of puts his finger up in the wind looks way it's blowing from and sort of slightly shifts to politics so kolisch negotiations will be interesting there the netherlands turmoil in recent weeks we're seeing riots could this election perhaps help bring peace to the country briefly because. the country has become quite peaceful again they have people have reconciled themselves to what's happening here they're still in lockdown but there is one result from those riots and from those people where you saw huge numbers of corona denies the extreme far right they have gained quite a number of seats on the back of that because there were a group of people who said corona doesn't even exist open everything up again we want to be free and they gain votes so they're going to be in the next parliament
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and they will sort of create some disquiet in the next parliament but on the streets of the netherlands it's been as usual very normal barbara thank you very much barbara basal there in the hague thanks so much. now to turn president. has died of heart failure at age 61 he had not appeared in public for several weeks leading to speculation that he may have contracted. broad for treatment really repeatedly played down the risk of the credit and warned against taking back. taking office in 2015 he wasted no time in cleaning up the government borrowing thousands of officials and cutting waste. but he also clamps down on free speech and the opposition when the coronavirus crisis started he flatly denied its risks calling on tanzanians to
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rely on prayer. let us not allow to destroy us through the coronavirus and make us forget to worship god this is the right time for us to defeat the devil i strongly believe god is with us in this fight against our enemy coronavirus and i'm sure we will win this war. the virus rampaged across the country but the government stopped reporting infections and deaths. and in late february stopped appearing in public which led to speculation about his health. nearly 3 weeks later his vice president announced that he had died of a heart condition. arrangements being made. we notified. our country shall be in mourning
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period of 14 days. and the flags fly half mast. for many here his early successes in stamping out corruption overshadowed by his later failures to deal with the coronavirus and his increasingly authoritarian tendencies. earlier i spoke with journalist isaac macondo in dar es salaam and asked him about speculation that president by the holy had caught covert 19. rumors . and they remain. rumors to the government the government. yesterday on the 17th of march. giving the. president. it was related to. actual relation or an irregular rhythm of. the demonstrations and this is a condition. he had been battling with for 10 years.
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that. this was dispersed this information was public knowledge. journalist kunda in dar es salaam there now let's catch up on some of the other developments in the corona virus pandemic europe's medical regulator is set to give its verdict today on the safety of the astra zeneca vaccine after several nations suspended its use over blood clots here's a study published in the lancet medical journal shows the majority of people who have head coach at 19 are protected from getting in again for at least 6 months and japan won't extend a state of emergency in the tokyo area when it expires on sunday but officials are warning against complacency. now champions
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league football and that's the top club tournaments in europe of course defending title holders by munich are through to the quarterfinals of the season's event thanks to a 2 lake victory over italian side lots you know robert i've scored 1st and by and went on to win 21 wednesday night and 62 over the 2 matches in london chelsea advanced as well by defeating athletic dritte 2 nil and 3 nil on aggregate. just a reminder of the top story we're following for you today on g.w. news moscow has recalled its ambassador to the united states for called saltation after president joe biden confirmed he thought russian president vladimir putin was a killer and u.s. president was speaking in an interview with a.b.c. news and also promised to hold christine accountable for meddling in the u.s. elections. coming up next year we've got
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