this is d w news law from moscow recalls its ambassador to the u.s. after remarks by joe biden inflame tensions bill vladimir putin you think is a killer. so what. approach is going to play a role you'll see shortly. also coming up tanzania's president dies after weeks

of absence from public life there had been rumors that he had contracted. the vice president says he died of heart failure and. when the pandemic 1st struck it we found itself alone among the european nations confronted with an unknown threat. returns to one of europe's 1st coronavirus epicenters in italy to hear how locals have dealt with their collective trunk. that's good to have you with us. joe biden 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 she thought russian president putin was a killer the u.s. president was speaking in an interview with a.b.c. news she also promised to. old slotting there couldn't accountable for meddling in

the us elections director of national to this was the interview that galvanized 2 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 putin you think is a killer. to do so what price must he pay the price is 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 you 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 our eyes and i don't think you have a soul back me so 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 slow. let's bring in our correspondents following this story for us we have emily sure when in moscow and william here in berlin it's good to see you both emily let's start with you there in moscow joe biden said he considers putin to be a killer what exactly is he referring to. well joe biden didn't make it very clear what exactly he was referring to but it is clear that over of putin's time in office there have been. a whole list of prominent killings of kremlin critics or at least attempted assassinations for example there is the opposition or the critical journalist on the buddy who was killed in 2006 there was the opposition politician buddies himself who was killed in 2015 there was the attempted assassination and poisoning of said king. in 2018 and last year the attempted poisoning of opposition politician aleksei now

vine the as well now putin's critics have always squarely blamed him for those killings or at least his system of course putin himself has always denied any ties with these killings and with other killings and of course investigations as well have never linked any of those murders or attempted murders to vladimir putin himself ok william let's talk about this u.s. intelligence report that essentially blames moscow for meddling in the u.s. elections to what extent does it say that russia actually trying to sway the vote. right moscow and other countries as well but when it comes to russia the report basically outlines a campaign of misinformation campaign of influence peddling placing misleading or outright lies into news media into social media accounts influential people on

social media right wing media also peddling favors with many trump associates the report doesn't actually outline or specify at least the declassified version doesn't specify any specific examples or names but one of the biggest examples being pointed to is trump's lawyer rudy giuliani meeting with ukrainian lawmaker andre dare cotch who has since been sanctioned by the us and has been accused of basically being an agent of the russian state helping put these kind of ideas these anti fight and ideas a lot of a lot of these lies we've heard or misleading facts about biden's and biden's family's role in ukraine and corruption allegations none of which have and have been any evidence has been found of that to that effect of putting those kinds of ideas those kinds of stories out there into the us media and social media to cause confusion to stir up trouble we saw that in 20161 major difference was in 2016 it appeared that russia also tried to actually hack election infrastructure and that was not the case in 2020 they maintain they maintain more of

a influence in social media and misinformation campaign so and we know that the kremlin has broadly rejected accusations of election interference but have they address any of the specific allegations in this report. no there was a pretty standard denial that we heard from the kremlin spokesperson to be diffuse golf yesterday he called that report wrong baseless and substantiated and basically questioned the quality of the claims in the report but i think the really big news here in russia isn't so much the report that's sort of seen as the usual accusations that are leveled at the kremlin and that russia that the kremlin has denied over the years the real news here is this statement about putin being a killer one parliamentarian today said that that is really a red line that the u.s. has now crossed and the next step would only be for russia and the u.s.

to break diplomatic ties and you have to understand that this is essentially a personal insult that has been leveled at the russian president in a country where even putin's critics usually kind of make broad claims or broad criticisms against the kremlin or against the government instead of touching the president himself you have president joe biden certainly talking tough there william just quickly if you can he said that there will be consequences for russia what exactly are we talking about here. he was very vague as we heard in that report partly because he doesn't want to probably tip his national security head but also there's rather limited room that biden and the united states can maneuver for punishing russia sanctions are usually to go to a tool we there's many sanctions against russia and russian individuals with varying affects it's quite easy for many russians specially wealthy russians well connected russians to a vague those sanctions but u.s. officials are probably also going to look at other kinds of financial tools russian

money sloshing around in western france and institutions that they can maybe go after and of course building alliances keeping the united front with the e.u. with nato to present a united front with russia that would make it harder for russia to enact this kind of divide and conquer campaign that we've seen over the last several years chipping away at u.s. allies especially in eastern europe our correspondence will in turn berlin. in moscow thank you both very much. let's check in now and some other headlines from around the world several allies of jailed russian opposition figure alexina vali including his brother ole and 2 members of the band pussy riot are facing trial today and tomorrow in moscow they were arrested in january after massive anti kremlin protests and charged with violating a ban on mass events in light of the pandemic. resistance to the military government in myanmar continues on the streets of yangon despite

a deadly army crackdown residents burned barricades to block riot police the army is sealed off parts of the city and imposed an information blackout. 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 ever after a shooting spree of 3 massage parlors in the atlanta area most of the victims were women of asian descent. and dutch prime minister mark were to set to begin a national talks on forming a new government after claiming an overwhelming victory in elections exit polls put this center right freedom and demo democracy party ahead with just under a quarter of the vote she will need to form a coalition with at least 2 other organs. tanzania's president john michael foley has died of heart failure at the age of 61 i had been seen in public for several weeks leading just speculation that he may have contracted covert 19 and been flown abroad for treatment michael slowly had

repeatedly played down the risk of the coronavirus and warned against taking a backseat. many had been speculating that tanzania's president john mega fully was in bad health because he'd been absent from public life a nearly 3 weeks. it was vice president summing a salute to the woman who will replace him who confirmed to make a fully would not return. high to moti who you. are. futile arrangements are being made. and you will be notified and. our country shall be you know mourning period of 14 days. when the flags fly at half mast and. mega fully suffered heart complications for over 10 years the popular leader was elected in 2015 and made a name for himself as a corruption busting man of the people he support is expressed dismay at his day.

i feel very sad and i am suffering because we had our leader our president we loved him and he loved us. hit us hard the whole of tanzania as a nation has been hit hard but for me personally i am deeply affected. it was only last year that magath was reelected after the polls opposition figures accused him of cracking down on dissenting voices most recent criticism was focused on his handling of the corona virus pandemic he dressed downplayed the effects of the virus calling on people to use prayer instead of masks. in government no one wears a mask including me. proves there is no corona virus and god loves this nation nothing is impossible for god.

these death means one more piece political wishes will be granted that's a media salute tanzania's 1st female vice president will become the nation's 1st female president. let's speak now to journalist standing by in dar es salaam good to see you we know that john has reportedly died of a heart condition but we heard there's also been a lot of speculation that he had caught cold at 19 was that ever confirmed. this was a. dreamy. president who was suffering. long time. and this led to his dish vice presidents i mean. on the 17th of march that was yesterday.

the nation that. the 6th of march. the president being suffering from what she termed as. the most heart and pardon was discharged the 2nd day on the 7th of march. but on the 14th of march. turned again and he ended up in the hospital. and died on the 17th. so essentially in tanzania this is what the government has put forward and it was denied any links to over 19 and of course sure the public should. have known. this. and. we saw also that she had consistently downplayed the seriousness of the pandemic how much that that tarnished image. well again speaking to his

image here in tanzania he's very much like. because i think it is very much a question of perspective for many times i mean spoken to the. person who. asked him to see the virus. was something the challenge to overcome. the magic in terms of how to precautions and i think this is something that has been. in the international media you see the highlights talking about focusing on bread. ordinary tanzanians you hear things like he proved. not to panic and focus on the important things actually. in job ourselves but surely opinion was divided in tanzania as well love our who he was a president. in particular before. he was

very very popular obviously himself and he wasn't in our detractors. maybe he was a bit too strong. he had times but the majority of tanzania. believed that she was just the country needed because of the great in fact that he's had some people describing what he has been able to achieve in 5 years. total of 10 or even 20 years journalist is kind of speaking to us from thank you thank you. let's check in now on some other developments in the 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 clot fears a study published in the lancet medical journal shows the majority of people of had

copd 19 are protected from getting it again for at least 6 months and japan will not extend a state of emergency in the tokyo area when it expires on sunday but officials are warning against complacency italy is holding its 1st annual day of mourning for victims of the kovac 1000 pandemic prime minister mario draghi will attend a ceremony in the city of bell which became the epicenter of the corona virus outbreak this time last year as the death toll soared beyond anything the world has seen until that point it up is back center visited and sent us this report. don't muddy oh come enough he shares countless memories with many of the people laid to rest here. if he was a member of the parish i was leading in vatican one of the whole almost everyone buried in this section of the cemetery died from cove it. this is the 1st time don

mateo has visited it since the penn demick struck the region. you know myth or not . it's like going back months and then like reliving the moments of the people who are no longer here. in which a few. of these harrowing images were seen around the world military trucks loaded with caskets starting in march the bodies of deceased were transported to other cities across italy discriminatory and were overwhelmed by the numbers as part of a mo became the epicenter of the pen demick in europe more than 3000 people died here in baghdad. when the pandemic 1st struck italy found itself alone among european nations confronted with an unknown threat the authorities were slow to react and when the government finally did mandate lockdowns 1st in the region and then in the entire country it was too late for back. this was the frontline in the battle against cove it. seems from march last year when doctors and nurses were

caught off guard everybody we spoke to here had just one comparison in mind war. remember one night 8 o'clock maybe being i was looking for body bags because i finish the backs were to put to the. people who are dying moments like that are no a thing of the past says dr who said joe and. the pen demick is far from over but for him and his team there is hope with explanations on the rise and important lessons learned but we will have a different way sometimes because i we have all the mutations of a virus that vantage now is that so we know very more i mean we're not we're not alone are the enemy. these pictures of the trucks leaving town loaded with bodies soon became iconic images of

a tragedy that ship italy and the whole of europe to its core before their departure don't come to me not to used to give his final blessing to the deceased here at his church which was serving as a makeshift morgue at the time the community suffered as cut i mean at the stood by its side ringing the church bells to notify loved ones under lockdown at home whenever trucks left the compound loaded with the dead though they took the need that upon they may have been a model with the world that i told my priests that at the end of the pandemic we should be able to look ourselves in the mirror. he should be shepherds and not run away when our flock is in trouble and suffering has got a muslim up we call it the quota and we want to grief on a frantic course the. one year later he feels fear has given way to a sense of solidarity but overcoming the collective trauma will take time not just here at the church but in the region as a whole. one of germany's top ranking catholic clergymen is under pressure to

resign amid accusations that he hushed up sexual abuse in his archdiocese cardinal hina mahia vokey came under fire last year for refusing to allow the publication of a report on the alleged abuse of minors in the cologne archdiocese bulky commission the report himself but later claimed it to be flawed and not legally sound he commissioned a 2nd report that's just been presented that will get more details on that just a minute but 1st we need a victim who has spent years seeking justice if you can make it good. maister i remember sitting in a so in the bathroom area next to the sleeping quarters overlooking the courtyard lick of of doing close to who i was crying to myself and calling from my mother or i was just 11. months i kept crying i can't anyone hear me. you're my. vavoom hurt me to god now cause how who was a boarder at

a catholic school where a priest abused him for years still haunted by terrible memories several years ago he 1st so overwhelmed that he tried to kill himself it was only later that he realized that he wasn't alone what had happened to him had happened to others but the church state silent. to hear it i mean 2 to 2 on. the list of the 2 don't start one i am sick church is an institution that speaks and acts from a highly moral standpoint. so admitting wrongdoing like this is very difficult anyone can see that. but our accusation is that the burden of the church silence or falls on the victims. the news is fresh of course and between them and the time not stuff for a few or for over a full. how could and other survivors to cope earlier this year when the cologne

archdiocese announced that it would publish a report naming those responsible for abuse but things turned out differently the archdiocese changed its mind it told the victims that the report was unreliable and poorly done survivors felt browbeaten into accepting that the finding stay secret door and. they needed us as a kind of scene of approval to justify this decision to suppress the results to use a specialist as were confined to a g.p.s. and no one from the archdiocese wanted to go on camera to comment meanwhile because help assist traumatized all over again the suffering both physically and emotionally but often avoided and not the notes mention the victims have been exploited once again people who were damaged in the past by priests have been damaged again to protect the institution or and when i finally understood what

was going on all the crimes that happened thank them back to me being. the fort and i start seeing one down much focus says that he's lost his faith and the church once and for all let's bring in our religious affairs correspondent martin hi martin we mentioned that the new report has been presented what can you tell us about what it's us. i mean it will require sometimes you actually go through the entire piece bed essentially what we have no it's what seems to be the general outlines of what he's actually what happened in concrete during many many years. for victims of course this is sort of a moment of a century truth telling and relation and it's quite clear that they'd been expecting and for quite a while bed i think that it's important to keep in mind that dead that the great

impact of this report has a lot to do with the state of church politics and with the side that us the report mentions you know there was what seen by most as an attempt to whitewash behavior of the church hierarchy in the manner in which the information was being dispensed so a lot of what we are going to see yes we actually get through this going to end of the report is the question is sure whether as a matter of fact there is finally some sense of transparency or some intention occurrence parents in bringing bringing forth what the church actually did and how would behave does an institution we mentioned that the archbishop cardinal vokey did block the publication of a previous report i mean what do you make of that is that this pattern of white washing that you just mentioned. it's extremely difficult to say look i mean i think that a lot of this will require taking a good look not only at this report but waiting for you know waiting for the

original report in any it was smothered by it all to be actually made available that you should that we have at hand it's not only the oneness to what exactly is that they did betty i think that it's very important to keep in mind what kind of a political statement this amounts to i mean it really is. an expression of complete lack of transparency and when you have victims like like the one in the report mr hogan saying that essentially he has lost all hope and that he feels that victims have been instrumental in or there to. know has been less that and candid in its handling of what he's. a system of abuse of incredible magnitude these that's not really a cost at all and michael what implications do you think there are if any for the church here. well i think that under food food is sort of

a made major consultation in the german church for the mccarthy sation of the church as an institution concerning questions of you know sexual morality women priests and basically leadership may leadership and there is a very strong concern by many conservative church members that this could actually be the beginning of you know the secularization of the church bringing women into the priesthood perhaps relaxing moral sexual morality and a lot of this has to do what i mean the recent way the church shipped istep is precisely us to respond to what was brutal criticism of the church the servant least so for the way in which they behaved during many many decades of sexual abuse i think that what we see in this report will be that term in and in new how much force this consultation takes and for these for this matter i mean the possibilities have to be

a major headache for both german and the international church our religious affairs correspondent martin thank you you're welcome. all right coming up next brags it has changed the landscape of financial hubs here in europe and amsterdam has been one of the biggest winners monica johns has more on the business coming right up.

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