this is d w news live from berlin europe's top medical regulator gives the astra zeneca coronavirus vaccine the go ahead again this is a safe and effective vaccine and its benefits in protecting people from cope at 19 with the associated risks of death from post to live nation outweigh the possible risks 10 european countries say they are resuming astra zeneca vaccinations also

coming up. a new lock down for paris and northern regions of france as the country battles the 3rd wave of the coronavirus non-essential shops and clothes and travel is forbidden for at least 4 weeks. and a verbal abuse and physical assaults members of new york's asian american community tell d w a racism has surged during a pandemic. i'm already in use of welcome germany france and several european union countries say they are resuming astra zeneca vaccinations after that year may the european medicines agency said the vaccine is safe and effective after a review that you may conclude that the vaccine was not associated with an overall increase in the risk of blood clots more than a dozen european countries suspended astra zeneca vaccinations after some

recipients developed clots the committee has come to a clear scientific conclusion this is a safe and effective vaccine its benefits in protecting people from covert 19 with the associated risks of death and hospitalized patients outweigh the possible risks . here in germany the government and public health authorities have been under fire now for weeks over the sluggish vaccination rollout the numbers are not good less than one in 10 people in germany has received the 1st dose of the vaccine some say the delays are damaging germany's reputation for efficiency. a widespread sigh of relief after the european medicines agency the clear the astra zeneca vaccine safe and effective german health minister yen spawn called it good news and then ounce the country would be resuming vaccinations with astra zeneca. this is our joint goal of the federal government and all 16 states is to start vaccinating again in

germany with astra zeneca during the course of the day and begun and we haven't come sponsored the e m a's assessment confirms that the german government was right to press pause on astra zeneca vaccines and await the outcome of the agency's investigations doctors will now have to inform patients about the possibility of rare blood clotting disorders said the head of germany's institute for vaccines. for the committee has found that the risk to benefit ratio is still favorable and therefore vaccinations can continue. and however there will be a warning and it is important to us that it is a warning that draws attention to the fort hood shooter symptoms that can occur in very rare cases. the s resent it is essential for the success of germany's vaccination plan the rollout has so far been sluggish especially compared to countries such as israel and the u.k.

only 3.7 percent of germany's population has been fully vaccinated and the around 8.4 percent has received a 1st shot. the government's strategy relies on the uptake of astra zeneca deliveries expected over the next few months up to almost $17000000.00 doses in the 2nd quarter of the year germany also wants to start vaccinating in doctors' offices by mid april a plan that is highly reliant on the astra zeneca shot being available the government will now also have to work to ensure that germans don't lose trust in the safety of the s resent the vaccine a loss in trust could endanger chancellor angela merkel's pledge to have given all adults in germany the chance to get vaccinated by the end of summer. surging kovan 1000 infections have forced some of france's most populous areas into a limited lockdown starting this weekend the capital paris has been hard hit once again and hospitals are struggling to cope france recorded nearly 40000 new cases

on thursday the government has ordered stores to close for a month. covered ward it hospital in southern paris and the price of france is good why a patient struggles to stay alive this massive machine pumps oxygen into his body allowing his heart and lungs to rest and i long for the 21st century. the stuff in this ward of pricing for even more patients paris's in fiction right to surging for now this hospital is kind of pink but it stops a war that could shine. the elastic is getting tighter and tighter we're not at the breaking point at the moment when we're getting very close we have the impression that the breaking point is not far away. paris in the north of france worst affected by this to whiteside hospital emergency wards in the capital and nearly

full more and more sick parisians have been suffering from baby 117 the variant 1st reported in britain even the city 6 pm curfew doesn't seem to be effective against it all this time it's how little they say and we haven't found a good solution in the past year and a year from now will be in lockdown number right only widespread vaccinations can prevent that from happening like many you members france has been suffering from a vaccine shortage causing a slow rollout. the vaccination numbers for paris a worse than the national average leaving the city vulnerable against the 3rd why. france as prime minister says vaccinations will soon pick up allowing these new lockdown measures to be soon. you know. with the challenge of the coming weeks will be scaling back these restrictions and allowing life to return to normal as we vaccinate more facts. that is the case numbers rise there's

undoubtedly more suffering ahead before relief comes right now fatigue is stronger than hope. let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken says that china is quote threatening global stability he made his comments after arriving in alaska for talks with china's top diplomat. being accused the u.s. of hypocrisy for criticizing china's human rights record and other issues it's the 1st high level face to face meeting between china and the u.s. since president biden took office. a canadian business men accused of espionage has gone on trial in china michael spot or seeing seen here greeting n.b.a. star dennis rodman in beijing in 2014 spent over 2 years in custody canadian diplomats say they weren't permitted to attend the opening of the trial and called the charges politically motivated. thousands of people marched in ours in time

capital buenos aires to demand food aid as the country's economy continues to slide because of the covert $1000.00 pandemic unemployment is over 10 percent now poverty affects more than 40 percent of the population. the u.s. government has threatened sanctions against workers and companies involved in the north stream to pipeline meant to deliver russian gas to germany the u.s. has said the project gives russia too much leverage in europe. police are still investigating a motive for the gunman who killed 8 people in the u.s. state of georgia on tuesday 21 year old was arrested after a shooting spree at multiple massage parlors and the atlanta area most of the victims were women of asian descent and the suspect has been charged with their murders. rights groups say the killings are part of an ant surgeon in hate crimes in the u.s. you. take reports from new york. every day esther also gives sun

makes her way from her workplace to the post office to the west village indoor manhattan usually considered a safe area in new york city but one day about a year ago she experienced something that she hasn't been able to forget. right about here as i was on the phone someone was so close from behind me. came from here and then just started spinning at will have to time cases of code 19 were surging in new york city then president donald trump was pushing and asian rhetoric calling it the china virus making people of asian descent people like esther a target for racist attackers i just kept telling him why would you do this why would you do this right at this time and he yelled at me because your step 4 weeks she says she couldn't walk the streets without constantly looking over her shoulder and even now there are some scars from that day that haven't healed. it's the

feeling of violence being violated that that feeling of. not being alone. in the feeling of disgust those 3 things are kind of hard to. erase i guess from my memory and asian hate crimes have surged all over the united states in the past year in new york city alone their number has increased more than 8 fold activists say that's just the tip of the iceberg many victims often don't want to come forward don't want to speak to the police new york police department has set up a specific task force to reach out to the asian american community. a lot of them don't speak the language a lot of them are undocumented afraid of coming to the police a lot of the want to cooperate is they don't want to miss work they also fear retaliation this task force builds a bridge through that community are victims we convince someone game a cooperation we tell them the benefits of cooperating. we have officers who speak

their language of similar heritage a step in the right direction but for many new york's asian american community not nearly enough to tackle a problem that's plagued them since the very beginning manhattan's chinatown is one of the oldest chinese ethnic enclaves the 1st chinese migrants settled down here back in the 850 s. and the recent increase in anti asian hate crimes is just the latest flare up in a long history of anti asian sentiment which is just as old as the migration from asia to the united states itself especially in times of national crisis like now during the pandemic americans of asian descent have repeatedly been made the scapegoat for their country's plight you are known as a natural wonders rep permanent or you can be here for many many generations and there's always that option because well it was rare you where you really thought right and there was. nobody believed you so i think it's easy to.

get in victimized people that you don't get along and that you don't want in that's . the right. despite what she's experienced esther but also her son still considers the u.s. her home she's been here for more than 20 years and she hasn't given up hope that things will one day get better for people who educate themselves they end up being more informed than the being kinder. helping them hatred against other races would eventually stop but for now many asian americans remain vigilant as every new attack further fans the fear among their community. now zoos across the world have been closed to visitors because of the pandemic with no humans around some animals have actually started to get bored so sheep are is in the czech republic came up with a novel idea to keep their

a curious chimpanzees entertained. things were getting a bit slow for the local chimpanzees at the safari park to work in the north of the czech republic. staff set up the online streaming service with another zoo located in about 170 kilometers away. that is the project that was created here is one of the elements of how to extend enrichment for these animals to offer them a greater source of entertainment and keep them occupied. large screens were set up at both gardens of the chimps at the 2 locations. and no connecting the 2 groups of chimpanzees now both groups spend a lot of time watching each other see. that tell you about they started watching it just like we watch t.v.

or when we were in the cinema even with the same behavior with the details they sit in front of the screen take some goodies nuts or something like that they sit down and really watch it like people at the movies the similarity there is obvious. the streaming service might not make up for the lack of crowds but at least it keeps the primates out of monkey business. the. next up doc film a report from good change comes to the happy kingdom but 1st will leave you with scenes from the 1st nor riyadh festival where more than 60 local and international artists are displaying internet of interactive light creations a mommy and use of thanks for watching.

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this. process. the time is said to be the place where happiness is at home protected by high lanterns in the north and thick jungle in the south the country is the last kingdom in the himalayas the government's top priority is keeping its citizens happy that includes protecting pristine natural environments. the people who live according to their traditions. yet at the same time are connected to the outside world online.

bhutan is located between 2 giants china and india nevertheless it's managed to chart its own course our journey begins far away from the capital in the remote eastern part of the country where not much has changed in the last 100 years. and. 6 year old daughter is facing the biggest challenge in his life so far today he's going to leave his home and family. yeah that was.

you can do it. it's the last morning doherty's mother is going to spend with him before he leaves for the monastery. of course i miss my son. but i don't want to be in the way on his path to finding food or. i'll be sad for a few days. jungle then i'll get used to it and. a decision stand. by be a good boy. behave yourself at the monastery and study hard and eat 3 meals a day why are helping me laugh all this. issue

me i don't know what it's like in the monastery there are big buildings in the city . the money. it's time to go. george is journey to his new life as a monk begins. his parents and siblings won't see him for more than a year they may not even be able to speak to him before that. our. georgie has never left his village before he's excited ahead of the 3 day trip and

his 1st visit to the capital. in the northern part of the country it's time to transplants the rice plant by plant the botany staple food is being moved from one paddy to another crown a good job a farmer grows a very special crop of flowers at opal petals for salads risotto or salted mixes the business concept came from switzerland. virgin soils and pure air should guarantee top level organic quality. that is what we need the whole village to help us translate all the seedlings from the

green house. my entire family helps to have you here when the corn flowers and marigolds we've planted here start to bloom they will dry the flowers and send them to switzerland i brought this project to our village because it's fun for me to cooperate with young promised to establish something that i would love enough brought him along much of it but it's really hard work if you don't know how these flowers will grow here that are much at all and there's a lot at stake for me my children should be have to live from this too though much of a little his image to look at is out there with him and what. truckies villages in the middle of the town's primeval forest bears leopards tigers and wild boar are constant threat to the farmer's. vision of the state just last year 14 cals was killed while grazing what if a tiger 5 as it leaves behind a toxin so the one doesn't heal from a long time so much this winter here is more than a year old and windy but we would never kill a wild animal up in because that's

a major sin in god isn't any of the god you know see we need to live with the wilderness and protect our animals and plants as best we can also look let's let your you know that. tonight it's took his father's turn on watch there's a tried and trusted old method that works best to get the wild animals off the rice paddies. choky is expecting an important visitor and is making the national drink but her tea. first the cane then the butter and last the sound was that over the.

did you see that in the enemy boredom our flour project is 100 percent organic and a big opportunity for all of us in the village of good as it has and if we used chemicals in our fields that might be an advantage in the short term but over a longer period it will make a still our soils were dry ass and lose the nutrients even with the residue gone now lucia allusion to moving to organic is certainly good for our health but we're risking crop failure. that much and how we will most likely set of everything we grow here will be worth more if the village is certified as organic we can get a bit of prizes for hours. during my book you we can use natural means to protect our plants but chucky's optimism is put to the task sooner than expected. which should put in motion the how to move the planets the dying look this is why to the lancet 18 the roots. of which if we plant them out and everything will be

infested now look the minute get rid of it. but it's too late the red ants are already in the field. chucky doesn't know what to do but giving up is out of the question. for you i'm going to talk to the local agricultural consultant in with us maybe he has a solution we want. and could you call our partners in switzerland to see if there are natural repellents those insulating the living talk on the quick or the on abuse of. us and the.

more than half of all go to nice work the lands like turkey the country's goal is to maximize gross national happiness rather than just boost economic growth the town is prioritizing the satisfaction of its people maintaining traditional culture and environmental protection every citizen is entitled to free education and medical care 70 percent of the times territory is covered with protected forests it's the only country in the world to find more c o 2 than it releases. the mountains are also sacred to the brittany's their home to some of the world's tallest unconquered peaks this is the lie apps domain since ancient times these nomads have been hurting e.-x. more than 4500 meters above sea level near the tibetan border. right now.

22 year old say wong is returning from a long trip and he's bringing the essentials for the coming weeks. diver for the parents men's work to provide the firewood and food and the women stay home to care for the yanks because we can earn any money here we have to go to the bigger villages to work.

solar panels are used to generate electricity fires are used for cooking. not going to corpus or thought on this and we want our son to get the education that we never had and then he can get a good job in the city and if he doesn't do well at school they'll have to stay here in them and work just as hard as we do unless you're with an argument or no one. yax living in the wild don't eat enough salt so the herders provided for them . and it's in the notes did we give our yak salts and to keep them stronger and increase their milk production and there are fewer and fewer yaks because in the warmer climate if you do they become ill more quickly and you know you just decide they're not really making us any money human and we earn a living these days mainly by transporting of rain with horses and gathering and

selling rare or for mushrooms that only grow here in the little monkey moved up a new dog he really. loves bollywood music is mobile phone doesn't have reception on the mountainside so before he sets off he always downloads the latest hits entertaining old and young alike.

that's enough i need to pack. a bit of the. pain still knows the traditional handicrafts and can weave yak well into fabric to be sold. but it was. not again 279 i grew up with the yes and i like living here and my only problem is that i don't see enough of my husband and i think of him most of the time my mother grandmother and i are on our own in germany might be my say one is often away for weeks and i can't even call him on the phone and even though he has just come home and is already going back out to search for mushrooms and. i hope he finds a lot at least 91.

that's why i'm going. way up in the mountains. i want to come to. you're too brittle to come along. save longs in for a long climb the treasured mushrooms only grow way up in the himalayas it'll take him 2 days just to get there. was. unlike say why many young good knees head for the city around 20 percent of the population now lives in the capital. the city is one of the fastest growing in southeast asia the internet and television arrived at pretty much the

same time 20 years ago since then the town has been changing fast.