this is the news live from berlin the tempers flare at a meeting between the united states and china the 2 sides clash at their 1st get together since president joe biden took office the u.s. calls beijing a threat to global stability china accuses the us of hypocrisy also coming up. this is a safe and effective vaccine it benefits in protecting people from public 19 with the associated risks and death in the post to life nation outweight the prostitute risks several european countries plan to start back sedating astra zeneca again now

governments face the challenge of restoring public confidence in the backseat. i'm singing so much god it's good to have you with us top u.s. and chinese officials have met space to face for the 1st time since president joe biden took office despite the diplomatic atmosphere tensions were high the 2 powers quickly butted heads and the meeting got ugly and the meetings in anchorage alaska were a new test in increasingly contentious relations between the 2 countries among the issues brought up for human rights the pandemic and china's assertiveness in the south china sea u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken and chinese communist party foreign affairs chief yang ha took aim at each other's country's policies as both sides traded

barbs things quickly became heated. also discuss our concerns with actions by trying to including actions wrong hong kong taiwan cyber attacks on the united states economic coercion toward our allies each of these actions threaten the rules based order that maintains will stability that's why they're not merely internal matters and why we feel an obligation to raise these issues here today. when talking about universal values or international public opinion on the part of the united states we hope the u.s. side will think about whether it feels reassured saying those things because the u.s. does not represent the world it only represents the government of the united states . let's get more on this story now car correspondent 5 in question are standing by for us in beijing. this wasn't exactly the most promising start for the 1st face to face meeting was it. yeah it was not but actually from the chinese side it was not

really unexpected the state yes for example the recent days they've already sent a very clear political message and their message was it doesn't really matter what results come out of this alaska meeting doesn't even matter who will be the next u.s. president asked by the u.s. china ties will be very frosty as it will be very limited room for collaboration and the biggest goal is to avoid a military concentration that's the message and i think that the u.s. side was more for them it came more as a truck because i actually went and trump officials for us met with the chinese government the start was much more cautious and patient so i think yeah it's quite concerning what we saw in alaska it sounds like china setting the bar very low for relations here so how much cooperation do you think is going to be possible between the 2 countries with this new biden administration in the white house. well i think the biggest topic for kind of aeration would be the environmental issue i mean that they have to call operate on that topic they're both the biggest polluters and

actually china is willing to cooperate on that topic and then also of course the pandemic control but other than that the list of conflict is much higher that means for example the restrictions on semiconductor imports from the chinese side the tariffs that trump impose but also of course from the american side the human right crimes for example what's happening is also the repression of the opposition in hong kong i think the list of the conflict is much higher than the list of possible cooperation if i mean you mentioned this very strong rhetoric coming from the chinese side here what do you think this tells us about how beijing sees its role right now on the global stage. yeah i think what we are seeing is a paradigm shift china is pursuing its interests much more aggressively much more dominantly i mean. for required. more. recent. thing that has totally changed and actually not only put it also sustained

their own economy system they want to rely less on direct investment from all sides and also from exports it would increase their domestic consumption that all tells you a lot that china wants to be stable and independent from sanctions and geopolitical tensions corresponding to the incredible reporting for us there in beijing thank you very much. now germany france and to several other european union countries say they are resuming astra zeneca vaccinations after the european medicines agency the. said the vaccine is safe and effective after a review of the e m a concluded 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. well here in germany the government and public health

authorities have been under fire now for weeks over the sluggish vaccination rollout 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 spahn 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 this week. committee

has found that the risk to benefit ratio is still favorable and therefore vaccinations can continue. and then vote on however there will be a warning and it is important to us that it is a warning that draws attention to the 4 to cure her symptoms that can occur in very rare cases. the s. resentment has shot 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 astra zeneca 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. fall germany had already been facing criticism for being slow to vaccinate even before the astra zeneca shot was pods. chief international editor richard walker spoke with foreign minister heikal massu says it is crucial to get more people vaccinated quickly. because it's important that we step up the pace of vaccinations over the next few weeks because otherwise the trust of population. that's the most important point for me. of course we would have hoped by now to have vaccinated many more people in germany but in april and may will have such large

amounts of that the numbers will go up significantly. it's also crucial to fight the pandemic in order to make sure that the hospitals don't get so full of intensive care patients that they can treat everyone. with no illusions that the problems that have arisen the mistakes that were made have of course have a concert or overall impact on public confidence in governments. in germany but also in other countries across the european union yourn. let's bring in our political correspondent thomas sparrow now good morning thomas we hear the foreign minister heikal mosque there saying germany has to vaccinate quickly if we look at what happened with the astra zeneca shot that it was suspended and then reinstated how difficult do you think it will be to restore confidence in this vaccine. it will certainly be very difficult to restore

confidence not only in that specific back vaccine but also in germany's overall vaccination program which as you mentioned sumi has been very slow indeed one element with which authorities hope to regain at least part of the trustees by presenting more information about possible side effects to those who will be receiving the astra zeneca vaccine a 2nd element and i think this is particularly important is by making that vaccine available 'd to g.p.'s family doctors who can then administer it to their own patients you know the family doctors have already a relationship of trust with their patients there's a longstanding relationship there so that's in my opinion where the key can be to actually restore trust not only on that specific vaccine the astra zeneca lexeme but in general about germany's vaccination program it is expected that leaders both at the federal level and at the regional level will discuss the exact details of

how to make it possible for g.p.'s and family doctors to actually administer those astra zeneca vaccines and other vaccines as well a spot of this idea to speed up germany's vaccination program thomas there is a vaccine summit taking place today put this into context for us i mean how big a setback is this entire affair around astra zeneca to the overall rollout here in germany. well fortunately for german officials it wasn't a very long setback it wasn't a very long holt and this is certainly something that will be positive when it comes to the overall development of germany's vaccine rollout but it is indeed a setback it is indeed a problem already german officials have stressed how they plan to move forward specifically in the next few days by for example making sure that people who have appointments can actually go to those appointments today and those who had appointments in the last few days which had to be canceled because of the hold that those appointments can then be followed in the next few days or in the next few

weeks again the important element here is that that hold that temporary hold was actually a very short one but it is a question as to what it means for the overall promise that german authorities have made the overall promise of german chancellor angela merkel has stressed that every german adult will receive an offer to get vaccination by the end of the summer so in the next 6 months and astra zeneca as i hope i've already pointed out plays a very important role in this overall development i mean this very important promise that the german chancellor has made in our political correspondent thomas sparrow thank you so much. let's get a round of now some other headlines surging covert infections have forced some of france's most populous areas into a limited lockdown starting this weekend paris in the north of france have been the worst affected in the country's 3rd wave france reported nearly $40000.00 new cases on thursday the government has ordered stores to close for a month. a canadian business man accused of espionage has gone on trial in china

michael schiavo are seen here greeting n.b.a. star dennis rodman in beijing in 2014 has spent over 2 years in custody canadian diplomats say they were not permitted to attend the opening of the trial and called the charges politically motivated. now suse across the world have been closed to visitors because of the pandemic with no humans around some animals actually start to get bored zookeepers in the czech republic came up with a novel idea to keep their chariots 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 zoo staff set up the usual online streaming service with another zoo located in bruno 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 guards of the chimps at the 2 locations who are carlo bay and bruno connecting the 2 groups of chimpanzees now both groups spend a lot of time watching each other see. that tell you this lot 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 man. the streaming service might not make up for the lack of crowds but at least it keeps the primates out. monkey business son lantana town just come back east lansing.

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