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a threat to global stability china accuses the u.s. of crossing. welcome to the program germany's federal and state leaders have held a virtual summit to discuss the country's stalled vaccination drive like other european countries germany is dealing with a 3rd wave of covert infections following the summit chancellor merkel announced measures to speed up the vaccination protests these include allowing family doctors to inoculate patients and possibly even russia's sputnik vivax seen so far less than 10 percent of germans have been fascinated far fewer than in the u.s. all the u.k. here is the chancellor talking about the vaccination drive. we want to plan for making it will become faster and more flexible. your voice we want to demonstrate

the proverbial and try it and trust the german foreign minister well complementary to that with more german flexibility again field. be don't lose chief political correspondent i'm in the crowd welcome so part of this that part of the way of speeding up this process is to bring in family doctors how will that change things . well the idea is to try to make the logistics a little bit less centralized and a little bit. more adaptable but the fact is logistics is only part of the problem in germany certainly there have been some regions where the vaccination centers have not moved as quickly as people had hoped but the absolute central difficulty here and the reason why germany is far behind many other countries in terms of the share of the population that has been vaccinated is

quantity of the vailable vaccine and here's an example even once the family doctors are allowed to begin administering the vaccine after the 1st week in april after about 50 of april the fact is that there will only be a 1000000 vaccine doses a week available for these family doctors and that may sound like a lot but the fact is per medical practice that's going to be 20 doses so that's like one hour a week that the family doctors could actually be administering that seems that will change a little bit after 3 or 4 weeks but the fact is that this move toward greater flexibility isn't going to make a rapid difference in in the number of people vaccinated or how fast we can contain this new wave so what happens in 3 or 4 weeks but that will change the actual supply of vaccines. then according to plan

a lot more vaccine will become available in germany so just for example those family doctors they will then get up to 3000000 doses a week that would allow significantly more vaccination by them there will also be more vaccine available to the vaccine centers and by the way today the the regional leaders meeting with the chancellor also decided that regions that have are near hotspots that are on the border to other european countries that have very rapid rise in infection they will also be allocated more vaccine going forward briefly remember there are plans to talk about germany's lock down next week but it doesn't look like it's going to be eased soon does it definitely not we heard the health minister saying this morning look we need to put rules back in place we

simply are moving into a rate of exponential infection increases and the chancellor saying this evenings that she believes that on monday the government will impose the so-called emergency brake that something that the locally regionally leaders agreed on with the chancellor in about 2 weeks ago in which if the infection rate goes up above a certain level then in fact all of the measures to begin opening would be halted and we would go back into tighter restrictions including on the number of people people are permitted to me chief political correspondent linda crying thank you so much. well germany is one of several european countries to resume inoculations with the astra zeneca vaccine after the e.u. medicines regulator on the world health organization concluded that it is safe and effective in preventing coverage 19 but the european medicines agency is also

continuing to monitor rare cases of blood clotting that might be linked to the vaccine and a team of german scientists say they found out more about the plants and perhaps how to treat them. all so if you wagner from d.w. science was asked what was that i asked about what the german researchers uncovered so scientists from the university of cairo side which is in northern germany got 6 blood samples from the palace institute which is the german federal agency for their prove a thick scenes and they say that they studied these blood samples in great detail and that they were able to connect the vaccine that has any comic scene to special form of immune response which leads to the formation of the blood clots that have been observed in these patients we have to keep in mind that they only looked at a very small number of samples only 6 that samples and that their results have not been approved by other scientists and they have not even been reviewed by the

poetic institute we do know that in general young women and middle aged young to middle aged women are at the highest chris of developing this kind of from bose's but we don't even really know if the astra zeneca vaccine actually heightens the likelihood of developing this form of from vs at all on the other hand the good news is that because the scientists were able to study that mechanism in such detail they're also pretty convinced that they'll now be able to treat it very well if symptoms are kewl. germany has one of the scientists and developed the world's 1st covered 19 vaccine the married founders of drugs company biotech of been awarded the order of merit they achieve their lifesaving breakthrough largely by starting work on a vaccine before their rivals. it's an award for services to the nation and yet this couple's extraordinary achievement has global dimensions. and you

groundbreaking discovery is saving lives in life the hoods. it's ensuring our social economic and cultural survival. that you didn't time a person is vaccinated and we take a small step back towards normal life and towards the life we miss and the people we love so then mention. we believe. of this i'm certain seldom has a scientific achievement of such existential importance been grech you can. get certain. words shine founded by on taken 2008 at their company's headquarters in mines they and their team had been working on the next generation cancer treatment for more than a decade using m r n a technology that was until news from china emerged about doctors discovering a mysterious new virus spreading rapidly in the city of. at 1st the world didn't

pay much attention. to it she did even before the world health organization issued its 1st major warning the biotech team started working round the clock less than a year later there vaccine was approved in many countries around the world. that not only earned them one of germany's tire honors but also thank you letters from around the globe. we saw grandparents reunited with their grandchildren doctors and nurses that no longer needed to be worried about their relatives when i read messages like these i can say the light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter green for tara but to end the pandemic shyne emphasizes one last big concerted effort is necessary he appealed to people to remain cautious. side 2 thirds of the way are already behind us one 3rd is ahead and i'm absolutely sure that if we can do this we will get the pandemic under control. like

everyone else shine and to origi will then be able to return to normal everyday life and for them that means getting back to work on their own original mission of developing a new treatment for cancer. well take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world starting in tanzania which has its 1st female president some years solo who has took the oath as head of state following the sudden death of john mcafee only to serve the remaining 3 years of his term. young environmental activists have staged protests in cities around the world as part of a 1st global climate strike in 2021 swedish activists granted to him burka let a demonstration in her hometown of stucco criticizing world leaders of failing to treat climate change as a crisis. rural communities in eastern australia are battling a plague of mice thousands have been running rampant in the state of new south wales invading silos bonds and threatening the bump

a grain harvest surge is being blamed on heavy summer rains after years of drought . and the united states and china have resumed their talks in alaska a dramatic 1st high level encounter since president biden took office face to face meetings have laid bare the hostility between the 2 superpowers washington accused beijing of threatening global stability china hit back at what he called the u.s. you poxy amongst the sticking points are human rights the pandemic and china's military buildup it was supposed to be a traditional photo op between 2 economic and military superpowers but instead a backroom brawl exploded onto the world stage as both sides launched a scathing indictments also discuss our deep concerns with actions by china 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 chinese communist party foreign affairs chief yang a chief fired back by questioning america's status as a leader. so we hope that 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 these things because the us does not represent the world it only represents the government of the united states . u.s. secretary of state reasserted america's leadership role i have to tell you what i'm hearing is very different from what you describe. i'm hearing deep satisfaction that the united states is back there were engaged with our allies and partners i'm also hearing deep concern about some of the actions your government is taking but

with the mutually agreed diplomatic protocol scrafton china's foreign affairs chief deflected criticism of its own human rights record by pointing back at the u.s. world. in regard to human rights. we hope the u.s. can do a little better in this aspect only with us as human rights issues are deeply rooted it didn't just exist during the past 10 years slaughter of african-americans it was always been a problem. so. with a chilly start to the new normal for relations between china and the u.s. the rest of the world is watching closely to understand where they fit in in this new balance between global powers as get more from u.s. policy on this to this shoko welcome liz or why such

a public and diplomatic acrimony at this 1st meeting. both folks that came to the table china and us have a lot to prove the u.s. has to say ok the last 4 years we didn't run things the way we treat should we do it we're back you notice that. they've mentioned that you know america is back and has been sent several times already into the presidency china is well they want to be considered an equal global power to the u.s. so both parties kind of came to the table already with their guards as well as kind of anticipating what the other one was going to be doing and there was a lot to prove here and so i think they both wanted to come to the table start with hey you can't push me around and that doesn't start off a great cooperative conversation and so i think they just kind of approach the situation already aggressive from the star right that the last 4 years of u.s.

pressure on china we've seen sanctions diplomatic expulsions and trade wars of course they don't appear to have brought the chinese way of thinking around so what are we to expect from the biden white house more of a side. absolutely not that was something that by signaled very early on in his foreign policy speech i remember at the time thinking wow this really harkens back to obama and what obama was talking about in that a ship hit and it's less about maybe the absence in the club to see and more about actually legitimately checking china and i know that this is a conversation about america and china but i think lincoln was right there are other powers who are putting their name on the check but are absolutely at stake here we're talking australia we're talking canada they have a vested interest in america. stepping up and calling china on some of the

aggressive moves they've made both militarily and cyber security and so i think this was a very important step for lincoln to step out strong and to show we actually will also follow up with action it's not going to be kind of theatrical in diplomacy it's going to be real consequences if we can't meet agreements what consequences. i think that's where you're going to see some pushback you know a refocus back on that a ship it i think there's going to be a real tough conversation globally about their role in cyber security i know it's something that here in germany in that you they've already started talking about and i think it's not letting them letting diplomacy kind of crossed over everything and letting it say ok we all agree while actually knowing that china is making some moves as was mentioned in the report in other countries and other areas that threaten what lincoln sees as that global stability ok good talking to you thank

you so much for joining us this actual u.s. policy on this. thank you. u.s. president joe biden and vice president having to atlanta georgia the city was the scene of a swing supposedly racially motivated mass murder in which a white gunman killed 8 people who are mostly asian american women the number of hate crimes directed at america's asian community as sharply increased during the pandemic campaign is recorded almost 4000 incidents last year you know who's boss and heartache reports from new york. every day esther also gives sun makes her way from her workplace to the post office to the west village in the lower 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 at the time cases of code 19 were surging in new york city then president donald trump was pushing anti asian rhetoric calling it the china fires making people of asian descent people like esther a target for racist attackers i just kept telling them why would you do this why would you do this right at this time and he yelled at me because you're sick for 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 and that feeling of. not being alone. in the feeling of this those 3 things are kind of hard to. erase i guess from my memory and asian hate crimes have searched 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 real 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 to that community of victims we convince someone we were game a cooperation we tell them the benefits of cooperating we have officers who speak their language are somewhat heritage a step in the right direction 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 settle 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 the country's plight you are known as a perpetual warmers rep permanent or you can be here for many many generations and there's always the option because well it was rare you rob where you really from right and where we seem to have what we believe you so i think it's easy to. victimize people that you don't and that you don't want in. the race. despite what she's experienced as terrible so your 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 or people who educate themselves they end up being

more informed than the being kinder. helping them hold true 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. a place in turkey have righted the homes of procurators peoples that democratic party members 2 days after beginning legal action to ban the group dozens of party officials were detained on the accused of having links to militant organizations the party denies the charges and described the police operation as a political coup the prosecutor filed a case with the constitutional court on wednesday seeking to outlaw the people's democratic party it's the latest in a series of crackdowns against the part of its 3rd largest party. or we get more on this from political scientist jasim who's

a research fellow with the german institute for global and andrea studies in hamburg welcome to w. turkey has been taking action against h.d. pain lawmakers for years so why is ankara only now trying to ban it and what's the basis for this ban. well this is news my it sounds like really tragic and bad news for. people in the opposition and the people supporting this party but i'm 1st and foremost it's really talking about the bad news that turkey is facing a quite frankly the turkish government the turkish government is facing i use economic crisis here as political crisis and i'm acting up and stirring up the whole pot with this procrit ish party h.p.t. that they accuse of having links to the p.k. k. without really having good proof that it's really something that stirs up this conflict and gathers people to support our go on more and to support this image of

her do i being the strong leader although he is deeply in a crisis and he doesn't know his way around ok so this is a distraction tactic you say but this how strong a sharp response rhetorical at least from the e.u. and the u.s. amongst others is that likely to have any impact on how well. well it depends i mean in the european union you have heard some criticism last year especially from france greece cyprus these are really the countries that where the forefront of criticism but at the end of the day turkey has a strong partner in the you which is especially germany and which is a country that is especially the towing for church in the last years and they can depend on that in the u.s. it's a bit more complicated i think joe biden's cabinet is a bit mixed on that with anthony blinken you know someone who has always been generally pro turkey he is right now indicating

a tricky to take up an important role for example with the negotiations in afghanistan so he's really trying to find a connection while joe biden ever since he was sworn in hasn't even called her the one which everyone really perceives as a great insult and so it's mixed signals from both sides and just to be clear so you do believe that germany house and would try to water down any action by the e.u. against turkey over this i think they would you can actually see it in the statements if you compare the u.s. state mandy you statement for example with the german statement the german statement is the only one that is specifically citing the claims of turkey that h.p. allegedly has connections to the p.k. k. therefore they are calling the h d p to distance themselves from the p.k. k. which makes them the only country which is by doing that by saying that actually repeating. programs are kind of turkey and i thank you for talking here that i'm

just in from the german institute for global and your studies thank you. other sports in the story of an italian volleyball player who sparked outrage in italy she lost her job for getting pregnant that this missile struck a nerve with female athletes partly because it was entirely legal someone needed to ignite a spark volleyball athlete lara luly was that someone it took her about 2 years after the fact though the fact that she was let go for being pregnant. on international women's day earlier this month louis announced that when she asked then sued for her last paycheck on a $24000.00 a year contract the club countered saying the pregnant player it had dismissed ruin the season and cost money and sponsors. i'm shocked by what's happened it's been

a few days since i received this document i waited a while to make the story known because it's personal stuff but then i thought it was important for everyone for myself above all. what's important to is that literally actually knew that when she got pregnant she'd get dumped by her club most female athletes in italy sign club deals with a clause that allows the clubs to dismiss them if they get pregnant. again i believe this is a very serious matter and it's time the situation a telly an athlete live in must be taken seriously. a month after she was dismissed lily's pregnancy ended in a miscarriage she's now retired but her story has gained traction picked up by traditional and social media momentum building laura luly hopes for radical change well beyond volleyball perhaps well beyond sport in italy. start your mind of our

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