this is news coming to you live from berlin as germany heads into a 3rd wave of the credit pandemic a return to a tighter law looks likely chance for medical seeking to toughen restrictions says cases so war could deal a fatal blow to many small businesses already on the verge of going bust also coming up. australia battles its worst flooding in decades following days of torrential rains authorities say dozens of towns are cut off with more bad weather on the way plus 5 years after the deadly brussels terrorist bombings news visits

the neighborhood once seen as a haven for jihad ists the now striving for a new identity. we have sought correction from germany's top flight leader how to berlin finally put it all together for a week win over later coups in boosting the team's hopes of avoiding relegation. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us europe's biggest economy is poised to reenter law down german chancellor angela merkel is meeting with regional leaders today to discuss the path forward as some researchers say germany is facing a 3rd wave of corona virus infections the country has registered almost 8000 new daily cases of the virus that makes germany's. first wave infections

a year ago look relatively small although fewer tests were being carried out back then well the numbers fell back over the summer but they began to rise again in the fall leading to a much bigger 2nd wave and by late december there were 4 times the number of infections recorded in april stronger lockdown measures brought those numbers down again but since the start of march there has been another sharp rise in infections scientist fear cases could jump to another new high while chancellor merkel and regional leaders will be weighing health risks and potential damage to the economy when they begin their talks in a few hours from now our political correspondent thomas sparrow is covering those talks today he joins us now thomas a worrying rise in infections here in germany as the chancellor meets state premiers again what measures are they looking at it is such

a knee worrying terry because only a few weeks ago german leaders had met to plan how germany would reopen those plans actually included a so-called emergency brake in other words how they would roll back those opening steps if infections rose again i'm judging by numbers here in germany judging by infection judging by the fact that now we're seeing exponential growth again it is very probable that authorities will tighten the screws again of that knock down here in germany and we will see further restrictions for the restrictions terry which by the way affecting businesses across germany who are already very worried about this situation let's look at the report that we produced about one of those businesses that's particularly affected. this homemade chocolate cherry cake is a favorite with customers at the moment they can only serve it to go. but that

doesn't cover her costs at all by now she's accumulated a debt of around $35000.00 euros if germany were to decide on a 3rd hard lock down she'd be forced to close up about. 10 cuts if this debt because there is a lockdown is actually put in place then i would definitely have to shut down for good. because i'm taking out 2 loans which i'll have to pay back. time i just wouldn't know how to go on. many businesses in germany fear for their existence some have already given up meanwhile covert cases in the country are increasing rapidly just weeks after restrictions were eased and schools and some shops reopened. more people are on the move exposing themselves to the risk of infection. researchers more and germany's vaccination rollout has not progressed enough to counteract this. often gets treated even if we've already

vaccinated many of the elderly there is still a large proportion of vulnerable people who have not been given the job the instant it's one we still haven't vaccinated enough and that's why the number of patients in intensive care units will rise again. many people in germany are torn at the prospect of a 3rd lockdown. guys that i'm not thrilled to because it's been going on for a year now and at some point you're really done with it all allan dorris people i'd rather we open just live it's boring script feeling there are many covert cases now and we have to be careful. that. if we keep everything open then infection numbers will go up and that's a problem. but if we close everything that means many businesses will go bust. thank. you can still hopes to avoid bankruptcy she still wants to sell her homemade

cakes for many years to come. people here in germany are understandably frustrated at the slow roll out of the vaccination campaign is there any sign that the vaccination rollout is going to get faster terry there's no doubt that there's frustration on germany's very slow vaccination rollout in fact a vast majority of germans believe it's not going the way it should it's going badly or very badly undocks while thirties have been trying to speed up the vaccination program one of the key areas that they're focusing now on is involving some of the g.p.'s of family doctors who've been helped to administer some of those very important coronavirus vaccines for those who are expecting this to speed everything up very quickly they will probably be disappointed but it's not only about speed it's also about flexibility on the one hand they expect to achieve by involving

g.p.'s and family doctors and on the other hand as well it's about trust which has been damaged in the last few weeks on which authorities also hope can be restored with the help of family doctors who know their patients very well so these are the elements that authorities are focusing now on when it comes to making sure that this all important vaccination rollout can actually happen better and quicker you mention trust thomas this is also affecting germany's health ministry and he's under scrutiny for mask procurement contract tell us more about that. that's correct that deal involving the health ministry and a company for which husband actually works and we're talking here about procurement of face masks although both the ministry and the company involved have rejected any wrongdoing but it comes on top of problems that conservatives are already facing

false possible corruption involving. buying and selling off the face masks so we're talking here about not only all these problems that we've discussed but also a very politically difficult moment. c.d.u. c.s.u. block here in germany tell us thank you very much our political correspondent thomas spyro there thanks so. spanish island of my york is getting ready for a wave of tourists in the run up to the easter holidays most folks come from germany which has taken the holiday hotspot off its list of high risk destinations many islanders are worried that the visitors will bring coronavirus with them. heavy rain and few signs of life outside. the holiday spirit hasn't quite to arrive to majorca yet the island has been preparing french equally to accommodate large numbers of guests during a pandemic strict hygiene routes are in place such as wearing masks at all times

the collaboration forms covert tests and flight prices that are often 3 times more expensive than usual holy days and times of the punk isn't nevertheless the island expects a rush of many german tourists. have already hundreds of connections to their flight schedules. the calm before the storm so far only futurists have arrived at the holiday resorts at the beach. came on one of the 1st planes from germany since flights resume seeking a break from the. they are happy to be here and a little. anxious subtly if you want to visit what's on there were situations that made us feel easy like the flight into the show is taking 150 people into a small cabin really safe even if we had all been tested in the end it was an opportunity to escape it all and everyone has to decide for themselves if they want

to take the risk or not just music with it and the copying of us i'm a bit of making. infection rates in my yard a low and its inhabitants are keen for it's to stay that way. for trial rooms i regularly disinfect it and the director of this hotel expects our guests to do their part to keep the virus at bay. probably the most tricky parts. to take them out when they take is that from that dream we have to make sure that they put it back on straight away. my archives the economy has been hit hard by the pandemic many island us have lost their jobs. residents currently poverty line still many remain skeptical about tourists returning. we have to live with all these restrictions while at the same time they are opening up the islands to. i'm happy that they are coming back i've missed

. of course we have to revive the economy but given the high infections rate in germany i'd rather wait until the summer. despite the miserable weather of it in and stefan have no regrets about holiday in majorca and they think the risk of infection is low after all they've come to read likes to party just as well it will be some time before the parties that. reputation resume. european union foreign ministers are meeting in brussels today with sanctions over rights abuses in myanmar on the agenda ministers are expected to react to the country's ongoing crackdown following last month's military coup the e.u. is also set to impose sanctions on 4 chinese officials over violations against the country's we're muslim minority and russia is also up for discussion the e.u.'s

relationship with sco has deteriorated since the jailing of russian dissident me last month. well for more we're joined by. the foreign minister of lithuania mr backus thank you very much for being with us let's start with russia the e.u. has already imposed sanctions on moscow to little effect what more would you like to see done. well 1st of all i think it's it's a rather important here in russia since the russians will go to the ballot later this this year in september and it is likely that we'll see more of opposition crackdowns that we've seen earlier this year and european union needs to stay vigilant and send a message that. say no valley who's now in prison or other position members of

european union will react because this is the way i see that europe is is defending the basic principles of liberty and democracy. so i well i is hopeful and the hope is that the discussion will revolve around this. the new u.s. administration is pressuring germany to halt construction of the new north stream to pipeline project that would carry more russian gas to europe what's your position on that well i think again the best message to. mr putin and his his regime in kremlin would be that no. cooperation be political or economical is happening if he's going to crack down on the opposition who is the banding that possibility to participate in the election and one of the best messages would be that germany would stop or at least with the

moratorium on building of north stream like. if we see some improvements in russia then of course the pipeline could be resumed. what about the situation in myanmar the has condemned the coup and the military crackdown on protesters does the e.u. have any leverage to change that situation in myanmar. well 1st of all i'm hoping that we can agree on sanctions that people are responsible for the crackdown in myanmar and actually quite quite happy that we have this instrument of global sanctions regime that means that europe is starting to look at the human rights abuses not from a job joe good job graphical point of view but globally 2nd thing is that we need to to cooperate with our like minded partners and countries in the asia pacific region. really

a japan india south korea and together i think we can we can put a bigger leverage to the to the regime and get them to retract ok we're hearing you know about pressure and cooperation but. the e.u. only has limited leverage let's be honest about that limited leverage it's expected to adopt new sanctions on china over its treatment of another area it's dealing with do you expect that to have any impact. i think the discussion about relation with china is only beginning we've seen last year when their investment agreement between the e.u. and china was signed the debate really started in many of european countries regarding whether we should just limit the discussion with china about investment or should. the problems like human rights abuses should also be included in the debate anything that sounds very firmly that there shouldn't be any topics excluded

when we talk with china therefore we suggest that the format of the 27 plus one should be strengthened or. created some might even say where all european countries could have their say in their relationship. mr lenz bagus thank you very much for talking with us that was gabriela stands back in the foreign minister of lithuania . let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today the main opposition candidate in elections held in the republic of congo has died a spokesperson said that a parfait had died as he was being transferred to friends for treatment for cover 19 he was the main rival of president denise us oh yes the one who is expected to extend his 36 year old power. scientists say volcanic eruption in iceland could go on for several weeks hundreds sightseers

a flock to the south south of the capital reykjavik tens of thousands of small tremors rocked the area for several weeks before the volcano began erupting. australia is set to evacuate thousands more people from sydney's suburbs in the worst flooding in decades heavy rains have swelled rivers across new south wales state causing widespread damage the services fear that more than 50000 people could be displaced as forecast show more rain is on the way. so let's get the latest from roger maynard a journalist in sydney and roger what's the situation on the ground there at the moment. well it's being described as a once in a century flood thoughts of the new south wales coast and a luncheon 50 years earlier this year in sydney and it's not over yet the other book us as they go to more days are going to come as 2 major weather systems

collide right evan yourself well it's here in sydney thousands of the aglow being evacuated from those in the northwest nature of the city now where floodwaters are said to be pious and the last catastrophic flood way back in 1961 when the war again but dam which supplies most of sydney's water out has been over flowing for the past couple of days the same thing about 450 giga liters of water up into a low lying land and nearby river systems and just to illustrate well that means $450.00 giggle each is is almost the equivalent of the entire contents of sydney harbor so that's a lot of water and if it's a bed it needs even worse up the ghost busways of land under water and booms are being ripped from their foundations and we're seeing pictures of that flooding you know thousands of people evacuated tens of thousands dozens of regions declared disaster zones how are emergency services coping. well the emergency services

a working around the clock to cope with this crisis they have thousands of pools for help as you can imagine today the government over to send in the troops to give provide much needed assistance because this don't any of the people who have been affected we've got huge amounts of livestock trapped in floodwater on farmland crops fruits vegetables they've also gone under water which will mean a shortage in the slums and meanwhile the of the homes continue to be driven by these floods the schools have been closed and hundreds of people hope so if i had to be rescued sure i'll just every a year ago that same state there suffered a drought water was rationed there are massive bushfires now this illusion what what do people there make of all this well i asked is used to natural disasters i should say you know it was the drought in the bush was this year the

floods and yeah the safely a terrible turn in the past few days and particularly with the floods the leader of the greens poncy described the treasury whether event as a grim look into australia's future with bigger fires and worse floods to come this is not normally sit and cool the federal government to declare a climate a mood and see as for the real underlying cause with the heavy rain is partly the result of the la niña weather says which traditionally hits the eastern australia seaboard every few years but clearly this rainfall is far worse than we've seen for many a year roger thank you very much for bringing us up to date there that was drawn was roger maynard in sydney. now to the united states where thousands of protesters took part in weekend rallies against and he asian racism and by lance the protests come after 6 asian american

women and 2 other people were killed in a shooting rampage in atlanta georgia last week. outpouring of support in atlanta where the shootings happened as well as anger thousands protested under the slogan stop asian hate and challenge to racist stereotypes last week's killings have stirred asian communities across the u.s. . this was new york's union square where thousands gathered to demonstrate against racism and violence. and in the nation's capital washington d.c. hundreds turned out to protest were often pushed into the stereotype that you should be fired because you should be obedient but that's wrong and the whole point of a protest is like like this is the case against that that using women will not be silenced people are people won't be silence and the more people are looking for

change people are yearning for change and healing people want to do something. and hate crimes more than doubled in the last year in the united states observers say it's a result of the pandemic many blame former president donald trump kind of virus rhetoric in response congress has introduced a covert 1000 hate crimes bill backed by president joe biden they hope their legislation will shed light on other asian hate crimes and allow more big timbs to come forward in the future. belgium is marking a solemn saree today 5 years after his killed $32.00 people and injured hundreds in the capital brought the attack turn the spotlight on the city's large muslim community and one district which came to be regarded as a breeding ground for jihad ists teri schultz visited the area and met people

trying to change that perception. moreland back 5 years ago after terrorist attacks in paris and brussels the whole world knew that word and this place this district became infamous as the home base of a handful of bad guys the rest of my index almost 100000 residents felt unfairly stigmatised i was really frustrated inside. i want to really to explain to people guys. it's a nice area with people with quality. and this is not our city of terrorist ybor him was also felt last growing up like those mall and back men who would become bombers he dropped out of school at 13 but where they turned to crime he taught himself to code and became a successful tech entrepreneur without the fancy diplomas from expensive schools that many top business people have. so yeah.

he did have something the desire to help others succeed in 2015 while nearby the terrorist cell was planning its attacks was a recreated a nonprofit tech incubator so mullen that kids would have a place to go a chance to dream big what he calls a different ecosystem provides trainees everything for free the rest is up to them this place it's not for to give to people. it's just people come and take your opportunity. if they have no money it's free if they have no computer we can the computer have no time we are almost open 20 hours before you know every day from the single room where he started was aris ecosystem now takes up the whole building and had a turnover of $2000000.00 euros last year google. c.e.o.

soon to put china visited recently to make a donation in person the world is changing it was a recess the big companies recruiting his students are less focused on traditional degrees 93 percent of mulling graduates have tech jobs or have founded their own companies there are also spin offs in the netherlands and italy we have a different model in the king or europe and that we are very pro that with a bow does because more than get stuck in more than big laura hebert a digital marketing student travels an hour each way from ghent to be part of the mall in geek community i think it's the beth training center in brussels ucas it's like recognise from big companies so when you walk out you won't be ashamed at all to say where you graduated not at all i'm going to be very proud about it what outsiders used to deride as a no go zone is now the place to be. but asli

a football now where help pulled off the biggest surprise of victory over leverkusen. the berlin coach paul darvill i knew he had to win or lose this one and it would slowly become mission impossible for his team to survive in the big leak so i had to push forward like seldom before totally overwhelming leverkusen right from the start and that paid off they scored in the 4th minute with a rocket of a goal courtesy of de or vice euro zone's point with an excellent set up by midfield dynamo matteo gandu z. and doherty look at bucky one nil for hair. the berliners kept pouring it on and in the 26 minute one back what looked like a last ball to set up much criticised brazilian striker might they wish. and he smelled goal. to neil for hair and coutinho was back on the scoreboard after more than a 1000 minutes of play without a goal. and it wasn't over yet just 7 minutes later colombian john cordova made it

3 no. and that's how it ended with no goals in the 2nd half. really for hair but they also know they have a long road ahead and labor cousens have some work to do also. i'm terry martin thanks for watching.

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