this is news coming to you live from berlin as germany heads into a 3rd wave of the coronavirus pandemic a return to tighter lockdown looks likely machall is seeking to toughen the restrictions as code cases sold that could deal a fatal blow to many small businesses already on the verge of going bust also coming up in southeast australia a battle since 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 d.w. news visits the neighborhood once seen as a haven for jihad ists and now striving for a new identity. and we have a correction from germany's top flight path to berlin finally put it all together for a big win over labor coups and boosting the team's hopes of avoiding relegation. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us europe's biggest economy is preparing to reenter lockdown german chancellor angela merkel is meeting with regional leaders later to discuss the path forward that's amid growing evidence in germany that a 3rd wave of the corona virus is beginning the country has registered almost 8000 new daily cases in the fall. steep rise in cases of brought under control by

a 2nd lockdown since some restrictions were east at the start of march there has been another sharp incline scientists fear cases could jump to another new high well the exponential rise in cases comes amid growing protests against restrictions thousands of people rallied in germany and elsewhere in europe over the weekend police say some 20000 people demonstrated in the german city of costs making it one of the largest rallies of its kind in germany so far this year scuffles broke out between some of the protesters and police resorted to using batons pepper spray and water cannon to disperse the crowds police tweeted that there had been quote repeated attacks by protesters against emergency service workers. are political correspondent thomas sparrow is following all of this for us thomas protests against corona virus measures and

a worrying rise in infections here in germany as chancellor merkel meets with state premiers yet again what measures are they looking at. well when german leaders met a few weeks ago to actually establish reopening plan a very cautious reopening plan they also included what they described as an emergency brake basically a threshold which would then mean that germany would pull back some of those reopening steps or would even increase some of the restrictions on that the threshold is 100 new infections po 100000 people in the space of 7 days and germany has now exceeded that threshold which basically means that if it all goes according to plan german leaders will have to tighten the screws of germany's lockdown there's even discussion of going further and introducing further steps like for example night curfews in particularly affected places so for those who are actually

expecting more steps towards reopening i think they will be particularly disappointed today this is also by the way terry that's something that affects businesses here in germany there is a lot of frustration and a lot of disappointment and the news actually visited a business that is already affected by coronavirus on especially by these restrictions that we've been discussing. for the longer 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 euros. if germany were to decide on a 3rd hard lockdown she'd be forced to close up about. 10 top surface that if the 3rd lock down 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. 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 warn germany's vaccination rollout has not progressed enough to counteract this. often gets heated 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 in fits into time we still haven't vaccinated enough 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 i lived or even i'd rather we open just live it's boring there's a good feeling there are many covert cases now and we have to be careful. because 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. thomas people here in germany are understandably frustrated with the slow rollout of vaccines is there any sign that the vaccine rollout is going to speed up. you already saw some of that frustration when you mentioned those protests of the weekend many of the people actually attending those protests are described as coronavirus skeptics and although they do

represent among a minority here in germany if you look generally at what people think about germany's knock down you will see that some still believe that measures are appropriate whereas others are divided between measures that they believe go too far or do not go far enough if we specifically look at germany's vaccination program the verdict there is much clearer a vast majority of germans nearly 88 percent think the vaccination rollout is going by the badly ovarian badly and that's why the pressure has been increasing on german authorities to speed up the vaccination program one element with which they expect to speed up that vaccination program is by including g.p.'s or family doctors in the administration of those vaccines is something that german leaders expect to have in april and although they are not expecting a very fast delivery a very fast inclusion so no immediate speeding up of the process it is expected

that it will help bring flexibility to the vaccination program on the one hand and then as well to increase trust in the vaccine program in particular the astra zeneca vaccine because what you saw in recent days what you saw in weeks and weeks terry is that trust has been affected here in germany so that's the reason why german leaders decided to include g.p.'s in the overall vaccination program which was really described here has been really painfully slow this slow rollout has indeed eroded trust but there are also number of scandals there was involving mask procurement now one is affecting the country's health ministry and tell us more about the. it involves a job and a health ministry and a company for which again spawns husband works on the deal involves procurement of face mosque although both the health ministry and the company involved have denied any wrongdoing this comes on top of an already big scandal here in germany

affecting the conservative bloc also because of the procurement of mosques in particular so this is such a really not a good moment for us it's also not a good moment for cole c.d.u. c.s.u. block told us thank you very much sharp little correspondent thomas sparrow. well the spanish island of new york is getting ready for a wave of tourists in the run up to the easter holidays most will come from germany which has taken the holiday hotspot off its list of high risk destinations many islanders though are worried that the visitors will bring the coronavirus with them . heavy rain and few signs of life outside parts the holiday spirit hasn't quite arrived in majorca yet the island has been preparing french equally to accommodate large numbers of guests during a pandemic strict hygiene rules are in place such as wearing masks at all times

declaration forms covert tests and flight prices that are often 3 times more expensive than usual holy days and times of the pandemic are not easy nevertheless the island expects a rush of many german tourists over the easter holidays airlines have already added hundreds of connections to their flight schedules. just the calm before the storm so far only futurists have arrived on the holiday resorts at the beach and staff and imho it's came on one of the 1st planes from germany since flights resume seeking a break from the locked on edge but they are happy to be here and a little anxious subtly if you want to visit what's on their worst situations that made us feel easy like the flight is packing 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 on

a good bit of money. infection rates in my yard and its inhabitants are keen for it's to stay that way. for 10 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. because the economy has been hit hard by the pandemic many have lost their jobs. currently. still many remain skeptical about tourists returning. we have to live with these restrictions while at the same time opening up the islands to.

i'm happy that they are coming back. to the mantle. of course we have to revive the economy but given the high infections rate in germany. despite the miserable weather and stefan have no regrets about holiday in majorca and they think the risk of infection is low. they've come to really likes to party just as well it will be some time before the parties that. reputation. 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. also set to impose sanctions on 4 chinese officials over violations against the countries we are muslim minority and russia is up for discussion

a relationship with moscow has deteriorated since the jailing of russian dissidents alexis last month. well for more we're joined. by. the foreign minister of lithuania mr baucus thank you very much for being with us so 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. 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 incredibly would be that no. cooperation be political or economical is happening if he's going to crack down on the opposition who is demanding that possibility to participate in the election and one of the best messages would be that germany would stop or at least put a moratorium on building of the north stream by plight. 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 to people who 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 certainly a japan india south korea and together i think we can we can put

a bigger leverage to the to the regime and to 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 weaker is another area it's dealing with do you expect that to have any impact. i think the discussion about use relation with china is only beginning we've seen last year when the 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 discussion with china about investment or should. the problems like human rights abuses should also be included in the debate and it in a sense very firmly that there shouldn't be any topics excluded when we talk with china therefore we suggest that the format of 27 plus one should be strengthened or

. created some might even say where all european countries could have their say in the relationship. and it's to len's bagus thank you very much for talking with us that was gabriela stands back as the foreign minister of lithuania. for sketch up on some other stories making headlines around the world today a member of parliament from uncle americal c.d.u. party has died after collapsing on a flight back to germany from cuba colleen shunts was 53 the cause of death is unclear the tabloid is reporting that she was not traveling on business science had recently been caught up in a law being scandal involving. scientists say of all kind of corruption in iceland kogo could go on for several weeks hundreds of sightseers a flaw to the volcano south of the capital reykjavik tens of thousands of small tremors rocked the area for weeks before the volcano began erupting. the

main opposition candidate in elections just held in the republic of congo has died a spokesperson said brees parfait called died as he was being transferred to france for treatment for coated 19 he was the main rival of president denise gesso who is expected to extend his 36 year hold on power. a group of 8 hong kong pro-democracy activists released from jail in china have been detained on their return home they were arrested at sea last year on charges of illegal border crossing it's believed they were trying to flee to taiwan to escape prosecution for their involvement in anti-government protests in hong kong. 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 emergency services fear that more than 50000 people could be displaced as forecasts show more rain is on the way. and 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 been described as a once in a century flood in front of the new south wales coast and a once in 50 years here in sydney and it's not over yet the other folk us as a group got 2 more days of rain to come as 2 major weather systems collide right evan yourself well it's here in sydney thousands of people are being evacuated from their homes in the northwest nature of the city where floodwaters are said to be pious and the last catastrophic flood way back in 1961 the war again but dam which supplies most of sydney's water out has been overflowing for the past

couple of days the sending about $450.00 giggle eaters it was 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 without the ghost busways of land under water and who have been 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 calls for help as you can imagine though the government over to send in the troops to up 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 with a shortage in the slums and meanwhile the of the homes continue to be it's ridden by these floods the schools have been closed and hundreds of people have burst so if i had to be rescued sure just a very a year ago that same state there suffered a drought water was rationed there are massive bushfires now this day what what do people there make of all this well i ask is used to natural disasters i should say you know it was the that the drought in the bush was this year is the floods and you have to say it's been a terrible time in the past few days and particularly with the with the floods the leader of the greens party describe the tragic weather event as a grim look into australia's future with bigger fires and worse floods to come this is not normally said and he called on 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 with us as we traditionally hits these 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 journalist roger maynard in sydney. belgium is marking a solar anniversary today 5 years after is almost bombers killed 32 people and injured hundreds in the capital brussels the attack turned the spotlight on that 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 for molen 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 and sad for all i also wanted to explain to people the guys modern big. nice with people with quality. and this is not the toff terrorist ybor he was a real also felt lost growing up like those mole and black 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. really nothing 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 is it's not for to give to people. no it's just people come and take your opportunity saw if they have no money is free if they have no computer we can learn to compute they 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 was a recess the big companies recruiting his students are less focused on traditional

degrees 93 percent of mulling good graduates have tech jobs or have founded their own companies there are also spinoffs in the netherlands and italy we have different. europe and that we are very pro that with about this because morning more than big laura hebert a digital marketing student travels and hour each way from ghent to be part of the mall in geek community i think it's the beth training center in brussels because it's like recognize from big companies so when we 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 it's leah football now on a big day for a couple of teams clinging to hopes of a skate from relegation both had to pull in and mines posted upsets had pulled off

the biggest surprise of the tree over later crews. had to berlin coach paul gardai knew he had to win lose this one and it would slowly become mission impossible for his team to survive in the big league. so i have 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 the over i suppose i 40 with an excellent set up by midfield dynamo matteo gone dizzy and dirty look at one nil for hair then. 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 much. and he smelled goal. to neil for a haircut 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 court of all

made it 3 no. and that's how it ended with no goals in the 2nd half. really for a haircut but they also know they have a long road ahead and leverkusen have some work to do also. business is next with general de long terry martin thanks for watching.

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