and of brussels and is tracking developments for you good to see you baron so does mr burrell seriously expect to achieve that goal. after you know just himself as part of the diplomatic game that is now in suing it's a tit for tat and it was a high representative for foreign policy of the u. season enough to know that this is of course part of the game and nobody expects knowledge china to reverse its policy immediately this is meant to be a signal to beijing to think about human rights policy and to to say them to tell them he is a clear stop sign you cannot do as you wish and the you in the u.k. and the united states are willing at least to say no but on the other hand nobody wants to in danger of cause the diplomat the economic ties that europe has because china and this is not the part of the game while the e.u.

is not going it alone behrendt the u.s. and the u.k. have now also sanctioned chinese officials is this a cordon a that response. you know this is clearly a coordinated effort. it's part of the post breaks a deal if you will that the united kingdom and the european union coordinate sanctions against not only china but also other countries so this worked obviously and the new administration in washington the biden administration is also more willing to go it in ages of burrell said in his press conference with the trump administration we had no coordination at all everybody went it alone and now he was happy that the business the new secretary of state mr bling and he now can coordinate better and bring in will be in brussels and they will talk about how to go for but in the next days reporting add. to that he's correspondent in brussels

thank you. all right let's catch up now with some of the other stories making news around the world canada is accusing beijing of hostage diplomacy over its treatment of a canadian citizen accused of spying on ex diplomats michael covel was arrested in 2018 and is now awaiting a verdict after a short trial canada maintains that mr coe rick's trial and another case are in retaliation for its arrest of a top while way executives. and 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 the anti-government protests in hong kong. if huge fire has swept through abraham refugee camp

in southern bangladesh leaving thousands homeless refugees say several people have died over 1000000 rangel live in camps in the region most fled me in march in 2017 after a military crackdown all right well we're going to pick up where that story left off when speaking out to bangladesh is country director at save the children on a fine man and he is in cox's bizarre which is where the camp is situated a very good day mr from anna what is the situation right now in the camp what can you tell us. thank you. right now we're still trying to assess the situation what we what we do know is that this fire has affected most stopgaps where the total population of our approximately 150000 people and directly affected nearly 10000 households who. have lost their shelter and

basically the roof over there over their heads you have to imagine that this is an extremely crowded and confined space. and any outbreak any fire like this is extremely risky and fortunately we're already getting reports that there are that there have been casualties including children and of course that that's a tragedy for people that have already gone through. such an ordeal and in the past years there is an immediate need for for shelter and medical support as you mentioned do we know what caused the fire at this point it's it's too early to say anything but like i mentioned before in these crowded conditions extremely dense densely populated areas at a time where. the dry dry season has lasted

for quite a long time and there haven't been many rank the risk is extremely high risk is extremely high specially the way illustrated of course a densely populated area thousands of makeshift but destroyed what will happen to these people now i mean will they be sheltered elsewhere. so of course where where are collectively looking with the humanitarian community together with the government officials to see what we can do and will be using i need any alternative shelter or whether it's learning centers or medical clinics or other facilities. to support these people but it is a it's a huge challenge especially at this time in the at the mike as it's it's 10 o'clock here right at night there as well well talk to us about the in belgrade the above authorities are they providing any help so they are like i said

together with with the humanitarian actors and. the overall humanitarian responses is a is a joint effort that that's the only way that it's going to work with this many people in such a such a crowded area on a from ana bangladesh's country director at save the children thank you. and we pivot back to germany where europe's biggest economy is now poised to reintroduce moderate coronavirus lockdown measures just weeks after easing them german chancellor angela merkel is meeting with regional leaders to discuss the options and that some a growing evidence that a 3rd wave of the outbreak is underway the country has registered almost 8000 daily new cases in autumn last year a steep rise in cases was brought under control by a 2nd lockdown mostly targeting schools shops and restaurants but since not since some restrictions rather were eased at the start of march there has been another

spike in scientists fear now the cases could jump to a new high. and earlier i had the opportunity to speak to our political correspondent thomas sparrow and i asked him what the objective of this meeting is the objective is to evaluate exactly what the situation is like in germany and what the next steps will be to expect if they will pull the handbrake if you will on those reopening steps cautious reopening steps that they had planned a few weeks ago when they had previously met they had actually elaborated on a plan to reopen germany but the situation is now so complicated germany is now seeing again exponential rise in cases and increasing coronavirus hotspots and this is basically leading what authorities including german chancellor angela merkel to think about pulling that hand brake and that the reason behind that is that germany is now beyond a very important threshold the threshold is 100 new infections po 100000 cases in 7 days and germany as i said is now beyond that so that is probably leading

authorities to make sure that all those cautious reopening steps are no 9 now being pulled back obviously as you can imagine a lot not everyone in the country is happy about those steps from a spare reporting earlier now in the united states thousands of protesters took part in we can't rallies against asian racism and violence 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 snow then stop asian hate and challenge to racist stereotypes last week's killings have stirred asian communities across the us. this morning 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 you should be passive you should be obedient but that's wrong and that the whole point of a protest is like like this is the case against that that asian women will not be silenced people are fed up people won't be silenced and the more people are looking for change people are yearning for change and healing people want to do something. and teach in 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's china virus rhetoric in response congress has introduced a coded 1000 hate crimes bill backed by president joe biden they hope their legislation will shed light on other asian hate crimes and allow more victims to

come forward in the future. the preparations are well underway ahead of the men's football world cup in qatar in 2022 but the host country has come under heavy criticism for the conditions experienced by migrant workers on our amnesty international has called on football's world governing body fifa to pressure qatar into ensuring better treatment this workers these are some of the gleaming new stadiums but guitar is to showcase to an international audience when it hosts the world cup in 2022. insight there the last word in luxury afifa president giani infantile phoned out on a tour last october. but for many of the migrant workers drafted in to build them conditions have been less than comfortable no amnesty international has written to fifa to urge it to pressurize could start to do more to protect those workers human rights are they prepared to speak out and to make sure that the cuts are.

delivered on the reforms we speak of cut or try to reverse the reforms as it is a big question will they make sure that future torments. are over organize and and the bidding process really in human rights to make sure that we don't see this. guitar has made reforms in recent years it became the 1st gulf country to introduce a minimum wage that does not discriminate against migrant workers infant teano says that qatar selection is world cup host has inspired change we need to look a little of the history of where people countries regions are coming for me to cast in europe how many decades probably centuries to live. where we are today other countries in the same grows as in a few years we'd recognize that region recognizes the spotlight of course of the

welcome. no progress without them several high profile norwegian clubs recently called on their country to boycott the world cup amid concerns over migrant workers treatment but how misty says a boycott would only worsen their situation. for $900.00 special coming right up. the phone against the corona virus pandemic. has the rate of infection in developing what does the latest research say. information and contacts the coronavirus update. on d w. w's crime fighters are back africa's most successful radio drama series continues this season the stories focus on hate

speech color of prevention and sustainable charcoal production all of a sow's are available online and of course you can share and discuss on africa's facebook page and other social media platforms. crime fighters tune in now. this is news in berlin a year ago with 19 special went on air to help understand a frightening and baffling pandemic. alright let's bring in our science correspondent eric williams. just. back then to me it was a whole. washing masks were rare in europe. today they're essential and we had vaccines. we didn't expect to cope with 19 special to still be

a year on but the pandemic is still here and so we're waiting. and it's been locked down after lockdown with another on its way here i'm totally over it a bit you are too and no wonder it's been a year since germany officially classified the corona virus as a pandemic there are lots of lessons to be learnt from this crisis the biggest challenge being understanding how we perceive the dangers of a microscopic pathogen how science progresses and how politicians decide what's best for us i've had to switch from business anchor to science journalists not the easiest tracking the ups and downs of a pandemic but seemed way suddenly became a painful reality here at the vip us 2 company in late january 1 of them play us was the 1st german to come trick coach at 19 from a colleague who had travelled from china the german health minister remained optimistic there's no cause for concern. a few weeks later

things looked quite different infections were spreading throughout germany in mid march the chancellor took the unusual step of addressing the nation on t.v. . if it is serious please take it seriously to say that there has not been any such challenge to our country since german unity not since what with chu that has demanded such great joined solidarity based anxiousness 100 and con germany's 1st lockdown started the streets of berlin were virtually deserted museums and theatres had to close and the economy came to an almost complete standstill. schools and nurseries also closed the living room became the new classroom but online teaching was difficult as laptops and software was scott's. meanwhile supplies of protective clothing in hospitals for about doctors food to keep people infected alive early may nearly 7000 of them diet the high number was

relatively low in comparison with other countries infection numbers started to for the lock down worked that reduce the burden on hospitals. finally summit time restrictions were eased people return to the streets but the easing of measures brought new infections. by november the numbers was so high that people were told to stay at home again what became known as lock down life began. for months parts of the population had been protesting against the restrictions. but lockdown light wasn't enough shortly before christmas in fact in numbers reached such so high that public life was entirely shut down again with alcohol bans in public and even nightly curfews in some places at the end of the year germany's vaccination campaign had kicked off

politicians promise that those who wanted the job would be vaccinated by the end of summer but many vaccination centers remain empty due to a shortage of doses but the 1st rays of sunshine many are now longing for move freedom one year after the outbreak restrictions are being lifted bit by bit but in the meantime you taishan send infection numbers rising again. all he's doing our goal is a new role just an founding director of the quest center for transforming biomedical research what was the biggest challenge for you as a scientist within this year. as a stroke researcher at the charity are keeping our research going on in laboratories looking shut down we work under superior respected conditions many of our technicians are helping out in morris testing world as physicians were busy treating corbett and she is someone trying to analyze consequently trying to

improve biomedical research and proponents it with our boy this is this was busy you know kind of under a magnifying on how wonderful research is on the one hand but also putting a spotlight on the many things we could do even better so it's been a tough year but science and scientists have have never been in the spotlight like they had being in this pandemic has that being good or bad for research well i think the pandemic has convinced more people that science is the best thing we have the key to progress and ultimately be only way to get. us out of trouble such as in our own demick i think a good example of this is the changing sentiment against wrexham nations i mean meth if evidence that many antibiotics was are now or have been converted not to receive the chat what about internationally. i know germany is a special case with the chancellor who's

a scientist herself but what about in other countries well absolutely but and i'm sure there are many national idiosyncrasies regarding the and making power and you spoke with this isn't one i mean i think appreciation of research and science in general appears to be on the rise. was enough listening down to scientific evidence when it came to policy decisions where the right scientists listened to and at the end of the day with the scientists saying the right things and giving across the right messages. certainly an area in which we could have fun. it's true that in many countries including germany when you mention i mean scientists have. policy makers and in most countries claim most countries claim that their anti corona matches are science based but which scientific evidence they live and let to which decisions generally remain completely opaque i think it was

in transparent and one of one maybe not. prioritization and. use a scientific evidence of political reckoning in many cases so to parrot darwin i would say it was the survival of the ideas that shit so i think attributes of good scientific policy clients should should be inclusiveness rigorousness transparency and also excess ability and this is certainly not how we are resigned over the last year so has the pandemic brought science closer to the people or divided society. well currently societies i've stream equal rights to and that was certainly already true before corona but it may have been even worse and so so. i think science is being used of science with the trends scientific findings often are 100 contradictory or are tentative and until better evidence meets our previous

uncertainties. i think that this is a defining element of science and one of its major strengths and the way progress is made however sometimes it is against science and they weapon out simon's but importantly i believe that in most cases these people do not fundamentally distrust science they they just distrust politics and politicians and i get that they are choosing the wrong research results or make decisions without proper scientific basis so tell me as a scientist what's your personal take away one year on in this pandemic. my personal take is that science right as an international joint effort has again demonstrated its fantastic potential but science during the pandemic could have done even better i mean we have completely failed to provide solid evidence for example for randomised control studies regarding the usefulness and if you can sit

up in areas measure us which together make up what we call social distancing so even after more than a year and millions of deaths look right on this remains a black box with which we are basically experiment so even you know it's late in the game i think we should start now this i fear or not being a last pandemic replacing oversteer other thank you very much for being on the show today thank you. well one institution really has suffered over the past year is the theatre but the show must go on the curtain went up again at the famous bellino ensemble on friday despite the rising covert infections in germany under strict hygiene conditions the play punny cats was performed in front of about $350.00 guests the audience had to test the negatives beforehand only every 2nd seat was occupied and mosques were compulsory during the entire performance it's

part of a pilot scheme in the capital between 7 cultural been used to find the best way to stage a vent safely during the pandemic. next on the program a concert of the berlin philharmonic orchestra is planned for around 1000 visitors on saturday. for the past year d.w. has confined derek williams to his home study to answer your questions on the coronavirus we've all had a chance to delve into derek's mind and check out his bookshelf so here it is again like every day except today is a little different we had a question we wanted to us derek. how much time does derek spend in front of his bookshelves every day. so that there are lots of those from. there who.

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informative as ever you see it a little more eloquent than that i've been fizzling thanks for watching it's been really nice having you here the past year i have been kicked joining us and so obviously this is going be going on for a bit longer stay safe so you get so for. the for.

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on good terms with each other. this is home massive churches. contest of liquor. stores. on d. w. . this is eat every news africa on the program today on signals of terror in east and the democratic republic of congo we have an exclusive report from a d.-w. team imbedded with u.n. troops in the region it's the largest such peacekeeping mission. and in the as a conflict the death of the main opposition visa has overshadowed the country's election should brace off a coup and i was the main rival of president and he says whistle was expensive to extend his $36.00 c. a hold on power.