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blaze has left tens of thousands of people. head to the polls for the 4th time in just 2 years voters face choice longstanding prime minister binyamin netanyahu or one of several challengers seeking to. another shaky. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us germany is extending its coronavirus down until april 18th as it grapples with a 3rd wave of the pandemic the move comes after talks between chancellor and regional leaders into the early hours of the morning the longer heads over whether to ease restrictions on domestic travel over the easter holiday season ultimately

agreeing on a 5 day strict national shutdown over the period. crisis in germany has taken a dangerous turn. we basically have a new turn to make the mutation from great person has taken over which means we have a new virus. of course of the same kind but with very different properties it is clearly more lethal more contagious and contagious for longer. our correspondent thomas sparrow is covering the story for us told us germany is tightening restrictions in the face of what chancellor merkel is calling a new pandemic what are we looking at here. terry that's a remarkable statement by the german chancellor after hours of discussion with regional leaders after a very controversial meeting in the german chancellor rhee behind me which included

several hours where they weren't meeting with there was a division let's say in that sense so it just gives you an idea of how difficult the situation has become when it comes to the coronavirus numbers to those to that exponential rise in infections it also gives you an idea of just how controversial the whole situation is how difficult it is for leaders to find consensus by the way there's also difficult to find consensus in german society if you look exactly at some of the polls that have come out in recent days if you ask specifically what was decided you can divide it in certain aspects one is the extension of some of the restrictions that are already in place until mid april that includes for example cultural or sport venues remaining close 2nd the putting that handbrake as it's been described here in other words those areas that are particularly affected will have to reverse some of the opening steps that had been decided a few weeks ago on 30 already mentioned as well that particular lockdown over

easter which by the way terry was one of the main reasons why regional and federal leaders could not agree yesterday and why these discussions went actually into well into the night and why we're now discussing this early in the morning after those very very long talks. are these measures likely to be enough to really stay in the country's 3rd wave of infections isn't it too little too late yet again. well it certainly there's a sense of frustration among the german population there's a sort of uncertainty especially by those who do not see a light at the end of the tunnel but if you ask those who were meeting yesterday at the job one chance a very they suddenly believe that this can help to reduce numbers in particular when we talk about it off down over the stuff but there is a lot of criticism as well and again if you look at some of the polls that have come out in recent days before the announcement yesterday you will see that people are divided us to watch and be the cause of action for germany especially if you

can trade up on the one hand those high infection numbers but on the other hand the fact that germany is going through a very snowy vaccination a process of actually nation process which by the way was described as the way out of the time to make so there is in the one hand hope that vaccinations will help but there's also frustration by the way that it's all going here in general thomas thank you very much as our political correspondent thomas sparrow. well for even more we're joined now by michelle toiler he's the deputy leader of the opposition free democrats in germany's parliament of bullets talk and party leader in the state of inverting burke thanks for being with us this morning mr toilet you previously criticised the government's coronavirus strategy what do you make of these latest measures. no good morning chris the whole the latest measurements they took a really long time to be approved by the. minister presidents and the chance for

any we think it is it has both positive outcomes and negative outcomes. we are in favor of a german wine standard which is implemented regionally that is mainly guaranteed knol but we don't have a convincing unser on its biggest issues that is the test capacity which is still too new and the whole process of testing is to sulu and the 2nd is that the vaccination process which was mentioned by a reporter. not yet with the same speed implement it like we could see is united kingdom. the united states of america i want to ask you about that in just a moment the vaccination rollout which is a very controversial book but 1st about these measures that have just been decided do you think that the german government really have any alternative at this point.

yes they have. planned all. step by step opening on closing big early so what it's not could been seeing any body that breached that there are instructions on on on on traveling. because if you look at the infection infections in hotels or even in restaurants they use. the roll call in situ tells us that there is not a major risk there and there fall we are completely in favor of a. new week shit which is more to the target and which will not end up a little locked on your party has championed a plan to gradually reopen the economy just talked about restaurants and maybe

things should have been done earlier but is it realistic to open the economy given the risks to public health. we see both the risks but we also have to happen all opportunity and perspective of all the trade it is all the retailers and especially for hotels and restaurants in areas in counties where the incidence rate is still new and we have model regions like the university town. and where they eat it testing strategy ruled out which is leading to a significantly lower incidence rate and we do not understand why health minister shot in the chancellor i'm going to america will help to rule on this successful strategy off to be given to all all over the place in germany. as

a toilet thank you very much for talking with us the day. from the free democrats member of the german bundestag no one can. let's catch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today 10 people including a police officer have been killed in a shooting at a supermarket in the u.s. state of colorado an injured suspect has been detained the attack in the city of boulder is the 2nd deadly mass shooting in the country in a week. the government of new share says 137 people were killed sunday in terrorist attacks gunmen riding motorcycles targeted villages in the towel region the suspected joe hottest massacre is the deadliest yet seen in the west african nation . the united nations and the u.s. have welcomed a new initiative from saudi arabia aimed at ending the civil war in yemen the proposals include a nationwide cease fire and reopening air and sea ports emmons who the rebels say

the saudi plan does not go far enough. russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov has said moscow to no longer has relations with the european union only with individual e.u. countries comments came as he met with his chinese counterpart with the 2 nations affirming their time in the face of criticism and sanctions from the e.u. and other western powers over human rights abuses in a joint statement the 2 ministers said no country should seek to impose its form of democracy on any other well let's bring in d.w. correspondent emily sure when in moscow 'd emily russia's foreign minister says moscow will no longer have relations with the european union only with individual countries what are we to make of that. well i think his statements today are more bluster and anger than a real break with the e.u.

russia knows after all that the e.u. is one of its biggest trading partners and also the country knows that the e.u. is currently considering a registration of the russian vaccine sputnik v which would be a huge win including a p.r. win for russia and just yesterday russia's president vladimir putin held telephone talks with the head of the european council shah. so i think this is definitely much more a reaction to the new e.u. sanctions which were leveled yesterday against russia a kind of show of force and we've been seeing quite a lot of that confrontational rhetoric from the russian side recently after all the e.u. has been rather confrontational with russia over the poisoning of opposition politician i think saying now viney russia in turn has been accusing the u.s. and the e.u. of meddling in its internal affairs we saw just around

a month ago the expulsion of 3 e.u. diplomats during the visit of a top diplomat of burrell to moscow here and i think what we're seeing now is just a confrontational a contant continuation rather of that confrontational rhetoric we're talking about confrontational rhetoric russia and china are presenting a united front in opposing sanctions that were just announced against him by the e.u. the u.k. the u.s. canada is most signaling that it's now more likely to cooperate with beijing in countering western interests on the world stage. well i think this meeting is kind of convenient for both china and russia right now after all both countries have just come out of rather confrontational incidence i would say with the u.s. there was a meeting between chinese and u.s. officials which was very tough in tone and confrontational just

a few days ago in alaska and there were these comments from the u.s. president joe biden calling russia's president putin a killer in a recent interview so i think it's kind of convenient for both russia and china to be presenting a united front but of course russia for years now has been trying to expand ties with china to pivot to asia as western countries have been sort of turning away from russia and confronting russia more and more over its human rights over human rights issues but i would say that the relationship relationship between china and russia remains complicated that hasn't gone away for russia china is a military threat that to share a border and for china i think russia simply isn't a big enough economic fish for real you know substantial of ties with russia to

be really interesting for beijing there so i think this is more a show of force aimed at a western audience than a new block that we're seeing forming there emily thank you very much for your inside the w correspondent emily sure win there. well this comes after western powers took their 1st punitive diplomatic action against china over years of abuses against the weaker muslim minority the european union u.s. the us canada and the united kingdom have all impose sanctions on chinese officials in response china has targeted several e.u. politicians accusing them of spreading misinformation. b u foreign ministers meeting in brussels usually there of 1st a confrontation with china but not this time sanctions would be imposed on beijing spent. fuel individuals and one and keep the front china. who have had the

knack to for all in good design and implementation know the cheney's policies engine job. we where made it where do you bring in the meeting that china has retaliated to those sanctions. and rather than change its policies and address our legitimate concerns china is against a blind eye and these measures are we have to will and next unacceptable china's retaliation blacklisting 10 even the vigils and for entities the e.u. wasn't alone though in imposing sanctions over china's human rights abuses inching jiang province the u.k. the u.s. and canada also approved penalties so will be used to china you know. unite the chinese people and the basic response i heard these that we should lose if you all know to be sentient by. the u.s.

you are the country because we have successfully safeguard national sovereignty. i mean. the u.n. says at least 1000000 weaker muslims are detained in camps with reports of forced labor torture and sterilization beijing denies the claims and says the camps provide folk a tional training and help in fighting extremism. experts are questioning whether this coordinated pressure campaign goes far enough to cause a real impact on china. officials in bangladesh have begun investigating what caused a massive fire that swept through a rindge a refugee camp several people have died and thousands have been left homeless nearly a 1000000 refugees live in camps in the region having fled from persecution in neighboring myanmar. but there remains of shanty homes continue to burn in. the

night her hinge refugee camp seemed coaxes bizarre in southeastern bangladesh emergency services say the 5 was able to spread easily in over crowded conditions of the makeshift accommodation. which this is not in we think trying to put the fire out we are struggling with numerous cooking gas cylinders and we are trying to deal with this problem to find the flames. the blaze swiftly rips through the crime towers saying onlookers panicked and powerless to do anything aid agencies say international help is needed. to fund the dishy government has been pushing the mostly minority rush injure refugees to relocate to a remote island in the bay of bengal however aid agencies say this would not be a safe place for this stateless community as the area is prone to flooding and the

island lies in the path of deadly cyclons. i'm joined now by all of fun in the country director for bangladesh for the charity save the children he's in cox's bazaar thanks for being with us 1st of all we're getting conflicting reports about the number of people who died in the spire what's the latest information you have from the camp. it is. still. a situation like this it's extremely. are. we were at least are going to be. still ongoing ongoing process there are some witnesses say that barbed wire fencing around the camp trapped people inside during this fire what have you seen there.

well we do know that the fencing has that in place and this is a large parcel of their camps. not only has made it easier for refugees to leave or has a fire in those circumstances in circumstances like these where. the populated and . it's very early where you. stand that tens of thousands of people there have had their shelters destroyed how are you and other aid organizations there going to deal with that situation so 1st of all we need to make sure last night. during the night. these people were provided with places where it was a community shelter. early learning center honors.

how. do you suppose other. cities not be used to support these people and might not use us on his own growing as to how many how many shelters actually last week we do still have numbers there is nearly 10000 people or 10000 households actually. in terms of the most shelter reports on what actually many more are also lost their jobs are severely affected. by this blaze coming days. the hour it needs to be cleared and usual there is need to be need to be good and we need urgent support for our. mystified mud and thank you very much for talking with this stuff was all to all no fun mud and rather the country director from bangladesh or save the children. now to

israel where voters are heading to the polls today in the country's forced national election in just 2 years voters face a choice between blocs that backed longtime longstanding prime minister benjamin netanyahu and those who seek to oust him with the opposition fragmented many fear the vote will once again lead to a shaky coalition that if one can be formed at all. every vote counts and every day to the action of support. and the power to sniffs next to the gaza border and south in israel she's out in the streets to remind people to vote she has no doubts about who should remain prime minister binyamin netanyahu that they are going to know it's the moment of the elections i'm here to remind people who is the best to vote for him bibi netanyahu he could that's. the 4th election in 2 years is once again seen as

a vote for or against benyamin netanyahu the leader of the likud party ran his election campaign on the much admired cold 19 vaccination drive and the reopening of the economy this time he has several challenges all running on and anything but netanyahu ticket. pete with his centrist yes a tea party is 2nd in the polls. actually good politician with new hope also aims to replace netanyahu just like right wing enough taliban and from. whose left it open whether he would join a coalition with netanyahu we have about $3.00 to $4.00. standing divided against that then you know so if you get there but you are divided . the ability of co-working is very limited so the ability for them to form

a coalition that would be able to govern and would be able to survive is improbable to reach a majority in the knesset the israeli parliament and to form a government parties need to get 61 out of 120 seats for many israelis netanyahu has become an increasingly divisive figure he's been in office since 2009 and he faces corruption charges in court allegations he denies. it was days are over he has been our prime minister for 15 years that's it we need something new a different prime minister 7 chevy because sure i think baby will be reelected because there's no one more promising although i want to believe there is someone else i don't know. for sure a little i want the same prime minister to stay because he's good for everyone around you people are living thanks to the prime minister people in our life bibi

netanyahu. opinion polls suggest that netanyahu is he could remain this strongest party what's less clear is who can build a coalition one still votes are counted. the ministration of u.s. president joe biden is facing a growing crisis along the country's southern border fast rising numbers of latin american migrants among them many unaccompanied children are trying to enter the u.s. from mexico as despite the administration's warnings not to make the journey when he entered office biden reversed many of his predecessor donald trump's hardline border policies w.'s carlina chinmoy visited the area and spoke with a protestant minister helping people in need. pastor abraham barberry lives in the united states but drives regularly to his church on the mexican side he's an unconventional priest he migrated to houston over 3 decades ago with his mother and

. after a difficult past and a direct scene he started a new life and became a baptist minister he's now one of the few people on the mexican side. who shelters as many immigrants as possible and his church it's here on the mexican side where people arrive from a long and a very dangerous journey they're waiting to apply for political asylum in the united states many of them don't know how long they're going to wait to. hear that. currently there are 74 immigrants from central america mexico and cuba sheltered here many of them are also from chiapas a region in mexico known for drug trafficking and rick criminal activity against indigenous people is very high. and chip was nice it's not safe and she had pass not for my kids this is why we're asking for political asylum because we know that

kids are safer there saw the most good in months but that soon with. my goal is to arrive in the u.s. and be granted political asylum to have freedom and peace for me and my kids and i trust the president biden is going to help us. in those by you know that presser abraham's mission is to help something he has been doing for years with his unconventional wrapper church by a tempting to attract young people from the area to his congregation but some weeks ago he notice he has to do something to help the immigrants on the streets of my thumb or us but i was never. really noticed there were so many people they didn't know where to go. we're going to help them. when people ask me if i think they're going to make it over to the u.s. or tell them the truth on the on the one hand that you know you're i don't think so if you want to bust i'm going to be your lady your lover like you are not. however

having a skate from repression in cuba or live threats by the drug mafia in onboard as they are convinced anything else is better so they wait and keep hoping. it watching g.w. news from berlin i'm terry martin thanks for being with us.

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