this is news coming to you live from berlin japan says north korea has fired 2 ballistic missiles into the sea the 1st such test since u.s. president joe biden took office japan says the launches threaten security in the region. the new u.s. administration's 1st dialogue also coming up germany's chancellor under pressure after reversing plans for a strict easter. will be back in front of lawmakers today after apologizing to the german people for what she called a mistake. plus an unprecedented italian specters on cover almost

$30000000.00 doses of corona virus vaccine in the astra zeneca factory the company insists it was not hiding the shells. oh i'm terry martin good to have you with us north korea has lots to ballistic missiles according to south korea and japan it's believed the 2 short range missiles flew 450 kilometers before landing in the sea and almost say the country has a history of testing new u.s. administrations with missile launches and other provocations to force the americans back to the negotiating table. well for more we're joined now by josh smith a reuters correspondent based in seoul good to see you just tell us what are we to

make of these missile launches are they a message to the new u.s. administration or something else when north korea conducts these kinds of tests for multiple reasons not least because it provides them a good practical experience for improving their weapons and also giving training to their troops but it's impossible not to see this and context of the new administration and the review that the biden ministration is conducting right now it also comes as you mentioned after north korea had rebuffed by ministrations attempts to reach out to them so in many ways this underscores what we heard from north korea in a statement last week which was that it's not interested in speaking to the united states but that it does come back to the negotiating table it wants to do so on its own terms when course these missile launches raise alarm bells in the region what can you tell us about how south koreans are responding to this. so fischel

is here voiced concern they convened emergency meetings at national security council and said that they were working closely with u.s. intelligence services and other allies to address this at the same time the moon administration here has been very eager to try to restart. north korea so while they're likely to continue to voice is concerned they in other ways may downplay this in an effort to try to get those talks going again and what are the prospects for getting those talks going again now that we have a new administration in washington. well as you saw during years under the trumpet ministration not career time to die i'm going to fire for fury in 2 major summits which trumps so difficult to predict but at the moment many analysts don't expect north korea to return to talks quickly not least because they seem quite focused on issues that hold including economic problems that kind of fighting

the ongoing virus problem just thank you so much for filling us in that was correspondent josh smith from the reuters news agency in seoul. now german chancellor angela merkel will face the scrutiny of parliamentarians on thursday a day after she made in the brought to u.-turn in planned coronavirus measures medical and regional leaders have agreed on a strict nationwide shutdown over easter but that has now been canceled the chancellor said the hastily drawn up plans were impractical and that she had made a mistake she offered an unreserved apology the idea of this take ether look down had many here in germany up in arms and the chance. to measure was a mistake in an extraordinary address to people. of the need to shut down was proposed is the best of intentions because we urgently need to slow

down and we've pressed the way that the pandemic again never that's not a day's proposal was a mistake and and feeding a mistake must be acknowledged by folks and a. record to soon as possible. would not the same time i am well aware that the sentai a situation is causing. i deeply regret these and i ask all citizens to give me. they said a rollback of the measure added fuel to the fire especially for opposition parties at the parliament. the scholar suspects the kaos whose paraphrase yesterday goes like this today's slide starts nobody knows what the roots are anymore. of a failure from the chance of though she takes responsibility that nobody really knows what the submission. of the chancellor's decision they served respects

however it also means a deepening crisis trust when it comes to the fight against the pandemic if the government has failed in its way to fight just hand them a call and now we need caution and common sense to be able to overcome the 3rd way . they teach and aren't the only ones being left with more questions than answers germans are increasingly the why is that by the government's handling of the crisis . how can it be that people who have means can fly to new york but nobody's allowed to travel to who can island where their perspective all measures to curb infections and. death and i. just clarity so people get so clear deadlines is a clear schedule on how to go forward with definitions but i'm not really impressed that they've changed the rules and in fact we had wanted to travel but

unfortunately now we must stay at home. and it's good on the one side but i don't think it's enough. it is the 1st time that the chancellor has admitted so openly that there was a glitch in her decision making that's why some see to move as laudable others see that as part of the chairman's government's hit and miss approach to the pandemic. spring in our political correspondent thomas sparrow so told us the chancellor 1st announced a nationwide shutdown over easter then she withdrew it why the u. turn. she specifically stressed terry that it was difficult to implement very short notice but at the same time she mentioned yesterday in a t.v. interview with german public news that basically she was receiving criticism from all sides she stressed that the only people who had actually supported her decision to impose that easter lockdown were intensive care unit doctors so that gives you

an idea of just how much criticism the government was receiving because of that east lockdown her reversal it's important to stress is very remarkable it's being described here is unprecedented i'm going to call the crisis manager did not apologize during the financial crisis she did not apologize during the refugee crisis and she hadn't apologize or admitted mistakes during the coronavirus crisis so this gives you an idea terry of just how important this statement is buying that merkel and although some have supported the chancellor stressing that it is important to acknowledge mistakes publicly others have stressed that this is something that ultimately shows that i'm going to merkel's power as german chancellor is waning. as we saw in the report there are people in germany or very frustrated with the government's handling of the pandemic what's going role. this is important because if you ask abroad many will still remember that germany was actually lauded for the way it handled the 1st wave of the pandemic with its

contacts tracing with its track and trace policy with slow number of deaths comparatively but the 2nd wave on the 3rd wave hitting germany very badly and it's also they're also showing some of germany's cracks for example when it comes to excessive bureaucracy that is hampering the vaccination rollout where were you when you talk about the federal system the division of powers between federal and regional which was very good for the 1st wave of the pandemic but is now simply revealing just how politicians the big during over local regional and federal of priorities depending on each politician's priority and then you obviously have the idea that here in germany you have elections coming up in 6 months and that is also one of the reasons why this has turned into something so controversial we will actually be hearing from angela merkel in just a couple of hours when she gives a speech at the german parliament and it will be very interesting to see how she approaches once again her coronavirus policy management in these last few months

dollars thank you very much those are political correspondent tony sparrow. and we'll be bringing you the chancellor's speech to tell us mentioned there too and just a couple of hours time well in that speech miracle will also address plans for a virtual e.u. summit beginning later today leaders will grapple with how to contain the 3rd wave of the coronavirus sweeping across europe and whether to start blocking exports of the astra zeneca vaccine to the u.k. the drug maker has failed to meet its new delivery targets but it now says millions of doses filed by inspectors in italy are destined for the block and for donation to poorer countries. there was great excitement when italian authorities found 29000000 doses of vaccine in this astra zeneca bottling plant near rome italian press had reported they were destined for the u.k. . astra zeneca has so far failed to meet its either delivery targets according to

the european commission and delivery of 120000000 doses was originally a grade for the 1st quarter of 2020 passed after huge shortages the number was reduced to 30000000 by mid march only 21000000 vaccines had been to live it it's not clear exactly where the truth slice astra zeneca states that 13000000 of the taxes were intended for export to low income countries and 16000000 to the e.u. the company also said it was incorrect to cool with a stockpile because the vaccine doses needed to wait for quality control once the vials had been felled. and the ongoing right now of a vaccine distribution in the e.u. the e.u. commission maintains the block is being disadvantaged some $10000000.00 is being exported from the u. k. from e.u. to u.k. 0 dollars it's going to be an exporters from the ok to be and that's why e.u. only wants to allow exports to a 3rd country

a fact country also supplies vaccines to the e.u. heads of state and government will decide on this proposal at thursday's summit. sketch up on some other stories making news around the world today a funeral has been held for the youngest victims so far of security forces in myanmar these 7 year old girl was sitting on her father's knee when police shot her and he authorities have released hundreds of detainees as opposition grows to last month's military coup. the u.s. senate has voted to approve president joe biden's choice of rachel of bind to become assistant u.s. health secretary she's the 1st openly transgender person to be confirmed by the chamber spite strong opposition from republicans the ban was confirmed on a vote of 52 to 48 and in the u.s. city of boulder colorado a candle lit vigil was held for the 10 people killed on monday when a gunman opened fire at a supermarket the 21 year old suspect will make his 1st court appearance on

thursday he faces 10 counts of murder and an attempted attempted murder charge. so i can see yours have been flocking to a spectacular volcanic eruption in iceland lava has been flowing since the melt and 1st started spewing potter a week ago but hikers trying for the perfect selfie you are being warned not to get too close. to love above all spirits and paws out of the crater of this. it began erupting here in iceland breaking his plane into a last friday the 1st time in around 900 years. so perhaps it's no surprise that thousands of people have been flocking here to witness this rare event. trying to get as close as they dare.

for that perfect picture. i mean. we are just so close to the right to see. haven't seen anything really. high kids getting hungry some of these the lava as a giant grill but this does come with a warning. 2 days ago the guy that tried to cook eggs and bacon on the. love made. to stay away from it. there have also been warnings of a comic. before the eruption there were more than 50000 lakes here in just 3 weeks. they were caused by a large body of molten rock known as magma which has pushed its way to the surface . it's unclear for how much longer this volcano will continue to erupt for now the icelanders are enjoying its hypnotic display and.

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