this is the deadly news live from perth did a u. lead is divided on how to speed up a sluggish vaccination rollout the french president backs export controls at a virtual summit he wants to keep vaccines produced in the e.u. for its citizens office want to get so-called vaccine protection all this also coming up experts say it could take weeks to break flood a huge cargo ship that ran aground in the suicide canal it's one of the world's most important shipping lines and hundreds of other vessels awaiting to pass through. president biden promises to tackle a worsening situation at the us mexico border thousands are camped out in school

the conditions but biden says an increase in arrivals is not his administration's focus. plus a new ballet version of the old land premieres in moscow. it's an inspiration from the novel to play with i did this moscow correspondent was at the pre. american held welcome to the program e.u. leaders met virtually the figure out how to get on top of a 3rd wife of 19 infections but they struggle to overcome differences on how to speed up the vaccine rollout and ensure enough supplies on the about 10 percent of people in the e.u. have had at least one shot a much lower right than countries like the u.k. and u.s.

. he was a much appreciated guest at thursday's virtual meeting of leaders joe biden was the 1st us presidential speak at a european summit since barack obama leaders are relieved that the u.s. history committed itself to the transatlantic partnership we agreed that we have a strong interest in working together to keep global supply chains functioning and to prepare already for the next challenges to come in this pandemic in an area of pandemics the united states is an important and valued partner to the european union. the global race for big scenes was the most important issue at this summit and even thorough the chance to talk about it with joe biden was welcomed by all some also had criticism. when you when we as the european union are the part of the world that is not only supplying

itself but is also exporting to others in export here and that's fine if you start that's in contrast to the united states and the united kingdom now has said that you oppose fixing protectionism but still wanted to make sure that the ears own population gets the much needed charts as soon as possible vaccination rollout has been slow in europe and leaders are frustrated vaccine doses produced in the e.u. do not always stay there that's why stricter rules on e.u. acts perth's could be introduced so this situation justifies as putting in place controls on exports i don't accept us being questioned on our morality. at the same time all eerily disagreed to for the ramp up production facilities within the e.u. . brussels bureau chief alexander phenomenon has been following the e.u. summit and joins me now 5 hours of debate of the vaccines have you ladies made any

progress on how to boost these lagging vaccine supply as. well as expected they agree and stressed once again that there are committed to accelerating production deliveries and deployment of vaccine within the european union but to do so they of course rely on pharmaceutical companies that is why in their joint statement after the summit they once again said that those companies must meet their obligations and that is probably why they did not block the european commission's decision to strict export rules this mechanism is now in place and can be used to block vaccine exports even though not every member state is happy with that but even the german chancellor angela merkel said after meeting that she is against protectionism but it's also important to protect. the citizens of the european

union that's the fight within the fight there's been a huge row between the e.u. and britain of the vaccine exports there's even been talk of the ban you talked a little of we do things stand now is there more trust or more trouble ahead in this in this case. well at least instead of only trading barbs both sides are not to talk talking with each other. had of the summit there they issued a statement saying that they're working to create a win win situation and to expand a big scene supplies for all citizens but of course they still need to come up with a solution to the problem and when you look at the numbers commission president for the lion presented to e.u. leaders they are very telling because according to those numbers 20000000 doses have been exported from the european union to the u.k.

and the european union is saying they have not got anything so you can understand that the situation is still very tense and a solution has to be found otherwise the european union is threatening to block vaccine exports to the u.k. from the tension alexandra where do we stand now here in europe what does this mean for the average european eager to get their job has anything actually changed well i would say that this summit has not changed anything we still have some good news they seem develop a biotech for example has started production at a new plant in germany and astra zeneca and it happened actually yesterday has requested approval for a dutch plant and that could mean that 1st delivers could happen by the end of this month. xander phenomena in brussels thanks so much. i let's take a look now at some of the other developments in the pandemic and india has recorded

its highest number of covenanting infections in 5 months there have been over 59000 cases in the last 24 hours that meanwhile say stopping incoming flights from brazil mexico and chile after rising covenanting cases were reported in those 3 countries the new restrictions come into force on saturday and remain you know authorities have announced that easter celebrations will go ahead despite a surge in coded 19 infections prime minister from greenock kitsu said worship is would be allowed to attend religious services while respecting health and safety rules and his round up of some of the stories making news around the world if you have been prime minister has said that your trail has agreed to withdraw its troops from the ethiopian region of tikrit ahmed said these military would take over the gobbing of the border areas amnesty international has accused era trained troops of committing atrocities in the region. north korea has confirmed reports that it test

fired the need talk of guarded missile according to state media the pair of weapons accurately hit a target 600 kilometers away it's young yanks 1st major publication since u.s. president joe biden took office. a lawyer for russian opposition leader elects on the valmy says his health has deteriorated in prison she says he's now suffering from back in the lake meant he was arrested in january after returning from germany he spent months there being treated for a poisoning that he blames on a criminal. passages on flights to germany will likely have to produce a negative coded 19 test before being allowed on board as the country struggles to contain a 3rd wave of the corona virus a move which is still to be approved by chancellor angela merkel's cabinet follows concerns after german tourist rushed to book flights to the spanish island of mallorca before the easter holidays currently on the passengers entering from busy night at high risk areas are required to show proof of

a negative taste upon arrival. ok let's cross over to our chief political correspondent well in the crime now melinda there's a lot of confusion after chancellor merkel's pull back from a hard lockdown. was she able to give clarity this time. not exactly we do now have this decision about testing being required for travelers this is in the context that infection numbers here are rising dramatically and there has been a lot of concern about travel because many germans booked flights to majorca and other destinations as well over easter so what we are seeing now is a tightening of rules for travelers and we may see further restrictions imposed later today germany center for disease control will be holding a press conference in a couple of hours and is expected to announce that quarantined restrictions will be

put into place for people returning from particularly high risk areas for example including france so that would be one measure that has been taken but beyond that what we heard the chancellor say yesterday was basically that testing is the bridge that germany would have to go over until it has enough vaccine and then essentially hand responsibility back to the federal states and in this apparently saying look the federal government can't do everything and nothing is stopping the local cities and states from coming up with intensive testing strategies for people who want to shop in the inner city for schools for workplaces and try it out and we will support you to the group degree that we can from the federal government and she also called on germans to stop essentially seeing the glass as half full as half

empty but rather have full saying that one shouldn't always be critical one should look at the side we can hear her now. that it matters whether the glass is half full or half empty and if we only see the glass as half empty then we will never build up the creative stretch. to get our country out of this crisis and i say that the vaccines give us an opportunity what about it will take some months but we can see the light at the end of the tunnel and we will beat this virus and i'm sure that we can do this and that is why we have to collect our strength and look forward with optimism even if the situation is difficult at the moment so the chancellor calls upon germans to look forward with optimism that is a big ask at the moment do you think well in the biz much optimism left in the country no there's not people who are confused we've seen the government put into place plans and rules and take them back as this week after

announcing a hard lockdown over easter suddenly that's not going to happen but no clarity as to what is going to happen and the idea that now cities and states are on their own and should impose comprehensive testing strategy sounds good but frankly for people in places like earl in there's no evidence of such. competence being put into clase and people are losing trust in the government we see that in coal numbers when we look at the political parties including the chancellor's own party there's simply a sense that we are in a ship without a rudder and the light at the end of the tunnel of course would be vaccination but frankly fact seen is still in very short supply in this country so yes people are discouraged and confused they doubly chief political correspondent melinda crane many things. well at the start of the

pandemic germany was held up as a role model for acting swiftly to can tie in the virus on a year on and things couldn't look more different citizens are frustrated by a slow vaccine rollout political wrangling of a coronavirus regulations and a seemingly never ending walk down we found out how one family here in berlin is covering. the bergdorf family in berlin a year after the coronavirus pandemic began everyone is at home everyone is busy at their computer well almost everyone leandra was struggling with his mouth homework the 14 year old spends up to 9 hours a day at his laptop 1st for his lessons then for homework sometimes leandro has to force himself to keep up with his tasks. look at what. you just get sad you don't have any energy. you almost get a little depressed that's a heavy duty word depressed but it's true. just don't feel like doing anything

anymore and. his mother paula also spends her days homeschooling she's a teacher and looks forward to the day when she can finally teach inside the school again 1000 back summations could make that happen. then i got a message from my school yesterday that invitations for all teachers to get vaccinations are in the mail. that's very good news. and now i know i will have a vaccination appointment. that i mean germany's vaccination rollout is taking a long time so far only 10 percent of the population has been vaccinated the 1st to get the job were people over 80 and staff in hospitals and nursing homes paula bergdorf isn't allowed to just go stand in line at the vaccination center without an invitation right now she's looking forward to having rapid testing introduced at

her workplace self tests that people take at home will make the school a little safer but in germany these are still not available everywhere pollo worries about losing connection to her students. one is a mix you don't hear anything from them not a no don't feel like it or yes just sign. and then of course you wonder where are they wealthy. the father of the family mark has set up his home office in their bedroom he'd rather work here than take the bus and subway to work during a pandemic he considers that too risky in a europe wide comparison germany only comes in as average when it comes to working at home instead of remaining at the workplace less than 40 percent of german employees work from home mark is finding it quite a challenge to work in this environment. dodgeball for me it's hard for me to combine my working world and the atmosphere that normally surrounds me with working

at home with my child my dog my wife it's quite challenging at times but it's motorsport is exam. mark is trying to imagine what the future will be like after the pandemic is over he's in charge of a start up that's developing ideas for a new kind of tourism after coke at 19 all in all the bergdorf are very grateful that they've made it through the pandemic healthy so far. away experts are now saying it could take weeks to dislodge a huge container ship that has choked traffic in a gypsy was can al more than 150 ships are waiting to get into one of the most important shipping routes a prolonged suspension of traffic in the sewers will almost certainly impact global trade as well which has already been hit hard by the pandemic. over $150.00 ships are now stuck on both sides of the point on the suez canal where the ever given is wedged between its eastern and western banks the ship's owner says a 50 kilometer an hour gust of wind turned it sideways to straddle the entire canal

from bad to stern the $200000.00 ton vessel has run firmly aground tugboats try to haul it free but it sort containers may have to be offloaded to lighten it. realistically there's no quick quick fix here if the ship can be can be freed up and moved moved around we can then get good good flowing again the only real long realistic long term solution if this does turn to be something long term really is to go around the cape and again that's going to add significant delay to the to the good flowing but the sound of steam has rushed to egypt and this currently sizing up the problem it's experts say refloating the ship could take quote days to weeks . but each passing day piles on the pressure for the global shipping industry already struggling with the coronavirus pandemic a hick up like this that if that. ever was already scrambling to get back to normal

and there has been quite strong demand. and yeah and i wanted to know what the lay on top of everything else and. just how important and how the whole system is. current conditions are not favorable low tide will most certainly complicate efforts to free the ship used to those others stuck in the world's longest maritime traffic jam. joe biden has given his 1st news conference as u.s. president he announced he was doubling his administration's coronavirus vaccination goal for his 1st $100.00 days and warned north korea they would be consequences if it further escalates tension he also defended his administration's handling of a surge in people looking to migrate to the u.s. from mexico and said it was not due to his administration's policies cyclists it happens every single solitary year there is

a significant increase in number of people coming to the border in the winter months of your new word for a brewery march happens every year dition and that there is and nobody and by the way does anybody suggest that the result 31 percent increase under trump because it was a nice guy and he was doing good things at the border that's not the reason they're coming. on meanwhile is saying your bod and ministration official has said that the government plans to crack down on smuggling and trafficking organizations thousands of people remain camped out at the border hoping for a chance at a new stop in life in the us. for few and not as has lived in tijuana near the u.s. border for more than 20 years and you even higher wall was being built here by the last u.s. administration but was never completed and opening there has been attracting people who want to cross over seas the bus now even more people are coming many are from

100 s. but the mala mexico they're coming from lots of countries. it's early morning heavy fog impedes the surveillance cameras phone porfirio notices that a small group is approaching. they've gone along the wall but will they then take the final step. migrant pressure on the u.s. mexican border has noticeably increased in the past month a rumor has been circulating that american president joe biden will open up the border for migrants many want to take advantage of that. but the border hasn't opened nevertheless to spar from one douras didn't want to wait any longer since president biden did announce that whoever asks for asylum in the u.s. can remain in the country until their application has been decided on that's why he jumped the wall. it was my best chance to get asylum in the u.s.

but they told me no too many people are already in the camps and. now he's stuck in mexico and struggles just to eat what he gets are from donations because the mexican government doesn't provide. gladys and her 3 children just crossed the border yesterday but they too were sent back they told me that they can't help me but that i could leave the children there but i won't let them separate me from my children. like almost everyone else here she also talks about the violence extortion and death threats in her homeland gladder shows a letter she received. it and we this is no game have the protection money ready you've been warned no police don't be stupid or your daughters will pay for it. which nightwish cared and fled. people flee because of crime but often enough land in the hands of criminals who take advantage of people's distress explains gloria

who sometimes works for people smugglers because. they have to pay a lot and they get poor service you get lured into it with the american dream in some cases they only bring you to the airport here and tell you that that is the border people then jump the fence and think they're in the usa but they're not you . know back at the real border that small group has indeed crossed over in an area with additional dangers like snakes and scorpions and then there's the border police. thinks they'll probably all be back soon in mexico both had their poor devils they must have suffered. in just a few minutes later another group is about to make a run for it they 1st hide in the bushes while another group still quickly runs down the hill and crosses the border not knowing what or who lies ahead. the sport and germany have got their world cup qualifying on the way with a convincing 3 nil win against aslant a guy who went ahead after you want to hoffman tested positive for the coronavirus

putting him and another player in quarantine sammy wasted no time taking the lately on greats go open the scoring in the 3rd minute and then call habits at another just 4 minutes later and in the 2nd half. right at 3 no this was germany's 1st match off the cut you're going to announce to be leaving after this he's your us. well orlando by virginia woolf is a fantastical pace of literature that sees the hero's journey between 3 centuries and 2 genders now german choreographer christian spoke has reimagined the pace for the bolshoi ballet it's expected or make wives and then a conservative russian society that's not known for its tolerance of. community imaginative staging also russell some famous. her royal highness queen elizabeth the 1st played by a man but this is no campy drag queen playing for laughs in a nightclub this cross-dressing portrayal is serious and dignified it's part of

german choreographer customs books production of virginia woolf's novel orlando book plays around with gender identities and questions the established male and female roles in a playful manner but he's doing it in a country known for its traditional even conservative values is that a deliberate provocation. versus kind of it's not a provocation at least that's not my intention rather we take a very poetic approach to having a man play a clean or that the orlando role is danced by a woman. and of how times the novel tells the story of the magical transformation of orlando a young nobleman into a woman book has cast that role with a woman who dances with such lightness and elegance that changing genders seems like the easiest thing on earth the character also lives to be more than 350 years old without aging the role of 1st an opportunity to delve into a rich for

a variety of expressive characterizations the story has a decidedly dreamlike quality. than that a month i didn't understand the strange novel by virginia woolf right away there was a long process of finding our way in the material the choreographer wanted me to stay natural and remember that i'm a woman even when playing a man i kept that in mind despite the. salinger's and those challenges weren't just inside the theatre russia is in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and has the 4th highest number of covert 1000 infections in the world the capital moscow has the highest number of deaths from covert 1000 in the country yet nearly all restrictions have been lifted bars clubs and restaurants are open as are theaters. and we set out to see a month and i got sick during my 3rd week here and had to self isolate for 3 weeks in my hotel room. but now i'm immune disease at 4 o'clock it's a strange picture for those of us from europe for but it's the decision of this

country to open things up so i've made my own decision to continue keeping my distance from the team here and being cautious about fly on 4 cities. by hiring spoke currently the director of the zurich ballet the bolshoi ballet has been able to mount an international production despite the pandemic for his part the renowned choreographer has enjoyed taking advantage of the bolshoi as an elite training ground for classical ballet. my language comes out of classical ballet so i respect the tradition of the bolshoi on all levels i mean huge admirer of this company and of this house. what i know is a story about space and time and that appreciating the here and now is especially important that's a valuable message for these uncertain pandemic times. it watching datable the news live from the more world news at the top of the hour coming up next though is to the point on joe biden's confrontation of russia and china i think you can also

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