make up your own mind. w. . made for minds. could it be free if last efforts to move a stranded container ship blocking the suez canal make progress. mannish partially reclaimed the 400 meter. raising hopes that the busy waterway will soon reopen also coming up world leaders to the bloodshed in the united

nations accuses the regime committing mass murder after more than 100 people were killed in protests over the weekend. germany's chancellor warns that existing restrictions may be toughened up. if the 16 regional states do not. she may have to intervene stricter measures such as curfews could be on the table. the season starts with. as world champion lewis hamilton and young challenger max. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us a massive container ship has been just launched from the banks of the suez canal after a massive effort to free the owner of the ever give it is the 400 metre long bessel

has been straight but it is not yet fully afloat it became wedged in the canal a week ago amid high. when excavator been digging out the side of the canal well as many as 11 tugboat been pulling it back into position the incident has blocked traffic in the waterway leaving it leaving hundreds of cargo ships waiting in line . or for the very latest we've got kris kobach here with us from the d.w. business good morning from one of them why has it taken nearly a week to get this vessel how for a disloyal looking at 3 factors here 1st the ship is extremely heavy 2nd one is apparently the force with which the ever given has run aground was was quite strong and the 3rd one it is american l. so you don't have really much room to maneuver that said overnight we know that several drivers have told a vacuum vacuum 827000 cubic metres of mud and sand as you said it took more than

10 tug boats to at least partially straighten out the ever given and it took the moon because the moon actually over the weekend a full moon brought the spring tide which was also helped along there however the challenges remain you said the still not freed as it's they have dislodged yet of the ship and the high tide that has been helpful is receding this week so the clock is ticking we do early into the suez canal is is part of the one of the busiest trade routes in the whole world what's the extent of the damage chris to world trade well as experts have been saying that the damage is worth about $10000000000.00 per day that will trade 10000000000 a day and here's another figure for you because of the ever given blocking the can now according to the canal authority around 370 ships on both sides need side of

the canal waiting for for passage it is impossible to say what the end of those you know individual cargo on each ship. so that could be anything from video games to the toilet paper so it shows you how frail some of the trade links are and in this situation and obviously this accident has been a nightmare to egypt as well the stated can now 40 losing about $13000000.00 each day in fees of ships not being able to pass so that office chair i ordered from my home office that's probably built in china might take a while longer still to go to the world commerce in peril because of a ship blocking a canal could this happen again it sounds like an almost refreshing really simple problem the ship just blocking a canal and. it is the size of the ships that is part of the problem here. nowadays these giant freighters are 4 times the size that they have been 25 years ago the

ever given weighs 220000 tons not that might not tell you much but it is the length of the height of the empire state building it is essential to have to call it all yeah some call it too big to sail these kind of kind of ships and as they keep growing yes the danger of that happening again persists chris thank you very much chris cobra from t w business now to myanmar an international condemnation is growing of saturday's military crackdown there in which more than 100 civilians were killed including children u.s. president joe biden the european union and the united nations have all expressed anger over the violence calling it outrageous unacceptable and mass murder it was the country's bloodiest day since the army seized power on february 1st. a funeral for a 13 year old boy sajjan was killed when security forces in yangon opened fire the

neighbors say there were no protests in the area this just one of many funerals held the day after the armed forces day massacre when the streets of myanmar cities were stained and blood. his mother calls out to her son now gone forever can't you hear me she cries. even though it's now clear to everyone what protesting in myanmar means people return to the streets the day after the bloodbath determined to press their demands for return to democracy there's no sign the military is changing tactics either and no hint they're backing down from their threat to shoot protesters in the head no one is safe and in you know a humiliating a dangerous situation with you then beijing and the killing spree is going on

against a city. there are fears that the situation could escalate further protestors are picking up weapons which are improvised but with the hunt to using more and more force there's concern that the civil disobedience movement may no longer remain nonviolent. 'd wasn't its reporter i'm in touch has been covering events in myanmar for us and joins us now from neighboring thailand i'm in touch you fled be a large just a few days ago are you surprised at the scale of saturday's bloodshed. no impact i was trying to arrange mind leaving date so that i would be out of the country before march 27th which is then what are they armed forces day it's also known as was this than stay and you know it. wasn't sure what would happen on march 27th but i knew something would happen what about was the civil disobedience

movement declaring that there would be a federal army something bad that they have been talking about for a few days over a week at this point. the fact that our organizations banding together or the military doing an extended extra harsh crackdown on a day that they normally celebrates their role in the country so to some degree people could see this coming you know you've been reporting on the coup and its aftermath also for oss what made you leave the country so it was a number of different factors one of which was simply that a number of my close friends as well as family it's members as well as people i've been working with who are part of the civil disobedience movement were getting arrested and it seemed to me that it was only a matter of time before i was also arrested and you know we've seen journalists now getting shot there's been 2 journalists who have been shot while out doing their work and you know we 50 journalists who have already been arrested

a number of journalists who have been charged with insights addition to her mission things like that as well journalists who have been subject to night raids and taken from their homes in the middle of the night and i felt that if i was in jail i would you know by definition a longer view of doing the work i do sure how difficult was it for you to leave the country. it was much more nerve wracking than it was difficult you know there's quite a lot of paperwork that needs to be done. pandemic definitely complicates things in normal times you know it's not that difficult for people to cross over into thailand into neighboring countries especially from your own national so. it's sort of privilege passport status and i see em but because of cope it adds an extra level of not only paperwork and toughening up which quite you could end up

a government run facility but a lot of costs i mean ton thank you very much for talking with us that was reporter i'm in time talking to us from thailand thank you for having me. sketch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today authorities in mozambique say dozens of people have been killed in a rebel siege of the coastal town of palma energy companies including france's toto are developing a multi-billion dollar gas project their boats have been ferrying survivors of the attack to safety for so. at least 20 people have been injured in a suicide bombing outside a catholic cathedral in indonesia 2 attackers died in the blast the wounded were attending mass to mark the start of easter police say the bombers have links to the so-called islamic state. of german chancellor angela

merkel says regional leaders need to put an end to the chaos plaguing germany's fight against the coronavirus crisis in a virtual summit last week leaders from both state and federal governments here failed to agree on decisive measures merkel says she'll be forced to take drastic action if the states don't reverse recent relaxations which have seen case numbers rise sharply. german chancellor angela merkel on wednesday had the awkward task of walking back a government's newly minted pandemic god lines for the easter break this unexpected u. turn prompted confusion added to criticism of her handling of the current a greater risk crisis that's put all the 2 piece i deeply regret this and would like to apologize to all german citizens on sunday medical appeared on one of the country's most popular talk shows to make her case directly to the german people she said germany needs a turning point and criticize federal state leaders that haven't yet grasp the gravity of the situation. when the state leaders conference convenes again which is

why i'm not for holding an early conference it has to be clear that we have to achieve a consensus. merkel says many federal states are being too lax the small state of zoolander experimented with easing restrictions and the leader of germany's most populous state north rhine-westphalia has a very lax interpretation of the corona god lines. the distribution of roles and that's what i meant by turning point it's no good because we've all got the same goal i'm convinced of this and that is to guide the country through this pandemic. currently hundreds if not thousands of german vacationers are taking their easter break in majorca while at home infections continue to rise german health experts are demanding decisive action. because here is the till now only curfews of effectively stem the spread of the b one month 7 variant in portugal ireland and england i think we also need to take this approach with allchin speaking as

a doctor the new data shows that infections are increasing so fast that rates of $100000.00 which are experts predicted seem all too realistic this should be a warning to us to quickly implement safety measures. medical shares this view and says stricter laws could be necessary possibly including obligatory tests for companies she also floated the idea that germany's lawmakers might pass new legislation faster than the conference of state leaders. one possibility would be to revisit the infection protection laws to make changes on a case by case basis we're bound by law to curb the spread and currently that's not happening. is the. this remains the case now as it did a week ago. else motor sports and formula one fans were treated to a thrilling season opener in bahrain but there was no surprise over the winter

defending champion lewis hamilton came out on top a great start for the mercedes driver as he looks for his record breaking 8 world title. lewis hamilton started formula one season opener playing 2nd fiddle to pole sitter much for stop and put the pair to turns but calling the choosing in bahrain . hamilton's team mate call to report to us was also in the mix until $131.00 when a disastrous pit stop put him out of the running the finn had to be content with the bonus point for fastest lap. was bought us go on a jewel in the desert was on between hamilton and fished up and. the dutchman went in front with just 3 laps to go. but the street outside truck limits in doing so and had to return the lead to the briton. hamilton held on to squeak home by 7 tenths of a 2nd and he sounded like

a relieved man. pushed up and made a swift exit stage left but it looks like hamilton will face a stiff challenge this year from red pools precocious dutchman. you're watching d.w. news coming up next world story. islamist terror on the indian ocean i'm terry martin thanks. we've got some hot tips for your bucket list. corner. for some. and some great cultural memorials to boot.

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