here in germany as a constant back and forth course of coded pandemic management so we have the minister presidents of the federal government meeting at regular intervals and then issuing pronouncements and then often a couple of weeks later appearing to take back those pronouncements or to modify them or different federal states disagreeing with one another about how to proceed and in fact the german constitution vests primary health policy responsibility in the federal states but the fact is that there's been a lot of tussling between them and the federal government about whether to tighten the restrictions loosen restrictions and many citizens have the sense that leadership is missing and therefore that is why the president issued what is a pretty clear warning or even a scolding to politicians coupled with concert about as you said

a crisis of trust we have another short clip from these prerecorded remarks let's have a quick listen. although we must all pull together my fellow germans we must give it everything we've got there's no use merely being outraged about others or about our leaders rather than constantly pointing out what doesn't work we should point out that things do work when everyone does their bit that is what i'm talking about when i talk about trust because ultimately trusting in a democracy means nothing other than trusting in ourselves. all right melinda you said just before it's clear that it's time meyer is addressing at least partly german politicians in this clip we just heard he's talking a lot about trust and also urging germans not just to focus on what's going wrong with the pandemic response what is his underlying message here and who is the

target of that. well it's essentially targeted at both german citizens but also at german politics sensually saying look easter is a time for hope and there is every reason to be hopeful the vaccine roll out is now gathering speed many people will have the opportunity to be that sedated but essentially he's saying for them to avail themselves of that opportunity they need to trust trust in the vaccines trust in the judgment of political leaders and therefore he's essentially melding these 2 hope. trust and it's crucial to know the german president doesn't set policy himself piece essentially the moral compass of the nation and that's why he's speaking to these overriding themes hope and trust the chief political analyst melinda crane thank you so much. and staying in

germany thousands of coronavirus skeptics are rallying against the lockdown restrictions supporters of the so-called lateral thinkers movement are marching in the southern city of to guard participants range from anti vax servers to elements from the far right violence has flared at similar gatherings in several german cities in the past many of those marching in stuttgart today are ignoring social distancing rules. t w political correspondent benjamin of ours group is standing by at those protests and should guard and he joins us now for the latest so benjamin what is the situation like right now where you are. there are several speakers this is the main protest of many that are taking place in the city today city officials and police all in horror as several similar protests in other

countries have turned violent it's important to talk about this movement about the good thing about this is that real thinking movement they say there are peaceful protests but the office for the protection of the constitution of the federal state of where we are right now if you place them under surveillance is they say that this movement has been also has a lot of people belonging to the far right extremist group of covert 19 deniers and also about anti vaccinator activists there are a lot of people we heard several speakers the still speaking right now one of them called on leading politicians and scientists to put on trial after the pandemic and there was also a little boy singing under applause then he also already was in berlin to take his mask off police is on high alert and specially now in the 3rd way and after the city of earlier this week had to pull the so-called emergency break after the 7 day incidents rose above 100. benjamin i think it is important to mention to our

viewers that most people in germany do support the coronavirus restrictions at the same time however a recent poll has shown that many people the vast majority are very frustrated with the handling of the crisis by the government what are government leaders doing to address this frustration that many people in germany do feel. that's right we saw that at the results of the latest thoughts on 20 of the opinion poll that 4 out of 5 germans are not satisfied with the way that the german government is handling this pandemic something that shifted in december still a majority of germans approve of the handling of the government of the pandemic the change in january and that's a negative trend that has been increased to the point right now we heard chancellor angela merkel a few days ago saying that due to the new mutations this 3rd wave of the pandemic can be called a new pandemic as well also with the remarks of the german president asking for

more sympathy and trying also to connect to the people there benjamin do you get a sense the these words by america by the german president from walter's time are will that get through to people like those at today's rally instead guard. that's difficult because if we listen to the speech of german president front i just and my he said we must trust in one another and look out for one another and the people here are not following this call that 19 goals almost none of them is wearing a mask so police officers and we journalists are almost the only ones were in the mass in looking for this social distancing so will be quite difficult not only for the german president but also for other politicians to try to reach the people here that say that the effects of the lockdown are far worse than the effect that this virus this is pandemic could have in germany and to finish this is important to note that a lot of them don't even believe that there is

a pandemic they said this is a virus and they demand an immediate lifting of the restriction as they call them a violation of the basic human rights. benjamin elvira's gruber reporting for us from his car thanks so much we appreciate it. all right let's turn our attention now to some of the other stories making the news this hour italy has launched a 3 day. nation wide lockdown all regions are now classified as red zones with nearly all shops closed and restaurants open only for takeaway orders around $70000.00 police are being deployed to enforce the stricter measures police in washington d.c. are paying tribute to an officer who was killed at the u.s. capitol a man rammed his car into 2 police officers and lunged at them with a knife before he was shot dead but authorities say there is no apparently to terrorism. women's rights protesters have converged on parliament square in london

to call for improved safety and to condemn sexual aggression against women a month ago 33 year old sarah ever ard was kidnapped and murdered a police officer has been charged. to taiwan now where a court has allowed the release on bail of the construction manager allegedly responsible for friday's deadly train crash at least 51 people were killed and more than 140 injured when a train smashed into a construction truck that had slid onto the tracks this happened at the start of taiwan's 4 day tombs sweeping holiday which is when families often return to their hometowns. the start of a long recovery process cranes have now cleared to reroute carriages from friday's crash site but it will take about a week to clear 6 others still mangled inside the tunnel where rescuers expect to

find more bodies. the front 1st carriage had the most serious injuries and greatest number of deaths. the carriage was open and bodies one piled on top of each other. the train was packed with nearly $500.00 people many of whom were crammed into the aisles without a seat just as it entered a tunnel the train slammed into a truck tearing the front carriages apart authorities allege the truck slid onto the tracks from a nearby construction site after the break was not engaged prosecutors sold to detain the construction site manager who was later released on bail meanwhile taiwan's president visited dozens of survivors being treated in hospital. we heard the sound of a collision as we heard the collision over passengers on the train with turned upside down. relatives of the victims visited the crash site on saturday to hold

ceremonies for their loved ones and investigation into the catastrophe is ongoing. to determine soccer now and this weekend's these the most important match of the bundesliga season so far 2nd place lives they host the leaders byron munich the defending champions a win for life would put them within a point of the top spot and life its chances have been bolstered by an injury that will keep biron star striker out of action. when a club has to leave this kind of challenge. this kind of scoring power. is robert levin dusky on the sidelines. answer in the stands it's going to hurt the guy was on track this season to actually break a 49 year old boy in this league a goal scoring record. then playing for his home country poland he suffered

a knee injury expected to put him out for a month so how can byron beat the club nipping at their heels leipzig without their wonder score is he pushed by shifting to get you riled up about this because i don't have anything. maybe we distribute the team a bit we do have other players who can play at this position so we approach this in a positive way it's now yeah it's a challenge for us but we'll face that. there's much to face in leipsic at leipsic stadium it is one bundesliga club that doesn't fear the defending champs in december they played byron 2 or $33.00 drugs at byron with 11 dusky so player and coach and confidence is their. coach yulian now goes in and says byron is obviously better with their top scorer but leipzig his game plan won't suddenly change. over the course of the bonus legacies and so far as 11 dusky scored almost half of byron's total goal count leipsic have spread the scoring out. in this leavened off the last matchup between the top 2 clubs the 2nd place team on paper have an edge

i. that's the latest on d w news up next the documentary congo millionaires of chaos with a look at the rich people living in one of the world's poorest countries america and stands for me and the entire news team thanks for watching. and for. the language courses. video audio. anytime anywhere. w.b.'s.

kinshasa the capital of the democratic republic of congo with a population of over 14000000 it's the largest french speaking city in the world. the streets are bustling with activity. many people think on multiple jobs to get by. how to garden by night is how serious their farm where among them are courier. street sweepers. maggot sellers. bread sellers and jewelers. each day they count their earnings dreaming of becoming one of the condos super rich. doing by bit everyone in congo dreams of getting rich there's money if you know the way to find it. but large parts of the population live below the poverty line. i bet it's

a fisherman the earns less than one euro and $0.70 per day. just opposite from his poor neighborhood clip some of congo's richest people so solicitude for the seated defeat of the rich live there. they do business deals we catch fish and. the residential complex is for congo's new upper class including the country's millionaires. uninvited guests aren't allowed in. the. past the kind of life most congolese can only dream of all of them i never imagined i'd have multiple cars i just wanted to sing and make a name for myself in kinshasa and in africa. if you want often.

is that the r.c.s. biggest star and he's known internationally he is also a multi-millionaire. i want to. travel the world my ballet follow the law get to. by the by the book by you know all day today. he's just invested more than 600000 euros in a new home and must attend if you live oh if. the doors open go and open them. jimbo poor to see shopping to do more i really like being here especially on sundays i can relax once i always like coming to the river with my family so i decided to put down a few bricks it could get punk you see. those few bricks amount to a california style villa which stands out here in the d r c one of the world's poorest countries in terms of g.d.p. per capita it doesn't have to be that way with its abundant. of mineral resources the d r c could be one of the richest countries in africa. mining is the country's most

important industry many of follies neighbors have made a fortune selling raw materials to a resource hungry world. hollywood likes to relax away from the hustle and bustle of the city center. the congo river is one of the longest in the world. for the local fishermen it's also final to their livelihood. they recognize the singer immediately. if they say they're my brothers i'll give them something to give the 50 bucks i'm going to offer colleague gets one of the marina workers to hand out a few notes. to say this is a lark we called out to him and he gave us $50.00 to share amongst ourselves just

a bit. each fisherman just got the equivalent of about 7 euro is the amount they earn in a whole week. that is all can do a minute into these people have different problems than we do. they even work on sundays. i often give them a little something even if it's just so they can take home a treat for their children. i'm happy to do it. shifted to joy i can think of. is one of about 600 millionaires in the democratic republic of congo. the d r c is the largest country in central africa about 6 times the size of germany. it's home to nearly 100000000 people it's his. story is one of conflict and exploitation. the ongoing violence has resulted in 6000000 deaths in the past

couple of decades. in 1965 mobutu sesay seiko came to power nicknamed the leopard of zaire he ruled for nearly 32 years embezzling the level ends up more than 4000000000 euros during his reign in 1996 civil war broke out. militias supported by neighboring countries and listed thousands of child soldiers as they attempted to seize the country's wealth mobutu died a year later in exile. in 2001 saw joseph kabila step into the political spotlight . during his 18 years in power he amassed an estimated fortune of more than 13000000000 euros. because of its instability the d r c is today regarded as a failed state. we're traveling across the

democratic republic of congo to understand why some are getting richer and richer while others are struggling to survive. in kinshasa the roads are unpaved and difficult to navigate. amid this chaos a young woman named mckenzie is trying to build a future. but. tell me what to do oh. the sun is a hell of a lot on this the office isn't supposed to direct traffic but one of them says goes to the left the other one says get to the right. what am i supposed to do. can be is in the middle of a test. in the back seat i'll know is

a value waiting how well she navigates the traffic she's clearly feeling the pressure. of proves that you don't have to turn soon and that was easy enough when as if you can tell you don't know your way around here it was and if you call this car you know what you know. you. can be has applied to be a driver at a taxi startup. the company was founded by a congolese businesswoman who wants to lift women out of poverty the pink cars are the services trade mark. previously can be worked as a nurse if she passes the test she'll triple her salary earning around $250.00 euros per month. to pay i can't wait to stop the child this and say let's have that passed the test to get it this this is. often it ok back to the office. can be plays the part of

a professional chauffeur until the very end but it will be a few days before she finds out if she's landed the job. in. the cab company's customers are middle and upper class. to make the time spent in kinshasa as traffic jams more enjoy it all passengers are offered drinks snacks and even a wife by. car was there why do you think we're the 1st to offer this. country c. has only one team wants to give women better employment opportunities after completing her studies she returned to congo and started this cab service with the help of investors today she pays it forward and supports other female entrepreneurs who would i want to meet you and you want to have more millionaires from your congo has. more than 18000000 residents and were rich in natural resources it's time for

congolese women to get a piece of that wealth. despite the instability in the country give me 2 of those create. believes the economy will take off. one of the best so if you can't reduce congo to rape and wars and it is surely there are young people in this specially young women who are trying to make real change in issues so it's wrong to reduce the country to just the things that don't work now this in this new generation will move the country forward to this in a positive effect i mentioned the. like but tracey and her friends more and more congolese people are returning from a broad to work and invest in their homeland. these so-called repack live in secure areas that offer a western standard of living. back

at less city diflucan the high end residential complex sitting on a couple 100 hectares to new residents are moving in. olivier and now only have just relocated from johannesburg south africa. most important for us was the washing machine it was the 1st physical and the bed. the couple works in finance new job prospects convinced them to return to their home country. that follows along this will be the living room to the garbage can go here and there that table the t.v. . this will be the bedroom. the apartment also

offers a great deal on the congo river olivier and no me are newlyweds and want to start a family here. the couple earns about $3500.00 euros per month that's more than $100.00 times the average salary 3rd of it will go towards rent the steep price so security. making the st. peter's square play petition. seeking to thank you so much but. this is a safe. city. brand new apartments brand new furnishings. the next thing we need is a brand new baby boy. the couple has found their safe haven.

there is growing demand to live in this new residential complex eventually city diflucan will have more than 2000 homes including singer people. we meet him at in the state he rented to film his new music video. the dancers are dressed as congolese warriors. the shoot is going well until suddenly the music stops. there's been a power outage in the area. there's no electricity you were trying to work it out.

was falling and his team are stuck. finally a technician tracks down an emergency generator. but that quickly breaks to. a is frustrated even though he's used to these sorts of challenges. here it would not see this tattoo it means i'm congolese i'm not going to leave my country just because of a few power outages people scare you can feel that it's going to eventually fall pozza system manong tries using the car's sound system. thank you mantra that we may do with what we have to connect my fame to the cuff a now that's why. it works and the video shoot can't continue.

in his 20 year music career thus far folly has joined the club of multimillionaires and the number of members is increasing. the country is rich in minerals including coal 10 from which tantalum is extracted the metal is used in the manufacture of mobile phones. the mines are in the great lakes region in the eastern part of the country near the wanton border goma the capital of north kivu province has been shaken by bloody conflicts for more than 2 decades with armed groups fight each other for control of the mineral resources. the un has stationed 16000 peacekeepers here to shore up a fragile peace.