that we have a better outlook and more planning security. reasons it. could so the bridge to a breakthrough success in testing means we need to double down on noise and a lot of areas feed and move towards a locked on. his richard walker richard what do you make of this call from shit for a bridge lockdown presumably a tougher law down in germany. ok. this is aman lush it who of course you know he is the head of state of north rhine-westphalia but most importantly he leads i'm going to metals conservative c.d.u. party and he's the man who hopes that he will be able to replace the elections coming up this september he has written reacting basically to 2 things the pandemic and the politics and what maybe let's take a pandemic 1st of all what we're experiencing here is

a 3rd wave of covert 19 which is coming at a ferocious pace driven by the british variant that emerged in the u.k. towards the end of last year and caused many many deaths there that we're seeing the number of infections rising here and while there's been a little bit of a blip down over the easter holidays while the health authorities are not registering things so quickly the overall trajectory is very serious and i think the number that scaring a lot of people at the moment is that the number of people who are in intensive care and hospitals is hits a new level of about 4000 people nationwide in these also on a very steep trajectory going upwards i think that's why perception in the political class in germany that the current measure has simply not enough to break this lot down to break this 3rd wave rather and tougher measures a needed but that's where we get into the politics of

a substance like mr lasher is preparing germany for a new step a new phase in its fight against the pandemic how much of a strategy to strategy change is he signaling here. well i think we have to look partly at the politics of what he's doing here individually because what we've seen from him in the last couple of weeks is really quite open divisions between him and i'm going to america the woman who is of course ostensibly still in charge in the chancery now she has announced that she won't be running for reelection in september this year he's the man who hopes to lead the christian democratic party in the battle to replace but the christian democrats have been forming fast in the polls recently the green party looked like they may even catch them in the next few weeks is an intense pressure on ahmed lash it to show leadership here now the thing is he's gone from showing leadership in trying to

push back against angela merkel who had been calling 1st tough a lockdown measures and calling on the individual german states to do more he was trying to show his independence and say no we need to meet this match in the states what we seem to be seeing here from is a bit of a change from that to saying no all right this situation is serious we need to look damn well seriously if a tougher law down is on the way richard and several people have been you know major figures in this country been arguing for it when might this come into effect . well there's judy to be a meeting next week between the federal government and the lead to civil rights but federal states where they decide on the next steps and going to be in a series of these meetings over the last few months. he's now saying that he would like to have that meeting this week he didn't specify a day nor did he and we should stress these he didn't specify a specific measures that he was demanding simply raised a number of options that could kind of come together to form

a stricter lockdown but it does look like something is coming soon but also the opinion polls do seem to indicate that the german people are open to this they see the infection numbers rising they see those numbers of people in intensive care and they see the slow vaccination campaign so i think in a way what we see here from common lashon is him playing catch up with the public and richard thank you very much that was our chief international editor richard walker. sketch up on some other world news at this point palestinian president mahmoud abbas is heading to germany for what officials have described as a quote routine health check the 85 year old is a heavy smoker though there have been no indications he's currently ill he received his 1st dose of corona vaccine. at least 25 people have died in bangladesh after a ferry capsized on a river south of the capital dhaka the ferry collided with

a cargo vessel on sunday night and saying people on board were rushing home after the government announced a weeklong coronavirus lockdown. as protesters in myanmar continue to defy the military rule there. say the leaders of countries in the region will meet to discuss developments on more activists say a further 6 protesters were killed at the weekend the military has tried to stop the uprising with lethal force after taking control in a coup at the start of february. and israeli court is calling its 1st witnesses today as the corruption trial of prime minister binyamin netanyahu resumes netanyahu has appeared in court where he faces multiple corruption charges including bribery and fraud he could be jailed or found guilty but the trial is expected to last for years israeli politics are in chaos after an inconclusive election last month political parties are holding talks with president reuven

rivlin to decide who will be tasked with forming a new government. board he's a former speaker of israel's knesset and once served as the country's interim president he's now an author and businessman thanks for being with us mr boyd benyamin netanyahu is already israel's longest serving leader and seems determined to stay in power even while standing trial for corruption what does this tell us about the state of israeli democracy. it tells us that people both ways dominate again in time and again and he is a very very persuasive. servitude leader that there is a full generation who was born rule awful way educated into the situation of nobody else but. so the fact that he is such a strong leader like cole was at a time in germany like other leaders around the world the world for so many for so many years is in a way

a very good point to his site to the downside of it is it looks as if the opposition known it which feels it is corrupt it is. he cannot believe her anymore she prioritizes. agenda over the state's agenda took over at the full seat actions just happened a week and i had 3 weeks ago so now the jury's out is it possible that netanyahu would have is again once again cabinet or with an alternative to rise and today the negotiations started and we do not yet know the jury's out looking at nothing yahoo's success here are saying ok he's had an extraordinary vaccination campaign in his country which he's happy to accept credit for his normalized relations with several arab countries but he is standing trial for corruption these corruption allegations have been spoiling for a long time are israeli voters inclined to forgive that and will that not

complicate his efforts to become prime minister again. 2 issues the koran or in the way the koran i did not play a role in the in the in the other actions because if any i was government failed dramatically in maintaining and running the crisis all during the year with the jewel of the crown over fantastic amazing success with the vaccination so the failure and the success actually balanced each other and were not conceded during the election the elections considerations by the voters and the lector of israelis person a corruption he is not a 1st prime minister to be investigated of to be indicted or even to be fined to find guilty almost was there before him president cut sob other ministers etc and in a way this is a citation or an award of acts of his will be israeli political system that we are not afraid to go off to the top gun to the limit on no political power if there is any suspicion of corruption and this is a source of envy it's

a very healthy system which does it at the same time i would say netanyahu a debt situation is in the quick running government because it was proven time and again that he prioritizes person agenda over the states and the public agenda and this is actually the argument that he's all position and try to form an alternative go on this should push forward the visa for the public and visa v the israeli president will nowadays hold hearings trying to see who is most chat most chances to construct the next quotation. mark thank you very much for talking with us that was the poor speaker of the israeli knesset. to jordan now where prince homs says he will not follow orders to restrict his freedom of movement and speech the former crown prince was ordered under house arrest amid charges that he and other high level officials were plotting to destabilize the kingdom denies being part of

a conspiracy and says he's being silenced. according to jordan's security officials the king's half brother bin hussein had been under investigation for some time the country's foreign minister said the former crown prince was trying to mobilize tribal leaders against the government with support from abroad. i mean the investigations monitored interference including calls with foreign parties were guarding the suitable timing to start steps to shake the security of our steady jordan. 16 people including a former adviser to king abdullah and another member of the royal family were arrested the military initially denied arresting hum's up and hussein and said it had issued him a warning for his actions but in a video statement sent to media on saturday prince hamza claimed he had been placed under house arrest for associating with critics of the royal family there is no

conspiracy. or of any conspiracy. all that has happened is it's my movement has restricted it's my ability to communicate has been restricted but people have been arrested to try to distract from the fundamental. system as a result of. and incompetence of. though he no longer holds an official title remains a popular figure in the country. in my view it's just not right for prince homs or to be linked to these people these are people who jordanians see as questionable who are really frowned upon. in what. we do not want to see anything no matter how small happened in this country this country is now in a stable and secure and i ask god to have this country remain stable and secure.

and many see the stability in king abdul of the 2nd he has enjoyed widespread popularity during his reign jordan is widely seen as an island of carbon a troubled region strategically located between israel syria saudi arabia and iraq the u.s. u.k. and several arab nations of all expressed their full support for the reigning monarch. for more i'm joined by d.w. reporter who's following the story for us prince himself has been critical of the government in jordan for years so why are we seeing these accusations now. so the prime minister the deputy prime minister yesterday when he addressed these arrests said that there has been and investigation and that you know recently as you know as late as early morning saturday or late night friday they were able to

you know get some what he implies to be conquered have evidence or they were able to he says interface some calls and track communications between those arrested among them course the former crown prince with plans to destabilize. jordan as he put it they also said that there have been tracking communication between the former current princes wife and also an unnamed foreign agent putting a private jet at her disposal to leave the country at the time of her choosing that's on one side as you mentioned the crown prince is critical and has been active on social media in the past couple of years but also he also he said that he had recently met with a number of tribal leaders and he does enjoy quite a bit of popularity with tribal leaders and perhaps that has something to do with the timing. there are also allegations here that the former crown prince

had foreign support in the alleged to claude what would make of that. it's very difficult to know what the authorities knew when they see these foreign powers or that he's getting help from abroad because they haven't specified and they've also not presented any evidence for these allegations so you know i don't want to speculate but i will say that oftentimes you know this this this line or this excuse that critics or you know dissidents are creating with foreign forces is something that we hear coming from rulers in the arab world all the time often times just to silence criticism and dissent without ever you know without any concrete evidence because that kind of rhetoric tends to galva nice people around the ruler if they feel that there's an outside force somehow you know

out to get the country or out to get its stability but the thirty's have yet to present any evidence for what they mean by these foreign forces and thank you very much for filling us in there that was a double reporter. hungary's government is clamping down on independent reporting on the country's vaccination campaign and the situation in hospitals hungry has one of the highest per capita death rates from cova 19 in the e.u. although it also has the highest vaccination rate c.w. correspondent funny fonts are heard from one doctor on a reality the odds with the picture put forward by the government soldiers money for people checking into his hospital treating call the patients when we start to film the building go there and do your t.v. thing over there they ask us to film the parking lot according to staff inside the hospital is that capacity. one doctor has to take care of 10 patients at

all is in short supply these are just some of the claims for hearing from inside the hospital from a doctor but we cannot verify these claims as. independent media from entering that doctor is. we need him after his shift 120 hour working weeks now he says but the hunger in government says everything is under control. lot from the prime minister for those who get sick you shouldn't worry they will be cured that we have medical staff. every day we are left wondering why did we not have time for today. that most of his colleagues don't want to talk in public because they are worried about repercussions we need to reach to people and tell them about this illness not to create panic but you see this is what this is about and this is why. i wrote in an open letter to the government

a large number of journalists requested access to hospitals. prime minister viktor orban responded in a televised interview. this is not the time to go inside hospitals and produce bogus videos and fake news. is a photojournalist he too would like to show what's happening in hungary right now stop filming the hospital this is a public space or it's a very common situation says martin. sam out of the past this affects to people who want to know the real situation inside hospitals we know that 300 people died today it's our job to tell the story behind those numbers sneeze a. lot of them quickly and again but it. meanwhile many young people in hungary are starting to shed their masks without knowing what's really going on in hungary's hospitals it might seem as if the make is already over.

here a few other developments worldwide in the pandemic india has reported a record rise in corona virus infections with new delhi cases topping 100000 for the 1st time recorded infections are currently growing faster than in any other country in the world thailand's most popular tourist resort to catch has become a mass vaccination program 2 months before the rest of the country it's hoped most of the island will be vaccinated before overseas travelers rive in july and bangladesh has started a weeklong lockdown to curb the spread of the virus nonessential retail and public transport services are shut the crowded virus pandemic has seen huge changes to people's lives both personally and professionally 19 can leave sufferers with lingering symptoms such as shortness of breath and fatigue london correspondent back at last caught up with an addict voice curch shoot has turned

her talents to helping long coated sufferers 3 more easily again. blowing bubbles to help with. suzy doing basic training. she has developed special grieving exercises patience and for some of them is a bit too hard work at the moment but what it does is it just allows your voice and a little bit of a chance to unpressed. she says it's thanks to susie that she feels well again and is able to take a few hobbies just a year ago she was suffering from a lung infection and needed oxygen 3 months on i remember feeling so fatigued breathless i mean literally from my bed to the bathroom i would just get breathless. was. the shiva never dreamed that of little people seeing us from the english national

opera would be the ones to help her brief arms down to show the heights in weekly zoom sessions participants learn to relax and improve that posture and most of all to breathe and just hope that from men we think a lot about breathing down because. if you're over the bridge and you're taking notes of that and actually tend not to be expanding the so just giving people tools to slow things down and give them an amendment is really out. there. now being part of a group is hugely important. and . i could have never imagined coming out of that darkness all by myself so it's been a huge support system for me it's like my family now we had i guess you can say

a common purpose to get better and what more beautiful way to thing our long out and heal them at the same time music and beds that have come together and this unique project and it's been so successful that it's now being rolled out in covert clinics across the u.k. sound. shiba dreams of singing on a real opera stage together with others like us and that dream could come true paying the as soon as could be prescriptions allow inflation national opera plans to stage if very special price. for the patients to breathe again to see. the. sport sell on the bonus leaders big game on sunday so in your own berlin host how

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worthy of a penalty. stepped up and sent this new to the wrong way 1135 minutes and that's the way it finished after a 2nd half in which no one could quite get it right in front of goal. the spoils shared in the darby to the point and has done neither sight much good. you're watching t.v. news coming up next it's news asia we look at. unemployment women in india ask if there is any safety net. kills dozens in eastern india indonesia rescue work hampered by washed away roads and bridges we follow an activist in india working to protect his country's coastline.

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