towards a locked on the information locked on a few more feet up is chief international editor richard walker welcome richard what do you make of aman last let's call. this is definitely increasing fill the likelihood of a tough a lot down coming at this you say it's just early he's not the only voice calling for this but he is a very important voice so he is the leader of that important states in north rhine-westphalia and the the main thing is he's also the leader of uncle a medical's own party the conservative c.d.u. but really what he seems to be reacting here is the reality of the situation in germany in the way of the coded 19 crisis that is being driven by the british variant that emerged in the u.k. at the end of last year because many deaths there and is growing very rapidly around europe. and the number of infections is really rising very rapidly slight

blip downwards around easter holidays the health authorities are close not registering of it but the trajectory is very serious and one key number was just announced today of the number of 4000 people in intensive care with coded 1000 significant number of those people will die and that number is also increasing rapidly and then there's the brutal truth of the matter that germany has only vaccinated to give the 1st dose of vaccination to about 12 percent of its population that is nothing like enough to slow down this 3rd wave so i mean last it talking about what he calls a bridge lock down a bridge to a time when more people of x. they see it but at the pace of vaccinations right now that's probably going to have to be pretty the bridge. when you much of what you've just told us 3 weeks ago when the german chancellor angela merkel announced this strict ace to lock down a decision she then reversed and then apologize for so what changed.

yeah i felt well how much time if you got i mean the reality here in germany is not just about the pandemic it's about the politics and what we have what we've been witnessing of these last couple of weeks is really a power struggle happening on 2 separate levels in the very heart of the policies on the one hand you have a kind of power struggle between the federal government led by angela merkel and the individual states which all have their own leaders like common lash it in north rhine-westphalia angela merkel has generally been pushing for a tougher national line to deal with this 3rd wave the individual states who have different views but what unites many of them is that they want to defend their own turf it's up to us to decide what goes on here last it is that the head is at the center of that struggle and has even been openly bickering with his party colleagues angela merkel so that's the one power struggle the other one is about

who leads uncle americans parent party into the national elections coming up this september and america has said that after 16 years in power she's not going to stand again lash it is the new leader of a party with this cd you have been plunging in the polls amid you know the slow pace of the vaccination campaign corruption scandals and many other things and he has a more popular rival emerging into the limelight marco souter who is the leader in the state of the various so all of these politics all of these power struggles going on at the same time is this relentless the way it is moving up maybe it's it's no wonder that germany is in such a muddle politically over what to do but what's interesting is that the public don't seem to be in such a muddle so and this was referred to as well that a majority of the public do seem open to taking a tougher line they see those numbers they see those people in intensive care so

that the public seems to support this is partly that the politics has to catch up with that. richard walker chief international editor thank you. for there's more developments in the past derek starting in india where new daily cases have passed 100000 for the 1st time in the country now has the highest recorded infection rates in the world a britain has confirmed it will further loosen lockdown restrictions next week as its vaccination program continues apace nonessential shops will be allowed to reopen an outdoor dining will be allowed and the jerusalem post is reporting that pfizer has halted shipments of vaccine to israel after the country reportedly failed to pay for the last batch here's a look at some more stories making news around the world russian president vladimir putin has signed legislation that would allow him to stay in office for 2 more terms it means he could potentially remain in power until 2036 the changed part of constitutional reforms approved in

a referendum last year mr putin's already been in power for more than 20 years. who is government is clamping down on independent reporting on the coronavirus pandemic according to an internal memo only one state run media companies now allowed to film and take photos in hospitals and doctor surgeries prime minister viktor orban is facing international criticism for restricting his country's media . emergency crews in florida are trying to prevent a reservoir from bursting and spreading millions of gallons of toxic water officials of a catastrophic flood if the reservoir tampa bay has not dealt with more than 300 homes have been evacuated. in east timor say dozens of people have been killed in flash flooding and landslides triggered by tropical cyclone so roger i think torrential rain pounded

a cluster of eastern indonesian islands as well as may bring in east timor emergency teams are struggling to reach some of the affected areas. in this village alone hundreds of houses the way by a flash flood triggered by rain storms. this man is looking for his relatives who we believe have been buried under their house. almost unique they are i must you. by any. way and i do see if you keep. dozens are reported dead and the death toll is certain to rise with many still unaccounted for. on the early morning of april 4th we received reports that here in the tank our province rescue workers are also trying hard to bring survivors to safety and evacuees have to hold on tight.

but damaged bridges and roads ahead for in their efforts about 30000 people have been impacted by the floods indonesia's president has offered his condolences for the dead and called for vigilance. i urge everyone to follow the directions of local authorities regarding the danger of floods and landslides extreme rainfall. more downpours are expected over the coming days with our show waves as high as 6 meters possible but there is hope the 2nd one is reportedly moving away from indonesia. a court in israel's calling its 1st witnesses the day of the resumption of the corruption trial of prime minister benjamin netanyahu it's a nap and you know netanyahu is appearing in court where he faces multiple charges including bribery and fraud he could be jailed they found guilty but the trial is

expected to last years israeli politics is in chaos following another inconclusive general election last month president move in rivlin is holding talks with political parties to work out who would be asked to form a new government. strategy w correspondent tanya kraemer in jerusalem welcome tanya how will those efforts to form a coalition government be affected by the fact that mr netanyahu is also in court on trial. well it all hangs still in the balance and you know these 2 major events today are basically a coincidence and show how many problems this country is facing some the one hand as you said the evidence phase of this trial that started last year has now started that's considered to be very important prime minister binyamin netanyahu was in court today he listened to the opening remarks by the state prosecutor and then he

left on the other hand the consultation process has started to present rivlin is since the morning he's meeting with party delegations those party who have made it into the knesset the israeli parliament and they would recommend who they would like him to toss this point being the next coalition government so you know on the one hand you have to sort of political stalemate because none of the 2 blocs has really a direct or clear past to form this coalition and on the other hand you have a sitting prime minister who is now standing trial again in a busy court phase and how serious are the charges against him. well there are 3 cases and in israel the known according to their finances case 100-200-4000 mr netanyahu has been indicted for for fraud to preach of trust and in one case private read this pertains to case 4000

that led to said mr netanyahu also in his position as communication minister has provided regulatory benefits in return for favorable media coverage and we heard one of the key witnesses today speaking about how the owner of one of the major websites in israel who is also a defendant has pushed for a favor of the coverage the state prosecutor had said in her opening remarks that she things that mr netanyahu miss and that in you know has mrs has abused his power by a strong words from her but netanyahu benyamin netanyahu has always said he denies all the charges and he has called it a witch hunt against him and his family from his political opponents ok so he certainly got his hands full of a court case and hoping to form the next government how does he how does this long serving prime minister manage these 2 critical events in his life.

well you know certainly about to clear his name but at the same time he wants to be the one to 4 in the next government but i'm not that is really in his hands now because the trial the pace will pick up now the church is scheduled 3 hearings per week it will take a long time at the same time now the consultation process is in the hands of the israeli president moving rivlin he will have to decide by wednesday who he things has the best chances of to form a coalition now this personal half then 28 days and even an extension to do so but it will be some more weeks until we know whether there will be a government or not in the coming weeks time here crap in jerusalem thank you. that's it you're up to date i'll have more world news at the top of the hour coming up next on the don't know our code night team a special time getting started right with all the latest headlines of the website

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to live lives profit driven. and globally connected. or has this pandemic sparked irrevocable change. how will we live in the future after the pandemic. hello and welcome to detail his covert 916 because the in berlin and this week were peeking ahead imagine life after the cove in 1000 pandemic our guest today is richard sennett he's a british american sociologist and one of the world's most important theorists of urban studies or the architecture and social life of cities said it is currently a member of the council of urban initiatives for united nations habitat and since the beginning of the outbreak he's written about his concerns for city life amid growing pandemic restrictions. professor senate welcome to the show you've

described the city as a settlement in which strangers are likely to meet one another there hasn't been a whole lot of that lately given the pandemic as vaccines come online and more people are vaccinated are you optimistic that the city will come back. i am indeed i think it has to come. because. in the long term we need. places where people can interact face to face we need economically we need dense cities for the sake of climate change and really ration is not an option for people to live long term socially distance lodz professor we talk about cities of course we talk about the architecture of a city is one thing we also talk about social interactions or look 1st at the architecture what could this mean for how cities are planned in terms of thing of open spaces for example elevators that are probably being avoided now more than

ever what do you see. well i think long term this argues just just as climate change for much more flexible ways of building cities. to not make spaces which can only be used in one way it might be the age of the skyscraper is over. all those who are going to have to rethink public transport but it say about both the issue is is how to think about adaptability spaces not to transform these spaces in a place to share stricken by sheer. in which see. in which the extremes of social isolation. to a satanic against us are going to lead to permanently socially

isolated spaces it's a question of experiment. spacing people out in public transportation. figuring different ways to use elevators and so on it's trivial the horrible thing would be to freeze the environment we talk about the social interactions that make up a city as well you mention as well that face to face interaction do you think a pandemic has always made us more aware of our our social connections the social capital that we have and then a life. you imagine a life spent on. what kind of kind of human experience that would be. you know this is the nurse it's what it when i'm saying you know the danger in this is that you know actualize the extreme. to zoom or even working from home in isolation full time as

a norm can't do that it's a very to me very. evocative. where we are today of what happened in new york 20 years ago you have to was hit by 911 almost immediately well the planning because in new york were rewritten as though every week another airplane would fly into new york skyscraper didn't happen but a decade the city was paralyzed and building these fortress like structures that's what we have to employ to. that kind paralysis and yet at the same time there is a real danger as we know from the virus so how do we find the right way of measuring the importance of our social lives with the real devastation that the virus can cause well.

this is just my. but there it's there we really have that letter virus was going to radically transform our lives look that way you're going there no vaccine there are very few. drugs that could could treat people who are sick now or in a very different place. and i hope you in germany soon will be in a place as well. where people who are vaccinated have a big weapon to use against. militants which are coming on stream mean that if you even if you fall sick you're not doomed to die and so we're we need to change your consciousness. you know we have to take on board that this narrative has changed

what we think of when we use the term the virus is not a death sentence against very. redolent of the aids crisis in new york 80 when the beginning of it people thought this was our megadeth. gradually you know it became a chronic disease but many of the current practices that people were recommending in the 1980 s. to deal with aids. were the notion that anybody who was touched by it was going to die and that became very very counterproductive over the long term it's sort of odd that i'm saying this to you know a very old 100 people supposed to be noted risk. from this virus but it just seems to me that i think being paralyzed with fear

is a horrible way to live. now that we don't need to be. paralyzed with fear we've got to move on mentally. and and think about ways to. to live with it. rather than feel overwhelmed by. in britain i don't know how this is in germany but in britain you sell newspapers or social media. byard flaming the sense of fear even very very afraid it's overwhelming. that's good for generalism but it's not good for human beings. so i really see this is a moment where you got to think is going to be over for you i think i hope it will be all over. it could i say one more thing about this for you. because threaded

to. race in europe is that. during the last year of the crisis could lead to the breakup of the european union that would be a terrible long term. where nations think that you know the because the union largely failed failed you that it should be abandoned for really essential things go back to the nation state. so it would be a terrible way to as it were naturalized as state of emergency present future free of. it you know so i just think it's very important to to look forward rather than learning lessons from about how indra's the crisis is. there for now richard thank you so much for joining us ok thank you. and now it's time

for your questions over to our science correspondent there. what impact has the pandemic had on the public perception of science this is the perfect question to start off this week's look at visions of the post coated world because one of the things the pandemic has done is radically change the way that many of you out there in the public view science and scientists some have turned into really famous figures who are no really well known not just in their home countries but all over the world germany also of course gained a few new science of leverage these in 2020 the most prominent of the viral a just in chief christiane dalston millions of germans tune in for his regular pandemic

podcasts he's even been turned into a traditional christmas ornament so one wake up at 19 has certainly changed public perception of science is by dragging researchers and science experts out of the shadows they mostly worked and up until now and arresting them and their fields on to center stage i mean i'm sure there are lots of kids here in germany now saying i want to grow up to be the next question to boston and if you ask me that's a great thing. derek williams there and around the world christians are celebrating easter one of the most important festivals on the christian calendar leave you now with a look at how the faithful celebrated during the global pandemic thanks for watching for stay safe and we'll see you soon again.

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