this is speed every new slide from india is hit by a 2nd wave of the current virus as cases almost 100000 for a 2nd day granting state leaders prime minister and that in to open up vaccinations to more of the population also coming up. a call for a hard knock down in germany to heat up i'm going to metals the c.d.u. party and would be chance in a ses tougher restrictions 3rd way me off the pandemic. and

once they were loyal to the kremlin but now russia's communist party politicians are crying fall gets to the city of seattle to meet a local politician who is determined to have his voice heard at the door. hello i'm christine window it's good to have your company. indian state is all calling for a wider vaccination rolled out as the country faces a staggering surge in corona virus cases nearly 97000 new infections were reported on tuesday hovering near monday's record high now many hospitals are being overrun by patients for example in the west affected stage. that's india's richest stage and has to be commercial capital of. the day. new

restrictions including a night curfew have been announced now so far 165000 people in the country have died from cold hit 1000. and i'm now joined by the delhi bureau chief chima good to see you what is driving be current surge of infections hi christine yes it came must want to shock people here because they spread it easing there be under the pandemic and then we have high numbers at the weekend what's driving it it's very alarming for the litigants utility and bill field is a host of new newton and variations of the virus which of english which are much more into just the and multiply much faster and they are transmitting tree times the rate then the in the 1st wave so that is big one in there and also. christine just people have become complacent the thought at the back end of it was behind

them but the virus is very very much here and people are probably a girl appropriate measures right and every service comes as or perhaps has prompted state leaders to call on the prime minister narendra modi to open up the nations to more of the adult population how is that vaccination rollout going on. now this is the world's largest vaccination drive as india likes to see how it's expanded the vaccination program just last week allowed everyone to live the age of 45 to take the chair simple and build up all of that it should be able to everyone and that is a possibility that is likely what happens in the future and all dog you know india is doing very well when you look in terms of numbers of people vaccinated india's population is daily modest less than 5 percent of the people in india have received

the 1st vaccine and less than one percent have received the 2nd dose of the vaccine it's a long road ahead kristie. and in the meantime a mater what kind of restrictions are in pains to to curb the spread of infections now the obvious measures something that you mentioned in the worst affected state of maharashtra. by as the commercial capital of the country they have night time goes fused they're also implementing containment zones when they are inspections and just as of in the interactions they are trying to avoid big super spread events like we saw in the last east religious festival but i have to say and the ultimate responsibility lies with the people of the country they have to follow measures which the government is encouraging do to follow for example reading must social distancing washing their hands because if people themselves are not convinced about following these measures it's a huge challenge for the government right that is daily. thank you amrita.

now despite having spent almost half of a year in some form of lockdown germany may be headed for longer tougher coronavirus restrictions infections are high across the country and the vaccine rollout is still sluggish response to the crisis more state leaders are calling for a holiday lockdown one of them is. he is the head of germany's most populous state and the leader of chancellor angela merkel's conservative party now until now he had a strict lockdown. during a visit to a vaccination center last week the approach of him and other state premiers to the pandemic broadside from the chancellor has solved in return a call for more talks and tougher measures. and that is why i think we need to bridge knock down work we have to build to preach to the point in time

where a lot of people in my own eyes i know a lot of people are tired of the pandemic but also a lot are ready to go a step further and so even. more people working from home and stricter curfews produce fewer restrictions as possible for schools and kindergartens he says he has allies including the chancellor but not everyone is on board. yes i think a lot of what mr lasher says he's unclear on that bridge lock down this temporary with what measures are not supposed to go on until many people have been vaccinated what does all that mean i don't think he said russia has thought things through so i can't see any point in calling the state premiers back for talks earlier than planned so i mean this to put it in confidence as a. problem is simply the time we've lost one for a month we've known that the numbers are going up so it's clear that we need decisive measures now as this clock and she. is a man next to lash it is

a leading german intensive care doctor and he warns. the need for the next fortnight or so we expect the number of infections will continue to grow we'll have 5000 cope with 1000 patients in intensive care the situation really is very dramatic lagers as. the health minister says vaccinations will not break the 3rd wave only about $10000000.00 germans have had their 1st job so far. anyway told chief international editor richard walkaway asked him what changed between now and 3 weeks ago when chancellor angela merkel and a strict easter lockdown for reversing that decision and apologizing. the reality here in germany is not just about the pandemic it's about the politics and of what we have what we've been witnessing over the sloss couple of weeks is really a power struggle happening on 2 separate levels in the very heart of german police

6 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 it that is at the center of that struggle and has even been openly bickering with his party clearly angela merkel so that's the one power struggle the other one is about who leads angela merkel's 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 army lashes the new leader of a party with this cd you have been plunging in the polls amid the you know the slow

pace of the vaccination campaign corruption scandals and many other things and he has a more popular lytle emerging into the line like marco suitor who is the leader in the state at the varia so all of these politics all of these power struggles going on at the same time is this relentless the way he's moving up maybe it's it's no wonder that germany is in such a muddle elliptically 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 the public seems to support this is partly that the politics has to catch up with that. and here's a look at some more stories making headlines around the world the chief of many at the least police has testified that the former police officer charged in george floyd state violated the department's policy on the force the police chief said the

way derrick children restrained floyd was not in line with training chauvinists facing charges of 2nd degree murder and of the counts controlled from the death toll from floods and landslides in eastern indonesia and neighboring east timor has climbed to more than 150 rescue was also a chance for dozens more who are still missing a tropical cycle and caused the damage for cost as expects it'll gradually move away from the land in the coming days. and a volcano in iceland has opened a new fish a several 100 needs to gnaw at this 100 beasts lawn which has begun spewing hundreds of people have been evacuated the volcano has been erupting since late march having previously been dormant for nearly 800 years. from russia's newspaper is reporting that jailed crimson critic alec sado filmy has been

moved to a sick ward the opposition politician was jailed in february and has been on hunger strike since last wednesday in protest at the lack of medical care now with parliamentary elections and 6 months away cracking down on crime and critics but they could be facing new threats including from within the tradition of the loyal communist party news every show would travel to the south western city of seattle where she met a local politician who's determined not to be silenced. in the footsteps of letting. himself as a politician of the people just like his communist forefathers but he has a huge social media presence. because you tube channel has over a 1000000 subscribers fight for your rights is the motto here. his social media accounts show him fighting against corruption and for more equality including as

a representative in the regional south of parliament and beyond that anchor doesn't shy away from criticizing the kremlin and the ruling united russia party. it's your actions the actions of the russian government of your president of your united russia party you gave our national riches away to oligarchs. and now bundling is facing what he says is a political campaign against him local politicians have accused him of corruption for monetizing his social media accounts he could face a criminal case that could prevent him from running in the upcoming dumas elections . the government is afraid of people uniting uniting around a concrete political program which provides an alternative to the course they have taken. throughout my whole career during the many hours of live streams online or in my videos i never asked people to follow nicholai blundering co.

i'm just asking people to be political if you don't like what i say follow your own line the main thing is to not give up. in russia there are traces of the soviet past everywhere including in south of the communist party is still popular here and across the country even though critics say the party ultimately follows the kremlin line but even russia's so-called systemic opposition parties have recently become an outlet for people's anger at the government. last. the arrest of a popular governor from the right wing liberal democratic party led to weeks of protests in russia's far eastern city of god. every monday need to live on that anchor has his office hours the 35 year old spends most of the day with constituents people stand in line for support with issues from benefit applications to problems with corruption. i've placed my hopes and. i heard how he

talks to people and i've heard his speeches. in russia they don't like people who tell the truth it's always been that way so if he's trying to get the truth out to people naturally he becomes undesirable to the government if you can see how he acts at all as parliamentary session c.i.'s uncomfortable questions the authorities don't like that but the experts agree that the kremlin might try to keep people like john that anchor out of federal politics. ahead of the duma lections the kremlin makes clear arrangements with the main opposition parties about which candidates can run and what results they should get they don't want to let anyone in who will rock the boat. but despite attempts to intimidate him it isn't ready to give up. people today are hungry for justice and for truth they don't trust the authorities on the whole. i went into politics to prove to citizens that lawmakers can work honestly. that ankara is already preparing his campaign for the duma

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