and they share private footage with us there is never been seen before. back to terminal people 20 news on g.w. . this is news and these are our top stories tributes are being paid to britain's prince philip husband of queen elizabeth the 2nd who has died at the age of 99 at windsor castle his health had been deteriorating in recent months with several spells in hospital british prime minister boris johnson praised the prince for his extraordinary life and work. of ok no has erupted on the caribbean island of st vincent for the 1st time in 4 decades 20000 people have been evacuated but

the coronavirus has complicated the operation neighboring islands want to accept only vaccinated people activity at the volcano. first started in december and picked up this week. german chancellor angela merkel plans to reduce the power of regional leaders to decide coronavirus policy germany is battling a 3rd wave of infections and scientists warn hospitals will soon be overwhelmed local decision making has led to a confusing patchwork of regulations the government now plans to impose the national restrictions. this is the news from berlin you can follow us on twitter and facebook or check out our website d.w. dot com. oh. britain's prince philip queen elizabeth for more than 60 years has died aged 99 will bring

a reaction from london look back at his life and forwards to his funeral how does a nation more women covert means than not to go i'm phil graham in berlin and this is the day. his royal highness the duke of edinburgh has passed away at the age of 99. given it we had come down here in just any of the. prints. of generations here in the united kingdom. familial it's a classic wake. up call that. much she said with our country. a greater debt than he would have

a claim. evolution. called. the monarchy without him. also on the day of the doors of new york's night club swing open the lights flicker on again as the city's famous nightlife begins a cautious comeback i don't expect things to turn bad now they're back there he was very very quickly i think it's going to be ok. i hope it's ok and if everything not i hope they'll shut us down again. welcome to the day it is we've deep sorrow that her majesty the queen announces the death of her beloved husband is royal highness the prince philip 2 of edinburgh with these words buckingham palace the noms today the passing of prince philip the longest serving royal consulate in position history at the age of 99 at the queenside for more than

60 years he passed away this morning at windsor castle outside london flags are flying at half mast british t.v. shadows have been scrapped and people are wondering how in this age of code it it would be appropriate to gather to mark his passing. prince philip juke of edinburgh the husband of queen elizabeth the 2nd. always a test side or a few steps behind that was royal protocol for the british prince consuls the couple was married more than 70 years the former royal navy officer lived an eventful public life that was occasionally seasoned by his sharp tongue and the dry humor. he was born prince philip of greece and denmark on the island of corfu in 1921 but despite his family's aristide pratik background money was often in

short supply his parents divorced and philip ended up in england where he began a career in the royal navy at the outbreak of world war 2. he met the future queen for the 1st time in the 1930 s. he was 18 and for and this abyss just 13 at the time it was reportedly love at 1st sight her parents were nonplussed with the prince of humble means but elizabeth persevered in 1947 shortly after the war the 2 when mary. their 1st child prince charles was born the following year the family lived on the island of malta where phillip was stationed as an officer but the death of the british king george the 6th in 1952 changed their lives dramatically. elizabeth became queen phillip the prince consort soon became well known for his

quips he was even reported to have asked the queen after her coronation where did you get that hat that won him a warm place in british hearts that he wasn't fond of playing the role of an extra in countless televised appearances was no so. secret still he fulfilled his duties with an elegant if sometimes doubt distance. award ceremonies receptions opening philip was never without a joke of some kind even when he was given a set of headphones as a gift that we couldn't get through do through the whole thing was. the death of princess diana 997 was an anguishing low point in the life of the winces. the monarchy faced days of mounting disapproval until queen elizabeth spoke openly of her grief for being able to feel it was a source of strength to the queen. like all families we went through the

full range of closures and tribulations of bringing up children our nephews somewhat both but i think all children of god the world i live in a different and difficult and demanding circumstances. i just sentence including prince charles next in line to the throne and grandsons william and harry so the royal heritage through the many highs and lows of the early 21st century. in the course of 70 years he visited over 140 countries and gave more than 5000 speeches will be remembered the world over for his calm irreverent when. so what happens now well let's talk more about this with the w. news editor alex forrest white. correspondent charles charles hill joins us from

london but welcome both let's start with you there in london charlotte let's start 1st of all with some of the response that you're seeing back in the u.k. . when i was through a statement from the palace that we 1st learned of prince philip's pulsing they put out the announcement saying that his royal highness pasta way peacefully this morning when the consul the royal family joined with people around the world in mourning his loss and it was that very short sperry's combis statement then triggered an outpouring of responses prime minister boris johnson leading tributes he made a statement outside number 10 downing street today he was focusing particularly on prince philip's public service decades a public service he called him an x. but carriage drive a steering the royal family he said it remains an institution an interest peaceably

by 2 for the balance and happiness of on national lives that was then followed by statements for him all 4 nations while scotland northern ireland politicians of all political stripes we know as well that says flanks is now at last in government buildings and across a royal residences i was at buckingham palace not too long ago that people who had gathered some laying flowers in tribute prince philip bought by said government and the palace which people in said to sign an online because condolences that very conscious that both the u.k. are still under code behind team restrictions people should need to gather and should avoid a boy descending. node around the world as well as a member of the british royal family tributes coming in internationally as well. yes as i'm sure you can imagine chip attributes poor ing in from prime ministers

world leaders at present across the while many is in joining together with a common thread talking about his publics. assistance of juicing and his his presence 3 decades huge changes in in modern history he's remained a constant figure now from the u.s. several former presidents as well as president biden have issued statements president biden saying or talking about the impact of principle that decades of public service he says is evident in the causes he advocated mentioning his environmental causes he supports a military young people as well a very moving statement from former president barak obama talking about the marriage between the queen and prince philip saying through his extraordinary example he proves the true partnership has room for growth ambition and selflessness all in service of something greater so very moving statements now coming in from all across the world and alex forrest once again this was not

extracted the prince had been in and out of hospital over the last few months that's right and he was very old he was 99 years old the last time he was in the hospital last time he was admitted was in february he was there for 4 weeks being treated for an infection and a heart condition he was then released in the middle of march looking very frail looking very tired he went back to when the consul where he spent his last few weeks with the queen then i think obviously it's always very sad when somebody passes away particular this age but i think difficult for them because they were preparations for his 100th birthday in june so all of that obviously. has been put a stop to well what sort of man was he. it's a good question he was his own man i think that's the best way to describe him a maybe that's partly because he was always an outsider he only became

a british citizen or should i say a subject in 1947 just before he married that then princess elizabeth and you know people talk about him being very charming people i know who've met him talk of his charm but we also know he could be sometimes a bit rude a bit aloof and perhaps we can understand that because he had to sacrifice a lot to and to the british royal family this was a man who had his own career in in the royal navy had to give that up when the queen is a very young age of just 27 became queen when her father died he had to put all of that on one side to become her consort to become. appendage if you like to do everything that she wanted because now she was the queen she was the monic and he had to take a backseat sort of chills and clearly we are in a time of coronavirus pandemics public gatherings are of. what's being

said about the funeral. well prince philip's passing starts a period of national mourning here in the u.k. his funeral preparations have been planned clearly for a long time code named operation 4th bridge but as you say with the restrictions in place some of those plans are having to be revisited even the rule family having to appear here are the 2 the restrictions that are in place now what we do know is that we're not expecting a state funeral for prince philip spite the fact he would be entitled to one we're hearing that that is in part due to code restrictions but also prince philip's own private wishes he had said that he wanted less of the pomp and circumstance we've heard from from the funeral here there who won't be lying in state either now indicated restrictions up to 30 people would be allowed at the funeral so what

we're expecting is quite a private smaller event while the covered 1000 restrictions are in place and people are bound to ask meghan and likely to attend. of course a lot of people will be interested to see whether the couple will be attending enough in part because of the controversy that they stirred up after their explosive interview with oprah winfrey last month where they leveled a number of allegations at the royal family now we are expecting that prince harry will attend the funeral although he likely to have to consider the kobe 9000 restrictions in place for arriving in the u.k. from the u.s. he may have to quarantine for 10 days for example 5 days perhaps if he will to prevent a negative coded 19 tests all eyes will be on him if he does arrive because it was his 1st time back in the u.k. it a year it's certainly the 1st time he's been back since that incident when he will

see his his father and his his brother face to face that will of course cause a lot of interest here is not yet known about his wife meggan she is pregnant at the moment as there is no official announcement on whether she will be able to attend. and forge watching as the queen's come sort of plus one the prince of didn't really have a job as such but it did manage to carve a role out for himself yes and he actually was the patron of hundreds of charities he had great interest in things like conservation and then the charity that many people will know is the. awards of course his his name his title was jew convention and the juke of edinburgh award was all about. trying to encourage young people across the u.k. and other countries like india australia to take part in this award where you can

help other people be involved in activities and receive a medal in 5 times myself a did this so he was very very keen on all these activities because his whole life became a life of service and in fact i think over his lifetime he attended 22000 royal engagements and didn't give up this public role until he was well into his ninety's final word to you saw that charles until how do you think he'll be remembered. well of course he will be remembered as a modernizing figure in in modern britain post world war 2 as it was recovering from the 2nd while all but i think a lot of people will clearly remember him for for his his peasant ality which alex is it talked about a little bit that his humor and his his quips that public can gauge ment's which have drawn both amusement from the public but on occasion as well some outrage to he he had been known to have made some more offensive comments particularly in

international engagements which i'm sure many will remember he will though of course always be remembered as a specimen almost a public servant as is someone who. was always able to maintain a sense of that juicy and of sacrifice something the queen has paid tribute to all now wedding on a best 350th wedding anniversary she called him has strength and has a day show itself in perth and alex forrest y.c. thank you. and here in germany chancellor kohl is trying yet another strategy to try and beat the pandemic taking policy decision making away from the states and giving full power to the federal government germany is battling a devastating the 3rd wave of infections and regional decision making has led to

a confusing patchwork of regulation but regional leaders have now agreed to allow the federal government to take control the cabinet meets next week to discuss a plan that would impose restrictions in areas where infections are greater than 102100000 people the overall national figure has been above this old month federal health minister yen spawn is calling for tougher measures. in order to reduce the numbers we need consistent and if possible nationwide measures. that many citizens also recognize the need to break this wave of infections with additional measures many polls show this very clearly. if you're going to at any rate citizens ever realistic view of the situation and the gravity of the situation and the majority are in favor of stricter rules a lockdown is needed to break the current way. political correspondent and crane explain why this federal government is taking this lead.

german law until now has placed responsibility for infectious disease control largely in the hands of regional authorities and there's enormous variance in the rate of infection across different regions of germany so some rural regions have rates as low as 3030 cases per 100000 residents others go up to almost 300 cases per 100000 residents so there has been a lot of variation in the way that different regional authorities approach this however they do regularly negotiate with the federal government about what kind of restrictions to put into place and all agreed at the beginning of march on a phased plan that would see uniform restrictions in the event of one particular circumstance namely infection rates over $100.00 cases per 100000 residents however that has not occurred and that's because the fact is that there are places even

including the capital here berlin that have infection rates over that number and are still trying to sort of sort of do a lockdown light where there might be a light curfew but at the same time more testing and shopping and that is what the federal government now wants to change an interesting lee enough the federal state leaders say they're ready to go along because i think there is recognition that we need more reliability we need binding plants and we need clarity clarity also for citizens to ensure that they comply with the rules that are put into effect so we could see action as early as this weekend and beginning of next week that will change the federal infectious disease laws in order to give the federal government more power and many citizens waves would say this is long overdue. well in the crowd well the german government has come under fire for the slow pace of

its vaccine rollout the campaign is now picking up pace with a record number of shots administered on wednesday almost half were delivered by family doctors who are allowed to join the vaccination effort only from this week family doctors who are up for the meet gets at least 20 emails pre-date from patients who want to get vaccinated against covert 19 as soon as possible you can you put your nose we know the patients very well and we also know their willingness to get vaccinated and the risk factors they have that's why i think it makes a lot of sense to involve the family doctors. more than $35000.00 family doctors across the country can now administer the shots in the 1st phase they will receive approximately 20 doses per week the number of available doses and vaccines is expected to grow gradually family doctors associations have been pushing for months to start vaccinating the government hopes this new development will speed up the so

far sluggish vaccination efforts. we have called for vaccinations and doctors' offices because we think that this will radically up our pace that means that when we have enough vaccine which we expect in may we can vaccinate many more people how many more than in the vaccination centers guns on ourselves and in turn will and the effects already showing on wednesday germany reported a record high of daily vaccinations more than 650000 in one day half of them administered in doctors' offices until now most vaccines have been administered in germany's hundreds of vaccination centers and shots will continue to be given there this center and book just outside berlin is working at almost full capacity administering around 800 shots a day. if we continue with our current performance i think that hopefully by summer we will be through and done with vaccinating or at least everyone who really wants

it will be offered the vaccine and if. germany is making progress on its vaccination. reason for optimism. the doctors and other scientists know how to do it but the way politicians are handling the crisis forget about it we're now entering the 3rd wave and what comes after that. everything is just organized at the moment i don't see any consistency or stringency at all. it won't be over this year certainly not. for these billionaires getting the shot it's a big relief the coming weeks will determine whether the increased speed of roll out it's enough to combat the country's start wave of infections. new york city's cultural scene is gradually coming back to life after more than a year of restrictions the city's world theaters and concert halls probably won't

open fully before september but with millions of residents. coronavirus some venues are being allowed to open on the excitement is catching the. reports. new yorkers are finally getting the opportunity again to pursue one of their favorite pastimes standing in line. i'm really excited for the city to become the city again as we always knew. it's pretty pretty exciting you can feel the energy ok they're not actually excited about queuing up but rather that after a year of. they're about to see a live show at one of the city's most iconic entertainment venues the comedy cellar in manhattan's greenwich village. the comedy cellar is hosted nearly all the trades greats over the decades but like most

venues it's been shuttered for more than a year now it's open again but at just 33 percent capacity in accordance with new york's regulations no covert 1000 test is required to enter and neither are masks when seated the club's owner is cautiously optimistic the venue will stay open now for good i don't expect things to turn bad now they're very very quickly i think it's going to be ok. i hope it's ok you know if it's not i hope they'll shut us down again you know they should do what they need to do despite rising case numbers the risk of aerosols and virus variants the comedians in the audience breathe a sigh of relief and yeah there will be jokes about the pandemic. for the comedians for me to talk about this. to just say what i was going through and then i think for the audience it's not just them identifying in a relating that is one level and that's huge too but also just being with other people physically being around people around your peers in some social setting that

itself is important and gradually there are more and more places for new yorkers to do that restaurants are allowed to host patrons indoors at half capacity most of the city's museums have been open for months and now major sports venues are also welcoming fans again. madison square garden home to professional sports teams like the new york knicks and the new york rangers is open again at 10 percent capacity but to get in you have to have either a recent negative test or be fully vaccinated new york has just launched a new app that will help users prove their health status and that authorities say will make it easier for new yorkers and visitors to access venues and activities as the city slowly opens back up as tourists are returning to new york a so-called vaccination passport could be an important tool to bring back major attractions like broadway most theaters here are saying they won't reopen until all

seats can be filled they're hoping sometime in the fall or winter. but for now it's spring and new yorkers are enjoying their newfound freedom in the sun after a year in isolation. and that was the day conversation continues online you'll find. on twitter. your son's joining us a good. passengers

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