why not simple online on your mobile and free to stop. learning course nikos fake german made me see. this is the w from berlin tonight the race to be the next german chancellor among the conservatives it is now a duel today c.d.u. party leader only in law should go to the non to meet the conservatives into those september elections but his rival bavarian governor mark who's pursued who is more popular with voters and not yet willing to give up the fight also coming up tonight

valuing revenge you want to accuse israel of 7 charging 18 nuclear sites tehran says it knows who was behind the blackout and has the right to retaliate and indian authorities hoping to stop a dramatic surge of coded 19 cases by pushing for more vaccinations but the states say there simply is not enough vaccine to get the job done and a trip to the public finally england starts to ease cope with 19 restrictions as they hard lock down and a mass vaccination drawing to begin bearing fruit. i'm off to our viewers watching on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin tonight with the reste to be the next german chancellor germans go to the polls this fall to elect a new. government and after 16 years as chancellor will not be running again now

her c.d.u. party and its bavarian sister party the c.s.u. well they're trying to choose between 2 candidates the man preferred by the power brokers and the man preferred by the people i mean lash it is marcus the race to be the next conservative candidate to run for a german chancellor it's turning into an old fashioned power struggle on sunday the team men agreed the decision should come soon and to respect it whoever is chosen but less than a day later battle lines seem to have been drawn on monday morning at the recently elected c.d.u. leader held meetings with his party's executive and not really a surprise they backed him to be the candid it the man himself sounded impatient to get out on the campaign trail. everyone wants

a decision signal all the facts are on the table the problems we need to solve the sudden be that we should no longer be preoccupied with our internal party issues but rather with the major tasks that lie ahead for germany today tomorrow this week and in the coming months. the bun monday afternoon marcus head of the smaller bavarian c.s.u. had the backing of his party leadership he thinks the conservatives should ponder the candidate question a bit longer only as he personally more popular than last chance he also claims to stand for a style of politics that people want. and the conservatives have never fallen out of favor with voters so quickly before everything but there are a clear indication of what the public is thinking and we can't cut ourselves off from the majority of people. that mention and somewhat. what zilla needs now is public support from the white

a conservative policies perhaps from members of parliament worried about losing their jobs if the wrong man leads them into the national election in september. if those voices did not materialize it seems very likely christian democrats will be the choice to seize the back home when i'm going to america lead to the chancellor later this year and for more now i'm joined by our political correspondent simon young he's covering the story for us tonight and he used to i mean i can imagine people watching from the outside would ask themselves if has been in power for 16 years why is there not a clear conservative candidate emerging to be her successor what's the answer. bret is a very good question i think angle americal has stood back from this contest so far and indeed jaring her child's leadership she's been in the habit of clearing content his job out of the way she hasn't got out of that habit towards the end of

her time and so in other words there's no crown prince there's no obvious successor and she's a lair in these 2 figures is to battle it out right now it's interesting. lash it has been seen as close to machall in the past he's been at pains to sort of separate himself from the chancellor in recent months of debate his own man strike out on his own to the extent that maclin lash out has sort of fallen out somewhat particularly. how tough corona lockdowns should be so you know he's drifted off in that direction marcus said of his part has always you know stood aloof the varians down in munich they see things a little bit differently they like to say and so he's always been his own man and he's pushing in from the other side so i think merkel is not involved in this in this race she hasn't tipped it either way and as a result says she's just letting things play out in the polls show that workers are

the governor from bavaria he's more popular among the german public then are mean lost and yet today the leadership of the c.d.u. conservative party voted for last why. well i think they wanted to give their backing to their man was just chosen as the chairman of the c.d.u. party back in january so he's got a certain amount of impetus within the party i think there's a feeling from the from the c.d.u. that they are the laws of these tea parties and they should have the priority particularly in big decisions like he's going to be the candidate to run for the nation's top political office so that's why they wanted to i think to just sort of clear this question clear the air is they probably saw it and marcus said it had indicated he yesterday that he possibly would go along with such

a decision the saving is made it clear that he won't and we've come down to this do we've got 2 contenders now when can we expect to know who the conservative candidate will be well says you know we should think about this for a few more days we should listen to what different sections of the party is saying members of parliament and local party associations and have a good think about how we can get up above where we are now in the polls perhaps on the wrong side of 30 percent in latest polls he says we can do better than that he's obviously hoping that a few people will come out and support him and if they do in the next 2448 hours this debate could go on to the end of the week and possibly longer are at a political correspondent time and young with the latest tonight from berlin simon as always thank you. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says that his country will never allow iran to obtain nuclear weapons his comment came today

after tehran blamed israel for sabotaging its largest nuclear facility israel has neither denied nor confirmed involvement but u.s. intelligence has reportedly hinted that an israeli cyber attack was behind the incident iran is vowing to retaliate against israel in quote due time the natanz nuclear site suffered a large scale blackout on sunday just hours after you raney an enrichment was restarted at the plant the power failure took place barely a week after talks started in vienna to revive the international nuclear accord with iran. well i'm joined now by adnan to buy to buy in dusseldorf he is an iranian analyst i'm going it's good to see you again what do we know for certain about what or who was behind this this attack this power failure. i'm afraid you still have no certainty but as you already into 2 reports even

coming from the u.s. and in the israeli media itself. it is probably. as so as we have to piece it is accurate to assume that the israelis are behind this attack because we have seen attacks like that before and we knew before that the israelis have been very reluctant very negative about the ongoing calyx of the chase if you eat right now in vienna so that's that's where we at least we certainly have no certainty that we've heard from iran that these cintra fuchsias there at the facility were damaged why why is that important and do we know how is that impacted iran's ability to enrich uranium. in the in the history of iran's nuclear program there have always been some sat acts that iran somehow managed to relatively easily overcome and every setback has let to add to the increased zeal of furthering the nuclear program and

it's a perfect excuse obviously to say now that outside forces are trying to undermine our progress we will double down on developing new centrifuges etc so right now the iranian position obviously is we are going to recover from this this is what the head of the iranian at something and the jorgen ization has doubts today and i assume that regardless of how maybe months he wants and their program the sat back if there is no accomplishment on the diplomatic front with regards to the nuclear agreement we can assume your on will try to further its nuclear program and show that it won't be held back to do so well iran says this is israel's attempt to sabotage those talks in vienna how could those talks be. sabotaged if you will by what we saw happen this weekend i mean do we know what iran's going to do now in vienna. obviously

attacks such as this one are designed to undermine any serious appetite for not only diplomatic action but also diplomatic courage because both in washington and in tehran recently mean these talks in trying to find a solution congress domestic costs both for the by then administration but also for the government. and incidents like this one minimize that the type to really be bold and to make courageous decisions and to let go of some of the hard and positions this is i believe what is behind this and i would for now assume that iran will not so easy the leave the table in the end all right now this goes back to what you said earlier that the iranians. are saying that they will respond in june time which means that they're not going to respond immediately movie would definitely be looking at those talks which are resuming this we can be in of the

see if there is any impact iran analysts are not about to bog and then as always it's good to see you we appreciate your time in your insights tonight thank you my pleasure our let's take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world the global chemicals weapons watchdog says it has reasonable grounds to believe the syrian regime used chemical weapons in 828000 attack on a report by the o.p.c. w. found the syrian air force dropped a chlorine bomb on the town of keep the syrian government has consistently denied using chemical weapons in the country civil war u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin has arrived in berlin ahead of high level talks planned for tuesday he's due to meet with his german counterpart on a great problem. and other top officials here in berlin alston is the highest ranking member of the biden ministration to visit germany so far. ukraine says

russia has not answered its requests to start a dialogue over the russian military buildup on its border says moscow has massed more than 40000 troops on its eastern border and the same number in crimea russia says the troop movements are defense. in the united states protests have broken out in the state of minnesota after police fatally shot a black man relatives have identified him as 20 year old dante right now the state governor says that he's closely monitoring the situation and the time tensions there are already high the incident comes as the trial of white minneapolis police officer derek show been charged with killing george ford last year is still under way. protesters versus police in the suburbs of minneapolis tear gas and rubber bullets fired at an agitated crowd and all too familiar scene by now . hundreds of demonstrators surrounded the police station in the town of brooklyn

center after reports of another black man shot to death dante wright died during what should have been a routine traffic stop. wright's mother said her son called her when he was pulled over. he called me at about 140 that he was getting blown over by the bull you. and i thought well why did you get pulled over if you pull them over to get your personal opinion from the war. on the ground that you the killing came as tensions were already high with the trial of white minneapolis police officer derrick chauvin charged with killing george florida last year. and keep taking police like you for no reason satellites you know mental health problems so this is just the way the legislative solidarity is so that we're not you know with an affair because. who

knows that there's maybe a different style going to be the last time we all come together like. the town's mayor called the shooting tragic and minnesota's governor said he was mourning a mother life of a black man taken by law enforcement. the national guard is moved into place and the curfew is in effect. tensions high again in the u.s. state of minnesota let's go now to our washington bureau chief in this poll she's monitoring the situation force good evening to you you know just as we just heard serious unrest in minnesota where dante wright was killed on saturday do we know what the situation is there tonight. well that's right brian so the city was immediately under curfew then they lifted the curfew now is in place again so also viewing the footage the brooklyn center police chief said this afternoon local time that the shooting was an accident by the police officer involved you just heard

that and he claims that the officer actually intended to use their taser but discharge their gun and fired one shot by accident but he also said that his police force is prepared for protesters tonight and president biden himself said as a at a press conference earlier this afternoon that there is already support from the federal level in place so obviously everybody is expecting more protests as protests to happen tonight and the timing of this you know it could not be worse explain to us why this is prompted such outrage at this moment in particular. right this comes at a very significant time in the country and maybe. parts of the world i'm sure many of our international audience is really watching the trial of terri showmen they officer accused of killing george troy and lost my so many americans really had

told that real police reform would come on curb but we are seeing again young african american died in the hands of police and the question that remains unanswered is will fatal police shootings like these will they force the police to implement reforms to change the way that they do things on the streets. well that's what many social justice actually and also many just everett's americans have been calling for since since you. obviously this has led to only incremental changes i mean there were some hope that the obligation to wear body cameras on all police officers would bring some changes but that obviously didn't really work brant the problem is that this blitz of the senate bank here in washington makes it very very unlikely that

a significant police reform will cause and most changes probably are going to come from the local level all right our washington bureau chief with the latest on that situation tonight in minnesota you think you are. you're watching the news still to come mother nature blossoms in travel hot spots left empty by the pandemic locals in some parts of thailand say they hope that the end of travel restrictions will not be an end to their paradise rediscovered was thinking there just a moment. in india daily coronavirus cases have topped 168000 india has now recorded more infections during this pandemic any other country except the united states authorities are hoping to slow the spread by imposing new restrictions and persuading more people to get banks unaided but many states are complaining of a vaccine shortage fears are also growing that many are failing to observe social

distancing. from the banks of the sacred beaver ganges brimming despite india soaring infection rates millions are expected to attend the coup mayla festival. 1000 tests are required to enter the area but other precautions are ignored still worshippers have faith that they're safe. for their baby boy issue awaiting david moyes having yes they have picked it up again all fandoms have by creating mosques and. by pinning titles or distancing the book. yes we were afraid to come during coven 1000 but nothing should happen to us by the grace of mother goddess can change everything will be fine there are no problems with her. before her. but there are problems for the police who say they are too overwhelmed to enforce the rules. we are

appealing to people to follow the guidelines but in the riverbank area social distancing becomes difficult if we try to enforce it severe accidents or situations like stampedes can occur but make it is for some distance to go. prevention measures in india very luck downs are in force in many areas including maharashtra the hardest hit state it's also home to mumbai india's economic powerhouse. across india another event is attracting attention the so-called vaccination festival a 4 day drive to accelerate the national rollout. in india is an occupation programme had been relatively successful that several states are reporting back seen shortages in contrast to this festival authorities hope the vaccination festival will help bring infection numbers down. british prime minister boris

johnson is hailing it as a major step towards freedom as of today the english can once again have someone else for them a point of being here and enjoy it while sitting in the beer garden well that's a big deal for the country which had one of the highest infection rates in europe at the beginning of the year with nearly $60000.00 daily cases of coke in one team but tough walk down measures and a swift vaccination rollout they have brought down case numbers significantly now businesses across england have begun reopening although the government continues to warn against complacency. despite the unseasonably chilly weather there was an air of spring across the u.k. as many businesses reopened for the 1st time since january. long lines of eager shoppers formed outside clothing stores in london some brits got their 1st real haircut of the year but for others this is what they've been

waiting all winter for a pint of beer with their friends. british people i mean the way we cope with the british just going to the pub as often as possible so we can do nothing for months and now with a kind of a back to normal but we're not but it's no way so it's not right it's a very strange i'm on my 10th point already. i'm speaking straight it's great getting out and walking out in the high street and seeing everyone smile leg every day feels like it fills you with positivity and hope that we can make out of this it wasn't just patrons celebrating the reopening of 4 now the outdoor seating at pubs the owners are optimistic that they've made it through the worst of the pandemic but we have survived through some of the talks. that have been improved in europe we now. now do always but that's only 40 percent of all who have space that they can attend right now because it's best with the forest side they're

here in the united kingdom. but we really need to see defoe the removal of restrictions before we can really get back to trading have rules that mean those businesses like throughout. health authorities are warning the british to remain cautious another wave of the pandemic is not impossible but if all goes according to plan the government could lift all restrictions by the end of june. remember how it was one year ago west spring when many parts of the world went into their 1st walk down when traffic jams disappear air pollution seemed to evaporate and in some places wildlife was spotted roaming the streets it was a reminder that although the pandemic may be bad news for humans it's been a good thing for the environment in thailand the popular resort island of puke it will reopen this july for vaccinated foreign travelers the locals are ready to welcome them back but with a much greater awareness of just help fragile and precious their piece of paradise

is. this view is like something straight out of a tourist brochure islands like oh yeah yeah i don't know why and co p.p. are the envy of the international tourist industry but since the start of the pandemic for inters them has been banned for now locals have this paradise all to themselves. has lived here all his life he's one of the last of the semi nomadic mo can see people an ethnic group whose way of life is under threat. in the name of me we fish in our traditional way with the spear but it's not easy. sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't because the fish are fast and swim zigzag. sutanto is a master at fishing and hunts alone. recently he's noticed a surprising and quite unexpected change.

corona is good for the environment there are fewer boats she were tourists and also less trash they used to be a lot more of all that here. fishing is easier now i used to spend hours looking for fish but since corona there's plenty of them. that i. with the tourists gone life under water has visibly blossomed. have recovered. fish stocks have multiplied and animals that haven't been seen for years have reappeared. carona $40000000.00 tourists came to thailand each year 33000000 of them went on beach holidays along the coast and then suddenly they all disappeared all the boats are

gone but there are no more beach parties no more noise there's less sewage and rubbish from the hotels what a difference. but while empty beaches are a boon for the environment they spell economic ruin for many in the community tourism is thailand's most important source of income even environmentalists agree it's about striking a balance. without tourism without the desire for these wonderful holiday destinations people would never have understood the importance of preserving nature they wouldn't care if the corals died anyone who goes to the seaside sees beauty and wants to protect it we can't have 0 tourism but we can't stop the pre corona madness. a gentler kind of tourism could be the way forward more regulations more environmentally friendly from july to get is set to welcome

back tourists who have been vaccinated only then will it be clear whether the economy and the environment are compatible. the return of tourists. will have to share this piece of paradise once again and hopefully this time the tourists will share with him more sustainably. we hope that for everyone everywhere you're watching t w news after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day tonight the 2 conservative politicians who want to be the next german chancellor will be right back.

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a winner which one can guarantee victory on election day tonight the answer is neither.