such tell us more about what you have to say. the step of now implementing international drive a national emergency brake as a long overdue you are setting the corona fight on a new footing and what that means is that angle a macro took germany's corona response next level instead of continuing to gather the 16 state premiers around her getting an agreed paper and then everybody going into their federal state and do whatever they like pretty much she's now making this legally binding she doesn't mean that she can do it alone she still needs that signature on the dotted line by enough taking this to parliament and she's getting the states to agree to it and that would then make it legally binding and there would be an immediate emergency brake implemented at that magic figure of 100 infections 410-0000 people within the space of 7 days and that already applies to

pretty much most of the country why is this question of taking a national approach so controversial. because there was a lot of credibility lost when state premiers didn't stick to what they said and kept carving out exceptions for their own state status created a lot of confusion that has cost everybody a lot of public trust who works in public policy and that is also to blame for. dipping in the opinion polls in these latest infection rates going up once again we are in the midst of the 3rd wave here in germany and a majority of germans actually for a tough put locks down and people in the street they certainly want to know which rules apply wherever they go and not on a 100 kilometer draw if you have 3 different sets of regulations apply you said that the chancellor will have to take this new law to parliament what kind of

support will she have for it there. well it looks like she is getting enough support to take it to parliament the big question now is will it be fast track decided this week the parliamentary groups are currently meeting as we speak here so still more intense debates to be heads but this looks like it's definitely going ahead in germany with experts warning hospitals warning that it's simply coming too late and america herself said if we said a long time ago she said if we wait until those intensive care beds are filling up and a full then it's too late and it's pretty much nearing that point right now our chief political editor michel because now with the latest thank you. now aerosol researchers are taking aim at current coronavirus measures they are calling for a radical rethink they say the virus is transmitted inside and very rarely outside

christopher has the president of the society for aerosol research and he's taken part in this research we asked him to tell us more about his findings. well 1st of all we know we have known for several months already that it's mostly in aerosol transmission so abhorrent transmission of the virus. and at the same time we know that aerosols or aerosol particles as weeks hailed him they're quickly diluted when you're outdoors because there are always wind currents there's always a thermal motion upwards and that quickly dilutes the virus concentration and therefore it's very unlikely that you. get infected outdoors where us indoors it's much more likely because the virus concentration can accumulate and there has been a recent study published in ireland and they check more than 230000 infections and they found that 99.9 percent of them actually occurred indoors and that's what we try to. make sure that everyone understands and also the general public that it's

the most the highest infection risk is actually indoors and not outdoors so you're saying basically the measures that are currently in place they don't prevent infection they might even be counterproductive so which measures would that be that they don't help really well. what we criticize is that there's too. much focus on measures for outdoors whereas outdoors not nothing really or almost no infections occur this includes the duty to wear a mask when you're outdoors that several places which are very popular are locked. like along the rhine river for example here in my area and that doesn't really help because we should focus a lot more on the indoor. interactions and that applies to all indoor environments that includes private homes that includes workplaces that

includes shops that includes public transport and so on than that that that's what we try to bring along that it's really the indoor environment where it can get critical ok so what measures would you recommend to the government to take right now if you could advise them. well i mean several measures already taken when it comes to public transport it's really. it critical that these are checked and make sure that people really follow these rules and it's not only the government but it's also the media and just the general public that needs to understand that you need to be careful can divorce and there are several very simple measures and i don't really think that you need a law or anything to enforce that because what people should do is open windows and exchange the air that's indoors whenever possible so when the. weather is fine just leave the window open all day basically. whatever you people. use

cleaning devices to reduce the virus concentration and most importantly limit the number of contacts indoors outdoors it doesn't really count but endorse limit the number of contacts and limit the time that you meet these people indoors and these are the most important things to keep in mind and that can help to to reduce the infections and one thing you said you know a lot of this research has been around for some time now we know that infections are spreading more indoors far more indoors than really outdoors why do you think that hasn't really been informing the policy that's been taken. that's a very difficult question and i think it goes beyond what i can judge as an aerosol scientist because i think it has very political reasons that it's probably easier to control outdoors if people are not gathering in safe people really wearing masks

because that they're out in the public and can see them whereas indoors you can't really in force these the sauce. but but on the other hand i understand that it's not so easy to control that people are following these measures but it's important to make sure that everyone understands that really indoors that's where rates can get dangers. thank you so much for your insights christopher president of the society for aerosol researchers good to have you with us now to some of the other developments in the pandemic in the u.s. health authorities are recommending an immediate pause in administering the johnson and johnson coated 1000 vaccine after 6 people developed rare blood clots within weeks of getting the shot and it comes a day after a 55000000 doses of the vaccine started to be delivered to e.u. india will fast track emergency approvals for covert 1000 vaccines that have been authorized by western countries and japan the country is ramping up its vaccine rollout efforts as it battles soaring infection rates and the director general of

the world health organization says confusion and complacency named the pandemic is a long way from over but proven public health measures could bring it under control within months. let's get a round up of some other headlines now anti kook protesters have again taken to the streets of me in mar as the united nations warns the country could be heading towards a massive syria style conflict the u.n. has called on the international community to take action to stop the military's brutal crackdown hundreds have been killed since the military seized power in february. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says he expects the international deal limiting iran's nuclear program to be saved he was speaking after talks with his a rainy and counterpart and lavrov says iran has shown willingness if the us up its agreements to lavrov also criticize the european union for imposing sanctions on iran during these ongoing talks to revive the nuclear means. taiwan has unveiled

a new amphibious more fair ship that can be used to land troops the massive ship is the latest part of a program to modernize the armed forces and it comes as china asked the late its threats to use military force to annex the island it says is its territory. japan has announced that it will start releasing massive amounts of contaminated water from the fukushima nuclear plant into the sea the water has been stored in tanks at the plant since it was destroyed by a tsunami and earthquake in 2011 japan says the decision was an avoidable and that the water will be diluted to meet international standards before it's released in about 2 years time japan's neighbors south korea and china have condemned the proposal as have environmental groups and local fishing communities. and earlier we talked to shaun burnie a senior nuclear specialist at greenpeace and we asked him what consequences that

decision of the japanese government might have so all the reader activity that will be released different types of radioactive materials we've got to tree in which a percentage of which becomes genic we don't need to cells human cells their cells but other redirected isotopes like stilton $1000.00 which would be released by these does george is concentrates in the blooms of course fish in humans increasing cancer rates. the communities in korea or china that reports to this as well as in japan itself know that this is an ongoing threat that must be stopped so what you can see of good coming weeks months and even years is increasing opposition to the japanese government's decision and i remain optimistic actually that we can stop those. shaun burnie from greenpeace there speaking to us earlier now protesters in the u.s. state of minnesota have taken to the streets for a 2nd night after a young black man was shot dead by police near minneapolis the officer who fired at

20 year old dante wright says she confused her gun with her taser tensions in minneapolis were already running high before this latest incident a white former police officer derrick shaaban is currently on trial they're charged with the murder of george floyd the president is appealing for peace. the last moments of don't have rights life be courted by the party come of the police officer who fatally shot him. 22 year old reuters arrested during a traffic stop. he struggles free and gets back in the car then. police say the footage shows that the officer used her gun by mistake. as i watched the video and listen to the officers commands is my belief that the officer had the intention to deploy their taser but instead shot mr wright with

a single bullet this appears to me from what i viewed in the officer's reaction in distress immediately after that this was an accidental discharge there resulted in the tragic death of mr wright. angus' spilled out onto the streets hours after rights killing. a dusk to dawn curfew was imposed to stop further on rest by protesters gathered for a 2nd night in the suburbs of minneapolis outraged by yet another death of a black man at the hands of a police officer. called president joe biden appealed for calm. we do know that the pain and trauma is just the black community in that environment is real serious it's consequential but

it's just not justified violence and or looting but the shooting of dawn today right has fueled tensions in a city already on edge over nothing now tourist case not far from where wright was shot down rick sjodin the officer who killed george floyd is on trial for murder. world leaders are condemning russia's most recent military activity in and around ukraine the g. 7 group of advanced nations says it is deeply concerned by what it calls russian provocations ukraine accuses moscow of sending thousands of troops to its eastern border and the crimean peninsula kiev and moscow have traded blame over the worsening situation in the donbass region ukrainian troops have fought pro russian separatists since 2014 clashes in the region have become more frequent and there are fears that the under a soft conflict between the 2 sides could flare up again. a russian military camps set up suddenly close to russia's border with ukraine witnesses have reported

seeing rows of tanks in the area and artillery being moved by train and leaders in europe and the us are trying to find out why. russia's not denying the troop movements but says it's not threatening anyone. or spot over there it's obvious even the questions are being asked what is it that the russian federation is doing on the border with ukraine got the answer is very simple we live there it is our country some kremlin figures have gone further setting out conditions for a possible russian intervention against its neighbor which a beginning of military actions is the beginning of the end of ukraine. the build up seems to be russia's biggest along the ukrainian border in 7 years. but that was when fighting between pro russian separatists and ukrainian troops 1st erupted in

ukraine's east more than 14000 people have since died in that conflict which has yet to be resolved. ukraine's president volo dimmers alinsky recently visited frontline troops he's called on nato to put his country on a pathway to join the military bloc something moscow has called an acceptable. meanwhile washington is sending warships to the region and says it's closely watching the situation well 1st let me say we are concerned as i've said in the past but we've been of course watching it over the course of the weekend about the increasing aggression of russian forces on the border secretary blinken and secretary austin are in brussels this week meeting with their nato partners and we will of course i'm sure this will be a topic of discussion the coming week could well decide whether the tensions in

ukraine escalate further into the biden administration's 1st international crisis let's bring in our correspondents on the story now teri schultz is in brussels emily sure when is in moscow it is good to see you both tara let's start with you nato secretary general against altenburg and the foreign minister of ukraine at a neutrik label made a joint statement a little bit earlier what more can you tell us about what they said. they did sue me but even since then we've gotten the news that nato secretary general still timberg will chair a joint meeting tomorrow of nato foreign and defense ministers was called after is his press conference today with the foreign minister of cool a bow and secretary of state blinken from the united states and defense secretary austin will come from germany to be at that meeting tomorrow now what we heard earlier from the ukrainian foreign minister whose government had called this urgent a nato meeting he had messages for both moscow and for nato to moscow he said if

you dare push further into ukraine than what you've already done x. in crimea and supporting separatists in the dawn bust this will be a very costly mistake for you to nato allies he said make sure that is the case we need more military equipment and equipment we need more training for our forces we need more political support if we are going to deter the aggression that we're seeing from russian forces and to everyone he said if you think that sounds expensive think about the consequences of more war ok i'm really we're hearing a very strong message directed at brushwood there have you seen any reactions or moscow so far. there have been no direct reactions to that strong message that we heard there at nato but around the same time of the nato press conference there was a statement from the deputy foreign minister here in russia said gaited quote and he said that any escalation in ukraine would be the fault of ukraine and what he calls called it's western curators clearly referring there to nato and he

said that they are at fault for turning ukraine into a powder keg and russia for the past few days and weeks has been shifting blame as well they have been saying that it's actually ukraine that's moving troops closer to the border and escalating the situation and that any troop movements within russian borders are just russia's business and are purely defensive right we've seen russia deny any claims that it sent troops to eastern ukraine to help the rebels there but officials are also saying the army could intervene if you pray and tries to retake the area by force i mean how likely is that to happen. we've definitely heard a lot of strong rhetoric from the russian side including that kremlin official that we heard there in the piece saying he said that it would be the end of ukraine if ukraine were to intervene or to harm russian citizens in eastern ukraine of course

russia has been kind of handing out passports to people in eastern ukraine for the last few years but i think it's very unlikely that russia actually wants these escalated tensions to really escalate into a war i think this is more saber rattling and rhetoric directed both at an internal audience ahead of duma elections parliamentary elections here this year and also more importantly i think directed at the new u.s. administration they really want to make it clear i think to the new u.s. president that ukraine as they see it is part of their sphere of influence and that the u.s. and nato should keep its hands off a risky game of course because these tensions in this powder keg could potentially blow up even if neither side really wants it right and terry i want to come back to you in brussels to ask you about another development that we saw today namely u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin saying the u.s.

will not be pulling troops out of germany that's something that the former president trumpet threatened instead the u.s. will deploy an additional $500.00 forces i imagine that that is welcome news that nato. certainly sami in any case that would have been welcome news but with tensions rising very close to nato as borders it will be even more so now this announcement came as a surprise to nato officials and to the german government when president trump said is but we know from reporting afterwards that actually nobody moved on this the pentagon didn't think it was a good move to pull out of its very comfortable and well established german bases nobody wanted to do with the belgian government did not get a follow up call from the u.s. about the troops that were supposedly moving here so it's not a complete surprise that the current administration would reverse that decision but as you said a very welcome one nonetheless. our correspondents teri schultz in brussels and emily sure went in moscow thank you sports now

and football byron munich are preparing for a champions league quarter final clash with paris france from aa but the bavarians need a win to keep them in the competition piastres impressive display in munich last week shows iron are facing a tough challenge by in a rarely cost as underdogs but that's how they see themselves as they had to paris in need of at least 2 goals to qualify for the champions league semifinals after p.s.g. smash and grab 3 to win in munich is this the top of them all know before it's a tough task but we're all looking forward to it for this i think games like these are why you play football and why you're here to buy a munich we want to try to cause a mini upset in paris or impose monken. buy ins chances of upsetting the odds look slim there with key players chief among the injured robert leave and. his team mates will miss the potent pull who has rattled in an incredible 42 goals in 36 much is this season. one ray of hope for by an has been p.s.

g.'s in different home form the parisians latest disappointment was a one nil loss to leo in the league as i look at them. it's something that we'll have to look out again at the end of the season. but let's hope that performances start to turn around against. vengeance for last season's painful defeats in the final should be motivation enough for the argentine players to find their feet again on home turf. well robert loving dusty has now returned to training for byron munich after damaging his right knee while on international duty with poland a byron's top sport striker is expected to make his comeback later this month either against by or liver who's in our minds he's already missed games against life say when he won berlin and as we heard the champions league fixture versus paris on travon 11 dos he's been having a career year with 351 of the goals so far. in tennis

russia's daniel medvedev is out of the monte carlo masters tournament after testing positive for the coronavirus the world's number 2 ranked player called the news a big disappointment he was seeded 2nd behind top ranked overact joke of edge of pro tennis event medvedev is now focused on recovering and looking forward to the upcoming major the french open that's scheduled to start mid may. surfers in rio de janeiro have been enjoying perfect conditions hundreds have been speeding across the water against the spectacular backdrop of the sugarloaf mountain the city's famous beaches are closed for general use because of coronavirus restrictions but individual sports activities are permitted the kite surfer say that when conditions are this good they just have to get out there to ride the wind and waves. coming up next on news asia japan angers neighbors by deciding to dump fukushima waste water into the sea but how dangerous is it really. another ramadan into and

a look at how pakistan is more take these muslims believe. and i would be an easy influencer assuring her skills and standing out on social media. there is from her jean has those stories up next stay tuned.

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