present day hoaxes. and who's behind the. manufacturing ignorance starts may 3rd on d. w. . you're watching news live from berlin a life of public service. britain prepares for the funeral of prince philip the late husband of clean elizabeth will be laid to rest this afternoon in a small private ceremony at windsor castle also coming up. india's capital delhi goes into lockdown as it struggles to contain a surgeon coronavirus cases nationwide more than 230000 new infections are reported

in a single day another new record. and roll castro steps down as head of cuba's communist party the nation enters a new era without a castro in command for the 1st time since 1959. by sir welcome to the program the final preparations are being made for the funeral of prince philip the husband of britain's queen elizabeth which takes place later today. their son prince edward and his wife sophie viewed flowers left by members of the public outside st george's chapel in windsor where the funeral will take place only 30 close relatives will attend jude coronavirus perceptions the ceremony will reflect clint prince philip's close ties with the military. and charlotte's

house until joins me now from london charlotte to tell us more about what's planned for today. hello there yes we're hearing that says this funeral service will have prince philip's fingerprints all over it he specially requested that there is not the usual pomp and circumstance associated with royal funerals that it would be instead no nonsense now for that reason it will be a ceremonial royal a ceremony rather than a state funeral it will be very scaled back in which hold that it will pay tribute not only to his years old military service but his service as britain's longest serving consuls as well it will on a he's his humor and his humanity we're also told now one moment i think that a lot of people will be looking out for as part of the service will be the hearse

that his coffin will be taking to the chapel in its specially designed by prince philip as himself over a period of years it would be a landrover defender which will carry the coffin in the back and i'm sure many smiles that will come from living rooms across the country when they see that moment of a real reflection of the man that prince philip was. and as you're saying a not a lot of pomp which was pomp which was prince philip's wish and i guess there are coronavirus for shiksas as well which limit the size of the funeral any other factors at play here. right well the coronavirus restrictions do play a big role in the organizing of this ceremony had to be aided long been planned and then had to be very hastily rethought townson would it be in line with restrictions

here in the u.k. up to 30 people are allowed at a funeral that means it will just be very close family who will be attending well a lot of. during the service the world family will have to wear face masks keep socially distance they won't be taking part in the the singing of him either all in line with those restrictions so in many ways this will be a royal humoral like no other. and aren't these difficult times for the royal family given you know how the some of some of the members have been portrayed in the press recently to be on public display at this at this time. right well all eyes i think going to be on prince harry and prince william grandsons of prince philip that's after the explosive interview that prince harry gave to oprah winfrey after stepping back from were cuties and moving to the united states this funeral service will be the 1st time that the 2 brothers and the whole family's been

reunited since that explosive interview and since their troubling claims were made by prince harry and his wife meghan a lot of people will be looking at the body language there between the brothers that he given that we've heard that they won't be standing side by side as they follow the coffin into the chapel a lot of people saying that you're not going to she didn't expect any kind of insight into the brother's relationship that this will instead just be a moment to mark the passing the life of their grandfather but indeed it has been a turbulent time for the royal family and one where the prince philip has previously been by the queen's side through rants turbulent times over the past decades now though going forward the queen will be managing periods like this very sadly learned ok charlotte so a family story and a very public story that we'll be following for you all day on touch of my life

thanks so much. and as i just said we'll be bringing you live coverage of prince philip sooner or later in the day right here on give you these. and we have some other breaking news coming in just now the global death toll from the corona virus has topped 3000000 people that's according to the tally compiled by johns hopkins university as the worldwide vaccination rollout continues places like brazil and some european countries are seeing surges in covert 19 deaths. and we turn to india now day day after day for more than a week the country has reported record coronavirus cases the situation is particularly dire the capital delhi which has been placed on a weekend lockdown in a bid to contain the spread of infection numbers are also exploding in other cities like mumbai. once again he and his family are packing their belongings

during the lockdown last year the couple and their 2 children had to leave mumbai now a year later they again say they have no choice. there are so many problems i cannot work so we cannot afford food we live on just one or 2 euros a day there is no other way we have to go back to our home village. the taxi driver hardly has any customers. that's because mumbai went into a 15 day lockdown on wouldn't stay after coronavirus numbers exploded. india has recorded more than 2000 infections per day and that has serious consequences for its hospitals.

there has been nationwide criticism that the week's long religious festival has not been cancelled millions of hindu pilgrims have been taking part many disregarding coronavirus restrictions. of course were afraid of the virus but happens only once every 12 years and we've taken time off for it. less than 10 percent of india's 1400000000 people have been vaccinated to date 2 vaccines are being produced in india and facilities exist. to produce even more but the pharma companies have so far refused to sign patent waivers saying there's no evidence that would boost production and a new struggle lies ahead ever more aggressive mutations. it's

proving too much for. and millions of others who find work in the big cities they are forced to look elsewhere during the lockdown. has been completely used up i don't even have anything for the trip home i hope to at least earn a few rupees in my parents' village. but last year food was scarce they are too. don't know how they will cope this time as they again drive into the unknown. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. american president joe biden has called on congress to pass gun restrictions after another mass shooting he ordered flags to be lowered at the white house and other government buildings in all of the 8 people killed at a fed ex warehouse in indianapolis on thursday. described the u.s.

gun deaths as an epidemic. hundreds of people took to the streets in chicago after city police released body footage of an officer shooting dead 13 year old toledo protesters held a vigil in solidarity with the boy's family shooting is being investigated by the civilian police office of police accountability. nasa has awarded $2900000000.00 contract to iran musk's company space x. to supply the spacecraft that will run its 1st manned mission to the moon since $972.00 must be 2 other competitors including amazon founder jeff bezos to secure the contract. the leaders of germany france and ukraine have called on russia to pull its troops back from the ukrainian border ukraine's president followed him as the lenski proposed a summit that would also include moscow which killed fears is preparing an invasion

the conflict dates back to 2014 when ukraine's pro russian president was ousted in a popular uprising moscow back separatists have occupied the eastern donbass region and crimea ever since russia says its recent military buildup is a response to nato threats and ukrainian provocations. ukraine is gearing itself up for battle the country's military is in better shape than it was july war in 2014 but its firepower is no match for russia's military might. move. most of we are preparing we have a saying if you want peace always be prepared for war we are ready to meet an enemy on an island. the current buildup of troops along the ukrainian russian border has been described by the u.s.

and nato as the largest there since 2014 a cause of great concern for the ukrainians. because there is no split between danger or intimidation war and danger or physical usually russians combine both surats and now we see because tension is the reason. why it's hard to boyce. is also became more dangerous we've grown answer a direct threats president zelinsky has appealed to european leaders to call on russia to pull its troops back from the ukrainian border it's not only our problem the safety of your if it went all the euro will understand that it's all your and what we will move together where we zelinsky met emmanuelle mccrone in paris and anglo-american joined by video link selenski proposed

a summit that also included moscow but so far russia has refused calls to pull back leaving ukraine fearful of an open invasion. broke castro has announced his resignation as the head of cuba's ruling communist party putting an end to 6 decades of rule in the country by members of the castro family role who took over as president from his brother fidel in 2008 has said he is passing leadership on to a new generation. reserve you. asked for me my task as 1st secretary of the central committee of the communist party of cuba and with the satisfaction of having fulfilled my duty and was confidence in the future of the country. with those words to the communist party congress and i will cause. announced his retirement from the frontline of cuban politics it has been 6 decades

since i was prouder fidel castro came to power following the cuban revolution of the 1950 s. and i will cuss through has played most of his life a 2nd string to his product 1st as a good commander later as a senior figure in the socialist government. after fidel fell ill in 2006 became the face of communist cuba. was. the country's top position will be now filled by miguel diaz who has served as cuba's president for the past 3 years he's a party loyalist who has advocated reform of the ailing economy without altering cuba's one party system. cuba's ongoing economic crisis presents a stiff challenge for the new leadership last year the economy shrank by 11 percent on the heels of new u.s. sanctions the coronavirus pandemic and domestic mismanagement have only compounded

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