and in brussels she now lives in potsdam with her husband and their 2 young daughters the best yet they carefully choreographed announcement came in sharp contrast to the bruising power struggle still going on within germany's conservative party both contender stair were quick to react to bear box candidacy. to leave an early not be a congratulate an early now better book and i can promise her that the c.d.u. in germany is looking forward to a fair election campaign. in fear than viacom's although it. could now be plots are in skin it will be about the 1st place conservatives the greens hopefully it will be a fair good and argumentative but also ambitious election campaign. i would be very happy to be a part of it but we are not there yet you know me. well the conservatives are still squabbling internally and only now baucus already focusing on the general election

in september and on becoming angular machall successor our political response i mean young is the story of for you simon what are the chances of becoming germany's next chancellor. well if they're quite good really she does still need to be endorsed as candidate by a congress of the greens in june but her chances really are good because the party's chances are good the greens have been doing well in poll after poll in recent months consistently polling above 20 percent that makes them the 2nd party in german politics at the moment so it may well be that come the general election in september the greens are then in the position to choose whether to join a conservative led coalition or perhaps to themselves lead a left of center coalition in the 2nd case and alina bear book just 40 years of age

would become germany's next chancellor and i would just say that i have bear but probably does need now to over the next few months present herself to a wider public she's not. not a very tried politician she hasn't held high office her career has been mainly within the green party so she'll need to sort of spread her appeal if she wants to indeed end up becoming the next german chancellor as some or all of this is happening as the political or the leadership contest is still being played out among the c.d.u. and c s you where we at with that. well we have to the 2 contenders in the race to be the candidate for the conservative side arm in lashon who leads the larger of the 2 parties the c.d.u. and marcus said he leads the varian c.s.u. and is considerably more popular in the polls the problem the conservatives have

got is they don't really have a clear process for making this decision deciding between these 2 men they had hoped to get it done before today. earlier on today the varian c.s.u. held a meeting they said well they now put it in the hands of their larger sister party to make the decision so i mean lash the c.d.u. leader is called a meeting of his troops for the c evening and what i can tell you is that there may well be a decision coming if not tonight then in the next couple of days but it's worth saying that by contrast with the greens process of selecting and smoothly unveiling their candidate as they've done on time today as they said they would and what's going on in the conservative parties is a bit more chaotic and frankly disorganized political correspondent samiam reporting thank you. like to tell you now about some of the other stories making

headlines around the world. the trial of the white police officer accused of killing george floyd is wrapping up in the u.s. after hearing the closing arguments the jury will have to decide whether derek show over and committed homicide mr floyd a 48 year old black man died while being restrained during his arrest last may sparking global protests. it's the end of these 6 decade long castro era cuba's communist party has picked he growled d.s. kind as its new leader he replaces that i will castro who succeeded his brother fidel by not being part of the dynasty president diaz canal is not expected to move cuba away from a one party socialist system there is foreign policy chief says that some 150000 russian troops are massed near ukraine's with orders from as the largest ever russian military buildup in the region just browse said there was a danger of

a quote start setting off a confrontation but he announced there would be no additional sanctions for the time being. meanwhile russia's prison service says jailed opposition leader alexina volly has been transferred to a medical facility you know what comes after mr of all these doctors said he was on the brink of death the 44 year old has been on a hunger strike for 3 weeks after being denied access to his own medical team both the e.u. and the u.s. have warned moscow of consequences should he die in prison german yes it is closely monitoring the situation and welcome to news of missing of all these transferred to a prison hospital. in the cup by the ship professor this is not eliminated our concern about not only is physical condition however consequent. it seems that he is in very poor health as a result of being incarcerated which he wouldn't be if russia held its

international commitments to the european human rights convention and finally released him. went in and listen or phrases to bring in vladimir a short cough he is executive director of the anti corruption foundation and an ally of alexina volume and joins us now from london so what are you hearing about mr valma he's a medical condition. we have seen today a report that he was transferred from one colony to and not there and he is put in the hospital there it's not really and then to quote medical care for him as it's hard to tell is used as a tuberculosis sport so our demand for an independent physicians to be in the valley and to get him proper medical care care still stands now the top diplomats that discussed mr novell the situation today how much can they influence what

happens how should they respond. there is no silver bullet that will make mr putin release. any but i think there are many channels both public and private available to western governments and obviously mr putin cares very much about his relations with europe they cannot make ties are quite substantial so i think there are some strings that european countries can pull in this respect now russian authorities are not giving and they are digging in and mr know bali's a warrior said he is not planning to end his hunger strike do you fear for his life . we are very concerned especially since the his blood results that were received on friday. the normal level of.

which is a precursor to kidney failure and heart problems i think his health is in danger and it's a matter of days before he possibly dies how is this being viewed by the russians. well there are no russians that can explain a single view. what we do is we. have accelerated our plans for products and it's happening this wednesday. almost 500000 people signed up to participate in the protests and we hope that this domestic pressure is on president and number of people to participate in protests in the mark simone previously was about 200000 so we call that this will influence the calculation of kremlin and

they decide to do the humanitarian thing to provide in the volley with medical care the label of killer has been casually applied to mr fortune with certain just a few cation but it's not only in prison on his watch when the whole world is looking at the torture that this mosque a most prominent political prisoner globally is now. i think this label of killer will not be something that will ever get come off mr bush's name lattimer sure cough executive director of the anti-corruption foundation and mr alexina bonnie thank you for joining us. now to a massive shakeup in european football 12 top clubs from spain italy and england have announced the formation of

a breakaway super league while the new midweek competition will be independent of european football's governing body you a for but germany's top clubs by munich and dortmund they will be joining the team and have released a statement saying they and by and with jacked the super league prefer ing instead to we're form the existing champions league well meanwhile you a for says it will ban super league clubs from the champions league including possibly those in next week's $27.00 finals. it's the jewel in you wafers crown it's big east money spinner for the champions league is now under threat from the breakaway super league you wait for is reacted with fury to the proposals saying enough is enough and admitting. the cops concerned will be banned from playing in any of the competition at domestic european or world level and that players could be denied the opportunity to represent the national teams. a breakaway league of europe's top clubs has been rumored for

a while but the plans of never been is it france does this financially backed by the u.s. investment bank j.p. morgan. the league will be formed of 20 clubs 15 permanent who can be relegated and 5 that they're placed on marriage games would be played midweek 1st in 2 groups of 10 the top 3 from each would then go through 2 knockout rounds to determine the winner. eventis present time dre i merely has been one of those behind the proposals even though he sat on your wife and sports. if there is interest by these kind of mayors these financial institutions it means there is. a potential for a bright future within our industry. there's been widespread backlash to the plans its friends calling me to greedy power grab. is to have this great taken over a day i think by the fans a lot of fans that. well i like keeping the status quo i think things work

relegation and promotion good things they keep that provide competition. sounds motivates if i want to buy greeds which is not a good thing to be in the game anyway you wait for i won't want to give up on it's cash cow without a fight the super league is digging in launching legal action to stop us from blocking the league's formation. stick around a deal news asia is up next. the fight against the corona virus 10 damage. has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. information and contacts the coronavirus day 19 special. on t w. do you feel worried to the

planet. peter. neale i was still feeling the green sunspots cost and to me it's clear remains true. solutions are out there. join me for a deep dive into the green transformation for me. for the power. to. 3000000 people have died from the corona virus. most of the victims in the united states and brazil. but this whole. powerful americans have received their 1st vaccination powerful israelis have received 2 jabs like them is returning to normal . but mutations could change that if they find a way to have

a doubt body's immune response. the world health organization ones cases in many countries are still rising at an alarming rate some other nations are confident they're over the worst our correspondent tanya crema reports from israel where a rapid vaccination program has brought with it some walking free. they're taking it easy at this outdoor cafe in the center have to live before this is censored life is gradually returning to normal the government has rolled back many restrictions onus her is cautiously optimistic the national government as we have the feeling that it's over it's not it's a relief i feel the virus is no longer a threat as everyone here has been vaccinated across much of colors enough already look even my mask had enough. case numbers in israel have fallen sharply thanks to one of the world's fastest vaccination drives some restrictions remain

such as sparing masks and a green past 60 nations certificate is required in some venue. after 3 hard lockdowns people are not taking things for granted sam a clear it's great that things are getting back to normal of course i'm still bearing you must be a cautious they still feel you can't shake it off that quickly my hair over half of the population of 9000000 israelis has been fully vaccinated but israel has been criticized for failing to. supply of vaccines 2 more palestinians in the occupied west bank and gaza a covert 19 unit in a converted parking lot at sheba hospital near tel aviv 1st closed recently public debate has now turned to vaccinating children under 16 the spread of new variants and how long the vaccines will offer protection going back to school and back to

call meals people are back in workplaces and are vaccinated and we see a decline in cases so people are generally very optimistic of course the science is a little bit more cautious and we have to be very careful in assessing the new value in looking carefully at their vaccine effectiveness to keep variants at bay travis tritt sions are still in place as here at ben gurion airport foreignness just special permit to enter only by late may small groups of vaccine aid to tourists will be allowed. for now israelis and joining the new found freedom the pandemic is far from over but at least in the bubble of tel aviv it almost feels like it could be. a eyelash on who was in that report there joins us from tel aviv is the director of israel's largest hospital the sheba medical center just how close is israel to the end of the pandemic would you say.

by all means israel is seeing a substantial decline in the number of concerns however we're not at the end of the . limitations on travel. risks always surges of the. number of reasons and you've still got a lot of palestinians to get vaccinated. will the palestinians that look inside israel were also seen as indian many thousands of them willcox in it did what i understand and i noticed specialist in international law so the palestinian authority has the jurisdiction only health certainly poor vision fully incidence of the palestinian authority however as a doctor or any person i think israel should do anything in its own to help the palestinian authority flaxen aid the population insolence both. there are others

who argue it's israel's responsibility and at the same time i mean what's the point of getting israel vaccinated or israelis vaccinated when its neighbors an option as . to what fro of people of course in that region and we're also talking about a globalised world what's what's the use of the country getting vaccinated when other countries haven't even begun well i fully agree that while this is a globalized world and there are many connections between populations countries need to support each other than trying to achieve the highest marks in companies globally and not only in specific countries however health inequalities are not a new issue or topic in global health there are many health inequalities between the euro p.m.'s in the african countries for example in this is only just one specific example of how health inequalities impact the global population so from

your scientific perspective how should israel proceed to ensure that all of the progress it's made which is fantastic isn't undone. well one subject that needs strengthening is the superior lens we need to continue looking for breakthrough cases indeed outbreaks in try and contain them through classic public health measures such as call indian isolation we need to make sure that people who enter israel for me bold get tested for core lead in do not list the population by inserting their files break into israel and of course as i mentioned we need to support the global effort to lower the leask and eliminate their violence eventually you said in that report we have to be very careful in assessing you variance in the effectiveness and your ration of vaccines as a new study which hasn't yet been peer reviewed but it shows

a small amount of fully vaccinated people can get infected with the variant 1st discovered in south africa is that or could we perceive that as the 1st evidence the vaccines may not work against some mutations. will we have entirely if we didn't support glommed effectiveness of some of the vaccines against some of the variants of concern including the value and it was identified in south africa we don't have and we danced due to so-called it to democracy inside substantially lower clinical i think so in simple words it may be that the vaccine still prevents a bill disease or a sion in that form is caused by these valiance of fights in it that people take to it but perhaps the f.a.q. says efficacy against transmission in mild infections is low and for some of the valiance dissolution is a thing as much di ta it's possible by the way lance in be prepared the

contingency flynn plan by possible changes to the vaccine. induced until bodies so that they fit know how to dance in. their doses hold those who are boxing or israel is considered a world champion in surveillance as well and this study suggests mutations keep finding ways to evade the body's immune response how can we deal with that danger posed by new mutations that. yet so again some fine tuning we are talking about infection there is no evidence that these fully vaccinated people who were infected didn't have did have a severe disease so the vaccine may still be the body against severe disease which is the primary objective of folks seem we don't want someone to be severely ill but they may still be infected in the only way that we can control such immune invasion

against infection is to develop vaccines that are specifically more effective against these valiance of concern wide maintaining day public health classic measures of isolation and quarantine if we see an outbreak of this type of value of consent a lesson the director of the set of a travel medicine and tropical diseases thank you very much for joining us today. and over now to our science corps want to derrick williams who has an interesting question today about covert and vegetarian. budgetary and deacons get less sick if they catch covert 19th. i was surprised at 1st that how little clear data i could find on this topic but i guess i shouldn't of that i mean what constitutes a healthy diet after all has always been controversial but i can say that

i found no reliable studies establishing any direct celebrex between diet and covert severity what i mean by that is that no new evidence in the course of the pandemic has for example caused the world health organization to change its dietary recommendations although the w.h.o. certainly emphasizes the central role that fresh produce plays in a healthy diet it also continues to recommend the consumption of certain animal based products as good sources of protein that said in direct links to diet have been established because while eating mostly unprocessed plant based products doesn't guarantee perfect tells a many studies have shown that it does help reduce known communicable diseases like obesity or type 2 diabetes and those conditions are unquestionably risk

factors for developing a more severe case of covert 19 if you're infected so the takeaway i guess is that there's no evidence that eating the occasional burger raises your risk of contracting severe pope at 19 but putting on a lot of weight by eating too many burgers over too many years. yours does. and on the subject some good news for diners of fine food some time back we brought you the story of alexander and how his top restaurant in musée was doing takeaway for the 1st time and had set up a food truck well here it is just a few meters from the restaurant where most of the food is prepared basia has 3 michelin stars to his name so made lunch he had his team whipped up is pretty pricey between 20 to 36 euros but demand has been strong enough for the shift

to colback all of his 17 employees so the kitchen. stay here thanks for watching stay safe and see you again sir.

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