the but. this is do you have any news live from berlin just 6 days to turn an increasingly desperate situation around daily into is a snap lockdown as new code of 19 cases that gets. a new variant an overload of hospitals all making things even worse also on the program. will succeed and get a makeover c.d.u. pacis leadership back. in his pitch to run for chancellor in september election but

the power struggle isn't over yes and has posed divisions in germany's governing conservative club. and the murder trial the world is watching the jury wraps up its 1st day of deliberations in the case of the killing of told they'll decide if for minneapolis police police officer derek show that is guilty of murder. to class. is filled with more space junk than ever and your mission aims to get the 1st cleanup crew to tackle the differing with the help of some music developed robots. have any indigenous. episode daily is going into

a 6 day lockdown as ortiz contend with a huge surge in 1000 cases daily beast chief minister sais the city's health system has reached its limits and harsh mischa's on needed to prevent its collapse of the number off confirmed new infections has been breaking records almost daily. many in india thought they had got the better of the pandemic. but now the country is being overwhelmed by a devastating new way. no city is as badly hit as delhi. ice cases explode hospitals that are at breaking point. some patients are forced to share a bat. and there's an acute shortage of oxygen. the city's chief minister says the system has reached its limits to give me a bed that is out of the beds for covert 900 patients often ling up rapidly

patients are being admitted to the hospitals very quickly intensive care beds are in short supply and less than $100.00 i.c.u. beds are available in jelly cause. authorities in delhi had already imposed a lockdown over the weekend ordering all but essential services to close. local leaders hope the decision to step up the measures will help to mitigate the crisis some welcome the restrictions but others fear if they're not allowed to work the consequences could be drastic. it is essential that there's a lot down here because right now the virus is spreading a lot. the problem with a lot of town is as daily wage and as you get 100 to 300 rupees a day well we go how will we eat well when we sleep is the government going to come

and give us this daily wage. but now with one in 3 tests in delhi turning out positive the government say it must act to avert a greater disaster the fear is that the surge in cases is due to a new more infectious variant of the virus they're calling on people to be more disciplined about sticking to the rules. but critics are also asking why religious festivals and political rallies that's a fuelling cases as participants return to cities like delhi are still being allowed to go ahead. for tens of thousands of families such questions come too late. and if current trends persist then many more will find themselves in the same tragic situation. and i'm now joined by on the need a child who's in advocacy of money or is so india has just registered its biggest

ever increase in coronavirus cases with more than 270000 in a single day what is driving this. what exactly has triggered such a good day just secondary to just 5 more action than what we saw last year but did i expose was saying that the new nugent we're going to news stream as they're calling it has something to do with it it's just going to just and won't be stopped in the 1st 3 of last year but another thing to north is that there are large gatherings which were allowed to leave the month including the which is one of the largest in the religious left 200 thousands of people every day were getting one please and after getting there and people have been going back to different states and just remarked i was digging for having direction along with don't. get invited to the body including the garbage and the body which is the national will do you have an organizing election rallies in different states so allow you to get a little happy and active you organizing such gatherings has

a lot to do with the end of the jewish minear india is the world's leading made of of all vaccines how is the country's own inoculation program doing well india had been struggling in the past few weeks they were all strong at least 10 states which had raised concerns and they were running out of back things up like i myself did a report last week from the down and i want to be from the back and city of delhi in which my bill hospitals have to stop the vaccination process trial what do we do it on time for 70 because they had another supply as well and even the math actually manufacturers have been saying that they are running out of capacity of they're not able to meet the demand leaders on this is that the don't we just need to wait so what financial support of the backing one touches in the hope to drag up the production also because for me it was the government of any of that action it should last as did everyone above the age of 18. now countries around the world have put india on

a no travel list and the british prime minister boris johnson has just canceled a planned visit to india what impact is a slight lead to have on the nation. well you could just talk about you can do modeling then definitely just because by nick also because only cheated or just had been given so there's a lot of uncertainty surrounding the shuttle lands but guess what it's doing so as we know it was supposed to come to india to talk about the treaty and indian economy has been suffering quite a lot since it so the government it will do a lot are left you know the old seeing that so in terms of our business as well it don't look great sasha banyan but we definitely have implications on the g 8 so it's been tight that's been their child reporting for us in daily thank you many are. and now let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world former us vice president walter mondale has died at the age of 93 he was seconded c'mon cheering the cottage ministration and

a champion of the democratic party's liberal wing mondale's own bid for the presidency ended in a landslide defeats or ronald reagan in 1084 campaign i am chad's president idriss deby has won a 6th term in office extending his 30 year old opposition leaders boycotted the vote it comes as the mid if he said it had defeated a rebel group advancing on the capital. they give union stays more than 100000 russian troops have gathered near ukraine's border it is e.u. the e.u. foreign policy chief said this of worrying of confrontation and that he hopes the troops will be withdrawn the troop buildup is stoking tensions between the e.u. and russia. now germany's ruling conservatives appear to be a step closer to ending a showdown over who will stand as their candidate for chancellor at elections this fall senior members are going to methe those c.d.u.

party voted overnight by a wide margin to back. to run is the conservative candidate for chance of that but still competing against zuda who heads the cd used the variance system of the c.s.u. the conservatives have yet to put forward a unified candidate ahead of september. let's get more from our chief political editor michel. good morning michel is so the cd is top brass has staked. will his rival marcus it accepts this decision. that's the $1000000.00 question because and them apple c.d.u. c.s.u. humean only has officially a candidate once both the mighty c.d.u. party and its much smaller the variances the party the c.s.u. together present him now it so happens that both leaders want to be that candidate and marco sudha declared once again that he would accept the c.d.u. the biggest c.d.u.

backs on iraq said he would back down but he said that a week ago and he didn't back down after the party executive a fact i mean not that now we have this vote which is an overwhelming majority almost 80 percent but at the same time senior figures sowing doubt whether that will be accepted without aman last it is palatable who's so much what's in the opinion polls then marco sudha to do is party grassroots so today will be a very interesting day for us with both waiting to hear from marco suit of what he says what he essentially conceived defeat and whether the parliamentary groups will be debating this very issue once again and making some noise potentially because not everybody is happy with our unless it is that 2 emission it does this power struggle how damaging has it been for medicals conservative bloc. well it's certainly very ugly and it damages whoever is the candidate it's already damaged

the amongst his own rank and file within the party the opinion polls that we see a downward trend one could say yet because we've just seen the green party come out without any kind of struggle making no noise at all and presenting their candidate and alina and the mighty c.d.u. which stands for macro style stability politics is not looking for a stable in contrast a commission just stand by because polls also show that they'll be stiff opposition from the greens which announced its chancellor candidates for the very 1st time just take a look at their pitt and angelina. with 2 party leaders one needed to step aside and harvick did so making an early now bear book the 1st green chancellor candidate ever in her 1st speech she promised a renewal in german politics and a departure from the status quo. he misses the matter if i get him must make

changes to create a fair country as a country where daycare centers and schools are truly the best places to beam a country where caregivers genuinely have the time and above all the resources to care for people to support my country in which the state functions digitally and serves its citizens in a diverse and cosmopolitan country of values space and strong democracy via after party. the 40 year old became politically active within the green party in 2008 focusing on foreign and security issues only 5 years later she entered the border start the german parliament at the age of 32 there she quickly and respect for her thorough knowledge of detail she has a degree in international law and spent several years of brought in the us london and brussels she now lives in potsdam with her husband and their 2 young daughters best series yet they carefully choreographed announcement came in sharp contrast to

the bruising power struggle still going on within germany's conservative party both contenders there were quick to react to bear box candidacy. an early not big on gretsch and alina bear book and i can promise her that the c.d.u. in germany is looking for want to a fair election campaign 01 fear going. it. it will be about the 1st place conservatives the greens. fully 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 in the midst. while the conservatives us still squabbling internally. already focusing on the general election in september and on becoming angular machall successor. michel we've seen the

greens surge and it seems very unlikely that germany's next government could be formed without the greens in it what if it's what the greens have on german policy on an international level. well and i'm doing a better book in that speech declared climate change as the task of her generation and the green still stand for what has been the brand from day one in the 41 year history which is preserving nature and she wants to put climate change into every equation in german society also when it comes to business she wants to cut and cut carbon emissions much faster than the current government does at the same time she is a store to european so that remains consensus here in germany and when it comes to foreign policy which is kind of her home turf because she has a degree in international law she is it's certainly true ject in the kind of

decisiveness many have criticized the americans for lacking when it came it comes to changing political geopolitical game now whether she could deliver on that is the big question mark but it's certainly very different rhetoric coming from a green data. sheet and this is all innocent. thank you. well preciousness chips of the streets the u.s. city of minneapolis on monday evening as the city braces all the jury's decision in the form of police officer derek sheldon demonstrators called full justice which electrolyte was killed last may off the shelf and placed his knee on his mic for 9 minutes the jury has wrapped up its 1st day of deliberations without reaching over credits. to any of the prosecution and defense named their closing arguments in coffs were literally answered guilty or not guilty that's the question 12 men and

women will have to answer while the country waits the defendant derek show been was fired from the minneapolis police department last year after george floyd died in his custody a video of the incident shows chauvin holding floyd face down with his knee for more than 9 minutes it's sparked a nationwide protests against police brutality. i can't breathe in resting it's case the prosecution tried to persuade the jury that this was not about condemning all police but holding show been responsible for his actions and only you. have the power. to convict the defendant of these crimes. and in so doing. and in some doing declare that this use of force was unreasonable. it was excessive it was grossly disproportionate is not an excuse for the shocking abuse that you saw with your own eyes and you can believe your own eyes. as the

defense made its closing arguments chauvin who had the client. now russia's prison service say it has moved jailed opposition leader alexei avani to a detention center medical facility and of all these doctors say he's on the brink of death just 3 weeks into a hunger strike the u.s. and e.u. has warned off the consequences if he dies in prison not of on his personal medical team has repeatedly been denied access to any visits this is the prison compound where alexei novell me was being held and where he went on hunger strike 3 weeks ago his health deteriorated so rapidly that he has now been transferred to this medical facility at another prison the russian officials call his condition satisfactory novelle these doctors say he is that acute risk of heart failure they

are demanding access to their patient which so we spent 2 hours here waiting on these health is in critical condition but unfortunately we were not allowed to see him. the opposition leader survived a poisoning with nerve agent last august he holds the kremlin responsible for the attack after treatment in a berlin hospital nirvana returned to russia and january where he was promptly arrested and sentenced to 2 and a half years in prison. in washington has threatened moscow with consequences of an avanti dies in custody now the e.u. is also speaking out. we made to the russian authority it was punctual for the whole situation no mr advani russia's reaction was swift. the health of convicts in the russian federation cannot and should not be of other nations concern. no vonnie supporters have called for mass protests on wednesday

the same day president putin is set to hold his state of the union speech. no well made dies in prison on his watch when the whole world is looking at this torture that this mosque a most prominent political prisoner globally is now going through i think the label of killer will not be something that will ever get come off mr put in his name. the dramatic situation is adding fuel to ready storing tensions between putin and much of the western world. in other news from around the world new zealand the boys he say at work at alton to test his supposed to look over at 19 that comes barely a day off to the country restarted quarantine free travel with australia allowing many families to reunite for the 1st time in over

a year say they don't expect the case of the work at all to be forced to effect the travel. and the european drug regulator the e.m.e.a. is said to issue a recommendation based on the use of johnson and johnson's code in 1000 vaccine it's reviewing a small number of cases of rare blood clots of man vaccine recipients in the united states that you may have previously said it believes the benefits of the shots outweigh the risks. now regions bank of england and treasury on looking at launching a new digital currency dubbed bruce coin finance minister issues soon at said he wants to create a more high stakes financial services 6 of this comes at a time when cash payments are generally on the decline in the u.k. and partly due to the pentagon. now today smoke at global press freedom according to reporters without borders the outlook has never looked

so bleak a new report says the pandemic has made the work of journalists hard at reporters without borders as admiral indyk singles out scandinavian countries as having the freest media norway and finland come out on top now germany is no longer in the leading nations but is well ahead of the u.k. some of the world's largest countries ranked much know what india and china for example as number 142100 47 perspective the m. and last is the small east african country of eritrea falling behind north korea. and it's good mall from christian man he is the executive director of the german branch of reporters without borders good to have you on the program christian why is the penn demick making the work of journalists hada the pandemic is a global city and all over the world we see gallon and trailing gallon and sometimes

even spreading this information on on on on many medicine or is some seeing us as always were and journalists actually me questioning actually so i think to see if it efficiency of governmental politics so there's a trading policies of governments fighting zippin damage and when you really questions is actually say are persecuted just for seeking the truth and holding governments accountable and this is happening those democracies dictatorships christian which country concerns you the most at the cea i mean that's a really bottom of our index they are asked in the last years north korea eritrea to comenius times these are the countries which actually totally control information who persecute journalist who arbitrarily detained

journalists very often for long years for many years and where press freedom almost not exists and what's gone wrong in germany germany is no longer among the top nations. in germany i'm pro-choice you really see here you try this of violence against journalists mainly happening there relates against corona measures in germany we have we very good registered pissed times more violence against journalist who covered protests and unfortunately german police not always protected their word of journalists in a very good way and just let actually choose a decrease of too many indian necks and we should let actually enter germany is not a we're not not anymore you cleared is good not only hispanic. right that is christian there he is the executive director author porsche's without all that is

germany thank you christian thank you so it's not just the moon orbiting earth but also a growing assortment of fost moving metal debris experts say the amount of space junk planets is massive and potentially dangerous now the european space agency is working on a 1st of its kind mission to combat the problem. earth is slowly being wrapped in a cloud of debris experts estimate that nearly $130000000.00 pieces of scrap metal are currently orbiting our planet most are only a few millimeters in size but there are also tanks rocket stages and old satellites because of their high speed even small fragments have the potential to cause significant damage as a result space junk is now being monitored radar and laser systems can see

objects between 5 and 10 centimeters large they can also show where the debris is located if a collision is imminent satellites and even the space station can be programmed to change course to avoid the debris but your medical issues have already occurred more than once like in 2009 when a discarded satellite crashed into a telecommunications satellite that was still in use this created a cloud of thousands of pieces of debris today this junk still circles the earth and space debris like this could cause further collisions leading to an uncontrollable chain reaction. that's why researchers and engineers have decided to clean up the trash in the earth's orbit. they want to catch tumbling satellites with huge nets from a safe distance like catching fish in the ocean their goal is to pull the space

junk out of the danger zone researchers have already conducted in the tests. the european space agency is working on robotic systems that can grab satellites and they'll push them towards the earth until they burn up in the atmosphere in 2025 scientists will launch clear space once a demonstration satellite it will capture a drifting $100.00. killer rocket stage bring it out of orbit and burn up with it as they just send to earth. clear space one will be the 1st step towards space junk disposal. and here's a reminder of the top stories we're following for you india is seeing its worst surgeon coronavirus cases danny has seen today snap 6 days locked on his new infections and dates. and a new variant and overload of hospitals are making the situation even more

difficult. the senior members of chancellor angela merkel spawn's yesterday said. as the cd used johnson a candidate but still faces opposition from fellow conservatives want to sit at the heads of the various conservative. party. coming up next just close up which takes a look at the current political turmoil. you're watching the news 5 from the lead you can find much more on our website amanpour steve with us from great having your company see you next hour about the few. good.

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