washington d.c. good to see you so we flush this out for us if you will what is this big climate agenda that the president has unveiled. well you mentioned the most important point we heard there from joe biden as well that the u.s. is committing here to cut carbon emissions by the end of this decade by at least 50 percent and that is essentially the u.s. doubling its previous commitment that was made under president obama and if you listen to climate analysts and energy analysts here they do say that this is a pretty ambitious agenda on veiled by the by the administration today heading into this 2 day a climate summit you know the key here is going to be to see how the president wants to implement this but what biden by the ministrations officials here have been saying is they want to send a message to the rest of the world that the u.s. is back in the driver's seat that it is able and willing to lead on this global climate change crisis and so this is about instruction kind of throwing down the gauntlet and what the key here is going to be to see how other countries respond

what commitments they make to this effort well indeed will he get support from the other countries because the u.s. has been notoriously absent these past couple years. yet certainly has labor and we know that you know global trust in the u.s. as a leader on climate change certainly has been eroded over the last 5 years with president trump pulling the u.s. out of the paris climate accord rolling back he environmental protections president biden is trying to do is to again to show that the u.s. is back in here to stay and we did see broad consensus already from some of the u.s. as partners we saw german chancellor angela merkel showing her support for president biden and also japan coming into the summit saying they're going to cut missions by 46 percent by the end of the decade but the key here is really going to be what america's rivals commit to so china was invited to speak at the summit and president obama really is looking for a commitment from china from russian president vladimir putin and so that is going

to be key to whether america is successful in this new phase of climate diplomacy. what will it mean concretely for the u.s. though i mean will he be able to get the support that is needed to implement these ambitious plans. well that is going to be tricky so we know that republicans are already digging in their heels calling this a quote radical climate agenda and we know that the president the democrats don't have a large majority in congress at the morning at the moment rather so it's going to be difficult and we know the republicans are saying this is a plan an agenda an approach that's going to cripple the economy and kill jobs and the very a bad for american businesses as well well president biden has assured that's not the case this is a plan that's going to create jobs and he's looking for broad support there which he does have for most democrats so really the key is here going to be how he is managed just a couple of this plan with creating jobs and convince people that this really is

good for the country simonson is kind of did have a correspondent in washington d.c. thank you for your reporting. and president biden's pledge is welcome news here in europe earlier we spoke to france to months the european commission vice president and commissioner for climate action and we began by asking him if the u.s. was overtaking europe as a global leader in the fight against climate change from the 1st to announce that we would be a climate util continent by 2050 we are also the 1st to assets in law this week. 2050 but also for $0.20 which would take a steward auction of. at least 55 percent compared to $9090.00 so i think we are trailblazers it was europeans will try and maintain that leadership but if we lose that leadership to the americans i frankly don't care as long as everybody's on the same page and as long as everybody is committed to reach climate you try to see by the middle of the century. all right want to tell you now about some of the other

stories making headlines around the world. russia orders troops to withdraw from the ukrainian border the country's defense minister announced the move after a snap inspection of military drills in crimea ukraine and the west have been alarmed by russian military buildup near ukraine kiev has welcomed the pope back. in algerian author has been sentenced to 3 years in prison for offending islam said joe had a experts on soofi as pledged to appeal the conviction for blasphemy and keep fighting for freedom of thought after being sentenced at court in algiers while human rights watchdog our c.n.n. national has condemned the ruling. germany's new emergency coronavirus bill has been signed into law as the country struggles with a 3rd wave of kovac and factions while the legislation gives central government the power to impose local lockdowns if waits exceed 104100000 cases within 7 days want

to know regional authorities had the power to decide. how we're going to pivot now to india that country is reeling from a wave of new covert 19 infections engulfing the country like nowhere else in the world the world's 2nd most populous nation as recorded the world's highest ever daily tally nearly 315000 cases just in the last 24 hours while this latest spike has overwhelmed the health care system and some hospitals in the capital delhi have already run out of the oxygen needed to keep people alive. families of the sick wait helplessly outside of the hospital. india is facing an acute oxygen shortage as covert 19 infections skyrocket. 22 patients died at a hospital in maharashtra state after a leak cut off their oxygen supply. this woman's mother was one

of them. was she had any other 5 days and had recovered there was no oxygen she died in agony she had trouble breathing she died everyone in the ward died but. whatever. hospitals in india are flooded some warned they will run out of oxygen within hours. there are a lot of my son is 32 and has the virus his oxygen level is running low these people at this hospital are refusing to admit him saying there's no oxygen and no bed they're asking us to leave and to take him somewhere else it's not right. abhi global day. oxygen supplies are being rushed across india after delhi's high court ordered tanks to be diverted from factories to hospitals.

recently religious festivals and political rallies have been allowed to go ahead giving the virus free rein to rampage through the population. into a sense of decency because it really is measures of a pandemic whether it was daily has come to them they. all are human just by them to do all of them started explaining from october and by january you saw them plummet into really low levels and then there was this really propagating to be written by experts that we had actually it takes only indiaman to . relatives of the dead are lining up to cremate their loved ones as india's health services crumble before people's eyes. in the united states the funeral is taking

place dante right the 20 year old black man shot and killed by police earlier this month all right was killed during a traffic stop near minneapolis on april 11th the officer who shot him apparently by mistake has been charged with manslaughter his funeral is taking place just 2 days after a jury convicted former police officer derek chauvin of murdering george floyd another black residents of the city asked me. are now just outside a shallow temple is standing by for us our correspondence stefan that seema stefan a very very sad occasion. yes he writes just 2 days ago there was say uplifting moment of joy. joya and satisfaction here in town and. now we're back to this a day of mourning our family and friends and. dignitaries are still arriving here

at the shallow temple you see in the background here lots of press from all over the country as well as all over the world trying to. give this again the significance is deserved because again just 2 days after the verdict against children for murdering george floyd now another funeral of a black young man another funeral of a black young man somewhat sums are stefan what does this moment signify put this in perspective for us you know how people feeling around you. despite being sad today and marking this moment in mourning they are quite aware and and willing to to say to everybody who wants to hear who everybody who wants to listen to them here and around the world that this is just the beginning of their struggle they will not stop fighting for. justice in the justice system for change

a significant changes in policing in the united states they are keenly aware that this probably will not be the last funeral of this kind but for them it's just the beginning in another important me was set stepping stone in the right direction to fight for their for justice for them for equality and now as you report and we're showing actually a live pictures from in the side of our temple where the funeral will take place in momentarily and we already saw that minnesota senator amy klobuchar shara has arrived you know this this as you reported just days after the guilty verdicts for the police officer who killed george floyd you know maybe this is early to ask you this but is anything changing any meaningful way. yes and you know yes it has already has something has changed and that's of course is awareness and still the world is watching to this just because george choice

murder they're showing was found guilty this is not over with those people he is black community here in minneapolis in minnesota all over the nation all over the united states is knows that and they're adamant about this now just to him board to do yes of course and you know there is where washington comes in there's where the senate comes in congress comes in and there is at the moment a momentum a push for police reform for new laws who and those laws. would then we cryo hopefully that something like the chokehold will be declared illegal it's still illegal unbelievable but still legal so there is going to be and has to be a reform in police departments in the justice systems and you know the department of justice just started a an investigation into the minneapolis police department they are now a little bit under pressure here they have to cooperate they're willing to cooperate they're really to reform now how this reform how police reform and. did

it bringing justice into the justice system for black people for the black community how this will be happening in detail this is key and this is going to be a long road because there will be haggling around about this in washington in states on states level is that true as address so keenly aware they want this they're going to fight for this and they're not letting go they're not letting up on fighting for the way the correspondence and stuff and siemens are reporting from right outside shiloh temple where dante right seth you know all and we'll get underway momentarily thank you so much for your reporting. and that brings us to the end of this edition of good everything is thanks for. the fight against the coronavirus 10 democrats. has the rate of infection in developing what does the latest research say. information and context the coronavirus update coming 19 special. on d w. i mean the system denies

the empire's cancer jurors are dealing with any of that i killed many civilians in the irish come including my father. such as i was a student i wanted to build a life for myself. but suddenly life became our kind of song. providing insights global news that measures d.w. made for mines. $314000.00 new infections in a single day it's the worst coronavirus outbreak for any country in. india's hospitals are close to collapse they're running out of medication and also suggest. 2000 people died on wednesday alone.

india had come off relatively lightly during the pandemic but the number of infections has rocketed in recent weeks. why is the big question some doctors blame more infectious variants others point to loose restrictions and people letting down their guard after hearing about the vaccine or following india's fairly unscathed brush with the 1st wave we'll talk to an expert in delhi in a moment 1st this report. many in india thought they had got the better of the pandemic but now the country is being overwhelmed by a devastating new way. to hit its delhi. as cases explode hospitals that are at breaking point. some patients are forced to share at that. and there's an acute shortage of oxygen.

the city's chief minister says the system has reached its limits. the beds for covert 9000 patients offering up rapidly patients are being admitted to the hospitals very quickly intensive care beds are in short supply and less than a 100 i.c.u. beds are available in delhi. 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 so 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 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 are fueling 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 mohel will find themselves in the same tragic situation.

rushing to school is chair of the center of social medicine and community health a naval university just how tragic is the situation what have you been experiencing . when in short this situation is extremely distressing but to go live for those who require band or oxygen some order intensive care support. it is also very troubling given that the number of cases are continuing to rise and as the report just said that there's positivity rate is nearly 30 percent that that goes on to show that this trend is going to continue for some foreseeable weeks the numbers are absolutely awful let's just take a little look at them out of one and a half 1000000000 people have been 15000000 cases and more than 265000 infections a day what's your explanation well the most common

explanation is one of negligence or complacency but that's not the entire explanation because even in the 1st phase it's not that. the preventive behaviors of preventive practices are absolutely top order there won't as very limited behavioral surveys and the fact is that these surveys very limited has shown what is important is that the cases began to rise with coinciding with the import of the u.k. strain 1st 1st identified in the last week of december with significant leader it led to rise in the northern indian state of punjab as red as identification of local homegrown variants the b 1617 as we now know rich rich later went on to become the double newton as it's popularly known as the point is that these 2 have spread incredibly fast and have

simply outstripped the health services what about some of these political rallies and festivals turning into so-called super spread or events i mean what's to celebrate when so many people are dying now the fact that the disaster management act the national disaster management act remains in force in the country belies explanations why even some of this came of actually happening a lot by the admins and by the local administrations in fact several of the medical associations doctors bodies had written have already written to the election commission of india drawing attention to these rallies and it's only belatedly find me the election commission orders for down limiting it to $500.00 per person a study of the park congregation so here's the link here is it the government or is it the people the people who decide to go along to these rallies in advance. well

both certainly because the disaster management act is in force there's a very detailed standard operating procedure for various congregations whether you whether it's a reading the dates whether it's a cremation. how much how many seats for example can be occupied in the cinema on on many seats can be true that in a bus how many have to be empty in a coffee and so on and so forth so there is not done to of these details of these procedures. what happened to lessons learned from the 1st wave and from so many other places that have had their 3rd or 4th waves this is only the 2nd wave and we're talking about the biggest rise in infections worldwide. in the experience both from this pandemic in other countries as well as other influenza pandemics is that the 2nd wave will most inevitably is very big and that's largely because young adults get affected which is exactly the feature here. in the in the

earlier phase in february in some of the districts of maharashtra the rest an indian state including the financial capital of mumbai in some of these states that test positive the rate has been as high as 50 percent in fact 50 percent plus that goes on to show. that it is the variance spreading very fast and not though not necessarily afraid to go not necessarily more fit but because they're not transmissible led to a bust of cases which completely outstripped medical services and therefore leading to some excess mortality. just briefly and finally can you offer indians watching our show today some some sort of hold well the the state and the courts have often taken a contrarian position of life versus likelihoods. the supreme court today also took so much of cognizance of that. the government will consider it as

a national emergency and we hope that these emergency measures would be predicted put in pretty fast both state and central governments and local bodies have gone back to the drawing boards but it could still take a couple of weeks perhaps to offer some suck up. to thank you very much for being on the show today joining us from delhi there thank you. time to head you go over to our very own derek williams he's got a viewer question on you guessed it maxi. the 1st dose of a vaccine different from the 2nd one. the most all of the dozen or so vaccines now going into arms around the world are given in 2 doses with the recommended interval between them depending on the vaccine between 2 and 12 weeks the ways that different vaccines provoke an immune response very some are based on

messenger r.n.a. that causes your cells to make this ours movie to spike protein others snowglobe the same genetic information into the body pat and harmless out no viruses that act like taxis into your cells while some of the chinese vaccines employ more traditional platform a full version of the corona virus that's been activated in the early all of the 2 dose that seems the 2 shots administered are identical though there is an exception to that rule the doses of the russians sputnik the vaccine are made with 2 different add in there viruses that cause colds although 'd both have been genetically engineered to carry the same sars coby to spike protein genes the vaccine was designed that way to ensure that the booster shot so the 2nd one would

work even if recipients developed a strong immune response to the carrier virus in the 1st of those other trials based on the same principle which is called hetero legace prime boozed there are also now going on with other vaccines some of those trials are combining different vaccines in different ways to see whether that might make the immune response to sars kovi to an even stronger or or more lasting. now here's something i would try to harm the french known for their protest culture and that hasn't stopped in the pandemic just take longer a shops which have protested by sending the prime minister their panties in a t. independent under way of stores want their businesses classed as essential allowing

them to stay open join lockdowns owners say is more to their business than 60 bad way well fitting far out so essential for the likes of pregnant women for example they need a bit of extra support of course they hope an avalanche of protest panties will change the p.m.'s mind. thanks for watching stay safe and see you again sir.

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