the great books of the 20th century. present day hoaxes this is. and who's behind the. face of this kind of behavior is unacceptable it will not be allowed manufacturing ignorance stocks make good on g.w. . $1000000000.00 shots the number is a stalemate since the 1st corona virus vaccine was approved for use late last year 1000000000 dollars has have been administered globally and yet this has not slowed the spread of the virus the painful proof is india for the 5th day in a row india has reported the war just number of new cases in the world 350000 infections in just 24 hours hospitals are turning patients away no room no oxygen

tonight india is a nation gasping for breath its people suffocating to death i'm brig off in berlin this is the day. getting the things on the table all these papers. before me question what exists there 6 months but even 14 months. so why do you think up a cultural guys are doing a lot of different upbringings on this site. these releases the cultures the plight people need here. the need to now they need to get to a hospital look at the no one very. crazy i'm thinking on the door and warning is.

also coming up at last night's oscars socially distance and relocated to a los angeles train station will have the best the worst and the biggest winner of the evening diversity this is for anyone. well i have the faith and the courage to holler down to the goodness in the south and to hold on to the goodness in each other no matter how difficult is to do that and this is for you you inspire me to keep going thank you thank you. but to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states into all of you around the world welcome we begin the day with a dreadful message coming from india that the world would like to ignore but simply cannot late last night news broke that the european union will reopen its doors to

american tourists this summer if they have been fully vaccinated against cope at 90 now the subtext that screams out it's there that we are finally returning to normality well that is what we would like to believe but it is not true ask the people in india tonight for the 5th day in a row india has reported the highest number of new coronavirus cases of any country in the world at any time since the pandemic began 350000 new infections in just 24 hours now that is the population of a medium sized city in most countries in india it is these statistics from today and the human suffering behind those numbers and precedented hospitals in india are full and are turning patients away there are reports of people suffocating to death because supplies of life saving oxygen can no longer meet the demand the number of people dying has overwhelmed india's cities bodies are lined up in front of

crematoriums some waiting for days one man who likened it to and over crowded slowly moving assembly line of death. we have more now in this report but the other gods. crowds waiting for a shot of hope as the coronavirus devastates india people queue outside a vaccination center in mumbai even though the country is a major coronavirus vaccine maker many fear there is not enough to go around. in many parts of the country ill people are queuing outside hospitals they desperately need treatment. in delhi animesh kumar is looking after a family member they'd been turned away from 2 hospitals already. all 3 an oxygen in the ambulance is running out his condition

a serious west standing here in the middle of the road without oxygen or hope. hospitals too are running out of oxygen they are already caring for so many patients with covert 19 that wards a full. the few deliveries that do you arrive are simply not enough. the government is rushing to open new covert 19 wards like this one a brand new center in delhi they say even more pets will be available soon. they'll even where working on increasing the number of oxygen beds on a large scale. within the next few days we will increase the capacity to 2000 to 5000 beds. we are also preparing 200 beds at the intensive care unit and their eyes met others one was that some.

new hospital wards come too late for many victims of covert 19. that laskar mation sites like this one outside the capital delhi. the pandemics christly toll is clear. where the united kingdom european union and the united states are sending medical equipment and supplies to india but that will not bring immediate relief so why is india so badly hit by this latest search we asked dr shushan founder and director of india's cygnus hospital so i've been we i called it does not me earlier bird i think it's even worse than a tsunami we it's like an inferno in this the lobby at least if you cling on to something unloaded basile what you used to live but it's like a need for it will burn anything that instead of having been brittle dying in their

arms and not even getting. a little bit as little bags. i think the sheer size of the population and the fact that there are big metropolitan cities congested areas and dividers as new gated we have seen double moved into why this is triple. well now so. it is a hugely prevalent in the north part of the northern part of the country so a mix of all these factors i think is leading to this huge and for no that's engulfing everything in its spot. that was dr shushan joint's the founder and director of india's cygnus hospital chain where the pandemic here in europe could become less of a medical and more of a legal story the european union today said that it is suing astra zeneca over delays in deliveries of its coronavirus vaccine and astra zeneca has already reduced by 2 thirds the number of those it says it is obligated to provide the

lawsuit is the latest escalation in a very public dispute between the european union and astra zeneca over vaccine supply now the 2 sides had agreed on the delivery of 180000000 doses for the 2nd quarter of this year but the british swedish drug maker then announced that it could only deliver one 3rd of that siding production issues as cases across europe rise fueled by new variants and vaccine skepticism the european union is still struggling to get hold of enough vaccines and to inject it quickly enough here's the european commission spokesperson earlier today in terms of the counter sometimes of the contract has not been respected in the company has not been a position to come up with a reliable strategy to ensure that i'm to the degree of those what matters to us in this case is that we want to make sure that he's a speedy delivery of a sufficient number of doses that european citizens are entitled to and which has

been promised on the basis of the contract. we want to bring in now our very own georg much as he's on the story for us in brussels tonight good evening to you georg so how confident is the e.u. that it will win this lawsuit and do we know what would victory look like. brand you can bet that the e.u. commission thought long and hard about this and in fact they tried for a long time to avoid a scene are of the like that a lawsuit because that is not exactly the way that will speed up things if you're looking for a partner who puts in some some extra goes the extra mile to delivers those crucial vaccines but that relationship with astra zeneca between the e.u. and the astra zeneca has reached such a low point that the commission has now see no other way than to put this lawsuit forward particularly with public confidence after the side effects the rare side

effects one must say of blood clots have even. made made things even worse for for astra zeneca that many member states in the e.u. now have problems finding people who want that vaccine so it's really a low point that the relationship has been reached and that's something that signifies this. is this a case of the e.u. trying to find maybe a scapegoat for insley banks nation program i mean are they trying to find someone or something to blame. i say you know when we still talk about slow and fast that is always a matter of perception and yes the u.k. and the u.s. have been foster in their vaccination drive but that is only in comparison and and that is because they were not in the situation to give away vaccines it in fact if we look at just february march that is when the e.u. provided for the u.k.

at 10000000 doses of vaccine whereas vice versa astra zeneca head of a u.k. 1st clause in that contract and that is something from the e.u. perspective is where the feeling is we've been treated unfairly asters in a good issued a response today on its website and we've got a segment here we want to show our viewers that statement reads astra zeneca regards regrets the european commission's decision to take legal action over the supply of covert 19 vaccines astra zeneca has fully complied with the advance purchase agreement with the european commission and will strongly defend itself in court we believe any litigation is without merit and we welcome this opportunity to resolve this dispute as soon as possible and astra zeneca agreed to deliver its vaccine at cost meaning the company will make no profit from this is it going to wind the e.u. any friends is it. well what the e.u.

diplomats or in fact member states would tell you on this one is that this isn't about winning friends this is about securing e.u. interests and in fact securing e.u. lifes because what the e.u. wants to make sure that the next time around we face a pen damage they they have built their main in occupation drive on astra zeneca 180000000 doses in the 1st quarter of which they received a fraction and in fact that is one of the key reasons why the rate mishal rollout has been rather slow and what they want to achieve here and to answer your questions about what would be a successful outcome is a recognition by the courts to say yes they have violated their contract they have not delivered on what they had promised initially you have recognition invalidation worth a lot more than money some people would say get your months with the latest money brussels is always gay or thank you. well as the european union struggles to pick

up the pace of its vaccination program america's vaccination drive is in high gear in fact the u.s. vaccination drive is considered the gold standard the world looked a lot different more than a year ago at the start of the pandemic however the u.s. is slow response lead 'd to what would be the highest coated 90 death toll in the world this also meant travel across the atlantic was practically grounded for more than a year the european union has banned all non-essential travel from abroad in an effort to stop the spread of the virus now that includes the united states now with large parts of the u.s. population fully vaccinated europe is ready to open the gates again to tourists provided that they have been fully vaccinated it promises to be a welcome shot in the arm for the struggling airline industry. from basketball courts to pool pox a monumental effort across the united states since the start of the year we have

a 200000000 vaccine doses have now gone into american arms. it's bringing a full return to international travel for u.s. citizens closer and closer and some of their favorite tourism destinations i came to welcome them back regarding the issue of travel from the u.s. to europe in particular the summer let me start by saying that we have been following very closely the progress of vaccination india united states and we we seek to restore transatlantic travel as soon as it is safe to do so the return of americans this would come as a huge relief to e.u. member states like greece which rely heavily on holiday makers travelers from outside the european union are enormously important to the block and over the past year the continent tourism hotspots have been missing them in normal times the e.u. would welcome 500000000 people from overseas brain within 340000000000 euros in

revenue for the international tourism accounting for 10 percent of the g.d.p. . the decision to allow only vaccinated americans into the e.u. comes with its challenges once the technology has been worked out and americans start jetting off on that flights across the atlantic europe's beaches stand ready to welcome them. and on this side of the atlantic i'm joined here at the big table by my colleague chris cobra from v.w. business so let's talk about the nuts and bolts your how is this thing going to work in practice well it's not immediately clear yet what we do know according to you commissions you love online is that fully vaccinated u.s. citizens will be allowed to travel to europe over the summer not could be the case that it's also enough to just produce a negative coronavirus test or the proof that you have just recovered from a covert 19 infection with sufficient immunization now the e.u.

says it's putting the final touches on a certificate system which would allow citizens to travel within the block if they've been vaccinated negative test or just recovered and certificates issued in the united states could be then integrated into that program so how much of a boost should in essence how much of a boost this is going to be a boost for the airline industry about how much it's immensely important now we know that transatlantic travel is one of the made pillars of the aviation business as a whole and in the year before the pandemic $15000000.00 americans traveled to europe now some or many of them would return to the actual tower in paris to send market square and that is or the brandenburg gate obviously that would be a huge boon to the if an aviation sector and the travel industry as a whole now air travel in the united states has been picking up we've actually seen kerry is looking for pilots to rehire and southwest airlines actually turn a profit in the 1st quarter a small profit which none of the carriers have been done during the pandemic but we

must not forget that this pandemic has deeply scarred the entire. sector long distance and business travel lucrative ways of going around is still way down and the biggest u.s. carriers ended last year with a debt pile of $163000000000.00 around 40 percent of that 40 percent of that added just within last year and we have to keep in mind that for the near term we're talking about this being a one way street we're not talking about europeans going to the u.s. at least not this summer are we all not yet and we we must not forget that britain is there in the mix as well. britain says well compared to the e.u. we're further ahead. in our next nation roll them and program and we've had strong ties with the us so it's no wonder that they had a british airways says the u.k. should be incorporated into some e.u. u.s. travel corridor should the political will be there not as for the e.u.

it hopes to have 70 percent of its population vaccinated by july currently we're at around 25 percent so should that target be reached that again would lead to easing of travel restrictions and possibly lead to the fact that transatlantic travel would then not be 100 we hope so we'll see if that happens chris over the business chris as always thank you. if alfred hitchcock had been asked to produce and direct the oscars the awards ceremony could have looked a little like what we saw last night the academy award socially distance yes but also eccentric and unpredictable imagine hitchcock's the birds and the actresses with less teased air and more face masks that 93rd academy awards stood in stark contrast to previous years because of the very diverse lineup of nominees and

winners 2 of the top prizes went to chinese born chloe zell she made history as the 1st woman of color to take home the best director trophy her a wedding road movie nomad layout struck a chord with the academy who turned her into the night's big winner. from the center of hollywood pretend demick to the main los angeles train station mid pandemic a nice room where this happened. that was this year's oscars best actress frances mcdormand who had the star role in the best picture of 2020 no man's land a tale of down and out americans living on the road. and the also to. momentum. it was directed by china born chloe's out the 1st asian woman to take home the best

director award. there is for anyone. you have the faith and the courage to hold on to the goodness and then south in a delayed intimate event in a socially distant space the winners were a diverse group far more than years past and the oscar goes to. take kareena who took home the best supporting actress award. i like to thank to my 2 boys who made me pull out then. so. be it out done. it this is because the money will. also picking up a statuette the movie judas and the black messiah is supporting actor daniel kaluga who in his youthful way offered to wait for what moments including my mum that.

it's amazing legend sit over here you mean so i'm so happy to be alive so it was a really that's a nice does it you are probably at a diverse array of reactions to the top honors amidst a diverse array of nominees and winners. all right entertainment journalist katie matthews she joins me tonight from los angeles change it's good to see you you're in the right time zone you didn't have to stay up late to watch the awards last night like you lady tell me tell me about nomad land what about nomad land made it stand out to the academy. i think that it just resonated with so many people particularly during the pandemic there were so many different themes with the film no met man and had the theme of losing a spouse losing a job losing your home a losing your identity and i think during this pandemic particularly within the last year so many people experienced that it was just the right field for the right

time and it was done well it was beautiful the way it was woven together and there were so many people that were real nomads that were placed in the film so that level of authenticity really spoke to the academy where there any 'd surprises among this year's winners. yes as much as i love sir anthony hopkins he was a surprise when you're sure i think many people thought that the late chat with bozeman would take home the best actor trophy because people were hoping that his widow would be able to speak and you know commemorate him because he wasn't really praise as much when he was alive and that was not the case particularly at the end of the show they normally give away the best picture statues not this year they saved it and presented the best actor trophy and unfortunately sir anthony hopkins was not here and now i'm learning a day later what i'm hearing now is that there were reports that he would have

loved to have done the acceptance speech the assume but the producer said no to that so he doesn't want any xoom people yes they said no to that so it was interesting all of the things going on behind the scenes you know you and i have talked over the years about this criticism of the oscars for being too white not being diverse diverse enough did we see much of a change this time this year. yes i think there was a lot of change this year i think that the academy is moving in the right direction look over 71 and were nominated this year for the oscars alone in front of the camera and in back of the camera you had 6 performers of asian descent that were nominated and you had 2 females nominated in the best director category so what more could you want you had a lot of people were nominated of different races different genders different miss cities so it was wonderful to see that moving in the right direction unfortunately

it happened at a time where the academy is suffering from its latest a lowest ratings point so it's unfortunate that when we go towards the the area of inclusion and diversity the ratings fall yeah people just are watching and if they did once they saw a strange show i mean i said at the beginning of the segment that it's maybe something that alfred hitchcock would have produced and directed eccentric unpredictable what did you make up. you know i would give this awards telecast a b. minus b. minus a try i mean they had a lot to contend with their member there was cold but they want to make sure that everybody was safe there they wanted to make sure there were less people there and then they took away all of the musical performances you had no host and you really just didn't have the spontaneity that we've had the past do you remember the year where they order pizza and they passed it out to the celebrities you got to see them back or you had for really comes when you're seeing that hit song happy and

then you saw amy adams in the audience dancing all of that live interaction i really really really miss that and going forward they're going to have to find some way to bring that back and keep things safe but that part of the it that the show was definitely missing we had a lot more speeches longer speeches but that entertainment and that musical selection and the interaction between the host and the celebrities and the nominees it just wasn't there just wasn't really really strange last night that's for sure t.j. matthews in los angeles thank you always good talking with you take care and thank you. well the day is almost done but the conversation it continues online you'll find us on twitter either going to be news or you can follow me at brant go off t.v. or remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then of.

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this is g.w. news why but from berlin tonight india and japan did make a crisis being described as beyond park breaking surging new corona virus infections are overwhelming hospitals people are being turned away the u.s. the european union and the u.k. are sending medicine and oxygen also coming up tonight is crippling critical like scene of all the leading an extremist movement russian prosecutors say yes tonight the latest legal attempt to block of all the supporters from russian elections and

politics and where were you 35 years ago russia and the world are remembering chernobyl the worst nuclear disaster in history we look at the physical and emotional fall well that has never stopped. by brant goff is good to have you with us we begin with the pandemic pain in india today was the 5th day in a row that india reported a record high number of new coronavirus infections. 349000 in just 24 hours tonight the u.s. the u.k. and the european union are sending medical supplies including oxygen which hospitals desperately need to treat covered 1000 patients many hospitals are full and are turning people away and there are reports of people dying on the streets in

families being told that there is no more space to hold funerals but the one thing that. crowds waiting for a shot of hope as the current virus devastates india people keogh outside a vaccination center in mumbai even though the country is a major coronavirus vaccine may cause many fear there is not enough to go around. in many parts of the country ill people are killing outside hospitals they desperately need treatment. in delhi animesh kumar is looking after a family member they'd been turned away from 2 hospitals already. altered an oxygen in the ambulance is running out his condition a serious west standing here in the middle of the road without oxygen or hope.

hospitals too are running out of oxygen they are already caring for 70 patients with covert 19 that wards a full. the few deliveries that do arrive are simply not enough. the government is rushing to open new covert 19 wards like this one a brand new center in delhi they say even more pets will be available soon. where working on increasing the number of oxygen beds on a large scale are there. within the next few days we will increase the capacity to see fowls and to 5000 beds. we are also preparing $200.00 beds at the intensive care unit that are. cutting it out as long as that some. but new hospital wards come too late for many victims of covert 19.

the task or mation sites like this one outside the capital delhi. the pandemics grizzly toll is clear. out or earlier i spoke to 19 xin home a senior research fellow at the wide net center for modern oriental studies here in berlin and i asked him if the indian government has made mistakes given the number of new infections and the overwhelmed hospitals that we're seeing now. it's really a grim situation not what we are hearing or seeing what's happening in india. definitely it can be seared now in hindsight after one of the government was caught unprepared and. the more bloody park is there but have some action and mr gyngell to go with me was willingly sort of very confused and contradictory so to give you some concrete examples in 50 this year kind of line at this ng devoted

to konami what i'm mr moti almost since language lifted that coral now has been controlled in india next month in march the health minister of india he said we are to be a game of if i can put one up in the election dailies were organized massive crowds got dirty then we saw this hindu festival. with thousands of people. in lakhs so all this actually could have been prevented. from and from such gatherings taking place now what is the new body i mean i'm very glad to hear the dissent. decent actress of prime minister moody tradition when you ask the people to listen to the scientists now a report has come out that the national scientific task force which was created last year and then the cases were rising to see it in february this dust would have never made

a single die in months of march so the question which needs to be asked is was government listening to decide to pick community and these are some of the video buddy dreams which delayed definitely tillage to be complacency reset in india government action and messaging as we left some pretty glaring bills will neglect that is my impression actually. and that was neat with the like mitt center for modern or evil studies here in berlin german chancellor angela merkel has confirmed that germany is sending medical aid and supplies to india as part of an international effort to bring the coded 1000 crisis they're under control given that and then and then we'll work with other countries to ensure that we can help india and we are working hard on finding ways to get oxygen production facilities there the whole of europe is working on that and i also discussed this with the prime minister of portugal today that currently holding the e.u.

presidency we want to do everything we can to help india. chancellor met today with the 16th premier's to discuss the country's vaccination drive the pace of vaccinations was excruciating slow here at the store but things are picking up and there's a chance the german vaccine offering to everyone by june. chancellor angela merkel dubbed it a meeting of hope the situation in germany remains serious with daily cove in 1000 cases still alarmingly high and the number of coronavirus patients in intensive care still growing but the vaccination drive is picking up speed so much so that germany may soon be able to offer vaccines to everyone not only those at high risk . on the whole we expect the people in the high priority group will be vaccinated by the end of may. that means that depending on how many vaccine doses we get

we can abandon the priority list as of june at the latest. this is not mean that everyone can be vaccinated immediately but that everyone can make an appointment. after a slow start during the 1st few months of the year now around 23 percent of germany's population has received the 1st dose that's thanks to an increase in the liveries more reliable supply chains and fairly doctors now also administering the shot. with more and more people vaccinated the debate on whether they should enjoy more freedom from restrictions is also mounting chancellor merkel said the government is preparing legislation to ease some measures those who have been fully vaccinated or those who have recovered from kovan 1000 should be exempted from having to get tests to go to non-essential shops or from quarantining after returning from abroad they would still however have to continue following mask and

social distancing rules. notice from this provision i think that's unfair a more nuanced solution must be found. it is absolutely clear to me that people who have been vaccinated must get their basic rights back it's not a question of whether they get special rights but that they can live normally again . i think it's good but it's a pity that it's not my turn yet but her turn may not be far off chance and americans promise to offer every adult in germany a vaccine by the end of the summer seemed impossible to many only a few weeks ago now hopes are high that are pledge will be met. with turkey is planning district as curbs on public life yet to combat the coronavirus pandemic turkey's president richard you appear to want to nail it seen what he calls a nationwide full lockdown it starts this thursday and is set to last until the middle of may authorities are ramping up restrictions after curfews and we can walk

down and failed to reduce new cases of infections quickly enough the number of new daily corona virus infections soared to record levels in mid april but have since fall and in the last 24 hours more than 37000 people across the country were infected with the virus. are let's turn to some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world staying in turkey where the trial of a prominent pro kurdish politicians has begun say the team. was the leader of the opposition a cheapie party and is a 2 time election challenger to president heir to one he's been in prison for more than 4 years on terrorism charges despite international calls for his release lawyers for the family of a black man killed by police in the u.s. state of north carolina have seen a video clip of his death they say it shows andrew brown had his hands on his car steering wheel when he was shot in the back of the head protesters are demanding

that the body cam footage be. public. russian authorities have ordered the offices of imprisoned opposition leader of all need to suspend all of their activities it comes head of a court ruling that could outlawing of all these anti-corruption foundation ads extremists and threaten supporters with long prison terms the injunction from the moscow prosecutor's office is the latest move in a sweeping crackdown against president putin's fiercest critic and his organizations these banks contain the court transcripts defense lawyers estimate they weigh 12 kilos but that's just the papers that are not categorized as top secret nepalis team has 3 days to read it all then the hearings begin the public prosecutor wants and found these organization to be classified as extremist claiming they pose a danger to precious debility this classification has serious consequences it's all

about the definition of illegal activities and when an organization is officially declared extremist then even the people who donate money can be taken to court. and the valley runs a network of regional offices they help independent candidates and raise money for an of all these anti corruption fund for more than a decade this organization has been denouncing corrupt politicians no molly says this problem goes all the way up to the highest government offices their best known video shows a palace that allegedly belongs to putin the kremlin denies this donations to this organization would be endangered if they were to be categorized as an extremist group the german government criticized russia. mutiny using counter-terrorism lost to suppress political criticism is not compatible with the principles of the rule of law. for thursday's the next court date recently my valise team organized protests across the country but now they are banned from doing this again. it has

been 35 years since the world's worst nuclear disaster on the night of. 26986 reactor number 4 the chernobyl power plant exploded the blast sent radioactive material into the atmosphere spreading it across much of europe tens of thousands of people were forced to evacuate many are still suffering the consequences today. a memorial service in owner of the victims to help has the fire brigade that battled the catastrophe in reactor block for. thousands of people lost their lives as a result of the high radiation they were exposed to. for all of us chernobyl represents a common challenge and a common cools we want to make the future and our planet safe space keep blondet. the core of the reactor exploded in april $986.00 triggering a meltdown a cloud of radioactive particles spread across europe. radioactivity can still be

detected in the trees and soil in the exclusion zone forest fires like during last year's drought pose another threat the flames whipped up radioactive particles that had settled creating toxic radioactive smog. it's another danger for the 1st responders from the fire brigade. radioactive zones more than once when the levels rise above 1000 ulip start to burn they feel like a late very dry enough to out was your voice goes out. 1000 micro is a high level of radioactivity the fireman tells us many of his colleagues have health problems. the catastrophe took place 35 years ago but even today people are still suffering from the consequences. to football now and.

many is in high demand german media reporting that he plans to leave the club to take over from. look at byron munich the 33 year old could cost the defending been this league champions around $38000000.00 euros which would be a record feat for a german league coach he made history last season by taking them all the way to the champions league semi finals. chris is up next with business. we've got some hot tips for your bucket list. corner. for some. and some great culture amorphous to boot. double talk show. strong. clear positions from international perspective.

every week we get to the point on a current topic. controversial committed. to the point. strong profits bad new electric car maker tesla topped expectations with its 1st quarter earnings but is that enough to offset recent reports of protests or fatal crush also on the show a possible shot in the arm for europe's tourism industry the e.u. is preparing to welcome american travelers again this summer as the vaccination pain in the us sitting strong. you as electric car

maker tells its 7th straight profitable quarter the company reporting 1st quarter earnings of $438000000.00 beating market expectations but the news comes as the company faces growing competition as well as accusations of quality and safety problems from trailblazer to mass market producer analysts are watching closely to see of tesla will successfully make the leap the numbers look good tesla has surpassed expectations with 180000 vehicles sold in the 1st quarter. despite recent setbacks it remains a star on the stock market at $700000000000.00 it's worth more than all traditional car manufacturers taken together. but the race is nowhere near finished. with a massive expansion strategy the electric automaker is now trying to increase its

sales figures a newly constructed plant and shanghai has already paid for itself every 3rd test is now sold in china. and billions are being pumped into the construction of 2 more plants they get to factories in germany and texas are due to go online this year even so established automakers are starting to catch up. in europe well smog and find its way to the top spot an electric vehicle thought last year followed by the rental nissan mitsubishi group well tesla came in 3rd. at the same time established automakers are introducing new models on several start ups and also joining the friendly and accidents have selling pioneer tesla's image the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash in texas have yet to be clarified influential consumer advocacy

magazine consumer reports says the autopilot is dangerously flawed. chinese authorities to accuse the company of poor quality and the protests of a customer who accuses tesla's faulty brakes of causing an accident have gone globally viral on social media. let's get more on this with our financial correspondent. in new york record sales in the 1st quarter strong profits what else does does earnings report tell us your overall you could say that test fired on almost all is cylinders a profit off more than 400000000 dollars that is also a new record strong business in china and if you look at the year and i had to train it to any test it delivered almost half a 1000000 vehicles sent for this year tesla is hoping to even increase that number by almost than 50 percent so overall it predicts

a successful quarter it was all those obstacles so there was a plant closure here in the united states because of a shortage of semiconductors but still tesla was able to deliver yes make this fresh earnings data where does tesla see itself compared to the competition in europe and china in particular that are trying to make inroads in those markets. yeah definitely i mean the competition is definitely catching up but if you look at last year here in the united states for example tesla had a market share for electric vehicles of about 82 percent and that is down to about 70 percent that is still very strong especially as the eview market is still growing quite a bit but you definitely can see that more and more other companies folks like me for instance those other economy as well are offering much more electric vehicles

such i know you mentioned that they could also try to increase competition to tesla so no doubt the heat is on so public protests at the shanghai auto show another fiery crash and reports that tell us all the pilot can be tricked into driving with no one at the wheel it's been rather bad news lately for tesla will that have an impact well so far there at tesla fen basically is seems to be quite forgiving and if you just look at the stock price the stock is actually even training bit higher today than it was when we got the news from this crash in texas for instance among the other side the stock price is down about 15 percent from its all time high so that you can see that there is a bit of hesitation at least i'm on wall street but all this negative press to that

test that has gotten into parts couple of weeks and months has a not turned business very hard at least up to this point. reporting in 7 straight profit. thank you. now let's take a look at some of the other business stories making news german tech and media associations have filed an anti trust suit against apple over its new i phone privacy settings these require app makers to tell users what tracking information they want to gather and get permission to do so many users will likely reject tracking in the digital ad industry fears a major loss of income apple and facebook are also at loggerheads over the new system several 1000 cubans have taken to the high seas to demand the end of the nearly 60 year old u.s. trade embargo after a short lived for program and under the obama administration relations between have on and washington became tense with donald trump the biden administration has not

yet made cuba a priority. now for more than a year the european union has banned non-essential travel from most countries in an effort to limit the spread of the corona virus but now with the ever growing parts of the population in the united states having received the covert job the e.u. is planning to welcome u.s. travelers that have been fully vaccinated the summer. from basketball courts to ballparks a monumental effort across the united states since the start of the year means over 200000000 vaccine doses have now gone into american arms. it's bringing a full return to international travel for u.s. citizens closer and closer and some of their favorite tourism destinations are keen to welcome them back regarding the issue of travel from the u.s. to europe in particular the summer that we really start by saying that we have been

following very closely the progress of vaccination indian ited states and we seek to restore transatlantic travel as soon as it is safe to do so the return of americans this summer would come as a huge relief to e.u. member states like greece which rely heavily on holidaymakers travelers from outside the european union are enormously important to the block and over the past year the continent's tourism hotspots have been missing them in normal times the e.u. would welcome 500000000 people from overseas bringing with them 340000000000 euros in revenue with international tourism accounting for 10 percent of the g.d.p. . the decision to allow only vaccinated americans into the e.u. comes with its challenges because of the how without work what we will probably have is a framework a technical framework so an app with a coat that can show whether you have been vaccinated that can show whether you

have been infected with the disease or whether you have been recently tested what then each an individual member state will make with these results so if you have been tested negative what you can do with it that is up to each individual member states you. well once the technology has been worked out and americans start jetting off on that flights across the atlantic europe's beaches stand ready to welcome them. the e.u. has begun legal action against produce we dish pharmaco number of esther seneca over delays in supplying its coded 19 vaccine the company is on course to deliver just a 3rd the number of doses it previously promised to score the european commission says the firm has failed to respect their contracts and has quote no reliable plan for ensuring timely delivers actions and because there's the litigation is without merit but the e.u. is resolved to go ahead what matters to us in this case is that we want to make

sure that he's a speedy delivery of a sufficient number of doses that the european citizens are entitled to and which has been promised on the basis of the contract so the commission has indeed started siegal action on its own behalf and on behalf of the 27 member states that are slightly aligned in their support for this procedure thank you. its support are going now they country is the largest producer of lithium in europe one day it could be home to the largest mine on the continent for the rare metal which is an essential component for the batteries used in mobile phones and electric vehicles but opposition to the plan is a growing. no to mining yes to life. that's the slogan used by protest as opposed to a mining project a plan to me also in northern portugal while these mountains are rich in lithium locals do not want this to become europe's let him producing hub. the freak you

kill usually ishita mouse my brothers and i grew up here keeping the cult that's why for me it's even more meaningful because i know this area ever since i was a kid. we took. i'm not against lithium but i'm not in favor of polluting my village and other villages like mine to to pollute cities that are the if you will i knew the region is recognised as a place of important agricultural heritage by the un british minor savannah resources plans to invest more than 100000000 euros in the project it is now trying to allay fears that mining operations will destroy the local way of life so designed the steiner. designs your best practices and we have our home. management. to deal with your. projects development they are hoping portuguese authorities will give it the green

light as soon as possible but for many here a sustainable mining project sounds like an oxymoron. and that social tanks watching for more had a website at d w dot com slash business or follow us on social media i'm chris caldwell in berlin thanks for watching ever so often successful. what's going on here. house of your very own from a printer. computer games that are healing. my dog. needs electricity. shift explains delivers facts and shows what the future holds. yet living in the digital world shift. in

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