this is d w news live from berlin and scientists in india accuse the government of ignoring warnings over deadly new coronavirus variants advisors blame politicians failure for the devastating 2nd wave of coded 19 now overwhelming the health system. also coming up giving a voice to the voiceless today marks world press freedom day and the e.u. will reveal the winner of the user freedom of speech award plus after 2 weeks in

porn scene due to a coronavirus outbreak can have to leave avoid relegation from the bundesliga they face a must win match against mites tonight. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program. scientists in india are accusing the government of ignoring warnings of new more dangerous variants of the corona virus a form of advisors say that ministers fail to impose large scale restrictions despite the alert in march mass political and religious rallies have since been cited as super spreader events a 2nd wave of coded 1000 has left india battling record numbers of deaths and infections. india is struggling as the pandemic 2nd wave crashes over the country death and desperation are spreading so too is the fear

that the government can stem the surge and end india's suffering. when the cases started rising up by the plan. but turns out that if you put in the 1st week and the sort that the governments have no idea they're not prepared for anything they don't have it up until later than one hospital for get about all the whatever you need for the entire city or the entire nation in just one example a dozen covert 1000 patients died this weekend when a hospital in the capital ran out of oxygen supply for nearly an hour and a half of one of them is to go through and. the oxygen beliefs are poor because babies are to be so cross city. didn't increase demand in the hospital a court in delhi says it will start punishing government officials for failing to deliver lifesaving items but it's impossible to give what is not yet available the

international community spent the weekend sending supplies grieving relatives and scientists blame elected officials for the catastrophic situation saying they ignored medical advice and warnings about variance. prime minister narendra modi faces intense criticism over his handling of the pandemic and his decision to allow state elections to go ahead amid this urgent cases despite heavy campaigning his party failed to win the key state of west bengal or to make significant gains in other state assemblies. and let's go now to our correspondent minera choudhary who is joining us with the view from delhi mynheer we heard it just there india's prime minister narendra modi suffering a defeat in t. state elections on sunday how angry are people over the government's handling of the pandemic well nationally. the state of west bengal which

it lost yesterday but it will be a little too far fetched to say that this happened because people were angry with do we really party have a look over to generation to go to your children that most of the pieces in the state all of a day and we saw the 2nd we only see quick look at the end result of the consequences it was only the last appalling thing which my hat would have been in back to the government hand of the situation the loss of the ship in the state has more to do with the fact that the look of opposition they did not agree with what it takes on their style of campaigning but one thing can be said for sure that is that this defeat is a major setback for the g.o.p. at a time when it's facing a lot of criticism for that really happened reacting to secondly absolutely a lot of accusations of pandemic mismanagement how are they responding to that and we have not seen any direct responses coming from the government to these allegations what the us instead is a political leaning beginning and seen

a lot of that happening in the national capital. which is the what's he still struggling with. the lack of oxygen the lack of what the beds what you're seeing is that at the critics suggest the government has not really been responding to a lot of what new questions which are being free. so what happens now we have to ask because we understand that the cove in 1000 taskforce has pushed for a nationwide lockdown could we see that happen. well you have an email below the top schools reportedly had been meant to him pull the nation wide lockdown the supreme court also been suggesting the same in fact last week they sought after dr anthony fauci the most a lot of ways that he believes in the u.s. all of those at the death thing writhing around in an interview to one of the publications here but they've been not very good in whether the government will take this fall so why don't more because we saw what happened last year the

question was in fact a lot of people lost jobs and the government may be concerned about the backlash which is big win for the nation like lockdown but it's a party that we should be not sure on the decisions that will be taken in the coming few days are there any lessons to be learned for from from the way that it has been handled so far many are because we're hearing these reports that the government had in fact been warned by a form of scientific advisors about a more dangerous variant back in march but that warning was reportedly ignored why many of them have been after the sions that the fat you're trying to stress is going to be the way to the well as we've but clearly the the but the lady of the arrangement which would have been me were not me and this floor was saying to go out and say why did the government and the health ministry early not that you've been seeing me just why in the number of cases that this particular nugent why does this particular strain is not well and ages and what we saw last year but clearly

as they are suggesting these warnings were not be doing back at the same time we saw the government the duly but he also all and i said matt massive election rallies in the state of west in what they have been happening is that the government perhaps in what braggin well prior to the studio actions back to the band. correspondent here in town terry in delhi thank you. for a take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken has criticized china for acting in quote increasingly adversarial ways he stressed that a military confrontation would be against the interests of both nations however blinken arrived in london on sunday for a meeting of g 7 foreign ministers where china is one of the issues on the agenda. young activists in myanmar have staged nationwide rallies calling for others to

join them in a spring revolution witnesses say that security forces shot several demonstrators dead a series of explosions rocked the city of dawn it's been 3 months since the military seized power in a coup. residents along care just towns border with tajikistan have been returning to their damaged homes days after thousands were forced to flee from clashes more than 30 people died in a flare up of tensions between the 2 former soviet states the cease fire out they are now appears to be holding. now today works marks world press freedom day what better day to reveal the winner of the use freedom of speech award this year we are honoring an investigative journalist from nigeria from an early age she stood up for women's rights and called out injustices we caught up with her to speak about some of her most challenging investigations. a few things excite to

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them impacted her life as much as her 2013 investigation into nigeria's human trafficking mafia the story unfolded on the street ellen avenue a popular hot spot for prostitution for 7 months of war he was an undercover sex worker here it was the toughest most frightening and most challenging investigation one she wasn't prepared for she was raped abused and saw 2 people beheaded in front of her. and i see that it's a depression. that was the trauma that post-traumatic stress disorder. panic attacks at some points it's quite brought it up you can see sidebar. of war he is still recovering from that experience her story served as the inspiration for the netflix film. she's made several other award winning investigations and is adamant she's not stopping any

time soon. the german football association wants its president to resign after he compared his deputy to an infamous nazi judge fritz keller at mit's that he made a serious mistake but is refusing to step down he's been in the job for 2 years the association is the world's biggest single sports federation with more than 7000000 members. has a berlin return to action in the but the sake on monday night after a 14 day coronavirus quarantine the team is currently 2nd from the bottom of the table and now faces a run of 5 games in 13 days so the match against relegation rivals myatt's could be a defining moment in their battle for survival here to berlin season came to a halt maybe april the last match they played was against glovebox and they didn't leave it to head to that draw into the 3 game road where he had to pick up 5 points

with their momentum was put on hold after coach gardai did several players return positive covert 19 tests currently and 17th on the table here to have 3 matches to make up starting with months in cold start di believes they can do enough to free themselves from relegation danger. from these 3 games we need at least 4 points at least i would be happy if we get more 97 it doesn't matter but it has to be at least 4 that's what i expect from the team and they'll have to deal with that pressure. i don't think it's too much pressure because i say that she will go but i think they'll manage it. covert 19 has kept some hits of players still sidelined goalkeeper room a yard start suffered badly and is out for the rest of the season. with no real match practice had to face an uphill battle when they meet months aside riding high

after defeating byron munich. and now to a tale of an 8 limbed sea creature and her human companion a film about their bond just won best documentary feature at this year's oscars my octopus teacher patrols the unusual friendship forged by the octopus and a south african filmmaker in the waters of cape town for. dr. strange. thing it's a captivating tale of friendship south african filmmaker and naturalists craig foster was intrigued by a young octopus he found in an underwater forest near cape town foster began to document their daily interactions and the mollusk wowed him and his fellow directors this curiosity turned a personal video project into a full length documentary. i mean it's also what he said we

incrementally so builds it to be something that feels real group who are not really interested in this sort natural history in this environment sold everything craig's going to as a human being he saw the relatable things he's dealing with guilt disappointments he's conflicted about things he's trying to sort of if it's a curiosity. and it's patience and assimilation always so human qualities that. well being questions in your story is just the contact area. and the effort is welcome on ground in cape town. i think it can have a profound effect not just on a seat when the tourists do it to make a to try to do something. significant but treated with pulling off business skills

and. you know how it how to follow that. it's a lesson in how humans and nature can co-exist in mutual appreciation. and up next on data via news it is world story so just stay with us if you can for that i'm sorry kelly and berlin thank you for watching take care. this week on world stories in russia vaccine tourism becomes a business model what is the price of freedom in sweden during a pandemic but we begin in brazil where just as it has everywhere in.