oh boy. oh boy. this is eat every day is live from berlin and scientists in india accuse the government of ignoring warnings over deadly new coronavirus berryman's advisers blame politicians failure for the devastating 2nd wave of covert 19th now overwhelming the health system. also coming up giving a voice to the voiceless today marks world press freedom day and we will reveal the

winner of freedom of speech award plus there are calls for the president of the german football association to resign after he compared his deputy to an infamous nazi judge we will have the details from d.w. spores. and the tail off and 8 legged creature and her human companion we have a look at the film maya talked to post future the south african film which won the best documentary prize at this year's oscars. i'm sorry kelly. scientists in india are accusing the government of ignoring warnings of new more dangerous variants of the corona virus a form of advisors says 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 offense a 2nd wave of covert 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 on either plan. but turns out that if you put in the 1st week understood that the governments have no idea they're not prepared for anything they don't have it up until later than one hospital is again about all the whatever we 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 in to go free to fulfill the mission. is the oxygen they need support because these are truly so across the city. of increased 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 barry and. prime minister narendra modi faces intense criticism over his handling of the pandemic and his decision to allow state elections to go ahead and mitt decision cases despite heavy campaigning his party failed to win the key state of west bend down or to make significant

gains in other state assemblies. and let's go now to our correspondent in there a child or a who is joining us with the view from delhi many are we heard it just there india's prime minister narendra modi suffering a defeat in tea state elections on sunday how angry are people over the government's handling of the pandemic well the national ruling by. the state or western law which it lost yesterday but it will leave it to our fish to say that this happened because people were angry with the we literally by the hand over to generation to go as going to your children that most of the pieces in the state will all of a day and we saw the 2nd we only see quick look at the and you saw the consequences it was only the last 2 pulling things this was my hat would have been impacting the government hand of a decision regime the loss of egypt meaning the state has more to do with the fact that a lot of opposition there did not agree with what it takes on this day 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 we've had in 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 going from the government to these allegations what we are seeing instead is a political. scene a lot of it happening in the national capital. which is the what it is still struggling with. the lack of oxygen and the lack of what to do best what you're seeing is that at the critics suggest the government has not even responded to a lot of but many questions which are hungry. so what happens now we have to ask because we understand that the cove in 1000 task force has pushed for a nationwide lockdown could we see that happen. well you have an email below the top schools reportedly had been pushing that i meant to him pull

the nation wide lockdown the supreme court has also been suggesting the same in fact last week the sought after dr anthony fell to the most a lot of ways but it will weaken the u.s. for those at the death and we think in an interview to one of the publications here but we're not very certain whether the government will take this all so hot or not because we saw what happened last year the question was impacted a lot of people lost jobs and the government may be concerned about the backlash which it will be doing policing might lock down 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 forum of scientific advisors about a more dangerous variant back in march but that warning was reportedly ignored why why have there have been accusations that the had if you are trying to stress is

the only way to the well as we've but clearly the the but the lady of the arteries made which would have been me were not me and this floor was saying to go why those have come out and said they want the government and the health ministry early lot let's see only just like in the number of cases that this particular huge and why does this particular strain is a not well and ages then what we saw last year but clearly as they are suggesting these warnings were not be doing back at the time we saw the government the duly party also all and i said matt massive election rally in the state over it's been what they have been happy nations that the government perhaps in what braggin will provide to the state lections back to the pandemic your correspondent here in town terry in delhi thank you. and here are some of the latest developments in the pandemic the pharmaceutical company pfizer is in talks with the indian government over expediting approval of its coronavirus vaccine to help combat the surging

caseload there indonesia says it has recorded 2 cases of a highly infectious variant that was 1st identified in india both cases are in the capital jakarta and the head of the german hospital federation says that stable new infection numbers are slightly easing the pressure on hospitals fueling hopes that intensive care units will not be overburdened. well today marks world press freedom day and what a better day to reveal the winner of the 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 talk about some of her most challenging investigations. a few things excite to body of 40 more than finding a good story. i've seen is tiring 8 read the crew aboard one plane through. to araa in

a good group in male sexual gun. overbore has been speaking up against injustice and she was a little girl encouraged by her father she decided to become an investigative journalist. i watched we met. page i watched chilling drain. and just really. i was there in the same main point in the east and although i love the look there when i'm walking free. that we have our main topic common from so that's really laid the foundation for what i put out wanting to give voice to the boys' lives with the power to rethink the world. of worries work sometimes involves changing her identity all her stories affect her personally but none of them impacted her life as much as 2013 investigation into nigeria's human trafficking mafia the story unfolded on this 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 so 2 people beheaded in front of her. and i see that it's a depression. that was the trauma. they're pros for lots of straights. are right sam panic attacks at some points it's a great group. of worry is still recovering from that experience her story sort of does the inspiration for the netflix film or no 2 really she's made several other award winning investigations and is adamant she's not stopping any time soon. and for more we are joined now here in the studio by debbie who's director general peter limburg thank you so much for

joining us on the program why is it so important for g.w. to honor journalists like to boree of henri who we just saw in that report. well to borrow glory belongs to the kind of people who bring light into darkness where some people don't want to have any liked and i think this is a very courageous woman and colleague and i think she really deserves not only for her for for compassion but also for for the for the challenges she she has to pass through during her work so i think she deserved this and. journalism in africa isn't very very easy sometimes or most of the times and the journalism in these kind of areas where it is around human trafficking and a lot of criminal people around there so this is really dangerous and she's a really courageous woman and with all that in mind again there are so many

journalists doing so much amazing work not only in africa but also beyond around the world how does d.w. choose a winner every year or we do it among our colleagues of around the the management and we get always some some hints from from all over the organization we broadcast around the world so i think. departments of language know a lot of great journalists and they propose the ones for us and this time it was tory overbore and we very soon agreed that this. is a is a good choice and especially i think human trafficking is a topic where we as westerners as europeans have a great responsibility because it wouldn't happen if we weren't here as westerners and. we also are part of the story and we're not only looking down words to to to africa to the south and see something which is unjust but we also the clients are here in europe and in america in the west and all around the world or in the gulf

so i think the responsibility is very high and i'm really happy that we that we found such a great war and the announcement of this award today world press freedom day is coming against the backdrop and fact of a poignant reminder of the drama of the dangers that some journalists face while reporting around the world in fact our very own marion marion miller was wounded last weekend in nairobi during a protest she was covering for torch of ella we're going have a look at the video and then speak with you there after the sound that was there then that. what does this say about the freedom to report for journalists around the world 1st of all it says that journalism is getting more and more dangerous and it's

a really shocking example to see your colleague been been hit by by teargas go to she is. canisters and i think this is really not acceptable and i conned understand why the kenyan authorities. haven't reacted yet i mean it's happened 48 hours ago so. we're still waiting for the kenyan authorities to react to this and i'm not only waiting for an apology for something from boycotting for something to happen that this has consequences because this is not acceptable she has been acting absolutely according to to all the rules as she was just. doing an interview with people in the streets who are protesting who are protesting against covered measures and this is not acceptable has been what we see that the video certainly shocking one has to say what kind of impact more broadly speaking if you just put

this now into the big picture for us you know this kind of quality journalism that you know journalists are often doing in difficult circumstances what does it have on society in your view. i think free journalism is absolutely vital for for societies because we can bring stories which you normally don't see and which bring in good cases helps societies to get better and this is why we are doing our job w. here was a brave correspondents and other colleagues are doing this job and i think we can have a good impact on societies with journalism the deputy director general peter lim for joining us in the studios wanted always great to see you especially on this world press freedom day as the winner of his freedom of speech award has been announced many thanks thank you sir for some breaking news just coming in german police saying that they have shut down a major internet platform that shared images of the sexual abuse of children

officials saying that the site on the dark weapon is one of the biggest of the world with over 400000 members and it's been operating since at least 2019 we'll bring you all the latest developments on the story as soon as we have them. first here are some other headlines from around the world. u.s. secretary of state and to me 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 think it 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 a 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 rocks the city of young gone it has been 3 months since the

military seized power in a coup. residents along carriages stands border with touchy can stand 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 tension between the 2 former soviet states a cease fire now appears to be holding. most european countries have been relying on lockdowns masks and travel bans to keep coronavirus cases down sweet and has taken a different path however as its top epidemiologist does not agree with lockdowns that has turned the country into an oasis of freedom however the country is seeing a surge in infections health authorities are urging people to follow advice but will they listen to teri schultz reports. sweden seen as the land of sweet liberty for those chief ing against coronavirus closures curfews and mandatory masks while most of europe has been in various stages of lockdown over the last

year swedes have been skiing shopping dining and drinking restrictions in swedish restaurants giving customers space and closing at 8 pm i think we have taken away a round hole for the tables so we have one bank gun jimmy head waiter at the concern and restaurant in stockholm says sweden's done it right 2 or is it. wrong in learn from czech republic become or taking it we were. just free to freedom the architect of this model state epidemiologist anders tecno who did basically the same as many other countries produce it sounds like a different way of trying to do. more than not assist to pinpoint what to do we need to close but take a different way has seen sweden record a far higher death toll than its closest neighbors finland and norway

a comparison he rejects they all flyers sweden compare very much more true belgium austria even germany and sweden these. $5.00 to $10.00 countries for at least excess mortada to see europe but sweden's care homes in particular were hit hard last year and still now hospitals warn intensive care units are nearly overwhelmed in december even the king said he thought the strategy had failed but techno stands by his recommendations he says the only problem with them is that people don't follow them take masks for example understand doesn't believe they're very effective so on public transportation riders are urged but not required to mask up during rush hours few appear to do. so some feel that's a failure of the government's 1000 communications strategy at least journalism professor christian christianson says the lax approach to mask wearing exposes

inequalities in swedish society in danger inc especially minorities you're seeing people who are probably in lower paying jobs service industry jobs must take public transportation their trains in the morning day in day out with hundreds of people in a small container i think it's reasonable to ask like you know might that not be possible public health problem if they make it more tighter that everyone should make it and should wear a mask that would be very important maybe we could have spare some life a new emergency law gives the government temporary power to impose a lockdown but it hasn't been used well polls show some swedes have lost faith in their country's approach to stuff lloyd blood isn't one of them he still trusts in ender's techno here a person like this different kind of way and crisis in the world we did it in a way where people still could have a lot of their freedom and for me freedom is really important blood support isn't

likely to fade quickly last year he immortalized the epidemiologist on his epidermis. the german football association wants its president to resign after he compared his deputy to an interest nazi judge fritz keller admits that he made a serious mistake but is refusing to stand 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. joining me now in the studio is jonathan crane from deja vu sports what's this all about well this all stems from a meeting just over a week ago actually between top federation officials were closed meetings are not open to the public and during this meeting. referred to running a cult his vice president as priceless now why is that significant all right i'm surprised there was a prominent nazi judge he was involved in the conference in 1942 and during that

meeting the holocaust was planned the murder of 6000000 jews the comparison being made because rihanna called himself is a judge in munich now or for its has apologized for his remarks but so far he's not showing any signs of standing down yeah not many people laughing about that that's for sure how are people reacting to the way that the football association is handling this very serious matter well there was an emergency meeting at the weekend between the state and regional associations to form the german football federation so clearly they are taking it very very seriously in that meeting they released a statement calling his remarks completely unacceptable pressure really is mounting on canada to resign he lost a vote of confidence 26 to 9 i mentioned the apology he made to call a court has not accepted his apology and i think speaks to why into struggle within the federation these remarks were leaked to the media very very quickly while

expressing remorse for his remarks is regretted that as well on one side of this power struggle you have for its color on the other side you have called on the general sic tree preachers curteous who was also lost a vote of no confidence how much is this potentially overshadowing the game that it i mean it's a difficult time for football of course with the coronavirus pandemic of course and clearly this is hugely damaging to the federation internal discussions talking about how damaging it is for the image of the federation talk of wholesale changes being needed don't forget the fruits. it was brought to new entrants 90 to clear up the mess that the federation found itself in at the time both on the pitch after that desire for world cup exit in 2018 a north are offered after a series of corruption scandals involving former presidents now clearly things on the pitch i mean exactly improved in recent times and now with all this off the pitch of the german football federation is in many ways back to square one jonathan

crane sports thank you you were. well a pitch invasion forced to enlist footballing giants manchester united to postpone a match against rivals liverpool fans were demonstrating against the club's american owners united was among the 12 clubs who attempted to form a breakaway european super league the project collapsed after resistance from supporters angry fans also blocks the manchester team bus bringing players to the game supporters want united's owners to sell the club. and inter milan are celebrating after they were confirmed as the talent champions for the 1st time since 2010 fans of the teams filled the lawns duomo square after their title rivals to lotto were held to a drop putting inter 13 points clear at the top of the table the club is now the 2nd most successful side in series

a history with 1000 titles one more than city rivals ac milan. oh. well now to the tale of an sea creature and her human companion a film about their bond just one best documentary feature at this year's oscars my octopus future portrays the unusual friendship forged by the octopus and a south african filmmaker in the waters off of cape town. for. dr. read history. it's a captivating tale of friendship south african filmmaker and naturalist 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 lots of ways and we incrementally so built to be something that could appeal to a group who are not only interested in this or natural history in this environment but the soul of everything greys going through as a human being it's all their relatable things he's dealing with guilt disappointment so he's conflicted about things he's trying to sort of overcome its security. and its patients and dissemination always of human qualities that are being questioned serious stories just that the context is very young. and the effort is welcome on the ground in cape town. not because it had a profound effect not just on a winter's dinner to make

a finding something. significant but to do well in our building. you know how you how do you follow that. it's a lesson in how humans and nature can co-exist in mutual appreciation. you're watching d.w. news up next it is d w business with my colleague ben physical intimacy extended and for that i'm sara kelly in berlin thank you so much for joining us take care.

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