will be able to protect his territory and its people. and to assure that this remains the case, germany will continue to play its part in the future. our sal adair chief is not limited to words, only that it fished and what was the german foreign minister moments ago? joining me now is the correspondence they now reg effort. she is in a tel aviv israel for you and then what has the german foreign minister been taken welcome layla. hi, thank you. yes, german for germany. foreign minister hi coleman landed here this morning and we were going to airport at about 8 a. m local time. he gave a statement there to the press and immediately was joined by israel's foreign minister, gabby asking ozzy. he was then taken to the city of paris, take about 20 minutes drive from israel to visit a house that was directly hit by rocket. and later today, hopefully, he's hoping to continue also to the palestinian territory to meet there also with

palestinian officials. now mister moss has voice to support for israel, which he has done since the hostilities erupted, unequivocally did he call, and he also called for a sci fi, or we have to add, did. he mentioned the palestinians at all, address the toll of human suffering in gaza? well, you're definitely not the only person asking this question. he was confronted exactly with this question at the airport when he was where he was given a statement. and instead of referring in detail to the death toll in gaza, he again repeated his statement, saying that israel has the right to defend itself and just added that. all actions are included within the right of so called self defense. so he said, as you can, we could hear before he said that germany's commitment and fidelity is not only limited to words, but did not specify anything about the suffer on the palestinian side. now we

understand that mister moss is not the only foreign minister currently visiting the region are planning to visit the region. that's correct. today we have also had visitors here in tel aviv from foreign minister from the check report we republic as well as from slovakia. they also joined foreign minister, god the us can ozzy in a tour here in tel aviv and pet gabby asked, as he said that he has invited the foreign minister quote, in order to show solidarity and support for israel. but they have, nevertheless, also called foresees fire, hoping that it will be reached in the next few days or even earlier. and then any sign or a glimmer of hope for a seaside is fair. the political will, especially among the caretaker prime minister of israel. mister benjamin netanyahu . well, we were just notified that israel security cabinet as is to convene today at 7 pm

local time in order to discuss the potential ca fire. we have heard before from anonymous officials, that there are discussions that they are hoping to reach such seas fire in the next few days or even hours. however, despite these fire looming, the fire has yet to be seized. and as you can say, israel has lawn several air strikes this morning on the gaza strip and in retaliation, hamas has fired as well. dozens of rockets into israel, w corresponding today not were different reporting from tel aviv israel. thank you very much for your coverage. let's to bring up spina with some of the other stories making headlines. this our beliefs and belgium have set up their man hunt for a. we are a soldier with forward views who they say poses an acute threat. the suspect went into hiding after removing weapons from barracks. he made threats to several public

figures including a renown colona virus. the experts us secretary of state, anthony lincoln has held his 1st meeting with russian foreign minister start a live rough speaking and i once they set their countries could find ways to work together despite their differences. mister live wrap. this guy talks as constructive and said, preparation for a possible meeting between the 2 countries. leaders or cancer or allies bill will respond. lot warnings are in place across the south central united states. after days of heavy rain storms have already caused flooding in texas and louisiana and cut power to thousands of households. the bad weather is forecast to continue to do . we get a german soldier suspected of plotting attacks against prominent politicians while posing as a syrian refugee goes. on trial today, known as franco

a, he's accused of stockpiling weapons and planning, serious acts of violence. the high profile cases raise concerns over right wing extremism in the army. never had the trial opening, franco, a proclaimed his innocence in front of the press. he denies the charges leveled against him by the prosecution. to unplug it, we have an indictment that deals with an offense in preparing an active violence to be of them that endangers the state of i taught for years franco, a lead a double life while working as a soldier for the german armed forces, he registered himself as a syrian refugee, prosecutors accused him of planning attacks on high ranking politicians with the intention of blaming them on migrants and asylum seekers. my, my dance had fish my client dressed as an immigrant. i can't see anything in that

that's dangerous to the state. what i do see as a danger to the state is when parts of the government and work together with criminals. and that has unfortunately happened here. is that some of them slides up i'm on. does this letter saying, franco, a face is up to 10 years in prison. the trial is expected to last until august. and d, w correspondent, that thomas barrow is following the trial at thomas. how significant is this case? layla this case is certainly significant, and it's in fact has gone out a lot of national and international attention since franco. a was detained a few years ago. part of that attention has to do with the unique circumstances of his profile. the fact that he led that double life, as we saw in our report, the fact that he was a soldier was at the same time, also registering the asylum seeker and planning those acts of violence. but it also

has to do with the fact that franco, a is an example of a wider problem here in germany. his case, not only revealed some of the shortcomings of germany's immigration system at the height of the so called refugee crisis and the administrative mistakes that actually led for him to be registered as an asylum seeker. but more importantly than that, it also reveals some of the, of the worries of the concerns that many people have when it comes to far right. extremism within germany's military, within germany, security forces are 2 very big issues here as well. but on the other hand, you also have to consider the fact that we're talking about a very unique case of franco a that also reveal some very important aspects about german security and german far right extremism within germany. security force. exactly, put this into context for contextualize. this for us. how big a problem is far extremism in germany's defense forces. it certainly is

a big problem, and german authorities are aware of that despite the fact that german authorities have been criticized. not only now, but in the past as well, for what people are analysts describe does turning a blind eye to the threat of far i distribute them within germany. security forces, the franco, a case led to authorities revealing some networks where, where other officials were also present far right. networks and it has also led parties to present reports. they presented that report in 2020, and a stress that over 1400 suspected cases of far right extremism within germany. security forces were registered between 2017 and the beginning of 2020. however, and this is important as well to stress, german authorities said that while every confirmed case was very problematic. indeed, they did not see this as being a systematic structural problem within germany. security forces w political corresponding thomas, a sparrow reporting. thank you. and we're going to pivot now to

russia, the government there and the crag down against supporters of jail opposition senior election volley as costing many workers, their jobs, trade union, se waive a politically motivated firing has swept through state run enterprises w correspondence. you were shadow, met one subway worker who was fired for signing a pro nevada only petition today of guineas. donovan is just a guest in moscow's famous metro system. but just a month ago, he worked here as an escalator technician. then monday he received his dismissal papers without warning. donna, which says he was fired for political reasons for me and i was surprised at 1st. it doesn't feel awful, but then i got angry guineas. donovan was known as a diligent worker and says his work was never once criticized in the 3 years he was

employed by the metro. but his signature on an online petition proved to be his downfall. in april and the run up to the protest demanding the release of alexi in a volley, he signed a document in support of the opposition. later, he was just one of about 400000 russians to do so. let meeting the i've never been to a protest. i'm not interested in the volley as a politician, but as a human being and a citizen of this country and just like him, each one of us can be subject to the whims of the authorities. the police change tech at the most recent major protests in moscow on april 21st instead of mass arrest. many activists were subjected to intimidation and punishment. days later this was repression. many were visited by police after the protest somewhere charged and jailed. others were fired or thrown out of college. the firing of

guinea donovan was not an isolated incident. moscow's metro workers' union is currently being inundated with similar cases. not done it up. and we've received more than 40 complaints on the phone, but i think there will be even more about 60 dismissals altogether. when we did talk, when the mouse firings were brought up at a press conference kremlin speaker, dmitri pascal maintained that the workers were let go for having taken part in unauthorized protests and employers had the right to do so. but you have guineas, donovan claims he has never taken part in a protest that anyone can make mistakes. but i didn't. i voice my political opinion . if the state carries out such punishments, it'll achieve the opposite of its aims. people will want to join the opposition. i've always been silent, but no more said which together with his union donovan plans to see his employer

the moscow metro. although he doesn't believe he'll succeed, he wants to keep fighting, even if it's only a symbolic gesture. you leaders are meeting today and a fresh attempt to finalize that covert 19 vaccine certificate. the so called green certificate could give a much needed boost to the travel season by waving quarantine requirements for some people. but key issues including access to free tests have delete the schemes roll out in the document which state whether a person has been vaccinated or negative, or recently recovered from the current of iris. well, the one country denmark has already introduced its own system that allows some people to resume their activities. but as b w, they're short, so reports next. not all things are on board. social life is back in full swing in denmark. so yeah, of course we are very happy to hope that we can see the guess the ticket to

resuming activities inside are in large groups, is the corona pass verification that you are fully vaccinated, have in unit 8 jacoby 19, or have tested negative within the last 72 hours, most people use a mobile phone now. that is relatively like, allowed to resume indoor training in early may. gym owner liquid guard, hanson has an systems worked out. you should be the 1st person that shows ups will check everybody else's passes and they get the shiny little head on. so everybody knows. so today's natasha was a corona officer and your vaccine. yes. thank you. less than 20 percent of deans are fully vaccinated. so for most people keeping a corona pass, current requires standing in line to be tested every 3 days, maybe half an hour, 40 minutes, and is it worth well worth it?

denmark has the highest testing rate in the european union with half a 1000000 danes getting checked each day about 8 percent of the population. that provides authorities a wealth of information every day. and even almost by the hour. we know the number of subsisted people in denmark, we know exactly where, where they tested, where do late they live. nielson says local municipalities can use the data to quickly intervene in case of an outbreak. but privacy advocates insist the personal information revealed by a corona pass should be strictly limited. the latest version of the up allows almost total anonymity to showing whether or not you're in the clear. kimberly gregson has been working with authorities on this evolution. even though when, when we have such as serious situation in society fighting and they put them in, we shall not, we shouldn't just skip our fundament, most fundamental principles about it. they to security and privacy. but some feel

constant monitoring should not be necessary to access social activities. they say that's a violation of their personal freedom amount. if i don't want to get, have to just to get in somewhere when i, when i'm perfectly well, all the sushi is helping organize opposition to the national corona virus strategy . he views the path as an example of creeping to control. why should the state know like every time how often you go to union meeting, how often you go to sport clubs and different patterns of your life? but most teams welcome the system as their passport back to liberty. at least one entre printer, real bar has set up its own testing center to make the wait for that precious green light more bearable with a beer. you gotta meet people where they're asked the w correspondence that marina strauss is in brussels for you marino. you leaders trying to save somewhere?

what can you tell us is brussels looking to follow? denmark's example. yes. so in this document they're talking about discussing about at this very moment. if it's comparable. so i, as someone living in the european union could have is if i recover, if i have some other scenes. but if i'm fully vested, as with the vaccine accepted in the european union or by the w h o, or if i get a negative test results. but that's actually where the role stars, because it's actually costly to test everyone. and that's why member states are discussing at the moment and really to how would this work? i mean is, is this specifically this, this green a certificate? is it specifically designed for those who are traveling within the you or just for those who are coming from outside of shannon zone into the european union?

is 1st of all, it's for people who live in the european union for the 3, like they could get it for the 3 reason i just mentioned. and then maybe in the 2nd step, it could also be accepted by other men, but by other countries, by the 3rd country. but we know there yet at the moment, like your p parliament and the european commission have already said they want this path and it is only the 27 countries, the member states who comes agree on details. for example, the cost cost to should pay for them or also the fact for example, like if you have this document, can you just really move around or do you still have to isolate for a couple of days and the member states decide themselves. once you decide themselves what kind of rules are attached to this and the commission or the parliament or not so happy with this,

they will come and who for everyone of the marina stress reporting from brussels. thank you. let's take a look now at some of the other developments in the panoramic, the u. k. has launched a nationwide study to explore whether a 3rd vaccination dose would be safe and effective, and extending immunity. and a chain of a private labs in india says nearly 2 thirds of people tested in the country have been exposed to the corona virus, and the un security council is demanding faster access to vaccines for africa. amid the growing concern is that the content has only received about 2 percent of the doses administered around the world. and now to tokyo, where a spike uncovered 1900 cases is fueling demands for the cancellation of this summer's olympics. and paralympics doctors have also joined calls to stop the events, but the head of the international limpid committee and this, the already delay games will go ahead and open in july. the i o c is

thomas bock and the upper left. loomed large over the start of the tokyo meeting, insisting the games will go on. we are now fully focused on the delivery of the olympic games. it is after all box international olympic committee holding the ultimate se into whether to hold the games. the host city contract says so signed by all interested parties in 2013, when tokyo won the rights to host. in the termination section, it says the i o c has sole discretion to terminate should safety be threatened. i in the midst of a brutal 4th wave of corona virus infections poll after poll show a clear majority in favor of terminating the games over fears. it could become a super spreader event box. some said should cancel the olympics while in tokyo for

this week's meeting. he actually stayed home though in switzerland. when i got isn't coming means he cannot come and that implicitly recognizes japan's emergency situation. so thinking a video to show all will be well for the japanese people during the olympics and paralympics, bach points to have bench rehearsals in which athletes competed and were housed in a strict bubble. and he added, most teams will now bring additional health professionals. should corona, virus infections occur with our companies, the partners in france? i can only re emphasize this for the commitment of the, the, to organize together. they've olympic and ireland be games for everybody. momentum. so important in many sports events is not on box side at the moment, but it's still the i o c's call whether to cancel the games,

which have cost at least $15000000000.00 and are now just over 2 months away. today is world be day marking the birth of be keeping pioneer on time shot in slovenia, nearly 3 centuries ago. but there is little cause for celebration of the un is warning almost one 3rd of b and butterfly species, faith extinction because of human activity. but some be lovers are trying to save colonies under threat taking, rescuing malaysia's bes bear handed. that's how this software developer spends his bad time. he says gloves make it hard to be gentle when scooping up the bees. the swarm in a car park, 100 palm and building in quite an employee is in danger. i think because what do i learn more afraid of be and not not so i mean, not so familiar would be so perception to be read dangerous. so the moment if they see me immediately hi to find some way to,

to remove to be traditional visa found people tend to call the fiber gaze. the solution has been to burn the nests and get rid of them. that's not the any risk facing the base to a lang chaise group might be savior with set up against a backdrop of the insect global decline. there's a huge crisis in us and europe where the having problem, we've be going almost ex thing. so before that happened here, i think is important that we continue with the phase of the b and make sure that doesn't happen here. many honey, be colonies in the west who wiped out in the mid to thousands worker bees abandon the queen's in a mysterious phenomenon. called colony collapse disorder. pesticides are thought to

be a driver of this. and this ties in with malaysia. scientist recently looked at help . these were impacted by intensive agriculture. in tropical countries, they found the number of insect pollinators were 70 percent lower and intensive copeland compared to the natural habitat. but that's a fate. these rescued bees will hopefully avoid. they found a new home in the garden of a volunteer and do a lunch. i have a few most things to add to his extensive collection. why an enormous iceberg has broken from an ice shelf in on tarka. the iceberg is the biggest in the world. the european space agency says it's slightly larger than the spanish island of new york. our scientists believe the split was cost naturally rather than as a result of global warming. this is, you know,

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wait another way. after all the environment isn't recyclable. the make up your own mind. the d. w. made for mines the. the news. hello and welcome to focus on europe time. lar bella. thanks for joining us today. coven. 19 vaccines are giving people here in europe. hope that a return to normality is soon within reach. the corona virus pandemic has put an unprecedented strain on doctors and nurses on some parts of the continent. the pressure in hospital wards.