in half of 2020 and of course they had a massive agenda and they wanted to drive lots of policies forward as a strong motor in the european union. and they couldn't do that because they just had to switch to crisis mode. and they had to find quick solutions to also help the more undeveloped countries in the european union to get through this crisis. and of course, this is going to have a massive effect on the next couple of budgets of the german parliament here of the german government over the next few decades. even some people are saying that the costs of the corona crisis might be tangible in germany until the year 2045. at last question for you mikaela. you said that, you know, migration is not something that johnson michael can necessarily add to her chapter of time and also finding an agreement on that. but does you do you think that she has a list of priorities that she absolutely wants to see through before her time in office is up. and of course we don't know exactly when that will be liquid. gemini took

the e u presidency the 2nd half of last year. she wanted to actually bring europe together to have this european legacy. and what we're seeing here is both on russia, but also in china that she keeps working to stop. basically bilateral talks of individual e, u members with the big powers of the future. and namely china and we see her working very, very hard on that. at the same time, she still in crisis fighting mode. she herself said, we're on the thin ice. and these, this crisis isn't over yet, and it won't be over by the time she leaves office in september. all right, our chief political editor mission because not, and of course our political reporter news has a in parliament as always good to talk to you. but now let's take a look back. our political correspondence i'm in young, has gathered a few of the notable moments in south america political career that may shape her legacy the so it's not, can you,

germany can do more. i'm convinced germany can make it. opa gilling europe succeed together and i could say europe will only succeed together. we'll get into the event. we will conquer this virus. i'm sure that we can accomplish something in the color of her jackets may have changed. but over the 16 years of her chancellor, shipped much about angle america has remained constant. since her 1st government policy statement has chancellor in 2005, she spaced a litany of crises, the financial crash, mass migration, the pandemic, whatever the strains behind the scenes, her performances in parliament always showed the mac kilian focus. if you follow, we want to create the conditions, said that in 10 years germany is once again among the top 3 in europe. i think that's a legitimate and important goal. if been not what,

i'm still convinced britton's departure from the you must be an orderly one. latanya and several times a year, always before the summits. but on other occasions too, the chancellor gave a big speech and the bone to start with the cannon, the boot. we all know the pictures of desperate people of african refugees on fragile boats. we cannot just watch it happen to the in the medical was seldom a sparkling orator, but there was usually plenty of me always well prepared, mostly sober and measured in tone at all times. she spoke with inspiration. please don't like the ice is all thinking movements. this is a unique opportunity to make our interests and our values, the reality of leven. oh, leap on tomorrow. take what we're seeing on a daily basis of tax on jews on foreign violence and hate speech. we have to fight against it, mrs. via the can miss steps such as leaving her face mask on the left and were rare

. in fact, because the 19 pandemic has given a new value to medical solid style, whatever the color of the jackets that quality of come confidence is a big part of what people will remember medical for i'm in the, i'm convinced that in the end and this is my firm belief and it's my mission, which i will continue to fulfill until the end of my term. together. we can be successful in conquering the pandemic and leading our country back into better times. are it under some other news now? libby a decade of chaos and conflict could be drawing to a close after peace talks here in berlin. the german host secured a pledge from the 17 countries taking part to withdraw foreign fighters and to keep the north african countries on track for elections scheduled for december. libya has been in battle ground for rival malicious since dictator moammar gadhafi was

overthrown in 2011. he got off to a confusing start. the american top diplomat meets his german counterpart in berlin despite could welcome both men that they share the same vision for libya. we share the goal of a sovereign stable unified, secure libya, free from foreign interference. it's what the people who deserve it's critical to regional security as well. the table for permanent members of the un security council, together with other regional powers. and for the 1st time representatives from libby as transitional government, providence of the military and political for the 1st one of the main goals, ensuring elections plan for december. go ahead. we are supporting the election because this is the, this is the, you know, the way for democracy in libya and build english government. however, we understand there is a lot of security challenges in the ground. one of his challenges is the presence

of thousands of foreign troops, a messen areas inside libya. as finish now, we will not let up, will not rest until the last foreign troops of last libya. that is why we have gathered here for a 2nd time, the libya conference after you've been that is what we will work towards one job. i mean, that's what i'm out of libya has been in crisis, but ever since the ouster of new market duffy in 2011 following his full armed groups, refused to disband, and regional rival with grew elections failed to bring the country. and the closer rival governments was set up in the western and eastern parts of a country. in tripoli, a government recognized by many western nations, one another regime established itself into brook. in october 2020 the warring sides agreed to cease fire. event form the transitional government. the elections this

december will finally give the libyan people say, some affair. it may only be a small step on a long road to lasting peace. let's get a roundup of some other headlines now. former philippine president ban ignore quino . the 3rd has died. he was 61, a quino served as leader from 2010 to 2016. he was the son of 2 of the countries biggest pro democracy icons and was known as a thorn in the side of china. aquino had been battling prolonged illness including undergoing dialysis and heart surgery. anti virus software pioneer john mcafee, has been found dead in his jail cell in spain. the discovery came shortly after court approved his expedition to the united states where he wanted for tax evasion . a prison spokeswoman said he had apparently committed suicide to the united nations. is warning the 10s of thousands of people in madagascar or on the brink of starvation. the world food program says

a huge malnutrition is almost doubled the last 4 months as the south of the island faces. it's worse to drown in 40 years. and puffs are britney spears told, los angeles judged that she wants the conservatorship of her estate revoked. the singers father, jamie spears, has controlled her finances and personal life. for more than a decade. there's describe a legal arrangement as abusive. a victim of tyranny. that was the defiant cover story of the last ever edition of the apple daily. as hong kong final pro democracy newspaper wrote its own obituary. it came just days after authorities moved to shut down the paper on national security grounds. people waited a long line to try to get one of the last copies. $1000000.00 were printed several times its normal circulation. the newspaper was known for its criticism of china communist rulers. it's that it had no choice but to seize operations. after police froze, its assets and the rest of 5 top editors and executives last week,

it is seen as another sign of china tightening. grip on the city. dw correspondent phoebe kong is standing by for us in hong kong with the latest on the story high phoebe. and tell us more about this last edition of the apple daily. and i am hurting the pre interpretation of update on this one page. the headline, that whole colors basically paying for fellow in brain like with a patient showing one of the staff with a waving his cell phone with like phone to supporters. what a $200.00 support us gathering outside of heck for the last night during the last 2 hours in approach from the support that they we support have today. so it was a very sentimental night last night for a home who is and also fellow readers and supported family going on the $26.00 to

$10.00 print 0 news paper and also wrote a letter that tend to home home. it was a lot something i call it some pages. they have published that that, that he said they have managed to publish new paper and told to read those that they hope that every everyone can carry on the despite the solutions we saw the long lines of people waiting to get a copy of this last edition i mean, tell us more about how all across hong kong have been reacting to this closure. both things absolutely has to publish. it's very last edition. last night we were outside on the street. basically like people start to like to go up to flight newspaper since midnight, not life. and i even like early morning agree am for p and already lying outside these papers, there was a call home call and the 1st difficult for people to find just one copy of the

newspaper. and that reflects how people will like the very last a position platform i printed off officials for the opposition opinion. and absolutely they have low, very iconic voices. like criticizing the child is coming to tati and good expedia fear that this could be the very last light my media that could also should public to express that it is also a very like sentimental day for all that was in hong kong because they have been a very mature in the history of the jo was ok if you become reporting for us there from hong kong. thank you. to football now and the euro. 2020. where germany's onto the round of 16. but just barely after surviving what was billed as a group of death. the roller coaster game at fans very much on the edge of their

seats with germany on the verge of elimination, but lay under ss bar to wild celebrations in the waiting minutes of the match when he scored a score to secure a to, to draw just good enough to advance to the knockout round against england. the historic rivals will stay south in london on tuesday. ok, germany did scrape through, but it was a knuckle biting. 90 minutes for fans, expecting more from their team. you could be forgiven for thinking the german team hadn't made it through to the round of 16. the fans leaving the stadium, bailey showed joy little euphoria inside the stadium. it was pretty much the same. really difficult. we found it difficult to create opportunities, didn't manage to get behind the opposing line. we weren't really good when we lost the bolt. fortunately in the end we kept up morale. some good gets liked, thus mung in the yard mile off. it was clear that we faced

a lot of resistance in the group. it was perhaps the most difficult group in terms of opponents. we now have 2nd place. we're going to england and that was great news too, of course, in london to play against england at wembley, england. you don't need that every day. so that's enough for today. please be more convincing. next week at wembley, adults and germany really tormented themselves. i have to say the result. yeah. it's okay. the latest thing i've ever seen. i'm completely disappointed in the catastrophically bad german team. the sporting performance forgettable. but the message of l g, b, t. so with arity that was sent around the world from the munich game will certainly be remembered. all right, let's get a quick reminder of our top story at this hour. i'm going to michael has delivered her last scheduled address to parliament and german chancellor. macro has been in

power for almost 16 years, but it's not running for office in the next german general election, which takes place in september. the thank you for watching. the w news will be right back at the top of the hour with more there with us the news the fight against the corona virus pandemic. how has the rate of infection in developing? what does the latest research say? information and contact the corona virus not change because the 19 special on d w. and then how many pushed out in the world right now in

climate change. if any call the story this is launch. leslie weighs just one week. how much was going to really get we still have time to go. i'm doing some slides for more videos like me the me a tragedy is unfolding enough. ganesh jam 19 is running rampant in the capital capital across the land. security forces are losing the battle with the taliban. ah, hospitals the full us and nato troops leaving oxygen

supplies are running out. the what happens when comb 19 attacks? a country at war one come to koby 900 spatial. i want to johnson berlin. thanks to joining us at the start of the pandemic, we often heard that the corona virus is some grade level because it attacks rich and poor alike. but there's a difference. a lot comes down to a countries health care system, or the lack of it. this hospital in kabul has had to close its doors, no more admissions. it's full as are the cities, other main hospitals, cov, in 1900 patients line. the rooms struggling to breathe, kept alive with oxygen, that's in limited supply. how much in the number of patients is high about 40 to 50 patients who need to be admitted come here every day,

but unfortunately there's no more room for them for that. with hospitals full, a persistent shortfall of oxygen, and a general failure to adopt precautions like masks, and social distancing. afghanistan has entered its worst period yet, of the pandemic. for those turned away by doctors, it's a daunting task to get treatment. there's desperate demand for oxygen. families of the sick gather outside production plants hoping to get their cylinders refilled before it's too late. either monday that my father is sick and may only have oxygen for another hour or 2. i bought a small cylinder here to fill up with oxygen for him. but we have a problem here too, because some cars bring 40 to 50 cylinders and those are filled up very quickly and we won't get our turn to no longer put

a mac. and i don't know that net and the oxygen crisis and gamma stand mimics the shortages that nearby india faced weeks ago. and some would argue, was foreseeable. the acting minister of public health was summoned by lawmakers for an explanation on monday. the appeal is out for international aid, but supplies are still low. those who want oxygen now have to pay dearly. not that isn't making. i came here to fill my cylinder with oxygen because there's no more room for patients in hospitals. i bought the cylinder at a very high price, and it's very difficult because we make an appointment here at 10 o'clock at night . but it's not our turn until 10 o'clock the next day. rights groups have urged the government to procure more oxygen and vaccines. so far, only 2 percent of the population has received jobs. and years of war has already weakened the health care system. that's now one of the world's most unprepared for

the pen demik of his energy. and for more, i'm joined by a ruler royan. he's a researcher and lecturer at the medicine faculty in of cognitive university in cobble is also head of quality assurance. so very good to have you with us. and we've just seen this report, couples health care system overwhelmed by the spread of the virus. what's causing this crisis? why? campbell, not better prepared. thank you. thank you. have a great 19 infection as a street in rapidly and the digital rising there, but he did go for percentages, although visually and best of hospitals are not admitted. new visions and lack of a medical personnel and i

had people come out fine. and the other thing is that the kids end up fighting out of the problem and i've run into our floor and they cannot afford to, to find it to my surgeon for the fissions and money of the party is going on. so they are not to help percentages for, for the people, for the fish. and so the problem all of that, there are a lot of different factors here at play. but the african government claims that it's spent $200000000.00 on planting the pandemic. where did all that money end up? that's right. the government claims that the $200000000.00 bank for biking read

19. but my point of view, we do not have. we don't effectiveness of money which is a spent doesn't the people are testing a lot of problem shortages, auto and grammar on, especially in comp, oxidation is not going and not often available for people. and i think the reports of cannot spend this money. so these are the things that we don't to i think it is. it has not been effectively right. maybe one good thing if you can see anything good in all this is done. it's a very young countries, i'm 70 percent of the population bear on the 30. is that a good or a bad thing when it comes to fighting the pandemic?

i think it is a r. i wrote a song goes more, most of the population is young. but we see that this is rising, this is infecting both the old people, but did maybe more than young people. but is everybody sticking to measures? how do people protect themselves? are they all wearing masks? i know that the ministry of health has issued certain protocol. people following that another another, the problem is that the people will be that, that i'm doing off called a social defenses and area and they go out

to out of and maybe they are off and they are falling social distances. so either cause of this is treating rapid 19 and this is the, this problem is that i know the protocol. why not the maybe monday, some people are not believing in grade 9. and something about maybe did don't come up before to buy it off. so i mean another a lot of factors and they're going to also not forcing them from the i find which for the depot do to follow the search, understand that i only got i'm asking you to follow that protocol. when i drove in from i counted university in cobble,

thank you so much for your time. i thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much. what time now for more of your questions and as always, very williams is here to answer them. paul watson, the consequences of not receiving the 2nd due to the vaccine on schedule, or not told, oh, different vaccines work in different ways. so there isn't really a kind of one size fits all response to this question. but one thing is really clear. that's that, it's definitely a bad idea to skip the 2nd shot of a to dos regimen completely. experts say that's because it plays an essential role in hyping up your immune system to deal with a possible future exposure. the 2nd dose encourages your body to generate

particular cells that are able to, to remember, stars covey to, even though you might never have had at the 1st dose. initiates the response and sets the immune system on high alert. while the 2nd helps cement the memory of the pathogen, providing more powerful protection that, that's also likely to be a lot more long term. so although the 1st dose provides some protection, it's really important to follow up with the 2nd one because until you get it, you'll be a lot more vulnerable. the question of whether or not you can delay a 2nd dose is a little more tangled and our understanding of what doing that means is still evolving. the rollout in britain has contributed a lot to what we do know since it's focused early on getting as many people as possible. their 1st shots, which meant delaying 2nd doses from the recommended 3 to 4 week interval to 2 up to

12 weeks. and people who received the astrazeneca vaccine there, the longer interval actually improved immune response. and a recent study still under review, implies that it might do so in those facts, unaided with pfizer, by on tech, as well or, or at least and the elderly. the researchers found that in older people waiting 12 weeks between pfizer, by on tech shots instead of 3 to 4 weeks, caused a more powerful antibody response. in general though, authority say people need to still be getting 2nd doses after the recommended interval, simply because that's where we have the most robust data. the data from trials. me. just a reminder, how fragile

a controlled pandemic situation can beat new zealand says paused it's travel bubble with australia. but after a traveler from sidney, this is, was infected with co, with 19 sydney is struggling with a spike in case numbers. as local authorities announced a ban on people leaving the city for non essential reasons. and that so all from me and the team of koby $900.00 special thanks for watching the news. the news. the news, the news

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the news . this is the news live from berlin, the count down to the end of a career in politics. uncle michael delivers or laughed plans. speech is german, chancellor, parliament mecca will not be running for reelection. and as for parents to step down after 16 years, also coming up on coms, last pro democracy, newspaper silence people line up to buy a copy of the final print edition of the apple daily will find out what this means

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