peruvians learn their country has the last coronavirus death in the world. this after a government report doubled is statistics. also on the program, america marks 100 years. president biden is in tulsa, oklahoma where hundreds of black americans were killed. after 20 days in jail, a

reporter details the ape abuse inflicted by his jailer. he says they were treated badly in exchange for the reporting. ♪ welcome to the program. peru has made a staggering revision to its covid-19 death toll. officials are reporting that more than twice as many people have died from the virus as previously estimated. that is up to more than 180,000. the health minister set a new criteria changed the count. this means peru has the worst death rate per capita in the world. >> fighting for life in peru's hospitals.

with oxygen shortages and overwhelmed intensive care units, experts have warned that they were undercounting covid deaths. now, the government has -- announced a new toll. >> with the new accounting methodology, we will have more exhausted figures and figures that will be very useful to monitor the pandemic. we will take appropriate measures to deal with it and hopefully overcome the pandemic race soon. >> the new criteria has been broadened from those who tested positive. it will now include people who showed symptoms and those who have been linked to a confirmed case. outside the crowd of hospitals, the families of the sick or angry at the government's response to the pandemic.

>> they should have told the population about this new figure so that people would really be aware of what is happening. a figure as low as 60,000, i think people felt confident. in some cases, they did not stick to social distancing measures. >> it is outrageous that our authorities, our leaders don't do anything because as we know, it is true there vaccines at the moment but they are not enough. >> the government purchased additional doses last month, but the rollout has been slow. and hit by allegations of corruption. until the drive speeds upthe death toll is a devastating reminder of the cost of the pandemic. >> let's get more from a journalist based in lima. this must be an unsettling revelation for people.

what are you hearing? >> good evening. most peruvians are taking the news with a shrug because it is not ws here. the country has done terribly during theandemic. almost every resident knows soone who has died,aybe several people. the debate aut the figures was perhaps more conducted at the policy level and certainly the public health experts have been criticizing the methodology all thisime,hey have known this was the real figure, it is just now offial. to give you an idea of the underwhelming reaction that migh surprise host people, the newspaper that i reaevery day had the news on page 12. >> what is changed in the accounting practices why was there the dramatic

undercounting? >> previously to be qualified as a covert fatality, a patient would have had to have had a confirmed lab test. that was never realistic in the country where most people who rely on public health care systems could not access tests and certainly not quickly which is what was needed. the excess deaths, that was deaths above the historic average. that has roughly been in line with the new figure. the experts are not surprised by this. ordinary people are more survived -- focused on surviving and waiting for their vaccination because the vaccines are happening now slowly. we are nowaccinating people in

their 60's. >> it is not just the undercounting. when you look at the actual numbers, they make peru the worst per capita in the world. why have some any people died? >> it is a cocktail of factors. i don't think there is one perfect answer. thbig piure is the first there is a lot of poverty in peru. their families living in crowded multigenerational housing. a lot without running water and some without rich raters -- withoutefrigerators. they have had to go out every day to purchase food. then, there is the health care system that is drastically underfunded. then there were government erro. one of them was that after the first month of the pandemic by around april of last year, there was contactracing.

also, peru used the wrong kind of test. they we using antibody test tell you if someone has had covid previously least aeek or two previously rather than whethe there currely contagious. at the time, the government said that's all the test they could get on the internatnal mart. it was the start of e pandemic. there are scientists who have questioned that, but those are two mistakes that attribute to the high death toll. >> thank you so much. we will take a look at other developments in the pandemic. the world health organization has granted emergency approval for a second vaccine made in china. it says the job prevented symptomatic covid-19 in just over half of those who received. britain has reported zero daily deaths for the first time since

july of last year. the milestone comes despite an increase in cases related to the delta variant from india. germany's national disease control agency has lowered the countries coronavirus risk status as the third wave of infections subside. the risk level goes from very high to high. health officials pointed out the country is still in the middle of the pandemic despite the declining case numbers and progress with vaccinations. >> spring sunshine and outdoor dining. life just got a little better in germany. cases are sinking and just for cities have an incident rate higher than 100.

even the german health minister is relieved. >> can't get to confident. it's the right approach. we have seen so many examples around the world where things have gone so wrong. >> authorities are relaxing restrictions further but doing so cautiously and they are vaccinating as many people as possible. currently 80% to 90% are expected to receive at least one dose by mid july. that has provided orders of vaccines actually arrive. the disease center is appealing to citizens to get vaccinated. he says the virus is not likely to disappear anytime soon. what's important is that as much of society as possible is immune to the virus. we will reach this immunity more comfortably and more safely through vaccinations rather than sickness. that is our common responsibility.

that most people can safely achieve immunity without infecting others. many german states have relaxed rules or have indicated they will do so very soon with large events permitted in some regions. >> earlier we asked our chief political editor whether good news like this could result in overconfidence and a new spread of infection. >> germans have not been extreme on either end of the spectrum. the example that was cited this britain that is now seeing another threat from what is known as the indian variant. britain at the same time has celebrated not having a single death today. germany is still away from that and there is a lingering risk that there could be another

mutation around the corner. otherwise, it is an upward trend. the summer will bring an easing on this half the population vaccinated at least once. that is something that health authorities and politicians are hoping to build on. germany faces general elections in september, so any crisis would have political implications. >> now to vietnam which is one of several countries facing a surge in covid-19 infections. the health minister says a newly discovered variant could be responsible for the outbreak. vietnam has seen cases double over the last month but still has one of the lowest death rates. the countries ripping up its defenses to keep it that way. >> the discomforts of the pandemic are now common in vietnam also.

authorities are ramping up testing first focusing on high-risk areas. residents are on alert. i am more worried about the new virus variant. >> ho chi minh city has been partially shuttered with any businesses closed a public gatherings restricted. some residents find themselves in quarantine. students are vacating their dormitories to make room for a new hospital in preparation for the worst. the last flights to hanoi have landed. the busy airport is closing for a week. vietnam recently announced the discovery of a suspected new variant. possibly merging types.

it says it will soon share test data for confirmation. vietnam is in a race to vaccinate. so far only on percent of the population has been inoculated. weeks ago, vietnam had achieved zero transmissions. it's strict quarantine measures proved effective. covid-19 is finding crocs even in the most cautious countries. >> more stories from around the world. pope francis has updated the laws of the catholic church reinforcing penalties for priests who sexually abuse children. he also recognized that adults can be victimized by priests as well. measures were long-sought by victims and their advocates. the u.n. says more than 90% of the population in a region of

ethiopia need emergency food aid. fighting broke out in the northern region nearly seven moments -- seven months ago. the u.n. says that has exacerbated already high levels of hunger. president joe biden is in tulsa, oklahoma to commemorate the centennial of one of america's worst incidents of racial violence. he toured a cultural center documenting the macros -- massacre. white residents backed by police and national guard units destroyed 1200 buildings in the cities black majority district. as many as 300 black residents are thought to have been killed. our correspondent is there in oklahoma for the commemoration.

how important is president biden's speech today? >> we are all waiting for the speech. the community here. president biden promised during his campaign that he wants to unify the country. this is an important site in doing so. we have to remember the massacre of 1921, it is unresolved. different racial violent cases that this country has witnessed but that have been resolved. no one has been talking that much about tulsa race massacre until now. it is a very important, very symbolic of president biden to here and being the first president of the united states to travel to tulsa and she

talked about the massacre. >> why hasn't it been talked about? why isn't it more widely known? >> the victims didn't talk about it. the white people didn't talk about it. there was a kind of fear and a lot of people also a lot of white residents were ashamed of that dark chapter of u.s. history. it is the generations who have started talking about it putting pressure on the government and the mayor to start talking about it and doing events this one. it is similar of course to the history of germany. the other generations did not talk about it. the younger ones were the ones who know that it's important to remember in order to not repeat history. >> we have been looking at live

pictures of president biden meeting crowds in tulsa. america has had something of a year of racial reckoning with the outrage that followed the killing of george floyd and the black lives matter movement. what are tulsa's black communities calling for? >> reparations. that is what they want. we have to keep in mind, it was not only this street that w completely destroyed in 1921. we are talking about 35 blocks. a lot of people were victims. also, stores and homes were destroyed. there are only three survivors who are still alive, but also the descendants want to see reparations and that is what the community is asking for. >> thank you so much for joining us.

the eu is demanding the release of prominent russian opposition figure who was taken off of a plane bound for poland. he was arrested at an airport in st. petersburg after he boarded the aircraft. the former director of the kremlin critical open pressure group is one of several activists arrested over recent days. this comes ahead of parliamentary elections. >> secretly taken images of the journalist taken off of the plane about to take off. moments before his arrest, the activist tweeted a picture of the police warding the aircraft. >> he had already turned his phone off as the plane began to take off. a few minutes later, he went back on line and wte that the plane had been stopped and he saw the police driving. after that, he was escorted from

the plane alone. he was taken to his apartment which was searched for he was driven away. he was later spotted in a remote city. i am being taken for questioning now. the remarkable thing is that there had been no information about this case earlier. if i had been asked to come for questioning, i would have come. that's why this is such a big surprise. his aest at st. peterurg airport comes days after his foundation for that its activities to avoid persecution under russia's repressive laws over opposition groups. the police did not stop there. on tuesday, they rated the offices of an opposition politician who was planning to run in upcoming parliamentary

elections. we are now going to the next apartment. i have never felt so important before. there are 60 people working on our case. he was then also arrested and some of his associates taken in for questioning. it seems as if this is a personal case against opposition figures to push them out of politics and prevent them from running in elections. with such scenes repeating themselves all over russia, the opposition is bracing for a tough time before the polls open in september. >> belarus is continuing to face down international pressure over its crackdown against journalists including a dw reporter. he is just been released after serving 20 days in a facility he has described as a military prison. here's a look at the dangerous situation facing him and other journalists in a country where

they have been cracking down on distant. >> he was covering the trial of an opposition politician inmate. he was charged with joining an illegal demonstration and jailed for 20 days. >> there was a search three times a day. we were walked naked into the prison cell. without a break, it was bright lights in the prison cell. >> he is among the dozens of reporters who faced prosecution by the belarusian regime in recent months. excel journalists can only watch from across the border in fear. >> what is happening in ali riske is terrible considering the pressure on independent media and the number of journalists that are put behind bars. it's really shocking.

>> belarusian journalists are increasingly up against the wall. in may, police raided the offices of a news outlet and detained staff. it's not the first time it was targeted. one of its journalists had already been sentenced to six months in jail. last year, it was stripped of its media license after releasing footage of protests and arrest. another critical news outlet under pressure, it has been labeled an extremist organization by authorities. it's co-founder had been reporting from abroad until he was taken off a commercial aircraft that have been forced to land. he's been charged with inciting some of the mass demonstrations that have rocked belarus since august. challenging the outcome of

disputed presidential elections. since then, almost 500 reporters have been arrested, according to the journalist association. more than 20 remain behind bars. many of those who have been released say they suffered physical and mental abuse. punishment for reporting on brutal regime. ♪ >> in football with only 10 days to go, the germany team is at training camp in austria. each player will get a bonus of 400,000 euros if they win. motivation should not be a problem. >> back in the germany team after two years and once again a leader. just like another, the veteran

duro -- duo should give the team stability. >> i want to give my all as a player and as a person. and to get myself into the best shape possible before the tournament. of course, i hope i can play that role on the pitch. the 32-year-old is expected to shore up the defense. last year, the team conceded 16 goals in eight games. that won't do at the euros. with his strategic skills and inventiveness, he could pose some problems for opponents. >> now we have the friendly's. that should get us going. players who have trained for a week together will be out on the pitch. already expected to play some good games.

players know that success in 2020 will be an uphill climb. >> the spanish football giants know that someone is to rejoin them as coach. he will leave to replace in madrid. he was at the helm from 2013 to 2015 and led them to a champions league title. he has coached several top clubs. if you are a volcano enthusiast, this footage is just for you. it's from a drone flight. youtuber released the film he took in iceland. giving us a stunning look at the erupting volcano.

not for long, the drone crashed into some flying debris and tumbled to a fiery demise. heights, this is probably not for you. suspended 35 meters in the air, this pool offers swimmers views you would only get on a postcard as long as you can hold your breath and you are lucky enough to live at the right address. residents of the building are allowed to use it. here's a quick look -- a quick reminder of our top story. after 20 days in a jail, a dw reporter has detailed the physical and psychological abuse inflicted by his jailers. he says he believes that he and other journalists were being

treated like this as revenge for their reporting on opposition leaders. that's it, you're up-to-date. i will have more news at the top of the hour. the tough test of cobbling together an israeli government that is not led by benjamin netanyahu. good day. ♪

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