m.p.'s or party donations are. much less tricks and in major european countries so it's also because the rules are not strict enough that some representatives of course not all of them yeah started to profit from it all serves their own interests what's the 1st change then that you would make. the 1st change we would makes those acts this kind of affairs are not possible anymore or at least that the public can see before him. which political or possible conflicts of interest would be to forbit for all m.p.'s to have lobby jobs besides they may not have. m.p.'s i would visit 1st measure we would have but then when we talk about lobby transparency is always. a huge aspect of mergers starting also from. implementing our research so there is a which will have to go to yes at some other thank you so much for joining us brant from part of wash thanks so much japan is preparing to mark the 10th anniversary of its worst disaster in living memory of a massive earthquake and tsunami the costa meltdow

takes a big hit in 2 key regional elections we'll talk to a city you m.p. about the driving at the polls and the future of the party also coming up to. me in mar activists press on with protests despite a weekend of deadly violence there has been international condemnation following sunday's army violence in yang god meanwhile the military has imposed martial law in parts of the city. and the missing face of syria's revolution. mining against residents it you are it's from the hospice. my son is it tonight was kidnapped by armed men 7 years ago and she's still missing you know the news retraces her steps on the. on the arctic you very much for your company everyone we start this broadcast right here in germany where voters have had a chance america's ruling conservatives a stinging defeat in 2 regional elections on sunday voters in the states of bon burton berg and ryan land palin it's an 8 turn their backs on the c.p.u. and record numbers we'll talk to a leading c.d.u. m.p. about the elections in just a moment but 1st we have this report. germany super ele

m.p. even more than jim in paisley genia in thanks so much for coming back on i don't know what has happened since we last talked in person on the green for going underground i mean separated now by a defacto border from england and wales joe biden famous that are reported missing the old ira rebel songs. is the d a p and big trouble now. i don't think grimm they troll is all i'm trying i wish you a happy yes and patrick's day also with regards to what's how rex and obviously the rest of the united kingdom got back since we got rex a plus a protocol which you which takes away from the opportunity acts of course and forces upon northern ireland. peace an activity that means that we have to protect the european market single market might that's not what north man's role should be and sort really house to go it's been proved in the last 70 days of those not work and data doesn't work whether you live in dublin the republicans are in the you live in northern ireland the fact of the matter is t

m.p.es: you're absently right. it is almost as if the government had forgot about child care and for parents to have access to that. we saw in formal childcare effectively banned. i know the early years sector feels it has been hard hit. they have challenges going forward round testing, particular with child minders not having access to the rapid testing regime come in i think the government needs to step up and recognize the early years sector is crying out for help. alix: i wonder if that is going to happen? rishi sunak got heat for saying we owe moms a debt of thanks for juggling childcare and work. he got some heat for that, saying that is misreading the situation, also presuming women will do the childcare and perpetuates the stereotype. what did you think about that? m.p. nokes: while it might perpetuate the stereotype, the reality we saw from surveys from various organizations was -- difficult -- women were doing the childcare and difficult choices were being made as to who would st

finished yet the robot will now study the successful bitters face and incorporate it into the evolving m.p. for file the robot sophia has just turned 5 and only recently broke out in a new role as a creative. term for the network and around her and other kinds of competitions. so i think i created the only 3 films differ from the person complimentary i think margaret put you need a partner. in the world for you i think the machine can be creative so if she is maker david hanson described the process behind the work a collaboration between sophia and italian artist andrea. iterative loops of evolution here is the evolution of sophia from. emerging as an artwork herself generating artwork that then was later inspired by andrea on a chair of art work through many iterations of art then fueled more art resulting in this purely digital work very rich fueled by art history her own works andrea's work. this is the. main piece that we put on the nifty. nifty gateway where sophia's work was sold is an online marketplace where digital artists can sell their work previously it wasn't possible to be t

well the m.p.'s have been me have met inserts over 132 and pieces are in the hall as we speak and they open the floor for comments so m.p.'s are giving their comments and their criticisms or support for this government listening listening to those comments it does seem that a majority of them are likely to vote in favor of this government. you know this government was was elected by members or participants of the libyan political dialogue forum in geneva in early february. and according to that agreement the parliament had 21 days starting in the end of february to approve this government and if that doesn't happen the power then returns to the participants of the libyan political dialogue form so i think that's why we're seeing m.p.'s motivated to finally meet and gather as opposed to you know not being able to come to agreement there's been attempts previously one attempt to unify the parliament in october failed in the city of the dam is another attempt in the city of broad just in february also

in the headlines this 8th of march profiting from the pandemic 2 senior german m.p.'s that quitting in a major scandal for allegedly earning under its of thousands of euros from facemask deals will tell you all about it. claims of financial mismanagement jury the pandemic times by the u.k. government which is spending millions of pounds on a brand new media briefing room well from one health workers just get an offer of a one percent pay rise plus president biden's long awaited covert relief bill passes the senate many people end up getting even less than under donald trump. allow their happy monday is going good thanks for tuning in to our to international live from our world news center it's kevin i would you for the next hour with those headlines in more detail than 1st german m.p.'s are standing down over claims they made hundreds of thousands of euro for brokering facemask deals peter all over our europe correspondent reports make no bones about it this is a big scandal here in germany pandemic profiteering isn't a look any party wants to be tarnished with in thi

i think if you can hear a knock international after a very short break we'll be welcoming a german m.p. from one of the country's leading opposition parties the alternative for germany which is looking to gain ground in what's being dubbed a super election year in the country coming your way after a very short break. ironic that all the people that are in the big point bubble talk about. the fed is inflated without recognizing that they're in a bubble themselves and it's like a bubble is generally in the eye of the beholder nobody. got all these people who are involved. they can see it. germany is gearing up for the start of a super election year which kicks off with regional votes in 2 states this week and it's culminating with a general election in september and the chancellor angela merkel set to leave office towards the end of the year sunday's elections will give a 1st taste of the country's appetite for political change where we're now joined in the studio with but. the alternative for germany party taking part in these elections thank you very much for joining us here on artsy t

north korean paisley junior in the former lord mayor of belfast the new can who currently serves as m.p. for belfast north. the world is determined by. the person. thinks. to ask. welcome back and this year st patrick's day like last year's won't be the same and not just because of the global groan of virus pandemic the e.u. says the boris johnson government is breaking international law river island joining me now from the british parliament is the new pm be even more than jim in paisley genia in thanks so much for coming back on i don't know what has happened since we last talked in person on the green for going on the ground i mean separated by a defacto border from england and wales joe biden famous are reported missing the old ira rebel songs. is that the opinion big trouble though i don't think room they troll is on trial i wish you a happy yes and patrick's day also with regards to what's hot on post rex and obviously the rest of the united kingdom got back so we got rex a plus a protocol which which takes away from the opportunity acts of course and forces upon northern ireland.

rory sushi spoke at length with 2 german m.p.'s from one of the country's main opposition parties alternative for germany touching on topics ranging from domestic politics to covert vaccinations. how would you comment on the recent attempts by germany to most. intelligence agency to put your party the a.f.d. under surveillance a secret service. it's the duty to learn to several times in the past to know they destroyed the republican party and the ninety's and. also with the same methods i've d. has in its rings neither less nor more extremists compared to society average because our party also is some kind of image of society or on the average this is a league ation sort of the same purpose to eliminate political opposition in drew near or at least to oppress it for the benefit of rotten political system do sanctions work do they help or do they hinder professional partnerships do you think sanctions is not the right approach because if you want to have good relations with russia that are meant to be productive we shall have open

it's one of many many those are strange calm comments by m.p.'s lee and his colleagues i'm not quite sure and maybe he's enjoying some politics day a little early i don't know but it's history and comment we are a very strong pride and r.t. should probably can party and i think our backward more than speaks for itself boris johnson didn't even take time out to schedule a meeting with mary lou mcdonald leader when he came to us the last week. yeah he can he can last friday which i think was very much a fairly superficial p.r. exercise we had a long standing request to have a meeting where from. mary lou mcdonald and michelle nady there are many issues that we need to discuss with them and not least his government's failure to implement previous political agreements are going to new decade new approach which was what led to the restoration of the storm and the institutions we need to talk to him about the r.h. protocol we also wanted to talk to him about fairly discrete as well one percent pay raise for nurses to be were all encouraged to clap for

for the m.p.'s to gather and unite and hold a complete session now what's different now is that there is this deadline looming ahead of these m.p.'s ahead of the parliament and that's because according to the agreement signed by participants of the libyan political dialogue forum in geneva the parliament has $21.00 days to approve this government now that started in the end of february if they're not able to gather and unite and approve this government that power then returns back to the $75.00 per suspense of the libyan political dialogue form so i think m.p.'s are a bit more motivated to come together and try to set this and try to let this government prove this government and let it take in to let it come in and deal with uniting you know all these all these state institutions before elections in december so that if they feel a bit threatened and this is why we might see a breakthrough today and this government put into power now it's important to note that the cabinet holds libya's 1st or the p

the m.p.'s advise a joint junk allegedly attended a propaganda training course in china in 2013 that was sponsored by the united front department. you know to france departments as being very grotesque or a demonized in the west chan hong is a party ideologist i mean that's his job that's what he believes he is doing what you see jinping once he's diplomats another apologist to do so he's out there doing what the diplomats do. chancing for phoria by labeling it as kind of sinister i think it's a kind of like the tactic in the west to demonize or stigmatize a particular group at the country. a few days after chain homes visa was river. clive hamilton another astray in china security analyst banned from the communist state not that we would go out of course because we'd be back in the mire we stepped off the plane or probably beforehand. nov 2020 so the 1st arrest under the foreign interference rules oath or g.'s alleged issandr or sunny do on this he calls himself has a relationship with the for

finished yet the robot will now study the successful bidders face and incorporated into the evolving m.p. for file the robot sophia has just turned 5 and only recently broke out in a new role as a creative. terms were not working for undercurrent of competition. so i think i created the only 3 films in different person complimentary i think margaret but you need a partner. in the world or so i think the machine can be creative so if she is maker david hanson described the process behind the work a collaboration between sophia and italian artist andrea been a cheeto as iterative loops of evolution here is the evolution of sophia from. emerging as an artwork herself generating artwork that then was later inspired by andrea. artwork through many iterations of art that then fueled more art resulting in this purely digital work very rich fueled by art history her own work andrea's work. and this is the. main piece that we put on the nifty. nifty gateway where sophia's work was sold is an online marketplace where digital artists can sell their work previously it wasn't possible to be the sole

the really indecent behavior in shamelessness of individual m.p.'s as ensured that especially now in the last phase of the election campaign there really is a harsh wind blowing in the face of the campaigners that wasn't just unpleasant us it put a lot of strain on the election campaign. well that scandal plus criticism over pandemic management has seen the conservative union slip to around 30 percent in national polling so one year low it's not just the corruption scandals that have been concerning people though it's not just at the polls that people have been showing that dissatisfaction this weekend just mark the one year anniversary of anti lock down demonstrations here in germany people yet again out on the streets across the country showing their dissatisfaction what we are seeing no what they should be for the christian democratic union in particular is a wake up call we've seen we're now seeing people seriously talking about them being put out of government in both of these states in button and rhineland nate through the coalition horsetradi

a level of hope said it will surely only be added to when it starts coming out that m.p.'s that politicians were enriching themselves personally during this pandemic german journalist thomas fassbender says that public anger over the issue will damage the ruling party. i think that definitely the christian democrats as a party at the forthcoming for coming elections will take a hit there's no question there's anger about this the interesting thing here is that mr little bit just last year was the subject of a completely unrelated correctional misbehavior commotion misbehave a case within his own party that man has been known for a sort of potentially shady behavior is there where allegations and nevertheless the party sort of shut their eyes and that is of course the dangerous thing it's not just a matter of them lol such of the letter of the law but also. 'd about the way to supply. downing street is being criticized for spending millions of pounds on refurbishments to hold white house style media briefings and in another echo from across the pond british prime minister b

strategy is where all those tests she said enough tests i had the chance afterwards to speak to an m.p. and if you do knowledge ist from her own governing coalition from the social democrats who says well those tests on to on the ground so there is a missing link somewhere there is a disconnect and she is now relying on what has been agreed to before which experts say weren't enough to break this wave here in germany you know you political editor reporting thank you very much. well while the world is desperately in need of more coronavirus vaccines almost $30000000.00 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine have been discovered at a plant in italy the doses were found during an inspection by italian authorities after a question from the european commission and it's not yet clear if the doses were exported found the discovery could worsen the ease relations with astra zeneca which has slashed its supply targets to the block britain also wants access to the company's produced doses. of a more on this i'm joined now by. in brussels i mean this i mean it's just boggles the mind everybody is look

yes the group of m.p.'s to find out whether it's delivered value for money the money that's been spand this is really staggering and this is also what the m.p.'s emphasize emphasize they said it's around $37000000000.00 pounds that was set aside for this scheme and they criticize that there was a over reliance for example on the very expensive consultants so a lot of private companies help the government with this test and trade scheme and these consultants cost in some cases over $6000.00 pounds a day now the government says this is all being worth it they for example point to the fact that when the new variants were found in the u.k. the so-called brazil and south african variants that people were found quite quickly and that the spread of these particular variants was stopped and that only a few cases were found and spread in the u.k. so the government of course defending this scheme and how are people reacting to this assessment. quite a lot of gossip i would say there has always been criticism particul

from moscow on calling bright welcome to news this monday evening 1st german m.p.'s are standing down over claims they've made hundreds of thousands of euros from brokering deals for face masks with more on the scandal here's our europe correspondent peter all of us. make no bones about it this is a big scandal here in germany pandemic profiteering isn't a look any party wants to be tarnished with in this is part of the ruling coalition here including angela merkel's christian democratic union party the representative of the party nicolas lobel has said he's going to step down at the next election this is after his company allegedly made around a quarter of a 1000000 euro from being the middleman in deals when it came to pee pee and masks during this pandemic may not be good enough for some sort of said he needs to go right now and no wait until the election in the autumn however he said he is sorry for what he's done so far but he isn't the only one that's been involved in this scandal we've also heard that. from the very insistent party the c s u is facing a corru

rebel group which has previous think it's an armed conflict with the colombian government out of hunger m.p.'s he has the latest from our up in colombia on the border with venezuela. people here are getting ready for another night in the 18 shelters that have been set up in the town of out i would keep an eye on other town and other towns along. the border as more people is arriving daily fleeing the fighting that continues and even a swell inside people here sharing horror stories of users on parts they say. security forces in part to kill or at least in one case also extrajudicial killings a family of farmers people are telling us here now we haven't been able to confirm that but what's clear is that people are clearly afraid of going back or afraid that what i have happened that they were totally surprised by. the violence that they saw happening in their towns this is on on precedented operation inside of venezuela stories that are similar to what used to happen here in colombia during their many decades of internal conflict but something that is completely unheard of or was unheard of

in the house of commons he's no longer a labor member and is no longer labor m.p. i believe it is well within the elysees and the mindsets of the leadership of the republican party to replicate what happens in jersey coping who don't try. i don't know george what do you think about that because it seems to me and it went where we're experiencing right now and i think there's a lot of moving pieces right now is that there is a recognition that the big. s. wants trump to be in in the mix ok we don't know is like some kind of godfather figure that you know will anoint people's support you know or oregonians people and help them be primary. i think the leadership of the republican party is actually terrified of donald trump i mean really terrified because everything you throw at him and all it does is it in it gives it gives his base more oxygen and makes him even more angry and they're seeing this ok again you know when you know this you know putting the fence was wall around the capitol what is the threat you know it's it's trump supporters beating up that goes all t

yes the group of m.p.'s to find out whether it's delivered value for money the money that's been spawned is really staggering and this is also what the m.p.'s emphasize emphasize they said it's around $37000000000.00 pounds that was set aside for this scheme and they criticize starts there was over reliance for example on a very expensive consultants so a lot of private companies help the government with this test and trade scheme and these consultants cost in some cases over 6000 pounds a day now the government says this is all being west that they for example point to the fact that when the new variants were found in the u.k. the so-called brazil and south african variants that people were found quite quickly and that the spread of these particular variants was stopped and that only a few cases were found and spread in the u.k. so the government of calls defending this scheme and how are people reacting to this assessment. quite a lot of gossip i would say there has always been criticism particularly abou

international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us right now german m.p.'s are standing it down over claims that they made hundreds of thousands of euros from brokering deals for face masks with more on the scandal here is our europe correspondent. make no bones about it this is a big scandal here in germany pandemic profiteering isn't a look any party wants to be tarnished with and this is part of the ruling coalition here including angela merkel's christian democratic union party the representative of the party nicolas lobel has said he's going to step down at the next election this is after his company allegedly made around a quarter of a 1000000 euro from being the middleman in deals when it came to pee pee and masks during this pandemic may not be good enough for some sort of said he needs to go right now and not wait until the election in the autumn however he said he is sorry for what he's done so far but he isn't the only one that's been involved in this scandal we've also heard. from the very insistent party the c s u is facing a corruption probe a

itself has to face up to a lot of questions over their own credibility after m.p.'s had to sign a documents last week basically guaranteeing that they didn't percy enrich themselves through the corona crisis this after 3 m.p.'s had to stand down 2 over alleged links making profits from tradings with masks those clinical masks that are so much needed in this crisis so really a credibility crisis for under the magical c.d.u. at the worst possible time and the man who has to fix it last it what about the greens they're the big winners last night any chance they could maybe overtake the conservatives at the national level well that's how they like to see it they are already dreaming of having being able to pick who they go into a coalition with from several options not just potential younger machall c.d.u. party but what also became very much clear is that the state premier catch man in biden vote back that personality is the man who secured this victory he's a lot more conservative than the greens at the central level so these general elections also will be a lot more

merkel successor chancellor that despite strong gains by the greens on the corruption scandal over m.p.'s earning extra money through lobbying taking its toll on his party in polling he is regarded as an economic pragmatist when it comes to the pipeline and the gas it would provide the conservatives are the only ones willing to finish the project not to carry or for the future of western europe's energy. and gerry's industrial relations secure energy that only not too can supply the british claimed that ukraine will be just back to its little that it will and surely should have trade interests. the german government should 1st of all look to the interests of the united states even with the un ministration is still threatening sanctions on germany harmonies and individuals and this is something that show us our nation cannot act and the huge arab government will certainly have to deal with many issues regarding energy regarding our well not spiritual arre have its construction and begin operations by the tide and huge own government case the charge running with such a big foreign and ec

midday moscow time in the headlines is 8 for march profiting from the pandemic 2 seeing a german m.p.'s are quitting in a major scandal for allegedly earning hundreds of thousands of euro from face mask deals. talking about this to claims of financial mismanagement during the pandemic by the u.k. government which is spending millions of pounds on a brand new media briefing room at the same time as offering frontline health workers just one percent of the pay rides. on this president biden's long awaited covert relief bill passes the senate people may end up getting even less than they did the donald trump again report ahead. so get out of russia this is out international with me kevin owen here for the next half hour to take you through those headlines in more detail this monday starting with this german and pays a standing down of a claims they made hundreds of thousands of euro for brokering facemask deals here's our europe correspondent. make no bones about it this is a big scandal here in germany pandemic profiteering isn't a look any party wants to be tarnished with and this is p

as m.p.'s you stand up for citizens and local companies to see yourselves as having a special responsibility for the common good it is just clear that the task must not result in any personal or financial benefits. well the mosque affair plus a slow rollout of vaccinations across germany will be watched keenly to see how that translates out at the polls in those 2 key states on sunday the bigger issue for this though is that the look into pandemic profiteering could well end up casting a wide a net looking at earnings for politicians outside of the bundestag if that happens which it looks like it is going to that could well be some more financial skeletons found in various people's closets artie's that you're of course one of peter oliver thank you. in the meantime hof of old work is in france are refusing to get the job despite having to work closely with the elderly at high risk from the disease. there are also concerns about the shot safety as well as mistrust of the government behind the i

been hotly contested in the european parliament and that vote has now come through 248 against 400 m.p.'s for waiving diplomatic immunity all 3 individuals are wanted on charges of misuse of public funds and sedition in spain this means that madrid can now issue new european rest warrants potentially leading to the extradition and charges for that referendum in 2017 which madrid views as a legal and the organizers as criminal court will of course take a different view in his speech today you said this was an attack on freedom and a campaign of prosecution against him on his associates he asked for a new need to. been buried in. more than that. and the regime you know being democracy to me directly in case you can say will certainly view this as a victory that this question of presents a simmering. source of met many tensions between catalonia and madrid will be resolved internally on a national level as opposed to getting involvement from the e.u. states either regional level so certainly victory here for madrid you know some already saying that madrid trying to make an example of a ma

we're seeing that the international community are more willing or want to see a unified libya and and m.p.'s after years of visions were actually finally able to meet have a session and give this new national unity government a vote of confidence. still ahead on al-jazeera the 6 week conflict in the garden that killed thousands we hear from the survivors shell shocked from injuries and accompanied an under-aged to challenge vast numbers of migrant children face trying to enter the u.s. through its southern border. but . how i would say some rather heavy rain pushing across central and southern parts of china recently they say sorry a cloud just rolling across the region here that will continue to just slide a little further east with bumping into this area of high pressure which has kept it settled in sunny across the korean peninsula and japan recently that's all set to change because that was where the push is out of the east china sea it not a little further eastwards thursday does a lot of fine and dry day but come friday that rain set say in the cross south korea basin places a frame