the party leader i mean the last year or 2 still sees him self in pole position to take over from machall to become tonsil a candidate in those federal elections but to go into this election year with such setbacks and to also see the greens now have more options then what is to be the most likely option which is a coalition with angela merkel's party that is quite something and these elections also show that a government a postmark a government without a party which was previously unthinkable may actually become a bitter reality for the c.d.u. to say they're very much on the defensive right now a bitter reality while merkel is not running again as we've mentioned big conservative her conservatives are yet to name a chance your candidate for september's general election how do you think yesterday's vote white impact their thinking. well it will get the seed you thinking a lot more now who could actually score in the popularity ratings in their last it who stands for continuity who seem very much as angle americans man to succeed her is really very much on the defensive marco 3rd as a stat

apologize to a part of the public recognition of policy failure which we haven't heard from angela machall before these are remarkable moments really leading up to that statement we're expecting. you just said it's highly unusual is it not the chancellor withdrawing the decision calling it a mistake even what do you make of. well this is to be a recognition that i'm going back a was out of touch with how this would be perceived she takes advice from scientists and she was also praised by scientists and chiefly also the medics association here to implement a wave break a lockdown at the same time she didn't communicate she didn't bring everybody on board in advance the state premiers were taken by surprise in the middle of the night and so was the german public and this is something that simply wasn't palatable to the public at large although one has to say that on content the public still morden upwards of 2 thirds backs tougher lockdowns to fight this pandemic is a leadership style that is more and more being called into question while there was clear discontent with the most recent decis

within 12 months i'm going to machall went from being europe's corona leadership champion who managed to flatten the curve to a chancellor increasingly on the defensive over these coming weeks and months her legacy may be rewritten of a corona. because in germany has blocked the country's domestic intelligence agency from monitoring the activities of the far right the party have to turn to for germany is the largest opposition party in germany's parliament on wednesday several media outlets reported that the federal office for the protection of the constitution ruled that the air was suspected of right wing extremism and could therefore be monitored but today a court in cologne decided that surveillance of the f.t. has to be suspended for now due to an ongoing legal challenge. or on this i'm now joined by our political correspondent you know how did the court arrive at that ruling and what does it mean. the court says that they have all reason to believe that the domestic intelligence agency did not hear to the agreement to stay silent on its plans to put the entire party under survei

within 12 months i'm going to machall went from being europe's corona leadership champion who managed to flatten the curve to a chance to increasingly on the defensive over these coming weeks and months her legacy may be rewritten of a corona. now let's have a look at the mood in germany when it comes to the pandemic bolster in france as dream of has just published its latest nationwide survey the poll was taken before the latest lockdown announcements despite general acceptance of the anti pandemic measures increasing numbers of germans want to see an easing of restrictions 10 percent say restrictions should be lifted completely 53 percent want the curbs to be lifted at least partially and only one 3rd of germans said they don't want the restrictions to be lifted at all let's bring in our political correspondent and you know what kind of easing of restrictions do germans actually want to see most right now. the priority for examine seems to be for nonessential shops to open again now 27 percent say restrictions should be lifted completely and 55 percent say the non-essential shop sho

from the big federal race but with these 2 regional races tell us well as you just said i'm going to machall is leaving she will no longer be the chancellor in germany by the end of this year and the big question is how would her conservators perform in the polls running up to that general election in september at the moment the conservatives are struggling there on the back foot and in these 2 regions where the elections are taking place today they are not in government they're both pot and both both regions they are part of a coalition government but they're not the leaders here and the question is whether they can make gains there it doesn't really look like that at the moment as i say they've been on the defensive so the question is how did that perform and what will the other parties do the greens for instance and about invoking back who are leading the election who leading the government there and is part of the defensiveness come from what's happening with this pandemic profiteering scandal that mark merkel's party yes indeed that's been that's a fairly recent scandal has happened it'

really breaks with what the expectation was there was an expectation that yes it would be the post machall era but that the c.d.u. remaining the only big tent party here in germany in europe almost would guarantee them access to at least being in government in fact the expectation was that they would be the stronger party this is now thrown into question and it also damages i mean last it he was the new cd you also is seen as the most likely still man to follow and i'm going to machall footsteps as chancellor candidates well now he certainly is on the defensive. you know obviously if political correspondent thank you for this analysis a growing number of countries have suspended the rollout of the astra zeneca covert 19 vaccine over safety fears bug area denmark island the netherlands and norway have stopped giving the shots following reports of an increased risk of blood clots but astra zeneca and the world health organization insist there is no risk leading german lawmaker has called on german authorities to issue clear guidance on whether the vaccine is quote good or bad let's take a lo

but means that i'm going to machall c.d.u. party have to do their homework and that means better performance when it comes to corona did play a role that wasn't the overarching issue here it deep to clean up its act when it comes to its own m.p.'s some of whom had to step down after being implicated in taking money for ranging deals on masks in the midst of a pandemic here in germany and they need to make clear who their chancellor candidate will be and here who only recently become became party leader is still seen as a front runner but clearly has now taken a hit in recent elections is by no and is by no means as popular generally as marcos from bavaria so that could be a very very tough race there in this in a party struggle within the conservative block became a thank you so much to w.'s chief political editor mechanic of the. sketch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today thousands of people are rallying in canberra and other australian cities following calling for an end to violence agains

that the health system can still coping even if we have slightly higher numbers than the ones that machall wants because we just need to put more effort into speeding up the vaccination process and into being really quick when it comes to the national testing strategy and tell us you know what this is now going to mean in practical terms when it comes to day to day life. well if you look at the graph it is very complicated so essentially as a normal german or as a person living in germany you will need to know where your local area stands in terms of numbers of new infections and depending on that number your regional government can then make decisions over the next few weeks which areas can open which speed so if you take the example of the live in where we are here for example and i will have to look at my paper because it is extremely difficult so berlin is at the moment number that is 100 new lower than 100 new infections 100000 people in one week and that means that from next week on words our regional government can open museums for example and then we need to wait for 2 weeks until

within 12 months i'm going to machall went from being europe's corona leadership champion who managed to flatten the curve to a chance to increasingly on the defensive over these coming weeks and months her legacy may be rewritten of a corona. mechanic of now reporting there pope francis is set to begin a historic tour of iraq today despite heightened fears over security and nationwide coronavirus curfews the 84 year old head of the catholic church is scheduled to arrive in baghdad on friday afternoon marking the 1st papal visit to the country security has been beefed up after a spate of rocket and suicide bomb attacks in recent weeks francis will meet with political and religious leaders and visit the former islamic state stronghold mosul . it is the pope's 1st trip outside of italy since november 29th team. vatican and iraqi flags going up for pope francis's visit. people here are working hard to fix everything up before he arrives paving the roads fixing street lights and setting up crowd control barriers expectations are high. we hope for this to be a successful visit and that it

lockdown measures if coronavirus case numbers continue to rise a decision could come as soon as monday machall was speaking off for a virtual summit on the country's trouble vaccination program national and regional leaders agreed to measures that would speed things up but anger over the slow pace of the rollout is growing. another rebirth for german our corn berlin's tempelhof a port was used to bring in food to the city's west during the cold war after closure it house refugees during the 25th during crisis and now it's being used as a massive vaccination center. those who he had to get a shot have to should prove they're eligible. and i received an invitation to die i've been waiting for this that i came here immediately. and. until now that teacher is one of relatively few germans to be vaccinated the country's been facing vaccine shortages since it launched its program in december so far only priority groups such as the elderly have received a jab but the government says it is expecting vaccine supplies to increase from my prolonged allowing mess that's the nation to begin. we want to vac

ordinary life once again and that is certainly showing would you look at the performance of angular machall c.d.u. posse which is suffering badly in the polls right now also because of a corruption scandal of a certain m.p.'s but there's growing impatience with germany to actually think to speed up that. to have a curfew thank you so much for your reporting let's turn our attention now to some of the other stories making news around the world in syria at least 5 civilians have died after shells fired from government controlled areas hit a hospital in a rebel held town activists say medical staff were injured in the explosion at tara it comes despite a cease fire in the region backed by russia and turkey. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin has met afghan president ghani in an unannounced visit to discuss the afghan peace process u.s. troops are due to leave afghanistan by may 1st but president joe biden has said it would be tough to meet that deadline. people have been voting in the republic of congo's presidential election to nice us through this so is expected to extend his 36 year hold o

the chancellor merkel's conservative party as to jevan states go to the polls this weekend i'm glad machall conservatives face blowback over the handling of the coronavirus crisis and the scandal as a pandemic profiteering also coming up british women and british police manhandle women protesting against male violence government ministers a demanding an explanation for the heavy handed response at a vigil tonight a victim.

underway so it created the damages her leadership damages the whole concept of state premiers and anger machall sitting down together and here where i'm standing in parliament she did face some tough questioning by parliamentarians who in the past have felt too left out by that very format throwing it into doubt and asking the german chancellor to work more closely with parliament in efforts to find a common. so what else what kind of criticism did she receive in parliament earlier than. well there was also a question of so what is going to replace this she answered by saying that part of the room and gave the regional leaders now the possibility to implement curfews to basically lay down their own contact restrictions and that this emergency break that was defined by the previous meeting once the incidence rate hits 100 infections 410-0000 people within the space of 7 days and this is happening all across germany one by one and that roll back of the previous easing some shops were open here in germany schools opening in many places but essentially what has happened is that all sorts of for thi

schools those would be the next step even if those infection figures are still rising so i'm going to machall here breaking what has been so far in alliance with those epidemiology and no longer simply seeking their advice but giving in to public pressure as this fatigue rises here in germany our chief political correspondent. thank you. for. now germany has imposed new restrictions along part of its border with france to try to contain the coronavirus travelers crossing into germany from the mazola region will now face additional hurdles the measures will affect the many commuters who work on one side of the border and live on the other to be able to travel they must now present a negative covert test german authorities are concerned about the more infectious south african variant spreading in missouri. did. travel to the border region to find out more. they have been no plays and no music since last year like venues everywhere instead it's been turned into a somewhat unusual vaccination center in the town's mayor who is also a doctor is impatient to get going. why not. but it's not travel.

me no no yes yes we can hear you and how last year's german chancellor will bring your uncle out machall as you've never had to have before surprise yourself with what is possible who is magical really what moves her and want. to talk to people who followed her along the way admirers and critics alike how is the world's most powerful woman shaping her legacy joining us from eccles last stop. of the morning. can't sleep because you know for years in love the. in those born lolo on. the news all the moons. there's no use no love love for the book which. doesn't earn your workers screen a. constant. urge comes from. a commercial. this is the every news live from berlin episodes flight between washington and moscow. could you think you the killer and you are doing so what price must he pay oppression going to pay well you'll see surely there's a lot of reporting says joe biden labeling him a killer is a case of the pot calling the kettle black also coming out with a pandemic 1st struck him we found itself alone among the european nations confronted with an unknown threat travels to one of eu

is still solid at around 50 percent but it used to be more than 70 within 12 months i'm going to machall went from being europe's corona leadership champion who managed to flatten the curve to a chance to increasingly on the defensive over these coming weeks and months her legacy may be rewritten of a corona. that was our chief political editor of reporting from berlin and d.-w. political correspondent simon young talked through germany's latest steps in combating the virus with carr lauterbach's he's an epidemiologist at a member of parliament who has become known as a voice of caution. the chancellor talks about an emergency brake if infections go back up you don't believe in the emergency brake i believe and emergency brake once we are up to let's say an incidence rate of a 100 per 100000 inhabitants per week. we will come back to the lockdown that we currently have so there is as an emergency brake and i do not only believe that this is an emergency way out to believe we will have to use it right you've tweeted that the strategy will cost us a lot of covert cases and it won't help th

going to machall c.d.u. party. i mean last it is seen as potential still as the more likely contender to end to about race to succeed i'm going to potentially is next in the next elections well he's not going to be celebrating tonight and going off of that you know he became he was voted by party party delegates to be the leader the new leader of the c.d.u. back in mid january and back then party officials say we're going to hold off on deciding who that chance or kind of it's going to be we're going to wait for the state election so now somebody stable actions are here what does that mean now for the c.d.u. it means that we will be hearing them talk about how state elections are very recent elections at they don't when you tell you a lot about the national level at the same time. is the state premier just like i'm unless it actually but has a much stronger majority in the state of very about to see the man seen as the key contender that it's really bad news at the same time he's the one who has a much bigger backi

is still solid at around 50 percent but it used to be more than 70 within 12 months i'm going to machall went from being europe's coronal leadership champion who managed to flatten the curve to a chancellor increasingly on the defensive over these coming weeks and months her legacy may be rewritten of a corona. with the w.'s so i mean young talks through germany's latest steps in combating the virus with coral. a member of the german bundestag who has become a voice of caution a lot about is chancellor merkel leading germany in the right direction in this pandemic. this is a very general question and i'm not giving them. i'm not in a position basically to provide grades for her performance that is not what i would like to do i think that the decisions that we have come upon yesterday have a couple of very strong points for example to show is the change the vaccination strategy so that we have a further delay between the 1st and the 2nd fix a nation so that we can provide more all elderly people with 1st explanation also believe it is correct to use the us as an aircar vaccination for the

so machall is going to. have to try and find a solution that everyone can sign up to ideally because otherwise we will run the real risk of having another patchwork of rules across different states because ultimately it's the state's decisions. and vaccination numbers here are still incredibly low and many germans are getting increasingly angry about that with lots of elections in this country on the horizon are german politicians just trying to appease the people under struck from their own failures. well it does look like that a bit i mean in the in the 1st wave of the pandemic germany fared very well and people had a lot of trust in the government's handling of the pandemic really now that trust seems to be on the wane a little bit this time around because the government has frankly mishandled quite a few situations now the vaccination drive is going incredibly slowly and that is frustrating many people when you compare it to some other western countries like the u.s. and the u.k. and self testing i menti

tighter docks down once again that decision though went be made before the 22nd of march went under machall meets her state premiers again at the same time if we look at vaccinations that there were plans to have family doctors of primary care physicians are start providing vaccinations in their practices that is now being pushed back i mean why has this rollout been still so slow. well the short answer is because this simply not enough vaccine to go around this has to do with the fact that the e.u. and germany along with it was late 3 weeks later than britain for instance in licensing that 1st vaccine from biotech and that the e.u. is exporting almost half of what it produces in terms of vaccine towards the rest of the world where the united states for instance won't let anything out until every american has been vaccinated we also have the german chancellor criticized this at the same time germany is quite clearly very busy with its own federal structures when a speeding up of the process is needed and there's still those question marks over the astra zeneca vaccine was a lot of german st

within 12 months i'm going to machall went from being europe's to rona leadership champion who managed to flatten the curve to its chancellor increasingly on the defensive over these coming weeks and months her legacy may be written of a corona. let's hear more from political correspondent does simon you're welcome simon how much will yesterday's decision public criticism of the government's coronavirus strategy. well phil the government is selling its strategy as a transition to a new phase of the pandemic and of course talk about easing and opening up is designed to offer people some hope because there's no doubt that people law tired of corona tired of lockdowns they've been in since last november and that have been getting steadily tighter in some places but at the same time some people say you know we will never see easing in opening up or only for a very short time because infections will quickly go back up again they warn and also the strategy is relatively complicated difficult to digest with opening up and or closing down depending on local infection rates and you know roll ou

will fit the situation and i think we are heading right into a 3rd wave so is it a bad plan that machall announced last night. well if we tell people at the moment that there is a chance to reopen on a broad spectrum this is just not true the situation is very dangerous at the moment and as a doctor and opposition party member i my expectations were that we invest much more effort into speeding up vaccination campaign into home testing as a key measure in this country make some of the we're going to come excuse me for interrupting you are going to come into vaccinations in a moment i'm just trying to find out whether you actually agree with the plan that she put forward last night all or whether you are opposed to it. while it's there the plan from last night is just not enough there were there are holes and they those holes are just too big for the virus to be stopped so you you what you want be you want to be continued you don't want that opening that is being discussed in these plans yeah definitely i mean we could we could open if we if there is safety nets with rocket testing with s

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within 12 months i'm going to machall went from being europe's coronal leadership champion who managed to flatten the curve to a chancellor increasingly on the defensive over these coming weeks and months her legacy may be rewritten of a corona. our chief political editor of reporting there well we have a look now at the mood in germany when it comes to the pandemic pollster in for test gene map has just published its latest a.r.d. deutschland trend a monthly nationwide survey the poll was taken before the latest lockdown announcements now despite general acceptance of the empty pandemic measures increasing numbers of germans want to see an easing of restrictions check it out 10 percent say restriction should be lifted completely 53 percent want the curbs to be lifted at least partially and only one 3rd of germans say that they don't want the restrictions to be lifted at all that's bringing political correspondent you know has a so what kind of easing do of restrictions do germans want to see the most you know. well the poll says that the priority for germans seems to be for non essent

within 12 months i'm going to machall went from being europe's corona leadership champion who managed to flatten the curve to its hansei increasingly on the defensive over these coming weeks and months her legacy may be written of a corona. with a w's simon young talk through germany's latest steps in combating the virus with. a member of the german bundestag who has become a voice of caution. about is chancellor merkel leading germany in the right direction in this pandemic. this is a very general question and i'm not giving them. i'm not in a position basically to provide grades for her performance that is not what i would like to do i think that the decisions that we have come upon yesterday have a couple of very strong points for example to show is the change the vaccination strategy so that we have a 1000 delay between the 1st and 2nd fix a nation so that we can provide more oil elderly people with 1st explanation also believe it is correct to use the us as an aircar vaccination for the elderly and also believes there is quick to use a test a national testing strategy an evidence

within 12 months i'm going to machall went from being europe's corona leadership champion who managed to flatten the cuff to its hansei increasingly on the defensive over these coming weeks and months her legacy may be written of a corona. or earlier we asked our political correspondent simon young of public pressure on germany's government to change its pandemic policy will decrease after yesterday's decisions the government is selling its strategy as a transition to a new phase of the pandemic and of course talk about easing and opening up is designed to offer people some hope because there's no doubt that people law tired of corona tired of lockdowns they've been in since last november and that have been getting steadily tighter in some places but at the same time some people say you know we will never see an easing in opening up or only for a very short time because infections will quickly go back up again they warn that also the strategy is relatively complicated difficult to digest with opening up and or closing down depending on local infection rates. that was simon young beer

germany heads into a 3rd wave of the coronavirus pandemic a return to tighter lockdown looks likely machall is seeking to toughen the restrictions as code cases sold that could deal a fatal blow to many small businesses already on the verge of going bust also coming up in southeast australia a battle since worst flooding in decades following days of torrential rains authorities say dozens of towns are cut off with more bad weather on the way plus 5 years after the deadly brussels terrorist bombings d.w. news visits the neighborhood once seen as a haven for jihad ists and now striving for a new identity. and we have a correction from germany's top flight path to berlin finally put it all together for a big win over labor coups and boosting the team's hopes of avoiding relegation. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us europe's biggest economy is preparing to reenter lockdown german chancellor angela merkel is meeting with regional leaders later to discuss the path forward that's amid growing evidence in germany that a 3rd wave of the corona virus is beginning the country has registe

nearing ordinary life once again and that is the showing would you look at the performance of angola machall c.d.u. posse which is suffering badly in the polls right now also because of a corruption scandal of a certain m.p.'s but there's growing impatience with germany to actually speed up that. to have a curfew thank you so much for your reporting let's get a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world in syria at least 5 civilians have died after shells fired from government controlled areas hit a hospital in a rebel held town activists say medical staff were injured in the solution and. it comes despite a cease fire in the region backed by russia and turkey. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin has met afghan president ashraf ghani in an unannounced visit to discuss the afghan peace process u.s. troops are due to leave afghanistan by may 1st but u.s. president joe biden has said it would be quote tough to meet that deadline. people have been voting in the republic of congo's presidential election. so is expected to extend his 36 year hold on power the main oppositi

we're going to create our chief political correspondent commenting on our go machall speech to the ball to start today you are watching d.w. news just a reminder of our top story german chancellor angela merkel has defended her handling of the pandemic and germany's parliament she said the e.u. was right to procure a vaccine strongly despite growing frustration over the slow roll out and she urged germans to take a positive outlook and to take up the offer of free testing. i'm terry barton thanks for watching. the fight against the corona virus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. information and contacts the coronavirus update 19. on t w. n u you mean yes yes we can you can have the last year's gentleman's time so that we bring you back or as you have before surprise yourself with what is possible who is mad cool really want. and. we talked to people who followed her along the way my runs and critics now is the world's most powerful woman shaping how they can join us from eccles last stop. the fight against covert has been immense but i

politics anyway and it certainly is an eternity in terms of a pandemic but no question i'm going to machall c.d.u. party has been feeling the pain of about management of this crisis over the recent weeks added to that there was a corruption scandal within her own party over some m.p.'s who stepped down taking cash for basically setting up mosques deals here in germany and the big question is really will posse be able to bounce back from this and come across as the party that doesn't administer a crisis but really solves one and this is pretty much the low power points that i'm going back is hitting him personally but also a conservative led government then again let those vaccines arrive in force the economy bounce back and we might be in a different situation again but no doubt. leadership that star that light is is fading somewhat over this apology do you have you chief political editor. reporting thank you for that let's get more on these remarkable turn of events dr who were young is the general secretary of the german society of medical intensive and emergency a medicine doctor good to

within 12 months i'm going to machall went from being europe's corona leadership champion who managed to flatten the curve to a chance an increasingly on the defensive over these coming weeks and months her legacy may be rewritten of a corona. and daley a political correspondent simon and young talk through germany's latest steps in combating the virus with karl out of us he's an epidemiologist and a member of the german parliament has become known as a voice of caution in the country. the chancellor talks about an emergency brake if infections go back up you don't believe in the emergency brake i believe and the emergency brake once we are up to let's say an incidence rate of a 100 per 100000 inhabitants per week. we will come back with a lockdown that we currently have so there's the emergency brake and i do not only believe that this is an emergency brake out to believe we will have to use it right you've tweeted that the strategy will cost us a lot of covert cases and it won't help the economy on she being too pessimistic. i don't sing on too pessimistic what's going to happen we

within their own state i would expect some more clarification there but clearly there's an end to machall leading this crisis management this is all quite clearly and visibly and tangibly for everyone now down to every individual state something she wanted to avoid right at the beginning of this crisis and throughout. well you just mentioned this is she just maybe saying that she's fed up and this she's saying to the state premiers after enough of this you do it. no that's not her style it's all of she's a woman who very much emphasizes the duty she's a moderate and she likes to forge a consensus this was very unusual for her to spring this upon her state premiers in the middle of the night and it clearly backfired not just on her but also on those individual state premiers although there was some applause from experts also from the medics association here in germany which felt that this wave break a knock down was needed so this is more and more about leadership style rather than the concrete results of this gathering and it raises yet more questions which will now be solved very much re

within 12 months and that machall went from being europe's coronal leadership champion who managed to flatten the kerf to a chance a increasingly on the defensive over these coming weeks and months her legacy may be rewritten of a corona. with a w's simon young talks through germany's latest steps in combating the virus with coral well her boss a member of the german bundestag who has become a voice of caution carlotta back is chancellor merkel leading germany in the right direction in this pandemic. this is a very general question and i'm not giving. i'm not in a position basically to provide grades for performance that is not what i would like to do i think that the decisions that we have come upon yesterday have a couple of very strong points for example to show to change the vaccination that a g so that we have a further delay between the 1st and the 2nd fix the nation so that we can provide more. people with 1st explanation also believe it is correct to use the as the seneca vaccination for the elderly and also believes that it is correct to use the test and national testing stra

is still solid at around 50 percent but it used to be more than 70 within 12 months i'm going to machall went from being europe's corona leadership champion who managed to flatten the curve to a chancellor increasingly on the defensive over these coming weeks and months her legacy may be written of a corona. pressure is growing for the european union to address vaccine shortages as infection rates in europe are climbing for the 1st time in weeks the block is supporting italy's decision to stop more than a quarter of a 1000000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine from leaving the e.u. the inoculations were destined for australia but rome used an export control system in the e.u. to stop the shipment as was and to live it only a fraction of the vaccines it agrees to supply to the. australian has asked the european commission for a review of the decision but played down the impact of the block shipment in italy people are dying at the right of 300. and so i can certainly understand the high level of anxiety that would exist in italy and in many countries or across europe as that is regularly c

the doubling years lie from but then germany's lockdown extended 3 weeks chancellor i'm going to machall did announce plans to move towards a gradual reopening and return to a version of normality also on the program thousands turn out in myanmar for the funerals of protesters killed by security forces on the bloodiest day since the current despite those demonstrators returned to the streets even as the generals stepped up a crackdown. on police in washington d.c. act of attempt but i'm the list.

measures if coronavirus case numbers continue to rise at the station could come as soon as monday machall was speaking out for a virtual summit on the country's troubled vaccination program national and regional leaders have agreed to tighten it to speed up measures is growing. another rebirth for german i call on balance temple whole fairport was used to bring in food to the city's west during the cold war after closure it house refugees during the 25th day in crisis and now it's being used as a massive vaccination center. those who he had to get a shot have to should prove they're eligible. and i received an invitation to die i've been waiting for this but i came here immediately. and. until now that teacher is one of relatively few germans to be vaccinated the country's been facing vaccine shortages since it launched its program in december so far only priority groups such as the elderly have received a jab but the government says it is expecting vaccine supplies to increase from my prolonged allowing mess that's the nation to begin. we want to vaccinate as many people as we can as qui

is still solid at around 50 percent but it used to be more than 70 within 12 months i'm going to machall went from being europe's coronal leadership champion who managed to flatten the curve to a chancellor increasingly on the defensive over these coming weeks and months her legacy may be written of a corona. let's hear more from political correspondent simon you're welcome simon how much will yesterday's decision is public criticism of the government's coronavirus strategy. well phil the government is selling its strategy as a transition to a new phase of the pandemic and of course talk about easing and opening up is designed to offer people some hope because there's no doubt that people law tired of corona tired of lockdowns been in since last november and that have been getting steadily tighter in some places but at the same time some people say you know we will never see easing and opening up or only for a very short time because infections will quickly go back up again they warn and also the strategy is relatively complicated difficult to digest with opening up and or closing down d

within 12 months i'm going to machall went from being europe's corona leadership champion who managed to flatten the cuff to a chancellor increasingly on the defensive over these coming weeks and months her legacy may be written of a corona. simon young talks through germany's latest steps in combating the virus with coral. a member of the german bundestag who has become a voice of caution. about is chancellor merkel leading germany in the right direction in this pandemic. this is a very general question and i'm not giving them. i'm not in a position basically to provide grade for her performance that is not what i would like to do i think that the decisions that we have come upon yesterday have a couple of very strong points for example to show is the change to vaccination saturday so that we have a 1000 delay between the 1st and 2nd fix a nation so that we can provide more all elderly people with 1st explanation also believe it is correct to use the as as an aircar vaccination for the elderly and also believes there is quick to use a test a national testing strategy an evidence base

is still solid at around 50 percent but it used to be more than 70 within 12 months i'm going to machall went from being europe's coronal leadership champion who managed to flatten the curve to a chancellor increasingly on the defensive over these coming weeks and months her legacy may be rewritten of a corona. the better knowledge has awarded its top prizes on the closing day of the film festival the movie bad luck banging or looney pawn won the golden bear for best picture tells the story of a high school teacher who sextape ends up online. test me again mind you my to the best performance gong went to martin egad for. the 1st time the valley knowledge has handed out a gender neutral prop prize in place of the best actor and best actor best actress categories the winners will be presented their wards at a ceremony in june because of the many fans in the let's hear more about this from scott rock spread from the culture scott what can you tell us about that winning film and was it a surprise. yes for me it was a big surprise bad luck banging or loony porn was probably the best title in

the greens who were seen as a potential junior coalition partner come september and those that post machall era sounding much more senior by the minute as you listen to them talk about these results. how much can we read into these regional elections as being representative of germany on the whole with him for example be incredibly popular. here's what we can read into that the individual popularity of those top candidates really is what matters that mattered most in both those states we didn't go the conservative way so that just adds the pressure on the c.d.u. to pick a candidate between i'm unless it's in mark or sudha who can actually deliver at the ballot box. political. thank you michelle. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world people in the netherlands are voting in 3 days of general elections which are seen as a test of the country's coronavirus policies the nation's under tight restrictions which are fueling public anger police broke up anti lock down protests in the hague on the weekend prime minister mark oaten is tipped to win anothe

records jockeying for position so what you effectively have is a lame duck chancellor in i'm going to machall and an election coming up and real uncertainty in many of the parties about which way they want to go now those are not the best circumstances in which to handle a very serious crisis like the pandemic that we're looking at so the next few months really going to be critical and particularly they're going to really affect america's hard won reputation for crisis management if in the next few weeks we see the number of deaths significantly increased germany still lagging behind in that crucial vaccination campaign and gloom ackles reputation could be for ever tarnished ok that's rational walker d.w. chief international editor thank you very much indeed well the united nations has accused the military in myanmar of committing mass murder against its own people security forces killed more than 100 civilians in the black is crackdown since the army seized power last month anti-government protesters are back on the streets and thousands have fled into neighboring thailand. a funeral for a 1

voters have had their saying in 2 of germany's federal states all indications are that i'm going to machall is conservative c.d.u. party has suffered in both elections we'll have more on those results and what they might mean for september's general election in germany. and fear in death from this trace of. protesters continue to defy the confessed crackdown on dissent but reports of dozens of people killed by police around the country and another day of violence. a 1000000 thanks for joining us too general sed german states have voted but with one message unhappiness with chancellor i'm going to medicals christian democrats the southwestern states of body bag and are island and 8 border france and each other but they are governed by very different coalitions their elections on sunday have been called a dress rehearsal for germany's general election later this year if so chancellor merkel's concerned conservative party might have reason to worry its vote is down significantly in both states could be a bad omen of things ahead in september's election. big is one of germany's key industrial s

down measures if coronavirus case numbers continue to rise a decision could come as soon as monday machall was speaking off for a virtual summit on the country's troubled vaccination program national and regional late as a grade to measures to speed things up bob anger in the community is growing. another rebirth for german i call on boland's temple fairport was used to bring in food to the seabees west during the cold war after closure it house refugees during the 25th day in crisis and now it's being used as a massive vaccination center. those who he had to get a shot have to show proof they're eligible. i'm a teacher and i received an invitation to die i've been waiting for this that i came here immediately. but until now that teacher is one of relatively few germans to be vaccinated the country's been facing vaccine shortages since it launched its program in december so far only priority groups such as the elderly have received a jab but the government says it is expecting vaccine supplies to increase from my prolonged allowing messed vaccination to begin. to vaccinate as many people a

really breaks with what the expectation was there was an expectation that yes it would be the post machall era but that the c.d.u. remaining the only big tent party here in germany in europe almost would guarantee them access to at least being in government in fact the expectation was that they would be the stronger party this is now thrown into question and it also damages i mean last it was the new cd you also seen as the most likely still man to follow and i'm going to michael's footsteps as chancellor candidates well now he certainly is on the defensive. davina's chief political correspondent thank you for this analysis. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world afghan officials have overturned a ban imposed on girls singing in public it was a furious backlash on social media when the ban was announced last week school girl choir is a regular feature of official events in afghanistan. people in the netherlands voting in 3 days of general elections which are seen as a test of the country's coronavirus policies the nation is under tight restrict

nearing ordinary life once again and that is the sewing when you look at the performance of angular machall c.d.u. posse which is suffering badly in the polls right now also because of a corruption scandal of a certain m.p.'s but there's growing impatience with germany to actually think to speed up that. do you have a curfew thank you so much for your reporting let's get a quick check now of some of the other stories making news around the world in syria at least 5 civilians have died after shells fired from government controlled areas hit a hospital in a rebel held town activists say medical staff were injured in the explosion at the tora it comes despite a cease fire in the region backed by russia and turkey. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin has met afghan president ashraf ghani in an unannounced visit to discuss the afghan peace process u.s. troops are due to leave afghanistan by may 1st but u.s. president joe biden has said it would be tough to meet that deadline people have been voting in the republic of congo's presidential election assumed is so is expected to extend his 36 year h

their top candidate and that is an issue that conservatives has not made a decision on so far with machall on her way out there heading into the september's federal elections without their most popular face and so far they have made a decision on who will succeed her. well let's take a look now at some of the other news making headlines around the world the british or any women detained in teheran has appeared in court to face charges of propaganda against the regime now if there is a car evacuate and supporters say the charges are politically motivated she was released from jail last week after completing a 5 year sentence for plotting to overthrow the government. and police in the netherlands have used water cannon and buttons to disperse protesters more than 2000 people gathered in the hague on the eve of dutch parliamentary elections months of restrictions have fueled growing anger with authorities. and spanish police have found $600.00 kilos of cocaine in a nice time raided the capital madrid and also to other cities officials also conversely to cash luxury vehicles and weapons 12 peo