turn from angola merkel we have heard some people come out in support of what she's done market zada the leader of the state of bavaria and one of those he's vying to replace angle of merkel as chancellor at least if you believe the rumors coming bundestag elections in september he said he respected what the chancellor had done in fronting up to what she admitted herself was a mistake then we've also heard from another one of those common tenders to be chancellor combs september armyn last should the head of the state of north rhine-westphalia who pointed out that all of the other leaders of the 16 states of germany were all present did not say meeting and that they all agreed to the same thing that i'm glimmer is now taking the rap for well they were all voices of support there's been some stinging criticism as well for this whole mess happening in the 1st place the logic of the planned individual measures is not revealed and these can no longer be discussed planes to majorca empty outdoor restaurants in germany how can that be justified. we need to change our method of governance th

those that had taken it i'm going to merkel said these concerns could not be ignored alongside angola merkel was health minister yen spawn at the press conference he described the news coming out about astra zeneca job as a major blow is this all of it is undoubtedly a sad back that one of the vaccines available to us for this pandemic appears to pose an increased risk for a certain age group 31 keyes's of cerebral vento stromboli had been reported after vaccination with the astra zeneca jab 9 of which were unfortunately fetal. there was an attempt to put a positive spin on the news by health minister yen spawn though he said that the fact that this vaccine wouldn't be used on the under sixty's meant there was more of it to vaccinate the over sixty's it's not just germany that had concerns over astra zeneca though also in canada they've suspended its use there it's for those under the age of $55.00 that will be no longer getting it that's after the national advisory committee on vaccines decided it wasn't worth the risk there was substantial uncertainty about the benefit of providing astra z

there's the national election that will elect who will be the the replacement the successor to angola merkel before we get there though it all kicks off on sunday with regional elections in the states of by then voting book on the rhineland pilapil nate that has prompted senior figures in the conservative union in german politics to say to all of its members all of its politicians by 6 pm on friday you've got to sign this declaration that you have had nothing to do with punt demick profiteering. 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

elections taking place in september when we know who we will know who will be the successor to angola merkel. has been 10 years since the outbreak of war in syria hundreds of thousands of people have been killed in the conflict millions of civilians displaced the country's economy is also being ruined and according to the u.n. half of series children don't know life without war. and here you can see what the war has done to syria this is the western city of homs it saw some of the fiercest battles and enjoyed 3 years see government forces recaptured it back in 2014 although the city is currently still undergoing reconstruction where young syrians have paid a heavy price to almost half of those aged between $18.24 surveyed by the red cross have lost someone in the conflict with many suffering injuries themselves so out of 3 fled their homes and almost half lost their income a most of young syrians surveyed are still struggling to meet basic needs such as food or here are some 1st hand accounts from people who were forced to leave their homes. i was in line for a grade when the problem started

who's the leader of the state of the varia also content to potentially to be the successor to angola merkel as chancellor said he respected the decision from the former angler merkel to admit her mistakes and to say that it wasn't legally doable well it she has far as he's concerned it took some guts for her to do that however. the similar position is mr but in the state of hesse they're not happy at all e says what we're doing now shows that we didn't know what we were doing then and feels that the whole of the party the whole of the government of being left to feel like they looked like idiots arm in lash it who's also a contender to take over. after the bundestag elections in september that has been viewed it with a little bit more of a wider lens saying not just the chancellor needs to take responsibility for this all of the 16 leaders of the german states were in the meeting with her they all signed off on it they should have voiced these concerns then not now after angela merkel's come out and taken responsibility. really this is not looking good it's a big huge public climbdown on wh

chancellor's refusal to take the astra zeneca covert vaccine has created many headlines this week angola merkel said it was due to her age and 66 years old and i do not belong to the group recommended for us doesn't make up the astra zeneca vaccines only approved in germany for people under 65 but the chancellor statement is fueling more questions about the effectiveness of the shot it's led to reports of stockpiles of on used shots and comes as the world health organization warns that poorer countries are being left empty handed when it comes to vaccines at all with more details here's peter all over. germany is facing a touch of cognitive dissonance when it comes to covert 19 vaccinations on the one hand politicians on the population are outraged at how slow the process of giving a vaccine to everyone in germany has been on the other hand vaccination centers like this one here in berlin at the old airport which only gives out the astra zeneca job well they've been struggling to get people to take up the offer that some shots aligned unused because not enough people enrolling or just not turni

much trust is there in the immunization campaign in germany and also how much trust is there in angola merkel's handling of the response at this point she was seen as a safe pair of hands in the beginning of the pandemic but now some seem to think that she's wavering with her response. you're absolutely right and we did very well in the you know the damage but we lost this leading. position so to speak we are not in the lead anymore and that is probably too true to our mismanagement in. ordering the immunization yes you know the e.u. it was the one who did it and i think from the time on when we decided that let let the e.u. handle this it was clear that we would not be in the lead if you compare it to the u.k. or israel or you see what the what the differences are and. so lost is very comfortable to a position which she had in the beginning of the pen demick that's true so we lost trust in it ok we thank you so much dr chris suspect for speaking to us from just. thank you. several u.s. politicians are visiting border patrol facilities in texas on friday to draw attention to the plight of unacc