e.u. parliament ultimately paving the way for spain to push for his extradition. for the very warm welcome to you from all of us here at the international. news. first at the head of the european commission says that she's become a scapegoat for europe's extremely slow inoculation right and laid the blame on. a correspondent as the story. well the e.u. commission are not happy at all with vaccine manufacture astra zeneca care it's got to do with deliveries of the jobs to the e.u. as a bloc they were told that for the 1st quarter of 2021 they'd receive 100000000 doses they have received 10000000 doses even i can do the mathematics there 90 percent is the shortfall the e.u. commission has come in for a lot of criticism over failures in logistics and planning in its vaccine program underlying the e.u. commission president though is saying that astra zeneca needs to bear some of the responsibility as well we see esther's any case delivering below 10 percent of what had been contracted for the 1st quarter we are tired of being the scapegoat the european commission pres

e.u. parliament votes he said the trio will also be fighting the parliament's decision. it is a sad day for european parliament. we have launched our immunity. but dupion parliament has lost more than that. and there's a regime european democracy to. use a clear case of political persecution and just everything do you reactions on the statements of crimea in the spanish political leaders including the minister of foreign affairs these morning. offering a farce for an internal problem of a spain. they say it is easy to shoot precious. that there is a breakdown of followers. but it is driving by a high intensity political and parliamentary strategies and now dupion parliament has unfortunately fallen into the strategy the senegalese opposition leader response on code is calling for peaceful demonstrations following his release on monday at least 10 people died during protests against his arrest on rape charges sancho says they are holistically motivated the death toll from a number of explosions in equitorial guinea on sunday has risen to 98 it's more than 600 people were

e.u. parliament paving the way for spain to push for his extradition. 7 pm here in the russian capital this is the international news. a french school girl whose allegations against history teacher. led to a deadly online campaign against him has admitted she made the whole thing up was murdered by a terrorist last october. has more on the case on the revelations from the 13 year old girl. i know what that entailed and what sparked all of this is a class that he taught which was to do a civics getting the children to discuss issues in france as part of that class he decided to show the controversial images of the profit my hammett now that. the chain of events that led to his death it started with a teenage girl a teenage girl who admits she lied about what she said she went home that day and said to her father that she'd been asked to leave the class because she was a muslim and when she disagreed with the teacher she had been suspended from his class for that was furious as you can imagine called to the school and demanded that samuel patti be struck off the teaching staff there for him t

e.u. parliament votes he says while the matter of extradition lies with the belgian judge the trio will also be fighting the parliament's the. it is a sad day for european parliament. who have lost our immunity but do appear in parliament has lost more than that and as a result european democracy to. this is a clear case of political persecution and just read the reactions on the statesman's of crime in the spanish political leaders including the minister of foreign the 1st this morning in the center of forming a farce for a internal problem of a spain they say it is usually short precious. that there is a breakdown of powers. but it is that i've been by the high intensity political and parliamentary strategies and now european parliament has unfortunately fallen into the strategy. or we also spoke with chloroplast sati one of the catalan members of the european parliament his immunity has been lifted she says they all plan to contest any move to have them extradited to spain. these were believed because actions and the fact that spain is 1st using us could be mean only is the proof that spa

e.u. parliament for the german business friendly f.t.p. r.t. mr good it's good to have you on the program let me get your take on this we now have a plan for making summer travel possible in europe but our plans for getting vaccinated looks somewhat like a disaster at the moment is you're putting the cart before the horse here. so hello good evening no i don't i don't think so so 1st of all we're living in a constitutional democracy and we're talking about fundamental rights here so if you just you know kind of want to bring down fundamental rights it has to it has to be justified he says to be temporarily and test to be appropriate and so i belief that in the digital green certificate this could be a supporting tool to give people blake their freedom earlier well what about the desire to be vaccinated so that you don't get sick. so 1st of all i mean that's a nation is like it's like a very very important step to fighting this pending media but what we don't want is that we want to discriminate discriminate. certificate what because there has t

e.u. parliament for the german business friendly f t p r t mr cook it's good to have you on the program let me get your take on this we now have a plan for making summer travel possible in europe but our plans for getting vaccinated looks somewhat like a disaster at the moment is you're putting the cart before the horse here. so hello good evening no i don't i don't think so so 1st of all we're living in a constitutional democracy and we're talking about fundamental rights here so if you just you know kind of want to bring down fundamental rights it has to it has to be justified he says to be temporarily and test to be appropriate and so i believe that in the digital green certificate this could be a supporting tool to give people blake their freedom earlier well what about the desire to be vaccinated so that you don't get sick. so 1st of all i mean vaccination is like it's like a very very important step to fighting this pen dimia but what we don't want is that we want to discriminate discriminate. certificate what because there has to be alternatives for people who don't have the possibil

e.u. parliament in brussels which have given them immunity and reports. it's a move that's rekindling the debate over the future of spain's catalonia region and its independence movements the result of the bruising session of monday the march european parliament has removed the immunity of colors which demands for the catalan presidents and 2 associates all of whom have seats in the assembly they fled abroad in 2017 following an independence referendum and subsequent declaration of independence which the spanish government deemed illegal it is a sad day for european parliament. we have lost our immunity. but their opinion parliament has lost more than that. and as a result european democracy to. this is a clear case of political persecution. the decision could help madrid's bid to extradite the trio colors courage to mont tony come in and color ponce have been charged with sedition in spain which to monton kamin are also accused of misusing public funds but ponce 30 who's based in scotland told our jazeera they're confident of winning an appeal we will go

e.u. countries have to create a common approach but also that your parliament and usually that takes a lot longer than just 3 months or even straws in brussels there for us thank you more in. a cycle of some other developments in the pandemic the philippines has temporarily banned the entry of foreigners the number of nationals who can return per day is also limited australia is boosting a vaccination support for its nearest neighbor pump when you guinea it's sending some 8000 doses there and other medical equipment to help contain a new wave of cases and south korea has widened the scope of efforts to test expansion in the capital seoul it now includes all foreign workers in the city. take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today is the final day of voting in the general election in the netherlands polling has been spread out over 3 days to avoid crowds one tactic to help boost social distancing voters who cycle to polling stations can bring their bikes right up to the ballot box. a court in japan has ruled the country's ban on same sex marriages is unco

e.u. parliament vote he said while the matter of extradition lies with a belgian judge the trio will also be fighting the parliament's decision. it is a sad day for european parliament. we have lost our immunity. but dupion parliament has lost more than that and as a result european democracy to. this is a clear case of political persecution and just read the reactions on the statesman's of crimea in the spanish political leaders including the minister of foreign the 1st this morning the mission of forming a farce for a and their little problem of a spain they say it is really short precious that there is a break strategies and now all european parliament has unfortunately fallen into the strategy. we'll also spoke with clara ponce r.t. one of the catalan members of the european parliament's whose immunity has been lifted she says they all plan to contest any move to have them extradited to spain . these were bullied because actions and the fact that we the broke both tools of our democracy we vote and they a lot they are using their duty should be to prosecute our colleagues our girl it's

e.u. parliament has stripped 3 x. of catalan separatists politicians of immunity from prosecution they're wanted in spain for organizing an illegal independence referendum and 2017. a judge in the u.s. city of minneapolis is starting the process of selecting a jury in the trial of a white police officer charged with killing george for 3 weeks have been set aside to choose 12 jurors in a case which caused a global outcry. military leaders have recalled their country's ambassador to the u.k. after he publicly denounced the coup this comes as a 2nd official with aung san suu g.'s political party darkies after being arrested overnight by me and my security forces zalmay out aaron's cause of death isn't on the spot another night of violence demonstrators have once again turned out scott hartley reports. the campaign of intimidation reaches new levels in yangon hundreds of young protesters were trapped after they were surrounded by police and myanmar's military in the city's ascent chowed district threatening door to door s

e.u. parliament is now calling for a general export ban of the vaccine to non member countries the news comess some countries have halted astra zeneca enough elations due to blood clotting fears although that is medicines agency says there is no evidence so far to suggest the vaccine causes. now back seeing roll out delays along with an even distribution that's causing considerable tension among the 27 states of the bloc are brussels correspondent max sunda has more the vaccination roll out here in the u.s. going quite slow and this is naturally leading to some tensions here across the block which is what is causing concerns right now at this moment is claims by austrian chances about some quotes that vaccine is destroyed distributed on equally and mainly because of side deals now the e.u. distribution mechanism says all $27.00 member states by vaccine together and then it's distributed across the block per capita coots knows claiming that denmark and the netherlands have acquired additional doses inside deals which would give them an. fear and on sold an unfair advantage over other e.u. coun

e.u. parliament and their families as well as a democracy and human rights organization now this is going to have ramifications for the relationship between the e.u. and china china overtook the u.s. last year as the biggest trading partner of the e.u. and it took a few years it was finalized at the end of last year a comprehensive investment treaty between the 2 parties now this is yet to be ratified by the european union because some member states had reservations about china's human rights record although the years says that this is supposed to start a dialogue with china it's unlikely to do survey jim has already interpreted this as very much a hostile signal because beijing maintains that human rights are not human rights violations are not taking place and that these are not reeducation camps but locational training centers designed to improve the economic lives of those injured john thank you for that katrina you live for us there in beijing. myanmar's leadership has expressed regret at the loss of lives in the ongoing protests against last month's school airplane union has imposed

e.u. parliament thank you very much for your time you're welcome now the spring holiday just weeks away from european union officials are meeting today to discuss how to get people traveling again covered 19 restrictions mean non-essential travel is still very limited for most the news looking at introducing a so-called green pass that's a digital document showing a traveler's current covert vaccination status but critics are raising ethical concerns saying it could lead to special privileges and discrimination against those who have been vaccinated. call it a certificate a pass or a passport some kind of documentation is in the works for people to show they're safe to travel the european union is calling their proposal a digital green pass fax and nation status would be a key piece of information but officials have stressed it wouldn't be the only it's not the bus pulled so real such a ticket like you said but it's not only about vaccination it's about the recovery for the people who have had the sickness direction nation all the tests to avoid any discrimination between different citizens

e.u. parliament as well as a number of a democracy and human rights research organizations and think tanks as well now this will have huge ramifications for the relationship between china and the e.u. china overtook the u.s. as it use largest trading partner last year and it is also being in the middle of finalizing a comprehensive investment trade agreement one that was hard won and discussed over many years it's yet to be ratified by the e.u. and that was the next step ahead so it really does through that into question and this is the 1st time we've seen this kind of sanction from the e.u. on china since 989 in those sanctions were imposed as a result of the chenin crackdown that happened in beijing now beijing says it reserves the right to to take further action if the e.u. does not stand down on their so we're yet to see what measures that might take it could mean an impact on trade or something along those lines and obviously we've also had that more recent charming in the end approval from new zealand and australia australia itself as a ready been the target of what some has some of

e.u. parliament has stripped 3 catalan separatist politicians of immunity from prosecution for more regional leader cut his push to mount 2 others are wanted by spain for organizing the illegal independence referendum in 2017 whose demand say says they will challenge their decision. you just said they sure european parliament. we have lost our immunity. but dupion berryman has lost more than that. and there's a regime which european democracy to. be in miles military leaders have recalled the country's u.k. ambassador after he publicly denounced the coup this comes as a 2nd official with political party died after being arrested by me in mass security forces police raided homes overnight and demonstrators broke curfew to continue protesting at least $39.00 migrants have drowned and $165.00 have been rescued off the coast of tunisia because god recovered the bodies and survivors after their boat sank close to the cannes islands the people on board were reportedly from several different countries including tunisia president assad without his governing body has won the ivory coast parliamentary

e.u. parliament have been stripped of their parliamentary immunity it means they could face extradition over the $27000.00 cattle on independence referendum that spain says was a legal madrid says the decision shows that the issue must be resolved within spain and not at a european level. police in mexico city have used tear gas against demonstrators at an international women's day march the government had put up barricades in front of a national palace to contain the protests several police officers and demonstrators were injured in the clashes. and hong kong has announced plans to overhaul its elections the plan from beijing is meant to ensure more quote patriots are in charge additional reforms will target schools in an effort to instill more loyalty to china among younger generations and critics say the changes are focused on destroying the pro-democracy movement. all dozens of countries are looking to china to rescue them from the covert 1000 pandemic that is because the chinese government has pledged to donate nearly half a 1000000000 vaccines worldwide after its failure in handling th

e.u. parliament has stripped 3 catalan separatist politicians of their immunity from prosecution in catalonia as former leader corliss puja ma and 2 others are wanted by spain for organizing an independence referendum huge mass spoke shortly after that youth parliament vote he said the trio will be fighting the parliament's decision. you just said they sure you've been finally. we have lost where you need to be. but do be very many. more than that. and this regime. president alassane ouattara is ruling party has been declared winner of saturday's parliamentary elections in ivory coast while r h d p party took 138 of the 255 seats the opposition who also claimed victory on sunday and alleges widespread fraud which the government rejects mean mars military leaders have recalled the countries who came back after he publicly denounced the coup this comes as a 2nd official with political party died after being arrested by mean more security forces police raided homes overnight and demonstrators bro curfew to continue protesting fully vaccinated americans can gather together indoors without wearing

e.u. parliament as well as 4 organizations including a democracy and human rights think tack now this is definitely going to have ramifications for china's relationship with the e.u. china or of the took the u.s. is the largest trading partner last year and birthday parties were in the middle of finalizing a comprehensive investment treaty now this was yet to be approved by the e.u. some member states had concerns precisely about china's human rights record and the e.u. says that they want this to start a dialogue with china but it's unlikely to do that china is likely to see this as a hostile act because china has always maintained that there are no human rights abuses taking place in john and it says what many consider to be reeducation camps well it calls lawyers for creation or training centers which they say are designed to improve the economic opportunities of the wages engine john a trader just toss sensitive is china to international pressure over human rights and is this round likely them to escalate even further do you think. we'll have to watch that closely the last time we saw this kind

e.u. parliament has stripped 3 cattle out of separatists politicians of immunity from prosecution for more regional leader this push them out to others i want to buy a spade for organizing the illegal independence referendum in 2070. jury selection starting a little fall of a white police officer charged with killing george forward in the us city of minneapolis floyd died in may after derrick shelving kneeled on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. hospitals in the occupied west bank a saw overwhelmed the turning covered 19 patients away the abraham has more from ramallah we're standing here in one of the main governments of the hospitals dealing with 900 patients and the hospital officials have been telling us that they're turning away tens of patients every day who need medical attention we're here in front of the emergency room and we're seeing patients waiting for their turn to get a room inside this hospital. staff told us that she is a priority when there's a vacancy they would move her immediately i know that they're doing their best given the circumstances. the doctor told us she has to

e.u. parliament to strip 3 cats and separates us politicians of their immunity from prosecution catalunya as former leader carlists puts them on to others are wanted by spain for organizing and independence referendum. senegalese opposition leader it was man some call was calling for peaceful protests following his release on monday at least 10 people died during protests against his arrest on brake charges sokol says they are politically motivated final results are expected in ivory coast from saturday's parliamentary elections off a governing party and main opposition are claiming victory the opposition says there's been widespread fraud which the government rejects and the death toll from a number of explosions in equitorial guinea on sunday has risen to 98 when 600 people were injured in the powerful blasts that ripped buildings parts in the port city of butter officials say the explosions at a military base were caused by improperly stored dynamite along with stubble burning in nearby farms hundreds of protesters who had been cornered by security forces in young dawn have been allowe

e.u. parliament as well as for organizations including human rights and democracy foundation now this is definitely going to have on the cations on the relationship between the block and china last year china overtook the us as a bloc largest trading partner and after some years of negotiation the 2 parties actually came to finally an agreement on this comprehensive investment treaty now some members of the e.u. still raise questions about that treaty it's yet to be ratified and they were concerned about china's human rights behavior now the years says that it wants to sort of dialogue with china through these sanctions but it's highly unlikely that china is going to take it that way they're going to see this as a hostile act because china has maintained that there are no human rights abuses taking place and in what many have called reeducation camps beijing says they're vocational training centers meant to help improve the economic opportunities of the weak a minority uncompleted just to are sensitive is china to international pressure of human rights is this raul likely to escalate didn't souther

e.u. parliament. in senegal opposition needles months on call has been arrested for participating in an unauthorized rally hundreds of supporters were following sancho's motorcade into car with some allegedly throwing stones at police police broke up the demonstration with tear gas sancho was already due to appear in court to face a rape charge he denies it saying it's politically motivated and is an attempt to remove him from the 2024 presidential election race. now scientists have discovered 3 new varieties of shock that can glow in the dark luminous fish were found by scientists during a survey on the east coast of new zealand the sharks and even the deep sea with very little mites can't get sin it's unclear what purpose dared close but scientists believe it could be linked to hunting or camouflage. effect is the lead researcher on the shop project in a research associate at the national science foundation of the university of nevada he explains more about the significance of the discovery. the sho

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e.u. parliament let's speak to daniel ahead of this is a nonresident fellow for central europe and the german marshall fund of the united states and he's joining us from berlin thank you very much for being with us daniel let's start with what's happening at the european parliament and the e.u. we know has been trying to figure out for some time now how it adapts to hungary and how it deals with it which is really current in its current political form hungry anyway doesn't meet the e.u. criteria for membership do you think this decision today changes anything in the short term as far as how the e.u. addresses hungary's democratic failings. good afternoon and thank you for having me. indeed i say it's a remarkable move in the right direction but on the other hand i don't believe that it would change the way how do european union is addressing hunger is the poverty backsliding which in fact has been ongoing for nearly a ticket and the reason for that is that the european people's party was crucial and neighbor of hunger is democracy backsliding and safeguarded. governing body feed us from poten

e.u. parliament have been stripped of their parliamentary immunity it means they could face extradition over the 2017 cattle independence referendum that spain declared illegal but ridge says the decision shows the is you must be resolved within spain and not at a european level. the british royal family is facing pressure to respond to claims of racism and lack of support made by prince harry and his wife meghan in a kennel interview with oprah winfrey his father prince charles declined to comment when he visited evacuation center at a church in london the couple gave up royal duties last year. u.s. special climate and void john kerry has held talks in brussels to discuss transatlantic cooperation to curb global warming the u.s. rejoined the paris climbers who would have issued here and doing its withdrawal from the agreement under former president trump. there have been more demonstrations in paraguayan against the government's handling of the pandemic k'naan virus cases have been on the increase since september and reached record levels last month protesters have called for president mari

e.u. parliament has stripped 3 cattle and separatist politicians of their immunity from prosecution catalonians former leader carlos peter maher and 2 others are wanted by spain for organizing an independence referendum. well clar up on saturday is one of the catalan members of the european parliament has immunity has been lifted she's joining us from brussels thanks very much for speaking to us on the al-jazeera news hour what is your reaction to this decision 1st of all. well it does expect that. there are other. who make sure that they go the both of these you know. they. were actually. you know a. small respect focus yes. the day but anyway so they have the majority who will get this best however. the fact that these ability to govern sic you should has been better by the results of the phone who these votes but at the get unanimous but our case was the when you know of the lifting the other communities not the least of the immunity that west requests that for our getting caught up with happy to be getting caught with a good many times. you need what's requested google does research. so are

e.u. parliament's vote he said while the matter of extradition lies with the belgian judge the trio will also be fighting the parliament's decision. it is a sad day for european parliament and. we have lost our immunity but the rupee and parliament has lost more than that and as a result european democracy to. this is a clear case of political persecution and just read the reactions on the statesman's of crime in the spanish political leaders including the minister of foreign the 1st this morning in the search of forming a farce for a and their low problem of a spain they say it is a judicial process that there is a breakdown of powers. but it is driving by a high intensity political and parliamentary strategies and no european parliament has unfortunately fallen into the strategy or you also spoke with. one of the catalan members of the european parliament who has immunity has been lifted she says they all plan to contest any move to have them extradited to spain . these were believed because actions and the fact that spain is persecuting us could be mean only is the proof that spain is in c

e.u. parliament have been stripped of their parliamentary immunity it means they could face extradition over the $27000.00 catalan independence referendum that spain said was illegal madrid says the decision shows that the issue must be resolved within spain and not have the european level. police in mexico city have used tear gas against demonstrators at an international women's day in march the government had put up barricades in front of a national palace to contain the protests several police officers and demonstrators were injured in the clashes. and hong kong has announced plans to overhaul its elections the plan from beijing is to ensure more quote patriots are in charge additional reforms will target schools in an effort to instill more loyalty to china among younger generations critics say the changes are focused on destroying the pro-democracy movement. while dozens of countries are looking to china to rescue them from the covert 1000 pandemic that is because the chinese government has pledged to donate nearly half a 1000000000 vaccines worldwide after its failure in handling the i

german chancellor angela merkel has defended her handling of the pandemic in germany's parliament she said the e.u. was right to procure a vaccine strongly despite growing frustration over the slow rollout germany is currently battling a 3rd wave of the crossfire. i'm terry barton thanks for watching. been robbed of their soul that's what are people experiences when their heritage is taken from them countless cultural artifacts were stolen from africa by colonialists can't carted off to europe. what should be done with the stolen art from africa.

attention to everything that is still to be done because well the resolution that the parliament is debating today calls for the e.u. to be an l. g.b.t. i.q. freedom zone we know that in reality we're far from it but just on the point that it's something is it is it not something of an empty gesture when you have countries like hungry and poland treating gay people in such a disgraceful way. well it will be an empty gesture if it's not accompanied by action i think action on many fronts action on the fronts of the european union and the european commission it certainly there is a solid ground when it comes to european commission which adopted back in the very very its 1st ever ltd i q equality strategy so there's an action a very strong action plan and there to implement over the next 5 years. this so there is a promise of action but there is certainly so much more that needs to be done both by the european parliament that part of the commission and certainly by each of the e.u. member states when our organization as works closely day in and day out with with. organizations across the the e.u. and beyond and what w

attention to everything that is still to be done because well the resolution that the parliament is debating today calls for the e.u. to be an l g b t i.q. freedom zone we know that in reality we're far from it but just on the point that it's something is it not something of an empty gesture when you have countries like hungry and poland treating gay people in such a disgraceful way. well it will be an empty gesture if it's not accompanied by action i think action on many fronts action on the fronts of the european union and the european commission it certainly there is a solid ground when it comes the european commission which adopted back in the very for its 1st ever ltd i q equality strategy so there's an action a very strong action fund there to implement over the next 5 years. this so there is a promise of action but there is certainly so much more that needs to be done both by the european parliament the commission and certainly by each of the e.u. member states when our organization is works closely day in and day out with with. organizations across the the e.u. and beyond and what we've documented. just in

and earlier we spoke to as that other democrat a member of the european parliament she urged e.u. leaders to give syrians a chance at a better future the reality for the people that there are now in a situation that they are have no food they don't have hospitals they don't have schools they have who know no perspective for their life and i think this military war in syria has a lot being want and it's showing that now the regime change politics should continue in the other way an economic way and i don't accept that because it's politics all of the expense of the people in syria it's politics all the expense of the children and the shortstop if the e.u. wants to do really something against this war want to do something for the people in syria be used to it and help to or structural country help really for the people to get a perspective in their country but the u.s. spoke of saying to hold out the people the refugees out of the european union and this is not ok for me. now for many in the northern hemisphere a long winter is finally over and spring is here and in japan that means

attention to everything that is still to be done because well the resolution that the parliament is debating today calls for the e.u. to be an l. g.b.t. i.q. freedom zone we know that in reality we're far from it but just on the point that it's something is it is it not something of an empty gesture when you have countries like hungry and poland treating gay people in such a disgraceful way. well it will be an empty gesture if it's not accompanied by action i think action on many fronts action on the fronts of the european union and the european commission and that certainly there is a solid ground when it comes to european commission which adopted back in the very for its 1st ever l g b t i q quality strategies so there's an action a very strong action plan and there to implement over the next 5 years. so there's a promise of action but there's certainly so much more that needs to be done both by the european parliament that part of the commission and certainly by each of the e.u. member states when our organization as works closely day in and day out with with. organizations across the the e.u. and beyond and wha

e.u. china relations from a european parliament tyrion sanctioned by china.nd the indian woman with sort off the medical skills in a pandemic world. we'll have those stories in just a moment and that's it for me on the news seen him go well for us in berlin thanks for watching. they've been robbed of their soul. that's what a people experiences when they're. taken from them claimed countless cultural riches were brutally stolen from africa and carted off to europe by colonialists. each artifact has blood on it from the looms that have yet to feel. what should be done with the stone or from africa. this is being hotly debated on both continents. stolen soul starts people 13 song t w. w's crime fighters are back africa's most successful radio drama series continues simplicities of the stories focus on hate speech color of prevention and sustainable charcoal production. all of a sow's are available online and of course you can share and discuss on africa's facebook page and other social media platforms. crime fighters tune in now. get. the little guys this is th

this hour german chancellor angela merkel has defended her handling of the pandemic in parliament she said the e.u. was right to procure vaccines jointly despite growing frustration over the salt rohloff germany is currently battling a 3rd wave of on the rise infections and has a vaccination rate of less than 10 percent. what she did on the news from. don't go way up next does business with money have jobs i'll see you at the top of the all the protect. the from. childhood like no other. for years romana me i was sexually abused by has found. his. it is not an isolated case but only a few of the victims have the courage to speak about incest. the frenchman has decided to break through the wall of silence. in 60 minutes d.w. . children. comes. one giant trouble i'm. in no mood to see the picture you. mean by reading a little feature is included in a fuel economy. how will climate change affect us and our children. dot com slash water. the amount of plastic is increasing every year minium drama working on the. holiday destinations and drowning in custom wife me remind you and the comes. in from here

e.u. could suspend its obligations under that deal the european parliament which has yet to approve the brics it trade agreement as a ready postponed its decision. now matthew mole from v.w. business joins me and to try to make sense of all that for us now so the e.u. launches legal action against the u.k. for not complying with the northern ireland protocol that's basically what it comes down to what exactly is that about is worth remembering what the northern ireland protocol is this was the the agreement that was reached in haste at the end of last year to try to preserve the good friday agreement and to deal with this unique situation in northern ireland zain has a shares a land border with the e.u. but it's part of britain and so in order to avoid a border through ireland bought to protect the e.u. single market the u.k. a greek to have limited checks on goods that were leaving great britain the island of england scotland wales the are heading over to northern ireland and that's produced all sorts of headaches especially because this deal was done very little on christmas to give a lot o

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 it's setting back years of progress in the battle against other diseases pandemic appears to be reversing the global gains we've made in the fight against hiv aids tuberculosis malaria malnutr

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