and european union is helpful on that field and therefore i expect that european union and also the acting and the new german government have to has to. close their rows together with north america because a leverage is much bigger if we work together instead of doing it on a on a single signal by their way between european union and china let's go back to the elections 16 years of angle americal she came to power with a new cd you after helmut kohl do you think that the end of her era will also lead to a government where the c.d.u. need some time in the opposition to rejuvenate i mean we've talked about divisions in the party the pandemic an assertive russia and china are you heading for the opposition i think that into the government needs city will see as it will and i hope that this you see as it would also and present the next chance because of the fact that we might come out as the biggest party out of that elections and looking to that but under the american reach i think the economic benefit. of hope. it's perfect we never saw such a. continuous and long. boost in the economy in th

no the european union promised turkey 6000000000 to be committed in 4 years that happens and the european union did not put on the table another offer for the next few years although the number of refugees in turkey keeps growing. turkey has agreed to take people back from the greek islands it did so for 4 years it was the fault of their silences. of greece with the european union supporting it that we didn't have we get decisions taki that said what a year ago day it side of the deal was off as well so at the moment we have no agreement and what we are seeing now which is the breakdown of the rule of law is actually the world without an agreement if we don't reach one this is how it will look for the next months years which is basically the end of the refugee convention i'd like for you to take a listen to what e.u. commission president underlie and have said about this take a listen we will further engage with turkey on issues such as migration financing high level dialogues and modernizing the customs union if turkey does not move forward construction constructively if it returns to un

no the european union promised 36000000000 to be committed in 4 years that happens and the european union did not put on the table another offer for the next few years although the number of refugees in turkey keeps growing. turkey has agreed to take people back from the greek islands it did so for 4 years it was the fault of their silent system of greece we have the european union supporting it that we didn't have we get decisions taki that said what a year ago that its side of the deal was off as well so at the moment we have no agreement and what we are seeing now which is the breakdown of the rule of law is actually the world without an agreement if we don't reach one this is how it will look for the next months years which is basically the end of the refugee convention i'd like for you to take a listen to what e.u. commission president underlie and have said about this take a listen we will further gauge with turkey on issues such as migration financing high level dialogues and modernizing the customs union if turkey does not move forward construction constructively if it returns to

at the moment, russia must do everything it can to maintain decent relationships with the european unionountries that a can and certainly not to escalate and cause more confrontation. >> getting for the time being is a russian reaction which is brushing aside all of the accusations, saying they were blown out of proportion, however, in europe, the feeling is the russians were very smart and tapping into the old networks of spies, handlers, and people who were sympathetic to former soviet republic, they are triggering that network and they are using that same network, and this is what is creating now a huge problem in europe. >> in moscow, the russian general staff believes that the west is already waging a hybrid war against russia, trying to delegitimize the present regime, and biden calling putin a killer, that was a part of that the limited -- the deligitimization process. of course, there is a belief at the west is also trying to root root assets inside russia russians to travel abroad, so it is a kind of war. the rules are still more or less being held -- this is kind of seen as bus

but i mean basically the european union has almost 0 or ations with russia now it's gone i mean it was not so long ago 10 years ago when it was thought in the europe and elsewhere that there would be a greater europe stretching from drop it. down to do list on and that if europe if russia was not part of the european union it would share everything but institution since i think prodi at one stage mentioned and all of that has collapsed and now they're off. lever off the foreign minister since there are almost no relationship we have no relations with the institutions with brussels with the european union with. certain member states maybe but it's a very serious position in europe being caught between these 2 big powers who are rivals united states was china russia are on the other europe's biggest trading partner is not china lot of united states it was a taker by that because of the swoop belt that i was describing with traders and trucks coming with goods from china to europe the price of the earth and so we are . europe is in a very difficult position of trying to sort of. po

interest but is about a reflection on the temp by the european union to highlight european values on human rights and other issues and as part of the ship we're seeing whereby. the europe is trying to do redefine itself stroh's and to redefine itself with strategic autonomy and that strategic autonomy is to be defined by european civilization values unfortunately it comes just at the point where really the whole idea of universal human balance is rejected by most of the grow as you no longer appropriate and they say you know we all have our other supplies in. chinese they are civilization values are a harmony and community not individuals and not price and so it's quite difficult so they are they will make an effort yes on syria it will be like that ukraine is a much more problematic for the european union but i mean basically the european union has almost 0 or ations with russia now it's gone i mean it was not so long ago 10 years ago when it was thought in the europe and elsewhere that there would be a great europe stretching from brought it. down to to lisbon and that if europe if

s transition out of the european union ended this year but much remains unresolved especially over the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland in an attempt to preserve peace and avoid a hard border on the island a customs check in the irish sea was agreed upon but many in northern ireland say it's created a new border between them and the u.k. many say they feel neglected and abandoned by london critics of brecht's that predicted that it would destabilize the peace but what peace has never been firm that peace rather has never been firm the 1998 good friday agreement may have ended decades of sectarian violence but it did not embrace memories add to that the element of organized crime and you have a powder keg that simply needs a spark. off the days of attacks by pro british writers and police the violence escalated crowds exchanged petrol bombs and stones across the wall built to separate no moderns divided pro british and pro irish communities. it's a flare up of the sectarian violence the vast majority in the british province want to see consigned to history the

no the european union promised toki 6000000000 to be committed in 4 years that happened at the european union did not put on the table another offer for the next few years although the number of refugees in turkey keeps growing. turkey has agreed to take people back from the greek islands it did so for 4 years it was the fault of their silent system of greece we've the european union supporting it but we didn't have we get decisions khaki that said what a year ago day it side of the deal was off as well so at the moment we have no agreement and what we're seeing now which is the breakdown of the rule of law is actually the world without an agreement if we don't reach one this is how it will look for the next months years which is basically the end of the refugee convention i'd like for you to take a listen to what e.u. commission president underly and have said about this take a listen we will further gauge with turkey on issues such as migration financing high level dialogues and modernizing the customs union if turkey does not move forward construction constructively if it returns to

going underground after repeated attacks by israel armed by britain the united states and the european union's nations against middle east targets from the suburbs of damascus to the persian gulf to the iranian province of this one as economic and military violence rages during a global pandemic from latin america to africa to northern ireland to ukraine let's go straight to rome to speak to the former m i 6 agent and the founder and director of conflicts for him to crook thanks so much for coming on you wouldn't think it's a here in britain where obviously people are grieving over the juke of edinburgh but just take us through some of the latest events i mean there's an attack on the nuclear plant an attack on the iranian sub his vessel in the red sea and yet lloyd austin biden's pentagon boss he's been in israel declaring is his absolute support for the israeli government. yes that's right i think what we're seeing is in fact there's something of a division within israel about what to do about this netanyahu has been stuck along on one track on iran by 20 years saying iran is only a few mont

so far european union to want to help for all in a humane way irregular migration it is obvious that there needs to be support not just for the refugees in turkey already but also for another 3000000 at least internally displaced in syria close to the turkish border we're currently being supported in humanitarian way through turkey so i guess the question is what will the european union put on the table at the same time techie has an interest in a new agreement because due to the breaking down of their green meant it's not that more people reach europe it's just that the european union is being more brutal pushing people back at their land than just the border so check in at the moment is actually losing most economists to council workers what is going to happen and what needs to happen then you're it sounds like you're saying that the european union needs to put down a lot of money on the table to convince turkey to treat syrian refugee use humanely is that what that's what you're saying right. well tekkie has 3 and a half 1000000 refugees already 7 and a 1000 children refugee

and turkey earlier this week 2 of the european union's top leaders. a woman and charles michel a man visited a turkish president richard. also a man but as the 3 gathered for talks they discovered that there were only 2 chairs present now if you were expecting the president to say please take a seat ladies 1st your belt to be disappointed. it was a meeting that said hopes for reengagement between the u.n. turkey but spending time has got off to a rocky start. one of the e.u.'s most powerful female executives was left without someone to sit instead of being placed in equal rank according to diplomatic protocol or so the fund and i and the european commission president was placed on a sofa while the men took center stage. it draws stock comparison to previous years where un turkish leaders were seated in equal standing whether the optics were intentional or not it may have added further strain to the relationship but the spokesman for the european commission says she wanted to focus on the issues at hand. shows that marriage ties substance over question

in the european union or amongst european union countries pavel the russian spies were i mean from the statement from the from the italian foreign ministry and the police were looking for crucial military information about the italian military and nature are you are we likely to see some profound damage to the italian russian relations here. well i don't think that's going to be any lasting damage that's going to be most likely russian tit for tat expulsion. diplomats from moscow and basically that's going to be most likely the end of the story both rome and moscow don't and they expressed that opinion that they don't want to really spoiler away sions because of this unfortunate event so no lasting things everyone understands that this is business as usual that's how the system gathering information were and it's not actually could that really clear that be information passed was really a sense that there was a report that the kalyan name officer was paid 5000 euro in cash and that's not really a lot of money in terms of kind. of where if it was really a sense of if it would be much mo

turkey and i would say european union is a very bad press for president everyone who is trying to review his relationship with that you're in your opinion union which has really been pretty and going ringback down a pretty going 'd down pretty bad these these the last 2 years and the tension risen in these past years is this in seem to go down with this with this recent probably not publication but there was spat this so do you think it would just be if they just apologized then. i don't think anybody's going to apologize in this situation because they're to it they're not they're not humble enough to say that i think that they're 1st of all the should have been gentleman and some there was some sort of organization somebody could get out to get a seat and if the protocol is sure that both people the european union and the commission and the council have the same rank then 1st of all the european union should have told the turkish protocol to turkish were to call this situation. nobody is going to ask say sorry about the situation the turks are saying is that her opinion is faulty your o

and turkey earlier this week 2 of the european union's top leaders are full of fun the lion a woman and charles michaud a man visited a turkish president richard. also a man but as the 3 gathered for talks they discovered that there were only 2 chairs present now if you are expecting the president to say please take a seat ladies 1st your belt to be disappointed. it was a meeting that said hopes for reengagement between the un tuckey but spending time has got off to a rocky start. one of the e.u.'s most powerful female executives was left without some way to sit instead of being placed in equal rank according to diplomatic protocol arcilla fund and i and the european commission president was placed on a sofa while the men took center stage it draws stock comparison to previous years we un turkish fetus was seated in equal standing with the optics were intentional or not it may have added feather strain to their relationship but the spokesman for the european commission says she wants to focus on the issues at hand. she should certainly aren't ties substance of the questions of

it's a year since the european union's most senior officials last met the turkish president both sidessay they want to improve relations which have become increasingly strained but the europeans have serious concerns about turkey's ascent to foreign policy and it's often heavy handed create meant to minorities and political opponents the rule introspect a fundamental rights all village use of the european union. and we show 3 screws and they're done oh the proof is on the latest developments in turkey in this respect in particular on the shooting of speech the 3rd it interfered to reporters and media and today show michelle and i clearly underlined that respect for fundamental rights and the rule of law are crucial for the european union this must be an integral part of our relationship turkey must respect international human rights rules and standards. there's a lot at stake millions of refugees who fled from syria's bloody civil war are living within turkey's borders they would otherwise head for europe and ankara once the e.u. to pay more to support them turkey for its part is keen

it's a year since the european union's most senior officials last met the turkish president both sides say they want to improve relations which have become increasingly strained but the europeans have serious concerns about turkey's assertive foreign policy and its often heavy handed create meant for minorities and political opponents the rule of flu introspect of fundamental rights all values of the european union and we show. deep freeze on the latest developments in turkey in this respect in particular on the shooting of speech the 3rd it into a full media. and today show michelle and i clearly underlined that respect for fundamental rights and the rule of law are crucial for the european union this must be an integral part of our relationship turkey must respect international human rights rules and standards. there's a lot at stake millions of refugees who fled from syria's bloody civil war are living within turkey's borders they would otherwise head for europe and ankara once the e.u. to pay more to support them turkey for its part is keen to advance its stalled bid to join the eu

that has presented their pin union with the problem. -- the european union with a problem. eu is looking for new leverage, and this is why they are opening up talks over customs union modernization, possible visa liberalization. they see this as providing important leverage going rward, and that's important given the fact they are looking to turkey to honor its migration deal. we heard that is seen as a priority for the eu, that turkey continues to honor all parts of the migration deal. brent: dorian jones from istanbul, thank you. here's a look at some other stories making headlines. egypt and sudan say talks aimed at resolving a dispute with ethiopia over a dam on the nile river have ended without progress. ethiopia is constructing the dam and says it is vital for power. sudan is concerned about the dam's safety. in myanmar, protesters have held a candlelit vigil to remember those killed since the start of the military coup. they marched through the town, and observers say security forces have killed at least 570 people since the beginning of february. hundreds of people h

production issues as cases across europe rise fueled by new variants and vaccine skepticism the european union is still struggling to get hold of enough vaccines and to inject it quickly enough here's the european commission spokesperson earlier today in terms of the counter sometimes the contract has not been respected in the company has not been a position to come up with a reliable strategy to ensure that the time to the degree of dose is what matters to us in these cases if we want to make sure that he's a speedy delivery of a sufficient number of doses that he have been citizens are entitled to and which has been promised on the basis of the contract. we want to bring in now our very own georg much as he's on the story for us in brussels tonight good evening to you georg so how confident is the e.u. that it will win this lawsuit and do we know what would victory look like. brand you can bet that the e.u. commission thought long and hard about this and in fact they tried for a long time to avoid a scene are of the like that a lawsuit because that is not exactly the way that will speed up t

has transitioned out of the european union ended this year but much remains unresolved especially over the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland in an attempt to preserve peace and avoid a hard border on the island a customs check in the irish sea was agreed upon but many in northern ireland say it's created a new border between them and the u.k. many say they feel neglected and abandoned by london critics of brecht's that predicted that it would destabilize the peace but what peace has never been firm that peace rather has never been firm the 1998 good friday agreement may have ended decades of sectarian violence but it did not embrace memories and to that the element of organized crime and you have a powder keg that simply needs a spark. off the days of attacks by pro british writers and police the violence escalated crowds exchanged petrol bombs and stones across the wall built to separate no i'm not ns divided pro british and pro irish communities. it's a flare up of the sectarian violence the vast majority in the british province want to see consigned to hist

production issues as cases across europe rise fueled by new variants and vaccines skepticism the european union is still struggling to get hold of enough vaccines and to inject it quickly enough here's the european commission spokesperson earlier today in terms of the counter sometimes of the contract has not been respected in the company has not been a position to come up with a reliable strategy to ensure that i'm to delivery of doses what matters to us in this case is that we want to make sure that there is a speedy delivery of a sufficient number of doses that the european citizens are entitled to and which have been promised on the basis of the contract. we want to bring in now our very own georg much as he's on the story for us in brussels tonight good evening to you georg so how confident is the e.u. that it will win this lawsuit and do we know what would victory look like. brand you can bet that the e.u. commission thought long and hard about this and in fact they tried for a long time to avoid as an hour or the like that a lawsuit because that is not exactly the way that will speed up

turkey for its part is keen to advance its stalled bid to join the european union. thousands of demonstrators turned out recently to protest against turkey's decision to pull out of an international agreement on women's rights ironically that school the istanbul convention both the emissaries condemned that move as sending the wrong signal on rights. another area of dispute is turkey wanting to drill for gas in the mediterranean in areas which greece and cyprus see as that territory the latest talks between the e.u. and turkey aimed to mend fences but there are still huge differences to overcome thanks r.k. let's get more now from our correspondent dorian jones who joins me now from istanbul did even 2 years adore you and so can we say that both sides were successful today in resetting their relations. well certainly seen this is a major diplomatic when the fact that 2 top officials were paired to come all the way to turkey and meet face to face at a time when these these meetings are extremely rare is seen as a victory in itself and while there was a lot of focus o

cases of cerebral finis sinus trumbo says and $24.00 cases of splenetic trumbull's is in the european uniondrug safety database you have written and as of march 22. and 18 of these cases of these cases were fatal the cases came mainly from reporting systems of the european economic area and the u.k. . i can provide you also with more recent figures as of april 24 2021 the e.u. drug safety database had received a total of $169.00 cases of c.v.s. city and $53.00 of varying trumbo says and at that moment 34000000 people were vaccinated in the european economic area and the u.k. the more recent data did not change any of the proc recommendations after extensive discussions within the committee and taking into account the findings of the expert group our conclusion is that these clotting disorders are very rare side effects of the vaccine this conclusion is based on the details clinical mechanistic and it became a logical assessment including a distinct clinical petron in the logical findings and observation of more reported cases than would be expected from the background rates of these unusual

the european union and the u.k. are sending medicine and oxygen also coming up tonight is crippling critical like scene of all the leading an extremist movement russian prosecutors say yes tonight the latest legal attempt to block of all the supporters from russian elections and politics and where were you 35 years ago russia and the world are remembering chernobyl the worst nuclear disaster in history we look at the physical and emotional fall well that has never stopped. by brant goff is good to have you with us we begin with the pandemic pain in india today was the 5th day in a row that india reported a record high number of new coronavirus infections. 349000 in just 24 hours tonight the u.s. the u.k. and the european union are sending medical supplies including oxygen which hospitals desperately need to treat covered 1000 patients many hospitals are full and are turning people away and there are reports of people dying on the streets in families being told that there is no more space to hold funerals but the one

unlike the rest of all the european union law. applies to. and they're under the jurisdiction of the european. court of justice so that means that you know the producer to since the not citizens of the european union and the laws of the european union for. being. in the course of doing this. a c.n.n. correspondent is among 9 people detained near the penal colony work travel in critical x. and alleys currently imprisoned in russia they were arrested over public order violations the media and supporters of the 44 year old blogger arrived at the passivity following claims his health had deteriorated. who has been following the story. the police have said that 45 people gathered outside the penal colony east of moscow and 9 of them have been detained for quote unquote violating public order some of them apparently for trying to get the access that they didn't have permission for not speaking of the c.n.n. journalists according to a russian foreign ministry department that oversees the work of foreign journalists and this country the c.n.n. staff w

and european union is helpful on that field and therefore i expect that european union and also the acting and the new government have to has to. reach a close there are those together with north america because a leverage is much bigger if we work together instead of doing it on the on the singular by the 2 way between european union and china let's go back to the elections 16 years of angle americal she came to power with a new cd you after helmut kohl do you think that the end of her era will also lead to a government where the c.d.u. need some time in the opposition to rejuvenate i mean we've talked about divisions in the party the pandemic and assertive russia and china are you heading for the opposition i think that the government needs city will seize it will and i hope that this if you see if you would also present the next chance because of the fact that we might come out as the biggest party out of that elections and looking to that but i'm going i'm happy i reached i think the economic benefit. of hope. it's perfect we've never saw such a. continuous and long. boost in the econo

and european union is helpful on that field and therefore i expect that european union and also the acting and the new german government have test to. close their o's together with north america because a leverage is much bigger if we work together instead of doing it on a on a single signal or by the total way between european union and china let's go back to the elections 16 years of angle americal she came to power with a new cd you after helmut kohl do you think that the end of her era will also lead to a government where the c.d.u. need some time in the opposition to rejuvenate i mean we've talked about divisions in the party the pandemic and assertive russia and china are you heading for the opposition i think that the government needs see who sees it will and i hope that this it was easy it would also present the next chance because of the fact that we might come out as the biggest party out of that elections and looking to that but i'm going i'm actually reached i think the economic benefit. of hope. is perfect we never saw such a. continuous and long. boost in the economy in the l

production issues as cases across europe rise fueled by new variants and vaccine skepticism the european union is still struggling to get hold of enough vaccines and to inject it quickly enough here's the european commission spokesperson earlier today the terms of the counter sometimes of the contract have not been respected and the company has not been in a position to come up with a reliable strategy to ensure the time to the degree of those what matters to us in this case is that we want to make sure that there's a speedy delivery of a sufficient number of doses that he had been citizens are entitled to and which have been promised on the basis of the contract. we want to bring in now our very own georg much as he's on the story for us in brussels tonight good evening to you georg so how confident is the e.u. that it will win this lawsuit and do we know what would victory look like. brand you can bet that the e.u. commission thought long and hard about this and in fact they tried for a long time to avoid a scene are of the like that a lawsuit because that is not exactly the way that will sp

european union supports. and voluntary licensing in order to ramp up the production of the vaccine was initially the big issue facing hugo as well as the world was limited production capacity this has now been improved also through the measures like coal abrasion and licensing are you why did that their kind of pandemic that we are seeing deepening every day in india with potentially harm india's the supply of vaccines that india can deliver to the rest of the world including the e.u. is that a concern in the e.u. right now. we are concerned because of the situation in india very much 1st of all because of the situation affect the indians themselves but 2nd also because india is one of the biggest if not the biggest producer of acceptance worldwide and until the current crisis india has exported tens and tens of millions of folks since produced in india to other parts of the world this exports have now stopped and this may have negative impact on the availability of exodus is in large parts of the world so we

european union supports. and voluntary licensing in order to ramp up the production of the vaccine was initially the big issue facing you up as well as the world was limited production capacity this has now been improved also through the measures like call obliteration and licensing are you why did that they're kind of for pandemic that we are seeing deepening every day in india. when potentially harm india has the supply of vaccines that india can deliver to the rest of the world including the e.u. is that a concern in the e.u. right now. we are concerned because of the situation in india very much 1st of all because of the situation affecting indians themselves but 2nd also because india is one of the biggest if not the biggest producer of acceptance worldwide and until the current crisis india has exported tens and tens of millions of sins produced in india to other.

this it makes turkey the gate keeper for migrants and refugees into europe european union very keen that that continues and also on the important parts of that the except in back of migrants that have had their asylum requests in greece have been rejected and turkey takes those people back that's something that is also seen very important and they say they will be looking to turkey to go forward and to meet those commitments so at the moment it seems that both sides are seeing this as a cautious optimistic situation a positive environment. to. talk about. agreement and visa liberalization. bring the 2 sides closer together it is what 15 years ago 16 years ago the negotiations for turkey to become a full member of the e.u. began as to give a bad idea. well officially president heard one only reiterated turkey's commitment a few weeks ago to joining the european union but i think it's extremely significant that the worst turkey joining the european union was not mentioned once in the press conference by eva sharp michele. it is i think a commonly accepted fact on both sides that

and the european union say there may be a link between the astra zeneca virus vaccine and blood clots the head of the european medicines agency and its british counterpart today both said clogging is a potential rear side effect though they continue to say the bin if it's of the vaccine still outweighed the risks also coming up tonight brazil records its highest ever daily death toll from coast at 19 more than 4000 lawyers lost within the last 24 hours why has the corona virus proved so deadly there and to life in prison turkey has found dozens of harsh sentences to former top ranking army officers accused of plotting the 2016 failed coup. plus a would you volunteer to live in a cave for over a month in france more than a dozen people have signed up to do just that we will find out why. i bring coffee it's good to have you with us we start tonight with a setback for the world's most widely used. vaccine the european medicines agency and its british counterpart today announced there is a possible link between the astra zeneca vaccine and blood clotting in the brain the regulators descr

this is news and these are our top story the european union's top officials have met with turkey's president in an attempt to improve relations between the 2 sides threats of talking about everyone says he wants to turn a new page in his relations with europe but european commission president and the lion and council chairman charles michel expressed deep concerns about turkey's human rights record. state leaders in india are calling for a wider vaccination rollout as the country faces a staggering surge in coronavirus cases nearly 97000 new infections are reported on tuesday close to monday's record high more than half of the total cases recorded in the past 2 weeks have occurred in one western state. diplomats have been meeting in the austrian capital vienna for talks aimed at salvaging the iran nuclear deal european countries are mediating between iran and the united states to try to bring washington back into the agreement that the trumpet to destruction walked away from both tehran and washington said that the meeting was constructive more talks are now scheduled for friday this is news

over the european union. we show 3 screws and they're done oh the proof is old elitist developments in turkey in this respect in particular on the freedom of speech the 3rd it interfered to reporters and media and today show michelle and i clearly underlined that respect for fundamental rights and the rule of law are crucial for the european union this must be an integral part of our relationship turkey must respect international human rights rules and standards. there's a lot at stake millions of refugees who fled from syria's bloody civil war are living within turkey's borders they would otherwise head for europe and ankara once the e.u. to pay more to support. turkey for its part is keen to advance its stalled bid to join the european union. thousands of demonstrators turned out recently to protest against turkey's decision to pull out of an international agreement on women's rights ironically that school the istanbul convention both the e.u. emissaries condemned that move and sending the wrong signal on r

well, what's not to like is that 43% of our exports go to the european union and we have left the single we read every day how much more complicated =our commercial relationships with europe are and how much more difficult it's become for british subjects to go and live and work and study and so on elsewhere in the eu... sure, sure, but with respect, the trade between britain and the eu is not going to fall off a cliff. it's quite clear. it may be, for a time, having to adapt to new circumstances, but you only have to look at the nature of the uk economy right now and compare it with its eu counterparts to see that the uk isn't suffering some massive post—brexit hangover. and, frankly, in some ways, there are signs that in other parts of the world, with trade agreements already made with japan and other countries, britain might actually make this work quite well. well, i hope britain will, although the trade agreements don't actually improve the terms of trade that we already have with any of those countries, and nor will a free—trade agreement with america. i am simply somebody who acce

and so that's caused a lot of strain within the european union particularly given the fact that we're exporting so many vaccines not just to the u.k. but to other parts of the world as well so mr minister hasn't this been a total failure by the european union and shouldn't there be some accountability shouldn't the buck stop somewhere should perhaps a commission the resign should perhaps remember $999.00 i was in brussels at the time the whole commission resigned this is an issue that affects every citizen of the e.u. it's an issue that affects lives lives are going to be lost because of the poor rollout and it's going to affect your economic recovery it's very serious well 1st of all i don't think we can we can judge the vaccine role. in terms of whether it's been a success or not just yes certainly it's been a poor start in terms of the relationship with astra zeneca in particular but i still think that by the end of july you will see certainly close to 70 percent of europe's population or the population vaccinated so you know let's let's wait and see how this rolls out i think the

this is the abuse these are our top stories the european union's top officials have met with turkey in attempt to improve relations between the 2 sides. he wants to turn a new page in his relations with europe but european commission president. expressed concerns about turkey's human rights record. diplomats have been meeting in the austrian capital vienna to try and salvage the iran nuclear deal european countries are mediating between iran and the united states trying to bring washington back to the agreement that the trump administration walked away from both tehran and washington said that the meeting was quote constructive more talks are now scheduled for friday. lava and steam continue to spew from 2 new fissures in the icelandic volcano began erupting 3 weeks ago for the 1st time in nearly 800 years hundreds of hikers who had come to see the spectacle were evacuated due to the latest volcanic activity. this is t.v. news from berlin you can follow us on twitter and facebook or you can go to our web site. the united states and iran are on the same page when it comes to wanting to

learnt that economic relations are to soviet union it's a time now to russia not not at risk for security but also a chance to make. it dependency of russia on european politics and maybe to influence what happened in this country in the long term situation i i think that we have to discuss about independence of your peon union energy security. that's the proposal of us we should take more gas we'll ukraine instead of north korea this doesn't change the fact that it's russian gas that is that is discussed that comes that cut that comes from states with companies and russia and the independence of one source like russia for gas it would not be changed if we decide to not take it that it was crossed me too but you create there for you the arguments of the other side also very weak let's let's switch gears just briefly and talk and talk about china are you concerned that germany is falling also into a trap when it comes to china because after years of fostering business ties your main business association is now saying that the west strategy for opening up china has failed they call it a wake up call is it a call that germany is potentially answering to

and european union is helpful on that field and therefore i expect that european union and also the acting and the new german government have test to. close their roles together with north america because our leverage is much bigger if we work together instead of doing it on the on the signal by the way between european union and china let's go back to the elections 16 years of angle americal she came to power with a new cd you after helmut kohl do you think that the end of her era will also lead to a government where the c.d.u. need some time in the opposition to rejuvenate i mean we've talked about divisions in the party the pandemic an assertive russia and china are you heading for the opposition i think that the government needs city will seize it will and i hope that this if it was easy it would also present the next chance because of the fact that we might come out as the biggest party out of that elections and looking to that but i'm going i'm actually reached i think the economic benefit. of hope. it's perfect we never saw such a. continuous and long. boost in the economy in the la

news in these are our top story the european union's top officials have met with turkey's president in an attempt to improve relations between the 2 sides. says he wants to turn a new page in his relations with europe but european commission president. expressed deep concerns about turkey's human rights record. state leaders in india are calling for a wider vaccination rollout as the country faces a staggering surge in corona virus cases nearly 97000 new infections were reported on tuesday close to monday's. more than half of the total cases recorded in the past 2 weeks have occurred in one western state. diplomats have been meeting in the austrian capital vienna for talks aimed at salvaging the iran nuclear deal european countries are mediating between iran and the united states to try to bring washington back into the agreement that the trumpet to destruction walked away from both tehran and washington said that the meeting was constructive more talks are scheduled for friday. this is news from berlin you can follow us on twitter and facebook or you can go to our website that's dot c