its way definitely they would probably tend prefer to set our our chief political correspondent linda crane with the very latest thank you so much. let's check in now on some of the latest developments in the pandemic germany has passed 3000000 infections the robert cock public health institute says more than 78000 people have died from or with copd 19 china's top disease control officials says the country is formally considering mixing cold with $1000.00 vaccines to offer greater protection against the corona virus that's after data showed china's to mess to clean produce vaccines were less effective than some alternatives and australia has scrapped its target of inoculating its adult population by october health authorities say the astra zeneca vaccine should no longer be given to people under the age of 50. coronavirus restrictions are being eased further in england today non-essential shops hairdressers and gyms will join pub gardens and reopening in what prime minister boris johnson is calling a major step towards freedom move follows a fast vaccine rollout and falling numbers of coron

the language of determination interviews chief political correspondent linda crane is the german promise was at the german parliament as you say she's now in our studios. first of all in america they're making her case are we going to see today german lawmakers finally taking those essential steps that public health officials and doctors are pleading for that had been the government's original hope and the chancellor definitely made a passionate case for the draft law in its current form but a lot of questions were raised in today's parliamentary debate and it seems pretty clear that there will be some revisions to the draft law so that policymakers are saying the earliest possible date at which it could pass both houses of parliament is likely to be the end of next week and even then some of the provisions like that curfew that was mentioned in the report may wind up being challenged in in the country's courts by members of the opposition business party the f.d.p. so it will still take some time and we're in the middle of a 3rd wave we're in the middle of a 3rd wave melinda where one ye

chief political correspondent linda crane joins me now to put the german president's remarks into context. speech seem to simultaneously encourage unschooled germans at what was the main message for you. i think he was doing exactly both of those things he began his remarks by saying that he knows that yet another appeal to patience and fortitude is exactly what people want to hear but in fact ultimately that is exactly what his speech did do appeal to both patience and fortitude he addressed himself to both political leaders and citizens saying quote call yourselves together and he reserves particularly strong words for the political leaders acknowledging that mistakes have been made in testing in the vaccine roll out in digital solutions for example in schools and criticizing the ongoing tug of war between the federal government and regional political leaders over responsibility for imposing or lifting rules. like us to listen to another clip and hear what you think about that. although we must all pull together my fellow germans we must give it everything we've got there's no use merel

our chief political correspondent linda crane with the very latest thank you so much. you're watching t.w. news still to come on our show 60 years ago today it was an event that changed the world so get cosmonaut yuri gagarin became the 1st human in space. that's coming up in a moment but 1st sports and golf. has become the 1st to japanese man to win a major title after claiming victory at the masters matsuyama started the final days play at the augusta national course with a 4 shot lead a shaky style in the back 9 on sunday almost put the win in jeopardy but he held his nerve on the 18th hole to finish one stroke ahead of his closest challenger and claimed the famous green jacket. in bundesliga football minds of their survival chances with a late victory against cologne the 32 win continues their climb up the table but the result means the end of the road for cologne coach mark askew still has been fired with the team stuck in the relegation zone. marcus gives dos cologne had a one in 7 games at home coach would have feared the worst when mine scored with their 1st sh

already overburdened in many places so it is definitely time to act our chief political correspondent linda crane thank you so much. let's check in on some other developments in the pandemic india's coronavirus crisis continues to worsen record numbers were registered for the 3rd day in a row japan has tightened restrictions on bars restaurants and events in tokyo and several other areas amid a growing outbreak just weeks after loosening them and the city is due to host the olympic games in july and french medical authorities are expected to recommend that people under the age of 55 who have already received one dose of the astra zeneca vaccine should get a different type of vaccine as a 2nd shot new york city's cultural scene is seeing some glimmers of hope after more than a year of pandemic restrictions the city's world renowned theaters and concert halls probably won't open before september but with millions of residents now vaccinated against the coronavirus some venues are being allowed to reopen and the excitement is catching on. new yorkers are finally getting the opportunity again to purs

get vaccinated because that is the way out of the bed demick you chief political analyst there linda crane many thanks melinda. 2 german football now and this weekend sees the most important match of the bonus legacies and so far 2nd place leipzig host 1st place by in munich the defending champions a win for life sic would put them within a point of the top spot and leipzig chances have been bolstered by an injury that will keep byron's leading goalscorer out of action. when a club has to leave this kind of talent. this kind of goal scoring powerhouse. this robert leaven dusky on the sidelines or in the stands it's going to hurt the guy was on track this season to actually break a 49 year old boy in this league a goal scoring record. then playing for his home country poland he suffered a knee injury expected to put him out for a month so how can byron beat the club nipping at their heels leipzig without their wonder score is he pushed. to riled up about this because i don't have it being. maybe we redistribute the team a bit we do have other players who can play at this position so we appr

political correspondent linda crane is following this story for us melinda have an ongoing battles between state and national leaders on the best way to proceed that looks set to change tell us more. well those battles that you refer to reflect the fact that german law until now has placed responsibility for infectious disease control largely in the hands of regional authorities and there's enormous variance in the rate of infection across different regions of germany so some rural regions have rates as low as $3030.00 cases per 100000 residents others go up to almost $300.00 cases per 100000 residents so there has been a lot of variation in the way that different regional authorities approach this however they do regularly negotiate with the federal government about what kind of restrictions to put into place and all agreed at the beginning of march on a phased plan that would see uniform restrictions in the event of one particular circumstance namely infection rates over $100.00 cases per 100000 residents however that has not occurred and that's because the fact is that there are places

our chief political correspondent linda crane is at the bundestag following this debate for us hi melinda we saw transamerica making her case there earlier are we going to see german lawmakers today finally taking the steps that public health officials and doctors are really pleading for. yes indeed it was quite an enthusiastic case that she made but certainly this law will not get passed today and in fact it is not on track to meet the schedule that the government had originally hoped to namely to possibly even to see passage in this week policymakers are talking about getting agreement on the law at the earliest by the and next week and even then it is possible that the opposition may challenge some measures including those curfew restrictions referred to in the report in front of in the courts so it will indeed take some time and of course we are already in the midst of the 3rd wave with surging infections so the law alone is not going to be enough to get this under control and we're already more than one year and a pandemic so well into why is there still no clear consensus among germ

and get a more reliable more automatic plan for how to proceed our chief political correspondent linda crane reporting there for us thank you so much. let's check in on some other developments in the pandemic india's coronavirus crisis continues to worsen record numbers were registered for the 3rd day in a row japan has tightened restrictions on bars restaurants and events in tokyo and several other areas amid a growing outbreak just weeks after loosening them and the city is due to host the olympic games in july and french medical authorities are expected to recommend that people aged under 55 who have already received one dose of the astra zeneca vaccine should get a different type of vaccine as a 2nd shot new york city's cultural scene is seeing some glimmers of hope after more than a year of pandemic restrictions the city's world renowned theaters and concert halls probably will not open before september but with millions of residents now vaccinated against the corona virus some venues are being allowed to reopen and the excitement is catching on. new yorkers are finally getting the oppo

chief political correspondent linda crane joins me now to put the german president's remarks into context. speech seemed to simultaneously encourage and schooled germans at what was the main message for you. i think he was doing exactly both of those things he began his remarks by saying that he knows that yet another appeal to patience and fortitude isn't exactly what people want to hear but in fact ultimately that is exactly what his speech did do appeal to both patience and fortitude he addressed himself to both political leaders and citizens saying quote call yourselves together and he reserves particularly strong words for the political leaders acknowledging that mistakes have been made in testing in the vaccine roll out in digital solutions for example in schools and criticizing the ongoing tug of war between the federal government and regional political leaders over responsibility for imposing or lifting rules. like us to listen to another clip and hear what you think about that. we must all pull together my fellow germans we must give it everything we've got there's no use merely

chief political correspondent linda crane joins me now to put the german president's remarks into context. speech seemed to simultaneously encourage and schooled germans at what was the main message for you. i think he was doing exactly both of those things he began his remarks by saying that he knows that yet another appeal to patience and fortitude isn't exactly what people want to hear but in fact ultimately that is exactly what his speech did do appeal to both patience and fortitude he addressed himself to both political leaders and citizens saying quote call yourselves together and he reserves particularly strong words for the political leaders acknowledging that mistakes have been made in testing in the vaccine rollout in digital solutions for example in schools and criticizing the ongoing tug of war between the federal government and regional political leaders over responsibility for imposing or lifting rules. like us to listen to another clip and hear you think about that. we must all pull together my fellow germans we must give it everything we've got there's no use merely being

understands only one language the language of determination for deputy political correspondent linda crane is at the bundestag. where are we likely to see today germany making finally the steps that public health officials and doctors have been requesting. well the chancellor made quite a passionate case for the draft law in its current form of the government had initially hoped for action by the end of this week but there will not be a vote here today we're almost certainly going to see revisions proposed to the current draft politicians here are saying it will take at least another week for it to pass both houses of parliament and even then some of the provisions including those curfew restrictions could wind up facing challenges in the courts coming in fact from one of the opposition parties so still some time to get this law passed where one year into this why do things stand right now when it comes to consensus among the country's leaders with how to proceed. there are still a lot of differences of opinion 1st of all just because of german federalism as we heard in the report until no

political correspondent linda crane is following the story for us melinda have been ongoing battles between state and national leaders on the best way to proceed that looks set to change tell us more. well those battles that you refer to reflect the fact that german law until now has placed responsibility for infectious disease control largely in the hands of regional authorities and there's enormous variance in the rate of infection across different regions of germany so some rural regions have rates as low as $3030.00 cases per 100000 residents others go up to almost $300.00 cases per 100000 residents so there has been a lot of variation in the way that different regional authorities approach this however they do regularly negotiate with the federal government about what kind of restrictions to put into place and all agreed at the beginning of march on a phased plan that would see uniform restrictions in the event of one particular circumstance namely infection rates over $100.00 cases per 100000 residents however that has not occurred and that's because the fact is that there are places

word however it is a word that carries a lot weight our political chief political correspondent linda crane following the very latest developments on the story for us thank you so much. you're watching d.w. still to come on our show 60 years ago today it was an event that changed the world so be it cars may not yuri gagarin became the 1st human in space. that's coming up in a moment but 1st look at some more headlines a tropical cyclone has damaged several towns on australia's western coast leaving tens of thousands without power tropical cyclone serota hit the coast around 550 kilometers north of perth an area that rarely experiences tropical storms there are no reports of injuries or deaths. in the center right candidate in ecuador's presidential elections has claimed victory veteran banker he had more lasso won over 52 percent of the runoff vote he campaigned for open markets and foreign investments as a way to we start the economy that's been hit hard by the pandemic. sports now in golf you take him out say yamba has become the 1st japanese man to win a major title after claiming victor

political correspondent linda crane she explained why in germany central government or gang more power as a coronavirus restrictions. german law until now has placed responsibility for infectious disease control largely in the hands of regional authorities and there's enormous variance in the rate of infection across different regions of germany so some rural regions have rates as low as 3030 cases per 100000 residents others go up to almost 300 cases per 100000 residents so there has been a lot of variation in the way that different regional authorities approach this however they do regularly negotiate with the federal government about what kind of restrictions to put into place and all agreed at the beginning of march on a phased plan that would see uniform restrictions in the event of one particular circumstance namely infection rates over $100.00 cases per 100000 residents however that has not occurred and that's because the fact is that there are places even including the capital here berlin that have infection rates over that number and are still trying to sort of sort of do a lo

chief political correspondent linda crane joins me now to put the german president's remarks into context. speech seemed to simultaneously encourage and schooled germans at what was the main message for you. i think he was doing exactly both of those things he began his remarks by saying that he knows that yet another appeal to patience and fortitude isn't exactly what people want to hear but in fact ultimately that is exactly what his speech did do appeal to both patience and fortitude he addressed himself to both political leaders and citizens saying quote call yourselves together and he reserves particularly strong words for the political leaders acknowledging that mistakes have been made in testing in the vaccine roll out in digital solutions for example in schools and criticizing the ongoing tug of war between the federal government and regional political leaders over responsibility for imposing or lifting rules. i'd like us to listen to another clip and hear what you think about that. we must all pull together my fellow germans.