so well and trust seems to be the big challenge for steinmeier the one he thinks germans are needing to face why is that. well one reason is the nature of his constitutional role the federal president does not make policy what he do does is service a kind of moral compass for both citizens and for political leaders and he reinforces norms like trust and in fact germans trust has been very much undermined by those mistakes that i made in terms of the vaccine rollout in terms of testing strategies and corona restrictions and also by the often contradictory course that has been taken by the political leaders who essentially seem to be passing off responsibility for how much to tighten restrictions or how much to open the economy and trust of course is crucial for fighting the pandemic trust in political leaders decision making but also trust for example in fact scenes otherwise people won't get vaccinated and that's clearly a source of concern to the president ok and you just said you know steinmeier said vaccination is the most important step for ending the pandemic and he even said th

germany's president, frank—walter steinmeier, has warned of a crisis of trust in politics linked to theponse to public frustration and feelings of powerlessness. saturday saw large—scale protests in germany. a spectacular parade has been taking place in cairo to transfer the mummified remains of 22 ancient egyptian royals to a new museum in the south of the city. 18 long—dead kings and four queens in golden caskets have been transported on custom—made vehicles designed to

and german president a friend is making a rare appeal for national unity this easter weekend steinmeier is asking germans to set aside a crisis of trust in the government there is growing frustration as corona virus infections rise just like months of restrictions on daily life. $22.00 ancient royal mummies have paraded along the streets of egypt's capital cairo in an effort to draw global attention to the country's wealth of antiquities the lavish spectacle saw 18 former kings and queens transported from a museum to their new resting place 5 kilometers away. this is to show you news coming to you from berlin you can follow us on twitter and facebook or you can visit our website at d.w. dot com. welcome to in good shape coming up. get a diet without any meat or dairy be healthy. get a meat can drink substitute dairy milk. and what's really in our food those answers and more on today's show. hello welcome to in good shape a lot of people around the world don't eat meat take india for example around 38 percent of the population lives meat free but on the other hand there are a lot of peop

coronavirus today top officials including german chancellor angela merkel and president frank walter steinmeier are gathering in berlin for the ceremony tens of thousands of people have had to say a premature goodbye to their loved ones those who died often did so alone with relatives kept away by coronavirus restrictions old age homes were especially hard hit by the pandemic a senior citizens and caregivers were unable to protect themselves even as vaccinations increased in germany today's events are meant to provide a moment to reflect on the 79914 who have died since the pandemic hit the country. that keeps memories of his mother and not to a life in this photo album. my mother was a person who liked to be around others who like to be with friends like to socialize. if she hadn't caught the virus the nearly 80 year old would probably still be a life like a god who was also a victim of the pandemic when we thought all was good sergeant my mother was an exceptionally strong person who put a lot of energy into the family and also kept the family together. she was the heart and soul of the famil

and german president a friend is making a rare appeal for national unity this easter weekend steinmeier is asking germans to set aside a crisis of trust in the governments there is growing frustration as corona virus infections rise just like months of restrictions on daily life. $22.00 ancient royal mummies have paraded along the streets of egypt's capital cairo in an effort to draw global attention to the country's a wealth of antiquities the lavish spectacle saw 18 former kings and queens transported from a museum to their new resting place 5 kilometers away. this is to show you news coming to you from berlin you can follow us on twitter and facebook or you can visit our website at d.w. dot com. i am. god. every 10 years the spotlight forms on a small town and of area when its residents recreate the story of christ suffering and death half a 1000000 visitors flocks into oberammergau they come from all over the world but the villages don't perform the passion play just a tourist they do it because they made a vow to god to commemorate his goodness in this way when the plague the black

coronavirus today top officials including chancellor i'm going to medical and president frank walter steinmeier have gathered in berlin for the ceremony tens of thousands of people have had to say a premature goodbye to their loved ones those who died often did so alone with relatives kept away by coronavirus restrictions old age homes were especially hard hit by the pandemic a senior citizens and caregivers were unable to protect themselves even as vaccinations increase in germany today's events are meant to provide a moment to reflect on the 79914 people who have died since the pandemic hit the country. that is taking place at kaiser's kaiser wilhelm memorial church in berlin it's an ecumenical service with a limited guest list because of pandemic restrictions as was pointed out during the service such restrictions have meant that relatives of the sick are often unable to even hold their family members hands as they lay dying the service also pay tribute to doctors nurses and other health care staff for their efforts. and our political correspondent has brandt is in berlin city center outside

german president from delta steinmeier is in paris to meet french president emmanuel macro world they'll discuss european policy in the ongoing response to the covert 19 pandemic that is the french capital is president stan meyers 1st foreign trip since september reflects a close ties between the 2 countries countries. of course and russia has ordered organizations connected to jailed opposition leader alexina valley to freeze their operations the course is now considering banning mist in the valleys anticorruption foundation and its regional network as prosecutors accuse them of political extremism this is the latest state crackdown against the let's say in the valley as a force of political opposition of germany has condemned the code who've been declaring it unacceptable to use anti terror on those gates political opponents. we can go now to moscow where we joined d.w. correspondent aren't tilton welcome and what effect will these moves have. well basically if the anti-corruption foundation is found to be an extremist organization long term it would basically freeze all of their opera

america evan steen thanks for joining german president from folder steinmeier is set to make a rare appeal for national unity this easter weekend steinmeyer is asking germans to set aside a crisis of trust in the government there is growing frustration as corona virus infections rise despite months over strictures on daily life the authorities are also under fire over the slow pace of vaccinations the president says new thinking is what's needed. the pandemic has held up a mirror to our country reflecting our compulsion to lay down rules for everything our fear of taking risks the shunting back and forth of responsibility how can we change that and how can we make our institutions more resilient we will have to address that at the moment however we are in the midst of the 3rd wave and it would take all of our strength all of us together to overcome its. deadly chief political analyst melinda crane joins us now to put the german president's remarks into a bit of context for us hello to you melinda i'd like to go right to what he just said in that clip we played about germany facing itself i

steinmeier said by remaining united and caring for each other the pun demick will pass by. words of encouragement for a nation like so many others around the world that is grieving for all those lost to the coronavirus. so up to speed on some of the other stories making headlines around the world at this hour and already say it based 11 people were killed and nearly $100.00 injured when a passenger train derailed north of cairo 4 carriages ran off the railway in the city of been home the train was traveling to the knowledge delta city of one sort or from the egyptian capital. a wildfire on south africa's table mountain has forced students from the university of cape town to evacuate helicopter crews drop water bombs to try to quell the while far as winds rapidly spread flames across dr bush. more than $100.00 protesters gathered in front of the russian embassy in prague to express their anger over the kremlin's alleged involvement in an explosion at the munition depot and $24.00 team that killed 2 people the czech republic as expelling 18 russian diplomats after officials s

memorial service for those who died of covert 19 chancellor angela merkel and president frank walter steinmeier have attended a special church ceremony ahead of the main event another $67.00 people died on sunday bringing the death toll to just under $80000.00. police want to talk to 2 russians linked to a 2014 explosion at an ammunitions dept they are the same men accused of poisoning sergei script and this door to yulia in the u.k. in 28. there's also some ism at the nuclear talks in vienna with iran's deputy foreign minister saying a new agreement is being formed members of the troubled 2015 deal with the u.s. pulled out off in $28.00 meeting in the austrian capital. has been other nicer violence in occupied east jerusalem because of pandemic restrictions during the holy month of ramadan new rules forbidding muslim worshippers from gathering at one of the main gates in the old city sparked anger there's your headlines coming up next women making signs. we live in a world where the news is at our fingertips where we're one click more swipe away from the latest headlines but how often do we st

germany's president, frank—walter steinmeier, has warned of a crisis of trust in politics linked to theavirus pandemic. in a televised national address, he's urged political leaders to "get it together" in response to public frustration and feelings of powerlessness. saturday saw large—scale protests in germany. a spectacular parade has been taking place in cairo to transfer the mummified remains of 22 ancient egyptian royals to a new museum in the south of the city. 18 long—dead kings and four queens in golden caskets have been transported on custom—made vehicles designed to been transported on custom—made vehicles. now on bbc news, panorama goes undercover inside a lab analysing covid—19 tests, revealing a failing service with staff under pressure, equipment malfunctioning and tests wrongly discarded. my name is jacqui wakefield. i'm secretly filming inside one of the largest laboratories testing for coronavirus in the uk. it's made me really angry and there's been times on shift where i've really had to bite my tongue. my evidence reveals how some people could be getting the wrong re

german president from falter steinmeier is set to make a rare appeal to the nation this easter weekend amid growing frustration with the pandemic infections are once again surging in the country with more than 18000 new daily cases in a prerecorded address which will air on saturday evening steinmeyer will ask germans to overcome what he calls a crisis of trust in the government the pandemic has held up a mirror to our country reflecting our compulsion to lay down rules for everything our fear of taking risks the shunting back and forth of responsibility how can we change that and how can we make our institutions more resilient we will have to address that at the moment however we are in the midst of the 3rd wave and it will take all of our strength all of us together to overcome its. deadly the chief political analyst melinda crane joins us now to put to the german president's remarks into a bit of context for us hello to you i'd like to go right to what he just said in that clip we played about germany facing itself in a mirror reflecting on this compulsion to lay down rules for ever

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steinmeier said by remaining united and caring for each other the pandemic will pass by. words of encouragement for a nation like so many others around the world that is grieving for all those lost to the coronavirus. it's now catch up to speed on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today by the 900 protesters have gathered in front of the russian embassy and trying to express their anger over the kremlin's alleged involvement in an explosion at an ammunition depot in 2014 that killed 2 people the czech republic as expelling 18 russian diplomats after officials said they found clear evidence moscow operatives were involved. security forces in myanmar have dispersed hundreds of protesters in the southern city of daraa why meanwhile a newly formed shadow government has urged sell east asian leaders for a seat and crisis talks next week and to not recognize the military junta that seized power in a coup in february. the philippines is bracing for floods and landslides as super storm story guy just closer to its shores its peak wind is clocking more th

many is holding memorials for cavan 19 victims of the medical and the president frank walter steinmeier attended a special church ceremony ahead of the main event which just started a few moments ago another $67.00 people died on sunday bringing the death toll to just on day 80000 gemini's recorded more than 3000000 cases let's go to stephanie deca who is live in bend in i believe at that memorial give us a sense of how bad the cover situation is on the ground there well because of corona there's no access to the memorial but you probably do see the flags on the german parliament flying at half staff behind me it is it is a difficult situation germany is in the middle of a 3rd wave and there's been warnings throughout the weeks that it could be its worst yet and you have this memorial now taking place that we are expecting a minute of silence in. into the victims we are expecting president steinmeyer to speak as well and to highlight particularly things like how lonely a death it is when it comes to the coronavirus and also for the relatives left behind often not being able to say farew

and trust seems to be the big challenge for steinmeier the one he thinks germans are needing to face why is that. well one reason is the nature of his constitutional role the federal president does not make policy what he do does is service a kind of moral compass for both citizens and for political leaders and he reinforces norms like trust and in fact germans trust has been very much undermined by those mistakes that i've made in terms of the vaccine rollout in terms of testing strategy and corona restrictions and also the often contradictory course that has been taken by the political leaders who essentially seem to be passing off responsibility for how much to tighten restrictions or how much to open the economy and trust of course is crucial for fighting the pandemic trust in political leaders decision making but also trust for example in fact scenes otherwise people won't get vaccinated and that's clearly a source of concern to the president ok and you just said you know started by or said vaccination is the most important step for ending the pandemic and he even said that he h

meanwhile, in germany, president frank—walter steinmeier has given a televised address warning of a crisisemic. the president spoke during protests across germany about the government's handling of the crisis. these pictures are from stuttgart. 0ur correspondent damien mcguinness has more. so he had a couple of messages. 0ne message was to germany's political leaders, effectively bashing heads together and admitting that germany had made numerous mistakes when it comes to the vaccine roll—out, testing. but then his other message was to people themselves, to voters, and really tapping into this mood of frustration that we are seeing here in germany, and the mood is pretty poor, i think, among many people. when it comes to the pandemic, people have had enough after a year of various sorts of restrictions. but his message was quite a stark one, saying, "well, it's no good complaining about other people or about those in charge. it's for all of us to act together, really", that's what he said. and so it was quite a blunt message, saying, "we have to decide what we can do together," effectively

memorial for all those who died of covert 19 chancellor angela merkel and president frank walter steinmeier among those attending another 67 people died on bringing the death toll to just on day 80000 japanese recorded more than 3000000 cases of. czech police want to talk to 2 russians linked to a 2014 explosion at an ammunitions depo they are the same men accused of poisoning script in his door to the u.k. in 2018. there's all to me as i'm at the nuclear talks in vienna with iran's deputy foreign minister as saying a new agreement is being formed members of the troubled 2015 deal which the u.s. pulled out off in 2018 are missing in the austrian capital european and russian negotiators are also positive the u.s. state department is ordering all nonessential personnel out of its embassy in chad the warning follows reports of rebels making their way to the capital and jemima ok there's the headlines news continues here now to scare off inside stories stay with us. the end of an era after 6 decades of a castro's cuba gets a new leader will it bring change what about relations with the u.s. thi

germany's president frank—walter steinmeier has given a televised address warning of a crisis of trust the pandemic. protests have ta ken place across germany over the government's handling of the crisis. us rapper dmx is in a serious condition in hospital, following a heart attack. the father—of—is has publicly battled substance abuse for years. the hip—hop icon has collaborated with artists such as jay—z and jah rule. here in the uk, covid certificates look set to be trialled by the british government in plans to try to restart mass events and foreign travel. it's expected the pilots could start from mid—april. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley has been looking at the details. on monday, we will get a fairly major update from the prime minister about some of his plans for unlocking different parts of the economy. when it comes to international travel, there's going to be a traffic light system to allow people to go to certain countries. it will be green, amber, red. if you go to a green—listed country, when you return to the uk you won't have to quarantine or self—isolate. if

steinmeier said by remaining united and caring for each other the pandemic will pass by. words of encouragement for a nation like so many others around the world that is grieving for all those lost to the coronavirus. and would mean a studios operatives of correspondents hounds brunt. and there was definitely very emotional what where can we start how touching was it to hear from a family member of those who had lost loved ones well yes that was i think the point of the ceremony older the president obviously spoke a eulogy it was meant to be a service or a commemoration even for the victims and their families and they were from a very wide spectrum obviously that was the way that they were chosen also the way that they were picked there was a woman who lost her disabled young daughter took over at 19 there was the wife of a doctor who ran a hospital and in his own hospital presumably caught the virus and then died there was also the daughter of a turkish immigrant who made his family life here in germany and the daughter very young daughter of a man who is very young when

risks are brushed by the secret police so coming up on the show german president friends walter steinmeier called on germans to pull together as the nation weathers its 2nd easter under pandemic restrictions and on the same day as thousands of krona virus skeptics held a rally in stuttgart. plus the top 2 clubs in the bundesliga square off in the light city kind of violent even without their top scorer show why they're defending champions. welcome to the show jordan's former crown prince hum's i've been hussein has said he is under house arrest this in a videotaped statement that was passed to the b.b.c. the prince says his communications have been cut and that he was told this was because he took part in meetings where the king was criticized he accuses jordan's leaders of corruption and incompetence and there's anybody who criticizes them or risks are arrest the country's top general denied homes or had been arrested saying instead that he was asked to hold actions targeting the country's quote security and stability. and a reporter katie stevens is following that story for us to katie c

vaccinations thousands rallied against private 1000 measures and start gotten valin president frank also steinmeier says germany is enjoying a crisis of trust for confusing restrictions on the government's response to this pandemic. at least 5 more people have been killed in myanmar and the latest military crackdown against anti crew protesters gunshots were heard in a number of cities as demonstrators again took to the streets. and people too are demonstrating in several u.k. cities against a bill that would give police more powers to break up protests and ripley said time and noise limits on rallies activists say it's designed to suppress dissent and right now egypt is moving some of its royal mummies to a new home the remains of 22 ancient monarchs are being transferred to cairo's recently inaugurated national museum of egyptian civilization the so-called golden parade is just about to get underway with film stars don't says and sing is a scorching the royal mummies the multi-million dollar pharaohs procession is expected to help resurrect egypt struggling tourism industry. well those are the he

president says the health situation has led to a crisis of trust in government policies frank walter steinmeier on saturday conceded there were mistakes and urged germans to pull together even about i'm going to be given this your expectation for those in government is clear get it together let's all get together deacon patriots let's bring forth what we're made of we are not world champions in dealing with the pandemic but we're not a total failure either we are the republic of germany we doubt a lot but we're capable of a lot and it's capability not doubt that counts now of oil rigs or statements like that that you just heard from the german president signal to you that european leaders are learning from past mistakes at this point. well they do learn from past mistakes but we constantly find ourselves in a new situation because the pun demick doesn't follow a script what the situation is today is very different from last year and domestically the situation changes a lot germany is sort of slowly getting into an election campaign we will replace i'm going to macalester the chancellor who was

thousands rallied against cove in 1000 measures and start garson and fallon presents frank water steinmeier says germany's and during a crisis of trust a confusing restrictions on the government's response to the pandemic he urged people that a pull together even a vote on going to the given the security for those in government is clear get it together let's all get together de compatriots let's bring forth what we're made of we are not world champions in dealing with the pandemic but we're not a total failure either we are the republic of germany we doubt a lot but we're capable of a lot and it's capability not doubt that counts now of. when a coronavirus restrictions could soon be tightened in some of india's biggest cities if the number of cases there rise daily new infections are now at a 6 month high with a month long said reaching a peak of around $80000.00 on monday india's richest state accounted for more than half of those new infections with officials there warning that a lockdown may be necessary. lebanon has imposed a national lockdown until next tuesday to prevent a potential s

vaccinations thousands rallied against 1000 measures and struck caution in berlin president frank also steinmeier says germany's enjoying a crisis of trust for confusing restrictions and the government's response to this pandemic here people to pull together even about i'm going to be given this you're expect haitian for those in government is clear get it together let's all get together decomp atria let's bring forth water. we're not we'll champions in dealing with the pandemic but we're not a total failure either we have the republic of germany we doubt a lot but we capable of a lot and it's capability not doubt that counts now. well moving on now and at least 5 more people have been killed in myanmar. and the latest crackdown and protest is that the threats of violence and arrests have done little to deter demonstrators more than 2 months after that military 20. 0 a wounded man with a serious head injury is carried away from the barricades in money about 136 kilometers northwest of mandalay this was just one of the towns where protesters are reported to have been shot at by the security servic

president frank— walter steinmeier has said the nation needs to pay a dignified farewell to those who'vein the kaiser wilhelm memorial church in berlin. 12 football clubs from italy, spain and england have agreed to the formation of a midweek super league. the teams — including some of the biggest in club football have released plans that have been widely criticised by the game's governing bosses and former players. but the agreement could see the founding clubs receive an upfront grant of approximately $11.19 billion. this was the reaction from the british sports minister earlier. iam i am laser focused i am laserfocused on i am laser focused on what is best for fans and what is best for english football. i am not convinced that what has been announced... iam convinced that what has been announced... i am sceptical about it. i don't think it would create the opportunities of the level playing field we would like to see in football. it is a closed shop idea so i am sceptical at the moment but will martin lipton, the chief sports writer for the uk's sun newspaper joins me now. thank you f

in germany, president frank—walter steinmeier has just given a televised address warning of a crisisf the crisis — we can get more on this from our correspondent damien mcguinness, who's in berlin. great to have you with us, could you just explain the background to this, why exactly have they taken to the streets? , ~ why exactly have they taken to the streets? , ,, ., ., streets? yes, i think we have got two separate _ streets? yes, i think we have got two separate things _ streets? yes, i think we have got two separate things going - streets? yes, i think we have got two separate things going on, - streets? yes, i think we have got two separate things going on, on | streets? yes, i think we have got - two separate things going on, on the one hand, we have got the president giving this address, admitting that the state had made mistakes when it comes to the vaccine roll out and testing, and really tapping into the poor mood in the country. but really what he was talking about was what is happening in mainstream germany when it comes to dissatisfaction of not enough restrictions. bec

president frank— walter steinmeier has said the nation needs to pay a dignified farewell to those who'vengela merkel also attended the service held in the kaiser wilhelm memorial church in berlin. to coronavirus now and in brazil, a study has found six in ten households now face food shortages due to the pandemic. government hand—outs introduced last year have been reduced as public debt rises. deaths continue to soar in the country, as mark lowen reports from sao paulo. every day, the faces of despair multiply. the food lines in sao paulo's largest favela go on and on. with most here working in the grey economy, queues have more than tripled as covid takes lives and livelihoods of brazil's poorest. for luciana firmino and herfamily, this is their only meal of the day. she lost herjob in a manicure studio with the pandemic, and they're unable to pay the rent. translation: i've lost hope. we will have to live on the street or under a bridge soon. sometimes, i think i should give my children away to social services. it feels like a different country among the rich farmers and backers of th

steinmeier said by remaining united and caring for each other the pandemic will pass by. words of encouragement for a nation like so many others around the world that is grieving for all those lost to the coronavirus. and would mean a studios outputs of correspondents hounds brunt. and so i was definitely very emotional what where can we start how touching was it to hear from family members of those who had lost loved ones well yes that was i think the point of the ceremony older the president obviously spoke a eulogy it was meant to be a service or a commemoration even for the victims and their families and they were from a very wide spectrum obviously that was the way that they were chosen also the way that they were picked there was a woman who lost her disabled young daughter took over 19 there was the wife of a doctor who ran a hospital and in his own hospital presumably caught the virus and then died there was also the daughter of a turkish immigrant who made his family life here and in germany and the daughter very young daughter of a man who is very young when he

memorial events for those who died of covert 19 chancellor angela merkel and president frank volta steinmeier are among those attending another 67 people died on sunday bringing the death toll to just under 80000 germany recording more than 3000000 cases all up check police want to talk to 2 russians linked to a 2014 explosion at an ammunitions depo they say they are the same man accused of poisoning former spies script al and his daughter yulia in the u.k. in 2018. there's optimism at the nuclear talks in vienna with iran's deputy foreign minister saying a new agreement is being formed members of the 2015 deal which the u.s. pulled out of meeting in the austrian capital european and russian negotiated our will so something positive u.n. nuclear watchdog has confirmed iran though is now enriching uranium at 60 percent purity he was state department ordered all non-essential personnel out of its embassy in chad the warning follows reports of rebels making their way towards the capital and jimena people voting in elections dominated by the pandemic of course and its impact on the tourism depend

and german president a friend is making a rare appeal for national unity this easter weekend steinmeier is asking germans to set aside a crisis of trust in the government there is growing frustration as corona virus infections rise just like months of restrictions on daily life. $22.00 ancient royal mummies have paraded along the streets of egypt's capital cairo in an effort to draw global attention to the country's wealth of antiquities the lavish spectacle saw 18 former kings and queens transported from a museum to their new resting place 5 kilometers away. this is deja vu news coming to you from berlin you can follow us on twitter and facebook or you can visit our website at d.w. dot com. this week on world stories in russia the kremlin takes aim at tick tock and confronting racism in germany's catholic church but we begin in turkey where on kora has set a goal of vaccinating 60 percent of its population against coronavirus by autumn which means reaching the more remote parts of the country. almost 2000 meters high up in the mountains lies the village of alton that is in eastern turk

thanks for joining us i'm marian evans dame german president from walter steinmeier makes a rare appeal for national unity this easter weekend steinmeyer is asking germans to set aside a crisis of trust in the government there is growing frustration as corona virus infections rise despite months of restrictions on daily life the authorities are also under fire over the slow pace of vaccinations the president says new thinking is needed the funding the pandemic has held up a mirror to our country reflecting our compulsion to lay down rules for everything our fear of taking risks the shunting back and forth of responsibility how can we change that and how can we make our institutions more resilient we will have to address that at the moment however we are in the midst of the 3rd wave and it will take all of our strength all of us together to overcome it. to the chief political analyst melinda crane joins us now to put to the german president's remarks into a bit of context for us hello to you melinda i'd like to go right to what he just said in that clip we played about germany facing its

german president from vulture steinmeier is said to make a rare appeal to the nation this easter weekend amid growing frustration with the pandemic infections are once again surging in the country with more than 18000 new daily cases in pre-court of the dress which will air on saturday evening steinmeyer will ask germans to overcome what he calls a crisis of trust in the government. the pandemic has held up a mirror to our country reflecting our compulsion to lay down rules for everything our fear of taking risks the shunting back and forth of responsibility how can we change that and how can we make our institutions more resilient we will have to address that at the moment however we are in the midst of the 3rd wave and it will take all of our strength all of us together to overcome its. deadly the chief political analyst melinda crane joins us now to put the german president's remarks into a bit of context for us hello to you melinda i'd like to go right to what he just said in that clip we played about germany facing itself in a mirror reflecting on this compulsion to lay down rules f

memorial service for those who died of cope with 19 chancellor angela merkel and president frankel to steinmeier attending a special church ceremony ahead of the main event not the 67 people died on sunday bringing the death toll to just under 80000 germany has recorded more than 3000000 cases stephanie deca in berlin to take us through all of this i mean how bad is it now stephanie comparatively i'm thinking back to maybe let's say 9 months ago we actually germany managed to flatten the curve as they say and now just the complete opposite. yes and that's something that transfer angela merkel's who reminded those in parliament on friday she said we've done it before look what we did in the beginning when it comes to stricter lockdowns is something that she's been fighting for particularly because germany is now facing in the middle of a 3rd wave coming off 2 weeks and weeks of warnings of you know medical doctors and voices calling for scripted stricter lockdowns to try and control the spread of the virus the main variant now is the british version and they're saying that it's far more contagiou

thousands rallied against covert 1000 measures and stood guard and in berlin president frank walter steinmeier says germany is now and during a crisis of trust for confusing restrictions and the government's response to this pandemic he urged people to pull together you've evolved i'm going to begin this your expectation for those in government is clear get it together let's all get together decomp atriums let's bring forth what we're made of we are not world champions in dealing with the pandemic but we're not a total failure either we are the republic of germany we don't a lot but we're capable of a lot and it's capability not doubt that counts now. on our lebannon has imposed a national lockdown until next tuesday to prevent a potential surge in curve in 1000 cases during this easter holiday some essential shops will stay open and restaurants will still be allowed to provide delivery services the country has now reported more than 474000 cases and over 6000 deaths since the beginning of this pandemic and now coronavirus restrictions could soon be tightened in some of india's biggest cities