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german president from vulture steinmeyer has been holding talks here in berlin with his israeli opposite number reuven rivlin worldwide vaccine distribution tensions in the middle east and relations between germany and israel were all on the agenda. the duke of edinburgh britain's prince philip has been released from the hospital in london after a month long stay the husband of queen elizabeth the 2nd was treated for in faction and then had to have heart surgery prince philip is 99 years old. here in europe the czech republic is among the countries hardest hit by the pandemic the per capita infection rate is the highest in the world and the pace of vaccinations has been extremely slow d.w. reports from a telling where the virus has inflicted an especially heavy top. the streets of tons of are silent there are no children at the elementary school local shops are closed with new coronavirus variance raging across the chap public this is one of the country to worst affected regions. deputy mayor use the paracho tries to keep track of the numbers he says everyone here knows someone who died

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and one of the 1st clients that they saw behind me this morning had was german president frank steinmeyer so he clearly wanted to be a role model and show people that he was sticking to the rules because of course during those 2 and a half months of closure there were a lot of rumors that some people had sort of jumped the queue or there was even a black market in head dressing so professional football players with extremely well trained have for example and one other client came out if he just said this is genius so she felt extremely relieved but on a more serious note the government explained the opening of has holland's with the fact that it's specially important for old people it's a question of dignity and that many old people simply can't wash the hat by themselves and a. few other restrictions have also been lifted today tell us what the. you mentioned garden centers and flower shops but also some driving schools are opening and there are states here in germany where even schools are going back to almost normal and you have to keep in mind when you talk about restrictions or wheth

against coated 90 the couple were presented to the order of merit by a german president from further steinmeyer at a ceremony at the presidential residence palace it is one of the highest honors conferred by the state and the 1st prize to be awarded by the german president in person is here. in his speech prize signed into virtue for their farsightedness and called the development of the vaccine that is now being used around the world a great service to humanity. can the merc wish you recognize the possibility before it was apparent and develop the desperately needed vaccine with nothing less than the speed of light viewed the english. spoke gently we know of the weight this protection against infection indecent. you are bound by your groundbreaking discovery is saving lives in life the hoods. it's ensuring our social economic and cultural survival. that you didn't get in future time a person is vaccinated and we take a small step back towards normal life and towards the life we live and the people we love so did mention the really. of this i'm certain seldom has a scientific achievement of suc

german president phone call to steinmeyer has been holding talks in berlin with his israeli counterpart roven roselyn topic of discussion worldwide vaccine distribution tensions in the mideast and relations between germany and israel. the u.s. and japan have been discussing security in the asia pacific region as a statement warns against quote destabilizing behavior by china u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken has also condemned what he called brutal repression by me and maurice military. on families who have been holding funerals for dozens of people killed during recent protests and me and our security forces have killed more than 90 protesters in the last 2 days alone the military has imposed martial law in many areas to crackdown on dissent but many remain defiant. a funeral for 19 year old cutting your head one of the dozens of protesters killed in clashes since sunday. and in send district of yangon protesters are digging in residents here are frightened but defiant they want the military to know they are prepared to defend their neighborhood. and i think if they oppress us mo