well german president frank valter steinmeyer will make a rare appeal to the nation this easter weekend amid growing frustration with the pandemic and factions are once again surging in the country with more than 18000 new daily cases in a prerecorded address set to air on saturday steinmeyer will ask germans to overcome 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. chief political analyst melinda crane will put these statements of the german president into context for us greetings belinda who is steinmeyer really addressing here german citizens who are politicians. well really he's addressing both his speech begins with an acknowledgement that yet another appeal to fortitude and patience i

frustration in germany over the government's handling of the covert 19 crisis president from falter steinmeyer makes a rare appeal for unity all the nations thanks he says will be needed to overcome the 3rd wave also on the show authorities on alert as a virus skeptics rally in the german city of such cards previous gatherings of the so called lateral thinkers movement ended in violence and taiwan laurens victims of its worst real disaster in decades at least 51 people died when a train packed with holiday travelers slammed into a truck prosecutors believe the negligence was to blame. 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 com

welcome to the program turned president frank halter steinmeyer is making a rare appeal for national unity this easter weekend steinmeyer is asking germans to pull together and 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 is urging people to remain positive despite all the setbacks. isn't enough some months ago after the 1st wave we were already complacently deeming ourselves a pandemic world champions and now it's the opposite we are practically vying to outdo one another in doom and gloom does everything really have to be a super little of in germany as good to put it now shouting in triumph now sun can despair we're not pandemic world champions but we're not an utter failure no we're the federal republic of germany we may often have our doubts but there's plenty we're capable of and it's our capabilities not our doubts which matter now having compass it. chief political correspondent linda cr

all right melinda you said just before it's clear that steinmeyer is addressing at least partly german politicians in this clip we just heard he's talking a lot of valid trust and also urging germans not just to focus on what's going wrong with the pandemic response what is his underlying message here and who is the target of that. well it's essentially targeted at both german citizens but also at german politics sensually saying look easter is a time for hope and there is every reason to be hopeful the vaccine roll out is now gathering speed many people will have the opportunity to be vaccinated but essentially he's saying for them to avail themselves of that opportunity they need to trust trust in the vaccines trust in the judgment of political leaders and therefore he's essentially melding these 2 hope. trust and it's crucial to know the german president doesn't set policy himself piece essentially the moral compass of the nation and that's why he's speaking to these overriding themes hope and trust he is chief political analyst melinda crane thank you so much. christians around the

well german president from vulture steinmeyer is set to make a rare appeal to the nation of this easter weekend amid growing frustration with the pandemic infections are once again surging in germany with more than 800000 new daily cases in a pre-court address which will air on saturday evening steinmeyer will ask the 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. 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 itself in a mirror reflecting on this compulsion to lay down rules for

german president frank valter steinmeyer has made a national unity change the country is experiencing a crisis of trust his comments came as thousands of coronavirus skeptics held a rally in stuttgart. the doors are finally open again on new york city's broadway the famous st james hosted the 1st performance in stages were shut down in march 2020 due to the pandemic the invite only event was the 1st of 10 that will play in theaters over the next and we. folk francis has led a scaled down easter vigil in rome he said he hopes the dark times of the pandemic will and people can rediscover quote the grace of everyday life the service began 2 hours earlier than usual so participants could get home before a 10 pm curfew security has been stepped up across sri lanka on the anniversary of the largest single terror attack in the country's history on easter sunday in 2900 suicide bombers targeted churches and hotels killing more than 260 people the islamic state group claimed responsibility but despite an investigation no one has ever stood trial for the attacks chilling surveillance footage sh

germany's president frank valter steinmeyer spoke of hope during the ceremony germany was able to keep rates of infection in the initial phase of the pandemic due to lockdown measures and social distancing. but numbers started to rise last autumn and know the country is battling the 3rd wave. 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

the coronavirus today top officials including chancellor angela merkel and president frank valter steinmeyer are gathering in berlin for the ceremonies 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 as 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 if the country. that if ya copes keeps memories of his mother in that 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 her who was also a victim of the pandemic. always gets hard with 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 family

also coming up on the show german president french vaulter steinmeyer calls on germans to pull together his plea for unity comes as the nation weathers its 2nd easter under pandemic restrictions and on the same day that thousands of coronavirus skeptics holzer out to ensure scotch. plus the top 2 clubs in the bundesliga square off in a light saying and to buy and even without their top scorer show why veras defending champions. hello in clay richardson welcome to the show we begin with some breaking news from the jordan former crown prince homs have been hussein has said he is under house arrest as in a videotaped statement that was passed on to the b.b.c. but 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 says anybody who criticizes them risks arrest the country's top general deny hamza had been arrested saying instead that he was asked to halt actions targeting the country's quote security and stability. the reporter katie steven

trust seems to be the big challenge for steinmeyer 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 you 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 by the often contradictory course that has been taken by the political leaders who are 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 stoudamire said vaccination is the most important step for ending the pandemic and he even said that he

germany's president frankfurter steinmeyer makes a rare appeal for unity in his he's certain dress he says all the nation's strength is needed to overcome 3rd wave of coping. it's. also in germany thousands of coronavirus skeptics rallied against lockdowns restrictions and supporters of the so-called lateral thinkers movement marched in the southern city of stuttgart. and we will leave you now with some what must be called exile and images of easter celebrations around europe. as. for the. warming. douglas well yes. the industry is controlling your thoughts the great books of the 20th century. present day hoaxes. created memories. during ignorance starts may 3rd. according to my fitness track i've already taken $2628.00 steps today and i got 7 hours of deep sleep that's about average this devise can even determine my mood seriously but is that really a good thing how healthy is self optimization autopsy today on shift. do it get enough exercise to eat the right food have i had enough water today am i relaxed enough according to a recent survey about 33 percent of the global population

all right melinda you said just before it's clear that steinmeyer is addressing at least partly german politicians in this clip we just heard he's talking a lot about trust and also urging germans not just to focus on what's going wrong with the pandemic response what is his underlying message here and who is the target of that. well it's essentially targeted at both german cities sense but also at german politics sensually saying look easter is a time for hope and there is every reason to be hopeful the vaccine will out is now gathering speed many people will have the opportunity to be vaccinated but essentially he's saying for them to avail themselves of that opportunity they need to trust trust in the vaccines trust in the judgment of political leaders and therefore he's essentially melding these 2 hope and trust and it's crucial to know the german president doesn't set policy himself piece essentially the moral compass of the nation and that's why he's speaking to these overriding themes hope and trust the chief political analyst melinda crane thank you so much. staying in germany

thousands rallied against private 1000 measures and struck got an invalid present frankel's of steinmeyer says germany is and during a crisis of trust with confusing restrictions on the government's response to the pandemic people to pull together. and feast 5 more people have been killed in myanmar and the latest military crackdown there against anti group protesters gunshots were heard in a number of cities as demonstrators again took to the streets and people are also demonstrating right now in several u.k. cities against a bill that would give police more powers to break up protests that would at least set time and noise limits on rallies activists say it's designed to suppress dissent and as you can see the anger is building. well those are the headlines i'll have more for you here to people in power. the democratic republic of the congo is the world's greatest producer of cobalt a metal and huge demand for batteries helping to combat climate change but there's also a method to give evidence that kobold mining is poisoning the environment with diet health consequences for those livin

germany's president frank gallagher steinmeyer spoke of hope during the ceremony germany was able to keep rates of infection in the initial phase of the pandemic due to lockdown measures and social distancing. but numbers started to rise last autumn and now the country is battling the 3rd wave. 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 ur

frustration in germany over the government's handling of the covert 19 crisis president from falter steinmeyer makes a rare appeal for unity of all the nations thanks he says will be needed to overcome the 3rd wave also on the show authorities on alert as a virus skeptics rally in the german city if such guards previous gatherings of the so called lateral thinkers movement and is in violence and taiwan mourns victim.

news a live from berlin german president frank valter steinmeyer calls on germans to pull together his plea for unity comes as the nation a whether it's 2nd easter under pandemic restrictions and on the same day that thousands of coronavirus skeptics hold a rally and show scotched also coming up on the show egypt's capital cairo puts on a parade fit for a king to transport them a 5 remains of 22 ancient egyptian meters to their new resting place. plus the.

germany's president transferred to steinmeyer travel to paris to meet with french president a man will not call the tune it is a set to discuss european policy and the ongoing response to the covert 910 demick this visit to the french consulate was stunned last 1st 4 trips since september last year it reflects the close ties between germany and france. iran has sent its a british a rainy an aid worker to another year in prison as an iraq raf ratcliffe has already served a 5 year prison term the high profile case has prompted international condemnation of iran british prime minister birds johnson immediately condemned the new sentence and said he was working very hard to secure her release. caught in russia ordered organizations connected to jailed opposition leader let's say in a valley to freeze their operations the court is now considering banning the valley's anticorruption foundation and its regional network prosecutors accuse them of political extremism it's the latest official crackdown against the vote as a force of political opposition germany has condemned the court's ruling s

also coming up on the show german president french also steinmeyer calls on germans to pull together his plea for unity comes as the nation whether it's 2nd under a pandemic restrictions and on the same.

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 farewell not being able to to bury them so this is a reminder at a time when the political bickering here goes on when it comes to exactly how best to deal with it how best to knock down the 60 different states will in charge of their own health policies is something that chancellor i'm going to merkel has been fighting for what has been getting a lot of resistance so she's also been reminding politicians in parliament on friday that they've done it before they did it during the 1st wave and why are they not doing it again and missed warning that if there isn't a proper lockdown across this country that the numbers will continue to rise so. stephanie what is the latest in terms of the vaccination drive in germany because it's been very stop stop there hasn't. it has on of the main reasons for that is a delay from what we're told of the delivery of va

news a live from berlin german president french vaulter steinmeyer calls on germans to pull together his plea for unity comes as the nation aware there is its 2nd easter under pandemic restrictions and on the same day that thousands of coronavirus skeptics hold a rally in shock scotched also coming up on the show egypt's capital cairo puts on a parade fit for a king to transport to mummify the remains of 22 ancient egyptian meters to their new resting place. plus the top 2 clubs in the bundesliga square all in a light sick and tired even without their tops or show why they are defending champions. so i'm clear richardson a very warm welcome to the show we begin with some breaking news a from a jordan former crown prince homs have been hussein has said he is under house arrest this in a videotaped statement that was passed on to the b.b.c. the prince says his communications have been cut and that he was told of this was because he took part in meetings where the king was criticized he accuses the country's leaders of corruption and incompetence and says anybody who criticizes them ris

president frank falter sean maher is making a rare appeal for national unity this easter weekend steinmeyer is asking germans to pull together and 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 if they already are also under fire over the slow pace of vaccinations the president is urging people to remain positive despite the setbacks. isn't enough some months ago after the 1st wave we were already complacently deeming ourselves a pandemic world champions and now it's the opposite we are practically vying to outdo one another in doom and gloom does everything really have to be a super little of in germany as good to put it now shouting in triumph now sun can despair we're not pandemic world champions but we're not a not a failure no we're the federal republic of germany we may often have our doubts but there's plenty we're capable of and it's our capabilities not our doubts which matter now compass in. chief political correspondent linda crane joins me now to put the german president's re

germany's president frank voter steinmeyer spoke of hope during the ceremony germany was able to keep rates of infection in the initial phase of the pandemic due to lockdown measures and social distancing but numbers started to rise last autumn another country is battling the 3rd wave. meyer 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. south africa a massive wildfire broke out on sunday morning in cape town it started in the table mountain national park and quickly spread the bushfire began on the slopes of a landmark tourist attraction for students from the university of cape town to evacuated after numerous buildings on campus were claims a famous restaurant and south africa's oldest windmill built and $1796.00 were also burned to the ground helicopter crews dropped water bombs in an effort to quell the blaze as winds rapidly spread. it over your correspondent is in cape town and has the latest on this developing story on

germany's president frank gallagher steinmeyer spoke of hope during the ceremony germany was able to keep rates of infection in the initial phase of the pandemic due to lockdown measures and social distancing. but numbers started to rise last autumn and now the country is battling the 3rd wave. 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

memorial events for those who died during the pandemic chancellor angela merkel president frankel to steinmeyer are among those attending not the 67 people died on sunday bringing the death toll to just under 80000 germany's recorded more than 3000000 cases. on to other news check police want to talk to 2 russians linked to a 2014 explosion at an ammunitions depor they are the same man accused of poisoning circus cripple and his daughter yulia in the u.k. in 2018 is optimism in the nuclear talks in vienna with iran's deputy foreign minister saying a new agreement is being formed members of the troubled 2015 deal which the u.s. pulled out of our meeting in the austrian capital. that how different it seems a new understanding is in the offing all sides have a commonality in their final objective the path the tree have to pave is now clear up as we have said many times to end interested in protected negotiations but talks are needed to shed light on all discussions in naturally talks will continue we think talks are now at a point where all sides concede and begin trotting a joint don't command it

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 for everything a fear of taking risks shunting back and forth from responsibility what is the president driving at. well he's essentially driving at what is perceived by many people here in germany as a

i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us german president from vulture steinmeyer 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 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 all of us together to overcome it. deadly achieve 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 for everything a fear of taking risks shunting back and forth from responsibility what is t

welcome to the program german president frank falter steinmeyer is making a rare appeal for national unity this easter weekend steinmeyer is asking germans to pull together and 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 president is urging people to remain positive despite the setbacks isn't enough some months ago after the 1st wave we were already complacently teaming ourselves pandemic world champion. and now it's the opposite we are practically vying to outdo one another in doom and gloom does everything really have to be a super little of in germany as good to put it now shouting in triumph now sun can despair we're not pandemic world champions but we're not an utter failure no we're the federal republic of germany we may often have our doubts but there's plenty we're capable of and it's our capabilities not our doubts which matter now having compass its. chief political correspondent linda crane joins

pandemic hits the country they're coming rates of service was led by german president from call to steinmeyer in central belin. it was he said he chance to see good bye and dignity to do so lost a covert 19 many of whom died in law and without their families because of under. president stein my office joined by chance lying going to medical and other political leaders honored by family members of some of those who died from the co in a virus back to fellow germans to continue to do all they can to keep themselves healthy and to keep others healthy by following under make restrictions in his eulogy president stand my ass folk off the loss of the victims of the sound. today we're focusing not on numbers and statistics but on the people that we've lost women and men from all regions of our country the very elderly but also people of all ages and you know we call to mind their names faces and stories. and for all of their differences and the different ways in which they lived feeling they're all missed by their families and friends by their neighbors and their colleagues by our society. because t

and germany's president frank valter steinmeyer makes a weird appeal for national unity as frustration grows over the country's covert 1000 crisis. a warm welcome to our viewers around the world michael we start in taiwan where a court has allowed a release on bail for the construction manager allegedly responsible for friday's deadly train crash at least 51 people were killed and more than $140.00 injured when a train smashed into a construction truck that had slid onto the tracks it happened at the start of taiwan's 4 day too sweeping holiday when families often returned to their hometowns . the start of a long recovery process cranes have now cleared to rig carriages from friday's crash site but it will take about a week to clear 6 others still mangled inside the tunnel where rescuers expect to find more bodies. the front 1st carriage had the most serious injuries and greatest number of deaths. the carriage was open and bodies was piled on top of each other. as the train was packed with nearly 500 people many of whom were crammed into the aisles without a seat just as it entered a t