to do some business so i think it was worth it for me to come to germany. got my license to work as a swimming instructor and i'm sure now our 2 children 100 adults just want us to just. what's your story take part cherish on info migrants dot. trench it's. a lot of fun she will extract a good outfits and glitter glitter glitter. out. there fighting against prejudice i don't hold cable like i did nothing and just getting up and for breaking news thanks. to your little stars on the great stage. starts may 17th w. e that worry you. this was bad. dream. team. love love. love. love love love love. love love love and respect. the but . this is the w. news life from back u.s. president joe barton is set to make his 1st speech to a joint session of congress is expected to unveil a sweeping $1.00 trillion dollars package for families and education a speech comes on the eve of biden's $100.00 state in the 1st. place. i mean a mama 12 into the process.

was corona germany or in the top group. was and significantly lower numbers and several different other states especially sweden are also u.k. also but we have a problem concerning the vaccine the challenge for european union is that we are able to develop excellent vaccine like buying tech works even from from germany but that we are not able to put to use it in high quantities not able to produce it and i point to these because we have kept in cities for a production of how much my ticket brought her it's not as not as for example and india or china or and even on us and we have to to face the challenge in europe that we have to come closer to a point where we ought to able to produce such things in our course we'll get to the vaccine that's certainly something that we're going to talk about but let's talk about the other 2 as a you've had your disposal because there's been a lot of confusion about the government's measures the delay of the rapid test rollout for example ahead of the easter holiday merkel she tried to ins

the queen is something special when she's in germany you have to be there. the british royal family is very popular in germany royal weddings are broadcast live on television and millions watch state visits republicans become royalists at least temporarily. people can project a lot onto the entire royal family because it is so present in the media but at the same time the royals personally want as little as possible to be known about them many people find the tradition the glamour the ceremony fascinating the castles the titles the carriages. but most germans don't want their own monarchy abolished in 1900. 2020 poll showed that 85 percent were opposed to having a monarch as head of state but germans are nonetheless very interested in the glitz and glamour of the royal hoess. prince philip's death also touched the hearts of many germans the newspapers around emotional front page coverage the day after he died chancellor angela merkel praised his integrity his dedication to duty and his friendship with germany. prince philip had a special connection to german

is germany ready for a green chancellor. there's a question is germany ready for an agreement i don't think so. i think the germans are known as being very anxious they don't like change otherwise they wouldn't have elected. 6 for 16 years and. 16 years i mean there's no other country in europe where this should continue i mean in italy and they change prime minister every 2 years every every 6 months in germany it stretches and does this very famous quote from the other now it's kind of experimental no it's experiments and i think this is going to know now it's the beginning of the campaign. you are calling on the german government you're calling a legitimate people to be more adventurous to be to be more experimental what is it you want to see specifically what i mean i think it would do this country a lot of good to have a new mixture of the government to have for example a coalition between the green and the conservatives or another or the greens which we in parts of germany they're all coalitions with those parties invo

member of the german bundestag and spokesperson for the conservatives parliamentary group as germany prepares to move on from merkel in what state does she leave her party and her country. you're going hard to welcome to conflict zone 10016 years of angela merkel and these days the c.d.u. has lost ground in the polls there's been a bitter fight for her succession in the party and corona virus is hitting the country hard issue leaving behind a mass i think we had should have had a tough debate on the question who might successor might be successor from the union as you do see as we would hear from for a chance to ship in germany. through 2 weeks ago we were good formed about that both chairman of the 2 parties matthew souter from c.s. who is. i mean i said from city who both want to run as katie did for a chance at ship and it took 9 days of discussion in different formats as a party and then the decision came out that i mean i set the cherubs to see the who and prime minister of most from this failure would be candidate i think 9 days is not too much to take such a important decision

is opposed to it germany is still pushing forward with it is there any compromise inside. you know i think we should also those including myself who wish to hope for a more middle or a fake style with hugo are to north stream to under the new by demonstration you know what we were like dissolution so i think we can't respond with a with the same arguments of the same stat and men are from this side of the land and now and with a new administration i want to be an enabler think we need to in this new start off the transatlantic relations what do i mean by that it has proved that congress congress especially is is still very much tough on russia and he clearly does not seem to pipeline project i think we should. have a at least temporary stop to finishing this pipeline it's the 2nd strain of a pipeline that has already existing although it's all almost finished but it is a dropsical still it is major obstacle it has not gone away so i wanted a window of up and tear it to start mineral talks negotiations with the guardian not to 20 americans and the europeans the neighbor eve

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 is holding memorial services today for the more than 80000 people who have died from cope with 19 with the country firmly in the grip of a 3rd wave that toll is mounting every day also coming out. britain's prince phillip is laid to rest close family and friends join queen elizabeth at windsor castle near london in a socially distance funeral service. and in the bundesliga buyer nick brush aside will spur a coach can see flick drops a bombshell announcing he wants to leave the club. unexpired sir welcome to the program. germany honors those lost to 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 refl

made in germany. on d w. a little guys this is the subject the 7 percent is the platform for this new t.v. shoes and sure i guess. we're not quite. the young people did we have the solutions good few jobs gnomes. the 2nd. the 7 percent now include on t.w. . about this issue when i arrived here i slept with 6 people in a room for the burn through my arm it was hard i was for. i even got white hair. and. the german language head nodding off this gets me a little push maybe 2 in trucks would say you want to do their story. hurrying up reliable information for margaret. this is g.w. news law from berlin the crushing impact of the pandemic on human rights activist international paints of the grim picture in its annual report to saying already vulnerable people have been the hardest hit while some governments accuse the coronavirus to stifle dissent. also coming up one of europe's worst hit countries has bounced back from a devastating surge of the coronavirus earlier this year we look at how portugal did it. and t

in germany where. rania fled syria 4 years ago and now lives in germany she works for the aid organization which is why she was given special permission by the german immigration authorities to return here just for a few days. time for another quick photo of her friends and donors back in germany. suddenly a man comes by on a moped the group knows him her newman was previously a refugee in germany too. how you know you well. know it was russia the honeymoon and bites his old friends back to his house. because he. fled syria to escape the islamic state group rather than the assad regime he and his family faced no problems when they return. now he works as a self-employed car mechanic. at that moment but. he and his wife and children are living here sharing with another family. they hope it's just a temporary solution. rania wants to know if shanti and his family need any help because she can't understand why they return voluntarily i think less are for me what made you leave germany and come back here w

well germany is not the 1st country to negotiate with russia bilaterally it wouldn't be also the 1st country in europe to to have this vaccine and use it but that it depends a sensually on whether it is approved by the may the european medicines agency does some of the german health minister stressed today in an interview that is the precondition if germany is going to enter into those negotiations and also stress that for that to happen russia has to provide complete data to the european agency in order for the european agency to evaluate whether the vaccine can be approved if that happens in germany were discussed all the details with russia other german health minister stressed that some of the key elements that it wants to discuss to discuss with russia is when and exactly how many dollars it could deliver to germany the german goal here as according to the german health minister is to have vaccines by russia so that's put the vaccines in the next 2 to 5 months but once again and i want to stress this the important element there is that it is 1st and foremost approved at the euro

rate of people that died was corona germany and the top group. was and significantly lower numbers and several different other states especially sweden are also u.k. also but we have a problem concerning the vaccine the challenge for european union is that we are able to develop excellent great scene like buying tech works even from from germany but that we are not able to put to use it in high quantities not able to produce it and i quantities because we have kept the cities for production of how much like you can products not as not as for example and india or china or even on us and we have to to face the challenge in europe that we have to come closer to a point where we also are able to produce such things in our course will get the vaccine that's certainly something that we're going to talk about but let's talk about the other tools they have had at your disposal because there's been a lot of confusion about the government's measures the delay of the rapid test rollout for example ahead of the easter holiday merkel she tried to institute a

germany's president. spoke of hope cheering the ceremony germany was able to keep rates of infection in the initial phase of the pandemic. measures and social distancing but numbers started to rise last autumn and now the country is battling a 3rd wave. 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 loss to the coronavirus. well let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. educational sarti say at least 11 people were killed and nearly $100.00 injured when a passenger train derailed north of cairo 4 carriages run off the railway in the city of. the train was traveling to the nadal to city of months or a from the egyptian capital. the united states has warned russia there will be consequences if jailed opposition leader alexei navalny dies and present these doctors say that after almost 3 weeks on hunger strike his life is hanging by a thread and vani say

is germany ready for a green chancellor. question is germany ready for a green. i don't think so. i think the germans are known as being very anxious they don't like change otherwise they wouldn't have elected american 6 for 16 years and. with colorful 16 years i mean there's no other country in europe where this continuing i mean you need to be in the change of prime minister every 2 years every every 6 months in germany strachey's and. this very famous quote from the other no it's kind of experimental no it's experiments and i think this is going to know now it's the beginning of the al qaeda. you are calling on the german government you are calling a legitimate people to be more adventurous to be to be more experimental what is it you want to see specifically what i mean i think it would do this country a lot of good to have a new mixture of the government to have for example a coalition between the green and the conservatives or another or the greens which we in parts of germany they're all coalitions with those parties involved where it's. very wedding exactly which is they r

they need help in the hospitals and this is what be in that in germany because we have a lot. even the situation in the hospitals was always under control and therefore it's might be a little bit more difficult to convince people in germany that we are not on the secure site but that we have to be and take attention on what happens and that we also have to take my chances of future and the debate is ongoing and the debate is maybe harder in germany than in other countries right because we have this federal system between the states and the federal level you're in a race to vaccinate the population as you've mentioned in germany ranks 15 however when it comes to e.u. countries that have administered at least one vaccine doses among adults adults according to the european centers for disease control is this really a number that a country like germany should be proud of is this the best that the government could do. we decided to take the european common european union solution because 'd we say we have not invited if we went seen all germans but people in countries around german

astra zeneca germany's chancellor says she's happy to take the vaccine and. to do that she also warns of a crisis in mozambique where more than half a 1000000 people have fled attacks by islamic militias our correspondent reports from an island where people are seeking shelter. welcome. some of hong kong's knows prominent pro-democracy campaigners have learned the price of standing up to china's increasing power accords handed down sentences on $10.00 protest leaders over mass demonstrations 2 years ago is spite of brutal crackdown remaining anti-government activists say they haven't given up hope was they've just been handed a sentence for participating in protests yet they are still calling for hong kong as freedoms was. media tycoon jimmy lie i was among those sent to jail for produce a painting in a future pro-democracy protests back in 29 taint. he received a sentence of 14 months. thinking that. it is not but there are many more times. more people would love to have it in seattle i don't know that until. 3050. 4 of those convicted were given suspended s

when she is in germany, you have to be there. the british royal family is very popular in germany. royal weddings are broadcast live on television and millions watch. during state visits, republicans become royalists, at least temporarily. >> people can project a lot onto the entire royal family because it is so present in the media, but at the same time, the royals personally want as little as possible to be known about them. many find the tradition, the glamour, the ceremony fascating. the castles, the titles. but most germans don't want their own monarchy, abolished along time ago, back, but germans are nonetheless very interested in the glitz and glamour of other royal houses around europe. >> it is a safe kind of excitement, to support foreign monarchies like this. you can easily get involved via the media. in the past, via print media and recently via digital media. it is very accessible. >> prince philip's death also touched the hearts of many germans. the newspapers run emotional coverage the day after he died. chancellor merkel praised his integrity, his dedication to duty

and values tradition pride and the friendship between england and germany. the queen is something special when she's in germany you have to be there. the british royal family is very popular in germany royal weddings are broadcast live on television and millions watch. visits republicans become royalists at least temporarily. people can project a lot onto the entire royal family because it is so present in the media but at the same time the royals personally want as little as possible to be known about them many people find the tradition the glamour the ceremony fascinating the castles the titles the cottages. but most germans don't want their abolished in 1900. 2020 poll showed that 85 percent were opposed to having a monarch as head of state. but germans are nonetheless very interested in the glitz and glamour of other royal hoses around europe. it's a safe kind of excitement to support for and monarchies like this you can easily get involved via the media in the past via print media and recently via digital media it's very accessible. prince philip's deat

we want the american troops out of germany and want germany to be a nuclear free country that is the overwhelming decision of the german public but they don't get a say and this has to and they has been so many protests in germany just to get this question off finally having germany free of nuclear warheads to the forefront of the public debate the government doesn't care at all and the you ask government doesn't care either they just want to use germany as the pawn in the geopolitical game of chess we saw the defense minister of germany they're quite excited saying it was wonderful news about this troop redeployment really what do you think the german government applauded joe biden's decision to send more troops what does it stand to gain. well nothing. they have no other option if she had sat anything against that troop deployment to germany she would be out of a job so that's the only reaction a german government official is allowed to have. well officially whereas some are nation but when will this foreign occupation force finally go home you know it's more than 70 years after th

germany discusses a title locked out a major rise in case numbers other e.u. countries have already taken those steps so some lawmakers are now calling for similar measures including curfews. that's your business update here on d w at this hour from me and then gene and berlin thanks for watching stay safe and see you so. since the outbreak of the civil war hundreds of thousands of syrian christians. who want to live there is one of the oldest religious communities in the world is on the verge of extinction. and christians around the world are interesting watching the development. courage in despair help for serious christian. what secrets lie behind these walls. discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. d w world heritage 360 get the map now. read a bit of. a growing number of christians from the middle east now live in germany columns kurt has been here for decades he was born in southeastern turkey. but in recent years many have come from syria where christianity is fast disappearing that's it it's not the 1st time

military presence here in germany will be expanded what kind of signal does that send to germany and to nato. oh this is this uncertainly will be seen as the. commitment to the transatlantic transatlantic relationship something biden has touted since he was actually running for president and this decision itself this commitment itself is a major shift from the trident trump administration who planned to actually scale bag troops from germany and was doing though potentially ask elating tensions with russia so the visit of lloyd also in which you just mentioned to germany is another another happening which also underlines this deep commitment towards nato and i think it's fair to say especially to germany as we mentioned earlier in the program that the u.s. president today proposed a summit with russian president vladimir putin what more can you tell us about that he needs. but president biden from day one on has been very critical of putin he just called him a killer some of all international audience the international view was my recall this conversation today was also a necessary s

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queen elizabeth and prince philip on a state visit to germany in 2015 their 5th official trip to germany together once again they were futuristically received some german travel to hundreds of kilometers for a glimpse of the royals. that's the most of my we just got to do it and i'm very glad we did. before they embody certain values tradition pride and the friendship between england and germany perhaps the queen is a special kind of personality when she's in germany you have to be there. the british royal family is very popular in germany royal weddings are broadcast live on german television and millions watch during state visits republicans can briefly become royalists. you can. project a lot on for the entire royal family because they are so present in the media but at the same time the royals personally want as little as possible to be known about them and of course many people find the tradition and the glamour fascinating the ceremonial aspect that castle's the titles the carriages. but most germans don't want that own monarchy abolished in 1918 back 2020 poll conducted by in prot

solar energy is expected to see significant growth in germany. by the time the last coal fired power station is switched off and 2038 there would have to be 5 times as many rooftop solar systems on parks as there are now to cover energy needs. solar energy would then account for a quarter of the country's power i would push. back to germany's biggest solar park project 10 years ago the operating companies with one of the biggest nuclear power pretty certain in the country. they still burn coal fired plants but that will soon be a thing of the past. 39 and. these new energy sources will have to fill the gap they've become a central pillar in our portfolio. 2012 we've seen growth in all new and renewable segments including wind both offshore and onshore as well as solar. these technologies will account for about half of our output by 2025 i knew. the solar panels just keep on coming day in and day as. talk so sustainable mobility tend to focus on the big cities in ways to reduce traffic congestion and pollution and of course make life better on you

isn't how the young leader has risen to the top post within germany's greens. she is the rising star of german politics and elena be about 40 years old leader of the german green party. the climate debate is served as a springboard for the greens triumph in recent years climate protection exit from kohl's renewable energy there are the topics that bear baucus fought for since the beginning of her career. on supply moving we are less than 30 years to really make a change to base our way of life our prosperity on climate neutrality that is the task of our generation. and was born in 1980 in northwestern germany and now lives in the east of the country near berlin she and her husband have 2 young children. their back has a degree in international law and spent several years abroad in the u.s. london in brussels she became politically active in the green party in 2008 focusing on foreign and security issues and she soon became a member of parliament 1st at regional level then in 2013 she entered the building to stock the german parliament at the age of only 32 she

in germany where. rania fled syria 4 years ago and now lives in germany she works for the aid organization which is why she was given special permission by the german immigration authorities to return here just for a few days. time for another quick photo for friends and donors back in germany. for. the ice and. suddenly a man comes by on a moped the group knows him or her newman was previously a refugee in germany to. how you know you well. know it was those who are shutting her noon and bites his old friends back to his house. because he. fled syria to escape the islamic state group rather than the assad regime he and his family faced no problems when they return. now he works as a self-employed car mechanic. that. he and his wife and children are living here sharing with another family. they hope it's just a temporary solution. rania wants to know if shanti and his family need any help the she can't understand why they return voluntarily i think less us and you know what made you leave germany and c

is germany ready for a green chancellor. question is germany ready for an agreement i don't think so. i think the germans are known as being very anxious they don't like change otherwise they wouldn't have elected. 6 for 16 years and. 16 years i mean there's no other country in europe where this continuing i mean you need to in the change of prime minister every 2 years or every every 6 months in germany stretches and this is very famous quote from the other no outside kind of experiment and no it's experiments and i think this is going to know now it's the beginning of the campaign. that you are calling on the german government you're calling a legitimate people to be more adventurous to be to be more experimental what is it you want to see specifically when i mean i think it would do these country a lot of good to have a new mixture of the government to have for example a coalition between the green and the conservatives or another or the greens which we already in in parts of germany their own coalitions with those polici

and germany's parliament passes a new lockdown goal to contain a 3rd wave of the pandemic the health minister says the situation is extremely serious. armor him how much welcome to the program rights groups say more than a 1000 protesters were detained by police in iran 50 cities across russia the demonstrators are calling for the release of jailed opposition leader alexei navalny as follows president vladimir putin's annual state of the nation address. a forceful message delivered on a grand stage at his annual state of the nation address russian president vladimir putin warned western powers not to meddle in moscow's affairs. we're just beginning you must we really don't want to burn any. ridges. but if some mistake our good intentions for indifference all weakness and intent are burned or even blow up those bridges themselves. russia's response will be even more forceful quick and tough. rules. in recent weeks russia has been building up its military presence on the ukrainian border and in crimea pouring fuel on a simmering territorial conflict between ukraine forces and russian b

germany reveals plans for talks with moscow to buy russia's sputnik job as long as it gets approval from the e.u. regulator. and emotional day in space history as a soyuz rocket carrying 2 russians on that american has now docked with the international space station this all happening just days before the 60th anniversary of human space travel. it is good to have you with us today welcome to your news on our q to national i rule research. and we saw the program in europe where governments are split on restricting the astra zeneca injection on thursday the european commission and warn that without a unified response public confidence in an occupation could falter so we hit the streets of paris for reaction. to deal with it's confusing yes because to say that the laws change from one country to another while the product is the same we wonder on which study they are based those who had complications were rather young so they said let's stop it for the young but not for the old well i mean it's weird their management of the thing is not clear. for me there is a risk since it has been shown t

germany is making progress on its vaccination out reason for optimism. i did hear the doctors and all the scientists know how to do it the way politicians are handling the crisis forget about it we're now entering the 3rd wave and what comes after that. everything is disorganized at the moment i don't see any consistency or stringency at all going from there and. it won't be over this year certainly not the. poor these billionaires getting the shot it's a big relief the coming weeks will determine whether the increased speed of rollout is enough to combat the country's start wave of infections. so thomas with more doctors pitching in and more vaccine on the way is germany finally starting to turn things around in its effort to conquer cope with 19. if you judge by the infection numbers i would say that is still very very difficult and very unclear if on the other hand you judge by the improvements in the vaccination rollout in particular related to those figures that we saw in our report then you can start to think that germany is improving very seriousl

germany reveals plans for talks with most go to buy sputnik v. as long as the job to prove by brussels. and in around 40 minutes we will be broadcasting live the launch of the soyuz rocket for the international space station just days before the 60th anniversary of human space travel we spoke exclusively to the head of the international astronautical federation. i personally saw the observing the traditions on the baikonur before their mission like planting a tree or leaving their signature on the door to their room many traditions live on for decades to celebrate during the current memory. very good morning to you it's just turned 10 am here in moscow and you're watching r t international with me and karen. now brussels has the e.u. member states to come up with a unified response to the use of the astra zeneca job well governments are split on whether and what was tricks and should be imposed the e.u. health commissioner stays confidence in the vaccine among the public could be filtering artie shaw has the story. concerns over a potential link

germany reveals plans for talks with moscow. as long as the job is approved by brussels. space history as a soyuz rocket carrying 2 russian cosmonauts and an american. but the space station just a few days before the 60th anniversary of human space travel. headlines live from moscow welcome to the program on r.t. international rule research. and we start in europe where governments are split on restricting the astra zeneca injection on thursday brussels warn that without a unified response public confidence could falter so we hit the streets of paris for reaction. it's confusing yes because to say that the laws change from one country to another while the product is the same we wonder on which study they are based those who had complications were rather young so they said let's stop it for the young but not for the old well i mean it's weird their management of the thing is not clear. for me there is a risk since it has been shown that there are people who have unfortunately died after getting vaccinated it is important to get out of this health crisis and therefore we ha

military presence in germany will be expanded. what kind of signal does that send to germany and to nato? >> oh, this decision certainly will be seen as a deep commitment to the transatlantic relationship, something biden has touted since he was running for president. this decision itself, this commitment itself is a major shift from the trump administration, who plans to scale back troops from germany. doing so, potentially escalating tensions with russia. this is another happening which also underlines this deep commitment towards nato, and i think it is fair to say, especially, to germany. brent: the u.s. president today proposed a summit with russian president vladimir putin. what more can you tell us about that? >> president biden from day one has been very critical of putin. he just called him a killer, as our international audience might recall. this was also a necessary step because of a commitment to the transatlantic relationship we were just talking about. president biden wants to avoid any military conflict in crimea,

when he fled iran he passed to bulgaria and romania and eventually arrived in germany. he knocked on the church door and pastor martens let him in the nose of. the big if i told a hungry person jesus loves you and then sent them away without giving them something to eat so if i saw someone whose life was in danger and didn't take action. it would if i did that i completely destroyed my own credibility. even in germany christian converts often live dangerously in the refugee shelters there are radical muslims who see converts as a past hate infidels and threaten the course this is what happened to alice a lot of afghanistan. i'm out of those i had a roommate at the refugee shelter who is a muslim. who started when he saw me wearing a cross. it was disrespectful to me and threatened to me that only make i reported it to the shelters managers and they warned him that the threats didn't stop of the . even trying to throw me out the window on the 5th floor and jump out point over the past 15 years well over a 1000 refugees have found sanctuary with pastor martens now they ma

at the end in pics it was making the switch from china to germany that gave me the chance germany expressed its gratitude to shine show now with the country's highest sporting distinction the silver laurel leaf and german table tennis also one of course that's why i'm not with 2 other i know naturalized germans and if it's the society we honestly would not have won a medal in rio and of course this means the funding for the judo association and grounds youth programs. for a lot of countries sports authority is changing nationality is evidently an investment in the future. while there are always 2 sides sure i have the option of living my dream and going to the olympics but there's no country in the world that would go to the trouble of issuing a passport in this case for a german. if it did not stand to gain. from hoping. for just a few months it was handed over to. government officials but the president of the congolese judo association since then she's been competing for the seat to move the school i was touched because everyone was saying it's impossible she's white neither of her parent

this is to give you news live from berlin germany's president tells people to pull together as the nation spends its 2nd easter under coronavirus restrictions we're not on them as well champions but we're not so not afraid. of the federal republic of germany we may often have our doubts but there's plenty we're capable know. and thousands of coronavirus skeptics rally in the german city of stuttgart so far the gathering of the so-called lateral thinker is movement has remained peaceful. and taiwan mourns victims of its worst real disaster in decades at least 51 people died when a train packed with holiday travelers slammed into a truck a construction manager allegedly responsible for the crash has been released on bail. 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 s

germany reveals plans for talks with moscow to buy russian sputnik the job as long as it gets approval from the e.u. regulator and. a soyuz rocket carrying 2 russians and an american has it docked with the international space station just days before the 60th anniversary of the 1st manned space flight. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r t international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. we start in europe where governments are split on whether to restrict the use of the astra zeneca coded jab on thursday the european commission warned that without a unified response public confidence in an occupation could falter we got reaction in paris. it's confusing yes because to say that the laws change from one country to another while the product is the same we wonder on which study they are based those who had complications were rather young so they said let's stop it for the young but not for the old well i mean it's weird their management of the thing is not clear. for me there is a risk since it has been shown that there are people who have un

freedom in germany where. rania fled syria 4 years ago and now lives in germany she works for the aid organization which is why she was given special permission by the german immigration authorities to return here just for a few days. time for another quick photo for friends and donors back in germany. and then. suddenly a man comes by on a moped the group knows him or her newman was previously a refugee in germany to. how you know you well. know it was russia the honeymoon invites his old friends back to his house. because he. fled syria to escape the islamic state group rather than the assad regime he and his family faced no problems when they return. now he works as a self-employed car mechanic. he and his wife and children are living here sharing with another family. they hope it's just a temporary solution. rania wants to know if shanti and his family need any help the she can't understand why they return voluntarily i think less are for me what made you leave germany and come back here when. i came back

the green light germany is more than happy to use it the announcement from yen spawn that germany as a country would be in negotiations to buy sputnik became shortly after market zada who's the leader of the state of bavaria said that the variac had agreed what he called a preliminary deal with russia to buy 2 and a half 1000000 doses of the sputnik vaccine we know we're doing to try to give sputnik is approved in europe then bavaria will receive additional vaccine doses i think it's 2500000 doses probably in july through this company that is operating in bavaria to then once again increase the additional capacity for vaccinations. well looking at the reception to the sputnik vaccine here in germany it's pretty positive hugo of polling shows 55 percent of germans say they'd be more than happy to take a sputnik job politicians and local leaders as well also on the side with getting the sputnik the vaccine into the arsenal that germany can use against the corona virus we vaccinate vaccinate vaccinate but what we need is the quantity and that's why the german government should finally s

that the emergence of germany are united, germany. was thanks to. president george hw bush brent scowcroft his second national security advisor and secretary of state james baker. that's fascinating diana. bakers one of his great skills was in his personal relationships that he used to great effect and notably foreign minister edward chevron nazi became very close to him. yes, and i remember in fact an incident of what horse tellchic good friend of mine. who was helm of kohl's national security advisor. we were talking i asked did it was there any point in when you thought this is all going to go off the rails and end very badly. and he recounted a day early in january 1990. he said cole got a phone call from garbage off. and he said it looks like i may lose the vote. in the central committee. there are a lot of hardliners who want to call out the russian troops and put down the demonstrations in light leipzig in in a brutal way. and shepherd nazi. meanwhile got on the phone with baker and baker then talked to bush and they coordinated with gorbache

but we begin in germany. while politicians continue discussing the 3rd lock down citizens are increasingly frustrated with the consequences of the pandemic. the bergdorf family in berlin a year after the corona virus pandemic began everyone is at home everyone is busy at their computer well almost everyone. leandra was struggling with his math homework the 14 year old spends up to 9 hours a day at his laptop 1st for his lessons then for homework sometimes lando has to force himself to keep up with his tasks. and look at how what kind of what you just get sad you don't have any energy you almost get a little depressed that's a heavy duty word depressed but it's true. you just don't feel like doing anything anymore and about and then it's. his mother paula also spends her days homeschooling she's a teacher and looks forward to the day when she can finally teach inside the school again 1000 back summations could make that happen let's have a guess then i got a message from my school yesterday that invitations fo