also coming up the battle to succeed angela merkel it's tough to mend declare bids to leave the conservatives in germany selection and in the going to say don't mind snatch a late winner to secure a 3 functional coins in their relegation battle against cologne. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program. india has recorded a new surge in coded 19 inspections daily cases have topped 168000 pushing india past brazil to become the world's 2nd worst hit country authorities are hoping to curb the spread by imposing new restrictions and trying to persuade more people to get vaccinated but many states are also complaining of a vaccine shortage. an indian festival unlike any other. the cause for celebration is quite different. this medical college is taking part in a so-called vaccination festival a 4 day program to accelerate the national roll out. i'm visiting all the vaccination centers in my area and congratulating the people being vaccinated and the health workers including doctors nurses paramedics and everyone involved in the vaccination drive we are doing this to encourage vaccination but what i

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 and looking to zip code in a situation we have heard and learned yesterday from the meeting from the prime minister's visit chancellor that we make huge steps forward concerning that c. na

now to germany way and initially slow the vaccine rollout is picking up pace chancellor angela merkel has raised the hope that by june anyone who wants to make an appointment will for a jab will be able to do so her comments came after me in the 16th state previous to discuss the vaccination drive. chancellor angela merkel dubbed it a meeting of hope the situation in germany remain serious with daily 1000 cases still alarmingly high and the number of coronavirus patients in intensive care still growing but the vaccination drive is picking up speed so much so that germany may soon be able to offer vaccines to everyone not only those at high risk. on the whole we expect the people in the high priority group will be vaccinated by the end of may. that means that depending on how many vaccine doses we get we can abandon the priority list as of june at the latest. this is not mean that everyone can be vaccinated immediately but that everyone can make an appointment. after a slow start during the 1st few months of the year now around 23 percent of germany's population has received the 1st do

an adjutant ranjan from data environment to parliament samy german chancellor angela merkel expected to speak shortly as i just mentioned she's asked several times for greater international cooperation when it comes to the fight against climate change what's the message likely to be today. i think she's going to reiterate that message rebecca we know that the german chancellor has been front and center in pushing for more action over the last few months on the e.u. level as well and we know that the e.u. has now reached the highest target for cutting emissions or more ambitious one even then the u.s. has said and as we're waiting for her to speak we understand that she will also be speaking about how she welcomes the commitment from the u.s. that the u.s. is back as a partner on this global stage to battle of the climate crisis and i think she'll also be looking for encouraging other countries like china but also we know that you know russian president vladimir putin is taking part we know that the turkish president has taken part so countries that that have not been traditional lead

also coming up the battle to succeed angela merkel heats up 2 men put themselves forward to become the center right candidate for chancellor in germany's election in september and 60 years ago today it was an event that changed the world soviet cause not europe gogarty and became the 1st human in space we asked how russians today feel about there's a chinese met. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program. india has recorded a new surge in covert 19 infections daily cases have topped 168000 pushing india past brazil to become the world's 2nd worst hit country authorities are hoping to curb the spread by imposing new restrictions and trying to persuade more people to get vaccinated but many states are complaining of a vaccine shortage fears are also growing that many are failing to observe rules on social distancing. the banks of the sacred river ganges bringing despite india's soaring infection rates millions are expected to attend the ku mayla festival here go over 1000 tests are required to enter the area but other precautions are ignored. elections and political rallies are also going a

you're going hard to welcome to conflict zone you know 16 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 coronaviruses hitting the country hard issue leaving behind a mass i think we have. a tough debate on the question right successor might be successor. as you do see from 4 chances. ship in germany. 2 weeks ago we are going from the boat that both chairman of the 2 party city says will mark a pseudo from season 2 and i mean i said from city to both want to run as candidate for chance at ship and it took 9 days of discussion in different formats as a party and then the decision came out that i made it i said to chair osa c.v. and prime minister of most investigating i would be candidate i think 9 days it's not too much to take such a important decision and look it was a code that situation we have heard and learned yesterday from the meeting from the private this is specific and so that we make huge steps forward concerning that situation we are now about 25 percent of corporation and i want to

his head of germany's most populous state north rhine-westphalia and leads angela merkel's conservative party. with this up. and invites why i think we need a bridge lock down we have to build the bridge to the point in time where a lot of people are vaccinated. i know that a lot of people are tired of the pandemic. but also that a lot are ready to go a step further and then i may or june to enter a new phase. in a large majority of citizens are willing to take this step so that we have a better outlook and more planning security. reasons it meets. the bridge to a breakthrough success in testing means we need to double down on a lot of areas and move towards a lockdown. let's get more chief international editor richard welcome richard what do you make of that score. this is definitely increasing fill the likelihood of a tough a lot down coming at this you say it's just silly he's not the only voice clearly for this but he is a very important voice so he is the leader of that important states in north rhine-westphalia and the the main thing is he's also the leader of uncle a medical's ow

german chancellor angela merkel faces questions today over one of the country's biggest ever business scandals why are card was an investor darling that's cooked its books lawmakers want to know why the chancellor continued to promote the company abroad despite allegations of that wrongdoing. in the show will go to spain's coast adult . where there's cautious optimism that the good times could soon pick up again. welcome to the show there's a in berlin german chancellor angela merkel is set to appear before a parliamentary committee later today to face questions about what her government knew in the lead up to the collapse of payment company wire card the fin tech giant's downfall came after the merge that it had fabricated assets worth 1900000000 euros the accounting irregularities were widely reported by the financial times and initially vehemently denied by germany's financial regulator bof an american who advocated for wire cards in a state visit to china and 29000 is expected to deny any knowledge of the company's fraudulent practices. florian told carr joins me now he's followed

so that's the one power struggle the other one is about who leads angela merkel's parent party into the national elections coming up this september and america has said that after 16 years in power she's not going to stand again army lashes the new leader of a party with this cd you have been plunging in the polls amid the you know the slow pace of the vaccination campaign corruption scandals and many other things and he has a more popular lytle emerging into the line like marco suitor who is the leader in the state at the varia so all of these politics all of these power struggles going on at the same time is this relentless the way he's moving up maybe it's it's no wonder that germany is in such a muddle elliptically over what to do but what's interesting is that the public don't seem to be in such a muddle so and this was referred to as well that a majority of the public do seem open to taking a tougher line they see those numbers they see those people in intensive care so the public seems to support this is partly that the politics has to catch up with that. and here's a look at

michael: merkel making her case there. will we see german lawmakers finally taking the steps that public health officials and doctors are pleading for? >> i think this legislation is going to go through in the end. there's a focus on imposing tough and unusual things such as nighttime curfews here. that is something that's got a lot of people up in arms. it is already happening, indeed, from saturday night, for instance, first nighttime curfew since the second world war being imposed on the city of cologne. medical experts say it is needed because many say we are in the middle of a third wave already. i expect the talking will go on and probably not until the end of next week will this legislation be passed off, and there may even beat court challenges to it after that, but a lot of people say this is the kind of thing needed to get a grip on the situation in germany. michael: we should mention we have seen numerous of hope this week. will this be enough to break the third wave? simon: that's the big question. i think a lo

it's anger merkel is accused of attacking german democracy she pleads with parliament to grant her more powers to fight the country's worsening pandemic and twitter founder the investigative journalist group project director that after its latest expose a in which a c.n.n. executive let slip the channel's coverage is biased in favor of the black lives matter movement and words can kill the boys were gay it is now officially part of british army but one regiment has been told so using the use of language to avoid courses and. hello there you're watching r t international this friday afternoon just gone 2 o'clock here in the russian capital now the russian foreign ministry says the u.s. does bear full responsibility for the deterioration in relations but after washington impose new sanctions against moscow russia says it has no choice but to retaliate. but they're against you there but such aggressive behavior will undoubtedly meet fam resistance a response to the sanctions will be inevitable washington has to understand that there will be a price for the degradation of bilateral relation

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 a union from for chance a ship in germany. 2 weeks ago we were going from to vote that both chairman of the 2 parties seated and sees will mark a pseudo from c. as who and 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 chair osa c.v. would present itself most of us failure would be candidate i think 9 days it's not too much to take such a important decision and looking to zip code in a situation we have heard learnt yesterday from the meeting from the prime minister's visit to answer that we make huge steps forward concerning that situation we are

after 16 years, angela merkel will not be running again. now, her party and its bavarian sister party are trying to choose between two candidates. the man preferred by the powerbrokers and the man preferred by the people. >> the race to be the next conservative candidate to run for german chancellor is turning into an old-fashioned power struggle. the two men agreed the decision should come soon. less than a day later, battle lines seem to have been drawn. on monday morning, armin laschet, the recently elected cdu leader held meetings with his party's executive and, not really a surprise, they backed him to be the candidate. the man himself sounded impatient to get out on the campaign trail. >> [speaking german] translator: all the facts are on the table. the problems we need to solve are so big that we should no longer be preoccupied with our internal party issues, but rather with the major tasks that lie ahead for germany, today, tomorrow, this week, and in the coming months. >> by monday afternoon, markus soder, head of the csu, had the

angela merkel is accused of attacking german democracy with a parliament to grant her more powers to fight the country's worsening pandemic also to come. now is the time to deescalate. washington sends a mixed message to russia as joe biden calls for a stable relationship while imposing more sanctions. and washington has to understand that there will be a price for the degradation of bilateral relations and it is the u.s. that is entirely responsible for what is happening on twitter bans the founder of investigative journalist group project very task that after its latest expose i am with c.n.n. executive let slip through the channels coverage is biased in favor of the black lives matter movement and words can kill a pound leader one brigade is now officially part of the british army where one regiment has been told to use inclusive language to avoid causing offense. by good afternoon just gone 3 o'clock here in moscow you're watching r.t. international now the russian foreign ministry says the u.s. bears full responsibility for the deterioration in relations after washington impose

and a show of confidence angela merkel gets her 1st job at 19 shots and receives astra zeneca germany's chancellor says she's happy to take the vaccine and others to do the same also warns of a crisis in mozambique where more than half a 1000000 people have fled attacks by islamic militias our correspondent reports from people who are seeking shelter. viewers on p.b.s. in the u.s. and to all of you around the world it's good to have you with us. 10 of hong kong's most prominent democracy campaigners have been sentenced for taking part in anti-government protest media tycoon jimmy law i will serve 14 months in prison for unauthorized assembly 82 year old martin lee known as hong kong's father of democracy got an 11 month suspended sentence almost 1700000 people took part in pro-democracy marches 2 years ago. correspondent phoebe kong describes what happened as the activists were sentenced for happiness thing in the court room 3rd the day to observe the sentencing and right after they announced the sentences on the hall 10 defendants the cochran house burst into a kind of i loud chants of

spokespeople for the german chancellor of said uncle merkel supports that. this is any call for sure if uniform lockdown is rate a joint uniform federal approach would also be important here the variety of fruits adopted does not contribute to security and acceptance as the moment it. well what was initially suggested by mr lasher is a universal lockdown across germany for a short period of time and then the heavy use of testing and tracking apps to try and open things up as much as possible now it's being backed by the other man who may well run to be the next chancellor of germany for the concert of union the leader of the state of bavaria marcuse he thinks this is a good idea to go into this short lockdown this bridging lockdown mr zohar in an interview also threw his support behind embattled german health minister again spawn is calling for a lot of flak lately mr zona saying he thought spawn was still the man for the job but when it comes to this national lockdown a new national lockdown in germany not everybody is on board. does governor lash it want t

most pressing challenges facing his white house and the world also coming up german chancellor angela merkel presses china on human rights and expresses concern over beijing's treatment of muslim minorities and democracy activists plus talks over a divided on you and international negotiators struggling to reach consensus over the future of cyprus. it's good to have you with us the coronavirus pandemic is showing no mercy for india today the 1000 death toll in india surpassed the 200000 mark the country continues to report record high numbers of new infections medical aid has from abroad has begun arriving as hospitals struggle to cope with. shortages of staff in supplies including oxygen the healthcare system is so overwhelmed that many patients are simply being turned away. a covert 19 ward in a hospital in delhi this hospital like so many full to overflowing medical staff stretched to the limit some falling ill with the disease themselves one reality in india's coronavirus emergency and here's another woman receives oxygen outside a sikh temple. she's not alone there's no room for these p

merkel street. sweep. this is g.w. news a live from berlin and a call for a harder of longer approach a virus lock down in germany that of germany's conservative c.d.u. party and its possible chancellor candidate says tougher restrictions would slow the 3rd wave of the pandemic and work as a bridge until more people are vaccinated also coming up on the show the minneapolis police chief testifies that former officer derrick chauvinism broke police rules and acted against the department's ethics when he pressed his need on the torch oid connect for 9 to. 10 to mozambique's army retains control of this video attacked by jihadist rebels last month with much oklahoma in ruins thousands of displaced people are in desperate need of food and shelter. hello i'm richard said welcome to the show and despite having spent almost half a year in some form of lockdown germany may be headed for longer tougher coronavirus restrictions infections are high across the country and the vaccination rollout still sluggish in response to the cr

german chancellor angela merkel has called for dialogue with china on human rights to resume as soon as possible it comes off the virtual talks with chinese premier. merkel said the relationship between their countries meant protests that we can address difficult issues and put everything on the table is lacky the consultations will last with china as chancellor. u.k. prime minister boris johnson has denied any wrongdoing in connection with the renovation off his downing street flats electoral commission has gone to an investigation into how he paid for it which costs about $60000.00 euros it says there are reasonable grounds to suspect that an offense has occurred. this is d w news from berlin you can find much more news on our website at www dot com. almost 100 days ago joe biden moved into the white house since then the president has become known as the man with a plan 3 plans from fighting covert 19 to rebuilding infrastructure to shoring up american families all domestic and all costly with a combined price tag of $6.00 trillion dollars but this is not america 1st by any means p

you'd want to deliver and even more controversial and i'd like to move to international relations now merkel continues to back putin's north stream to pipeline despite fresh calls from the european parliament the us and beyond to pull the project over security concerns why is merkel still holding on to north stream 2 when it's a stain on alliances and it puts fresh cash into putin's pockets concerning the no spin to approaching meeting germans to have met never had the chance to corvids partners in europe and us that this pro to protect is not timing security interests of europe 'd because one of our former chancellor scatcherd us especially involved in that project and therefore i can understand that nobody trusts in a neutral and neutral assessment of that by the german government but i can tell you stopping that project no would be a favor for those who invested in that project my convention at the current conviction that said this project is economically a failure i think she would too what do you mean by that project mr what do you mean stopping the project because i mean there's suppor

didn't merkel miss her window to take decisive action is she in a trap of her own making we took russian gas also in the seventy's that said times of it union gas in the seventy's spent on the cold war and we learnt that i could not make relations or to soviet union at that time no to russia not not a risk for security but also a chance to make. it dependency of russia on european politics and maybe to influence for what happened in this country in the long term situation i i think that we have to discuss about independence of union energy security. that's the proposal of us we should take more gas we know ukraine instead of north claim this doesn't change the fact that it's russian gas that is that this is gus that comes that comes from states with companies in russia and the independence of one source like russia for gas it would not be changed if we decide to not take it that it was grossly to part with the ukraine there are few the arguments of the other side also very weak let's let's switch gears just briefly and talk and talk about china are you concerned that germany is falling a

your mind a 2nd time and go back to your original stance all berlin correspondent probes chancellor merkel's embarrassing double backtrack as she now supports a national german locked down yet again. biological scientists concerned with a surge in covert 900 feet tell us he's in brazil say the death rates may soon break the record january wave in the u.s. we hear from a professor who sounded the alarm. if we don't do anything we could be in the middle of a historical tragedy probably the. largest humanitarian tragedy of the 21st century . a warning is issued over alleged sexual assault of a child migrants a solidity in texas the governor is urging president biden to shut the site labeling it as a health and safety nightmare. very warm welcomes my team here in moscow you're watching r.t. international with me thank you aaron. benefits quote outweigh the risks of side effects europe's medical regulator has stood by britain's asters. vaccine while noting blood clots should be listed as rare side effects the regulator has received more than 200 reports of blood clots in those getting the shots a

europe where the german chancellor has been accused of undermining the country's democracy and the merkel pleaded with lawmakers to grant the federal government powers to impose regional curfews and lockdowns without the consent of local authorities merkel was heckled during a heated debate in parliament. we're slamming on the brakes nationwide i'm convinced a nationwide imagine see stop is overdue and urgently needed a lauren measures have a single goal to lead our country ad of this terrible phase of managing infections care he said not when you know when sion but they are part of the infection protection or that is currently in place. i ask you de colleagues whatever a personal opinions may be don't you think that we should take them into account in the way we're debating this here ultimately what i'm going to merkel wants is changes to the infection protection act that would allow her to not just to say this is what we should be doing but to be able to say this is what is going to happen the way it works here in germany with their federal system is all those things can be decided from

political correspondent simon young joins us now simon i imagine chancellor merkel receiving an asteroid might be a much needed shot in the arm for germany's vaccination drive. well indeed issues of things moving forward but probably you could say it also shows how slowly them moving forward as you say i'm going to medical 66 years of age she's only just become eligible now to get this shot she's had it today and she did make a big deal out of it she didn't make a media moment out of it there have been no pictures released of her actually getting the vaccine all we've seen is what you just saw there the the sort of vaccine booklet that belongs to angela merkel so anyway yes the vaccination is moving forward but still not as quickly as some say it needs to indeed the debate about stricter measures is still ongoing of course let's hear what chancellor merkel had to say in parliament them enough but i have seen more not punish me if we've learned a lesson 13 months into the pandemic it's this. that's a virus doesn't forgive any half heartedness it only makes things worse. the virus doesn't

you're going hard to welcome to conflicts kanno 16 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 seen or had a tough debate on the question who might successor might be success not from the union as you see is a union from for chance a ship in germany. through 2 weeks ago we are good formed about that both chairman of the 2 parties to seize will mark a suitor from season and i mean i said from city both want to run as katie did for chancellor chip and it took 9 days of discussion in different formats as a party and then the decision came out that i mean i said to chair i was to see the prime minister for most of us fadia would be candidate i think 9 days is not too much to take such a important decision and look it was a coded message to ation we have learned yesterday from the meeting from the prime ministers was the chancellor that we make huge steps forward concerning that situation. we are now about 25

parties needs to field a new candidate as angela merkel will no longer be standing after 15 years in power the seaview leadership is backing the current state premier of north rhine-westphalia army last shit but he is facing a challenge from the c s u's marcus soda. this is marcus served up the race to be the next conservative candidate to run for german chancellor is turning into an old fashioned power struggle on sunday the 2 men agreed the decision should come see and to respect to whoever is chosen. but less than a day later battle lines seem to have been drawn on monday morning amin lashed out at the recently elected c.d.u. leader held meetings with his party's executive and not really a surprise they backed him to be the candidate the man himself sounded impatient to get out on the campaign trail. and. everyone wants a decision see all the facts are on the table the problems we need to solve be that we should no longer be preoccupied with our internal party issues but rather with the major tasks that lie ahead for germany today tomorrow this week and in the coming months morgan

and we turn to politics now and the bitter feud in angola merkel's conservative party over who should stand as her successor and run as chancellor candidate in september's general election. the 2 contenders bavarian premier and c.d.u. party leader that continue to hold discussions on friday evening with the party already sliding in polls members have called for the dispute to be settled by the end of this week. and for more on this let's go to the chief political editor make it a coup for who's following all the latest developments here in berlin. how close are these 2 men to finding a decision. well we thought they were closer than they actually were we expect to see that they might come out on friday he think that deadline has passed now there are calls from within the own parties if you screw calling for a settlement by the end of saturday by the end of the week is what they both have ballots and that interview taishan might be by the end of the weekend now this is a bruising battle which comes at a rather inconvenient time because as every day passes by the just going through the

chris tricks and reversal angela merkel's had yet another change of heart as she fights germany's 3rd wave of the pandemic the chancellor is now back to short national lockdown despite angry opposition from the political establishment and correspondent peter on the has the story. it may be one of the great questions for philosophers of our age if you u.-turn on a u.-turn does it just being the plan you set out with in the 1st place we cast our minds back a few weeks angela merkel and the leaders of germany 16 states met and decided the country would go into a tougher. ovid lock down that plan lasted just over 24 hours before the chancellor came back out and said it's my fault i got it wrong actually we're not going to do that it now seems we may be set for a change again armen last year to use the chairman of the const the christian democratic union party also the leader of the state of north rhine-westphalia has put forward the idea that germany should go into a short sharp lock down and it does seem that that plan has the backing of chancellor angela merkel. any call for a short uni

also coming up the battle to succeed angela merkel heats up 2 men put themselves forward to become the center right candidate for chancellor in germany's election in september i'm 60 years ago today it was an event that would change the world so be a cost but not if you are a doctor and became the 1st human in space we'll ask our russians today feel about his achievement and in the bundesliga minds snatching a late winner to secure 3 crucial points in their relegation battle against a long. time sarah kelly welcome to the program. india has recorded a new surge in coded 19 infections stanley cases have topped 168000 pushing in the past for zille to become the world's 2nd worst hit country now authorities are hoping to curb the spread by imposing new restrictions and trying to persuade more people to get vaccinated but many states are complaining of a vaccine shortage fears are also growing that many are failing to observe rules and social distancing. the banks of the sacred river ganges bringing despite india's soaring infection rate millions are expected to attend the coup mayla festi

turn on covert restrictions with chancellor merkel now throwing her backing behind a short uniform lock down. a biological fukushima scientists concerned with a surge in covert 19 states in brazil say the death rates may soon break the records january wave in the u.s. we hear from a professor who sounded the alarm. if we don't do anything we could be in the mid or historical treasure you hear of the problems of the largest humanitarian tragedy of the 21st century. a warning is issued over alleged sexual assault of a child migrant facility in texas the governor is urging president biden to shut the site labeling it to health and safety nightmare. very warm welcome and good morning to you it's 10 am here in moscow and you're watching r.t. international with me karen. the top story a benefits quote outweigh the risks of side effects europe's medical regulator has stood by britain's astra zeneca vaccine. while noting blood clots should be listed as rat side effects the regulator has received more than 200 reports of blood clots and those getting the shots as among the more than 30000000 who

sanctions slapped on russia by the united states over alleged harmful activity but also to come angela merkel is a key to the attack on democracy after she pleads german parliament to grant powers to impose drop downs throughout the country and. twitter bans the founder of investigative journalist group project very task that after its latest expose a which the c.n.n. director let slip the channel's coverage is biased in favor of the black lives matter movement and words can kill brigade is now officially part of the british army one regiments told to use inclusive inclusive language to avoid causing offense. hello good evening and we'll start with that breaking news because the russian foreign minister has announced retaliating measures against the u.s. in direct response to new u.s. sanctions imposed yesterday on moscow over alleged harmful activities russia's measures do include the expulsion of 10 u.s. diplomats and the possible reduction of the american diplomatic mission in moscow so let's get more details now he joins us in the studio giving saskia just run through there what's been sa

to be next in line and that says a lot considering that merkel has had 16 years to possibly think about who will follow her her party the c.d.u. was not going into the campaign on a very strong footing how much is to blame here. well of course grooming he's difficult because the incumbent leader never wants to bring anyone on too clearly that they might undermine their own position but i think the any leader any conservative leader wanting to become chancellor has to think about what the legacy of angle americal means for them it may well be a question that plays with the votes has come in time in september. as sort of so to be a continuity candidate but also say that he's he stands for reform and something new so a bit of both i think i'm glad machall has stayed out of this competition but you're right it's a rocky start but that may be a footnote as i say if lash it can convince people that he's he's what the country needs and in particular if there's positive news on the pandemic you know i mean young with the leaves tonight here in berlin simon is always think you. president injurie

them is arming lash at the head of germany's most populous states and the leader of chancellor angela merkel's conservative party until now he had opposed stricter lockdown measures. in the shoot during a visit to a vaccination center last week the approach of him and other state premiers to the pandemic soak up broadside from the chancellor. has solved the in return a call for more talks until 5 measures. and that's why i think we need a bridge lockdown. we have to build to preach to the point in time where a lot of people the facts in a tilt my own eyes i know that a lot of people are tired of the pandemic but also because a lot are ready to go a step further i mean shit so in. that it wants more people working from home and stricter curfews produce fewer restrictions as possible for schools and kindergartens he says he has allies including the chancellor but not everyone is on board. a lot of what mr lasher says he's unclear on that bridge lock down this temporary with what measures are not supposed to go on until many people have been faction ated what does all that mean i don't think lisa

merkel ally carnival king committed european there are many faces to lash it but does he have what it takes to be german chancellor according to lashon his position a state premier of north rhine-westphalia germany's most populous state and his victory to get there is proof enough his election a c.d.u. party leader in january 2021 put him in prime position to run for chancellor backed by the city's top brass sais he aspires to make the 20 twentieth's a decade of modernization for germany. my me can you go to all my candidacy is from my understanding of the german chancellor ship which is a european one is. the whole of europe is watching to see how germany finds new leadership at this time and we need multilateral solutions to every problem that is a global one. group bollen all smiles but how can we move to lot of rather lose. the 60 year old ryan plan this commitment to europe has been years in the making. born in the western city of afrin close to the dutch and belgium borders blush it is a former member of the european parliament and fluent in french his family even claims to be d

chancellor merkel says the government is preparing legislation to ease some measures. those who have been fully vaccinated or those who have recovered should be exempted from having to get tested to go to non-essential shops or from quarantining after returning from abroad. they would still have to continue following mask and social distancing rules. >> i think that is unfair. a more nuanced solution must be found. it is clear to me that people who have been vaccinated must get their basic rights back. it is not a question of whether they get special rights but that they can live normally again. >> i think it is a -- in that it is good, but it is a pity it is not my turn yet. >> chancellor merkel's promise to offer every adult in germany vaccine by the end of summer seemed impossible to many over a few weeks ago. now hopes are high that her pledge will be met. brent: turkey is planning in the strictest curbs on public life yet to combat the coronavirus pandemic. turkey's president announcing what he calls a nationwide full lockdown. it started this thursday and is set

what exact role will merkel play in all of this? >> she has made clear from the very start of the process that she will keep out of the race of her succession. now though we hear she is increasingly concerned about the open power struggle between these two men. because she realizes the effect on the party's chances to win the next election are extremely negative. anna: what do we know about who would stand the best chances of winning the candidacy? and on what basis is that decision made? there is the division between the cdu and csu. >> it is a bit strange in german politics. the cdu leader laschet still has the best chance in the end simply because he is the leader of the much bigger party. however, soder might manage to steal a revolt from the party base against the cdu leadership thereby in the end grabbing power but i would still say that is the more unlikely scenario at this point. anna: we will watch with interest. coming up on the program, a water and waste management program in the making. we speak to the coo of veolia next

with a centrist option like merkel was. it might be that they see someone like anna as a threat to their own polling. annmarie: aggie, thank you for that. she will be all over the german election. manus, a quick check on where we trade this morning? misdirection going on, u.s. equities coming and asia, a mixed picture, due to some covid concerns especially in india. india, as you say, we're seeing a parabolic spike there, four times the average that we have seen. we'll dig into some of these numbers shortly. maybe we've seen the lows in bank of america, sure as she goes (woman) i don't want to look like this anymore. (man) what is happening to my body? (woman) why can't i lose weight? (announcer) you may be suffering from insulin resistance. measure your waist. females measuring more than 35 inches and males measuring more than 40 inches may have insulin resistance. to learn how to reverse insulin resistance and lose weight effectively, go online to golo.com. once again, that's golo.com. annmarie: good morning from bloomber

german chancellor angela merkel says it's just the beginning. of above all else we will see what we can do to help india we are now working at full speed to see to what extent we can bring oxygen producing plants there. all of europe is behind this i also spoke about this with the portuguese prime minister who no holds the european council presidency and we want to do everything we can to help india the united states has pledged to send india some of its millions of unused vaccine doses but it could take weeks before they arrive. just to be clear we have right now we have 0 doses available of us years and we're talking about what the f. the f.d.a. needs to go through a review right to ensure the safety and it's meeting our own bar and our own guidelines. for health workers in the country is overwhelmed hospitals that help can't come soon enough. what do i do. what do i do that is ok because these people came on whatever support we can and they're trying to organize a big some that are going to. get me. because somebody out there somebody that so

stream to there are much tougher would be much tougher they say on china and russia then chancellor merkel has ever been would president biden would he be happy to see a green german government. yeah i think there are a lot of positive aspects of the greens foreign policy platforms exactly and he as you mentioned that i do united states and thereby do ministration is going to look to work with germany regard this is what the coalition government looks like come september elections germany is a key partner for the united states and europe is the most powerful country in europe and regardless of who is and how of the government after chancellor merkel the united states is going to look different it's all right so tory thompson research director for the project on europe and the transatlantic relationship at harvard university tory it's good to have you back on the show we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you very. well when joe biden took office in january the pandemic was ravaging many parts of the united states on the day of biden's inauguration 4380 people in the u.s.

to be next in line and that says a lot considering that merkel has had 16 years to possibly think about who will follow her her party the c.d.u. was not going into the campaign on a very strong footing how much is to blame here. well cause grooming he's difficult because the incumbent leader never wants to bring anyone on too clearly that they might undermine their own position but i think the any leader any conservative leader wanting to become chancellor has to think about what the legacy of angle americal means for them it may well be a question that plays with the votes has come in time in september it is sort of so it's a be a continuity candidate but also say that he's he stands for reform and something new so a bit of both i think i'm glad machall has stayed out of this competition but you're right it's a rocky start that may be a footnote as i say if can convince people that he's he's what the country needs and in particular if that is positive news on the pandemic. i mean young with the leaves tonight here in berlin simon is always think you. president injuries debbie of chad h

well german chancellor angela merkel has urged to resume a dialogue over human rights issues as soon as possible michael made the comments as she held what are likely to be lost government consultations with china as chancellor expressed concern about beijing's crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in hong kong and raised along about china's treatment of its muslim we go minority but it's merkel did stress that there are also areas way beijing and berlin could work together. it's not just the popular german cars the chinese market has been a boon to the german economy on the whole throughout the pandemic but germany wants china to open its markets even farther that's a key issue for the intergovernmental talks that are being held virtually this time due to the corona restrictions german chancellor angela merkel called for more transparency regarding vaccine production and the reciprocal vaccine approval process and says merkel the contentious topic of human rights should be on the agenda. we've always managed to broach this topic in the past and i'd like to see us get a human right

should say take this way of centralizing her powers against existing opposition do not assume angela merkel has any idea of attacking the democratic order in germany but it is a test of the democratic all in german no question under crisis situation which we have for the 1st time in this country and some people are very much a fundamental lies in what is going on and driving it up to philosophical heights i'd say the majority in germany sees this as a an end to effect measure and not the nothing more. the pretty seismic event coming out of cuba today where the head of the communist party raul castro is officially to step down it brings to an end where than 6 decades of the castro family's political dominance over the car of being an island nation the united meant came the opening of the party's congress 3 years ago when he stepped down from the position of president castro said he quit as communist party leader in 2021 his successor back then miguel diaz canel is also expected to succeed him in his government role role castro had been in power since 2011 when he took over from his iconic ol

german chancellor angela merkel has urged china to resume a dialogue over human rights issues in her latest government consultations with beijing as leader of europe's biggest economy back will raised alarm about china's treatment of its muslim weaker minority as well as its crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in hong kong but merkel stressed there are also areas where berlin and beijing could work together. it's not just the popular german cars the chinese market has been a boon to the german economy on the whole throughout the pandemic but germany wants china to open its markets even farther that's a key issue for the intergovernmental talks that are being held virtually this time due to the corona restrictions german chancellor angela merkel called for more transparency regarding vaccine production and the reciprocal vaccine approval process and says medical the contentious topic of human rights should be on the agenda. we've always managed to broach this topic in the past and i'd like to see us get human rights law going again as soon as possible. but tensions remain the e.u.