union and reject action on the environment. we in germany are not able to have a big influence on climate change. when you look at the programme of the green party if we achieve that that is the destruction of our industry and of our industry that's not what we want. with polling around 12 percent and most parties are already refusing to join a coalition with them a limited role seems likely to await the a.f.d. in the next german parliament. now in the bundesliga is big game so vols travel to frank said both teams have been in fine form this season so it was no surprise this match was a goal frenzy. firepower to an already potent frank 1st attack. on the other hand have one of the league's best defenses back to cold them in front with just 6 minutes gone. the lido lasted 2 minutes. she commodified in to me style rection media to trade that stop and visiting defense. frankfurt had the momentum their top scorer andre silva muscled his way down the right. young alone knew which to direct just sharing his parent club ray outrage wo

union and reject action on the environment. we in germany are not able to have a big influence on climate change. when you look at the program of the green party if we achieve that that is the destruction of our industry and of our industry that's not what we want. with polling around 12 percent and most parties are already refusing to join a coalition with a limited role seems likely to await the a.f.d. in the next german parliament. muslims around the world are preparing to celebrate the holy month of ramadan which starts on april 13th so the 2nd year running traditional rituals being adapted because of the pandemic followers of islam normally get together to pray and 8 after fasting between sunrise and sunset gatherings are once again being styled back through preparations are in full swing this mosque in islamabad is being cleaned by volunteers. and there's plenty of hustle and bustle at this market in the city this is another wave of coronavirus cases wallops pakistan making preparations for ramadan this year a struggle. t

the european union and ireland in particular along with the british government. trying to find. and seek a new way to resolve the outstanding issues with little sign of that so far more on rest is likely. let's take a look at some other stories making headlines ballots have been counted following peru's presidential election if ask out by ipsos puts leftist candidate pedro castillo in the lead but with not enough votes for a majority the poll predicts that castillo will face conservative cycle fujimori in a runoff whoever wins the pro wins will be proust 5th president in 3 years. the center right candidate in ecuador's presidential elections has claimed victory in veteran banker guillermo laso won over 50 percent of the runoff vote he campaigned for open markets and foreign investment as a way to restart the economy which has been hit hard by the pen to make. chad strong arm president idriss deby is said to win a 6th term in office after 3 decades in power boats are being counted after polls closed some opposition leaders have called for a boycott of the election following a cra

union as the mediator of this deal will shuttle between the sides along with the remaining members of the iran nuclear deal so that britain france germany russia and china so they will meet with iran in one meeting and then they will meet with the u.s. in another meeting it's unclear how many of these sessions there will be or if the e.u. will be shuttling between the 2 sides and as small as as this seems or as incremental as it seems it really is a big step for the negotiating process that has been stalled now since president trump pulled out in 2018. as i just mentioned biden's administration wants to revive the of course is the realistic prospects that that both sides will simply sign up to that original treaty once again. from the u.s. side i think it's unlikely that they will sign up to exactly the same nuclear deal except as perhaps a 1st step toward broadening it and the biggest reason for that is because while the biden administration is a long way from the trump administration and how it's handling this it believes it's a useful full deal 5 while imperfect there are what's ca

the european union's top officials have said enhanced ties with turkey remain conditional on the country improving its human rights record and role of law they met with president wretch of typer to won on monday the 1st time in over a year out of one says that he wants to turn a new page in relations with the e.u. but turkey's human rights record remains a sticking point. it's the years since the european union's most senior officials last met the turkish president both sides say they want to improve relations which have become increasingly strained but the europeans have serious concerns about turkey's assertive foreign policy and its often heavy handed creek managed to minorities and political opponents really from introspection a fundamental rights all true values of the european union and we should it's responding to their den oh deep. in the latest developments in turkey in this respect in particular in the freedom of speech and to turn it into a filter media. and today show michelle and i clearly underlined that respect for fundamental rights and the rule of law are crucial for the

the european union's drug regulator the european medicines agency says after a safety assessment of the astra zeneca vaccine they are still encouraging people to get it that's despite finding $169.00 cases of a rare brain blood clot after 34000000 doses the agency says while no clear link has been found they believe the clots are caused by any means response as a result the regulator will be listing the clots as a rare side effect of the astra zeneca vaccine this vaccine has proven to be highly effective it preventive severe disease and hospitalized patients and it is saving lives vaccination is extremely important in helping us in the fight against covert 19 and we need to use the back scenes we have to protect us from the devastating effects to my it comes as u.k. authorities recommend that the astra zeneca vaccine should not be given to adults under 30 where possible but again they stress the continued use of the vaccine our review has reinforced that the risk of this respite to the side effect remains extremely small. the drug maker itself says the bottom line of the regulators find

as europe fights a brutal 3rd wave of the credit by was the european union is facing criticism for its sluggish vaccine rollout now it's considering adding a new vaccine to its arsenal russia's sputnik v job the european medicines agency is conducting a rolling review of sputnik be on saturday experts from the agency will travel to russia to check the results of clinical trials and assess the production process the vaccine was initially met with skepticism as russia approved it without waiting for the results of full clinical trials but scientists later confirmed it was around 92 percent effective the job was already been approved for use in over 50 countries worldwide. well for more now i'm joined by lawrence young of biologist and professor of molecular oncology at work medical school in birmingham in the u.k. thanks for being with us 1st of all professor european officials european regulators are heading to russia to assess data on the countries supporting the vaccine do you think they'll get to see everything they should oh i would think so a little late date has already been publi

union in the 2nd quarter of this year the news comes as the e.u. battles to buy more vaccine after producer astra zeneca said it was unable to deliver the number of doses it originally promised the german government is told in talks later with vaccine producers to try to speed up in occupations as we report the rollout here is beset by problems. in berlin the 6 a b. since it is being you. yes this is a massive vaccination clinic taxies delivers seniors to receive the shots it looks like everything's going smoothly but appearances can be deceptive jim and city say the country's rollout has been plagued by logistical problems. we need to know when the vaccines are arriving and in what quantities said that we can schedule appointments it would reduce the public frustration as he gets off the top. 3 vaccines now approved in germany but they are all in short supply jim and politicians now want to work closely with the pharma companies to overcome the shortfall. but it's not enough to tell companies to sky loved we have to come up with an emergency plan

now a couple of other stories making headlines today the european union says drug maker astra zeneca has agreed to make up part of the vaccine shortfall it announced earlier this month the drug maker will now deliver 40000000 doses in the 1st quarter 9000000 more than last week's all for the firm's cutting supplies to the e.u. due to production problems. thousands of brazilians took to the streets on sunday demanding president chaya bows and arrows resignation they accuse the government of mismanagement in the country's credit virus vaccination program and many sables in our us lack of leadership has led to an oxygen supply a crisis in the amazon capital of mine now. and after months of silence india's prime minister and modi is condemning the country's long running protests against agricultural reforms farmers have been demonstrating for more than 3 months events took a deadly turn last tuesday thousands of farmers descended on the capital new delhi and clashed with police one person died and hundreds were injured. well some but just like a football and to news of an incredible trou

and the european union says drug maker astra zeneca has agreed to make up part of the vaccine shortfall it announced earlier this month the drug maker will now deliver $40000000.00 doses in the 1st quarter $9000000.00 more than last week's offer the firm is cutting supplies to the e.u. due to production problems. for well german media reporting that the pharmaceutical company biotech could deliver an additional $75000000.00 back seen doses to europe in the 2nd quarter of the year the news comes as the e.u. tries to increase the supply of vaccine available to its citizens after producer seneca's said it was unable to deliver the number of doses originally promised meanwhile the german government is holding talks with vaccine producer today to try to speed up the vaccination drive here 30 in berlin the 6 a b. since it is being used as a massive vaccination clinic taxies delivers seniors to receive the shots it. looks like everything's going smoothly but appearances can be deceptive jim and city say the country's rollout has been plagued by logistical problems. we need to know when the vac

very logically everywhere in the european union that's a nation to have started no country however small or economically less powerful needs to wait but we have got gaieties for how much vaccination we were by this is made it possible particularly through the guarantees given by germany for companies like bio to start producing to the scale they've produced and of course that is an element i'm aware that many people have been disappointed by the start to start because the hopes are so huge and every one of us and including myself personally hope of this as a beginning certain amounts were agreed on but then comparatively fewer doses were made available despite the situation we had to make decisions decisions which were very difficult and we have that's an issue commission which advises us on the basis that advice we decided 1st we were in argue that those most in danger old people see. scene health care homes and the doctors and nursing staff looking at them and their patients. today more than 80 percent of people in care homes and more than 1000000 people in. the medical profession have

russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said moscow is ready to set a time with the european union if the bloc hits it with economic sanctions this comes just as kremlin critic alexander vali is due to appear in court on charges of defaming a world war 2 veteran who took part in a pro-government video hearing is getting on the way in moscow in a twitter post last year of all the referred to people who appeared in a video supporting a change in russia's constitution as traces of ali was recently sentenced to nearly 3 years in jail for allegedly violating his probation he recovered from the poisoning in germany. joined by our correspondents our until today in moscow and judge read here in our let's start with you explain to us again what is this new trial all about well basically mr of all he finds himself answering to charges of slander in connection to social media posts he made in the run up to last year's constitutional referendum here in russia basically russian state broadcaster r.t. or russia today and released a video which had a large series of russians every day russians voici

union and 19 recovery. i asked journalist seen a group in rome what we could expect from the new prime minister. well he will actually be sworn in later today and then he will present his policy plan in the houses of parliament next week to a vote of confidence that we expect to be a formality and we'll go through that we'll have a clearer idea then but what he said so far it's very clear it's both the health as well as the financial crisis that the country is facing now up until now more than 93000 italians have lost their lives to cope at 19 and the vaccination program is really a priority both heat as well as president surges matter relative highlights that it started out well but it's been stalled in some regions in italy are doing better than others so clearly this is an issue that druggy has said that he wants to tackle and of course you have the financial crisis the the pandemic has created and even worst economic crisis yet in italy in the last one year more than 400000 people have lost their jobs o

union recovery fund money that is expected to come in will the $200000000000.00 euros coming out with the plan in terms of how they are going to spend that money to help italy deal with all these various financial issues so it's both a hell and the well if you like in terms of the crisis that the country is facing that is his most immediate task at least that's what he said that he is expected to deal with. and we turn to football in the bonus league and now 2nd place leipzig hosted oxford friday evening had a chance to move them 4 points of league leading buyer with a win and they managed it with a bit of controversy in bone chilling temperatures. there were few places colder in a bundled up germany than leipsic minus 10 degrees celsius before kickoff with the temperature falling but there was controversy to heat things up for visiting our expert goalkeeper rafal geeky pitch saved the penalty kick but was told by the video assistant referee he moved ahead of the goal line before he was allowed to do over and let 6 dani all know was given a 2nd try he found in that it was one male. us

union has criticised the travel shutdown which is causing major disruption for workers who commute across the border. very little has got through this checkpoint at the austrian german border since early sunday many drivers trying to cross from the austrian state of t. hole were told to turn around unless they work in a very limited number of jobs classified as essential it's much the same situation at the german check border. honeybun hope in view about how we have ensured that testing is available for anyone who is eligible to enter but who doesn't have the results of a covert 900 test through it and that through the food we have end quote. it's a difficult situation for commuters some are even considering temporarily moving to germany and they say the changes to the rules were badly communicated with you. we have no information we don't know a thing can we drive to work tomorrow will we have to go into quarantine. i'm having a hard time i don't know if my job's classified as essential or not well they allowed me to cross over i don't know. we did the work will be hard without this work

union would to hungary's european partners make a. well as you can imagine brussels is not very happy about that for the european union for the european commission the reason why they were so eager to have a common big scene rollout and vaccine strategy is was to make sure that every member state will get in their fake scenes that no one is left behind so to see hunger is breaking with the vaccine strategy no way no one is happy about that because the fact that hungary is the 1st state in the european union to approve and now to administer the chinese vaccine is also seen as as a huge credibility boost for beijing that is seen by the european union as a systemic rival but we also have to say that member states are allowed to buy the scenes outside of the contract that the european union signed collectively floor for its members with different vaccine makers launch you member states or frustrated about the slow pace of rollout of the covert vaccines what are the chances that some of those states might follow hungary's lead well i think

hungary is going it alone last friday it became the 1st country in the european union to administer russia's sputnik v vaccine starting with a batch of 2800 doses on tuesday a delivery of the chinese seen a farm vaccine is expected to arrive another 1st in the e.u. this is a clear break with the e.u.'s vaccine rollout plan which officials in hungary have repeatedly criticized for being too slow prime minister viktor orban said hungary is taking matters into its own hands. we can stop the virus without vaccines because it will always come back in new waves that's why our countries most important task is to get as many vaccines as possible. not later as promised by brussels but quickly your song. the russian and chinese vaccines were granted emergency approval in hungary but they have yet to receive the green light from the e.u.'s regulatory authority the e.m.e.a. they haven't been reviewed by hungary's medicines regulator either instead of getting approval via government decree that strong criticism from scientists the prime minister or byrne has been looking elsewhere for inspiration. neighb

it's a shame because it's a significant setback for rights and freedoms within the european union and another step towards detect tauriel and fascist state. your place yourself. sometimes i don't mean just this the opposition has to me a blatant injustice and absolute lack of respect for fundamental rights for freedom of expression the facts speak for themselves today. as you know he was arrested after he barricaded himself in a university along with his supporters. the rapper refused to turn himself in to serve and 9 month sentence for tweets and lyrics that prosecutors say glorify terrorism and slander the monarchy. was. misty international says his detention is unjust and disproportionate high profile celebrities have also joined calls for his release ministers have responded to the furor by relaxing restrictions on free speech the government's junior coalition partner is pushing for the rapper to be pardoned. more on this let's go straight over to nicole reese in madrid nicole this is the 2nd night of clashes how serious is the situation there. well you can certainly say that it's

no one can teach the european union lessons above democracy we are fighting. the e.u. will succeed this year didn't start well for the european commission it's rollout of the code of 19 vaccines has been widely slandered too little and too late but now it's decided to invest millions into researching new code very.

sovereignty and europe 0 been union its key members have to be part of the solution of their own security. french and german interpretations of sovereignty may remain different yet both share the relief over the new u.s. administration office. signs on multilateralism are a lot better today than 2 years ago and that has a lot to do with the fact that 2 biden has become president of the united states and starting from the milica of all the newest in some of the munich security conference will have the whole world back up the diplomatic table this preview set the tone from the west undermine democracy doesn't happen by accident we have to defend it fight for strength and renewing we have to prove that our model isn't a relic of history it's the single best way to revive lies the promise of our future. but that comeback of the west under u.s. leadership is by no means certain. first of analysis let's bring in chief international editor richard walker hello to you richard now do you believe that ties between europe and the u.s. can be fully restored after 4 years of tensions under trauma. wel

sovereignty and europe 0 pm union its key members have to be part of the solution of their own security. french and german interpretations of sovereignty may remain different yet both share the relief over the new u.s. administration. finds a multilateral as maher lot better today than 2 years ago and that has a lot to do with the fact that dubai and has become president of the united states starting from the milliken of all the list in some of the munich security conference will have the whole world back up the diplomatic table this preview set the tone from the west on democracy doesn't happen by actually we have to defend it fight for strength and renew it we have to prove that our model is in a relic of history. it's the single best way to revive lives the promise of our future. but that comeback of the west under u.s. leadership is by no means certain. germany is marking a years since 9 people with immigrant backgrounds were killed in a racist attack that shocked the country the victims were gunned down in the western city of hung out by a far right extremist who later turned the g

sovereignty. 0 been union its key members. have to be part of the solution of their own security french and german interpretations of sovereignty may remain different yet both share the relief over the new u.s. administration. so you can from what you know the signs from multilateralism are a lot better today than 2 years ago and that has a lot to do with the fact that do biden has become president of the united states and starting from the merely just in some of the munich security conference will have the whole world back up a diplomatic table this preview set the tone from the west undermine democracy doesn't happen by accident we have to defend it fight for it strengthen renew it. we have to prove that our model isn't a relic of history. it's the single best way to revitalize the promise of our future. but that comeback of the west under u.s. leadership is by no means. well for more i'm joined now by a european heart he's the foreign policy spokesman of the christian democratic party here in germany welcome mr hart do you

the european union the guardian of this nuclear deal and they should find ways technical diplomatic ways sequencing so that both sides can claim victory as you will towards their domestic audience but on substance they kind together and this is what this 3 month window of opportunity is for. is so what do you think how credible are tehran threats scaling back its commitment to the deal if the shot the sanctions lifted. they appear to be quite credible we have seen over the past 2 years 2 and a half years ever since the united states has left the deal that tehran followed up on its announcements and step by step they have reduce their commitments and even this is only a temporary extension they have a law passed by parliament which obliges the government and to do so and they have elections coming up by the summer and the june presidential election is due i don't so they are also under some sort of pressure at the home front to live up to their words and as we have seen over the past years as i said they have done so so there is some pressure out there and the parties of the deal had

union has warned that is it is considering sanctions and the u.s. has been a loss to more jumbles protests continue to swell and modest sponsor sorties threats to use force against the problems at least 3 protesters have been killed in the regime insists that police are using minimal force. for a day the military is warning that protesters put suffer loss of life seems to encourage more protests. certainly with the turnout that happened yesterday you saw that they were backing down but clearly the demonstrators are taking this seriously i mean a lot of demonstrated yesterday they wrote their blood types in the cockpit information for the next of kin on there are i mean the movement to demonstrate against this military coup is incredibly powerful the numbers that we saw yesterday the work stoppage that we saw were in so many communities commercial activity basically so many communities came to a halt practically and the number of government workers who refused to work yesterday progress a lot of misery for a sense to close down at the same time thoug

the european union says it will not counsel special trade privileges that tariff free access to the u.s. market what's the reason for the. so this is a trade preference that gives industries such as the textile industry tax free access to be used for $115000000.00 consumers i mean it's led to tens of thousands of jobs and many of them are filled by people who come from rural villages they come to the cities to work in these in the outskirts of the cities in these textile making plants and they send most of their income back home to their families you take those jobs away which is what would happen if you cancel these trade preferences and those jobs are gone and it's not the generals who are millionaires who get punished it's the common working people who make subsistence level salaries practically and they'd be the ones who is punished and the reason for taking this route is from lessons learned from sanctions in the past when you had widespread sanctions from the u.s. and europe and it punished the common people but it did nothing to really impact the salaries of the generals. thank y

astra zeneca will reportedly deliver less than half of the vaccines that it promised the european union in the 2nd quarter of this year the drug maker is supposed to provide $180000000.00 doses to the e.u. by the end of june it has already missed its 1st quarter commitments due to production issues. well german authorities have given emergency approval for rapid coronavirus tests that can be used at home through products have been approved until now rapid tests could only be carried out by medical professionals some public health officials say that such kits could make into a magic impact to the country's efforts to curb the pandemic timmy's health minister. the 1st rapid testing kits would become available in the coming days. and the mass testing plant for germany has already been rolled out in austria is funny the chart reports now from vienna where rapid antigen tests are freely available and even compulsory for school students the opera house is one of the landmarks but unfortunately the only going locals are no longer coming here to enjoy a performance what they want is a rapid and

the european union says that astra zeneca will deliver less than half of the vaccines that it promised the e.u. in the 2nd quarter of this year the drug maker is supposed to provide $180000000.00 doses by the end of june it has already missed its 1st quarter commitments due to production issues for more than 90000000 doses shortfall could hit the e.u.'s ability to meet its target of vaccinating 70 percent of adults by the summer. and earlier we spoke with c.w. correspondent barbara faisal in brussels and asked her for her take on the supply shortfall. politically of course this is a disaster the european governments promised their citizens their population we will get these vaccinations to you there will be light at the end often so corona crisis tunnel and now this might come so much later maybe in the 3rd maybe even in the 4th quarter of the new year so everything will be pushed way back because astra zeneca is not the only company not delivering more down to has mess of problems was production obviously and pfizer buying on tech too so politically for european governments this is ba

of the european union so we have. opportunities to create pressure on the companies i don't want to do celebrate top don't want to do so the already focus here is compromised and we need companies who are already loosen it's not open borders the e.u. wide vaccine passport can that be the solution to restart travel and tourism. well 1st of all it's a guarantee that we can bring back the rights to the citizens freedom of movement is a fundamental rights for all europeans and that is what we have to bring back and that's why this vaccination passport is this is crucial and this immediately necessary i have no understanding why in the european council conclusions there is only as if formulation of we try to work on this so a very weak formulation we have to speed up because currently 10 thousands of europeans are every day dixon aided and if you'll be at them a bureaucratic nightmare to give them a passport after they have exceeded it so give them directly a passport and that must be a european white one. month of a leade

hungary has become the 1st country in the european union to use a covert 19 vaccine developed in china but many hunger remain skeptical about the scene of farm vaccine and rushes the shot which is also available that the hunger in government has been sharply critical of the slow rollout of the vaccines in the e.u. . and european union leaders are meeting today to look at ways they can improve the pandemic response the u. has been slow off the mark in its vaccination drive and you infection numbers are still stubbornly high in many countries we have a market gives you an overview of the infections per 100000 inhabitants over 7 days in yellow are countries with fewer than 50 like finland the dark of the orange the higher the infection rate germany currently has an incidence rate of $61.00 sweden and the czech republic more than $200.00. head of the e.u. meeting we'd take a look at the challenges the block is facing here's our correspondent must sound. vaccine's variance and freedom of movement about a year into the pandemic the block is struggling to keep up with recent developments as y

because of the european union meeting today to look at ways they can improve their pandemic response the e.u. has been very slow off the mark in its vaccination drive and new infection numbers are still stubbornly high in many countries this gives an overview of the infections po 100000 inhabitants over the last 7 days and yellow are countries with fewer than 50 like finland the darker the orange the higher the infection rate germany county has an incidence rate of $61.00 sweden and the czech republic have more than $200.00 well ahead of the e.u. meeting we take a look at the challenges the block is facing is a process. that seems variance and freedom of movement about a year into the pandemic the block is struggling to keep up with recent developments as e.u. council president michel made clear in his invitation letter to this 2 day leaders conference it remains challenging due to the emergence of new variants and the need to strike the right balance between restrictions and the smooth flow of goods and services in the single market. the block has failed to coordinate its anti coron

this is need of you news live from berlin the european union looks to step up coordination in the coronavirus crisis e.u. leaders are to hold on one talks over vaccine production travel restrictions and immunization passports a year after the pandemic started we ask why there is no common approach yet also on the program. syrian kurds appeal for international support as the islamic state returns in northeast syria they say the u.s. withdrawal has left a vacuum and that there's been over that they've been overwhelmed by the terrorist group. and it was kept from the public for more than a century their rediscovered vincent fungo painting that's finally about about to go off. as welcome to the program european union leaders are meeting today to look at ways they can improve the their pandemic response the u.s. been slow off the mark in his vaccination drive and you know infection numbers are still stubbornly high in many countries this map here gives an overview of the infections per 100000 habitants over 7 days in yellow are countries with fewer than 50 like finland the darker the orange the hi

news live from berlin european union is placing its bets on vaccine passports e.u. leaders agree on the need for a coronavirus vaccination certificates german chancellor merkel says they could be ready in time for people to take their summer holiday is also kind of. amnesty international says it has evidence of the worst atrocities yet against civilians into g.o.p.'s to great region he says troops from eritrea and supplant. thing. as welcome to the program we'll bring you those stories in a moment but 1st we have breaking news coming in from nigeria gunman there have a ducted several 100 schoolgirls in what is the latest mass kidnapping in the region the abduction happened at a boarding school in some far a state in the early hours of friday eyewitnesses have told local media that hundreds of armed men attacked security guards before they took the girls groups known locally as bandits have been ramping up attacks on schools and kidnappings in recent months. before i'm not joined by w.'s tomi oladipo who's been based in and covered nigeria for many years what do we k

also on the show european union leaders agree on the need for a covert 19 passports german chancellor merkel says they could be ready in time for you citizens to take their summer holidays. and lady gaga has a dog walker is shocks and to hold a french bulldog stolen in a brazen attack in los angeles. i'm going out of his welcome to the program in armenia months of political tensions are coming to a head thousands have rallied in the capital yerevan in support of prime minister nicole push india he has a has accused the military off an attempted coup but not far away thousands more relates to call for his resignation the prime minister has been a divisive figure following armenia's defeat in a conflict with its neighbor azerbaijan last year. an impact leader holding on to power for now. armenia's top generals called on prime minister nicole pushing on to resign on thursday following months of protests but this time his supporters of come out in force stepping in front of the crowd in the capital of on pushing and denounce the army's move as an attempted coup. to keep god all the anime

news live from berlin the european union is placing its bets on vaccine passports leaders agree on the need for coronavirus vaccinations certificates german chancellor merkel says they could be ready in time for people to take their summer holidays also coming up a shift divisions deepening armenia after the prime minister accuses the military of trying to oust him thousands take to the streets in support of he called machine ian and also against him. and amnesty international says it has evidence of the worst atrocities yet against civilians in ethiopia has 2 great reach it says it's the opium and eritrean troops are supplying. and lady gaga dog walker is short and 2 of her friends bulldogs stolen in a brazen attack in los angeles. welcome to the program the european union has agreed to develop a covert 19 vaccine passports that could ease border crossings and allow people more freedom to travel again elite is met for a virtual summit to discuss coordination they're already under pressure over a lagging vaccine rollout germany's chancellor says it will least be 3 months before a vacci

news live from berlin the european union is placing its bets on vaccines possible e.u. leaders agree on the need for coronavirus vaccination certificates german chancellor angela merkel says they could be ready in time for people to take their summer holidays. also coming up. divisions deepened in armenia after the prime minister accused the military of trying to i'll send thousands states the streets in support of nicole pushing the un and also against. the brits taking moment that a mother throws her children from a burning building and holds their coats by neighbors who look. out of us welcome to the program those stories in a moment but 1st some breaking news that is just coming in gunmen have kidnapped 300 schoolgirls in nigeria that's according to media reports that the abduction happened in some far a state in the north of the country at 1 am on friday local media reports that some of the kidnappers wore uniforms of security personnel we'll bring you more on this story as it comes in. now the european union has agreed to develop a covert 19 vaccine passport that

union just not quick enough for hungary. the faster we vaccinate the weakest segments of society the quicker we can lift restrictions on public life. those we've just got to chicago dash out sputnik beat was the 1st vaccine developed to fight cold at 19 russia began vaccinating people with it last summer even though clinical trials were underway hungary's emergency gave the vaccine the green light that's because sputnik fee has already been administered at least a $1000000.00 times without any serious side effects so hungry has decided to sidestep the e.u.'s common procurement policy. in very strict conditions and conditions under very specific criteria and then the member state is. russia's promising enough with its vaccine for 700000000 people sputnik vs more than 91 percent effective according to a study published on tuesday and the medical journal the lancet the raw data used in the study has not yet been released unfortunately that's exactly what the european medicines agency needs. when the agency gets the data in the

the european union has reacted strongly tunable news sentence what have you leaders been saying jerry the european union but also the united kingdom for instance all of europe united here in their call for the immediate release of alec's a. but also a very strong condemnation of the mass detention of protesters at the violent treatment by police in moscow and across russia pictures that really shocked european leaders here that a neighboring country is treating their people like that and that is something that's a europe does not want to tolerate so strong words coming from london then from brussels but will the e.u. take any meaningful action here gail. well so far lithuania and latvia are you member states that have called for stronger sanctions bear in mind that sanctions are already in place since the end station of crimea now and towards the end of the week a foreign policy chief joseph burrell will travel to moscow to meet foreign minister lavrov to have talks this was an. before long time before the arrest of alex they know of ali but of course it's now a centerpiece of that vi

one of the reasons cited for slowness was that the european union countries acted together the e.u. decided not to issue provisional vaccine approvals as happened in some other places if i think we did the right thing it's about trust. another delaying factor was the joint e.u. approach to ordering vaccines some say attempts to push down the price meant it took longer to reach a deal whatever the reason support for the e.u.'s common purchasing policy is dropping and only 63 percent of those asked in germany said they thought it was a good idea 7 percent less than in january the government has promised all adults will be offered at least a 1st dose of vaccine before the end of september the good news is the number of people saying they intend to take up that offer is steadily rising. sports liverpool have been banned from entering germany to play their champions league quarter final because of new restrictions to stop the spread of coronavirus variants the wrists were scheduled to play in leipsic on february 16th but the german interior minister has confirmed that an application by t

one of the reasons cited for slowness was that the european union countries acted together the e.u. decided not to issue provisional vaccine approvals as happened in some other places . if i think we did the right thing it's about trust. another delaying factor was the joint e.u. approach to ordering vaccines some say attempts to push down the price meant it took longer to reach a deal whatever the reason support for the e.u.'s common purchasing policy is dropping only 63 percent of those asked in germany said they thought it was a good idea 7 percent less than in january. the government has promised all adults will be offered at least a 1st dose of vaccine before the end of september the good news is the number of people saying they intend to take up that offer is steadily rising. sketch up on some of the stories making headlines today pharmaceutical company johnson and johnson has regulators in the united states to give its vaccine emergency approval if of authorized it would be the 3rd vaccine to be approved for use in the u.s. the johnson jones in fact seen only requires one sho