ursula bonder line -- ursula von der leyen has sent her condolences, as had president joe biden and his wife jill. charlotte, this has bn a difficult time for the british royal family, with the recent, very public rake up with harry and meghan, after that explosive interview with oprah winfrey. charlotte: indeed. prince philip has been by the queen's side for numerous tumultuous periods. the one that springs to mind is the deh of princess diana in 1997, but the interview that harry and meghan gave to oprah last month was just the latest in a string of controversial moments, megan making some allegations about the way the palace treated her, her mental health, and of course, an explosive allegation suggesting racism from an unnamed member of the royal family. the palace forced to respond to that, something they weren't expecting to do. such was the level of controversy surroundg this interview, prince philip was a hospital when it was ven. some people commented it was insensitive for this interview to g ahead, but the queen has wehered so many storms in the past, few doubt she will conti

president joe biden conveyed his first cabinet meeting at the white house. he used to gathering to promote his new to trillion dollar infrastructure plan. -- $2 trillion dollar info structure plan. the u.s. cabinet is the most diverse in u.s. history. belgian police gathered with a large crowd gathered in a park after a fake concert was announced on social media as an april 1 -- april fools' day prank. police said three officers were hurt and four people were arrested. large gatherings are banned in belgium due to surging infection numbers. pope francis has begun celebrating the christian holy week of easter by leading a mass in st. peter's cathedral in rome. the pontiff skips the traditional service commemorating jesus'last supper. other events over the weekend will also be restricted. a holy thursday service has also been held at notre dame cathedral in paris. it is the first since the gothic building was badly damaged in a fire two years ago. the scaled-down ceremony involved foot washing ritual, that civilize is jesus' -- symbolizes jesus' willingness to

biden and kamala harris, there was more than 15,000. that has been reduced. but as i am standing here, i see federal agents passing by. but the response was very, very fast here because, i mean, the capitol police has learned the lessons from january 6. but still, the question that is asked and will be asked is, how is this possible that a civilian car can drive up so closely to the capitol? clare: is there any indication that this is an ongoing threatened that there may be other suspects involved? >> we don't really know that yet. we hear that is what the nbc outlet, nbc news outlet is reporting, that it is suspected to be a 25 euros man from indiana. we don't know if that is true, but we heard there is an ongoing threat. that is what metro police said about half an hour ago. we hear sirens in the background. all that is really an ongoing story, so we don't know yet. clare: we will be following the story throughout the night. our washington bureau chief, thank you very much for your reporting. we are going to turn attention to taiwan n

president joe biden says that all adults in the united states will be eligible to get a coronavirus vaccine by april 19th 2 weeks earlier than the previous government deadline he warned however that cases are still going up for the moment urging people to get vaccinated as soon as possible in new york state everyone older than 16 can already get a shot. relief for 3 teenagers who know how dangerous curve 19 is and his whole family got sick with the virus last year paul loves playing for his wheelchair high school basketball team but going back to school threatens his how embryon has a rate condition. vaccination is a matter of luck for deferred. until i get the end of the day as always you have some sort of rejection in against the deadly virus it's all worth it in the. downtown new york city it's not bustling not yet at least. but an estimated one in 3 new york is has now been vaccinated which means there's a feeling of reawakening this spring. i think there's a new found sense of optimism in the possible for her my family's future so they're still in a lot of doubt and like my parents did

president joe biden hailed the decision as an important step toward police reform. it was a murder in full light of day and to rip the blinders off for the whole world to see the systemic racism the vice president just referred to there are systemic raises the stakes day in our nation's soul but it's not enough we can't stop here in order to live a real change reform we kid and we must do more to reduce the likelihood that tragedy like this will ever happen kurgan. chauvin handcuffed and led away will be sentenced 8 weeks from now he could be facing decades in prison. order. let's go live now to minneapolis sense speak to d.w. correspondent stephanie siemens who's at the area known as george floyd square step in tell us more about how this verdict is going down with the american people. well the american people speaking for the entire nation i would say it's going down really well i don't think there's any at least. in the african-american or in the black community anywhere in the united states in all the metropolitan areas l.a. new york chicago washington d.c. miam

biden and by special guys have made statements that the u.s. will stand by india and also expedite the production the delivery of the song that you don't much like india where the u.s. doing it's so. yet and the coronavirus cases have hit a global record peak for a 5th straight day the number is 353000 i'll just point out that that's when over 300000 more cases than the next highest country but even then nimish it's been say that the government is under reporting the number of cases and ditz. most of the evidence or not this is still anecdotal but it is definitely a so i'm not what john lists have or it's saying that the. downs of cities of thought of up to did not last one regent people who did the not with me 10 times as high as the net. in addition and yes both the do but do you date incidentally hyde which holds the prevalence of that if the expanding internationally it's about 30 percent but all of this comes at a time when the indian government asked twitter to feet down tweets critical of its handling of the band and so free to offer inf

president joe biden hailed the decision as an important step toward police reform it was a murder in full light of day and to rip the blinders off for the whole world to see the systemic racism vice president just referred to there are systemic raises this is a nation's soul but it's not enough we can't stop here. in order to live a real change in reform we kid and we must do more to reduce the likelihood a tragedy like this will never happen the occur again. show then handcuffed and led away will be sentenced 8 weeks from now he could be facing decades in prison we're here to tell you correspondent stephan siemens is in minneapolis reporting on that verdict from the very spot where george floyd was killed it's going really well i don't think there is any at least. in the african-american there in the black community anywhere in the united states in all the metropolitan areas l.a. new york chicago washington d.c. miami atlanta minneapolis of course anybody or not many people who would say this was not a great day a day they were longing for a day which brought them justice and. joy b

president joe biden who called putin and they are there are pushing ever forgets something like that and finally there is also the upcoming parliamentary elections in russia terry the kremlin apparently needs and you are a gent that distracts from the internal russian problems and seeks an enemy from outside and he once again ukraine fits very well as such an enemy ok so that explains the context very well but russia does have these troops now massed at the ukrainian border has indicated how long plans to keep them there. well i should have beads again and again that the troops are on russian territory and moscow would be allowed to do everything possible with them that's true also russia can to disregard to don't bust because if it doesn't intervene in this situation or the next issue could be crimea from the russian point of view and to the loss of a donbass could result in further political losses for russia on the other hand terry there is a risk of getting involved in a war with the almost whole west given that russia has no allies or even sympathizers in the entire western worl

called president joe biden appealed for calm. we do know that the brain trauma is just the black community in that environment is real serious and consequential but it's just not justified violence and or looting. but the shooting of dante wright has fueled tensions in a city already on edge very now the tourist case not far from where wright was shot direct shows in the officer who killed george floyd he's on trial for murder and let's get more we're joined by sloane martin who is a reporter and anchor for a local radio station in the area in minneapolis thank you so much for joining us there's anger on the streets as we've been seeing after this latest killing what's happening walk us through it. well things have been quite calm tonight to of but that was after a pretty large crowd dispersed and there was tear gas put off by police those non-lethal munitions as well to try and disperse the crowd state officials put in a curfew for 3 counties in the twin cities metro area from 7 pm to 6 am so still several more hours left in thi

president joe biden will open a global climate summit today marking the united states' return to international efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions the summit opens on earth day which in the modern environmental movement back in 1980. this planet is threatened with destruction. we are in a crisis. on the 22nd of april $970.00 millions of americans mostly students took to the streets to demand more environmental protection it was the birth of earth day and an important step towards what was to become a global environmental movement proles a pesticide controls ahead clean air clean water the list of environmental laws and regulations that hast over that decade have to earth day or way by a growing environmental movement is quite historic never the less spiffy one years later today's environmental problems are even more serious due to climate change. since the beginning of industrialization the earth has heated up by one degree it could be well over 2 degrees warmer by the end of the century. today it's once again mainly young people who are taking to the streets this time they're demanding a

president joe biden has held his 1st cabinet meeting at the white house biting is the gathering to promote his new 2 trillion dollar infrastructure plan the senate confirms the full cabinet last week biden has held it as the most diverse in u.s. history. dutch prime minister mark rich has survived one of the biggest political fights of his decade in power he's narrowly survived a no confidence vote over claims that he lied about the coalition talks were to has not been forced to resign but his chances of forming a new government have been dealt a serious blow. pope francis has become celebrating the christian holy week of easter by leading a mass in st peter's cathedral in rome at the pontiff skipped the traditional service commemorating jesus last supper other events over the weekend will be restricted. the world health organization has criticized the speed of the coded 19 vaccine rollout in europe saying that it is quote unacceptably slow the number of new cases across the region has increased for the 6th consecutive we can just 10 percent of the european population has been given their

biden and the president of russia vladimir putin somewhat down the road maybe and some a if these 2 men can get along maybe then the tensions can be eased debbie has banned riegert in brussels thank you. well the white police officer who shot a black motorist in a scuffle in the u.s. state of minnesota has resigned the chief of police also offered to terminate his employment the mayor said that he hoped this would help calm the situation but protesters took to the streets for a 3rd night in the row on tuesday despite a curfew tensions also being fueled by the trial in the same city of the police officer derek show been charged with killing a black citizen george floyd. minneapolis remains a city on edge for a 3rd day people gathered to protest the death of yet another black man at the hands of a police officer. don't you right was short have to use arrested during a traffic stop. police say body count footage of the officer who shot him shows that she mistook her gun for her taser shooting night by accident. and. both the office and the local police chief have now stepped down but t

president joe biden's administration wants to revive the accord but has said that requires negotiations now iran is refusing direct talks calling for sanctions to be lifted for nations will mediate between the 2 sides 2015 agreements to lift iran's nuclear program collapse after then president donald trump withdrew and reinstated sanctions on the country now the u.s. and iranian officials laid out there ahead off today's talks our overarching goal is to ensure that iran's nuclear program is permanently in verifiably constrained in that on a permanent and verifiable basis iran will not be able to obtain a nuclear weapon. who to call whether the joint commissions agenda produces a result or not depends on the europeans and reminding the us of its obligations and the americans acting on their commitments. and when i'll go to our brussels correspondent for more on this story hi terry good to see you so as we have heard these talks are being described as in direct talks what he said is about what that means and and what is going to actually happen today. good morning well the indirect talks

president joe biden's of ministration wants to revive the accord but has saved that requires negotiations now iran is refusing direct talks calling for sanctions to be lifted 1st european nations will mediate between the 2 sides a 2015 agreements to limit iran's nuclear program collapsed after then president donald trump withdrew and reinstated sanctions on the country. u.s. and iranian officials laid out their aims ahead off today's talks. our overarching goal is to ensure that iran's nuclear program is permanently and verifiably constrained and on a permanent and verifiable basis iran will not be able to obtain a nuclear weapon. pseudocode whether the joint commission's agenda produces a result or not depends on the europeans and reminding the us of its obligations and the americans acting on their commitments. and the depth is bustles correspondent teri schultz is with me now harry so as we just heard these are being described as in direct talks can you tell us what that means and what is going to happen today that's right and this is because iran refuses to sit down with the united st