are we expected to hear from joe biden well for the 1st time the u.s. president is expected to officially recognize the armenian genocide now this would mark a major shift in u.s. diplomatic policy because up until now u.s. leaders have instead referred to those events of over a century ago as a great evil but on friday president biden held a phone call with president of turkey now reuters news agency is reporting that during the cold biden told of on that he will in fact be making an announcement to officially recognize the armenian genocide we'll find out in a matter of hours if he does and if he follows through on that it would also mark the fulfillment of a campaign promise made by bought into canada on the trip campaign trail as the one year ago but this is a highly contentious issue right turkey categorically rejects the turn genocide what could this do to us or can relations. well you get an idea of that back in 2019 when the u.s. congress although not the president passed the resolution to recognize the armenian genocide and that triggered a dip

president joe biden hosts. a climate summit today the aim to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees celsius to avoid catastrophic climate change the u.s. china and the e.u. are set to announce a significant reduction in carbon emissions by 2030 to make that happen india too has made pledges in the past but is campaigning for aid from nations to help build alternatives to coal plants india's. economy plays a large part in making it the was just a mr emitter of greenhouse gases after the u.s. and china and what government action is slow younger people in the country are already awake to the need for changes. made. looks like these young people are having fun. but they had to draw international attention to a problem they say is threatening their future and that of their home state of goa in india. their leader is activist pereira. how my spirit my home is going to be destroyed i just wanted to do something to build towards evening. prayer has been campaigning for months to prevent the government from going

president joe biden has pledged to cut u.s. carbon emissions in hostile $20.00 to $30.00 it's the most ambitious climate target the u.s. has ever 6 biden and now it's the goal at a 2 day search will climate change summit at the white house 40 countries are taking part china and russia have also pledged to cooperate on climate protections but did not 6 announce specific emissions targets for more i'm joined by clarify suggest a climate policy analyst at climate analytics here in berlin clare thanks for joining us how much of a game changer is biden's pledge rights and i think this is a really important game changer and as you said it's the most ambitious climate target the u.s. has ever come forward with to half their emissions by 2030 from 2005 levels and if we look at the global level what needs to be done to achieve the 1.5 limit set in the paris agreement we have a currently missing a gap between where we need to be where the heading and the new target by the u.s. reduces this gap by about 5 to 10 percent so it's a really im

president joe biden on friday reports suggest an increasingly assertive china will be a key fim of the talks japan is also a security ally of the united states and both have defined the nation as a quote cornerstone of peace security and prosperity in the indo-pacific region i'll be discussing that further with an expert in a moment but 1st this report. and president and a prime minister new to their leadership roles but each with years of experience treading the fine line of tough diplomacy. increasingly the main tools of such diplomacy look like this. u.s. exercises with asian allies meant to deter aggression. aggression especially from the chinese who have just this week sent fighter jets to skirt taiwanese airspace. taiwan itself proclaims its strength by showing off new naval hardware. all this as u.s. diplomats diplomatically told the people's republic of china the p.r.c. to back off our commitment to taiwan is rock solid we've of course taken note. with great concern the pattern of ongoing p.r.c. efforts in attempts to intimidate in the region including in the context of taiwan

president joe biden mr zyuganov where as a leader a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier in arlington national cemetery you will meet president biden at the white house later and increasingly a sort of china is likely to be the focus of this one day something. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. chinese president xi jinping says he wants to step up efforts to tackle climate change mr she made the pledge in online talks with chancellor on the american and french fries as in one of my coffee americal and marco welcome to mr she's a confirmation of china's goal of becoming carbon neutral by the year 2061. iran says it has begun enriching uranium at 60 percent the highest level it has achieved so far the process takes iran closer to the purity needed to produce a nuclear weapon a suspected israeli attack on a key facility has complicated talks aimed at reviving tehran's nuclear deal who broke powers. and french president a man of my car has held talks with the ukrainian leader of a lot amir's olinsky on escalating tensions with russia germ

president joe biden hosts. a climate summit today the aim to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees celsius to avoid catastrophic climate change the u.s. china and the e.u. are set to announce a significant reduction in carbon emissions by 2030 to make that happen india made . pledges in the past but his campaigning for aid from bolivia missions to help build alternatives to coal plants india's coal based energy economy plays a large part in making it the world's 3rd largest emitter emitter of greenhouse gases after the u.s. and china and while government action is slow younger people in the country are already awake to the need for immediate changes. it may look like these young people are having fun. but they're here to join to national attention to a problem they say is threatening their future and that of their home state of goa in india. their leader is activist pereira. how am i seeing my own is going to be destroyed i just wanted to do both something and to be able to do it see. care has been campa

president joe biden has made a promise to cut carbon emissions inhofe by the end of the decade if the most ambitious climate protection targets in u.s. history around 40 countries are taking part in a 2 day virtual climate summit as global warming progresses there's hope that this pledge will put pressure on other nations to do mall. but in kicked off his address with a sobering summation of society's climate sins from burning fossil fuel to inaction in the face of species extinction to rapid deforestation and air pollution in contrast to his predecessor biden said it was time for action and laid out his ambitious climate goals to the some 40 participating heads of state and government . the united states sets out on the road to cut greenhouse gases in half and half by the end of this decade that's where we're headed as a nation and that's all we can do if we take action to build an economy that's not 7 only more prosperous but healthier fare and cleaner for their entire planet since the industrial revolution the earth's climate has warmed by around one degree celsius it could reach 2

joe biden spent decades in the u.s. congress as a senator. he was back with an ambitious program that could see him becoming a transformational u.s. president. would be back. he began by drawing attention to the historic fact that for the 1st time ever the 2 people behind him where women madam speaker madam weighs president. thank you very much as it. has never said those words from this podium no president ever said those words. then a grim summary of his 1st 100 days combined with a note of optimism 100 days since i took the oath of office and left in my hand off our family bible and here are the nation we all do that was in crisis the worst pandemic of the century. the worst economic crisis since the great depression the worst attack on our democracy since the civil war now after just 100 days i can report to the nation america is the move again. offering a wide ranging vision of jobs prosperity and a new era of big government with big spending plans by and said he would pay for it all with higher taxes on corporations and the super rich c

president joe biden has marked his 1st 100 days in office with a visit to the us state of georgia which helped cement his election victory along with 1st lady jill biden he attended the drive in rally to promote his plan to rebuild the u.s. economy and reduce income inequality biden is proposing 4 trillion euros in spending to increase support for families and middle wage workers. but for the plans to take hold he'll need support from the republicans opposing him in congress including those who still swear allegiance to donald trump though the former president is out of the national spotlight he's working to build a new center of support from his home in florida. sumi some misconduct reports. palm beach florida this is definitely not washington d.c. but it is a growing hub of political power within the republican party that is its headquarters mar-a lago the primary residence of donald trump he may not be president anymore but he is creating a fortress of money and influence to defend his legacy and possibly his future. palm beach is one of the wealthiest counties in the u.s. it has lon

president joe biden has called on congress to pass gun restrictions after another mass shooting he ordered flags to be lowered at the white house and other government buildings in honor of the 8 people killed at the fed ex warehouse in indianapolis on their state biden described us gun deaths as an epidemic. 3 members of the international space station's crew safely to earth london in kazakhstan spend 6 months in space the russian soyuz craft undocked from the station on saturday it was the last shadowed russian space flight carrying us. their way home for a landing. now final preparations are being made for the funeral of prince philip the husband of britain's queen elizabeth which takes place in just a few hours the nation will hold in minute silence to honor the prince only that close relatives what i tend to ceremony at seems george's chapel in windsor due to cohen our vows restrictions the event will reflect prince philip's close ties with the military. ok so let's go straight away to the. shot shells of bill joining me now from tell us more about what's planned for today what is happ

president joe biden delivers his 1st speech to a joint session of congress biden sets out to america's return to a politics of its national corporation saying no one nation can succeed alone. also coming off a gauntlet saying of all the appears in public for the 1st time since.

president joe biden mr has laid a wreath at the 2 of the unknown soldier in arlington national cemetery he will meet president biden at the white house later and increasingly assertive china is likely to be the focus of the one day sounds. for more or less served chicken with alexander sick aki at the german institute for international and security affairs thank you so much for joining us a u.s. official say that mr biden and mr pseudo will mention taiwan in a joint statement is hard to overstate that this hasn't happened for more than 50 years how significant is this and what are they possibly thinking of achieving with that. yeah i also expect them to mention taiwan in the joint statement in fact actually during a previous. meeting off of foreign and defense ministers of japan and the us in march they already mentioned interest its ability of the taiwan strait so this is actually something that we've seen a month ago already. this is quite significant and it shows how concerned both the u.s. and japan are about growing pressure that trend of putting on taiwan economically and also mil

president joe biden recognizing the armenian genocide which took place in 1915 during the autumn an era the white house had long avoided that term for fear of alienating its ally turkey thousands of people in armenia as capital yerevan have been commemorating the mass killings deportations and forced marches. demonstrators have gathered in jerusalem to call for peace amid a flare up in tensions in the city there's been near nightly unrest between palestinians and israelis since the start of the muslim holy month of ramadan 2 weeks ago israel's prime minister is appealing for calm on all sides. you're watching. a reminder of our top stories india's hospitals are crumbling under the sheer weight of coronavirus patients oxygen is in short supply in the situation could get worse in. as a country has just recorded a nother daily record for new infections. up next sports life why has england's national football squad never managed to regain the glory of 1966 stay tuned for that we'll have more headlines as always at the top of the hour until then you can get all the latest news and i website

biden then candidate joe biden was holding carlie's that is something you can't do in individual people. and drive up in the cause and even even if they could afford those guards would have millions of dollars coming into political rallies was just physically not doable what was required was creative thinking and imagination on the part of the government and the part of the election commission of india to try and say look this is an extraordinary situation we need to find some way in which we can do this that conversation was never happened so the super spread of events yes each political rally from each party was responsible for what the spread of this virus but as the leader of the country with 74 percent popularity the country looks to you for leadership where was that leadership especially when you were not even wearing masks at massive rallies that balkanized in all these states and. we just heard from the mention of the us election campaign in fact if we look at prime minister modi's denialism and magical thinking it doesn't seem all that different from some of what we heard from

president joe biden delivers his 1st speech to a joint session of congress he declares america is rising a new as he highlights of progress made against a credible pandemic and unveils details of a $1.00 trillion dollars package for families and education. also coming up india sets another world.

time now to take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world american president joe biden has held his 1st cabinet meeting at the white house used the gathering to promote his new 2 trillion dollar infrastructure plan the senate confirmed the full cabinet last week biden has hailed it as the most diverse in american history a dutch prime minister mark who has survived one of the biggest political fights of his decade in power he has narrowly survived a no confidence vote over claims he lied about coalition talks who has not been forced to resign but his chances of forming a new government have been dealt a serious blow. belgian police have clashed with a large crowd gathered in a brussels park after a fake concert was announced on social media as an april fools day prank police said that 3 officers were hurt and $22.00 people arrested large gatherings are banned in belgium due to surging infection. they are of course watching d.w. news still to come thousands of german tourists decide to holiday on the spanish island of new york during the pandemic are they putting o

biden spoke from the white house addressing a virtual climate summit with more than 40 world leaders also coming up.

elections president joe biden event candidate joe biden was holding carlie's that is something you can't do in indian elections people can drive up in the cause and even even if they could afford those guards would have weekends of gods coming into political rallies was just physically not doable what was required was creative thinking and imagination on the part of the government and the part of the election commission of india to try and say look this is an extraordinary situation we need to find some way in which we can do this that conversation was never had so the super split events yes each political rally from each party was responsible for what the spread of this virus but as the leader of the country with 74 percent popularity the country looks to you for leadership where was that leadership especially when you were not even wearing masks at massive rallies that balkanized in all these states and. we just heard from just the mention of the us election campaign in fact if we look at prime minister modi's denialism and magical thinking it doesn't seem all that different from some

president joe biden has announced new controls on at home gun assembly kits and ownership restrictions on unstable individuals biden described gun violence in the united states as an epidemic as follows recent mass shootings in colorado and georgia republicans have attacked the measures as unconstitutional. u.s. authorities say the government picked up nearly 19000 children traveling alone across the mexican border in march it is the largest monthly number ever recorded and a major test for president biden as he reverses many of his predecessors tough immigration policies. iran has freed a south korean oil tanker it's seized in january tehran had demanded the transfer of $7000000000.00 held in south korean banks due to u.s. sanctions it's unknown if the payment was made the ship sailed hours before talks resume between iran and other countries over the nuclear deal. and authorities fear a volcano is about to erupt on the caribbean island of st vincent and they've ordered some 16000 people to evacuate increased activity has been observed at the volcano it last erupted in 1979. germany i

president joe biden wants to revive the j c p a way iran apparently is also interested because in direct talks between the 2 began today in austria but the past 3 years with new u.s. sanctions against iran plus iran's uranium enrichment in violation of the deal none of this can be undone or ignored to say that trust is in short supply here would be an understatement to say that washington will lift sanctions 1st as tehran is dead demanding well that still seems to be wishful thinking the europeans find themselves caught in the middle and the world wonders how to put the iran nuclear deal back together again we have this report. starting on tuesday delegates in this hotel began discussions on reviving the nuclear agreement with iran envoys from france germany britain russia and china are in talks with iran and acting as intermediaries with the u.s. . iran has high expectations. on state television a government spokesman projects confidence. that he says the talks are a good sign for the future but he says iran has conditions one is that sanctions must be lifted a spokesman for the u.s. st

i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program president joe biden is pulling american forces out of the longest war in u.s. history troops will leave afghanistan by the symbolic date of september the 11th now washington's nato allies will also be pulling out speaking at the white house biden said that the withdrawal will begin next month and. and before the 20th anniversary of the 911 terror attacks u.s. forces have been fighting in afghanistan for 2 decades in a moment we'll hear from our correspondent in the afghan capital kabul 1st here's joe biden explaining why american involvement in a long running conflict has become unsustainable. we cannot continue the cycle of extending or expanding our military presence in afghanistan hoping to create ideal conditions for their drawl and expecting a different result i'm now the 4th united states president to preside over american troop presence in afghanistan 2 republicans 2 democrats i will not pass this responsibility on to a 5th after consulting closely with our allies and partners with our military leaders and intelligence personnel with our dipl

american president joe biden has called on congress to pass gun restrictions after another mass shooting he ordered flags to be lowered at the white house and other government buildings in all of the 8 people killed at a fed ex warehouse in indianapolis on thursday. described the u.s. gun deaths as an epidemic. hundreds of people took to the streets in chicago after city police released body footage of an officer shooting dead 13 year old toledo protesters held a vigil in solidarity with the boy's family shooting is being investigated by the civilian police office of police accountability. nasa has awarded $2900000000.00 contract to iran musk's company space x. to supply the spacecraft that will run its 1st manned mission to the moon since $972.00 must be 2 other competitors including amazon founder jeff bezos to secure the contract. the leaders of germany france and ukraine have called on russia to pull its troops back from the ukrainian border ukraine's president followed him as the lenski proposed a summit that would also include moscow which killed fears is preparing an invasion the

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 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

us president joe biden has pledged to cut u.s. carbon emissions in half by 2030 it's the most ambitious climate target the u.s. has ever said biden announced the goal at a 2 day virtual climate change summit at the white house 40 countries are taking part in china and russia also pledged to cooperate on planet protections but did not announce specific emissions targets yet for more on this. not she's the head of the nec how to research institute on global commerce and climate change a think tank here in berlin we'll get to how much of a game changer is biden's pledge. i would say it really is a game changer and yesterday though the whole day was a game changer pawpaw climate i would say because it's not only the case that joe biden they us put on the table a new target for 20 take but they also managed other countries join them and putting more in their 1st target on the table like they do k. the e.u. also canada and this will and fold some dynamics so it's really a diplomatic success of the u.s. already said it will in the end so

president joe biden has pledged to cut u.s. carbon emissions in half by 2035 an announced the goal of the 2 day virtual climate summit at the white house 40 countries are taking part china and russia have also to cooperate on climate protections more indonesian navy ships have joined the search for a missing submarine the last vessel has 53 crewmembers on board and officials say oxygen is due to run out early on saturday search efforts are now focused on a highly magnetic object discovered near bali though it's feared it may be too deep to reach. the pin violence between israelis and palestinians outside jerusalem's old city of the protesters were barred from areas where muslim muslims gather for ramadan israeli police put up barricades and use stun grenades to disperse crowds the far right jewish chances of slogans on both prevented from marching to the end. akhil is facing questions today over one of germany's largest corporate scandals the chancellor is testifying before a parliamentary committee investigating the collapse o

president joe biden has pledged to cut u.s. carbon emissions inhofe by 2030 it's the most ambitious plan to target ever set in u.s. history some 40 countries are taking part of the 2 day virtual climate summit that biden is hosting from the white house analysts said biden special put pressure on other countries to follow suit china and russia put aside their disputes with the u.s. and also pledged to cooperate in fighting climate change but they have yet to announce specific emissions targets. but for more on this i'm not joined by she's the head of the macarthur research institute on global commons on climate change i think that here in berlin we'll get to how much of a game changer is biden's pledge. i would say it really is a game changer and yesterday though the whole day was a game changer for pa climate i would say because it's not only the case that joe biden the u.s. puts on the table a new target for 2030 but they also manage that other countries join them and putting more in their 1st target on the table i think u.k.

president joe biden recognizing the armenian genocide which took place in 950 in the autumn an era the white house had avoided that term for decades for fear of alienating its ally turkey thousands of people in armenia as capital have been commemorating the mass killings deportations and forced marches. by its being held as a potential game changer in the fight against one of the world's deadliest diseases a promising new vaccine against malaria has proven 77 percent effective in trials it's the 1st time ever a malaria vaccine has topped the world health organizations goal of a job that's at least 70. 5 percent effective the shot was developed by the team behind the astra zeneca a covert vaccine and tested on $450.00 infants and became a fan so these scientists will now move to a so-called phase 3 trial involving nearly 5000 children across 4 african countries . for more on this exciting development i'm joined by w. science editor mira fricker a long awaited malaria vaccine sounds like quite a breakthrough well this is acceding could be a potential game changer it would not be the very

president joe biden recognizing the armenian genocide which took place in 1958 during the autumn an era the white house had avoided that term for decades for fear of alienating its ally turkey thousands of people in armenia as capital yerevan have been commemorating the mass killings of deportations and forced marches. demonstrators have gathered in jerusalem to courts of peace amid a flare up in tensions in the city there's been near nightly unrest between palestinians and israelis since the start of the muslim holy month of ramadan 2 weeks ago israel's prime minister is appealing for calm on science. sports now on i'm going to slay combined munich travel to mines on saturday knowing a win would seal the league championship but mines have come out come out fighting in recent weeks as they bid to avoid relegation and they set up a shock and put fines title campaign on ice. in this league of fans have seen this movie before byron the main feature. the star turn to another title with the inevitable happy ending. points were cast as the fall guy but they hadn't read the script a 6 game unb

president joe biden angers ankara by recognizing the atrocity as genocide. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program germany is switching gears in the fight against the pandemic of the palm and approved a legislative amendment having the way for more centrally coordinated response on saturday night or far he's patrolled cities across the country to enforce the most controversial of the new measures a curfew between 10 pm and 5 am our reporter kate brady was out in the capital berlin. it's saturday night in berlin streets are trying to strict with just minutes to go before the new curfew kicks in attempt. enough time to grab a quick beer and some late night food for the right. writer and she was the clock strikes 10 many local shops begin to roll down the shutters minutes later police arrive to clear stragglers from the square. according to federal rules repeated violators of the measures risk a hefty fine of up to 25000 joyrides for most tonight though it's just a polite request to head home the restrictions on movement during late hours have been met with

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

on foreign policy joe biden said that the u.s. was competing to win the 21st century any idea what he means by that well based off of what he said in the past his domestic policy he believes is tied into his foreign policy so if other countries see that democracy in the u.s. is working then. i just lost my train of thought i'm so sorry. so that you're talking about the 21st century century. well i mean let's look at what the president was saying with with reference to democracy also when he also referred to the storming of the u.s. capitol by that mall on january 6th that really shocked the world and he said it also gave some solace to america's enemies i mean how heavily does that weigh on the administration well deeply because they're still doing the investigation to catch people who did attack the capitol and he called it the worst attack our democracy has seen since the civil war so if for him he really wants the rest of the world to see america work and that democracy works that there isn't just a standstill that both sides o

joe biden spent decades in the u.s. congress as a senator and he was back with an ambitious program that could see him becoming a transformational u.s. president. would be back. he began by drawing attention to the historic fact that for the 1st time ever the 2 people behind him where women madam speaker madam vice president i. thank. you. as never said those words from this podium no president ever said those words. then a grim summary of his 1st 100 days combined with a note of optimism 100 days since i took the oath of office and left in my hand off our family bible and heard of the nation we all did it was in crisis the worst pandemic of the century the worst economic crisis since the great depression . the worst attack on our democracy since the civil war now after just 100 days i can report to the nation america is the move again thank you for being a wide ranging vision of jobs prosperity and a new big government with big spending plans biden said he would pay for it all with higher taxes on corporations and the

president joe biden delivers his 1st speech to a joint session of congress he declares america is rising a new as he highlights the progress made against the current pandemic and unveils details of a $1.00 trillion dollars package for families and education also coming up. as india sets another world record in new coronavirus cases pushing its health system far beyond its limits we speak to a volunteer working on the front lines of the pandemic. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us joe biden has pitched his proposals for what he calls a once in a generation investment in america and his 1st speech to congress says u.s. president he outlined sweeping plans to increase wages and create more jobs he also stressed the need for the u.s. to reassert its place in the world saying it must show its adversaries that democracy still works listen to what he had to say. we all know life can knock us down but in america we never ever ever stay down americans always get up today that's what we're doing america's rising to do choosing hope over fear truth over lies and light over darkness aft

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

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 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 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

that after a recent spate of mass shootings president joe biden announces his 1st gun control measures he moves to tighten some regulations but warns much more is needed. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us the number of refugees fleeing the military's violent crackdown in myanmar is rising india should india shares a 600 kilometer border with me on mar with strong ethnic and cultural ties between local communities on both sides so india might seem the natural destination for those forced to leave their homes but can those who end up there feel at home we meet one woman and her daughters who have settled in the indian capital delhi a warning some viewers may find this report to starving. for the last 6 years and her girls have felt safe here in delhi but it didn't come easy to get here they had to leave everything behind in their need of man much when he says her husband was tortured and killed by the military. later they were forced to run for their lives after they were caught sheltering students protesting against the military now the situation in myanmar is bringing bac

president joe biden on friday reports suggest an increasingly assertive china will be a key theme of the talks japan is also a security ally of the united states and both have defined the nation as a quote cornerstone of peace security and prosperity in the indo-pacific region i'll be discussing that further with an expert in a moment but 1st this report. and the president and a prime minister new to their leadership roles but each with years of experience treading the fine line of tough diplomacy. increasingly the main tools of such diplomacy look like this. u.s. exercises with asian allies meant to deter aggression. aggression especially from the chinese who have just this week sent fighter jets to skirt taiwanese airspace. taiwan itself proclaims its strength by showing off new naval hardware. all this as u.s. diplomats diplomatically tell the people's republic of china the p.r.c. to back off our commitment to taiwan is rock solid we've of course taken note. with great concern the pattern of ongoing p.r.c. efforts and attempts to inseminate in the region including in the context o

president joe biden said ministration wants to revive the accord after negotiations iran is refusing direct talks. calling for sanctions to be lifted 1st european nations will mediate between the 2 sides a 2015 agreement to limit iran's nuclear program collapsed after then president donald trump withdrew and stated sanctions on the country u.s. and iranian officials laid out their a head of 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. 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 let's bring in deed of use correspondent teri schultz who is following the story from brussels hi terry it's good to see you we've heard this being referred to as indirect talks so can you tell us what that means and what is actually going to happen today hi sue me we're not exactly sure of all the logistics yet