president joe biden tougher greener and even meaner than the world was expecting if anyone thought joe biden would put the restoration of america's role in the world on the back burner while he deals with domestic issues they were in for a big disappointment from the start biden has taken a hard line with america's main rivals he has refused to lift sanctions on iran as a condition for restarting nuclear talks trade tariffs on china are still in place and u.s. diplomats have visited taiwan biden impose new sanctions on russia for interference in the 2020 alexion is and when asked if he considered russian president vladimir putin to be a killer he said without hesitation i do biden said there would be consequences for saudi arabia after u.s. intelligence concluded the saudi crown prince had been responsible for the murder of a u.s. journalist and critics point out that they are still waiting to see those consequences candidate biden promised to bring america back has president biden kept his word he used chief international editor richard walker has this report. during the trump years t

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. good to 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. 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 heritage 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 on the move again thank offering a wide ranging vision of jobs prosperity and a new era of big government with big spending plans biden said he would pay for it all with higher taxes on corporations and the super rich continuous cycle growth

after donald trump walks away from the paris clara's agreements joe biden has not only brought the u.s. back into that particular gate but this week he also unveiled i'm bischof new climate targets pledging to cut u.s. carbon emissions to hoffer 2005 levels over the next decade but that still leaves us well short of the paris climate goals so there's any talk really batter i'm phil gale in berlin and this is the day. this is a work together to address cleaner economies will reap rewards for their shoes we have decided and all danish oil and gas production in the north. know very. well at. 2024 of those 4 years from now. we're going to make these commitments real. also on the day as europe and the united states begin to talk of a pandemic free summer india's code crisis surges to record highs the situation in india is a device stating a reminder of what this virus can do and why we must marshal every tool against it. welcome to the day this week u.s. president joe biden hosted a virtual global climate summit of more than 40 world leaders many of them joined president biden in announcing

president joe biden is determined to change that he says huge infrastructure spending program includes $100000000000.00 fund for rolling out 5 g. infrastructure take look. do you think china is waiting around or invest in this digital infrastructure and research and development i promise you they are not wait for 3rd car new american democracy to be too slow too limited and too divided to keep pace. over the past decade china has become a tech heavyweight boyd in no small part by the success of companies like buy do and 10 cent beijing has also invest it substantially in the collection and analysis of big data with potentially huge ramifications for society china is to be the global leader in artificial intelligence by 2030 but the united states wants to stop china and joe biden is ready to spend big on making it happen. my colleague at the stephens is here to talk more about those welcome back but so what is the hill that the u.s. has to climb here well as part of china's. relief packages page $1.00 trillion dollars into digital infrastructure so not just a i but 5 g. internet of thin

president joe biden marks 100 days in office with an ambitious new spending plan for families and children it's his 3rd biggest this is 3rd big legislative proposal rather taxing businesses and the wealthy to expand the role of government in the u.s. . through tons of posts another big quarterly loss the german flag carrier now saying it's not as optimistic about the summer ahead. also on the show will drop in on a competition to develop smartphone apps in japan organizers want to bring more women into a field dominated by men. hello welcome to the show and berlin was president joe biden has unveiled his latest spending plan to congress on wednesday night $1.00 trillion dollars in new spending and tax credits and families and children the package would finance preschool programs lower child care costs and expand paid leave it be funded by raising corporate taxes and personal taxes on america's wealthiest. how do we pay for my jobs if. i made it clear we can do without increasing the deficit let's start with what i will not do i want to oppose any tax increase on people making less than $40

president joe biden called his russian counterpart vladimir putin urging him to deescalate tensions russia has been boosting its military presence on ukraine's borders since late march russia claims its troop movements are just military exercises. u.s. officials say president biden is planning to withdraw all american troops from afghanistan by september 11th of this year the decision will keep thousands of u.s. troops in the country beyond the may 1st deadline the trumpet ministration negotiated with the taliban the islamist group has threatened to renew attacks of foreign forces are announced by the 1st of may. u.s. medical regulators have called for an immediate pause in the use of johnson and johnson's coronavirus vaccine this comes after 6 recipients developed rare blood clots 2 weeks after getting the shot johnson and johnson says it's delaying its vaccine rollout in europe while regulators conduct a safety review that's g.w. news from berlin you can find more headlines on our website w dot com and also on our social media channels. the new u.s. offense secretary was here in berlin t

president joe biden has convened his 1st cabinet meeting at the white house by nine's to promote his new 2 trillion dollar infrastructure plan the senate confirmed his for cabinet last week biden has described it as the most diverse in u.s. history. belgium police have clashed with a large crowd gathered in a brussels park after a fight concert was announced as an april fool's day prank thousands of young people defied the ban on large gatherings as in fiction numbers in belgium search police say 22 people were arrested. this is datable the news from berlin you can follow us on twitter and facebook or you can go to our web site to be found at the dot com. when joe biden became us president to he told his country and the world that america is back and now biden wants to put his money where his mouth is tax money $2.00 trillion dollars biden is proposing an unprecedented infrastructure plan that does more than repair roads and bridges think green energy social engineering tonight the world's leading superpower holding on to that title by investing in a major make over of itself and the

president joe biden has announced plans to withdraw all u.s. forces from afghanistan by september 11th ending america's longest war biden added that the withdrawal will not be tied to conditions on the ground as announcement was followed by the news that nato will also withdraw its own troops beginning next month. the minnesota police officer who shot and killed unarmed black man dante wright has been arrested prosecutors plan to charge him believe potter with 2nd degree manslaughter she faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted the incident has prompted several days of unrest near the u.s. city of minneapolis. the mastermind behind the world's biggest ponzi scheme bernie madoff has died in prison at the age of $82.00 he was serving a 150 year sentence for defrauding tens of 1000 of thousands of investors out of billions of dollars the former chairman of the nasdaq stock exchange reportedly died of natural causes he'd been suffering from chronic kidney failure. this is the news from berlin you can find more headlines on our web site that's d

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 in the pacific region i'll be discussing that further with an expert in a moment but 1st this report. and presidents 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 in attempts to intimidate in the region including in the context of

i think since joe biden brought the usa back into the w.h.o. we've seen a different approach less accommodating of china as you say and as we saw in the report and i think. clearly there's there's a new dynamic at work in the w.h.o. that's very interesting now this lab leak theory a lot of people say it's a conspiracy theory some people will say that the u.s. keeps mentioning it because it wants to weaponize it politicize the issue what do you make of the laptop theory i think the lovely theory has been weaponized i think under donald trump it was used as something to be china with the fact that it was it may have been developed in a lab but increasingly it's looking like something that could be true and there's no way of knowing that it's not true because 1st of all it took you know this break happened in new holland which is a long way away from you know on province which is where the this this kind of outbreak normally would happen we don't know anything more about the animal that may have transmitted to us there's a lot of open questions th

president joe biden is reportedly planning to make the 20th anniversary of the 911 terror attacks on the u.s. a new deadline for the withdrawal of all american troops from a fat.

president joe biden has unveiled an infrastructure plan worth 2 trillion dollars the spending package will help repair roads and bridges as well as improve the quality of drinking water biden said the plan will also creates jobs and help tackle the climate crisis. france has extended its current virus locked down for one month to prevent a 3rd wave president in my name across the want of the it that's immediate action is necessary case numbers have risen in recent weeks driven by the spread of a highly infectious variant of the virus. drug regulators says astra zeneca has vaccines the benefits outweigh the risks the medical body says it hasn't identified any clots risk factors linked to age it follows germany's move to mimic the vaccine in people under the age of 60 after usual buckholtz were reported. this is news from berlin you can find much more news on our website www dot com. today joe biden became the 1st us president to issue a proclamation recognizing transgender people at the same time the pentagon on biden's orders reverse the trump administration's ban on transgender peopl

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 to made pledges in the past but is campaigning for. 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 a week to the need for immediate changes. it may look like these young people are having fun. but they had 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 my stick my phone is going to be destroyed i just want it to do both something and to do it. care has been campaigning for months to

biden orders flags lowered to half staff to the latest mass shooting this time in a fed ex facility in. indianapolis president biden says congress has to toughen going laws also coming up. a show of confidence gets her 1st covert 19 shot and receives astra zeneca germany's chancellor says she's delighted to take the vaccine and urges others.

president joe biden delivers his 1st speech to a joint session of congress has america is rising and you see highlights of progress made against the current virus pandemic and unveiled details of a 1.8 trillion package for families and education also coming up another tragic pandemic record in india death toll from cope and 19 has cost 200000 the crisis is being compounded by shortages of all oxygen.

with warming weather many states have lifted restrictions facing the threat of a 4th wave president joe biden's administration is doubling down to back the nation as the key to ending the pandemic but local outbreaks threaten to do that strategy . john brooks joins us from the c.d.c. the centers for disease control and prevention how would you say the u.s. is coming along there's been a change in leadership a change in the weather but has there been progress in the fight against covert. well i think there has been steady progress in the fight against cove even since we began and this is despite 3 waves including a really unprecedented 3rd wave over the holiday season but we're coming down off the back of that wave right now and really getting the numbers down quickly we're not succeeding yet i mean we're making incredible progress but the number of new infections we're seeing in this country remains about what it was during our 2nd wave last summer so what about 50000 new infections a day and 525021000 deaths a day by the numbers of murder. promising when you take a look at who's been i

president joe biden enters ankara by recognizing the atrocity as genocide also coming up. india's hospitals collapse under the weight of a colossal 2nd wave of current.

president joe biden of recognizing the armenian genocide which took place during the ottoman era and $915.00 the white house had avoided that term for decades for fear of alienating ally turkey thousands of people in armenia s. capital yerevan i'm have been commemorating the mass killings deportations and forced marches. indian authorities are scrambling to get oxygen tanks to hospitals overwhelmed by the world's worst coronavirus surge clinics across the country face acute shortages and say patients are dying as a result india said of global daily record for new infections for the 3rd consecutive day with more than 346000 confirmed cases. indonesia's military has declared a submarine that's been missing since last wednesday a sunken vessel this after searchers recovered debris a dent a find to be from the sub the vessel was carrying a crew of $53.00 all of whom are now presumed dead. this is d.w. news from berlin you can find much more on our website this. hello and welcome to new fresh edition from in good shape here we are again are you male or female or do you define yourself dif

this is news live from but joe biden and i'm says new gun control measures. violence in this country just look at this damage to. the u.s. president moves to tighten some regulations but full short of his campaign promises to be enough to stop the bloodshed we'll bring you the latest from washington also on the program brazil's president says will remain open despite a breaking surge in corona virus infections and deaths hospitals are on the brink of collapse. and.

president joe biden has pledged to cut us carbon emissions by hauff by 20 it's the most ambitious climate protection targets ever set in u.s. history around 40 countries are taking part in the 2 day virtual climate summit. hundreds of mourners have been remembering dante right the young black man shot and killed by police at the small bright was killed during a traffic stop near minneapolis the officer who shot him apparently by mistake has been charged with manslaughter. and life on mas nasa scientists are one step closer to making that possible the perseverance rover has converted carbon dioxide into pure breathable oxygen for the 1st time nasa ames to do this on a large scale it could pave the way for human exploration on the red planet this is g.w. news from but then you can find much more news and analysis on our web site d w dot com. or. the u.s. today pledged to cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end of the decade a movement to brand the u.s. as a leader in fighting climate change but even if america keeps its word europe will still be ahead america's real leadership w

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 it was systemic racism day and soul but it's not enough we can't stop here. in order to litter real change reform we kid and we must do more to reduce the likelihood a tragedy like this will never happen occur again. show been handcuffed and led away will be sentenced 8 weeks from now he could be facing decades in prison. well i want to bring in now gloria j. brown marshall she is a professor of constitutional law at john jay college in new york city her most recent book on civil rights and wall is entitled she took just as the black woman wall and power it's good to have you with us again on the day i want to start by asking you what was your reaction when you heard the sentencing for the verdict for derek shogun and was justice served yesterday earth yes justice with her then i was so anxious and nervous and i was sweating actually and i knew that i had to do

president joe biden outlining his plans to a draw all american forces from afghanistan by september 11th while here in the in the studio i'm joined by did have a correspondence on appears men and from washington our chief poll is i want to go to you 1st and you know listening to the president to what he had to say there was a sense of fatigue and it was all about the time has come we need to move on. right later this is a historic moment and this actually could president biden's could be in president biden's most consequential foreign policy decision you know we have to keep in mind this war has been going on since 20 years so maybe i can walk us through some of the major points i want to point out i find it remarkable that he addressed the nation in the treaty room why because this is exactly the place where president bush addressed the nation in 22001 to inform them about the 1st strike in afghanistan so biden really from from the very 1st words kind of spoke there in this room he wanted to draw the bigger picture he started by reminding on 911 what that meant this tank what it meant t

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president joe biden announces new measures on gun control. going while unst this country is an epidemic the u.s. president moves to heighten some regulations but he falls short of his campaign promises will this be enough to stop the bloodshed we'll bring you the latest from washington also coming up tonight supporters of alexina on the stage a protest outside the penal colony where he's being held and then rewarded with jail time.

president joe biden has repeated calls for congress to pass gun restrictions after thursday's mass shooting at a fed ex where has facility in indianapolis police say the 19 year old gunman started shooting at random and then entered the building killing 8 people it's believed he killed himself before officers arrived. but i will castro is standing down as head of cuba's communist party his resignation will bring an end to the leadership of cost though and his brother fidel who ruled cuba for more than 6 decades customer says he's handing on power to a younger generation. german chancellor angela merkel has received a 1st dose of the astra zeneca vaccine the 66 year old to say that she was delighted to receive the job fewer than one in 5 germans have been given a 1st dose but the speed of vaccinations has picked up dramatically in recent days this is the news from berlin you can find more headlines on our web site that's t w dot com or you can also follow us on our social media channels. org. or. the price for resistance 9 veteran activists and lawmakers in hong kong have been sentenced to p

now that joe biden is president let's bring in jonathan katz from the german marshall fund he joins me tonight from washington it's good to see you again jonathan. what does washington make of the buildup of russian troops near the border with ukraine well i think there's a deep concern in washington about the build up it's not only on the dons boss but it's also in the black sea see it as of crimea and i think there's increased concern of course today you saw that u.s. ambassador is coming back to washington for consultations the u.s. has been very clear that he deescalate this situation and i think that if washington were taking it taking it very seriously right now that this is the biggest military buildup they've seen since 2014 and i think everybody including both in washington brussels on the european side is taking it very seriously what can u.s. president biden do even with his allies because at the end of the day he you know ukraine is not a member of nato. that's that's true and the president has said that the u.s. nato will not get involved militarily again this is about dip

president joe biden has announced his 1st measures in office towards tackling gun violence acting on the issue was a key campaign pledge and recent mass shootings in colorado and georgia have increased the political pressure biden described gun violence in the united states as an epidemic. there are fears of fresh large scale hostilities in eastern ukraine after an escalation of tensions with russia the white house says russia now has more troops on ukraine's eastern border and at any time since 2014 and german chancellor angela merkel has called on russian president vladimir putin to pull back his forces putin has accused of court provocative actions. brazil has broken its daily record for 1000 deaths for the 2nd time this week with a toll again climbing above 4000 people the country's leading health institute is calling for a strict nationwide lockdown the president also narrow opposes any lockdown measures. this is news from berlin you can follow us on twitter and facebook visit our website w dot com. since the easter weekend northern ireland has gone from one street skirmish to t

biden becomes the 1st u.s. president to recognize the atrocity as genocide also on show india's hospitals collapse under the weight of a colossal 2nd wave of.

on the program the us president joe biden delivers his 1st speech to a joint session of congress. return to a politics of international cooperation.

from berlin tonight joe biden's blue collar blueprint for america the u.s. president delivers his 1st speech before a joint session of congress and promises big spending on infrastructure and families he says america is returning to the politics of international cooperation but warns the biggest threat to the free world is china.

president joe biden's historic decision to wind down the u.s. troop presence in afghanistan after 2 decades today his secretary of state. surprise visit to the afghan capital kabul with many worried about the country's future security after international forces leave. sure afghans that washington is not abandoning them. the u.s. secretary of state pledged washington would continue to offer strong support to afghanistan after years of saying that we would leave militarily at some point that time has come but even when our troops come home. our partnership with afghanistan will continue there is no military solution to the conflict that remains here. the only path forward to a durable lasting and just end of the conflict is through negotiation we are doing everything we can now to advance diplomacy to bring in regional and international partners. so that everyone is using their influence and their leverage to advance a peaceful end to the conflict. france today became the latest country to surpass 100000 deaths from 19 here in germany 30000 new in

biden has promised to revive the accord saying the u.s. will lift sanctions if iran abides by its terms but next week in vienna don't expect to see any direct talks between washington and tehran iranian former foreign minister zarif made that clear on twitter he said the aim was to rapidly finalize sanction lifting and nuclear measures for choreographed removal of all sanctions followed by iran ceasing remedial measures no iran u.s. meeting and necessary. well trita parsi is the executive vice president of the quincy institute for responsible state craft in washington d.c. his work focuses on the u.s. iranian relations iranian foreign politics and the geopolitics of the middle east and he's written a book entitled losing an enemy obama iran and the triumph of diplomacy it focuses on the strategy of the obama administration and toward iran's nuclear program and it traces the course of the complex negotiations that led to the 2015 nuclear deal and the parsi joins me tonight on the day a very warm welcome to you so iran wants to talk or not d