germany's parliament passes a national lockdown law to contain the culvert 19 and the health minister calls the situation extremely serious. parties want a lot checked by the constitutional court. and the race to stop global warming the u.s. prepares a virtual summit to tackle climate change on the day when more than 50 years ago people 1st rallies to sound the alarm of the un vote. welcome to the program rights groups say police have detained more than $1400.00 protesters and dozens of cities across russia demonstrators marched for the release of jailed opposition leader alexander valley whose health is said to be deteriorating the protests were held on the same day as president vladimir putin's annual state of the nation address. a forceful message delivered on a grand stage at his annual state of the nation address russian president vladimir putin warned western powers not to meddle in moscow's affairs. we just wiggling you could you must we really don't want to burn any bridges. but if some mistake our good intentions for indifference or weakness and intend to burn or even blow up

of germany is dealing with what's called long term covert these it has. in you know been at these patients are often between 18 and 50 years old the symptoms team to return after a period of remission of about one to 4 months suddenly they develop symptoms of take and a sudden decline in their ability to perform. high corish says even taking a shower can exhaust her and often forces her to have to take a nap 100 i mean. you can't just body you can't trust fear and a mind and then the question is how understanding will people be when i get her. there is much deal to learn about the virus and the longer it takes for governments to vaccinate their populations the longer it will take to contain it stephanie decker al-jazeera berlin. turkey pakistan and afghanistan are calling on the taliban to reaffirm its commitment to reaching an agreement from last in peace the foreign ministers of the 3 countries made the joint statement after talks in istanbul on friday they condemned the growing level of violence in afghanistan and called for an immediate cease fire u.s

because after years of fostering business ties your main business association is now saying that the west strategy for opening up china has failed they call it a wake up call is it a call that germany is potentially answering too late we have a german in the pacific strategy and we have 10 chief of the european commission 2 and a half years ago on a more tough strategy on china i think we should mention u.s. and north america very close and the question how to be face in creasing and. because if news of china by mixing political and economic interests to gether and i know it's a german that we as germans have to to lose a lot because some of our industry is very much depending on the and bed profits they do in china but look to that watch in china is ongoing increasing pressure on people on human rights and also increasing pressure on taiwan we have to we have to take a more tough way including the question of our economic relations how tough do you think that strategy though appears to the chinese when you have human rights concerns overshadowing this investment deal for example with chi

then of course once the allies in the west begin liberating territory in germany and the soviets moved into poland and then auschwitz january 45 there is a tremendous amount of visual photography that coincides with the liberation with the liberators found. there we have newsreels as well. >> yes. there is a lot in circulation and private settings as well. had the opportunity i completely agree these are out there. they are used by propaganda ministry and they are used immediately as the allies with psychological warfare. and then used to reeducate the germans to confront the atrocities campaign. look at this. those images that was immediately distributed in 44 i'm sorry 45 as part of the reeducation campaign. imagery is out there it's in people's pockets and in their home interviewed a woman outside of doc out one —-dash doc out who was a technician on - - a technician at the time and she told me she was developing prints from soldiers who came back and the atrocity photography with emaciated pows, killings. and she was part of the resistance sharing those images with the people who

of germany is dealing with what's called the long term cove it does it has. you know when these patients are often between 18 and 50 years old they symptoms team to return after a period of remission of about one to 4 months suddenly they develop symptoms of take and a sudden decline in their ability to perform high corish says even taking a shower can exhaust her and often forces her to have to take a nap one country my honest not you can't just body contrast fear and ma and and then the question is how understanding will people be when i get her. there is much deal to learn about the virus and the longer it takes for governments to vaccinate their populations the longer it will take to contain it stephanie decker al-jazeera berlin. plenty more still ahead on this new siren clearing we'll tell you what the u.s. climate envoy is praising on day 2 of a global summit it's a race against time in the search for a missing in tunisia a submarine that spawning a low on oxygen pass a bad day for those baseball fans in cincinnati far out it will be here with your spor

because after years of fostering business ties your main business association is now saying that the west strategy for opening up china has failed they call it a wake up call is it a call that germany is potentially answering too late we have a german in the pacific strategy and we have 10 she talks european commission 2 and off years ago on a more tough strategy on china i think we should mention u.s. and north america very close in the question how to be face even creasing. because if news of china by mixing political and economic interests together and i know as a german that we as germans have to to lose a lot because some of our industry is very much depending on the and bed profits they they do in china but look to that watch in china is ongoing increasing pressure on people on human rights and also increasing pressure on taiwan we have to we have to take a more tough way including the question of our economic relations how tough do you think that strategy though appears to the chinese when you have human rights concerns overshadowing this investment deal for example with china that

because after years of fostering business ties your main business association is now saying that the west strategy for opening up china has failed they call it a wake up call is it a call that germany is potentially answering too late we have a german in the pacific strategy and we have 10 sheets of the opium commission 2 and a half years ago on a more tough strategy on china i think we should mention 'd u.s. and north america very close in the question how to be face even creasing. because if news of china by mixing political and economic interests together and i know as a german that we as germans have to to lose a lot because some of our industry is very much depending on the and bed profits they they do in china but look to that watch in china is ongoing increasing pressure on people on human rights and also increasing pressure on taiwan we have to we have to take a more tough way including the question of our economic relations how tough do you think that strategy though appears to the chinese when you have human rights concerns overshadowing this investment deal for example with chi

good moderator this negotiation process again germany and france have been sitting on a negotiation table with ukraine and drop ukraine and russia for years and seem to be accepted by both sides perhaps the americans would have to come along but on the other hand russians wouldn't like that so it means it remains an extremely difficult conflict in the middle of europe yuri thank you very much as always did obvious moscow correspondent yury russia. if you look at some other stories making headlines around the world today u.s. president joe biden has announced new controls on at home gun assembly kits and ownership restriction on unstable individuals biden described gun violence in the united states as an epidemic that follows recent mass shootings in colorado and georgia republicans have attacked the measures as unconstitutional. iran has released a south korean oil tanker it 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 ship sailed hours before talks resumed between iran and

and russia across much of the muslim world but it has largely flown under the radar in much of the west that megalomaniac at bisham seem almost comical but there is nothing to laugh at he's. clearly slimy presents a serious threat it's a well structured are going to zation which aims to dispose secure governments through violent uprisings with the goal of declaring an islamic state its members are trained in war zones and the legs of others are going is ations there especially active in crimea where the organization operated without restrictions up until 2014 so imagine the confusion when the human rights watch comes out in support of his book doctor the other members calling them quote political activists a russian military court sentenced 7 crimean tatars to prison terms ranging from 13 to 19 years it is part of a pattern of political march of 88 prosecutions that has been happening in russia occupied crimea for the past 6 years we are human rights watch to explain how arresting his book the. the members is politically motivated persecution they ignored the request i mean it is a diff

good moderator this negotiation process again germany and france have been sitting on a negotiation table with ukraine and drop ukraine and russia for years and seem to be accepted by both sides perhaps the americans would have to come along but on the other hand russians wouldn't like that so it means it remains an extremely difficult conflict in the middle of europe yuri thank you very much as always did always moscow correspondent yury russia. the number of refugees fleeing the military's violent crackdown in myanmar is rising india shares a 1600 kilometer long border with aren't strong ethnic and cultural ties bomb the communities on either side of the border so in you might see 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 on the indian in the indian capital delhi a warning some viewers may find this report. for the last 6 years. in delhi but it didn't come easy to get they had to leave everything behind in their need of man much hen he says her husband left but jord

and now thailand is facing what appears to be its west outbreak of. it's a blow to the terrorism dependent nation which was looking to reopen its economy and celebrate the new here holiday sky high blair reports from the capital bangkok . this is what streets across thailand should look like this week here locals and tourists in bangkok backpacking hub of coast sun road out in mass celebrating the thai songkran new year with parties and water fights but on how sun wrote this year and nationwide the party has been cancelled a recent spike in covert cases thought to have started at night life spots in bangkok has raced across the country thailand has been viewed as a covert success story with low infection rates but now a 3rd wave is here throwing cold water on the hopes of many in the tourist and hospitality industry just as it was positioning for rebound b. has run her hair braiding shop a long road for so long she doesn't even remember when she started as she relies on backpacking tourists she might have to close for good yeah yeah. this is a very ti

because after years of fostering business ties your main business association is now saying that the west strategy for opening up china has failed they call it a wake up call is it a call that germany is potentially answering too late we have a german in the pacific strategy and we have a 10 sheet of the european commission 2 and a half years ago or more tough strategy on china i think we should match u.s. and north america very close and the question how to be face so even creasing. because if news of china by mixing political and economic interests to gether and i know it's a german that we as germans have to to lose a lot because some of our industry is very much depending on the and bed profits they they do in china but look to that what china is ongoing increasing the pressure on people on human rights and also increasing pressure on taiwan we have to we have to take a more tough way including the question of our economic relations how tough do you think that strategy though appears to the chinese when you have human rights concerns overshadowing this investment deal for example with

in poland and slovakia for example right here is probably going to retrogress and come back towards west and probably even germany come thursday this area is turning or staying cold if you like the cold extends down to least northern greece southern greece looks quite well so there's some part of fronts but the most diverse it's very pretty picture so even turning wet in spain and portugal bordeaux when i was place in france even here you'll see that cold wind borders from the north and northeast drop temporist at about 14 by friday the opposite is happening in africa has been particularly warm in the sahara for weeks now and yes you do have this seasonal wind bring in dust with the temperatures around senegal and for departed martain you have been up into the high forty's. a star striker in the top italian league but devoted to the working class of his hometown and its close. footballing legend and accounts and awe and produces display on the lakotah a one of a kind seek to stop. equally adored by his fans for a socialist values of his many goals against italy's footballing elite footba

over the pipeline that goes from the west of st. petersburg into northern germany supplying natural gas, that is absolutely vital, to germany which is increasingly dependent on russia for natural gas getting high into the 90%. what is that used for, heating, electricity, could shutdown their economy, creates a vulnerability. basically now owns venezuelan oil, with an ownership stake, closer ties to it. chapter 3 of the book, russia developed military presence in the arctic, the largest icebreakers, nuclear icebreakers the canada doesn't have. this is in part exploration of oil and gas resources. american oil companies partnered with russian oil and gas entities, russia has been able to replace, they are under sanctions, they have been able to replace western investors not completely but to a large degree in the middle east and saudi arabia and the uae and china and india in terms of trying to do more exploration in the arctic. chinese interested in a new northern trade route through the arctic as global warming opens up that as a po

the course of the last three years, we've had the opportunity specifically to work on road and rail west to east central germany to the baltics and down to hungry, romania and bulgaria and with made improvements but it's still a challenge and something will continue to work on but we are much faster than we have been in the past. >> the remaining minute, how would you like to see this exercise change to make sure we are as prepared as possible for real engagement? >> we are in the process of executing defender europe 21 and one of the changes we are making is a cyber red team and we want to improve our posture with the duration of the exercises involved with defender europe 21. >> thank you and i yield back. >> thank you, recognize senator hawley. >> thank you for being here, thanks for your service. secretary austen has reaffirmed position of the prior administration that china is a threat given that, what is your view on how, what you can do and free up military resources, the department can use in? >> my first response is, what we do to effectively compete against the nearest competit

to east, central germany to hungary, bull gara. it's something we'll continue to work on but we're much faster than we have been in the past. >> finally, in the remaining minute, how would you like to see this exercise change to make sure we are as prepared as possible? >> we're in the process of and one of the changes is a cyber red team and we want to improve our cyber defensive posture through the duration of the exercises involved with defender europe 21. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for being here. >> china is our pacing threat. given that, what can you do in the department in the pacing theater? >> senator, my first response is what we do to effectively compete and deter against the nearest peer competitor in europe, russia, is effective in deterring china because of the connectivity between the two nations and willingness of both nations to engage in maligned influence against the united states and against nato. those activities that allow us to continue to be successful in the competition phase against russia are a

feel how many basically 6 months away from their election in germany is in september but already jewish people magazine published a huge investigate. how russia handle that my line and actors are pulling in judo influence these elections so it's the same picture everywhere it. brings up a great point here georgie it's seems to me again the way the russia gate hoax actually corralled the being the center of politics and progressives and portly and this isn't a repetition of the dollar ok i but i always saw in russia gate as a. an agenda to corral political forces to keep him in line and i think we seeing the same thing to know $15.00 an hour per pro for workers ok no health care but white supremacy oh my god and that's how they keep their coalition together through fear and orange oh that's exactly right and let's remember what russia gate hoax was about they seized on some nonsense which is a few russians may have balls some ads facebook to make some money anybody can and they cooked up a complete hoax that putin himself did what it got involved in the 2016 election in order to secure t

as well a little more clout in across the british isles into areas of france into a good part of germany some showers that we have the eiffel showers into central parts of europe system west of weather coming through here just around southern poland czech republic austria sings well too wintry showers as well for good measure over the high ground just want to say wintry shabbas to just around southern parts of the balkans and you see some wet weather that was bill gates was the black sea it was that western side of to. anchor around 20 degrees celsius 20 on the other side of europe perth madrid so we'll see bad here although it does cool off a little as we go through a cheese day with the child's the since i was creeping in here not too many showers across the british isles scotland will see want to those they fizzle out as they pump into our area of high pressure still some pleasant will be there for norway also 15 celsius but some rather wet weather coming into the western side of a russia may while across northern parts of africa or hot sunshine into north eastern areas of egypt car i

accustomed to hearing he recommended to the middle east that they throw all 3 yoke of western heads germany including on civil rights and other issues. only they also told them to prize sovereignty autonomy and not to love pressures from the west to influence their policy i mean this is this is the sort of language that used to come from the resistance front it was very striking to hear this coming from a chinese foreign minister and i think this does therefore that anchorage the meeting with loughborough and then the visit to the middle east marks a real turning point in terms of chinese position china also said it wants and nonproliferation for the entire middle east not just for iraq by implication including israel which of course would be an estimate of the united states in that way and he called for. you said very clearly that it was quite wrong that we should all use our efforts against western countries trying to pressure iran through sanctions and that they should be removed from it and then iran should be able to return to some agreement on nuclear issues in the context of a comple

as well a little more clout in across the british isles into areas of france into a good part of germany some showers that we have the eiffel showers into central parts of europe system west of weather coming through here just around southern poland czech republic austria sings well too wintry showers as well for good measure over the high ground just want to say wintry shabbas to just around southern parts of the balkans and you see some wet weather that was bill gates was the black sea it was that western side of the symbol and critter around 20 degrees celsius 20 on the other side of europe earth madrid so not too bad here although it does cool off a little as we go through a cheese day with the child's the some showers creeping in here not too many showers across the british isles scotland will see want to those they fizzle out as they pump into the area of high pressure still some pleasant warmth there for norway also 15 celsius but some rather wet weather coming into the western side of a russia may walk across northern parts of africa or hot sunshine into north eastern areas of ag

logical struggle but there is a difference the west particularly the united states is the only ideological actor . one police officer is killed and another injured in a car ramming outside the u.s. capitol the suspect is shot dead at the scene. germany says it's ready to go it alone in getting vaccines if the european union fails to fix its stagnant program those concerns were shared by the world health organization's executive director for europe and exclusive interview with our 2. a long. long because we are rapidly approaching 1000000 deaths in the european beechwood but also because we don't see the sparks. and french doctors vent their fury at president for failing to deliver on his promise to speed up vaccinations while frontline medics tackle yet another surgeon cope with paige. could lose an election this year we believe the government is to blame for the fact that we have to work incredibly slowly but at the same time in a completely gruelling regime. those are world news headlines for this hour on behalf of the international team thanks a lot for watching and we hope you have a g

italy and so forth and i think you know metaphysically if you will there is a part of the west that does not want to give up that 500 year dominance of the globe and nato is the military mechanism by which they can maintain and even extend you know that sort of global dominance you were talking earlier about to. regulate me jump in here has urged i mean. good we're almost out of time i want to go to bruce here is that and i'm really glad that rick brought up this neal colonia agenda here because bruce they the west cannot conceive of having china is a peer because for 500 years it has been european countries have controlled the global system they cannot consonant the fact that china is the equal to the west 40 seconds go ahead bruce will isn't that a reasons. concept well for him he's i'm a liberal so yeah from liberals yeah. well one last word about nato is they've created he's worse now. to ramstein air force germany and so nato now understands that they can yeah there are there is. this burgeoning. weapons and space program that he would use not. russian i'm so glad you brought t

of low pressure up me a fin and that's going to bring a bit of a wintery mix and another one to the west of the beer in pain inshallah so we will see some cloudy a colder conditions there but for now france and germany seeing much of that sunshine warmer weather coming through temperatures here edging up to the high twenty's bordeaux 25 so lots of warmth and sunshine coming through it's a similar story for much of the british isles not really a cloud in the sky though the mornings we'll have a frosty start to them that will ease as we go into the afternoon and the sunshine will come through as we go into saturday we've got a little build up of cloud over the north of germany and of course that wintery mix up any of finland extending across russia that's going to bring temperatures down in moscow for the south we're seeing some colder weather as well across the balkans little bit of rain effecting parts of the southern italy and greece will also see some thunderstorms and quite a strong wind. sponsible qatar airways jump into the story there is a lot going on in this and julian and global

qatar airways how i was swimming up nicely across parts of eastern europe but can't say the same for west and there is that we have got more cold digging in across the british isles down across the low countries into france grass you see that cooler we're talking in across a good parts of germany scandinavia course also say some wintry weather behind this cold front here sinking further south was because some significant rainfall gravity tends to snow so some wet weather there full front some snow that just around the outside what's enough to across central and eastern parts of spain other side of the med have still got some wintry showers down into the southeast and quite a look at the world 21 celsius in belgrade 18 in bucharest and even moscow getting up to 60 degrees very nice think it will be some snow there she could see into sweden and that's a wintry mix make as well little further north which is rico on through monday temperatures in single figures across the u.k. just 11 sells for paris a dryer day though across much of spain and portugal west whether and so when she with that j