Into problems so what is going wrong with the governments and occupation drugs. Im sumi so much kind of thank you for joining us a court here in germany is expected to deliver a verdict any moment now in the trial of a neo nazi accused of assassinating conservative politician look 2 years ago look who was a member of angler machall c. D. U. Party and had spoken out in support of refugees he was shot in the head at his home near the west german town of kos a. Defendant steps but each has been on trial for nearly 8 months accused of murdering the german politician vald toluca has a legit motive hatred of foreigners underage angloamerican refugee policies. Victim in this local politician who defended merkels policies stephanie recorded and then uploaded this video at the time hall where volatile faced far right hecklers. All. Over vietnam and you have to stand up for certain values as anyone who doesnt agree with these values is free to leave the country thats a freedom every german enjoys. Luko shot outside his home on the night of june 2nd 2019 stephanie confessed to the killing but the nice the charge of premeditated murder he has a long history of hate crimes starting as a teenager he later began a family but stayed active on the right wing scene as well as killing luka hes also charged with the attempted murder of an iraqi refugee the prosecutors are calling for a life sentence. We need to recognize how serious this crime is because in our legal system every one of including people sentenced to life has the prospects of release after 15 years except when the circumstances highlight the seriousness of the defendants guilt this is determined from an overall assessment and where there is a large number of criminal offenses is so in the case of stephanie theres a spiral of violence that started when he was young. In the n. B. A. And sort of was on the stand on. The involvement of a core defendant marcus h. Its still unclear hes also been part of the radical right wing scene for years stephanie has named him as his accomplice but marcus h. Denies this loop because killing is one of several high profile attacks linked to the far right in germany in recent years casting a spotlight on the dangers extremists posed to democracy. Today via correspondent peter hilla is following this trial for us he is outside of the courthouse there in frankfurt peter we are expecting a verdict any moment now bring us up to date on whats happening there. Yes in the court room in the building behind me everybody is know just waiting for juts to announce his word a. Family his 2 sons also are in there they arrived about an hour ago here to the courthouse in frankfort and david greeted by pupils from. The wall to the school the school renamed his on there and they thanked them for keeping their fathers memory alive and they of course the family they are hoping not only for stefan he to be convicted but also for age to be convicted for accessory for murder because they regard him as the mastermind behind this crime behind the murder of their father there was also a recent report paper that found out that the defendant actually had dozens of contacts in the far right scene could there still be accomplices they are on the loose. Yes absolutely and the prosecution here in this process they focused mainly on stephany and on marcus age but. Many questions remain as to whether or not they have been more people involved maybe supporting them in their crime maybe helping to him acquire weapons or maybe helping out with the finances because in the north of. Custody where this happened the scene is quite large and quite well organized weve seen this in other cases so many people believe that yes there was a network may be involved but this has been dealt with in this process here in frankfurt but this appalling mentary Inquiry Committee looking deeper into that this is such a significant case were talking about the 1st right wing terrorist killing of a politician here in decades how great is the danger of right wing extremism in germany today. I think the danger is very great. Intelligence Services DomesticIntelligence Services and estimates that about 13000. 00 people that belong to the scene are potentially violent so there might be more people like stephanie out there willing maybe to even kill. For the races and i would say that only in the recent years only after that this murder again via text that we saw in holland and hahn all racist anti semite attacks have the Security Forces have the authorities in germany really woken up to this threat that now the interior minister considers this to be the greatest threat to security in germany westfall long time Intelligence Services here have focused mainly on islamist terrorists but now i think most politicians and also the people in the Security Apparatus have realized that this is a great day a Great Security threat. Correspondent paid to have reporting from outside of that courthouse aware of verdict is expected soon as we said thank you. Now in poland a near total ban on abortion has come into force sparking nationwide protests or brought thousands into the streets the new Restrictions Mean that all abortions in poland will be banned except in cases of rape and incest or when the mothers life or health are thought to be at risk. Once again they took to the streets once again demanding their right to choose the new law only allows for an abortion if the life of the mother is in danger. Now protesters say the government has gone too far less than 0 dollars to stop lying about abortion saying its not taking place stop lying like the far right and the church do and nuff is enough that most polling is one of europes most devout catholic countries it already has some of the strictest abortion laws in your article at the good steady at was the m. P. A then you know top of the Constitutional Court decided to tighten the laws even further triggering weeks of massive protests across the country. Abortion rights activists have announced more protests in the coming days they have no intention of keeping quiet about basic things that we have to stop protesting again this is the only way we can prove to those who rule us that we are not tired we are not fed up we do not lack strength and we are all united. Critics of the new restrictions say this is not only about womens rights in poland. But also about the soul of a country that seems to be sliding further away from the basic values of the European Union. Lets take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world kyrgyzstan has a new president nationalist politician but also was sworn in at a ceremony in the capital bishkek he was released. From prison in october after having a kidnapping verdict squashed chapter one close to 80 percent of the vote in a president ial election held earlier this month. Moscow police have raided Properties Linked to jailed Opposition Leader alexina volney and arrested his brother authorities searched the headquarters of the volleys Anticorruption Foundation as well as his family apartment it comes after tens of thousands rallied across russia on sunday to demand of all his release from prison. And a team of experts from the World Health Organization has finished a 14 day quarantine in the chinese city of groupon theyll now begin an investigation into the origins of the top 1000 pandemic the 1st known cluster of the virus emerged in the city in late to 2019. Of the European Union and british swedish drug maker astra zeneca have failed to make a breakthrough in a dispute over supply shortages of covert 1000. 00 vaccine to the block the company said in a statement that it had a constructive conversation with the e. U. About scaling up production astra zeneca had sparked anger by saying it would deliver 60 percent fewer doses of the vaccine than promised in the 1st quarter of this year rollout of the vaccine has been slower than expected across the European Union and here in germany frustration is growing. Accessing this Vaccination Center in brandenburg in eastern germany is harder than it might look to get an appointment for a covert 19 job you need staying power only those determined enough to get past the overloaded top line will get an appointment mike meant for didnt hit a green bag both are over 80 and were known to germanys number one high risk group. And group boko hope youre more. Poignant for us but it took you a long time to get through and the range the time. As in other Vaccination Centers in germany things are moving slowly many buds remain empty because theres not enough frank seen. Only 70 people a day can be immunized instead of the planned 600. The situation is even worse in other regions this center in cologne is not even open appointments are being made for february but its not an easy process. Is calling them to be kept on hold for hours and then you dont even get an appointment machine young man in to me my appointment was made online by myself right on the thursday morning. Little hot line in northern i have a stale air is overwhelmed. Other countries are moving faster israel for example has already vaccinated almost half its population about 4000000 people britain has immunized 10 percent the us 7 germany has vaccinated around 2000000 people 2 percent of the population in line with many other countries germany social democrats say thats not good enough and its in view of this and you say israel britain and the us are all making progress but there are a lot of problems in the European Union and we need to address them quickly. Vaccine manufacturers contracted to supply e. U. Member states are now reporting production delays not good news for this facility in brandenburg or others around germany filling these chavez is likely to take some time. Heres a look now at some other developments in the pandemic portugal will suspend all flights to and from brazil beginning friday thats due to the new strain of the corona virus circulating there vietnam has reported its 1st Community Transmission of the virus in almost 8 weeks the country has had strict quarantine measures throughout the pandemic and the Cannes Film Festival has been moved from may to july in the hopes of being able to hold the event on the French Riviera in person. U. S. President joe biden says his country must leave the Global Response to the Climate Crisis biden made those remarks at the white house before signing a raft of executive orders aimed at curbing rising temperatures worldwide those orders establish Climate Change as a Major National security and Foreign Policy issue for the u. S. Now by and says the Climate Crisis requires a National Effort and he likened the threat to the corona virus pandemic just like we need a unified National Response to cope with 19 we desperately need a unified National Response to the Climate Crisis because there is a Climate Crisis we must keep we must lead Global Response because neither challenge can be met as secretary kerry has pointed out many times by the United States alone we know what to do weve just got to do it. And we just have a one sports item for you french sailor yannick best of and has won the prestigious one day globe round the world race he didnt cross the line 1st but he was given a time bonus for helping another sailor whose boat sank the 40 year old finished with a time of 80 days 13 hours 59 minutes and 46 seconds he was behind 2 compatriots but a bonus of 10 hours and 15 minutes for his heroics earlier in the race made him the winner. Ok lets return to our top story now because we have some breaking news thats coming into us a court in a frankfort has found in the stuff on a guilty of murder and politician about to in june 29th and shot in the head at his home the crime led to accusations that the authorities had failed to take the threat of rightwing extremist extremism seriously. Well thats all for this news update their hotel 1st will have the latest headlines for you at the top of the hour thanks for watching. Stan for. Language courses. Video or. Any time anywhere. In yours