authorized the johnson and johnson single shot corona virus vaccine for use in the e.u. the 4th to be approved by the regulator it also said there were no known health risks linked to the astra zeneca job after several european countries suspended its use over fears it could cause blood clots. and. a u.s. democrats are making a new push to enact the 1st major new gun control laws in over 2 decades the house of representatives has voted in favor of legislation to expand background checks on all firearm sales but the 2 bills will require significant bipartisan support to get from the senate. this is news from berlin in follow us on instagram and twitter apps to news or you can visit our website. when historians chronicle the 21st century the date march 11th 2020 may be the moment when our time references change from b.p. to a peak from before the pandemic to after the pandemic today one year ago the world health organization made it official the corona virus outbreak was no longer national or regional it was global a full blown pandemic one year living with the corona virus tonight we remember how it started hoping that we'll all survive to see it and i'm in berlin this is the day. joel has been assisting this outbreak around the globe if it is serious please take it seriously and would deplete doesn't serve those by the aligning levels of spread and see very easy one year later we have approximately 2 and a half 1000000 people dead and by the a lot of mean levels will be an option you're vaccinating one person each 2nd in rich countries whereas in poor countries extreme programs haven't even begun yet we hope that for a minute the us system and. 19 can be kind of what i used as a pundit me. also coming up will the us follow mexico's lead south of the rio grande lawmakers look set to legalize recreational marijuana it would make mexico the world's largest cannabis market. this law does not protect human rights if it doesn't protect those most affected by the war on drug trafficking. but to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day remembering the past how our pandemic present began it was one year ago today when the world health organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a full blown pandemic over the next 12 months the virus would kill 2 and a half 1000000 people cripple rich and poor economies and expose even accelerate the manatees best and worst tendencies the w.h.s. declaration gave the pandemic and overdue and justifiable sense of urgency and it gave political leaders a reality check on the evening of march 11th former u.s. president donald trump announced sweeping travel restrictions all flights from europe were halted it would not be long until europe followed in conn borders everywhere around the world began to close for the 1st time in history schumann's were attempting a complete shut down the public life to save humanity from a virus so how are we doing one year into this pandemic reporters have been taking the temperature across the globe one year on israel is one of the leading nations when it comes to make the nation campaigns against covert 19 over 50 percent of israelis have received at least one dose of the vaccine that house officials are still concerned about the new variants and with over 5900 people losing their lives to cope with 19 and this past year the government has often been harshly criticized for mishandling the crisis but after 3 hard lock downs people are now looking forward to going back to some kind of normality despite the problems and the economic hardships people are trying to remain optimistic and they are reasons for that the 2nd wave was not as bad as bridge. specially considering the new mutation of the virus it was was discovered in south africa for the 1st time also vaccination programs have stopped it and epidemiologists believe that up to 40 percent of the population contracted coverts before which gives some hope for the next wave to come. just one year ago at the beginning of the pandemic many americans look to germany was some of the ration for the country's successful covert 19 response also horrified by an ever higher climb the number of infections and casualties here in the united states but the tide is slowly changing and all states like texas are dropping their mask mandates all businesses there are allowed to go back to full capacity but some are concerned that this is happening too quickly and especially too early a year ago india was just beginning to talk about the corona virus and many of the people we spoke to with skeptical about just how serious it is over the next c.e.o. india experienced one of the down from the world and the highest ever case there would have close 210-0000 daily cases now however average cases every day are under $20000.00 and the vaccination drive is in full swing with markets airports and even from offices almost returning to normal and many are once again wondering just how seriously they still need to take the credit of iris. the pandemic around the world well from poster child to problem child people around the world are asking what happened to germany in the 1st months of the pandemic germany was praised for how we manage the corona virus outbreak case numbers and death rates were kept low and testing was rolled out quickly but in september the country lost its grip on the pandemic despite being in some form of a lockdown for the past 5 months germany is now in what many consider a 3rd wave of infections but seemed far away suddenly became a painful reality here at the vip us the company in late january 1 of them play he's supposed to fast german to come track coach at 19 from a colleague who had traveled from china the german health minister from maine to optimistic there is no cause for concern or. a few weeks later things looked quite different infections were spreading throughout germany in mid march the chancellor took the unusual step of addressing the nation on t.v. . as if it is serious please take it seriously to think that there has not been any such challenge to our country since germany unity not since what with 2 that has demanded such great joined so that there are tea based anxious 100 and called germany's 1st lockdown started the streets of berlin were virtually deserted museums and theatres had to close and the economy came to an almost complete standstill. schools and nurseries also closed the living room became the new classroom but online teaching was difficult as the laptops and software was scott's . meanwhile supplies of protective clothing in hospitals for buying no doctor's food to keep people infected or life early may nearly 7000 of them and diet the high number was relatively low in comparison with other countries infection numbers started to fall the lockdown worked that reduce the burden on hospitals. finally some a time restrictions were eased people return to the streets but the easing of measures brought new infections. by november the numbers was so high that people were told to stay at home again what became known as lock down life began. for months parts of the population had been protesting against the restrictions. but lockdown light wasn't enough shortly before christmas infection numbers reached such a height that public life was entirely shut down again with alcohol bans in public and even nightly curfews in some places by the end of the year germany's vaccination campaign had kicked off politicians promise that those who wanted the job would be vaccinated by the end of summer but many vaccination centers remain empty due to a shortage of doses but the fast rays of sunshine many are now longing for move freedom one after the outbreak restrictions are being lifted bit by bit but in the meantime you taishan zen infection numbers are rising again but what has the pandemic revealed about our humanity in the united states there's been a big rise in the number of reported cases of hate crimes against members of the asian american community for more let's bring in our reporter rebecca rivers rebecca you've been looking of what's going on here tell us more what went right at the start of the covert outbreak last year as it was hitting the u.s. around this time the the f.b.i. warned of a possible surge in asian hate crimes across the country there. analysis suggested that asian americans would be in danger because quote a portion of the u.s. public will associate covert 19 with china and therefore asian american populations now that analysis was unfortunately true and the new york city hate crimes task force has reported a 9 fold increase in cases in 2020 on the previous year last month the advocacy group stop a p i hate they have released some alarming statistics to say that they've had 3000 reports of hate incidences against asian americans you know everything from verbal harassment the biggest there 70 percent followed by shunning physical assault discrimination and even being spat on now that's alarming because hate crimes overall actually decreased in the u.s. last year by 7 percent but hate crimes against the asian american population rose by nearly 150 percent now we've got some video of some of these crimes being taken place that being shared with hashtags stop asian hate and hate is a virus he will say this is quite alarming this one this 91 year old man being pushed now that perpetrator went on illegibly did another 3 crimes of similar in this in the city in the same day now here we've got an asian supermarket there's a man looking behind he's waiting for this woman to pull out her money he grabs the money and races out causing quite a commotion obviously the next one shows nother shop there's a man comes up he takes this pop plant he walks off doesn't pay for it and then there's a little bit of a hollow below there now these are just $3.00 that were caught on camera obviously they've been plenty more all across the country these are all in california same things a lot of stuff happening in new york so many other things being reported that were on camera vandalism and even though we're going to be showing the most disturbing examples to you i mean it really really is where is this increase in reserves were coming from well i mean racism is a new anti asian racism isn't new in the united states but as you even said in that intro there you know what does this bring out this is a very stressful time for people what is it going to. now perhaps not the best thing of humanity that f.b.i. analysis suggests that link between the virus beginning in china and linking those 2 things but all in the us in particular there is the rhetoric that followed and many people in the community of blaming a lot of stuff for president for president trumps with saying at the time and all the politicians and commentators referring to the pandemic as the china virus the cons lou you know it's the rhetoric like that that is really sort of fueling this so that's at least what many in the community is saying now we've got a couple of sound bites here from people in boston even the mayor of boston wade and let's take a listen even before the virus was. really in the united states china is known with feeling it here and it's because of. claims of racism that they were standing. by the president saying this is a virus caused by certain people when the president trying. to please use those terms and. we did start seeing some races a wee bit you seem like it's getting a. racial slurs. unfortunately. briefly what responses have we seen from authorities wolf exhaust adding to slowly change with a change of administration joe biden in his 1st week of office signed an executive action essentially banning the use of that kind of language in the legislature so hopefully dampening down that rhetoric we're also seeing the democrats hopefully going to introduce a bill specifically addressing this issue so some some changes afoot provoking as always thank you thanks. well as we have seen the coronavirus pandemic revealed the many faces of our humanity in the beginning it was difficult for people to comprehend what a global pandemic could mean how we could impact their everyday existence here in europe the reality came crashing in when images of death began emerging from italy we take a look back now at what we were reporting one year ago when italy replaced china as the epicenter of the panda. we begin the day with the dead in italy 3400 people get it die with 19 infection in them are working round the clock countless are were by these incredible situation today germany closed its borders with 5 of its neighbors a temporary restriction on nonessential travel to the european union if the public refuses to heed the warnings now it will only be a matter of time until hospitals and clinics are overwhelmed to get this message out to other countries that they have to be. at midnight tonight a ban on flights from europe to the u.s. under strict entry essentially a ban on entry this pandemic could easily morph into a global recession that could be worse than the great depression of the 1930 s. absolute race and from madrid to new york to berlin stores shops bars and restaurants were closed the day italy overtook china just shocking and incredibly hot treated as the country with the most deaths from the coronavirus korean team to patients dying alone the front line between humans and a virus we do not know our own the 17 year will last. mexico could soon be the world's largest market for cannabis mexico's. congress has voted in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana use the legislation which still needs final approval by the upper house is seem partly as a weapon in the war on drugs every year drug related violence claims thousands of lives in mexico. mexico's marijuana smokers have every reason to be high their long running campaign to legalize the plant is almost a reality after lawmakers inside the lower house of congress approved a bill that permits recreational use and introduces farming licenses. the legislation is a step in the right direction. if. this law will allow cultivation both self cultivation of a number of plants power passion on property and also associates of cultivation community cultivation through cooperatives associations and finally the national production. last year mexican police seized more than 200000000 tons of the plant supporters hope the changes will alleviate the plague of violence wrought by the illegal drug trade though on arrests are skeptical among those pushing for a change is a former president turned cannabis lobbyist and then we have. i'm driving the group of the market to take it away from criminals and that is fundamental it will reduce violence. there is no doubt that what this plant produces benefits people patients and those who are willing to buy these medicines. the bill is expected to sail through the upper house of congress before the end of april making mexico the largest legal pot market in the water old. and for more on this story i'm joined tonight by laura carlsen she's the director of the mexico based americas program that's an independent think tank on foreign relations lourdes good to have you on the program you know many countries have discussed legalizing marijuana but they never do it what has made it possible in mexico. this is been a very long process in mexico and it's mainly the result as was mentioned a strong grassroots movement but it also comes at a time after a decade of the war on drugs that has had disastrous results in the in the country so there's been a process of rethinking this approach and one of the key elements in rethinking what can we do to reduce the violence that illegal drug trafficking is cousin here in mexico has ben ending prohibition so the movements have gotten together with victims movements they've gotten together with civil liberties organizations and they've gotten together with certain politicians and parties you know to to create this in which mexico was able to pass the start law that we're seeing now that now will go to the senate to have a joint version that would be law by possibly april so do you think this is going to have a positive impact is it going to help mexico in its war against drug trafficking. i definitely think it will have a positive impact in mexico and it's something that our nation has also been been pressing for a long time as we've seen the rice into it once and the bloodshed that's been caused by the war on troops we're talking about 28 grams of possession and 8 plants for cultivation at home but more importantly the law covers the whole chain of production distribution sales even research and it's one of the most complete laws that we've seen in the world they based it on experiences analyzing those experience in europe in a little way and in the united states of course so i think it will reduce extortion from police it reduces the power of drug dealers traffickers and organized crime it marks a different strategy on prohibition that's more in line with the presidential mandate to prioritize the root causes of consumption and trafficking it conforms with the supreme court decision on individual liberties and it's also likely to generate millions of dollars in tax and permit revenues at a time when message cars can trend and economic crisis due to the pandemic yeah as far as the crackdown cartels you know it's just a fraction of the market because most of their sales take place in the united states do you think there's going to be a spillover effect here me what does this mean for the possibility of having a federal law in the united states legalizing marijuana use. i hope there will be a spillover effect of course the majority of the population the united states according to all the polls is in favor of the legalization of marijuana and many states have already passed that law it's created a real problem that there isn't a federal law in that respect and so by seeing the direction in which mexico is moving and by also again this process of rethinking the negative impact of the war on drugs militarized approach to transnational drug traffic you it's very likely that will this will become another element in changing the policies there's a new president in the united states he has a history of promoting the war on drugs strategy but there's indications coming out of washington now that the bite in ministration is rethinking that strategy and i think by seeing what's happening in mexico there may be a move toward ending prohibition and looking at regulation and nonviolent ways stopping organized crime we will see that it's true there is definitely a change in the air in washington more calls and with the americans program think tank more we appreciate your time your insights thank you thank you. the european parliament has voted to declare the european union a freedom zone for l g b t people it's a symbolic act and it's a response to growing discrimination in poland for example more than $100.00 communities have been declared oh g.b.t. free zones and some do you countries and u b g i q people have come under increasing at tank by quality issues religious leaders and other public figures this has led to increased scapegoating of energy bt i.q. pearse's who are for instance framed as a correct to children the e.u. must be a freedom zone for all of us without exception all right to talk about this i'm joined now by maximillian cross who represents germany's right wing populist a.f.d. party in the european parliament it's good to have you on the program what do you think about this resolution does europe need the resolution. it is it is simply and of course it is awfully awfully long term to blame poland hungary in particular for the conservative politics. having to bates. polish interior politics trying to. proselytize cross-court so we have it on a regular basis and when mr mr president let me ask you this let me ask you this then let's say in poland if we were to replace the signs with rezoned and say this is a jewish free zone or this is a black free zone would you be in support you say that's ok as well. no of course not because it is a complete difference. now free zone and potent does not mean free of educated hugh person it means free of a certain a political approach in politics there is absolutely no discrimination and no tax on people but some polish cities and municipalities don't want to have special programs to promote it to promote. depicted the ideology which is just behind but it's not against the people it's against using special rhetorical and having special propaganda programs in it and it's going to stick what happened here today where would you think that it would be ok to have some towns here in germany for example declare themselves in a free zone and we've never used the term because it it's an invitation for misinterpretation. and i don't know what is the polish political which obviously use a more rough political language don't beat you but you see it we don't want to have certain. programs promote. we don't want to have politics that is focused on educate you might hurt us and stead of classical i share that view but. what policy national product can you give what exactly give an example of a policy that focuses on the o.g.t.t. people and not on families. let's say you have. kindergartens and you make a special training programs to be huge pressure groups all of the groups into this groups and promote which. as you teach you and say dentist is the way to go. to be have gemini have been that most of us to europe whilst. a family that's a typical model in the us troops. and i defend it you know i mean i just correct there there aren't any groups that are going into public schools in poland promoting a homosexual or lesbian lifestyle so i think they're you're misinformed and fortunately the mr we're out of time we appreciate you joining us tonight makes 1000000 cried german but the at the protests. today. finally tonight an american icon of sorts and celebrating a milestone birthday can the fashion dog introduced as a companion to barbie turns 60 today he was introduced in 1961 television commercial and has since undergone a number of maiko birds to keep up with the times nowadays there are a range of cans to choose from his creator mattel has also released a vintage 1st of kin in his original look. with the day's almost done the conversation it continues online you'll find us on twitter either of you news or you can follow me brick off t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and the tomorrow is another day see that one. the funny. thing. is. black snow in southern siberia not in for environmental activism so it's further proof of the consequences of an air pollution increase almost. there demanding the relocation of endangered residents. but for many that's responsible is also a major source of reliable income focused on europe. next on d w. are we about to run dry. no water no not. water is very big business that it's getting at us gas. what do we have to do not to hide and drive. do we have to rethink the auto industry. made in germany. 16 s d w. with him had a big gun because auditors were liars i know if i had known the boat would be that small i never would have gone on a trip i would not have put myself and my paris on that danger to the bottom of the game with the going to give us leave would. love one funky little bit one little to give them i had serious problems on a personal level and i was unable to live their lives i'm going to. i want to know their story a grim scarifying going from a former greats. hello and welcome to focus on europe with me liz show germany is currently witnessing a record number of people quitting the catholic church one of the reasons is reports of children being sexually abused by clerics there is a lot of outrage in the ark diocese of cologne which is one of the largest diocese in germany for months that the arc bishop o'brien a matter of that he refused to publish or reports on past child sexual abuse but commissioned a 2nd report many are accusing him of a cover up. for a lot of people are very key is handling all the scandal in cologne is a symbol of how slowly and reluctantly the catholic church deals with sexual abuse accusations the secrecy is especially painful for survivors like how kit he was abused by a priest when he was a young boy now he and others are calling for justice a brief warning to summarise viewers that they may find parts of the report disturbing. my tutor come off to do desperate i took a mentor would often come to my bed in the late hours of the evening crit. or in early morning to stroke me i was about 12. tried to enter the room. and be told to drop my trousers and bent over the desk and tried pouring cardioids . opposite me on the wall. come on. all orifices. or abused. your women to shut up or to be tonight. carl how endured 3 years of sexual abuse at the hands of a catholic priest while at boarding school during the 1960 s. . it was true. because they were ordained. and acting in the name of god. is often. think of the abuse i suffered as a product of the catholic church. kut-o. me. carl hope that once the church to be transparent about the past when rana maria vokey became the archbishop of cologne several years ago he was hopeful the cardinal had vowed to address the church's history of sexual abuse. the syndic. but when vokey learned of sexual abuse accusations against a priest close to him he failed to inform rome and a report investigating sexual abuse in his diocese was not published instead a 2nd study was commissioned many german catholics left the church an outrage bogey realized his mistake and expressed remorse. i made mistakes in my handling of the abuse investigation as well as the related crisis management that i am certainly guilty in this respect for this i am deeply sorry on how like. many german catholics however want to see real accountability and change mariana on to the parish office there in one of colognes poor neighborhoods. she has been fighting the catholic church is patriarchal structure with broad support from her base. to the symbol i took the church leadership must end this uncontrolled unreflected an unchecked abuse of power. plextor many people are asking themselves what these church leaders are talking about. and why should i listen to them when they either a voyage talking about the issues that matter to us or talk in a way that we don't understand and countries relate to because it has fallen out of time. this flowed outside cologne cathedral marks germany's catholic priests carl how like many others has had enough of the church covering up its sexual abuse scandals he says it must finally own up to the past. yes there were and still are perpetrators among ranks now these are not isolated cases this is systemic yes the church protected the perpetrators not the victims. experts on religious law say that in the catholic church power has been concentrated in too few hands for too long. said at 1st unfair and from that so that became a problem in the context of investigating cases of sexual violence. it was up to individual bishops to decide whether and if so how to investigate cases and whether they were serious enough to warrant an intervention. in an effort to end sexual abuse in the church pope francis declared in 2019 that all allegations must be reported by clergy but only internally this does not however mean cases are also brought to court. the german government's representative for abuse set up an inquiry committee with the catholic church to get to the bottom of this scandal. is notorious lack of clarity surrounding the cohen case has of course again undermined trust and that also impacts ongoing investigations in other diocese will in unknown abuse. the church once former sexual abuse the dems to participate in the investigation but carl how care has decided to stop cooperating the facts that the report wasn't published and the way former abuse victims have been treated has triggered too many painful memories for him. to shove his report the the always throw corn is a reader this feels like a repeat of the last one. an ordained man does something to you have. good. that's what it feels like. you're standing there was shaking and sweating and recall how you were right and the effect of article. those who covered up the abuse for decades could soon be held to account the 2nd report ordered by the archbishop of cologne will be published this month it's expected to reveal the names of those responsible. over the last years many african migrants looking for a better life in europe have fled to the cannery islands the islands are spanish territory but geographically it be a much closer to west africa than to the european mainland many migrants arriving here want to travel on to other parts of europe but strict rules make it's almost impossible for them to leave and as the number of migrants on the islands grows so does the discontent among locals. this post carried 20 refugees 200 kilometers across the atlantic ocean from morocco to the spanish island of gran canaria. yawns and his friends took the same route but instead of staying in the camp they're sleeping in a truck trailer. they've been on the island for 4 months and want to leave. if we put it we want to get we're just being for our 3 children bridgette germany every day like there are we're is the source of. the canary islands has seen an influx of african migrants and refugees most of whom are from morocco. uni arrived they had to state sponsored camps but many quickly move on. felix alfonzo does volunteer work and assist les paul most coretta dense he is now also working with a growing number of migrants and refugees. there's a double here or not that's it for them the holding come to is like a prison so they leave. their names to reach continental europe. with and many try to board ships so they think they'll have better opportunities out there. but up with it so you should be. refugees in the camp are feeling increasingly threatened like in the schoolyard hate speech is rampant on social media and there have been several protests by those. goes out with the refugees filmed one demonstration which reportedly escalated with a phone call to. him when. they drew up. through they shouted they would come in and burn everything down and threw rocks. a long war record very even through little fireworks artemus. those people are horrible. 13 people. manalo santiago was among the protesters he lives close by and the native canary island is particularly troubled by the many moroccans arriving. but he stresses that he has always remained peaceful. look on i don't know get him or you know him we can there is you don't want hordes of people poorly coming for a visit is no problem but not staying on the island we have our own lives here and our respect to these people but there are a lot of conflicts but you know it's only going through to deal with the police have not said that the refugees are leading to higher crime rates residents tempers have heated up during the pandemic they have been experiencing their own hardships . how many people have lost their jobs in apartments and yet these people get everything that is the government's fault so it's up to the governments to send them away. says alfonso has been hearing comments like these more and more often as he distributes food to those any. some locals are resentful of the rising numbers of migrants waiting in line for free food. felix alfonzo tries to keep the peace a little thought we were busy focusing on other problems and trying to improve the situation in this neighborhood now all of the votes hostage taker backseats well. we deal with migration. these days there are so many mouths to feed that food sometimes runs out and some go hungry but i'm still proud of them for me it's a problem they're giving us less and less food because more and more people from elsewhere are coming and that's what. the tourism sector has also been protesting. many people's livelihoods are at stake and the industry is desperate for every guest during the pandemic. supplies bars and restaurants with coffee and he fears the refugee situation could scare away paying guests. for you if you tourists who do come see the situation is bad for our image if they notice how refugees are being handled. i mean why doesn't the spanish government allow more refugees onto the mainland and could repatriations be sped up despite cove it. we wrote to the spanish ministry of the interior to ask these questions but we didn't receive a response. like many people here felix alfonzo from the neighborhood association is disappointed but not surprised by the radio silence from faraway madrid. but he thinks their strategy could succeed in the long run. the federal government wants to make things hard for refugees and show them the canary islands aren't a convenience stepping stone for entry to your at the border but in the end we're footing the bill by our block of the saudi along with the refugees 23000 arrived in the canary islands last year nearly 8 times as many as the year before and the boats keep coming. whereas they'll in the middle of the cold with 19 pandemic and many people have been working from 0 for. a year now in the british town of rossendale one woman had a brilliant idea for making ritual meetings more exciting she is inviting special guests to video conferences goats and wherever these animals so while they are sure to turn even monday in team calls into fun experiences. mccarthy and her border collie bring home the flock she keeps a sheep and goats on her farm in rossendale normally school classes and wedding parties visit the picturesque venue in lancashire england bringing dot and i'm just in her income. but the pandemic has put a stop to that we started selling the neo so everyone was gardening during covariant out in the gardens and stuff so we sold lots about 2 and a half tons of peru in a day but we don't have a dig at hampshire when also i was very. after. but then she got another idea. and it's probably no coincidence that her cell phone helps make it possible. besides her timid sheep up in the hills don't also keep some friendly goats down in the farmyard. what about this why don't we offer that you can hire go to prank your work maintenance issues like a ridiculous crazy i was like yeah that is stupid have you know it's a silly idea you can choose which one evening last april she went and did it anyway she posted a couple of photos on her home page and got up in the moment and i had all these missed calls were measures like what have you done i've got like so many people in may they may want to go you go home and she had like 200 emails overnight from people who wanted to. since then the goats barn is being used as a film studio. this is a business video called the boss has a surprise in store also taking part below is margaret's only the boss and this did the job. it only costs around $6.00 euros to have margaret's part. was.