condemned the police killing of 9 people during weekend grades in the philippines rights groups say the government of president rubio detects a is targeting activists to silence dissent manila says the operation was against a suspected insurgents but is promising a full investigation. jury selection has started in the george floyd case after a one day delay with former police officer derek shelvin is on trial accused of lloyd's murder and manslaughter soit was killed last may while being detained by police in the us it is the apple s if that you know of the incident or triggered months of racial justice protests. this is to get you news from berlin you can follow us on instagram and twitter at news or you can visit our website dot com. today italy surpassed a 100000 deaths from the corona virus a tragic number the latest in a year long series of infection spikes staccato against a crescendo of more and more attempts to flatten the curve europe's pandemic tragedy had its genesis in italy it was one year ago today that it only became the 1st european country to start a nationwide lockdown 60000000 lives threatened by a virus tonight that virus has changed slightly but the deadly threat it remains in berlin this is the day. we have that for a minute to be honest system and that 19 can be kind of good i used it as a pandemic so for a year now we have faced this crisis that's almost immeasurable proportions in the interim out one year ago on march 10th italy was put on lockdown becoming for the 1st time parents are. pretty nice speed into the production and delivery of it since it's in the nation's course the european union . every matter how 40 years later that we would face a similar imagine see. also coming up a statement from buckingham palace accusations of racism made by meghan markle are being taken very seriously and as prince charles demonstrated earlier today they will not be addressed publicly. if. you. want to think it isn't. right that. was you our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day where the pandemic nightmare in italy began and where it could very well be about to happen again it has been exactly one year since italy sealed its borders and told its 60000000 citizens to stay home in order to stay alive since then 100000 people in italy have died from code but 90 tonight doctors in italy are warning of a new perfect storm vaccinations have been slowed only 6 percent of the population have been inoculated the rest risk contracting more contagious viral variants which now account for 60 percent of new cases on this march 9th just as it was one year ago italy's hospital intensive care units are once again filling up. as a doctor and as an italian having the death toll for the epidemic is painful. but it makes us stronger. and it makes us more determined to fight his continuing health situation. star city star. december the percent of patients hospitalized on infected with this coded 19 variant. what changes is the contagiousness so it's more easily transmitted we often face entire families arriving wife husband father and son and also the other main aspect to underline is that the age is lower is not just affecting mostly the elderly but also younger people 40 to 50 years old we have many patients hospitalized between 45 and 55 years of age. italy has also become the showcase of all that has gone wrong with the european union's vaccination rollout last week it only blocked 250000 doses of the astra zeneca coronavirus vaccine from being flown to australia it was an attempt to reduce vaccine exports with vaccine deliveries across europe already delayed and smaller than expected and in a move that would have been considered highly unlikely one year ago italy is turning to russia for vaccine help and italian pharmaceutical company will begin manufacturing the russian sputnik the vaccine this summer all of this after an entire year of the pandemic in italy so many lives have been lost so many lives have been changed forever and yet shockingly much has not changed at all take a look at how we reported the exploding outbreak in italy exactly one year ago today. dribs of the bundle has become. trading on wall street was suspended but not today's record losses earlier today global oil prices crashed demand for oil around the world has fallen and that has everything to do with the coronavirus. adding to that fear now is that while price shock there is going to be more and more pressure in terms of the oil price the saudi. oil company iran co so this as a signal to stop a price war i think the timing could have been. tonight 60000000 people in northern italy about a quarter of the country's population are under a long tail end of that i mean this is a drastic step it's the most drastic we've seen here in europe they woke up quite sad and they have been today or today they are ready and we are scared and depressed of course is a toxic talk of economics and emotions tonight fear and a fragile economy as the coronavirus spreads around the world it's the panic prelude to a pandemic. that was the pandemic here in europe as we reported one year ago or the origins of the color virus and the pandemic that topic remains a sore spot for china's leaders after its dismal handling of the initial outbreak of covert 19 beijing is now eager to rehabilitate its image in the world vaccine diplomacy could be the tactic to change the narrative and expand its global influence as the w.'s chief international editor richard walker reports. in a europe ravaged by covert 19 this is what hope looks like belgrade serbia waiting in line for liberation from the pandemic but these injections are about more than public health they were flown in from china to a presidential welcome chinese state t.v. on hand to capture the moment just the latest part of a massive pandemic rebranding exercise that makes his medical assistance with decision from ation us. quite 16 afterwards also to try to spin the debate in a way that many look like a star in china and china was you know the 1st country to report that what's happening here is something that goes well beyond the pandemic and far exceeds the scope of china's official diplomatic missions like here and. it's a much bigger campaign for lobel influence it's been building up the years i will continue long after the pandemic is over. the most visible driver of this is the belton road initiative a project spanning more than 100 countries that is redrawing the map of china's economic power in a single region in europe chinese hands of poor ring into highway bridges in montenegro a coal fired power plant in bosnia and a giant seaport in greece that may yet become the largest in europe. and you can see signs that these investments can translate into political influence like at the united nations human rights council where china won a show of support last year for its controversial suppression of freedoms in hong kong 4 out of 5 countries backing china has signed up to belton wrote. these efforts to shape global perceptions come right from the very top china's president xi jinping was the opening speaker at this year's virtual davus meeting exuding confidence and positioning beijing as the world's greatest champion of global cooperation and their strong desire to show us up here already are you know the chinese. too said to give. examples that show why perhaps i'm a 20 year century democracies were cute and useful and good but now for the 21st century vienna only systems that are really suitable face the challenges of the century are systems that are closer to the chinese. u.s. president joe biden has made his debut on the world stage for him to push back at that idea saying democracy will and must prevail. and germany's angela merkel says that the west must now engage in this unfolding competition. that's up to somebody it's important that it's not only china and russia as a living vaccines to developing countries the and fix them stand there isn't 50 it might seem like madness that lining up for a vaccine can mean picking sides in a geo political battle. but that is shaping up to be our new reality a battle for influence and even ideas about nothing less than how to run the world . a more humane immigration policy was one of us president joe biden's promises during the campaign taking the fear factor is out well maybe living in new challenges for the new president there is a new surge of immigration from central america thousands of migrant children are being held in detention centers along the border with mexico correspondent sent us this report from the gateway international bridge on the us mexico border. every morning at sunrise crosses the bridge. today mission is to help refugees to get to the other side as immigrants free fair to the united states. people already know her and are constantly asking for help. now there is a possibility again to offer a person who is being persecuted and who has a life threat to apply for asylum. after 4 years suborder is finally opening again for immigrants qualifying for asylum many of them have been waiting in mexico for years under inhumane circumstances this is. here. and they need to present the fact that they're not alone. this is why he is here to guide them and assist them in the process these immigrants came together 2 years ago and created the informal refugee camp. ever since they refused to move insisting to stay as close as possible to the united states they came from haiti central america and also from parts in mexico or criminality is that our own 4000 refugees have been living in this camp for up to 2 years now they're only around $200.00 people living there every day small groups are crossing over to the united states the procedure is long and it ends with a coronavirus test before they go to the site a total of $25000.00 immigrants seeking asylum have been stuck in mexico for years president biden said ministration has now allowed them to wait for their hearings in the united states. this is the culmination of years of waiting and for sister norma it's an honor to be part of it and to mosul. finally this is hope. dutiful i'm tired it has been a day full of emotions and very exhausting to free them with these families they have suffered a lot and now the united states is opening its doors for them. but i. was on the u.s. side n.g.o.s are taking care of them around 99 percent have family members or friends living in the united states but this is not the end of their trip up there nothing this long journey is just starting the goal it's not here yet in this. meanwhile on the mexican side of the border more families who were forced to flee i writing hoping that the new pattern of ministration will let them in at the moment we are on their threat to my family and i we had to scape because they said they want to kill us. but as long as the root of the problem is not address the increase of criminal activity in mexico and central america is still going to force families to abandon their hopes. joined by a washington correspondent. president biden's 1st priority has been the covert relief package and the falwell dealing with the falwell the siege of the u.s. capitol immigration policy has not gotten that much attention yet has his administration has it been called off guard by what is happening now at the southern border. in a way yes because as you said the focus off the president is right now in getting checks and getting vaccine shots in the arms of american citizens immigration issue is not the priority right now but the reality is putting this issue on the table it's important to underline that we're seeing how 100 thousands of immigrants at the border right now a number of immigrants that has tripled during the last 2 weeks president biden promised to reverse the terms immigration policies and that is when he started signing executive orders on this issue and one of the executive orders he signed was to allow the entrance of around 25000 asylum seekers who have been waiting for their file hearings in mexico and not in the united states as former president trump decided the ones who are now entering the united states are refugees who have already applied for asylum some of them have been waiting for 2 years and now they have finally received a permit that allows them to enter the u.s. but many of the new immigrants arriving at the border don't know all these details they just heard that the united states is opening its doors and these are people who have a life threatening situations that toll so this is why they are now at the border to really be a new report you spoke of the need to address the root cause of immigration. is that happening. in a way fear yes then you're right an administration policy is trying to put a particular focus on the northern triangle as they call it this at 3 countries want to mind on the west and as have others and as this is a route to a cause a strategy it would mean 8 to thank them democracy in those countries to fight gun violence and it was the economy and it will be a kind of marshall plan for central america something that experts estimate it would be a lot cheaper than building a wall or hiring immigration officers and it would provide of course jobs and security in central america and that could turn off the reasons why people from these countries are coming to the u.s. . used to really deal with the latest tonight in washington carol even as always thank you. well the world is still reacting a day after britain's prince harry and his wife meghan gave a tell all interview with oprah winfrey make an shocked millions with her disclosures that a member of the royal family voiced concern over which skin color their son could have and there was no immediate response from buckingham palace to this revelation now the palace has finally broken his silence in a statement is you don't buy health of the queen the statement reads the whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for harry and meghan the issues raised particularly that of race or concerning well some recollections may vary they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately harry meghan r g will always be much loved family members. let's take this story now to london to. bill joins me with more twists and turns in this royal drama good evening to you charlotte so we've got a statement from buckingham palace and it would seem prince charles was putting that statement into practice earlier today when he ignored a reporter's question. say he's at a vaccination center and it's today declined to comment on the dressing interview with his son and his daughter and her but i think it would be unrealistic to imagine that he would talk decide to reply to respond to this before an official statement that came from the palace i think they really would have wanted to put forward a united front and so it can be considered exactly how they were going to their response because the allegations are just so stop including the one that you mentioned that suggesting racism within the royal household now the same as this show that it was very happy was it and i think some of the the key point there is that they wanted to address this privately for i think that means what we're not going to see is a big public tit for tat playing out whether that's going to be a no 2. well so much interest in this story really does remain to be seen with that with so many people still having a lot of questions up to some of the content of this interview and today's statement it was the result of crisis meetings at the palace as we understand it right. correct that is what was being reported and i make no mistake this interview was just bones show or the world family is one of the most jaw dropping interviews about them that is happened in decades in fact since that moment they gave an interview where she was making claims that she had felt very lonely in the oil pan and now again we have another one of these things to be all and all the implications about the functioning of the world family this is a family drama this is not individuals individual relationships and how we can make it take some pretty tough self that some members of the world family they all need to process this is while of course there were crisis talks to figure out exactly how they wanted to address this there are countless opinions of bell the harry and meg interview with oprah today meghan markle father when he gave his opinion take a listen but they shouldn't they get one way over the top with this these stories with oprah and should have waited conserving considering that the queen's age and philip's age. they certainly should have waited her tried to wait the thing about what color will the baby to be here how dark will the baby be . i'm guessing and hoping it's just a dumb question from somebody you know. if could just be that simple it could be somebody ask a stupid question. rather than being a total racist i i have great respect for the royals and i don't think they really were all family or are or are racists at all i don't think the british are racist i think us and it was a racist california is a racist but i don't think the brits are charlotte these words from the father make it more when they use surprise in the u.k. . well i think it's fair to say that father might not be the best place to judge what races allegations what or what made and the visit to see all those claims however some of the points that he makes about about the royal family and about the the sensitivity all this interview at this time those are those that are shed by a proportion of the of the british public i mean a recent poll suggested that the general public is more sensitive more sympathizes rather more with the royal family than with the sussex so this is not a cut and dry issue here that there is this does divide opinion he doesn't typically use tonight as a loyal son. thank you. was a big news in german soccer today national coach joachim look we'll call it quits after this summer's european championship he's held the country's top soccer job almost as long as uncle americal has been chancellor now he's 61 years old live is most famous for taking germany to world cup victory in brazil and similar to what you may hear about uncle americal some say you walk in love may have overstayed his time at the top. germany's 2014 world cup triumph was your committee that's traveling glory. he had already been in the job for 8 years at that point but decided to plough on in search of more success. 4 years later and the mood was very different as germany returned from the world cup in russia having been dumped out as holders in the group stage. the fans were in shock but still lives out to continue more disappointing results followed. the 6 nil hammering by spain in the nation's league in november led to widespread calls for him to step down. lurve had been due to stay until the 2022 world cup but ahead of qualifying games later in march he has suddenly decided to give clarity he has announced he will leave after the european championship for june. he will hold a press conference on thursday but in a statement said i am taking this step very consciously full of pride and with enormous gratitude but at the same time with an unbroken level of motivation as far as the euros are concerned. the euros being postponed from last year because of the coronavirus means there is little time for the successor to stamp his offer of the on the team the qatar world cup kicks off in november next year assuming to be qualified. for more now i'm joined by jonathan harding from sports good to see you johnson so let's talk about this how big of a surprise is this. well i don't think it's that much of a surprise for any of the art