antique protests today and there are reports that security forces shot dead a 7 year old girl becoming the youngest victim of the military crackdown. and in australia the wild weather is easing back evacuations continue. emergency services rescue residents stranded by the worst flooding in decades one has a dangerous debris lurking in the flood waters. as welcome to the program german chancellor merkel has called an unexpected crisis meeting with leaders of the 16 federal states for more discussions on the coronavirus pandemic this comes just a day after they agreed to extend the lock down to april 18th market push for a toughest. to fight the spread of the virus reversing plans for gradual reopening of the economy amid a sharp rise in the infection rates at state premiers pushed back only agreeing to call on citizens to stay at home for 5 days over the easter holidays to try and break a 3rd wave of the pandemic. let's bring in our chief political writer. who is following this story for us i mean you know why this unexpected meeting now. well from what we're hearing this is about the mechanics of how to actually legally have the foundation to shut down money for an extra day for holy thursday ahead of easter and the saturday before easter sunday at the same time we also expect quite a bit of debate over the leadership style certainly. that i'm ackles own c.d.u. party leader and i want to be successor of hers says that the style was all wrong and that this is something he would want to raise in this meeting this after he himself had defended the outcome which was this surprise move in the middle of the night to implement ways break a lock down which is a lot tougher than many has seen recently. there was of course a very lot of discontent with the most recent decision the more ordinary germans so let's listen in to what they think of the latest measures which were only announced earlier this week. it's a total catastrophe it's incomprehensible we have to leave it to to see. the whole circus the back and forth and merkel always proclaiming she's invented a new word for something it true really annoys me and often thrown out i didn't know where can i back to nation center and see how the place looks and how people are affected there should definitely be a longer look. a lot of head shaking going on there is this meeting then a reaction to all this discontent in the public. well it's also a reaction to a lot of discontent amongst the travel industry here in germany but also different organizations and different parties and not least the church who hadn't been consulted before this lockdown was proclaimed and base of the church has been asked not to have in person services one has to say though some instant polling was done after that decision was taken and only about a 3rd of germans less than a 3rd feel that this knock down it goes too far that the actual new measures go too far i almost believe they don't go far enough and the rest is somewhere in between so this seems to be at least as much about the style of the communication here which is completely above the heads of ordinary germans as it is about content another relevant group emergency doctors here wholeheartedly welcomed what was decided because they are worried about those emergency rooms filling up so you said earlier this was also about the legal mechanics of. the whole measures that have been decided can we expect any substantial changes to the are you hearing anything about. well i think an interesting point will be whether there might be some change on travel restrictions to resolve what is real while it's simply doesn't make sense at the moment the germans can travel to new york and other foreign destinations but they can't rent a holiday home within their own state and i would expect that to be addressed once again i think it's very interesting to see whether there is any kind of new outcome . because the legal requirement to have another extra day of complete shutdown of a public holiday is just as complicated as banning germans to travel so a lot of open legal questions a lot of germans fed up with talking of legal mechanics and wanting to see that vaccination drive simply get faster to end this crisis. look i think you. but israel's 4th election in 2 years has again failed to produce a clear winner incumbent prime minister benjamin netanyahu is claiming victory for his right wing likud party bot exit poll suggests he will fall short of securing an outright majority and will need to enter coalition talks with rivals the final result may not be known until later this week. the celebrations everywhere yet who has won within hours of the polls closing prime minister benjamin netanyahu claimed his right wing likud party and its allies had won a huge victory the result is likely to fall well short of that claim it appears that as in previous elections netanyahu will be forced into tricky coalition negotiations in order to form a government the centrist lesh a tea party led by air lobbied may have done even better clock counting is still going on netanyahu is confident. the state needs a stable government. not a government of bits and pieces based on personal disqualifications on ambitions a stable government for the state of israel that's what the our demands that's what the challenges in front of us demands and we must not under any circumstances drag the state of israel to new elections to a 5th election we must form a stable government now. netanyahu ran for reelection despite being on trial for corruption israel successful coronavirus vaccination program has seen more than half the country already inoculated that may have boosted netanyahu standing among voters but not by enough to secure an overall victory. the much smaller yemenia party also right wing a nationalistic led by natalee bennett's could now hold the key to power bennett is a former ally of netanya. who who could well work with him again should go over the club netanyahu has been in power for 12 years making him israel's longest serving prime minister he's also the 1st to be indicted in office but denies corruption the 71 year old campaign not just on his handling of the pandemic but also played up how he normalized relations with 4 arab states. joining us now for more on this story is correspondent tanya kraemer in jerusalem tanya benjamin netanyahu took to the stage last night claiming a huge victory but the polls this morning tell a very different story don't. yes they do actually it's exactly the situation that most israelis didn't want to see once again forced elections yes it's also quite a stormy morning here i have to say but again the election hangs in the fatah. and with no clear. the pro netanyahu have for a coalition led by benyamin netanyahu once again and those who were running on the anti netanyahu to get for both camps it's will not be easy to form a coalition and you saw that because it is so tight the race for it seats you're talking here about the camps having to receive 61 seats out of the 120 knesset seats and overnight change state again in favor of a smaller part if they get in there that could last another seat. mr netanyahu you know. have to count on these smaller parties and also on the part you know if you have me know enough to tell you ben it's right wing party to actually built a coalition off a 60 run to get a parliamentary majority there. benjamin netanyahu was handing off the covert kind has been the envy of the world but at home that doesn't really appear to have helped him months at the ballot box. well that's right a lot of experts were saying you know this may be our gift and growth but we didn't really see that translated now in the results that he could actually has compared to the last election has lost a couple of it's now. very much credit him and you netanyahu and also the health care system here with the vaccination drive that is totally different from last year where there was a lot of. handling off the pub demick by the government by netanyahu but it didn't translate and. decisive victory for him also other topics you ran his campaign on like the peace agreements with our country is the next nation drive of course that really didn't give him this decisive acts. and this election campaign did that he was israel correspondent for us in jerusalem thank you tanya as a bloke no doubt some of the other stories making headlines around the world. and also a large cargo ship house turned sideways and run aground in egypt's suez canal blocking traffic in one of the world's most crucial waterways be evergreen as 400 meters long and weighs in at 200000 tons several tug boats are at the scene trying to dislodge the freighter. an erupting volcano has forced guatemala to close its international airport from the mountain house coated the runway and across that. port volcano south of what a mile a city is one of the world's most active it's been spewing out ash and violent explosions for several weeks. the chinese cities of hong kong and macau have suspended use of the biotech pfizer covert 19 vaccine defective packaging was reported in one batch of the drug authorities say they have acted as a precautionary measure vaccines benefactress say there's no reason to believe safety is at risk. as take a look at some of the other developments in the corona virus pandemic brazil's daily covert 19 death toll has soared past 3000 for the 1st time the country is struggling to contain a surge of cases when the hospitals are near breaking point. says it will administer homegrown expert mental covert $1000.00 shots to nearly the entire population of the capital have on about may as health authorities carry out a large late stage trials and india's health ministry says a new coronavirus variant has been detected within the country in addition to many other variants of concern also found abroad. protesters in myanmar are trying a new tactic they've dubbed a silent strike they're calling on people to stay home and for businesses to remain closed for the day streets are deserted and markets shot activists at the silent protest as to all of those who lost their lives during weeks of demonstrations against military rule the strike comes a day after a 7 year old girl was shot dead in her home by soldiers who had been aiming at her father she's the youngest victim yet of the military's crackdown on protesters and i'm now joined by a protester in miramar who we are just being calling sam to protect his identity some a 7 year old girl was killed in a home last night by the military i understand the shooting happened in your neighborhood what can you tell us. yes yesterday they came with a warning sentence. the soldiers went into her house and the wanted to ask for some reason and when when they can't run into any. t. shirts or gear or worse in in our father's arms. shoers dead at the scene she was shot in the stomach. so we're also hearing that the junta is releasing hundreds of prisoners now does that suggest the regime is bending to the will of the protestors if inc no i don't i don't is that you know why they are releasing rules in the sixty's that i'm happy for there are some rules so i think that for i think that they want to disrupt the strike to date so they aren't very where whatever they can to. disrupt the strikes. to me is where people come out yeah yeah as one of one on one of the demonstrate is that how are you and your fellow protesters bearing the strain of the constant raids by security forces how is morale. yes we are morally as well for as we are a very very dark exhausts. every every day we have casualties and seen such a rest of bending every night. that we were not given its. source we're not every day. we are risking all the lies that are we are fighting back with wherever we caught. although we answer everything to you know actually hurt them or . rather we are doing what we can to protect the people saw standing arrested or being shot some do you feel enough support from international organizations from a large countries around the world yeah i'm personally very i don't know. i don't regret international sport and you won't because just yours there are flags for all our people and we are. just fine is it within our hands and. we aren't trying our best thank you very much son of one of the protesters in the amman thanks a lot for your time thank you. being a protester in myanmar is becoming increasingly dangerous as we've just heard it i spoke to one of the leading activists in the country risking arrest and her live on a daily basis fighting for freedom for most from military rule. united in resistance a vast range of demonstrators and helping them organize is activists finns are among her work puts her at risk of arrest we caught up with her at an undisclosed location watching him she says even if we are afraid we must fight. it's anger against the military she says that is helping people put aside their differences and protest. of being in egypt enough and there is no army in this country at the moment which defends stability and peace of citizens. there are only terrorists who destroy stability and peace of citizens and commit murders . of the demonstrators want an end to military rule but he says a return to the democracy myanmar knew before the february coup is not enough. minor there's a lack of acceptance for the equality of all ethnic people and autonomy you know the neglect of the rights of ethnic minorities and the lack of a democratic system are the reasons why the civil war in our country that has lasted so long you can if we want to move forward into the future we must not take with us the things that happened in the past. besides protests millions of people are refusing to work. their aim to starve the hooter of the resources to run the country. but a says international sanctions on military owned businesses are also vital. and. i do really hope that common people will stop consuming bloody products every single product of the military has blood and life of the people of our country. and many enemy amar are risking their lives for freedom from the hooter. that we must fight this battle and tell we succeed this is become our duty now to work. and despite weeks of a violent crackdown and economic hardship the result of the protest movement in e.m.r. remains unbroken. you're watching the news still to come. central american migrants hope for a better and better life in the u.s. under a new president the journey remains treacherous to reports from the us mexico border . but 1st australia where large parts of the country remain on the water after a week of relentless rain emergency services which last year battle town president bush fires are now rescuing residents from flooded homes as it's include dangerous debris lurking in the flood waters. to arrange the rains have been unstoppable in australia's east bridges roads. cars and buildings are surrounded by water. the flooding has forced tens of thousands of people from their homes. rescue efforts are underway to assist those left behind. although you know anybody. days of heavy rain have caused rivers to burst their banks and water levels to rise to de vries making recovery efforts all the more difficult. coming up one of the problems we've been encountering. couches things like that are quite dangerous at this point on and it seems that boats are the only option to save those stranded in the terrain. some residents have decided to stay home and to weather the storm people around us not so lucky as in their. neighbors are. so. lucky several areas have been declared disaster zones with floods and severe weather warnings issued from south east queensland to the border area and the cost of the damage is already being felt. a fair bit closer if the water started almost too much. so i thought to talk quickly. to become more. and more. authorities are also offering funds for the displaced they're warning residents to be on high alert. overnight unfortunately some conditions have and. conditions a lot. many communities will experience increasing heavy rainfall and as we had 5. 1000 people have been evacuated and regrettably we have warnings now for an additional $15000.00 people that may need to be a. while there have been no lives lost rebuilding. the harms and businesses destroyed in this disaster will come at the highest cost. to the us no a president joe biden's of ministration has been facing criticism for apparent secrecy over detention center conditions on the southern u.s. border pictures have emerged that show immigrant children at a center huddled together in crowded rooms the number of migrants arriving at the us mexico border this year's on pace to be the highest in 20 years our correspondent carolina went to meet some of the volunteers trying to help asylum seekers start a new life. they just crossed the border between mexico and the united states and they have been caught by the authorities a group of 57 immigrants most of them from central america once on u.s. soil they are looking for the border patrol not only because they are tired thirsty and hungry but also because they want to start the asylum process as soon as possible this is the famous rio grande it marks the border between the united states and mexico for many crossing this river from the side of mexico and central america to the united states needs a difference between life and that. a short distance from the natural border the river comes the unfinished fence that makes up one 3rd of the over 3100 kilometers tell the border the construction has stopped under the biden administration. greece our friends they both grappa near the border her grandmother came from mexico his father as well in a time off no barriers between mexico and the united states. we want to make sure that they treat them well and we have kids we have grandkids some still babies so this is why it hurts to see them crossing. you saw it they were 7 or 8 years old this is why we're here. and what if i missed. the bus arrives to carry the young parents on their kids to the closest detention center in the middle of india i know that most in this past year and at least 150000 asylum seekers with children have been caught in the past weeks and are being held under custody a big challenge for the current administration and you'll see it at that i feel that biden wants to move forward and solve the problem because there are so many that have to be processed and at the same time make sure that they finally arrive in a safe place. because safety is one of the main reasons such forced them to escape from places where criminal activity is part of their every day. cameras are not allowed inside the detention center even basic information about the number of immigrants and how long they're being detained is not released but pictures taken by a democratic congress men show that the conditions inside are terrible especially for kids the republican party is using this as a political tool against the biden on ministration and his party they're also portraying immigrants as a national security threat. once released its volunteers like rachel who guide them something out asylum seekers are being held in custody over the legal limit of 72 hours all this after an epic journey. it was an odyssey suffering from hunger thirst i hope the sacrifice was worth it and so going to be so. quickly becomes a smile since their new life is already started in. check in our right. a year since the tokyo lympics were delayed by the pandemic the torch relay is finally set to start the olympic flame began its journey. last march at mount olympus in greece the torch arrived in japan a week later the flame has been kept alive since then and will not travel through those nations starting the other nuclear disaster site of fukushima. 10000 runners will be involved the games 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