a mommy and use of welcome to the program germany s federal and state leaders have held a virtual summit to discuss the country s stalled coronavirus vaccination drive like other european countries germany is dealing with a 3rd wave of infections following the summit chancellor merkel announced measures to speed up the vaccination process these include allowing family doctors to inoculate patients and possibly even ordering a shipment of russia s sputnik vaccines so far less than 10 percent of germans have been vaccinated as far fewer than in the u.k. or the u.s. . here s chancellor merkel talking about the vaccination drive. we want to plan for making it will become faster and more flexible. the voice we want to demonstrate the proverbial and try it untrusted german foreign minister well complimentary that with more german flexibility again. there have been plans to use germany s lockdown over the coming weeks but now case numbers are rising again earlier we spoke to chief p
scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon faces growing calls to resign after a committee of msps concluded that she misled them. the army s new specialist unit designed and equipped to fight the wars of the future. sunday is census day, the compulsory survey painting a picture of the population. for the first time sexuality is included. and coming up in sport on bbc news: rachel blackmore makes history as the cheltenham festival s top jockey, but she s beaten in the gold cup by minella indo. good evening. continental europe is preparing for a third wave of coronavirus amid a surge in new cases and a shortage of vaccines that can reduce the spread of the disease. large parts of france are going into lockdown again tonight amid a sharp rise in cases. only 8% of the population has been vaccinated. switzerland is extending its restrictions. poland, where the surge is being driven by the variant from southern england, is going into partial lockdown. the german chancellor angela m
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february and there was speculation about his health the government says he died from heart failure catherine soy has more says the vice president announced his death on live television and she said that the president fell ill on the 4th that s when he was hospitalized he had had complications the president had had issues for quite a while for 10 years now so she said he was hospitalized but he got better and a few days after that he was discharged but then when he situation wasn t he was readmitted at the hospital and then a hospital in the copy told directly and that s where he died early this evening she also declared 14 days of mourning so i think right now even if it doesn t quite come with a surprise there s a lot of shock in tanzania i think people are trying to process this news because he was an enigma and despite all the criticism against him a lot of people in tanzania did love him. of headlines dutch prime minister mark ruta has claimed victory in parliamentary ele
more. human history and leaders are. probably. going to. work with. the u.n. secretary general has condemned the escalating military crackdown in me and. called on the international community to help stop the killings meanwhile funerals have been held for at least 50 protesters who were killed on sunday the worst day of violence since the military overthrew the elected government in february. brazil is getting its 4th health minister since the start of the pandemic. will take over as infection and death rates climb rapidly in the world s 2nd worst affected country. thailand s prime minister proud to know china has become one of the 1st people there to be given the astra zeneca vaccine thailand briefly joined a growing list of countries that halted its use citing concerns about a few cases of blood clots among people who have been given the job. japan s prime minister has also had his 1st vaccine yoshida suger is the 1st government official to be publicly inoculated the head o