here in the netherlands the infection rate has gone up by 25% since last week. in what sense is this valuable when the risks are still so great? yes, it will only give us the data to reopen the society if you plan it right, you can do safe things. this is not an unsafe event. the entertainment industry in the netherlands and around the world has been shut down by measures to stop our social interactions. the isolation has huge consequences, for businesses and our mental health. it might look as though people are behaving in an irresponsible way, but actually, it is partly their behaviour that is being monitored. how long they spend around other people. afterwards, they will be tested in five days' time and if this event has not turned into the source of a mass outbreak, it will be used as evidence by the entertainment industry to say that not just festivals here in the netherlands but all around the world can be hosted in a covid—safe way. these people may be used as guinea pigs but none of them are complaining at the moment and the hope is that they stick to

here in the netherlands, the infection rate has gone up by 25% since last week. in what sense is this valuable when the risks are still so great? yeah, it will only give us the data to reopen society. if you plan it right, you can do safe things. so this is not an unsafe event. the entertainment industry in the netherlands and around the world has been shut down by measures to stop our social interactions. the isolation has huge consequences for businesses and our mental health. and finally wales has found itself welcoming an unexpected visitor. a giant walrus has been spotted in pembrokeshire, thousands of miles from its home in the arctic circle. it's thought it's the same animal that was spotted off the coast of county kerry in ireland last week. biologists believe there's a chance it fell asleep on an iceberg and was then carried south. a lot of interest in that story on the bbc online. a reminder of our top story. several police officers have been seriously you can reach me on twitter — i'm @philippabbc. thanks very much for watching bbc news. hello there.

verses in the netherlands decide whether to keep this man prime minister in power as they head to the polls. and shootings at several spas in the u.s. state of georgia leaving 8 dead many of them women if asian descent. now the european union has proposed a coronavirus passport to help ease travel restrictions inside the block the digital green pos would provide proof that travelers have either been vaccinated recovered from the virus or had a recent negative test the proposals include an option to allow people from outside the e.u. if they've been vaccinated the world health organization has warned against such schemes citing unknowns around vaccine efficacy against infection. this certificate will make sure that the results are what shows the data answers the minimum set of data are mutually recognised in every member state and thirdly with this digital certificate we aim to help member states reinstate the freedom of movement in a safe responsible and trusted minim or john mccain is in europe and following this for us he says the proposed coronavirus certificate is politically impo

hello i'm come all santamaria here in doha this is the world news from al-jazeera the netherlands and ireland both suspend use of astra zeneca corona virus vaccine citing fears over blood clots also dozens of antique who demonstrated the killed in may and as the gentle declares martial law in parts of young gone. thousands turn out in london demanding an end to violence against women and the police are under pressure to. thousands of supporters of brazil's president jabal sonora have joined the protests demanding an end to coronavirus restrictions many cities and states have been tightening their lock downs as hospitals are stretched to capacity but the president has repeatedly opposed lock down saying they are necessary and are hurting the economy more than 1100 people don't have died of covert 19 in just the past 24 hours it has become brazil's deadliest week since the beginning of the pandemic. in fact that fast escalating number of deaths is more than anywhere else in the world 12000 in the past week 100000 deaths in brazil's and the beginning of this year alone current surge is b

to the netherlands now a prime minister has claimed an overwhelming victory in parliamentary elections they were the 1st major event in europe since the start of the pandemic but the reports from. years to actually pull have a lot of the 1st results confirmed what most people in the netherlands expected mark return has done it again the dutch prime minister's lead a center right party to victory for a 4th time in a general election that. were to promise photo stability in a campaign that was dominated by the coronavirus pandemic with the country under a nighttime curfew there were no victory party votes on them and have given me my party and the federal party an overwhelming young voter confidence and it is humbling. it's also forcing us to do everything we can to make a success out of it voting was spread over 3 days and special polling stations was set up to allow for social distancing more than $16000.00 people have died of covert in the netherlands since the start of the pandemic far right leader good field is conceded that the health crisis is it overshadowed all other issues incl

voters in the netherlands decide whether to keep this plan mark router as prime minister and his party in power as they head to the polls. a day after some sharp words from pyongyang the u.s. secretaries of state defense are in south korea on the 2nd stop of the asia tour the u.s. secretary of defense lloyd austin was welcomed by the foreign minister with a military parade north korea's nuclear ambitions are high on the agenda beyond gang us warned the u.s. not to cause trouble in the region. the u.s. our ok alliance which has been steadfast for 7 over 70 years remains ironclad and is the lynchpin of peace security and prosperity for no of the sega a free and open in the pacific region and across the world one after mouse has robbed the pride and sell. this visit to south korea is seen as a very important way for the u.s. to reset and restore relations with a traditional ally much as it did in japan also to some extent with the hope of repairing relations between japan and south korea which have been frayed in recent times lloyd austin the u.s. defense secretary spoke about the importa

in the netherlands the prime minister makata has claimed an overwhelming victory in part of entry elections they were the 1st major vote in europe since the start of the pandemic reports from amsterdam ears to exit poll have a lot of the 1st results confirmed what most people in the netherlands expected mulk return has done it again the dutch prime minister has led a center right party to victory for a 4th time in a general election. to promised photo stability in a campaign that was dominated by the coronavirus pandemic with the country under a nighttime curfew there were no victory parties forced on them and have given me my party and the federal party an overwhelming vote of confidence and it is humbling. it's also forcing us to do everything we can to make a success out of it voting was spread over 3 days and special polling stations was set up to allow for social distancing more than $16000.00 people have died of covert in the netherlands since the start of the pandemic far right leader good field is conceded that the health crisis it overshadowed all other issues including immigration

that protesters people rather are gathering in the netherlands for another protest against coronavirus restrictions huge numbers are already out in the hague as you can see from these live pictures behind the demonstration a rally support ahead over lections on where to stay well let's get more now from stat fastened she's live from the hague where protesters are already gathering in significant numbers. absolutely police only has allowed to 200 protesters here today they have tried to stop others from coming and that actually led to a short clash but then they sort of gave up but now hundreds and hundreds of more people are gathering here in the hague to protest against the lockdown there has been increasing frustration here in the netherlands about this lockdown especially about the nighttime curfew of 9 pm you can see here concerned citizens who are worried that their businesses are going bankrupt but also. and also people from the far right are basically tapping into these sentiments it's 3 days before the parliamentary elections here in the netherlands and you can actually see. 2

and involves the kind of violence that the netherlands has never seen. at the heart of the issue lies one question who truly controls the country some good. 90 minutes on. how does a virus spread. why do we panic and when we'll all be. just 3 of the topics covered and we couldn't read your blog. if you would like and maybe get information on the coronavirus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us at w dot com look for it slash science. this is the news live from berlin and no end yet to germany's coronavirus shutdown chancellor merkel says lockdown will be extended for another 3 weeks but she also announces steps toward a gradual gree opening also coming up the death toll from protests in myanmar rises as the military steps up its.

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there's been an explosion at a kurd a virus testing center in the netherlands police have cordoned off the area in a town north of amsterdam there have been protests against restrictions in recent weeks. and iraq a military facility that's also used by u.s. forces has come under attack multiple rockets have landed on their eye in an air base just days after the u.s. struck facilities used by iranian backed groups in syria. the director of the f.b.i. has told u.s. senators there's no evidence to support claims that fake trump supporters took part in the siege of the capitol building on january the 6th christopher a describe the attack as domestic terrorism and promise to hold the risers to account alan fischer reports from washington d.c. here for this is the 1st time christopher really has testified before a senate committee since the insurrection at the u.s. capitol 8 weeks ago i was appalled. like you at the violence and destruction that we saw that there was appalled that you our country's elected leaders were victimized right here in these very halls that attack that siege was crim

yes here in the north of the netherlands at the test facility just early in the morning at 7 o'clock a metal pipe bomb i can say it was 10 centimeters long exploded in front of this class facility there was one security guard inside but he dug didn't get injured windows broke though the police are still at the scene here also the explosive. surface people have arrived here to look at what this explosive is actually about this is the 1st time actually an explosion took place as you say there was a fire before a few weeks ago at a not of a test facility and there have been some smaller attacks at tax facilities in the past as well as you say that there is increasing protests and also irritation about corona restrictions there's also a movement that has been corona denying from the start also you can see for right before these elections that are taking place in 2 weeks from now some parties especially some far right parties are really tapping in to this sentiment. there was a protest by bar and restaurant oh no so also in several towns in the city they basically defied government restri

from italy — to the netherlands. the government has also temporarily suspended the use of the astrazeneca vaccine. and while that's happening. monday marks the start of its general election. and as you'd expect — the election is dominated by one thing — covid. first — it's created challenges for those organising it. the election is being spread over three days instead of one to allow more space at voting booths. and the organisers have come up with some creative ways for people to vote safely. this is a �*drive thru' voting booth in amsterdam — so you can vote without leaving your car. and if that's the practicalities — prime minister mark rutte's handling of the pandemic is the key factor in the election campaign. here's anna holliga in amsterdamn. his country was the last in the eu to roll—out its vaccination programme with an average 5000 new infections daily. the netherlands is going to the polls under one of its strictest lockdowns yet. and the government collapsed two months ago. still, the prime

scientists in the netherlands have developed a new waste water purification system to do just that. one of the end products is a gum may call cow mera which has many up locations as a glue or binding agent in the manufacturing and construction industries. but if you want to have a circular society to an insurance that cycle our way strange and waste water is a very important way streams and nowadays what happens is that they can produce bio gas whether it's with bio gas relatively low failure application and that producing discovery and i just don't know we can use this before i feel your applications show what we want to do in the answer to produce i show you building arterial sort of shapes using ways far from. standard industrial pleas are made from oil which is not good for the environment. in the new process bacteria purify the waste water. comair is a side benefit a single plant can produce up to $800.00 tons of s. a year. in the slop research as a working on new biodegradable materials. they mix cow marrow with recycled toilet paper and various combinations of peach pits and

scientists in the netherlands have developed a new waste water purification system to do just that. one of the end products is a gum may call cow mera which has many up locations as a glue opined an agent in the manufacturing and construction industries. but if you want to have a circular society to make sure it's a cycle all our waste streams and waste water is a very important way streams and nowadays what happens if you are in the end produced by a gas whether it's with bio gas a relatively low failure application and then producing this got me i just don't know we can use just before i fell you i think there are ships so what we want to do in the end the bones of produce i show you building material for ships using waste far from the sorts of. standard industrial planes are made from oil which is not good for the environment. in the new process bacteria purify the waste water. comair is a side benefit. a single plant can produce up to $800.00 tons of ice a year. and this research is a working on new biodegradable materials. they mix cow marrow with recycled toilet paper and vari

i'm bring coffee is good to have you with us we begin tonight in the netherlands where the conservative prime minister mark ruta has almost certainly won a 4th term in office exit polls put his center right freedom and democracy party ahead with just under a quarter of the vote he'll need to form a coalition with at least 2 other parties now voting was spread over 3 days to prevent crowds from forming voters were able to cast their ballots by by and by. far and in some unusual venue's including churches and museums election is effectively a referendum on the government's handling of the pandemic more than $16000.00 dutch people have died and a nighttime curfew remains in place. our let's bring in our correspondent barbara visa she is following the elections for us in the hague it's the seat of government for the netherlands you need to you barbara the polling stations closed an hour ago what more do we know. it's very clear that the old to the new prime minister is going to be the old prime minister a microchip and they called him he had teflon mark for a reason because no scandal and n

thinks that the doses made in the netherlands belong to the u.k. and are part of the supposed u.k.-first contractor they have with astrazeneca. and it may be the subject of these negotiations that are happening right now that the u.k. would offer to relinquish any claims it ink that has over these doses meet at the plant in exchange for the eu backing off of its threat to ban pfizer exports. what this whole episode today with the italian client has shown--italian plant has shown is how much trust has bken down between the eu governments and astrazeneca. they don't trust the company, they don't trust what it says, they are angry about the lack of deliveries this comes at the same time that astrazeneca is having problems with u.s. government with an expert panel there coming out with an extraordinarily rebuke against astrazeneca yesterday about fudging the outcome of trials -- not that the trial data was wrong, but that they were using out of date trial information to promote itself, still trying to states.roval in the united the u.s. has still not approved astrazeneca. this is just

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as we mentioned earlier voters are going to the polls in the netherlands and a part of their culture is being put to good use in quintessential dutch fashion voters have been given the option to use bike through polling stations the government has expanded postal and proxy voting options and allowed the more vulnerable to those earlier in the week. it's good to have you with us hello adrian for going to here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera a day after some sharp words from pyongyang the u.s. secretaries of state and defense are in south korea on the 2nd stop of the asia tour and the lincoln and lloyd austin upholstering alliance is in the region on their 1st foreign trip since taking office in japan on tuesday they criticized what they called china's coercion and aggression in asia right mcbride reports from seoul this is all seen as part of the u.s. returning to traditional values to say look we're back in the region again and so they will sign this new agreement it does actually mean that the south koreans will be contributing quite a lot more to u.s. forces being based here so

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also coming up businesses in the netherlands find locked and orders to reopen their doors those courts have been called a face a hefty fine. social isolation coupled with financial hardship students in paris fear the pandemic of dropping them off the best years of their life. to the program. this time a year ago if you had heard of us now it's a household name but conferencing platform zoom has seen exponential growth during the pandemic as hundreds of millions of people began working from home last year into revenue growth well over 300 percent despite the unexpected drop in demand with the lifting of locked and restrictions the company is expecting solid growth this year too with the current market value of around 120 $1000000000.00 zune is now worth more than general electric. but how sustainable is really to find out let's bring in the financial correspondent yes quarter in new york oh yes well we all be relying far left on the likes of things get back to normal ok i hope so so nothing against zoom but it would be nice so to have the kids more in real schools and also that business

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as a baby from the former dutch colony of surinam she says that the image of the netherlands as an inclusive society is far from reality she's on surprised by the rise of far right parties we've been served politics that say. be afraid of everybody that doesn't look like you it's been going on for 20 years it's not something that just came up this is a right wing country we have to accept that simmons and her party more diversity in mainstream national politics is essential to help change the attitudes in the netherlands and help end or she calls institutionalized racism michel as a yes runs the black archives a project the documents discrimination in dutch society its books artifacts and clippings are a catalogue of oppression and a testament to those who fought against it and so yeah says that the root of the problem lies in the netherlands failure to face its colonial past and that legacy is still visible in present day society and the daily basis people are confronted with different forms of racism and i black racism islamophobia there's a lot of research showing it. however unfortunatel

germany, the netherlands _ possible risk. germany, the netherlands italy _ possible risk. germany, the netherlands italy and - possible risk. germany, the| netherlands italy and france possible risk. germany, the - netherlands italy and france have also say they will resume vaccination with astrazeneca and they were among a dozen which paused at the reports of blood clots. your secretary of state anthony blinking is an alaska holding the first high—level meeting between the us administration and china. and we were put on a serious outbreak of coronavirus and papua new guinea where the health system is struggling to cope. also attends any apartment president magufuli has died. he was known for being a covid—19 sceptic and speculation he may have had the virus when he lost his life with that that tanzania thepresident. let's go straight to washington. president biden is talking about the vaccine roll—out. brute president biden is talking about the vaccine roll-out.— vaccine roll-out. we also supply vaccines to _ vaccine roll-out. we also supply vaccines to community

well it is the 3rd and final day of voting in the netherlands a survey published just before the last day showed the lead for prime minister mark group as conservative party shrinking the election has been spread out over 3 days to avoid voting in normally crowded polling stations one way that is being achieved is allowing dutch voters to cycle to a vote voting station and to bring their bites with them all the way to the ballot box is part of a unique backdrop to these elections they follow some of the worst unrest seen in the netherlands for more than a decade in the views alexandra phenomena reports tonight from the hague where many young people are struggling to deal with the pandemic playing table so quick to kill time borat that's how many young people feel right now says rudi founded baek this student works for a foundation in the hague that aims to prevent college dropout rates every day he deals with youth as they struggle with the fallout of that pandemic he says it feels like the state's everything plan is criminalized go ahead of nights in a possible. meeting with more fri

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now from amsterdam ears to exit poll have a lot of the 1st results confirmed what most people in the netherlands expected mulk return has done it again the dutch prime minister has led a center right party to victory for a 4th time in a general election. to promised photo stability in a campaign that was dominated by the coronavirus pandemic with the country under a nighttime curfew there were no victory parties folds in them and have given me my party and the federal party an overwhelming young voter confidence and it is humbling. it's also forcing us to work to everything we can to make a success out of it voting was spread over 3 days and special polling stations was set up to allow for social distancing more than $16000.00 people have died of covert in the netherlands since the start of the pandemic far right leader good field is conceded that the health crisis is it overshadowed all other issues including immigration but shared it concerns about health care that it was a lot of promise about health care in the netherlands as well the also concerned about the normal routine life you know not

history and it involves the kind of violence that the netherlands has never seen. at the heart of the issue lies one. truly controls the country. some goods are a. next on d w. into the conflict zone to suppress. the world health organization is going to fall from values and so exists no movie is moved truly to join the bendix my guess is we forego the negatives in european regional director of the w.h.o. times clearly deaf children eyes asian the ducks to stand up to the joy well it leads to. conflict. in 60 minutes on the job. lot of people looking for coverage. there are many answers. there are many resumes. and there are many alternatives to. make up your own mind. d.w. made for minds. it was the act. was the oath was the out i am a low end welcome to focus on europe with me liz show glad to have your company today recently german authorities seized the largest haul of cocaine ever found in the country the drugs were discovered in containers at the port of pumblechook they were hidden in tins that were supposed to.

as we mentioned there's been an explosion at a coronavirus testing center in the netherlands families have cordoned off the area in. a town north of the capital amsterdam that brass shattered windows but there are no reports of injuries have been protests against downs in recent weeks in the netherlands and parliamentary elections are jew in 2 weeks. at the testing center and has this update quite some shock here at this expose this explosion at what is basically a health facility i spoke to the mayor earlier and he said this is a very sad day also for these health workers who have been working at this facility and i know all quite shocked and quite scared as well of course because this is the 1st time that there has been an explosion at a testing facility we have seen before that test facilities were attacked there was one set on fire and a war also damages done to our test facilities but this is the 1st time i'm at a pipe bomb basically of 10 centimeters long exploded right in front of this test facility behind me the bomb squad is there at the moment looking for all kinds of pieces

from spain we go to the netherlands where we talk about lock downs in germany let's look at that country since october shops cafes and restaurants in the netherlands have been close to the lockdown laws there now that spring is on its way people are longing for a return to normality. cafe and bar owners in the dutch city of breda not far from the belgian border enough is enough all they could longs. for weeks now we've seen that the pox and the skate ring stuff full of people no one keeps a distance everyone's on top of each other events are being held in the city parks and i want to show that you can also open up here in a safe and good way i think we need to i think belgian neighbors are ready for it to go. all the countries lock down rules came into force in october and more than 4 months later did in place. plenty of customers took advantage of the protest to relive the good old days from before the pandemic dozens of shopkeepers in the northern dutch city of closing of in also welcomed customers on choose day to protest against the lock down rules. shop and bar owners who open risk

now police in the netherlands have used water cannons to disperse people protesting against coronavirus restrictions their thousands gathered for that rally and the hey have proved capacity for the protest was just 200 this all comes ahead of parliamentary elections this week has been. removed from the market is style has been compared with former u.s. president donald trump ignoring covert restrictions the leader of the anti immigration populist party. is trying to attract voters by calling covert 19 a common flu and blaming international conspiracies for being behind the pandemic. hundreds of people at the moment are in the hospital right suffering from corona many people in the netherlands have died more than 15000 so it's a serious issue that's a normal number for a series flu we've had for thousands of years everyone else have complained to hospitals are full they can't cope with the workflow mere well those stories are highly disputed desperate to became the largest just 2 years ago but fell apart after racist anti-semitic messages will make now is stepping into a growing sentimen

they say their freedom has been taken away to the netherlands. so we all will see how this sentiment play out in 3 days from now in the reality actually the figures the infractions are growing up the worst. number of infections in january sort of also quite concerned about the elections on the ones they are everything is being taken care of to make sure that these elections are a safe. step and that with all the nations force on the ground in the hague thank you so much that. now a british iranian woman detained in iran since 2016 has appeared in court as a means of garri radcliffe is facing a new charge of propaganda against the system she was released from detention just a week ago after serving 5 years for a separate conviction a human rights charity has written to the british government saying that cigar eruptive he needs treatment for her mental health well in a very blunt statement british foreign minister said it is unacceptable and unjustifiable that iran has chosen to continue with the 2nd holy arbitrary case against. her if the iranian

now police in the netherlands of forcibly broken up an anti lockdown demonstration they used horses and water cannon to disperse hundreds of people gathered in a park in the hague home of the dutch parliament or voters in the netherlands all go to the polls on wednesday in the 1st major european elections is the start of the pandemic campaigning joining the lock down is keeping most candidates what away from voters but at last in our poll it's one right when party is making a notable exception. and government from food off the market is style has been compared with former us president donald trump ignoring covert restrictions the leader of the anti immigration populist party is trying to attract voters by calling covert 19 a common flu and blaming international conspiracies for being behind the pandemic. under-served people at the moment are in the hospital right suffering from corona many people in an island have died more than 15000 so it's a serious issue here that's a normal number for a series flu we've had that for thousands of years every year just have complained of hospitals ar

amanda goes there is an absurd canada and the netherlands to. to engage in direct assault and to with the syrian government. under the it's violation of the national convention against torture understand the the case that they brought in front of the international court of justice so though i think. that have not been exposed that are being exposed the moment and that we need to continue to be exposed to guard washington needs double feature of the scheme because ok and just finally after 10 years old civil war. the situation remains far from settled our correspondent was saying that syria and i resemble a failed state in which he say the struggle has been worth it it's very hard to judge. the of the results of the fruits of the french revolution of 7 june 89 to 2. destinies and to gays and to to to bear fruit it's very early to judge the results of the syrian uprising what i can what i can say though is that the syrian resolution has been. the highlight the highlight moment of my generation and of the younger of the generation one generation yo

many people here in the netherlands. and especially now. it's a nice day and what is happening is that many people are actually. rules and go to the parks. drinking and having a beer so business owners are very much complaining they say why can't we open in a safe way so we can actually provide services and actually run less risk than people gathering violating these rules and i'm here at a fairly remarkable protest where a business owner has opened his terrace and it looks maybe there are people here but they're all american dollars so this is a symbolic protest and some business owners are actually really violating the rules and they're risking a fine of 4000 euros but this business owner has decided not to risk a fine so he has done it in a different way the reason for adults and real people girls if the government keeps us close. for damage because we are close for medical reasons. or. or or or or or. also good for want to know if you keep us close for medical reasons. girls a 2nd chance or a 2nd. bit of. open. same great last summer is

tiffany porter finished second and third respecitively behind the gold winning nadine visser from the netherlands. sember took silver — she's porter's younger sister. and in the last half hour, britain have another silver medal — in the women's 4 by a00m relay. the british quartet of zoe clark, jodie williams, ama pipi and jessie knight came in second just behind the netherlands. the men's quartet took bronze in the same event. two golds across the week for british athletes mean they finish third in the overall medal table. in cricket, england's women have continued their run of fine form, completing a clean sweep over new zealand in the t20 series, to add to their one—day triumph last month. after setting the home side a victory target of 129, they bowled them out forjust 96. mady villiers took a career best 3—10, and nat sciver wrapped up a 32—run win in wellington. it's brilliant to be able to come out here and play as a group again. we haven't played 0dis for a year before we did over here, so it's brilliant to get over here before the world cup next year and to set us up for the se

the dutch electorate faults for far right parties their influence remains limited in the netherlands are sometimes called as the middle finger fold so people still grab a middle finger to the political establishment and want to shock the establishment and how can you shock the establishment by choosing somebody who is always shocking . their politicians in the debates and that is what will of the us the main question is how successful a complaint soley based on covert restrictions will be and many in the netherlands are fed up there's also a large group who do take the fight against a virus seriously that fastens al-jazeera and. elections are underway into german states in the country's 1st major electoral test securing the pandemic polling stations a relatively calm and running land palatinate and baton burton burke half of the region's $11000000.00 eligible voters have opted for mail in ballots jews to coronavirus chancellor angela merkel's christian democrats are not in power in either state. the pressure is building on france to compensate more people in the south pacific exposed

and in involved the kind of violence that the netherlands has never seen. at the heart of the issue lies one question who truly controls the country. some discourage. next on d.w.i. . the general trend is clear. the economy. companies are making the revenue from technology. and the trend is on the rise. but how harmless will they be in a run for consumers and be anonymous. made in germany. 60 minutes on d w. i am. going. to be. subscribed to. documentary. a low and welcome to focus on europe with me liz show i'm glad to have your company today recently german authorities seized the largest haul of cocaine ever found in the country the drugs were discovered in containers at the port of humbug they were hidden in tins that were supposed to contain walls filler but when officials cans the cargo they found a total of 16 tons of cocaine. apparently the officers had been tipped off by sources in the netherlands this doesn't come as much of a surprise given that the country is a major gateway for drug smuggling to europe but now dutch authorities wants to take ser

to the netherlands now where prime minister mark rota has claimed an overwhelming victory in parliament trade elections they were the 1st major votes in europe since the start of the corona virus pandemic that. saddam years to x. his bill have a lot of the 1st results confirmed what most people in the netherlands expected mulk return has done it again the dutch prime minister has led his interest party to victory for a 4th time in a general election. to promised photo stability in a campaign that was dominated by the coronavirus pandemic with the country under a nighttime curfew there were no victory parties forced on them and have given me the my party the death of a party an overwhelming young voter confidence and it is humbling. it's also forcing us to work through everything we can to make a success out of it voting was spread over 3 days and special polling stations was set up to allow for social distancing more than $16000.00 people have died of covert in the netherlands since the start of the pandemic far right leader good field is conceded that the health crisis it overshadowed

and cafe and restaurant owners in the netherlands open that outdoor terraces in defiance of the town. and it will begin with the news that u.s. president joe biden has made his 1st major move against russia over the poisoning of opposition leader and explain avani the white house as an outside actions against 7 senior russian officials including the director of russia's f.s.b. security surface the prosecutor general and the head of prison service it's also targeting 14 companies or agencies associated with chemical agent production. no our neighbors the most prominent critic of president vladimir putin fell seriously ill last august the u.s. accuses the kremlin of poisoning him with a nerve agent something it denies about and he was jailed last month on his return to russia for violating parole whilst being treated in germany the european union is also imposing sanctions on 4 officials close to president putin russia's foreign minister says his country will respond to the sanctions he cast doubt on an extent of arnie's poisoning but didn't mention the kremlin critic by name. we will l

we meet the teenagers standing for election in the netherlands. concern is growing over the astra zeneca covered $1000.00 vaccine with even more countries suspending its use on monday france italy germany and it didn't also that be temporarily delayed rolling it out due to concerns of a beloved cults more than a dozen nations have now stopped administering the astra zeneca shot speaking a short time ago over the world health organizations head said they're looking into the astra zeneca reports but they're not overly concerned. this does not necessarily mean this events are linked to a boxing mission but it's routine practice to investigate them and it shows that the surveillance system works and that effective controls are in place doubly true advisory committee on vaccine safety has been reviewing the villa bill data is in close contact with the european medicines agency and will meet tomorrow when it came is live for us now from berlin dominic what else did their director general of the w.h.o. have to say about the astra zeneca vaccine. one of t

injanuary, 40 companies showed interest in the netherlands because of brexit. in february, it doubled to 80 companies. talking about administrative hurdles, supply chain related problems, licensing issues. so, yeah, those problems are real, and that's why companies are showing interest in the netherlands as well as in other countries. the massive challenges of january were arguably felt as much here, at warehouse level, as they were at the ports. now, some of these issues have been resolved, but the additional cost and complexity of dealing with our biggest trading partner is permanent. this company's plan to open premises in the eu was once considered a worst case scenario contingency — they're going ahead. but that's not an option for many other firms. sarah sells nutritional products for horses. her eu business has collapsed from 180 orders a month to three. an order shipped to sweden in january still hasn't arrived after multiple requests for more paperwork. as of today, if a customer actually orders from europe, we can't actually get it to them, and in s

or polls close in the netherlands general election in less than an hour's time opinion polls suggest prime minister center right the day posse is on track to win by a large margin despite his entire cabinet resigning 2 months ago over a child care benefit scandal it's also europe's 1st major votes as the start of the pandemic and issues that has dominated campaigning as well let's cross the set of us news accounting station amsterdam so we're at our own course for a 4th time but how's the voting been going out they've been managing it. well this was of course a very different election than previous elections because of this growing up and that makes they actually have more polling stations but also much larger polling stations then before and actually also many people were allowed to already cast their votes before today so the last 2 days the polling stations were also small so people from risk categories and also people above 70 years old were allowed to vote by mail and this is what they have been counting here at this counting center in amsterdam for the last hours so they want t

here in the netherlands the infection rate has gone up by 25% since last week. in what sense is this valuable when the risks are still so great? yes, it will only give us the data to reopen society and if you plan it right, you can do safe things. this is not an unsafe event. the entertainment industry in the netherlands and around the world has been shut down by measures to stop our social interactions. the isolation has huge consequences, for businesses and our mental health. i miss it very much because i really love dancing. for me personally i really miss this. yeah, i love it and i enjoy it. we really miss this. yeah, i love it and i enjoy it— really miss this. yeah, i love it and i enjoy it. and i en'oy it. we miss each other and i enjoy it. we miss each other and now we _ and i enjoy it. we miss each other and now we can — and i enjoy it. we miss each other and now we can come _ and i enjoy it. we miss each other and now we can come to - and i enjoy it. we miss each other and now we can come to a - and i enjoy it. we miss each other and now we can com

amsterdam years to actually still have a plan for the 1st results confirmed what most people in the netherlands expected moakler to has done it again the dutch prime minister's ladies into right party to victory for a 4th time in a general election. to promised photo stability in a campaign that was dominated by the coronavirus pandemic with a country under annoyed time curfew there were no victory party holds in them and have given me the my party a different party and overwhelmingly young voters confidence and it is humbling. it's also a forcing us to. we're do everything we can to make a success out of it voting was spread over 3 days and special polling stations was set up to allow for social distancing more than $16000.00 people have died of covert in the netherlands since the start of the pandemic far right leader good fielders conceded that the health crisis it overshadowed all other issues including immigration but shared it concerns about health care that was a lot of promise about health care in the netherlands as well the also concerned about the normal routine life you know not only

voters in the netherlands decide whether to keep this plan prime minister mark water in power as they head to the polls. one of the students showed up i was the one trying to rescue it was like beginning it was just telling me to do is leave the mountain i told him i can leave here harrowing tales of escaping kidnappers in nigeria but some families still waiting for their children to come home. a day after some sharp words from pyongyang the u.s. secretaries of state and defense are in south korea on the 2nd stop of their asia tour and the blinken and lloyd austin of bolstering alliances in the region on that 1st foreign trip since taking office in japan on tuesday they criticized what they called china's coercion and aggression in asia north korea's nuclear ambitions are expected to be the top issue in seoul and the influential sister of north korea's leader has warned the u.s. not to cause trouble in the region let's go live that of seoul a bride is there the u.s. secretary of state rob secretary of defense rather says that the u.s. south korea alliance is more important than ever.

germany, itlay, france, the netherlands and spain are the latest. ireland paused at the weekend following denmark, iceland. several other countries, including austria have stopped using certain batches of the vaccine. that leaves several eu nations using the jab, which has been approved in over 70 countries around the world. astrazeneca says more than 17 million people in the uk and european union have now had its vaccine. that fewer than a0 cases of blood clots have been reported. it says the risks of having a clot are significantly lower among those who have been vaccinated compared to the general population. we know that blood clots are remarkably common and we would expect them to happen in one to two people per thousands, per year. which is a very large number. and much higher than the sorts of levels we are talking about in this particular report. scientists in the uk are frankly baffled by the decisions made in the eu. there is concern that the pause in using the astrazeneca jab will cost lives because people will not be protected from covid

well still ahead here on al-jazeera investigations into another explosion in the netherlands why it's being called a cowardly act of destruction. and the destruction of a cultural and archaeological treasure forces the resignation of one of australia's top mining bosses both stories after the break. it's time for the perfect gentlemen. sponsored point qatar airways hello we have the temperatures warming up once again across japan over the next couple days albeit temporarily only briefly will say that high pressure in charge here to keeping things calm and settled for the time being but we've got some cloud rolling out of eastern parts of china and that's going to continue moving further eastwards moving into the east china sea we'll see some wetter weather coming into south korea for a time and as this cloud and rain runs into our area of high pressure it does fizzle out but the key issue seeing some heavy rain southern parts of honshu also seeing some bits and pieces of rain will get up to 18 celsius on friday here in those temperatures to fall away as we go on through the weekend bu

confusion about the fate of the ever given a team of salvage experts flew in from the netherlands to help the so far unsuccessful attempts to dislodge the vessel while egyptian officials seemed confident the su is canal would reopen soon the dutch expert said they wouldn't commit to a specific time frame saying it could take days weeks it's a mammoth task the ship is 400 mi is long weighing 200000 tons and it's stuck in what's often described as the most important shipping lane in the world a maritime accident with global implications shipping analysts already predicting disruption and price hikes. the series can now i'm a feat of amazing engineering that the world has taken for granted for 150 years what has happened is very unusual i can't remember it happening before they have a given container ship became wedged across the so is canal on choose day when high winds blew it off course about 12 percent of global trade passes through the 193 kilometer long canal which connects the red sea with the mediterranean providing the shortest link between asia and europe the vessel carrying a

and poverty the pandemic and the child care benefit scandal voters in the netherlands have a lot on their minds as they head to the polls. day after some sharp words from pyongyang the u.s. secretaries of state and defense are in south korea on the 2nd stop of their asia tour and they blinken and lloyd austin bolstering alliances in the region on their 1st foreign trip since taking office in japan on tuesday they criticized what they called china's coercion and aggression in asia north korea's nuclear ambitions are expected to be the top issue in seoul and the influential sister of north korea's leader has warned the u.s. not to cause trouble in the region let's go live out of soul of the bride is for us what are we expecting particularly regarding defense issues today rob what does south korea want from these meetings. that's right these meetings are now underway and in fact lloyd austin the u.s. defense secretary is 1st with his meeting with his south korean counterpart a bit later then secretary blinken will hold his session this will be very much dominated by north korea we know that