this is the news live from thailand a billion species at risk of extinction that's the conclusion of a u.n. report on biodiversity humans rely on these ecosystems to survive and scientists say that only a dramatic change in the economic and financial systems can pull them back from the brink talk to one of the soldiers also on the program. on the unofficial cease fire brings an end to the deadly outburst of violence between israel and gaza so how long will the peace hold this time. being. the most amazing it's been hard to recruit over the course of imagining. a boy and his wife for meghan the duchess of sussex welcomed threaten to sue news.

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. a million species are at risk of extinction from climate change overfishing and pollution the united nations first report on biodiversity also tells us that this unprecedented decline in nature is caused by and is threatening humanity some animal populations have dropped to the dozens of akita for example that's a kind of porpoise they say for the waters of california that's down to an estimated thirty the are more leopard native to china and russia is down to about eighty four and the vultures may not be your idea of beautiful they are a key part of the ecosystem and eleven out of sixteen djgpp pieces are at risk of extinction according to the report even though the species are dying out faster we

can make a difference if action is taken immediately. patricia milosevic is one of the report's a lead authors and she joins us from paris that welcome to day w we've had decades of warning about climate change and we're still far from a solution there can we do better when it comes to biodiversity. you know good night yes of course we can do better one of the good things about this report it does it just have a positive. message it so yes it's true that we've been. affecting species diversity and consistency and at the not precedented rate known for human history but the good message is that if measures there is a solution so some of these measures are basically to work on a transfer transformative change which is to have profound changes in the way we

live and the way we do things we can't continue business as usual because all of the scenarios that this report shows are that if we do not transform things in no deep way we will not achieve success we. have failed and we will fail to meet the sustainable development till goal so most of their targets and we are also going to fail to achieve most of the targets so if your question is what can we do well transformative change is about three major issues and the three major issues are in the first place that we do integration integration across the from skate colder us across social cannot make actors include traditional knowledge science social science and also across disciplines not just a very cynical system and this needs to be something higher than extends to the physical and to the chemical ways of starting things and then on the second place

it's about innovation we need to do we know to find ways new ways to do things new technologies that are so they know in the long term so it's not just innovating for things to be more efficient is for things to be norrish efficient but from sustainable and nature friendly point of view and the. third eye because they're all the three i think i call it that the need for information the only way that we will track how beecher is going is that we can follow what is still in for this we need that and the nature comes basically for monitoring so it's these three components if we work together to. move them forward we will achieve success but here's the thing the history of mankind it tends seems to be reactive if we don't do things even when we have warnings until a disaster has struck is this disaster that appears to be looming coming our way is

this going to be the same result will we end up doing nothing until disaster has already hit us. well there we are already there in the first song for some nicholas systems we are in that tipping point in which if we don't do nothing and act now there will be no way back to example start of this arc or reeves and the other one is the arctic coral reefs in my lifetime i am a marine biologist by profession i've taught biology for twenty five years i have seen every use because of the caribbean degenerate in front of my eyes what i saw when i was in peanuts what not what i see now in some places like australia the great barrier reef there are very very strict regulations there are national efforts there especially huge investment in protecting the great barrier reef into monitoring but still despite this climate change is affecting absolutely need to act together an increase in greece will cost now we have lost already fifty percent

of coral reefs if we loose if we increase the temperature increases one more victory we lose another thirty drops and it's a temperature increases to two percent will last we'll just get one percent and this is the main sustained way of livelihood for many of the population shocks that if by the coast thank you so much for joining us which is a little slough it's from the u.n. science panel for biodiversity and one of the report's warns concerns of threats to crop pollinating insects like bees the global b population has seen alarming decline of species disappear and die under mysterious circumstances which could have major consequences for farmers and crop yields but a new app developed in germany could help provide a solution. how many of the apple blossoms in her orchard will be pollinated this year it's a question that fruit farmer sabine adama asks herself time and again because a northern germany as in other places many bees are dying. losing up to forty

percent of a colony as a regular occurrence and those are the bees that you miss now when plants begin flowering whether it's rapeseed or fruit they're just not there. so if you. domon has turned to a new digital be sharing platform for help it brings together beekeepers and farmers on line. the bees that will pollinate dull months trees arrive on a truck from the neighboring neverland's she ordered five hundred colonies. and after taking a little while to a climatized they get straight to work. platform operator. has assumed responsibility for the hard working insects it would be terrible for the startups image if they came to harm. disease prevention is a big issue of bringing healthy bees plays a central role on the one hand on the other we have close agreements and binding regulations with the farmers to ensure the bees aren't damaged through the improper

use of pesticides that could hurt or destroy them that hasn't happened yet. so far galba has registered over a thousand beekeepers on his platform the bees cost sixty euros per deployment so did they get the job done. we're lucky because our orchard is pretty far away from other orchards like it so we thought about it and decided to take a chance on it to give it a shot and see how things go and so far the cooperation has gone very well we haven't been disappointed. and there's a myth. the beekeepers get to keep the honey it's still early days for that be sharing business in germany but there is potential demand for hundreds of thousands of comedies among farmers all over the country beast for hire could help improve

harvests of all kinds of produce and at the same time provide their owners with a great source of income. we'll take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world michael cohen u.s. president comes for them oil the start of a three year prison sentence he spoke briefly to reporters as he lost his left his home in new york convicted of crimes including campaign finance violations are he says he's looking forward to sharing the truth long day. global equities have nose dived after u.s. president donald trump threatened to hike tariffs on chinese goods beijing says its it is still prepared to go to washington for the final stretch of trade talks despite the president's warning that it would raise tariffs on two hundred billion dollars worth of imports from ten to twenty five percent. spain's caretaker prime minister pedro sanchez has helped talks with conservative leader public assad it's the first of his meetings with opposition politicians in his efforts to form

a government sanchez's socialist party won last week's national elections it fell short of a majority only for support of other parties to stay in power. palestinian leaders in gaza have agreed a cease fire with israel ending two days of violence the threat to turn into all out war israel's made no official comment on the ceasefire but his military has allowed schools and roads in southern israel to reopen so that residents can resume their daily lives with the escalation in violence began on saturday with rocket fire from militants in gaza prompting be turned strikes by israel at least twenty three palestinians and four israelis have been killed. for now the violence is over but the survivors in gaza there is little comfort. neighbors were screaming at us leave quickly and they were going to bomb the building and destroy it. we took the children and we were afraid we went to the

neighbors with what we were wearing and then they hit the building with three warning rockets and it was bombed and destroyed completely our house and all apartments are damaged. today marks the start of the muslim holy month of ramadan palestinians are hoping the ceasefire will hold. at four thirty am they announced a truce and i hope that the situation will calm down following this time there's been no shelling for now it is calm. but it's a fragile peace people in ashdod in israel affected by the latest violence i glad of the break in the fighting but to angry at what they see as hamas dictating terms . i welcome the ceasefire but again the time i don't like it i want the state of israel to set the tone and decide what to do not that a terror organization will decide what to do for the state of israel if you have such a strong army. in

a month in two weeks and a month and a half it will repeat itself again and we achieve nothing so i think the state of israel needs to strike them a very very hard so that they learn their lesson. on the other side of the divide the palestinian prime minister also reacted strongly condemning the israeli airstrikes. the government calls on the united nations to intervene immediately to stop the aggression and prevent its possible renewal and to provide international protection for our people in the gaza strip the government says that the international community cannot be silent against the crimes of the israeli occupation against civilians. the rocket attacks and asterix over the weekend or the worst recent flare up of violence between two sides that have been to war three times since two thousand and seven those who survived can only hope the current truce marks return to a more peaceful existence. aviation investigators are examining the voice and data

recorders of a russian airplane that made an emergency landing in moscow yesterday at least forty one people died when the plane crash landed at moscow's sheremetyevo airport they had a flood plane was flying to the northern city of movements when the pilot reported technical problems and turned back. little is left of the sukhoi superjet one hundred it seems incredible that any of the seventy eight passengers might have live forty one people died as the plane made a hard emergency landing at a moscow airport. some passengers documented the dramatic touchdown and the terror of those inside the sukhoi flames engulfed the cabin. the survivors have an incredible story to tell they made it out of the flames their accounts will be crucial to confirming whether the pilots account of why the plane crashed is accurate he blamed lightning. as the investigation continues the transport minister has ruled out grounding the jets. new facility there's no reason to thank

you. but the sukhoi was manufactured by a state run company so does being under sanctions that makes ordering replacement parts difficult. were used to take additional malfunction is one of the most likely reasons for the crash and if that then this plane should be grounded. this is a reflect with sex attention a decade he just left confidence in the russian flag area battered and many travelers even more worried about safety in the country's ideation industry. mosco correspondent and we show he is following this story and sent us this update . this crash comes as a huge shock to russians the more month region where the plane was heading has declared three days of mourning for the victims russian president vladimir putin has expressed his condolences and has called for

a detailed investigation but this crash will also be a huge blow to the russian aviation industry the sukhoi superjet one hundred was the pride of the industry in two thousand and eleven when it was launched its the first plane that was designed for civilian use after the fall of the soviet union and now this tragic accident will tarnish its reputation. on ice reports is the first in a new series looking at the big issues concerning the german public the first of those is digital technology as the world gears up to insta. all fifth generation robot networks zero five g. some parts of germany are still struggling with the old versions a quarter of the country doesn't even have access to the three g. network technology yet putting the country thirtieth in the world in terms of connectivity compare that to south korea and the united states where that figure is that almost one hundred percent doubly correspondent kate brady began her journey to gauge the german public's mood in

a network deb so she found out how important it is for rural communities to get on to stay connected. for the first leg of my journey i'm leaving behind philip essen in the german countryside. once a world leader in industry an innovation when it comes to digitalize ation germany is lagging far behind. despite the impending arrival of five g. technology hearing seventy some parts of the country especially in the countryside people are still dreaming of that wax and a reliable internet connection let's not forget it wasn't so long ago the japanese chancellor angela merkel has self but describing the internet as new territory. agriculture is just one industry feeling the effects of germany's digital shortcomings like air envelop where network dead zones are a common occurrence for farmers like olaf's pic. by using g.p.s.

signals the structure has the capacity to drive itself autonomously and cover the exact same route and the exact same tracks taken on previous days. but. this value here shows how good reception is you have to imagine it's like when you get l t three g. enie on your phone the higher these numbers become the worse the reception gets right now as we stand we can work with ones. centimeter accuracy into the dog annoying. but when the signal fails things go a little off plan and the tractors wheels veer off course. which means wasted resources and the expenditure for farmers. was most important here for these farmers is perception and making sure that they can farm with exact signals and making sure that these signals are even available in the first place so that they

can work more precisely and efficiently to make sure that they don't waste any use of the land. farm owner bam had flyhalf on vice is holding the german government to its pledge of nationwide high speed internet by twenty twenty five and five g. mobile internet political standards and here she is mr stablished these standards across the board network operators who can provide five g. standards must be obliged to make this internet connection available not only in the densely populated high revenue regions but also in the countryside where the turnover is low. probably long. story. the german government has now promised plenty of measures to at least get germany on the way when it comes to digitalize ation but now the question is whether those measures can really be implemented in time to make sure that germany has any chance at all of becoming

a digital tech giant. britain stretches of sussex meccan markel has given birth to her first baby boy and he seventh in line to the british throne her husband prince harry said the duchess gave birth in the early hours of monday morning and your parents haven't yet announced but harry said he was overjoyed to become. no i do not myself i have baby boy. i did this morning a very healthy boy. i'm very bitter incredibly well as being. the most amazing it's because i didn't ever possibly imagine. how any woman does what they do is beyond comprehension but with absolutely true i'm just sort of grateful to you for the love and support. from a video that has been numb it's been amazing so it was one of the shutters for the

body. straight to london then we were joined into. welcome shot so it's a boy. well the anticipation surrounding this relate to us royal arrival has been huge ever since the couple announced first in last october their pregnancy and now we've seen today of beaming very happy prince harry addressing the press he said the baby was born in the early hours off may stakes of this morning on a bank holiday here in england and she said that the baby was seven point three pounds three point two kilos heavy that it was a healthy baby boy a really happy prince harry there who would not reveal the names obit said that mother and baby were healthy and very very happy so this latest addition to the royal family is only seventh in line to the throne yet there's been all this

excitement around why. you know right so seventh a line to the throne of the great grandchild of queen and the best but a lot of excitement surrounding him if his birth and a lot of excitement around the parents of this baby meghan and harry and this comes from this incredible love story that is pretty much out of a romance novel him being of course the british princess and her being an american actress the two of them set on love they had a huge wedding on the grounds of windsor the home of the queen where celebrities from george clooney to tennis star serena williams attended so this baby will most certainly get a lot of attention and they're big questions surrounding this baby of course what is going to be the name who is going to be the godfather of the got mother how will this baby be raised where will they go to school so all these questions are going

to be absent at some point of course and and for now though the couple really wants to keep this arrival private they want to celebrate in private with meghan's mom being there. on the grounds of windsor and the couple celebrating that arrival i'm quite a departure from tradition no no royal hospital like they have is a home with no sort of traditional announcement. exactly so we don't know exactly where this birth happened if it indeed happened at college at the cottage sorry at the home of megan and terry there on the grounds of windsor this is in comparison for example to kate and william the future king and queen. of course every time they had the babies three babies so far it went immediately out after and showed the baby to the press so this is definitely not the tradition what harry and meghan are doing but harry said that they will show the baby to the

public and a couple of days time so in two days we will see that baby and see that glooming couple probably on the grounds of winsor. don't correspondent reporting from london now sports and we'll start with abundance league and an extraordinary match that saw leverkusen overwhelmed front foot six one result was leverkusen level with frankfurt in the battle for the fourth and final spot in next season's champions the tournament. leverkusen wasted little time opening the scoring in their clash for europe against frankfurt. one nil from chi however it's after just two minutes. the hosts kept up the torrid pace with yumi and grant finishing up a neat bit of team play to double the leader levin minutes later i was trained for it responded immediately with unit and tire deflecting philip kasich his effort into the net to make it

a game. that was until leverkusen open the floodgates ten minutes later lucas a lhari zero knocked in for three one was charles of eighties powered past a listless frankfurt defense to make it four one was. i and a lhari zero tap in for five was my taking a cue from the leverkusen attack frankfurt defender much in him to take a inexpressibly handed the ball into his own net six one after just thirty six minutes played. amazingly the score held a deafening statement in the fight for the top four from leverkusen and a crushing defeat for frankfurt. stay in the abundance they go with fiberglass and do sold off their fans were one of the be fighting validation this season but instead both clubs are comfortably in the middle of the standings despite this sunday's encounter did get a bit feisty. freiburg grow bored in a g.p.s.

penalty if it doesn't balls but needs a robin time instead of three for the italian converted tonight but it's pocket himself was one note for the thirty player. posts will avoid the thread you relegation battle this. close will both go show the recipients or just help keep the promoted club this season i have you could not see leveled with a perfectly placed shot i at the start of the second half tried the johnny was sent off for a second yellow card after repeated foul. but despite having an extra man does not all could also win that finished one one between two teams happy to be in mid table . now for me it's more unconventional spring is in the air here in europe and it's time to cut the lawn but enthusiastic england to more than tread grass where. they also race them this weekend's event in town billings first was not just a one off as

a full lawnmower racing championship in england with races spread out over the lawn mowing season for the winner of the opening race of mr the course of becoming the extreme. that's without them our plates absolutely turn. is reminded of our top stories this hour a lot more force of biodiversity has warned that a million species around the world are at risk of extinction and it's only a dramatic change in economic and financial systems ecosystems back from the brink . this is that coming up next in d.w. news asia the debt ridden i'm facing financial hardships india's foremost compared to vote in the ongoing election could hold the case to the upcoming. pressing of international backlash the sultan of brunei says that new laws of prescribing stoning death by stoning for gay sex will know.

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