this is g.w. dus why tonight cheaper money to boost europe's slowing economy the european central bank launches a new stimulus program the bank is buying bonds and cutting interest rates in a bid to increase lending to businesses and consumers will it have the desired effect also coming up tonight the killer diseases that are preventable the world health organization sounding the alarm over declining vaccination rates and the story of a journey that almost took their last misery almost drowned in the mediterranean

trying to flee her home country of living in her story coming up in just a moment also an iranian judo athlete one of the best in the world takes refuge here in germany he says he defied his reading authorities by competing at the world championships there warnings that he might have to fight and he's really opponent now who says he's boring about his own saying. i'm boring golf it's good to have you with us today the european central bank unveiled a new stimulus plan aimed at boosting the eurozone economy in what is expected to be his last major decision as e.c.b. president are you a druggie announced another cut interest rates pushing borrowing costs further into negative. oratory on this is part of efforts to bring down inflation which is just

under the easybeats target of 2 percent. euro's morea druggies rather down beat assessment of the euro zone's economic prospects to list the outlook for real g.d.p. growth has been revised down 420192020 the recent rounding the euro area growth outlook remains to the downside. these recent mainly pertain to the prolonged presence of uncertainties related to geo political factors the rising threat to protection is an vulnerabilities in emerging markets. all right chris roberts your now from debbie business so chris what are we looking at here from the european central bank are they trying to prevent a recession or is this an effort to mitigate the recession that is inevitable.

kickstarting the economy but once that's what it comes down to no matter what what the end game is so to say my a druggie sees these b c's that the economy in the eurozone is faltering they slashed the central bank slashed its economic outlook look at germany europe's biggest economy growth contracted in 2nd quarter germany as many people are saying is on track towards a recession so things don't look much better in other parts of the eurozone so the idea is to get the economy going yeah i mean and you've got all these external forces to think about to break shiver examined so will the stimulus program do what it's supposed to do there is skepticism because the measures have had limited effect before if you look at the last decade short the e.c.b. was essential when it came to saving the euro in the financial crisis about a decade ago but ever since the idea of economic expansion as

as largely been bigger than what actually came out of it if you like if you look at the measures that the boldness and the risk that the e.c.b. has been taking in the last couple of years it would take that into account the following konami pension has been somewhat subdued and mario draghi knows that he knows the limits of his power and that's why he has been calling on politicians to get their finances in order to get their financial house in order and in the strongest language yet today he complained that by and large there's been monetary policy but very little else he said about politicians what they did in the last couple of weeks and another in another call for action he urged germany to use its $50000000000.00 surplus to basically spend its way out of this economic downturn which we know it's unlikely that that is going that's right to happen so what does all of this mean the for people like you and me well it means that if you have money in the bank and i hope you do brant i try to. you're not going to. much

interest on that so you're not going to make any money there and it also means that people are going to be looking for other ways to let their money work for them meaning that the prices for real estate for example is likely to continue to rise because people say all right if i don't get any interest in the bank i might buy an apartment and you know get some get on my back there real estate bubbles such as the one here in berlin good could be on the right answer further. what has the reaction been i know that there's been a lot of reaction to on the other side of the atlantic yeah let's look at financial markets for the reaction has been somewhat subdued. you know even though there are there is more money likely to be flowing into the financial markets and well across the atlantic one bird fury in the white house donald trump using basically the peg of the z.b. at the end taking aim at the federal reserve again tweeting they are trying and

succeeding in depreciating the euro against a very strong dollar hurting u.s. exports and the fed sits and sits and sits they get paid to borrow money while we are paying interest so there's another attack by the u.s. president on the federal reserve which is to decide on its monetary policy next week right because there were as always thank you. are here some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world beijing has some of the german ambassador after germany's foreign minister met with hong kong democracy activists just so long in berlin this week beijing in kucing germany of meddling in its affairs and it has warned that the high profile meeting will damage bilateral relations is strong urged world leaders to back the ongoing protests in hong kong dozens of people have been killed in a train derailment in the democratic republic of congo the dead are reported to be stowaways who were riding the freight train when it went off the tracks it happened

in the province of tanganyika that the r.c.c. has seen several deadly rail incidents in recent years blamed on aging equipment. the new u.s. ambassador to the united nations has taken her post kelli kraft was previously u.s. ambassador to canada takes over after a 7 month vacancy in the position is perhaps a pledge to push for you went reform as the fight and fight israel action at the un . vaccinations has been one of the greatest successes of public health around the world it's saved an estimated $2500000.00 lives every year but vaccination rates are declining leading to outbreaks of preventable diseases around the world it's a problem that will be addressed today by the global vaccination summit that's taking place in brussels. not too long ago laughter filled this fisherman's

family home in madagascar. but now the family's trying to cope with their grief they lost 3 children in january due to a nice those infection they couldn't afford to vaccinate them. they have gone and it was all goes we'll but we didn't expect that they might die if they didn't get vaccinated that the fact that they were not vaccinated would kill them. madagascar is struggling to contain its worst outbreak of measles in decades amid a desperate shortage of vaccines the highly contagious illness increases susceptibility to other diseases and can cause blindness brain swelling and death so far over 1200 people have died in the epidemic most of them children. and madagascar is not alone worldwide many countries are reporting an unprecedented rise of measles many of these cases could have been easily prevented with

vaccination but like madagascar are some countries simply don't have access to the vaccines they need. and in high income countries where they are available some people opt to not vaccinate themselves and their children. they wrongly believe that vaccines are harmful there are absolutely families communities people who are subject to misinformation they have the wrong information about not only the disease severity and the risks of disease they don't understand the truth of the matter but they also have misinformation about the effectiveness of vaccines and the safety of vaccines and we do see misinformation as an increasing threat. the so-called anti vax movement fears that vaccines are unsafe ineffective and produce serious side effects saying that they

can even cause autism scientists say there is no evidence for any of that. yet the misinformation is gaining momentum on social media now health professionals and governments are looking for solutions including making vaccinations mandatory and imposing fines on parents who refuse in madagascar are over 7000000 children have been vaccinated in an emergency response parents here are happy that vaccinations are available again many know what losing a child to measles feels like and hope they never have to endure such grief ever again. and for more on this i'm joined tonight from brussels by leticia charmaine ryssdal professor of public health and the university of the witwatersrand in south africa miserable it's good to have you on the show you know if i had heard this

story. for the 1st time today i would have thought that it was from 50 years ago but we're in the 21st century and we're talking about a decline in vaccination rates i mean from your perspective how serious is this decline. well thank you very much good evening and thank you for having me. i think we need to. there are declines but they are also success stories so in many countries we've actually seen an increase in vaccination rates the reasons vary widely so in low and middle income countries and you've given a very balanced perspective on both the situation in madagascar which is would fall into a category of low income countries the reasons for declining vaccination or outbreaks

of measles a very different compared to high income countries so for example you pointed out in the in says that the 2 week health systems inability lack of vaccines resource constraints inability often of parents to get the children to a health facility for vaccination and then of course in the high income countries including germany we've seen that the small proportion of parents who are his attendant and in some cases refuse to give vaccination to their children so it's always important to actually look at the context and to be very specific about the interventions because it's not a case of one size fits all yeah that's a very good point to make and i would assume it's easier to try to tackle the problem of lack of resources then it is maybe here in europe and in the united states north america where you have these anti back scene movements i mean it's

easier to fight a lack of resources than it is to fight misinformation would you agree. i think both situations have a different set of complexities so the increased resources you can string from the health system overnight or in many instances in low income countries you also find there the. big difference between vaccination coverage between the urban areas of cities and the more outlying remote areas of rural areas where you have difficulties often of getting health professionals to go the health system staying to be rica. is so i think the complexities probably. of different nuances of complexities but i think it's also important to look at the problem in perspective so in north america and even in europe it's

a minority albeit a very vocal minority to refuse vaccination and obviously the strategies for. a 4 day. situation of refusal would be different to an area where you have resource limitations right professionalization response from the university of the with waters ran in south africa professor we appreciate you taking the time to talk with us tonight and giving us your insights thank you thank you very much well authorities on the bahamas say 1300 people are unaccounted for in the wake of hurricane dorian previously the number was as high as 2500 social scene the larger figure probably included people staying in shelters 50 people are now confirmed the storm devastated the bahamas at the beginning of this month. it is breathtaking in its brutality.

hurricane dorian has transformed. into a war zone. and left communities here clinging on to life shipments like this from the u.s. army are desperately needed. from the border. efforts to rebuild the bahamas slowly underway the government says operations have moved from rescue to recovery and restoration but as horrible and vicious as higher andorian was. the bravery and resilience of the beam in people is even more powerful. more than a week after dorian ripped through these islands set seems like they're so looking for victims not survivors 2500 people remain unaccounted for officials say

some may be in shelters but the theories that the death toll now 50 will rise the managers we recognize the extent of the devastation we're not going to speculate on what the number of final numbers will be we understand people are concerned and so are we but that is the count on us as we get the official count we will come to the public aid teams are yet to reach cutoff communities like this one. at. least haitian migrant workers rely on the aid brought by journalist with a borrowed phone this man is able to reach his wife and baby who are evacuated the emotional toll here is exhausting for those who started with little and lost a tall. well since the start of europe's migration crisis back in 2015 d.w. has reported on the dangers facing migrants as they attempt to leave their homes their home countries and reach europe today we bring in the story of one woman who

boarded a boat near tripoli in her home country of libya she almost drowned off the libyan coast along with her young son they finally made it to malta as main port of valetta or now they are here in germany adapting to the challenges of a new life this is the story of now is read in her own words. close the super let live in. blue for how the earth and said that i did in the candy how to feel better nick and i should feel. how at that i'm how i let you know we can rule the police will come somehow at our shop how let that left us she left in the natural so to learn the comfy model hoffert so our little fee. for guns are brought in them a lot of net in the had to go to her for she like you. feel i had this out of plan the been caught up or cunt that i should bottom of one has the money on them the.

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was full of some of that soloed i had. to have. well i'm joined by christoph hi yes with doctors without borders you're in berlin he leads the organization's libya policy it's good to have you on the show i mean that report that we just saw how common is it to see successful stories of migration from libya today to be honest it's not very common what we can see there i'm coming from libya just 2 weeks ago when we see that the departure facilities which i knew were in one day in the country and 2 we set of people currently detained in libya is not working because the facilities are full and countries do not take it people out of those facilities and those facilities are sometimes the targets. of the tax write this is correct now we have seen for a couple of weeks ago a bomb being on in

a detention center in libya where 60 people have died so this is also a reason why recall the government of germany to not bring people back to libya which. came to rescue in the military you know i mean libya as you say correctly it's now a host country it receives you know hundreds of millions in funding to reduce this irregular migration to europe could someone like nasreen that we just saw in that report could she still make it so europe. theoretically yes because the facility said there the system is there so there is a resettlement program as i said but. realistically today we have to say that the system is not working but the goal is to keep them there hopefully hopefully resettle them somewhere in northern africa or maybe send them back home disprove programs also exist so there is a voluntary return home around so in my own words these. programs exist so i cannot

say really what the political reason you are but i have to feeling that in the civil society more and more more people are we have to situation the via more and more people we have that we have. a lot of emergencies in the military and see where people are dying we have 640 people lost in dying while attempting to cross the military and so people are more and more aware and i think the pressure on the government is increasing to what do you and your fellow doctors what do you see in terms of conditions that these migrants face when they decide that they want to make that journey from north africa across the mediterranean. in the time i was in libya about 2 months i've been almost every day at the detentions and that was working so i was discussing. a lot of times with the migrants detained their sort of stories idea terrible times over 2 years on on their journey

they were forced labor they have been victims of violence they have been victims of rape they have also tried to cross have admitted tearing into the day they were brought paper to live in holes cut to libya back to the detention center so there is a cycle which hardly anybody can escape at the moment media plus the conditions at the detention centers itself is a very big nutrition is a very bad hygiene these people. amount of infection of tuberculosis in the detention center i was working from september last year and to my 22 people no one have died from the locals is it what about the conditions there in those detention centers the libyans do they want the migrants and refugees do they want them the urge they want them to disappear. this is a very difficult question that's all you have to measure it is 2 kinds of migration and libya is migrations which happens in the detention centers and there's about

800000 people living in libya and working in libya and somehow part of the society in libya and also accepted christophe with doctors without borders here in berlin mr hu we appreciate you taking the time to talk with us tonight thank you. this is g w news and these are our top story is the european central bank has and build a fresh stimulus plan aimed at boosting the eurozone economy the bank plans another cut in interest rates that will push borrowing costs further into negative territory that's intended to be encouraged banks to lend and stimulate growth in europe many of the cut its biggest economies have been dragged down by global trade disputes. and union in the world health organization have been holding a global vaccination summit in brussels that focuses on declining vaccination rates which have led to an increase in preventable diseases worldwide some parts of the world cannot afford vaccines but of officials say that

a growing anti-vaccination movement is leading to the spread of entirely preventable disease. number of people counted missing in the bahamas after hurricane dorian has dropped sharply officials say 1300 people are still unaccounted for previously that number was as high as 2500 officials say the words of figure probably included people staying in shelters dorian was a category 5 storm when it hit the bahamas last week. this is d w news from berlin you can always find the latest headlines a d w dot com or you can follow us on twitter at d w. you're watching news live from berlin up next to the point you know we use debate show which deals with china and its rise on the global stage i'll be back at the top of the hour with more news followed by the day i hope to see you the.

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selling out of our country. dead donkey sphere know how united. starts september 18th on d. w. . hong kong is the new bulletin in the new cold war says pro-democracy activists joshua won't be speaking here in the german capital. he told the w.t.v. that the people of germany must stand with the people of hong kong beijing though immediately let it be known that there will be consequences and many are asking how much of a threat is china to western democratic values while on her recent trip to china german chancellor angela merkel called for a peaceful end to the hong kong crisis saying anything else would be quote could try.