this is deja vu news live from berlin a dire warning from the un's world food program as a coronavirus for. millions of civilians living in conflicts jordan addictions including many women and children and pushed the break your story breaking with the specter of famine. very real dangers possibility to do so what if anything can be done then it also coming up the global race for a vaccine a german company has won approval to stop the country's 1st clinical tests on an

experimental vaccine. and wildlife is returning to parts of colombia as people stay indoors we talked to the documentary filmmakers encouraging people to film but they're now seeing in their backyard. i'm serious almost gone to thank you for joining us the u.n. world food program is sounding the alarm over food shortages caused by cold with 19 the head of the world food program david beasley says more than 800000000 people already do not have enough to eat but that number is likely to soar by a 135000000 by the end of the year because of the pandemic he says a crisis could take on biblical proportions if the world fails to act. farmers in south said don't try to ward off the. latest invasion chris south

threatening to destroy what crops they have left in a country where hunger response of davey life after years of civil war the majority of south sudanese are already in a state of food crisis now things look set to get even worse last year we had to feed 5000000 people due to fighting and flooding already in 2020 we've had locust invasions and now there is a code 19 pandemic which we predict could almost double the people in acute hunger by the end of 2020 across the world. and those numbers are shocking we're also told the rate of a hunger pandemic and it gets through a 130000000 people. could be pushed to the breaking story by the end of 2020 that's a total of $265000000.00 people. government lockdowns are taking their toll in brazil it's estimated that up to 40000000 informal workers have been

dragged into extreme poverty handouts here in rio de janeiro are keeping people fed . others are doing whatever they can to survive. that might be defeated me honestly it's very difficult with selling food in order to survive but my daughter annoying me we're out of work and we're doing this selling food and then a pencil. organizations like the un's world food program are pleading for more funds but with so many countries now battling for economic survival plus a lack of global leadership the fear is that a humanitarian catastrophe could be closer than ever if. we can speak now to bettina alicia she is the world food program's chief spokesperson here in

germany athena thank you for joining us the numbers are staggering we're saying the number of people in acute hunger could double by the end of the year something jorgen ization is calling a perfect storm why is this. it's because so many things are coming together i mean the world food program and this year will feed 100000000 people in over 80 countries but that was because of war conflict of climate change now on top of that we have another crisis the covert crisis to corona crisis and what we're seeing is that people out of work in many places their governments are scrambling how to take care of their people their economies are collapsing so we are extremely concerned that our usual work of feeding those 100000000 people will not be happening because we will not get the money that's our big concern we have people tell the world let's avoid this crisis give us the money so we can take care

of these people and their cover crisis is really making everything much much more extreme we see around the globe what is happening but our big concern of course does super hungry people people who are very close to starvation who are now much more impacted then ever before your report also talks about displaced people in countries like afghanistan iraq and bangladesh especially at risk which communities in these countries are you most worried about. most worried about refugee camps for example where people die in very very close contact that's a lot in african countries but it's also in a place like bangladesh where they're working and have fled to we are worried about how we can practice social distancing how should that work and we don't we have taking measures we're making sure that there's bigger distance between the various people when they pick up our food but the important thing is this we need to act

now what the world food program is doing now is we're pre-positioning food for the next 3 months in the hardest hit countries so we can feed those people and then of course we also help the whole u.n. response to the coronavirus disease you said you worry that you might not get the money you need and as we know economies around the world are struggling so what is your message to governments about why it's important to help here. you have to do this now. now this week the next week the week after that we need to help us so we can help the whole humanitarian community we need $350000000.00 so good to keep on sending planes to keep on sending nurses to keep on sending doctors to building field hospitals for aid workers to keep foden and other aid supplies going we helping we're shipping millions of masks and protective gear to some.

70 countries we're going to help 120 countries help with this disease and how to cope with it but the government leaders have to act now. the world food program's chief spokesperson here in germany thank you so much for joining us. thank you. let's take a look now at some other coronavirus news the number of corona virus deaths in europe has now up past 110000 the worst hit continent currently has more than 1200000 confirmed cases now spain which has europe's 2nd highest death toll after italy has reported an uptick in fatalities for a 2nd day south africa plans to deploy more than $70000.00 additional troops to enforce its strict lock down that's in place until at least the end of the month and the u.s. state of missouri has filed a lawsuit against china saying that beijing tried to cover up the danger posed by

the virus. now the search for a vaccine is gaining momentum here in germany the 1st clinical trial has just been given the green light the vaccine is being developed by a company called bio on attack that's based in the city of mines in the 1st part of the trial 200 healthy people between the ages of 18 and 55 well received several variants of the vaccine. and germany's health minister hans spawn welcomed the news but he also said people will need to be patient it will take a long time before any vaccine is ready to use and on the market so. it's a good sign when here in germany we've reached a point in terms of vaccine development that we can actually start with the 1st tests with at the same time it's important to note that it will still take months for a vaccine to pass or old unnecessary tests that can be made available on a big scale. kind of use need to haase's following the story for us hi nina how

significant is this approval of a 1st clinical test. well it is significant in that it is only the 4th anti covert 19 vaccine trial that is registered with the world health organization and the president of the body for vaccines here in germany hasten to say it's not just significant for people in germany it is significant on an international scale because of course the race is on to find the vaccine that can help countries ease some of the restrictions so what's going to happen in germany is probably there's going to be for such clinical trial this year but like we just heard we will probably not see a vaccine widely available this year. it will still take time as we heard the health minister say it comes as germany is indeed loosening restrictions on society on the economy how worried are officials in the meantime the germany will see

a spike in infections. it is a very difficult balance to strike for politicians of course everybody is aware that the current restrictions are in place because we simply do not have a vaccine so the risk of the virus spreading is still very much there at the same time germany has begun easing its restrictions it has begun to reopen some of the businesses some children can go back to school and of course the message that post titian's are sending out is let's not let down our guard let still know that we are highly surrounded by a highly risky situation and that the virus has not been stopped machall repeated this these words of caution on monday when she said it would be terrible if we went into a relapse now and of course that would be extremely difficult to communicate to people that if we let down our guards now we would have to reintroduce some of the

restrictions that we're only just beginning to ease now. as a reporting for us thank you very much. now to some other headlines from around the world international oil prices have fallen to their lowest levels since 1999 deepening fears of a global economic downturn brant crude dropped to 12 percent to below $17.00 a barrel the slump follows 2 of the wildest days in oil trading history as supply continues to outpace demand the suburbs of paris have seen a 4th night of clashes between residents and police amid friends a strict coronavirus lockdown at one flashpoint right police were sent into quality unrest some residents said they were only trying to defend themselves against alleged police harassment. $16000000.00 more people signed up to netflix during the 1st 3 months of this year it is the streaming platforms fastest ever rate of user

growth and it's largely because of coronavirus lockdowns netflix now has more than 180000000 subscribers worldwide. firefighters in northeastern poland are struggling to contain a wildfire in its biggest national park bit of shop park is home to rare species such as alkan bison some 4000 actors have been destroyed so far in the blaze that broke out on sunday the country's been suffering from extremely dry weather for months colombia is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world it has an enormous variety of wild birds and reptiles confining people to their homes has not only stopped the rise of covert 19 cases it's also allowed the fall of the capital city but without to take a break a new project called phone is helping introduce residents to the neighbors they never realize they have. the empty city is a testing ground for some of bogota its inhabitants many people seem to forget that the colombian capital is surrounded by mountains grasslands and wetlands using

their cellphones several people have captured images of wild animals they never knew lived close by like wildlife is closing in on the city a phenomenon explained by jorge molina an ecologist at last sunday's university. concert the presence of wild animals didn't used to be very noticeable in the city . they were close to the city in the eastern mountains. but as human activity slows down while the animals are sensing the chance to extend their range a bit. does your documentary filmmakers carlos rink on and on 100 count on launch the massive project follow now and have collected the wildlife footage the message this habitat is for everyone you know in this case as a crucial function the main idea is to think of a future where people get used to observing and filming wildlife is now closer to

their home in their backyards and on the balconies so they can learn about it just a few days after it was launched on emo fallen garner the support of 8 institutions and the active participation of influential locals who feel that the project helps people stop and think. we inhabit the same territory as a species we arrived much later than many of the wild animals that live here we're not the center of the universe. most of the people captured the images from their windows but some use drones to film the changes in the city without leaving their homes. it's important for us to be aware that we're not the only ones living in this area that there are many living beings they're always there even if we can't save them they respect us so we should respect them as it was thank you. all the footage captured for has the same objective to use the

lockdown as a tool for learning about our shared habitat. coming up after a short break.