don't listen children the kidnapping campaign of non-si journey starts april 29th e.w. . this is the news live from berlin got down to the poll protests may have been restricted joining the pandemic but young climate activists say input and have found an alternative way off from finding people about the other emergency training life as we know it's also coming up. they were wrong i was with a little paid to save lives during the pandemic but in sudan it's doctors and

nurses themselves who are being blamed for the country struggling healthcare system . it began with a bang but not in a good way 30 years ago today the hubble space telescope was launched look at what went wrong and what went right. hello i'm christine want to welcome to the program political demonstrations on the phone on the possible in many nations even in democracies because of. in response to the climate action movement friday's future has switched to protests on the night however one group in berlin has found a creative way of staging a physical demonstration in the government district of the german capsule and it seems without breaking any bolz. burleson in $29000.00 and normal friday for climate change protesters but not this year with schools still largely

closed and demonstrations limited due to social distancing rules striking from school for climate change action has become tricky to mark the 5th global climate strike fridays to future protesters let the slogan speak for themselves after 2 days in quarantine more than a 1000 placards collected from across the country were laid out in front of the bundestag as a reminder for german politicians that the curve of 1000 pandemic isn't the only crisis on their doorstep protesters hope 2 lessons can be learned. not to history of course we wouldn't have wished for the current situation because this is costing human lives there are however companies for example that have now integrated conference calls into everyday life and might also be able to do without business trips in the future so there's also a bit of hope from the corona crisis for the climate crisis. thousands of

demonstrators also joined friday's protest online home to the world's virtual reality during the 1900 pandemic many of them huge social media to voice their demands that would otherwise have been made on the streets their main message the world might have been put on hold for now but climate change has not. joined by date of a new political correspondent kate brady she's the author of the report you just saw hey kate so you were actually at a friday's full theater protest today here in berlin how did those who took part manage to avoid breaching the social distancing guidelines. they certainly wasn't like any fridays or feature protests i'd covered d.w. before very quiet only a group of around 20 people working there putting out those cars in front of the bundestag this morning and which is exactly how they were able to jeer to the social distancing rules currently in place here in germany and ensure that they were keeping at least one and

a half meters between each other but everyone was in good spirits this morning there were a couple of local officers out from the local police authority as well but everyone seems to be getting along just fine and the protests went ahead as planned. just how much has the corner virus pandemic hurt the fridays with you to richmond well of course a friday is a future demonstrations haven't been able to take place for weeks we've seen in previous weeks that people have been turning to on online means to meet to make their voices heard but having spoken to some of those protesters that were putting out the placards this morning they said that they were concerned that they were perhaps preaching to the choir as it were and were only being able to share their message inside of bubbles so hopefully what they are hoping at least to achieve today is make their voice heard again in a reminder as it was to german politicians by making these protests a bit more present again particularly here in in germany's in in germany's

government course here in berlin some activists fear that you know plan measures to reduce the impact of the pandemic may actually worsen the climate crisis in the long run can you tell us more about that. that is certainly the case and those are some concerns that people are also telling me earlier today the worry of course is that the that this will not be in focus anymore until just a few weeks ago a climate change was arguably the most pressing economic issue in the world right now so there are concerns that perhaps there will be some leniency given towards businesses as well when it comes to taking more environmentally friendly action suit to make their committees more sustainable for example but there are also concerns the money particularly here in germany that was set aside for germany's plans to run down its coal usage by 2038 this concerns that money billions of euros could be used to support the german economy elsewhere as it comes

to terms with the economic impacts of the kovac 19 pandemic ok that's kate brady political correspondent thank you here's a look at some of the latest developments in the krona virus pandemic the global death toll from coal that 1000 has surpassed 190000 according to johns hopkins university the number of confirmed cases is approaching 3000000 china has reported no new coronavirus states for the 9th straight day and just 6 new cases 2 authors were brought from overseas with 4 domestic cases poland will extend closures of schools and pre-schools by a month until at least may 24th but the country's presidential election is still set to go ahead on may 10th and hungry plans to replace its walk down which included a blanket curfew on the entire population with more targeted measures from early

may the new roles are to focus on those at high risk. doc says nurses and other friends find workers have been hailed as the heroes of the pandemic expressions off credit should have become a ritual in countries like spain at the at the united kingdom where residents of medics give us and this on their balconies and doorways but elsewhere frontline because bear the brunt of public anger. incidents some doctors say they've been attacked by patients whose families who blame them for the health systems fate is many medical work has left the country and of the previous dictatorship leaving mostly young doctors to handle the corona virus outbreak. a moment of rest before the early shift begins doctors and nurses board a shuttle bus from their temporary housing to the nearby clinic they cannot keep a safe distance apart and they aren't allowed to see their own families. these

health workers have to get by on one meal a day. khartoum's government clinic is the main treatment center for sudan's coronavirus patients it already has 16 intensive care beds and 15 ventilators but there are nearly 40 patients being treated already every day brings new arrivals. doctors like on a. work 12 hour days often much longer and they're poorly paid and at high risk of infection but feel a strong sense of duty. loose in the open with the local you know the money we make isn't enough to live on the hope we also work in other clinics and have other applications but it's ok we're not here for the money. and it is open. crisis tone sudan is struggling after decades of dictatorship and economic mismanagement a unity government made up of the army and opposition leaders took over after

massive protests last year the economy is in ruins. mood and fuel are in short supply economic prospects probably. a little more with. things that are very difficult even for doctors because our country is going through hard times i can only hope that the economic situation will improve soon in the meantime we will stay here and try to help people as best as we can although in the not all sudanese doctors take that view because of the low pay and poor facilities many highly qualified health professionals want to move away to europe or the us. hundreds have already left and now there are not enough doctors with feelings running high some have been attacked as people blame them for the pandemic. the gullible who was

attacking doctors is completely unacceptable this type of behavior should be severely punished look at the school code. sudan is now under lockdown the or thora ts are hoping to avoid a sharp increase in corona virus cases which would overwhelm the health care system . now here's a look at other stories making headlines around the world u.s. president donald trump is being criticized by medical experts for suggesting that injections of disinfectant all the use of ultraviolet light might help to cure coronavirus patients trump made the comments after an official research on the effects of sunlight and household disinfectants on the virus outside the body. several beaches in australia's largest city sydney have been closed again after crowds ignored coronavirus restrictions local officials had reopened the beaches for exercise just a few days earlier while at the same time warning people to adhere to social

distancing guidelines. several 1000 people have attended prayer services at the biggest mosque in indonesia's a chip province the crowds ignored advice from the national government and health officials urged worshipers to pray at home to prevent the spread of krona fires. and the world's longest and to see road tunnel has officially opened to traffic in norway the rifle titled mission is more than 14 kilometers the country's transportation minister cut the ceremonial ribbon jaring a video call in order to abide by social distancing restrictions. some other news now it's 30 years today since the hubble space telescope was knowledge from cape canaveral florida over the last 3 decades hubble has changed on the stabbing of the universe but as you're about to see it had a difficult start. the whole space

telescope has a clear view into the cosmos that's because it's floating over the earth's atmosphere. it's hard to believe that this groundbreaking mission started with a disaster. the world was waiting with bated breath for hubble's. 1st pictures but when they arrived they were blurry. hubble's main mirror was too flat the telescope at a flaw. nasa engineers were able to analyze the flaw in the hubble's main mirrors. that in their. goal they then developed corrective optics for the telescope. space shuttle endeavor delivered the new optics to hubble in december $993.00 american and european astronauts installed them. get took 5 space

walks to repair the telescope. the hubble space telescope could finally send clear pictures back to earth. over time the quality improved thanks to new technology installed in for maintenance missions. this enable the telescope to make a landmark discoveries in a number of astronomical areas. it was able to determine the size of the universe and show that it's expanding at an ever increasing rate something no one at the time thought possible. one of hubble's best known images is this one known as the pillars of creation it shows new stars forming in the dark clouds hubble delivered new insights into the birth life and death of stars. the colors of the

pictures help astronomers to understand these mysterious processes. later hubble also focused in on planets orbiting distant suns inspecting their atmosphere. just recently hubble sent. images of a black hole some $50000.00 times heavier than the sun this drama savant been looking for objects like this to learn more about how black holes develop and grow . for goes to plan hubble will keep exploring space until 2024 its successor is scheduled to lift off next year. it's fascinating stuff conservationists in brazil are celebrating the birth of. the country's 1st in over a century the mammal was born in the far south korea edition they're off to

a lengthy reintroduction program the species disappeared from brazil around 1914 when they were driven to extinction by hunting and deforestation happiest on south america so largest land mammal and play a key role in distributing seeds around the far east.