this is news live from berlin on world press freedom honors journalists around the globe with our annual freedom of speech where. we highlight the courage and determination of reporters persecuted for exposing the truth about the corona virus pandemic also coming out. ready for takeoff but nowhere to go with the pandemic wiping out international travel airlines have taken a battering billionaire investor warren buffett sells his stakes in 4 major u.s. carriers. looking out for each other during the pandemic

a new initiative in kenya called adopt a family gives people who are better off the chance to financially support others who've lost there and. thanks for joining us today is world press freedom day and every year on this state gives out its freedom of speech award this year the award highlights journalists who have been persecuted because of their reporting on the corona virus pandemic are only naming 17 individuals but they represent all those journalists bloggers and citizens around the world who have defied restrictions on press freedom to report on the coronavirus. the united nations high commissioner for human rights a paid tribute to the winners i'm here to honor the courage of the kennedys who despite. such attacks speak up and continue to investigate and report critically

without fear i pray to get to the courage of those who have been disappeared arrested or threatened for their work my office of the united nations will continue to stand up for their rights as the un high commissioner for human rights we have this closer look now at some of the journalists or singling out for their courageous reporting. threatened attacked arrested press freedom was already a contentious and often dangerous issue in countries governed by repressive leaders the corona crisis is giving autocratic regimes a welcome excuse to clamp down even further they're using the pandemic also to bring pressure on journalists and we see this in china russia and turkey in iran received around the globe so that these countries which have a very problematic. as you 2 don't press freedom they're using this now to. january

2020 these images was secretly shot by chinese citizen journalist fun been inside a hospital in one han the epicenter of the pandemic his report stiff of vastly from the image of the country portrayed on state television. short while ago i saw 3 corpses here he says on the video now there are 8 or 10 chris she a lawyer with the most prominent citizen journalist in what han virus is right in front of me are china's criminal prosecutors are behind me i'm not afraid of death do you think i'm afraid of you coming this party of china or polly called out what . it was gently she's lost video before he disappeared without trace just like fang been his last foot it shows police knocking at his door like an hour. earlier than an hour. the world is director peter limburg criticized china's blocking of investigations into the viruses origin and

a free press would have really helped to to find the reason and at the end would have saved lives. in russia where press freedom is strictly curtailed government friendly media outlets have been spreading misinformation about the corona crisis independent journalists are feeling the pressure right elena mulish internationally renowned investigative journalist received death threats after reporting on the coronavirus in chechnya allegedly from chechen president ramzan kadyrov himself the organization reporters without borders has documented a record number of arbitrary at the violence against reporters in venezuela davus and ross was detained by special forces for 12 days for reporting on called 1000 on social media. in countries where press freedom is already under threat the corona pandemic is making things even more difficult and more dangerous for journalists.

and you can find out more about all 17 of freedom of speech award laureates on our website that's developing dot com forward slash freedom and now for a brief look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. russia has registered more than 10000 corona virus cases in a 24 hour period a new record in daily rise in infections that brings the number of confirmed cases to more than 130000 president but a mere putin has warned russians that the peak of the outbreak hasn't yet been reached. british prime minister boris johnson has offered more insight into his recent hospitalization for corona virus in an interview he said doctors had been preparing a strategy in case he died john c. spent 3 nights in intensive care during his week of treatment in a london hospital. students in israel are returning to school after 50 days at home the oldest and youngest are the 1st back the remaining classes will return later

this month. south korea says its troops 16 exchanged gunfire with north korean forces along their tents border seoul says north korea fired 1st shooting towards or south korean guard post early on sunday no injuries were reported washington says it believes north korea gunshots were accidental billionaire u.s. investor warren buffett one of the world's richest men says he remains confident that the battered american economy will bounce back after the coronavirus crisis however he's not so sure about the future of the airline industry he has sold stakes in 4 major u.s. carriers. they might be ready for takeoff but the demand just isn't there thousands of planes remain grounded as u.s. airlines cut hundreds of thousands of flights airports are deserted and there's no

clear timetable for passengers to return to the air pre-crisis levels the few passengers that are still flying have mixed feelings about it as fears of infection prevail then there was room on the plane so i don't understand why they have a so close. good flight that so many people claim got up fast plane landed fast. u.s. travel demand is down by 95 percent now the 4 biggest airlines in the us delta american southwest and united airlines have lost one of their largest individual holders berkshire hathaway the conglomerate had only started investing in them in 2016 chairman warren buffett says the industry's outlook has changed rapidly the world changed per hour on sun i. wish him well but that's one of the businesses we have we have businesses we don't directly that are going to be hurt significantly the virus will cost berkshire money. the announcement comes

a day after berkshire hathaway reported a nearly $50000000000.00 loss in the 1st quarter of 2020 reflecting the outbreaks toll on the company's investment portfolio but it's not just the u.s. aviation industry that has been hit hard have received executive one it could take the sector 3 to 5 years to recover the score profits fell by 49 percent in the 1st quarter over industry no facing the greatest crisis in its history many customers are seeking to defer. the figure you're not able to think that it will be archived we've gotten to the new reality with airlines and plane makers struggling all over the world readapting might once again prove the key to survival. it's been said that the coronavirus crisis is bringing out both the worst and best in people a new initiative in kenya is attesting to the latter residents who are better off have started to financially support families in impoverished areas who are

struggling to get by in the lockdown. nairobi's compare our neighborhood is home to around a quarter of a 1000000 people many of whom were already impoverished before the corona crisis hit now things have gone from bad to worse since kenya imposed a lockdown on its citizens many residents here have lost their jobs and income like single mother judy when. we. went to desist we lost our jobs however a good samaritan named money can send me 6000 shillings but i used the money to buy food as i am a mother of 3 children i also have a sick parent who depends on me. g.-d. when gigo and her children are amongst the beneficiaries of the so called adopt a family initiative which gives better off people the opportunity to support those he would otherwise go hungry or families the idea behind adoptive family is to link

poor families to those that are well off families from the slums often casual libraries who have lost their jobs since the government introduced work from home missions and social distancing to minimize physical contact social distancing with contact with a donation of $15.00 will enable them to afford food for a whole week. to identify families that are eligible for help a monday and esteem conduct a vetting process in kibera as their teen neighborhoods families that qualify receive a weekly with the equivalent of 12 year olds. local donors can also choose to send money directly to their adopted families or even deliver food themselves like steve continue to this is my thought for me to top off because food is a basic need and it is open for somebody to go hungry while i can provide a meal for them. according to the initiatives found the adopt

a family scheme has helped around 90 families so far with ambitions to reach a lot more. right now it's a drop in the ocean an impoverished keep era but a lifeline for those who are receiving it. richard a sport now in german football's bid to resume matches has received vocal backing from germany's interior minister horses offer does have been raised after 3 positive tests for the coronavirus at dundas league club cologne mark meadows from u.w. sports is following this story so what did he have to say well he gave an interview to the built newspaper men can actually have a look at what he had to say the the main thrust of it he said i find the shed jeweled proposed by the german league poles of all and i support the restart in may now he is the interior minister but sports also comes under his portfolios

effectively the sports minister so that's a pretty strong thing for him to say and he's pretty much the most senior figure in the german government to come out so positively about a bond as they can restart in may or be it without fans obviously now i think the reason why the government is also sort of behind getting the bundesliga going again is well a because they're worried that clubs will go bankrupt if they don't and b. is the social and or the fact that what will be so important to people in this country and you know if they could do at home in a lockdown they need someone to watch albeit on television so they think they could be some sort of building up of morale if they get the zoners age or psychological health exactly and they're also worried if they scrapped the bounders league or this season like they've done in france and the netherlands that it could be some sort of litigation club saying hey that's not fair in a sense it's much more difficult to scrap a season that's 3 quarters of the way through than it is to say scrap a season that's not yet started or of course so they want to sort of finish this

season now while they can so will the game start up again as it's most early for now and he said that they hear it's not that simple is it i mean i must say he gave the interview before we heard on friday that 2 cologne players and we think one physiotherapist had tested positive for the group. now i'd like to know what wholesale would say knowing that now there are 3 members of the squad who have been infected and it's a tricky one because even one cologne player and some politicians are saying hang on why haven't. the whole squad actually clone of only these 3 people now say we've been training in small groups there's been very little chance that other people can have been infected and this is what the the german league is trying to use small groups and. wholeheartedly now we have a meeting on wednesday when basically the government and the state are going to

discuss with them as it is going to come back. in may the 9th was the original date that's now going to make it's possible it's the last. thanks for that. for a new world record deadlifting has been set by actor. the strong man who is best known for his role in the t.v. show game of thrones an incredible 501 kilograms at his job and who won the world's strongest man competition in 28 said afterwards he was absolutely speechless. of course watching the news and don't forget you can always get deja vu news on the go just download from google play or from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and if you're part of any news story you can also use that to send us

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