stuff is happening faster than anticipated. massive recorders are supposed to prevent flooding but they only delay the inevitable. how will we live in the future. 66 meters rising sea levels from the stars june 5th on g.w. . i'll be the county california has a coronavirus lockdown it also has a tesla car factory and a factory owner who has reopened the plant in defiance of stay at home orders and worse muska stretton to take his factory elsewhere if he doesn't get his way and the president has tweeted his support of the fact is reopening i'm phil graham in berlin and this is the day.

i'm going to come back toward. the president. speaking for the us the few places where it's a morning that it appears that they're going forward we're calling on the c.d.c. protocol to. be the best you can get to a solution and it would seem and you know let's not have. you know that's what people working in safety i mean we're not in the past or a good thing to measure the temperature before you walk through and he said it's hard to think that it's. also on the day a rush of germs to 2nd place in the global league table of confirmed corona virus infections but many russians are yearning for the no malice if they knew before the pandemic. that that's a do you think the restrictions should be in place for 3 years why not make it fine

if they just messing people around. could conclude around people are out on the streets anyway no matter what restrictions there are. or u.s. president to donald trump persuaded to the raw between electric car maker tesla california county authorities that refusing to or that it's factory reopened because of the pandemic the president has tweeted that california should allow the plant to reopen now and that it could be done quickly and safely. spoken see even a must because amounts to production companies only u.s. factory would resume regardless of local lockdown orders. b.w. reporter rebecca ritter's has been looking into the story you know for us welcome rebecca bring us up to speed well philip it all mosque has been in a standoff with all sarkies about the lock down missions for weeks now he's been pushing them to be able to open his frail aunt factory in northern california which

has been closed since march 23rd now on monday he tweeted that the would be resuming production he wrote tesla is restarting production today against alameda county rules will be on the line with everyone else if anyone is arrested i ask that it only be me now it has reopened now the car parks full and as we saw earlier we've been we've been hearing from people returning to work it employs around about 10000 people and some of the employees told local media on the grounds that they had actually been there since friday so this is definitely happening or has happened is past tense now california state law can issue fines of up to a 1000 us dollars per day or up to 90 days in jail but despite musk's sort of you know almost taunting for arrest in that way there it doesn't look like any will be made and there's been back and forth for

a month police said that they don't intend to arrest anyone the authorities say it's up to the police now we just heard. donald trump chime in as well so this tit for tat is just escalating and tesla itself is suing the county yeah that's right on the over the weekend has a filed a lawsuit against the county seat hearing injunction against that order to stay shots but the county has deemed the factory non-essential business so this i don't have the right. open now he got his thumbs out again over the weekend on twitter. threaten to move its headquarters completely out of california to other texas or nevada made it lee and suggested there it is the tweet that he might he might take all manufacturing out of california which would be of course a huge blow to the economy and it's important to point out here that mosques most recent grievances stem from the fact of where the factories low cases it's in a part of california that has stricter rules than the rest of the state last week

the governor of california devon newsome did announce rules to allow some manufacturers to re-open but county law supersedes state law when the law is a strict so that's what musk is really countering here so besides this particular drama centering around his factorial most cars being quite vocal about coronavirus restrictions in general yeah he has he's really made his opinion very known and he's probably one of the most high profile people in the u.s. to be playing down the seriousness of the coronavirus he's got an audience of 34000000 people on twitter so he's got quite quite an audience there and at one point early on the pandemic he called it dumb with no further explanation he also tweeted that kids are essentially immune to the corona virus then he tweeted a link to you tube video recently that suggested that quarantines reduce immunity to the virus so that video is actually since been taken down for violating terms

and conditions of future but you know it's very clear what musk's opinion is of the crisis so it'll be very much interesting to watch what happens next i can't tell you how this is going to end but i can definitely tell you that this is not the last of it did we report rebecca recently thank you. but russia has begun to ease its lockdown despite a surge in corona virus infections the country now has more than 230000 cases 2nd only to be united states and today putin's spokesman was hospitalized with covered 90 despite the rising tide of cases president putin is going ahead with his plan to roll back restrictions across the country but hard hit moscow has introduced new rules of people not have to wear gloves and masks in supermarkets as well as in taxes and on public transport. reports. no

entry without gloves and a mask employees here tell people. the many market in the center of moscow is sticking to the city's new rules despite a huge drop in profits due to lockdown measures the store can now only let people wearing protective gear shop. we all know that these are precautionary measures that people are unhappy about them it's hard to find gloves and masks at the pharmacy at the moment otherwise we would give them out to people so that they could buy things at our store. restaurants and non-essential stores remain closed in the capital but construction work has now we started the author worries have said that workers aren't at risk of infecting the public station on monday president vladimir putin announced an official and to the so-called non-working period in russia allowing a gradual easing of the lockdown across the country. again. based on an analysis of the situation and on the opinion of the chief medical officers the

heads of each individual region will decide what restrictive and preventative measures should be in place and on how and in what order they can be gradually eased or maintained you see continued. moscow has been the hardest hit by the coronavirus over half of russia's cases are in the capital but the lockdown is also a huge blow to russia's economy and that is the main worry for many people now. and i don't think it's too early to come out of it most people don't have any savings and people need something to live on a way to feed their family and pay their rent. i should not think the restrictions should be in place for 3 years why not make it 5 just messing people around. growth look around people are out on the streets anyway no matter what restrictions there are. political analysts argue that the kremlin's decision to ease restrictions is politically motivated as surveys show trust and blood in their putin has fallen to

new lows. the main reason for these changes is that russia doesn't want to fall behind the west many european countries have already started coming out of core until they've been successful in their battle against the pandemic things are going back to normal there putin knows that if he falls behind he will lose out when it comes to public opinion in russia. meanwhile off shore it is in the capital have been frantically working. to expand the number of beds for cover 1000 patients turning buildings like this exhibition center into temporary hospitals after all thousands of new cases are still being reported in russia every day. and the other fix is program director for international affairs at the curb a foundation specializes in russia european security and eastern europe are welcome to d.w. can we start with one of those final points in that report and russia easing this

lockdown despite a catastrophic situation that shows no sign of easing is it your belief that this is about keeping up with the west. well russia is indeed overtaken a european countries when it comes to the numbers of infected people but it is still behind the united states but russia is many other countries has suffered significantly economy with regards to the economy so i think this is by either one of the main reasons every extra week of lockdown is a heavy toll on the russian economy the economy economic activity has decreased by 33 percent tax revenues have increased by one 3rd in the last month. so this is an additional measure to try to bring the russian economy back on track ok so like the rest of the world they are very economies being hit hard what sort of government intervention has there been to help people who have been laid off and

companies that have been have closed as we've seen in europe and the united states . you know actually have to know about them what is response when it comes to the economic support package so there have been measures like interest free loans to have also been state payments for companies to keep their workforce there's also been support announced for airlines for regional budgets the list with this is democrat in wherever the business is that should be supported but many have could have said that these measures have come too late and these men are just too little too late compared with other u.p.a. countries the support package of russia has been significantly lower. and so what is the thinking there on the streets in russia do people believe that the president is is handling this crisis well. there has been a poll about 2 weeks ago where the independently by the baddest center and this is 2 weeks ago when the numbers were still low there the opinion poll was divided half

were satisfied with the measures half were not satisfied with the measures what is interesting however is that satisfaction with we didn't know all the governors or mayors was higher then with the federal it is this is also one of the reasons is that the federal government and especially the russian president have learned that with one in the this crisis and have left the stage to the regional governors to undertake significant measures doing the pandemic so given the president a sort of withdrawn from the public is there any likelihood of his position being challenged in the course of this crisis. well there have been other voices that have emerged for instance the mayor of moscow and say this will be an in this played a significant role he has been one of the 1st to impose significant was tricked and mask over this is of course not an opposition boy is that when it comes to

a position politically this of course attucks in a valley who has criticized the government for the handling of this crisis that he has a much lower reach in the public. before the pandemic hit vladimir putin had started to implement changes that would allow him to stay in power after as president after his present term ends in 2024 how does this crisis affected that project well the last step in this project west to be and nationwide vote that should add additional legitimacy for this project of constitutional changes changes to keep the russian president of in power at least to give him the possibility to remain in power this nation of a boat has been postponed but it has not been cancelled so this will certainly not be the end of this attempt of constitutional changes to keep the president in power at the moment the main priority is however to avoid

a further drop in trust in approval ratings for the president and for him not to be identified with the crisis that is also why he is why then the back wound leaving the stage for other we general actors in russia at the moment to hand of those classes i say thank you good talking to me on a fix from the curb foundation thank you. no until there's a covered $900.00 vaccine people around the world are looking for ways to protect themselves but what if one of those ways involves an addictive substance scientists in paris are researching whether nicotine can stop people contracting the disease at the w scale matters reports. take a deep breath to get ready for what's coming next before covered 19 francis' reputation as a land of heavy smokers sparked only negative headlines but in the middle of the

coronavirus crisis the fact that more than a 3rd of french people smoke let doctors to discover something they found hard to believe every morning i was a. noting whether the patient well or not smoker and then i have seen that we had virtually no urine supporters in in. the professor's hypothesis is that smoking could protect against covered 19 he teamed up with one of france's leading neuroscientists who suspects nicotine might help prevent coronavirus from invading the body. but it's the 1st time in my life which is a little light. that you know a few weeks we were able to build up with these. ivy tech said the french academy of science and again it may take

a few weeks evolve we are right on clinical trials where both health workers and cover 1000 patients where nicotine patches have been approved at record speed the french authorities also follow the researchers advice to respect sales of nicotine products in pharmacies to stop people from stockpiling patches and gum. if trials are successful that would undermine the current world health organization's advice that smoking likely makes people. to cover at 19. the french doctors say nobody wants to believe them so does that include the w.h.o. what do you make of these findings because in $1000.00 is a respiratory illness and smoking causes damage to the longest and there are a number of studies out there that have been published that have found that smoking leads to more severe disease development of severe disease and puts people at

higher risk for being put on a ventilator being in i.c.u. and for dying the w.h.o. also warns that increased contact between lips and fingers while smoking or even sharing a cup are coproduct is an additional infection risk. the paris based scientists do not recommend taking up smoking. not smoking because smoking is getting in fancy about 70000 people yeah it's even more than that it will be 90. the scientists in paris are working day and night as well as looking at nicotine they are exploring alternatives which would not be addictive. or we are trying to design a study reason one of these compounds is still confidential i'm sorry. and we know that this. viral effect that's what the nicotine patches don't try this

at home the team strongly warns against self medicating and unless the trials come up with definitive proof hopes of a new coronavirus treatment could still go up in smoke. but you take a closer look at this with dr mackay alizadeh neurobiologist at the university of medina in italy is also researching possible links between tobacco and covered 19 treatments welcome to day doubly what do you think of this french study. and i think that the. evidence concerning smoking. delimitation. if you go to cover evidence is rather strong. trenchantly the neurologist made in the research that showed rather low e.c. than. percentage of smokers in could 19 patients but if you look

back to other people no tickle studies you find that everywhere in the world smokers are not many in among the patients i say i do think. and you think it makes sense to us to begin this sort of investigation with nicotine as a potential lifesaver rather than any of the other cocktail of chemicals that are ingested when people smoke. it's a reasonable guess because. there are a lot of compounds in smoke there are something like $5000.00 compounds in his motor but among them an e. contin is certainly active he's in high concentration and it's already known that he does a lot of effects on the body and among them one is very interesting in this context because. the inflammatory as an anti inflammatory effect and

so. he's already used the some disease in some. diseases as a drug and also some other diseases there are trials showing that can be protective so it's not by itself very strange that nicotine can have the kind of action ok so there's a potential hair for dangerous and confusing a messaging being sent out to the public that smoking might help fight covered 19 of course yes that's the real that are that's a real danger because as also said smoking. more than. when i have an interview about this. really i just used to members of the very easy to understand in italy we had something like 30000 deaths work with. and we have 80000 that were

smoking so. it's not by itself a therapy something smoking could be course exactly proven but could be of help but not smoking no doubt ok good talking to you thank you so much for joining us dr mchale is only from the university of medina. thank you. passenger trains have resumed services after 7 weeks suspension prime minister narendra modi announced the world's biggest lockdown on the 25th of march which included the country's huge railway network in delhi thousands of passengers turned up at the station for a chance to finally make their way home he. will reports. it's already.

gadgetry and to multiple bush. she was visiting her daughter and daddy when the lockdown was declared since then she has been unable to return to her husband and 5 children there were guys been stuck for 7 weeks we've been trying to get a ticket for days so we finally spent 2 hours on the line to book my ticket. that i left home at $230.00 am i came here on foot. after almost 2 months india is resuming operations for 30 special passenger trains . a fraction of the $12000.00 trains before the lockdown frequent disinfection temperature check and solutions distancing are the new norm at the station that usually sees half a 1000000 passengers per day but dick it's only a wheel of a long line. that's been a challenge for us to meet up with jodi who doesn't use the internet her relatives

in delhi are asked to do leave because they didn't have enough food she says she's been steeping of the really station paul weitz hoping to get back to mumbai. closes the lot i've been trying to get home but how do i later when i say keep telling us everything is closed so i try to get a ticket today they say booking online but i'm not educated i don't know how to book tickets online. she's now pinning all hope will be on her teenage daughter in mumbai to book one. and it isn't just stranded visitors today who are scrambling to get out. while passenger trains have started running from today especially transform migrants have been running for over a week now however migrants here tell us that these have not been easy to get on. these migrant construction workers from bihar also walked 15 kilometers to the railway station this see it is impossible to get on the special subsidised trains for migrants some couldn't even find out how to apply for

a ticket and others said the wait was too long. they paid 3 and a half 1000 rupees or over 40 euros for their tickets. 10 times the usual fare. but with no prospect of jobs all the region is this simply had no choice. we don't want to stay here. if i feel like returning otherwise i can spend my life farming about karma i just want to get back now but. they're all lying no one is telling the truth i keep saying they're giving this and that we haven't received a single thing which enabled them to. put these men social distancing is an observed concept. in delhi 6 of them deep crammed into one group for which this order and. waiting to finally get on the train home the why this is the least of their one. and that was the day as

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