this is a deja vue news live from berlin putting a spotlight on the challenges facing. communities around the world today is the international day against homophobia phobia intersex phobia and transphobia a day to celebrate diversity but also to focus attention on discrimination and violence facing people with different sexual identities also on the program. a grim milestone in brazil the country now has the 4th largest corona virus outbreak in the world brazil's health care system is struggling to cope and experts fear the

situation will only get worse. and scientists are trying to train dogs to detect the corona virus in humans before they show symptoms if successful the canine sniffers could be an important testing tool for the infection. i'm next by sir welcome to the program imagine being afraid to hold your loved one's hand in public that's how 6 out of 10 plus people feel in the european union and the e.u. report published friday says there remains a long way to go to a quality we'll hear from researcher on that report in a moment but 1st here's a look at the situation in an e.u. country where activists say the government is part of the problem. this is the town

of storm in northern poland one of those that has declared itself an l g b t free zone since february gays lesbians bisexuals and trans people have been finding life even more threatening than usual yes sure nick has spent years fighting for the rights. the climate has changed things have gotten worse we're going it affects people's attitude towards people. but what's worse is the constant accusations against us allegations that we have bad intentions and we are out to deliberately destroyed families and sexualize children and that's where the view from the authorities of the church and the government make all these claims day in day out it has an effect. poland is struggling to accommodate its own l g b t people here in stone they've passed a resolution in favor of the traditional family and implicitly against gays and

lesbians speaking have punch of the conservative governing party p.i.a.'s or law and justice is one of those in favor of the resolution. we are protecting our 1000 year old traditions here a relationship that promises a future is a relationship between a man and woman even if other relationships were natural humanity would not die out you know it's going to be. with you know critics say this provokes hate against minorities right wing hooligans feel justified in launching attacks on queer people the ruling p.a.'s party seems the l g b t community as the problem not the gangs who take the law into their own hands we hear me here we have to defend ourselves against the l.g.b. people their way of life is the road to perdition. it leads to the dismantling of

basic social structures in which the family plays the most fundamental role i many gays and lesbians are pessimistic about the future. as long as the conservative government holds sway they fear they're going to face even more discrimination in their home country the e.u. member state poland. and for more on the overall situation in europe joined pav lou he's with the e.u. fundamental rights agency and headed abroad survey of. people in the european union thanks for being with us you interviewed nearly 140000 people about their reality your report says there's been little progress over the past 7 years why is that because the center shows that 70 years after the 1st surgery i don't like violence discrimination and every day harassment against people remain to harm in the

victims i don't recall the incidents because the thing nothing would happen. because you're afraid of homophobia reaction. and it just which countries in europe are the most friendly or least friendly as regards. plus people . yeah very much masks different realities member states new solution policies are not always enough and the public discourse by public figures when titian's and leaders is important because as you go people be themselves and increase the visa beacon but especially in society so we have countries that in the recent years have implemented legal and pointed forms as well it's probably good base and public discussions on the rights and equality of a g.p. the i people and farewell perform well like and martha and better than others such as poland hungary or a guy in romania question me throwing up some countries do have legislations in

place certainly solution policy such as belgium and france but they do also face the major challenge that you already mentioned your refer to before europe today of kate would be great in violence and harassment or you look at the past 7 years of course we've had this major pandemic news in the past few months according to the un the coronavirus pandemic has made things even worse for these communities why is that because in the but then mcworld we have harsh realities that are already troubled them even before people are and other minorities such as access to jobs and health care and or socialism or isolation and domestic violence and these are expected to have become even more acute and more harsh realities for the everyday not once. ok milters pavlo with the e.u. fundamental rights agency thanks for that thank you. time now to

take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. dozens of people have been detained at an empty lockdown protest in the polish capital warsaw police used tear gas against the protesters who were demanding that the government move faster to allow businesses to reopen police said the gathering was illegal under the current restrictions. afghan president again he and his rival have agreed to share power the move and months of political crisis after a little review refused to accept danny's victory in votes of timbres presidential election. and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has presented his new unity government to parliament the power sharing agreement with former rival benny gantz ends more than a year of political deadlock under the deal netanyahu will be prime minister for 18 months before handing over to gas. new figures show that brazil now has

the 4th largest outbreak of the corona virus in the world nearly 240000 people are infected and more than 15000 have died of covert 19 but health experts say a lack of testing means the real figures could be much higher. one by one the sick keep arriving at this hospital north of rio de janiero. it's barely been open for 2 weeks and already 90 percent of its intensive care units full. people are coming from all over the region as all the hospitals become overwhelmed by the numbers of patients needing treatment to cope at 19 the local health secretary says they're facing an emergency. this disease is not kidding around. whoever thinks it's a joke is going to lose their life but every need. brazil has become the epicenter

of the disease in south america what small experts say fatalities have not yet peaked and the worst is still to come yet despite the surge in deaths and new infections the country's president jab also naru what's lockdown measures imposed by state governors to end so that people can go back to work. many are choosing to ignore the president in this poor neighborhood some pollo leaders are urging people to stay home or potentially be killed by the virus. the district is home to nearly 300000 people and has the highest rate of infection god we have a problem with water here there's no water here for 23 days the water just arrives at night. for all the efforts it seems for some the only option may be to sit it

out and then hope for the best. and for more on this i'm joined now by journalist mathias hébert who is in the capital brasilia were a demonstration for president but also narrow is ongoing. how much support does a president still have and from whom. he has the support of his strong support us and as you can see behind me there's a campaign brasilia florrie some weeks where his supporters meet they all denies today a protest march it were some few protesters who met bolton are at this palace and then many of them demand their withdrawal of the leader of the parliament and the withdrawal of the leader of the supreme court and some few have demanded the military coup but that was a minority but critics say the overall situation in brazil is getting out of control in the report we just watched was pretty convincing but are there any signs

that the government or both now is aware of that. he personally not the governess are they are asking for help and the situation is rich through the complicated in the north and states in the poorer states off brazil's north yama zone states already declared the call itself the health system and other states in the north as well are almost collapsing and i'm just so we are looking now to read an arrow and some power the biggest cities in brazil their doctors claim that. the situation the conditions in the hospitals are not good for them to work the number day number of death is about about 800 and we are waiting to see in the next days if this number will grow or not. ok we hear also that there are reports of indigenous people being especially in danger why is that. an expert say that these the indigenous that they are more were of

a because they had their immune system is different to that that of the rest of the brazilians they should have a less antibodies experts say we have to wait and see if this would also cause mortality in these indigenous groups in brazil. ok thank you for the journalist material in brazil yo. thanks. researcher testing are testing whether a specially trained dogs could sniff out the corona virus in humans even before symptoms are evident teams in the u.k. and the united states have begun trials to find out whether canines can detect unusual scents coming from people infected with copd 19 success could transform the global response to the pandemic. researches in england hope that man's best friend could help sniff out the corona virus some people unknowingly infected with it

teams from 2 british universities are racing to find out if having coded 19 changes a peasant's body. the team has already successfully trained canine noses to detect other diseases like malaria they hope to do the same for the corona virus this could completely revolutionize the way that we are tackling this disease as part of this controlled experiment the dog sniffs out fabric samples worn by coronavirus patients and from people who are not carrying it what we have to do 1st of all what is collect samples of this office from people with them without even knowing team so the way we're going to do it for it clicked in using very smart people to wear it for a small for a few rounds and the other thing we're going to do is get people to wear my all so strange but we know from previous experience that this is a really good word clip is from people. in the us

a group in philadelphia is carrying out similar trials the researches say they need to see strong scientific evidence that this method does work before the virus sniffing dogs can be unleashed in airports and stations. well we've been talking a lot about cancellations and the disruption of events because of the pandemic and britain's swan census is yet one more the traditional event has been cancelled for the 1st time in its 900 year history the so-called swan upping here we're seeing footage of the last of last year's event takes place every year on the river thames between sunbury and addington in oxfordshire enthusiastic are known as the royal swan uppers and collect birds to measure way and check them according to ancient laws dating back to 1186 all swans in the country are property of the british crown . this is the news more headlines at the top of the hour in the

meantime you can keep up to date with all the latest news on our website that stevie dot com on the spicer thanks for march. when the water rises cities will sink into the sea. entire stretches of land will be abandoned. and the water has to. be stopped it's happening fast.