stop the blame game over the. warning. against the. homeless people in the united states activists say the resources are there to help get them off the streets. as professional sports leagues around the world take the jump. without fun.

weekend grant. welcome to the program spots of diplomats have begun talks. the annual meeting is the governing body of the walled health organization and should be focused on combating the coronavirus but disputes between global rivals are threatening to overshadow the. it's being hosted at the in geneva taking place online the united states is again expected to attack. which each accuses of being too lenient on china the u.s. has also been pushing for the. exclusion of taiwan china taiwan as it has been blocking its participation. that means one of the places that's

been most successful at combating the coronavirus and dummy won't have a seat at the table taiwan has said it wants prestige what it wants to share how it kept its infections and deaths rate so low. no locked down of any kind despite its proximity to china taiwan is one of the few spots on earth where life has continued close to normal throughout the pandemic with only a few 100 coronavirus infections and less than 10 deaths taiwan's handling of the crisis is a unique success story all the more surprising that the w.h.o. doesn't seem to be interested in taiwan's approach the organization blocked taiwan from taking part in its annual meeting several years ago under pressure from beijing that has deprived the island of access to crucial information about the

virus. we were successful yes. without a platform it was very hard like we don't have many serious cases so treatment what are the tea protocols for serious cases a living will taiwan we will start this kind of political right to that we would talk hold on to the more important issues like health of everyone involved dr lu used to be a delegate to the w.h.o. when taiwan was still allowed to attend the assembly as an observer but that ended on beijing's behest when taiwan's president from the pro independence party took office 4 years ago china claims that island has its own territory and therefore deems taiwan has no right to w.h.o. membership. politics should be set aside when it comes to health issues it's good for taiwan to share its experience with the world but you know again our today one

was made a contribution to public health. it's unclear to be excluded however from. taiwan has maintained its infection rate lower than almost anywhere else with 0 domestic infections for over a month even so the taiwanese haven't let their guard down. perhaps this is one of the things the world and the w.h.o. could learn from this island. we're joined now by dr daniel knew the former time when his delegate to the world health assembly who was featured in that report he joined us from taipei dr no welcome and despite not being a member of the doubler true or taiwan has had spectacular success and being the coronavirus spender make how was that possible yes going from taiwan turn one it was possible many because of the science experience with the thing including the legal basis with the comic asian community disease

in place but we have a challenge this time from the koran the virus and also the spite of. from this hour long mutation of the so-called ignited we were prepared and we prepared early and we prepared earnestly i think this is important. in public health it is the way we have been doing this work for so long we need almost a trial so asperin see and truthfulness that we deal with health lives of people not wholly x. and where we do that off front if you see they people trust this well officials have been trust us so well that i am i can't describe in

words how much we have been. depends up on and without being loose in the face of. taking out in these disease without any issues but despite that despite all the trust that was reported on your own taiwan is to not a member of the doubler drew on this membership has been opposed to china and us president donald trump has in fact said that the doubler trees quote very china centric do you agree. to a point yes because i pity that as an average joe work in mckinney's and all the members should be respected for not interference over a certain group of certain. member eve s. they want to say no one to be left behind then how they should be

more. are open and more direct to the most fundamental principle of the international public health. peace registry somebody who started out but speaking about international optical venue would you say that taiwan not being a member of the w.h.o. ports lives at risk in taiwan very much so so specially when the formations not ready develop will cheney mention that if we already understand the disease virus is quite dangerous yet there are some vital information it's not radio available even the strains them and also a very specific space if it item the primer tests if we cannot get the primer the tests we need require the extra efforts to so to set out and to get the proper results done without that it's not possible to under llewyn type

really even there for the time being thank you very much for joining us thank you. let's take a look now at some other stories making news around the world for the 2nd time in 10 days scuffles have broken out in hong kong's legislative council between pro democracy and pro-government politicians they were sparked by the removal of a pro-democracy lawmaker who would have presided over elections to a key committee charged with vetting important bills security guards carried several measures theaters out of the chamber. japan has plunged into recession the government reported a 3.4 percent drop in gross domestic product in the 1st 3 months and exports have their worst month since a 2011 earthquake took you has come up with the rescue package worth nearly one trillion dollars but analysts expect a deeper slump and a slow recovery. italian restaurant and cafe owners are receiving customers once

again as the months long lockdown these eased but authorities warn that if new infections start to grow rapidly again restrictions may be posed. greece has reopened the acropolis in fact visitors are welcome again at all open i cannot tickle sites across the country the government calls it the 1st stage of a relaunch of the country's cultural foundations. the pandemic has delivered an economic and social shock to the united states a particular challenge is the more than half a 1000000 homeless people there are among the most vulnerable took over 19 lacking access to health care and even basic virus fighting tools and washing didn't lose all of a solid reports from the nation's capital washington d.c. . prick fest on wheels since the food bank closed its doors for the homeless rob farley decided to bring the food bank to them very rick. was coming up to see

you or to brunch at the lunch bag brunch coffee and some warm words for the most vulnerable group of the pun demick. on it's you know but i try to do what i can know what to keep my hand just now clean oh david farley is a volunteer for a local church in washington d.c. he cites breakfast he brings the latest news about what has turned into a serious threat for the homeless i think they're very 1000 people that are dying at least in the united states. you know number one in the world that i could see. them. as the virus continues to spread in the capital region brought farley tries to convince them to wear face masks but that's one of the lesser problems. i can't put it on your program we're supposed to say 6 feet apart. you go you know. for those that go into the shelter i think social distancing is pretty tough to do in

there and for many folks that stay out on the street sanitation you know where that where to use the bathrooms where to wash your hands. with estimates of around $10000.00 living on the streets washington d.c. has one of the biggest homeless communities in the united states. to offer some protection authorities have set up hand washing stations but not everyone has such easy access as this man who lives in a tent across the street. nevertheless no other group is hit as hard as the homeless and that's especially true in some emergency accommodations that have been in the news. the coronavirus is of particular concern for many homeless shelters in washington d.c. and this is one of the largest facilities in the region reportedly the virus has spread widely here with several dozen cases of coded 9000 reported. while filming inside is not allowed media reports say

a lack of social distancing made it easy for the virus to spread. pro bono lawyer amber harding says the homeless have to be taken off the streets you have $30000.00 vacant hotel rooms in d.c. that we could use to place people in until you now things settle down and we also have vacant housing units and we should be really focusing on putting people into long term housing so they are able to protect themselves so if we could volunteer rob farley says keeping the whole a safe is the key for the whole community to recover from the pandemic well being good. sports news now in germany the buddhist new go to zoom dover the weekend after the 2 month suspension because of the coronavirus there were no signs in the stands on the players have to contend with strict new hygiene rules but one thing remain the same he does buy in munich one they beat when you're on beilein

away happy to be back at work. and grateful to be healthy with bard munich gunning for an 8th straight title they've even maximum points against you know in berlin and they got them. from the corner thomas thought he put the defending champions ahead early in the 1st half but moolah had to settle for an offside call instead just before the break you know it's never been so but it's helped by aaron take the leave after of falla leader on gorecki who sold it well. byron penalty taker robert live in dosti back from a knee injury got the goalkeeper to guess wrong for his 40th goal in all competitions this sees it. after the break byron were successful from the quarter

thanks to been told us that are the defenders 3rd goal this season wrapped up the 2 nil victory and what about say one of the teams are highly motivated and i think preparing for these games these last weeks there was so much anticipation for this moment to finally start again you could see that in the players' cup because in a speedo and muslims in america despite their slow start barred munich re stuart their 4 point cushion at the top of the table. something different a night of the museum stunned into a morning in court for the jump student a 25 year old has been drawn to bin after being accused of breaking into an australian museum and taking sent fees with the dynas all c.c.t.v. captured him roaming around the closed museum at 1 in the morning is for allegedly stealing an author and a cowboy hat set to belong to

a member of staff. this is. special researchers in germany are driving the future. self driving cars are full of artificial intelligence and the technology keeps improving reporter visited researchers at the sci research center and lead and autonomy car taken for a spin through the streets of cars. this car is a model for a future. system.