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talked about talks are continuing about how to reopen cross border tourism greece has weathered the coronavirus crisis relatively unscathed but with recession looming businesses there are desperate to salvage at least part of the summer holiday season. everything is ready for the guests in charlie chechens hotel on the island of santorini but the perfect view can now only be enjoyed by locals. as long as the corona crisis continues it's not clear when or even if the tourists can come . back some of us like what it looks like the hotel owner asked the receptionist and he points out that where everything was booked last summer there's now a huge gap. we're not even 2 percent booked but there's no demand although we can offer everything and we're ready. but how are our guests going to get here with an air travel that's because that's. no guests means no jobs for the
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many who make a living from the tourist season and that's 20 just at his place. this year we have not taken any staff from athens at all we've only been working with a few locals and we can't say yet whether we're going to hire last year's staff. centering he lives from tourism the island is popular for weddings who ships docked here and visitors just will each other in the narrow streets tourism generates 25 percent of the country's income this year is missing tourists is a problem for all of greece despite the fact that athens put in rigid measures early on keeping the pandemic largely under control 2. we need the we will meet tourists who honor us with their visits this year because with the same warmth but also with responsibility on the phone which is good for our image but it also means that our style of tourism will change but on the c.s. to. bush. and the government is already working on measures to avoid the risk of an
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outbreak. from the process. firstly we want to introduce corona tests for travellers before they come into the country. and secondly we want to have restrictions and social distancing rules in common area orders. has already found some solutions of his own texaco on schools disposable covers and disinfectant he hopes that guests will be able to come starting in july so that at least part of the season coming salvaged. more on this let's talk to our european affairs correspondent garrick ma to see joins us now from brussels good to see you again how much of europe will be open for tourism this summer. that's a good question and of course for all those who still hope that there will be
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a summer vacation including myself for the moment that the belgian coast is close that here you have the german foreign minister talking to 10 key destinations within europe whether they have built beaches will open and he was quite determined to say they are working within the next 2 weeks with those countries including countries such as italy and spain nations that were hard hit by the coronavirus to find criteria to find common standards to make traveling and to make the case it's possible that dan let's hear what he had to say i'd have to send to you when you june 15th is the day when we must decide whether to lift the general worldwide travel warning and we are working on replacing the troubled warning with travel advice. but of course this travel advice may also state the travelling to a certain place is anything but recommended it's just that we cannot keep
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a permanent general travel warning for the entire world which. twat extent is germany and germany's partners for that matter following a common line on this with the e.u. commission's guidelines. i have the impression terry that the foreign minister here was very keen to emphasize that he wants to work fully on the basis of those guidelines from brussels seeing that all of europe stumbled into this crisis without coordination a member states now are keen to make sure they do get 48 it because this would allow a traveling it is the preferred precondition if you want to make traveling possible again and that is why yes that he he also is it is clear that bet certain that a limited level of bilateral work is necessary because safety and health is not within the jurisdiction of the e.u. institutions but it is with the work in the next 2 weeks that he wants to acquire
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a basis that then may apply for all of the. you know thank you so much now that european affairs correspondent york motus now let's take a look at how this year's world health assembly came together today the summit is aimed at fostering cooperation among world powers to slow the spread of the pandemic but tensions could be simmering below the surface some states have criticized front criticize the w.h.o. as being too slow to react to the outbreak u.n. is also warned the pandemic could deepen divisions between the world's richest and poorest nations. the world health organization's annual meeting was supposed to take place in geneva but the pandemic forced it to a virtual gathering for the 1st time in the history of the organization of course the pandemic itself is topic. the conference started on a sobering note u.n.
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secretary general antonio complained that many countries ignored the w h o's warnings at the beginning of the corona virus outbreak as a result the virus has travelled worldwide and is now spreading in the global south where the effects could be far more devastating than in developed countries the german chancellor angela merkel warned in her video message that only joint efforts can defeat the pandemic. virtually no country has been spared by this pandemic so no country can so for this problem alone where must work together the meeting will also address criticism of the w.h.o. his handling of the pandemic the majority of the member states are expected to support an independent investigation. so you look now at some of the other stories making news around the world today the 2nd time in 10 days scuffles broke out in hong kong's legislative council between pro-democracy and pro-government politicians and they were sparked by the removal of
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a pro-democracy lawmaker who would have presided over elections 2 key committee security guards carried several legislators 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 exports had their worst month since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami tokyo has come up with a rescue package worth nearly one trillion dollars but analysts expect a deeper slump and a slow recovery. french acting legend michelle has died at the age of 94 a because he had a string of starring roles in a long and distinguished career including work with directors alfred hitchcock and john who. is family said he died from what it called a cerebral accident. the
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u.s. economy is likely to record a 30 percent 3030 percent collapse in the current quarter according to the chairman of the federal reserve jerome powell in an interview on c.b.s. news' 60 minutes program powell said the economy would only recover fully after a coronavirus vaccine was available because for business confidence to grow again people needed to feel safe. figure would have to reintroduce the social distancing measures and then you would have another downturn and that would be bad for confidence. so that's a risk we really want to avoid you know the virus hasn't gone away the reason that cases have gone down and are declining is because people have been in their homes and not in their businesses and not out among crowds. has more on this he joins us from new york ends a 30 percent contraction of the u.s. economy that's staggering did the federal reserve chairman suggest what the
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implications of that would be. well at least what the chairman said is that he doesn't not believe that we will see a depression like scenario that we saw well 100 years ago and the reason why is what is the difference between a recession and what is the difference between a depression it's basically the duration and overall the fed chairman is sort of hopeful that at least the duration of this economic crisis won't be as long as we have seen it in the thirty's in the united states so that's at least a tiny bit of a hopeful message from the fed chairman even if you also mention that nobody can tell you how everything develops from here on ok but at least in the short to medium term things don't look that great despite that grim for. our markets are up
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by over 800 points what's got them so excited. it's incredible what we've what we're seeing here today blue chips up by 3 and a half percent oh well the market is trading on hope we heard that was the worst of it seen a couple of times and so there's one company moderna saying that at least in the very early stage they made some progress with developing this if it's seen that stock by the way is up by 30 percent so there's this whole driving the market and then on top of it you have the oil market recovering quite a bit oil prices up today by 11 percent or economists and policymakers in the u.s. becoming concerned that maybe the stock market is out of touch with the broader economy . that's the big topic that we see because look what happened to the market the recent recovery started last thursday and what happened on thursday we got dramatic
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numbers from the job market the recovery actually continued on friday what happened on friday we got the worst retail sales figures ever in u.s. history and even today the outlook as you mention it probably a drop in u.s. g.d.p. by 30 percent isn't that bright and the really continuous what's basically driving this market is those trillions of dollars that the federal reserve is pumping into the market and also the u.s. government also pumping trillions of dollars into the economy and overall there was this hope that soon only the economy a real restart i don't know you might see this little car dealership local car dealership here in my neighborhood for the 1st time since the locks on started this car dealership reopened so there are some signs that slowly the economy is coming back and that's also what the market is spending on at this point and thanks for filling us in there and that was our financial correspondent yes occur to in new york. well europe's biggest budget airline
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ryanair has announced that it expects an even bigger loss in the current quarter than it previously reckoned with from april to june ryanair expects to lose more than 200000000 europe's that's nearly twice earlier a loss estimates from the delta based airline this year ryanair expects to carry 80000000 passengers only about how it's usual numbers. well here in germany the business leader resumed over the weekend after a 2 month suspension because of the coronavirus there are no fans in the stands and the players had to contend with strict new hygiene rules but one thing remained the same as ever league leaders by and munich beat the opposition they won 2 nil against when you. happy to be back at work and grateful to be healthy with bard munich gunning for an 8th straight title they needed maximum points against you in berlin and they got them from the corner thomas moore
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thought he put the defending champions a head early in the 1st half but. 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 a falla leave iran gorecki who sold it well. byron pitts robert live in dog ski back from a knee injury got the goalkeeper to guess wrong for his 40th goal in all competitions this season. after the break byron were successful from a corner thanks to been told us had are the defenders 3rd goal this season wrapped up the 2 nil victory. and what about someone. names are highly motivated and i think preparing for these games these last weeks there was so much anticipation for
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this moment to finally start again you could see that in the players because then there should be no end up muslims in america despite their slow start but munich re storage their 4 point cushion at that stop of the table well finally a night at the museum turned into a morning in court for a german student the 25 year old has been granted bail after being accused of breaking into an australian museum and taking selfies with a dinosaur c.c.t.v. captured him roaming around the closed museum at 1 in the morning before allegedly stealing an artwork and a cowboy hat said to belong to a member of the staff. and just a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you here today only to be a news. article in french president the memoir called heaven a joint plan to help europe's economy recover from the coronavirus crisis and calls
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for 500000000000 euro recovery fund to prop up the hardest hit sectors the plan also calls for the kenyan to break this joint to. the state of the news remember you can get all the latest news information anytime you want to our website that's at. the top of the next. political. shift special how researchers in germany are driving the future of mobility. driving cars are full of artificial intelligence and the technology keeps improving reporter visited researchers at the sci research center and lead and autonomy as car taken for a spin through the streets of cars where. this car is a model for a few. camera and intelligence guidance system help
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a stay in the correct lane and recognize road map it was. in the cockpit and steering wheel a turn. axles helps you but this is a game it's fundamental research and development of a self driving cars at the cost of research center for information technology that's where did i can see this model is ideal because we can test the ai in a closed and secure environment. that way we can spot problems early on without the effort of having to use an actual vehicle in some isn't a quick attempt to grab the wheel was the better driver. i haven't had. a i can even recognize the drivers condition. today dashboard camera systems can already detect whether the driver. hits ai system. or my heart rate i would exactly does that.
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see these green areas highlighted there on your face. these areas are sections of our skin i can determine our pulse by registering the slightest changes in skin color. we humans can't detect any difference but a camera can detect and visualize your post for us. recognizing process of biometric data like whether you'll stop. feeling relaxed or about. this recognition. so much cars nowadays are already using simpler systems they can analyze your blinking rate and recognize when a driver is getting tired in which case it will recommend the driver takes a break. in. exactly and in the future we might have autonomous cars that only take over in certain times like a traffic jam. once the traffic jam is over the car needs to be sure the driver is
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ready to take back the steering wheel. future cars might even be smart enough to drive according to your mode. of. basis a self driving at the edge said only research center in calls for. it's being used to explore automated parking reports axel wagner uses his smartphone to summon its future cars could independently look for a parking space and even be called to the exit finest monorail when it stopped at the exact spot agrees upon the system works but to be safe 2 scientists stay on board one case they need to know to be true sources ready to go with of course to him ok i would do anything. the car does all the driving at the right yes ok. spare off for a ride around the testing compound huawei to dissect these artificial oceans here
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this. is have fun in self driving vehicles artificial intelligence is used almost everywhere. it's mainly used to detect the vehicle surroundings on the or in other words the vehicle has to be able to tell which objects are around it and how these objects interact with one another. and how the vehicle should react to these objects ok take a traffic light for example become must be able to identify at this particular traffic light is built to send signals on its current status to the car additionally and onboard computer uses ai to transmit g.p.s. data of its virtual map and thereby determine the route. but how well does it support other people on the road. you can't you. just pass. so you're going to start exactly with a spot of the cyclist shortly and then continues cautiously waiting for the road to clear before it accelerates again. but what about
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a careless pedestrian who steps onto the road without paying attention to traffic. will he be spotted to you. in the mean he's safe thanks to controls and misses the road sides which transmit the pedestrians exact locations of the car. in the future smart cars will need wide reaching technicolor networks in traffic to ensure everyone sings think. this is bertha one equipped with cameras and all kinds of senses it's one of the 1st cars in germany to be allowed to drive autonomous lay outside of the testing compound this is where the computer is and it's going to yes exactly this is the main computer along with quite a lot of other electronics it's as complicated as a looks to me in this artificial intelligences world here in this good exactly
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sense and the sensors are built in here at the back. it's not. off of the research center but who will take the team for a run each through the streets of cars to at. traffic lights. stop signs. and above all on coming traffic just a glimpse of what's to come in the city center. destination is the testing ground for autonomy driving. this is where both his behavior is monitored and recorded simple tamia slate she receives valuable information through cameras and sensors and on the road. this network helps betham maneuver through traffic independently. from which there should be focus because you don't quite trust bertha right. yes exactly. the states these are just tests engineered to stay focused. it's much less relaxing than driving yourself look at what that will change once everything
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works more reliably with before you know millions of signals are transmitted to the onboard computer every 2nd it uses ai to analyze any information that might be relevant for participating in city traffic and when we're driving my brain takes over this job with a there's still room for improvement at least for a brief moment but it is overwhelmed. so you have to take over it's what exactly i had to intervene at this spot on the road the car always has localization difficulties as there are many distinctive markings around mark peoples and so the computer struggles to locate where it's at and that's why i took over for a bit just because you understood a course i could try if you know. just once once you think i could buy a car like bertha a car that can independently see the city provided i can afford it of course at the side going to charge say because there are so many different situations to consider
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and if some experts say it will take another 10 to 15 years but i wouldn't count on that. there are still too many unforeseeable situations in which a human would be able to respond but a car wouldn't. have it so it's still too difficult to estimate how long it'll take . so for now at least bertha remains one of a kind. field i believe after he went with. somebody i systems in autonomy cars use what's known as optical flow to detect others in traffic scientists at the max planck institute into being in show how easily these systems can be hacked. these 3 scientists aren't falling around they're testing the optical flow with artificial intelligence the idea behind it ai translates movements like can't movements into cullen's at least change according
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to the movements direction. cars moving to the right there and then your optical so it's gonna look like yellow in the color map and the fosters most of the brighter colors so so if it's moving right at a really high speed then you see it like a bright yellow thing and then if it's going slowly then it's more towards the light so we have like a color wheel representation which sort of like shows the corresponding civil lawsuit is that stuff like happened in the video and objects. whenever i know recommend john moves to the left the computer displays this as the color yellow right it's purple. but there is much more to object close to the computer also calculates and anticipate the movement of other objects in the vicinity. when the car continued driving straight away like stone it's a commission imminent hey i can calculate this in a fraction of a 2nd. to the computer every image is a fresh image it's like it seeing the world every 30 times
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a 2nd brand new and optical flow always work. next things across time that allows a computer to have a consistent representation of the world much more like we do. the scientists want to try to disrupt ai working with the optical flow methods. to do this they've calculated colorful patterns. they might not mean much to the human eye but they certainly mean a lot to ai this one here shows ai off the most. that the motion is donated to spur. it when the pattern is covered up the system works fine. but once the pattern is visible the system gets confused and can no longer compute the optic flow. to artificial intelligence this is
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a jumble of contradictory information. we were surprised by the extent of the problem. we weren't surprised the ai could be disrupted like this. there was already pretty existing research on the issue patch but seeing how such a small patch can are such far reaching consequences is quite worrying. if the colorful patent patch takes up just one percent of the area the ai system reaches its consisted of up to 50 percent of its field of fission. there are a few people running websites which can work and growing and can work and then like slogging climate and stuff but i think we can try and start from this like the swiss was going to be a lot worse for these you know of course this patent was calculated that means hackers who understand artificial intelligence put create similar patterns if they
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do they could completely disrupt autonomous driving systems there. maybe a bit of a war going on between people trying to attack and people trying to produce robust systems this is exactly what we see also with any kind of security software you know hackers find a loophole in some operating system they inform the manufacture of the new defenses are made and then you know it's an evolving system that researches want to use what they've learned on how to hack into autonomous driving ai systems to warn manufacturers off the danger is if they can make autonomous vehicles more resistant to such attacks then sure that want to make smart cars will be safer drivers.
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