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no where all problems lie and we've discussed them of course we'll discuss them again in greater detail at the end of the season we have various problems to solve a few for people believe me give you. money on safety is now butts confirmed. and with that now you're up to date on c.w. news i'm sarah kelly in berlin remember you can always get the latest on our web site www dot com you can also follow us on social media thank you so much for joining us take care and c.c. . you know that 77 percent. are younger than 65. that's me and me and you. and you know what it's time no voice is part. of the 77 percent to talk about the issues that. this is where.
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the 77 percent this weekend on d w. in the height of climate change. for cosmic. what's in store. for the future. come to a pretty major city to the multi insight. counter. this week on world stories. corona based fear of medical workers in colombia. surviving on the streets in kenya. but we begin in germany where the population's attempts to. return to normalcy despite the
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coronavirus seesaw between being careless and concerned. when chewing out once again getting a taste of what the new normal is now like post lockdown something seem to be back to where they were before coronavirus brought everything to a halt opinion is divided some think the authorities are being too cautious others say not careful enough it's a test of social cohesion. i think people are very responsible a lot are aware they could be carrying the virus and are very careful around others . but not everyone in this playground shares this confidence older people in particular are still worried. service in my will mean i only need to come out at the weekend to see that people are partying
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everywhere 20 or 30 took out that the young just want to go for it a concert coverless this neighborhood takes some more casual approach something the pandemic is over all of us believe that never really was a crisis so no one's saying that out loud it can be confusing. deciding this is steve it's difficult for people to know how close to each other they can get it specially when they're not sinking about it all day something they're experts and some just go with their own instincts that's why it's gotten i was and they are 900 yards here i admit it looks are not involve me monk. it's good to take a break but many missed their friends. from the fact that i know that's all you want. and learning to live with the pentatonic
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each in their own way. the old soul or in the faces of crete old boy boy fire she threw the trigger their lives i'm sorry oh oh do you do so or a were they serve in order to kill you or. since the beginning of the pandemic nurses and doctors in colombia have faced increasing hostility and exclusion due to fears that they could spread the virus. lives is a nurse and. wearing her uniform fills her with pride especially in these trying times but in recent weeks she has repeatedly suffered discriminatory behavior after being identified as hospital staff. i recently had to
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transfer some money. and the place i went to didn't want to let me in. the lady at the front desk told me she couldn't serve me because i was clearly a health care worker. and could be infected. you know i was left humiliated. and hurt with the situation we're not out to harm anybody i said. since the pandemic reached colombia numerous doctors and nurses have reported social stigmatization. buses that won't stop for them supermarkets that won't let them do their shopping one nurse was reportedly beaten on the street and accused of spreading the virus. christiane is a doctor in the city of cali he was evicted after residents in his building demanded he leave fearing he would bring cobe it into their homes maybe he told me
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that people were very scared the tenants threatened to leave if i didn't and that case they would refuse to pay the cancellation fee saying me moving in hasn't been their choice and that it had put their lives in danger. so the landlady told me that she was sorry but i had to leave because she had to protect other tenants with . cases like those of christiane and liz are fortunately quite rare but even isolated incidents put added pressure on those already carrying society's biggest burden as hurtful as this rejection might be the good outweighs the bad unexpected expressions of solidarity and gratitude are what keeps liz going. to get tax the other day when i was about to get out but a driver didn't want to take my money i was wearing my uniform he told me you don't owe me anything thanks for what you're doing for society for.
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us. and to those who are still fearful of her and her colleagues she has a clear message. board please don't discriminate against is please don't abuses don't attack is because if we are gone who will come out and help you when you need to move out. in spain millions are facing a threat to their livelihoods. many lost their jobs from one day to the next and are now forced to rely on donations. 2 months ago manuel around the it is wouldn't have believed that if you told him he would be in this position in that march the father of 3 was still a substitute teacher then his life went into freefall 1st he lost his job then his wife lost hers then the family had to use the last of their savings now he has to
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get food from the red cross without this charity his family wouldn't be able to get by. just sending the little way all of a sudden i stood there and went through a range of emotions 1st fear then helplessness then desperation then i'm go when it started i tried to fight my emotions but then i had to let go and accept what i was going through your more individual strength the. in this small town of festive poland in southern spain there are about 980 families who depend on food handouts the fact that you see no lights here is because the local charity has a telephone appointment system says social workout people are baskets they do this to reduce the danger of infection but also so those in need don't have to suffer the embarrassment of being seen there. middle class spend. 30 months they've had no income. but they still have the head
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costs rent mortgage and of course daily expenses on top of that. of us. at least not to have a mere this doesn't have to worry about paying rent right now his family is staying at his parents and last apartment but they have already used up their entire savings around $800.00 euros when the crisis began he and his wife joined a community called to help the needy they bought 2000 masks and gloves to give to charity now they still have 100 such hope in hindsight he thinks this might have been in the state but back then they thought they could count on receiving emergency help from the government they are entitled to a few months of disaster relief funds but up until now they have not seen one send . home in the attic because you know you're ruining entire families don't want to wear it not for charities and the incredible helpfulness of our normal people and
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then at some point we didn't want anything to eat but an awful lot of money and yes how do you want to limit they feel lucky they can give their children a hot meal every day using the ingredients given to them by the red cross their kids have long accepted the fact that right now they can't get any new toys or even have deserved all manuel and in as want is to work again. homeless people in africa have little protection from covert 19 we visit the kenyan capital nairobi to find out what life is like for those on the street. every day at around 1 pm at least 40 men and boys gather here in kenya's capital nairobi one of them a homeless including 19 year old grandson d.q.
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and they're all here for lunch to leave a daily by a nonprofit working in the city called homeless of nairobi. despite a covert 1000 outbreak most of them have no masks and my lunch is over the hurdle for some banter before leaving in different directions in this reality social distancing and staying home and not realistic options. to model does not exist doesn't exist doesn't exist so coverage blah blah blah all those things a little bit with that and even if it comes and hits one of them and they die they use the kids they used to people dying. to. death was the catalyst to brian's life on the streets he never met his father and when his mother died he left home on the back of a cargo truck which brought him to the city since then this has been his life walking greeting and wishing. i asked him how if a told
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a covert 1910 democrats affected his life. with money tell me don't come near me. are you concerned about the virus. but we just pray that. brian is one out of an estimated 20000 people living on the streets in kenya. but each night the country's curfew comes into effect. the homeless seem to disappear if they retreat into these dark corners hidden from police officers m.p.'s we meet a mother with her 6 month old baby when you see we doing god is the only one keeping us alive she says because even if we are afraid of the virus it's not like we can stay indoors only as a libra knew brian considers himself lucky to have a roof over his head the organization that provides lunch has rented 2 rooms in the
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slum for the boys. brian sleeps in this corner and the army as he calls his group of friends from the streets take whatever spaces left. my shop on the left is good it's better than on the streets i was really free when i was out there nothing to cover myself but here is something that a. group it's no wonder that the next morning when we meet brian he's having a cocktail of blue and jet fuel for breakfast the blue keeps the hunger. and the jet fuel keeps reality at bay. and so another day begins as the last one ended walking reaching. wishing. play. play.
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play. time and. killing. for filmmaking. and architecture foreign music. the arts consume one thing above all else. energy. and dan has got to change. can art become climate friendly are 21. w. . like. my gorgeous was. the russian soul. st place.
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from so many different walks of life. son. partly right but all comes straight from the heart. thank. the russians into a journey to death star cheney takes d.-w. . i think every human on this planet on some level is aware that our home is in crisis that something is not right in our world.

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