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3rd d. w. . the global corona tri says you can find more information online at g.w. dot com and on t.w. social media channels. this week are world stories. italy once again open to tourists ukraine's surrogate mothers babies are waiting for their parents but we begin in india since markdown restrictions have been eased the number of corona virus infections has risen sharply hospitals are strained to beyond capacity while temporary morgues are

reaching their limits and the situation is bound to worsen apart from pockets of containment centers the deed to day lives of people in india seem to be returning to normal as logged on restrictions east but these sites hardly reflect the real situation india is fighting a tough battle with coronavirus and for the capital city delhi which has a big surge in the number of covered 1000 cases the fight just caught up with a number of infections spiraling there's great concern about the health care systems capacity to pull. things family is one of many who lost a loved one in the pandemic. his father in law saying who was asked a magic death to positive for the virus after hours of waiting in line at the hospital where the test was done became unresponsive to their cause and the family

struggled for days to get proper guidance on these wife i'm appreciate even took to twitter to share their ordeal. numbers of private hospitals needing to. produce computer. space produce. beds the hospital or the government hospital which was. the only option available to the government on that day morning the doctor initially refused to be convinced that this has been done in a different hospital. and as we were trying to. get inside because by the time thing received medical attention his condition worsened and he. government under scrutiny especially since its records indicate that there are enough hospital beds available

to treat patients. some experts say the problem is not entirely due to the infrastructure. we have michael even tease we're going to. make this should be working in. human resources way to scared off you know there's a lot of panic in the doctors not coming forward with access to government hospitals becoming increasingly difficult delis private hospitals are charging exorbitant amounts of money which makes the treatment. the government says it just new strategies to deal with the rising number of cases. seem to be falling short and for many it would be truly. crain being a surrogate mother is both legal and lucrative but. the country's borders were

closed and many parents have had trouble picking up their babies like this. one month and 3 days late but at least they're together. and your elders have traveled more than 10000 kilometers by car through continent in lockdown to finally meet their daughter. she still has to get used to us she doesn't know who we are. but daughter spent her 1st month with a care at an apartment her parents only able to see her on screen. you know the so sad we were crying just seeing her pictures and unable to do anything for her you just feel so helpless while you can do is wait. as their daughter's birth came and went and with no end to lockdown in sight or people are injured elders could do scour the ukrainian press with the help of

a translation up on the lookout for some sign of hope neither the spanish government nor the ukrainian embassy could or would help when they read that ukraine's human rights on the woman had promised help parents into the country and jurors jumped in their car to drive the 3600 kilometers from their home in madrid to kiev. first trip was a live in the dark we didn't know what we'd encounter at the borders on route they received a long hoped for permission to enter ukraine yeah we cried when we received this i didn't think a piece of paper could make a this happy. but it wasn't enough. this week was not a chance and we're just 500 kilometers from kiev then they told us no we just couldn't take it anymore they were missing just one document enough for them to be turned back at the ukrainian border returning home to madrid with the only option without their baby a week later they were back at the ukraine from tear after 7000 kilometer round

trip to madrid and back this time with the right documents and they were finally allowed into the country other parents have been less fortunate separated from their children by even greater distances and still unable to enter ukraine how many babies are still without their parents no one can say with any confidence yes you know this we've lost months of our daughter's life. that's super important. because. it was actually a month or 3 days to me it felt like a year spanish must sound strange to her she doesn't want to sleep she just wants to listen to us. and spain as in many other european countries surrogacy is really great zone neither legal nor illegal the ground of ours lock down which is the 1st of many obstacles on that path. south africa has been locked down since the end of march with devastating economic consequences for

the poorest people the government did announce a but has been slow to deliver again bosses are using this as an opportunity to burnish their reputations. many charities in the cape town feed the hungry what sets this one a part of the fact that it spoiled by a former gang leader. leon myo used to head the mongols one of the most feared gangs in this city. i know now most of the people don't have financial worries and start something. that's why. the slogan on his t. shirt says the harder you fall a stronger you rise it could describe meyer's own life he was behind bars for 18 years for crimes including a marja conviction this area the cape flats has a reputation for organized crime and drug trafficking cape town she's an average of

8 murders every day but lockdown has led to a drop in gang warfare according to a local pastor. there's a resigned and a mother of 4 says leon meyer has become a symbol of hope in the area since the last time she used up a welfare payments halfway through the month unemployment is rife here. it's the 4th year. people like us and our neighbors to our people. and. we don't get support that anything that only. put it. up. and support the community is good. but criminologist dawn pena is convinced gang members have an ulterior motive for helping out their community. gangs in my experience seldom do anything for anybody else that they it's all about themselves it's all about what they can gain so you

know my 1st question would be if they distributing food parcels why you know what are they getting out of it and. you know that they might want to look good in their communities but they might be using that there's a lot out so you know how do you get out and distribute your drugs back on the keep flights leon meyer admits that breaking with the past is easier said than done. report cases never going to go away are going to be get something in no to things it will always be there will always be gangsters in the way we stay in the way we look they put us all together i used to considering itself against the crimes of. i'm against them a point against the among i will thing against them. because the only way out for. in through the people. in the meantime deseret simon is heading home with dinner

she says she doesn't judge others a priority is making sure her children don't go to bed hungry. venice was strangely empty during the coronavirus lockdown it was a rare opportunity for this normally brimming look in the city to recuperate but now visitors are starting to return. venice is legendary waterways without the masses a rare commodity here gondoliers are slowly returning to the city's canals but so far only a few visitors have indulged themselves. usually packed with tourists at this time of the year piazza san marcos seems almost deserted after the coronavirus crisis brought the city to a near standstill venice is gradually opening up to visitors again. but not

everyone is looking forward to the return of the masses jane demo still sees this as an opportunity for a much needed change she has been advocating for a more sustainable form of tourism one that doesn't put the future of the city at risk the problem with venice is that it's in an extremely fragile delicate system and and you can't just do anything you like to venice it needs to be. treated carefully otherwise there won't be any venice left in the future and we need to be responsible about. the legacy of venice and think about what venice has given to us other people have a right to get that too she tells us venice has a unique way of life that is threatening to disappear genda most of wants to risk to engage with the city again spending more time in restaurants and museums and not rushing through in a few hours. while many agree venice needs to change the way it handles its

visitors the city's tourism counsellor wants to further assess the situation before applying any drastic measures. this is not the museum. we don't. you know some campaign there i was sitting in the ward i don't think so many many people speak about the. tourists now there are 50 mean leons 30000000 man so it's not so i want to count i will know how many people. every day and i know with travel restrictions now being lifted all over europe venetians should not take too long to decide what kind of future they see for their city.

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reopening what will it take to restore economic health in europe. and 45 minutes on g.w. . the most sensitive guy you don't need to keep a day about an article go for over a mention home the 4th time from the most recent article number is the bottom of the ballets at the last dragon this word has called the hard truth. to agree books on. these items might look out of all but you'd better not take a bite will find out later who is responsible for this colorful display on the street.