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this is d.w. news coming to you live from berlin it's high summer turkeys beaches are ready but where are the holaday makers spirits in the resort of town tallia have slumped as the pandemic stops travel to the coast some people even think the german government has something against them also coming up india's capital launches
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a massive corona campaign with the number of infections spiking delhi plans to record the health details of nearly 30000000 residents and test everyone showing symptoms plus jubilation in liverpool as your game club side wins the english premier league fans brim with adulation for the german coach guided the club to its 1st title in 13 years. hello i'm terry marchant good to have you with us how truly open are europe's borders now that pandemic lockdowns were eased turkey has opened its borders and insists it has the coronavirus under control but european governments continue to warn against non-essential travel there as correspondent uli han reports the tourism industry in the popular holiday. resort of atalia is already feeling the
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heat. preparing breakfast for his guests under normal circumstances most of a good one wouldn't have time for this when it's high season in antalya the hotel owner is usually run off his feet but not this year right now only one of his rooms is occupied a family from germany is here despite the travel warning here they love it as a result i can only tell you come here everyone it's wonderful in antalya here the only problem is because of the coronavirus crisis hardly anyone is coming. out of my last year i had an occupancy rate of 100 percent consistently from april to october and this year there are only 3 people july is coming soon we only have a few months left of the season right now it's really difficult. that.
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most of us has done everything he can to make his hotel safe the turkish government has issued strict tie jean rules that's why goodenow now disinfect rooms and pool chairs several times a day although nobody is using them. machete laden is it must be video we have masks for i guess you can disinfect your hands everywhere and temperature checks are scheduled every day like the requirements on very strict and we adhere to them at all we can take that out what good is that if no one comes to. untag as beaches are among the most popular holiday destinations in the mediterranean region about 15000000 tourists from abroad came here last year but this summer most of the sun loungers are empty because of the coronavirus crisis governments in europe including germany are warning their citizens against travel to taki many of. those
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here who depend on tourism think that's. almost 2500000 people live in the antalya region but so far only a few 100 coronavirus infections have been officially registered here. mostafa good then thinks turkey is coming through the crisis relatively well he believes decision makers in europe are deliberately warning against trips to turkey in order to give their own tourist destinations an advantage. all my ideas germany exit very biased they declared us a risk area but open borders to hundreds that are in a much worse situation because they know italy for example they have more coronavirus cases than turkey and a higher coronavirus death toll a lot of the decisive choke. many share food and frustration and tell us historic old town is normally filled with tourist and bartering facilities but
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now the sellers fight boredom the restaurant owners and taxi drivers are wondering how long they can keep going. to be attributed we only have a good lot of our taxis on the streets no hotel gas so no taxi rides will surely it doesn't work without 4 interests turkish holiday makers aren't enough of these years ago that's all oh preparations for this summer with a nothing 2020 is a last year. the last year maybe last season he made good money with his hotel mostafa good and says and he still hopeful but he also knows if the tourists from europe don't come back soon the holiday paradise often tahlia faces a devastating south. correspondent yulia han who filed that report joins us now from istanbul you know many people are wondering whether it's safe to travel to turkey right now what's your impression or hotels
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for example taking the precautions to prevent infections. well the turkish government is definitely trying hard to convince traveling as and political leaders in europe that taki is a safe destination this summit there are actively lobbying a number of e.u. countries right now has for example launched a so-called healthy tourism program which sets standards when it comes to hygiene and how thin airports or in hotels rest wrongs of bars or at beaches and from what the hotel owners most of the told me inspectors are quite strict when it comes to checking compliance with these rules and untie as an airport for example you have thermal cameras checking passengers temperatures they're also working on setting up a coronavirus test center there so a lot has been done but then again of course you have to have a look at the figures i mentioned that these coastal tourism hops that turkey has
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has seen a relatively no low number of corona virus infections but nationwide we have seen the numbers search they have doubled compared to early june when turkey eased most of its corona virus infections yesterday they were at nearly $1500.00 new cases per day and that certainly something european decision makers are taking into account when reevaluating their travel advice tell us just how important is the travel industry for turkey. well it's a $1000000000.00 business and that is exactly why turkey prices to open the border as a last year 45000000 visitors from abroad came to tacky tourism accounts for 12 percent of the turkish economy an economy that now faces its 2nd recession in only 2 years so turkey needs foreign tourists it needs foraging currencies and the whole sector
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has been battered by the pandemic already we've seen corona virus forced shutdowns from march to made basically and this has dramatically affected the lives of tens of thousands of people working in this sector so there is a lot at stake for techie this summer what about the german travel warning for turkey is this straining relations between the 2 countries. what germany's travel warning there is not just for turkey but for most countries outside of the e.u. but because turkey is such an important destination for holiday makers from germany this has turned into a political issue and it definitely has potential for conflict we know that the turkish government is very unhappy about this german travel warning although they are carefully phrasing it let's listen to what turkey's foreign minister. had to say recently we are disappointed that some countries extended their travel
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advisories or turkey or publish lists classified turkey as a risky destination. there is no objective and scientific reason in these steps turkey has proven itself in its fight against 1000. germany on the other hand says it wants to monitor how the epidemic here in turkey develops they say they certainly don't want to have to fly out german citizens stuck abroad again if the situation worsens but some also say it's not just about the pandemic but also about politics because relations between turkey and germany are still strained there are a number of contentious issues syria libya the human rights situation here in turkey or refugees and some say this travel warning might also be a means for germany to seek some political concessions. tell us just how well is
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turkey dealing with the coronavirus pandemic in general you know you. can you hear me. i. think we may have lost the line there to istanbul you still with the syria ok i'm afraid we've lost touch there but that was the only one in istanbul thank you very much for. let's get a round of housemother stories making news around the world officials in the english beach town of bournemouth have declared a major incident after massive crowds there in hot weather authorities said ignoring public health guidance on the current virus was irresponsible the declaration allows them to initiate an emergency response including the deployment of additional police patrols. u.s. health officials say as many as 20000000 people may have already been impacted with covert 19 almost 10 times more than the number of confirmed cases this is the state
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of texas halls as plans to reopen its economy amid a surge in cohabit 19 cases. well it's been almost 3 weeks since india began lifting coronavirus and restrictions and cases there are surging the capital delhi has become the worst affected city with health officials and health facilities buckling under the strain of rising infections officials are rushing to extend testing to millions of residents. the sharp rise in cases in delhi has seen it crowned the coronavirus capital of india the government has been heavily criticised for its poor contact tracing and lack of medical facilities. were coronavirus in itself is a huge problem but we should think of implementing policies and facilities that aim to reduce people suffering we shouldn't implement policies that hamper the system
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and create chaos. in the state of delhi alone infections are expected to surge in the coming weeks government estimates show there could be around 550000 cases by the end of july in response the delhi authours is announced house to house corona virus screening in the city itself. going door to door will help the government to detect patients and it will help to curb the spread of coronavirus. part of here is people who have a high temperature as think they have coronavirus all tested at least they will have the satisfaction of knowing whether they are positive or not if they are positive they will know if they are negative they won't be anxious about it. dennis will start his not only faced with the unprecedented challenge of stopping the spread of the corona fire it's a shortage of beds is also a major ongoing issue the indian capital's luxury hotels and stadiums could be
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turned into field hospitals even spiritual centers in delhi are designated for conversion to covert 19 care facilities joining me now from delhi is t w correspondent when you're a child dream nearer what's behind the sudden explosion of coronavirus cases in delhi where this shoprite in the number of cases have been observed especially are to the unlock process began when the delhi set of the city of delhi started coming out of its knock downs when a lot of economic activity as well allow to as you go out on the streets you see people who they have more or less is that normal day to day life some of them have started going to work as well now i think to remember is that delhi is one of the most populated cities not only in the country but in the world the population density is very high so it's very easy and very much possible for
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a lot you know transmission to happen and that is what is happening but some reports also say that that is only half the story the other part is that he has ramped up its destiny and more deaths are happening so what use is that i mean for what ok so the government has launched a massive survey i understand it plans to record the health details of all belize 30000000 residents tell us more about that. well yes after it became evident that delhi is becoming one of the actually the worst hit city in the country in terms of calling 1000 cases these desperate measures were announced so the idea is to avoid the smog screening and basically screen every single household in the city which is quite a challenging task till the 1st week of july starting with the containment centers so a more and more frontline health workers will be employed for this again we're already working quite hard dealing with the crew on our wires apart from that. they will be
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conducting testing as well as anybody who appeals to show symptoms of this apart from that more and more details will be collected and you know taken back to a dispensary then large deports will be made that the government has a clearer idea on what actually is dealing with apart from that more tedium and holes have been acquired and can work it into called get at nicky's more police need be deployed to enforce more social distancing measures on the streets how well prepared is delhi in terms of its health infrastructure for dealing with the spike in new cases. well if you listen to it well go does the z. about daily in terms of infrastructure is that prepared we do have enough number of that we do have i see us even though there have been reports in the past week which decent have been gone away is that a lack of beds if you listen to experts the actual reason is the lack of coordination between a different government agency the national government hospital the nested
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government hospitals and multiple of the agency them that of the 3rd the lack of coordination and apart from that a lot of medical professionals are not coming forward a lot of them are actually scared and because they do not even have an insurance to cover them to pay for their treatment and give the floor to call that $1000.00 so at the moment even though we have a lot of beds which are being a range for what we do need more is professionals to handle but here thank you very much for bringing some to date there that was d w correspondent manoora child in delhi civil looked out some of the other developments relating to the coronavirus pandemic around the world the world health organization says significant research and says in europe could push health systems to the brink with $20000.00 new cases being reported daily australia has reported $37.00 new cases including 30 in victoria state where health authorities are trying to contain an outbreak and mexico's finance minister has tested positive for the
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virus 3 days after meeting the president has been seen breaching world health organization guidelines on curbing virus transmission. you're watching d.w. news still to come there's in liverpool as you're going top side wins the english premier league is the club's 1st title with 30 years stay with us to enjoy this operation. but 1st from riding high to rock bottom in the space of a week forward darling of the german fin tech industry wire card has filed for insolvency just days after a 1900000000 euro hole in its finances was made public officers say they found evidence of elaborate fraud at the company involving multiple parties around the world it was a historic day at the frankfurt stock exchange and not for the most positive of reasons for the 1st time
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a company from the elite club of german blue chip stocks the dax is filing for insolvency. wire card shares have plummeted by 98 percent within the past week following the revelation that the company had a gaping 1900000000 euro hole in its books that news came out after the company's auditor refused to sign off on its 21000 accounts this in turn led to the resignation of wire card c.e.o. marcus brown prosecutors are now charging brown with market manipulation and tampering with wire cards books he's been released from custody on 5000000 euros bail. the insolvency filing does not automatically mean the end of the company though wire card could regain solvent c. with the help of outside investors should not emerge the company will be dismantled and creditors paid by the sale of whatever assets wire cart own. shareholders however will come out empty handed. the scandal at wire cards has put germany's
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financial regulators under pressure buff in is being asked why it didn't spot the problems at the docks listed company sooner there are even calls for a parliamentary inquiry germany's finance minister has described the situation as an unparalleled scandal and. a scandal like the wire card scandal must be a wake up call that we need more supervision and control of the financial markets than we have today we owed this to the shareholders or the employees of these companies if and in particular to germany as a financial center and to all of us as citizens. well for more on this i'm joined now by thorsten cell horan he's professor at the institute for accounting ought to take that analysis at the little big maximillian university in munich thanks for being with us professor the german finance minister says we need more supervision of financial markets but there's supposed to be supervision already why did it fail with wire card well let me start by by making 2 observations you
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1st it's very early in the game to be pointing fingers wide card has historically been a very opaque firm and auditors and oversight bodies are not very transparent either but 2nd you're right none of the controls a very good here they all have their fair share of the brain and this is frustrating and as the minister pointed out a disaster of the german economy and stock market that can only hope that we will learn from it. there's a supervisory board at that company that was supposed to be watching things as well although ters were looking through the accounts of the company regularly did those bodies perhaps turn a blind eye wire car. well this is also very difficult to judge when you maybe talk. for for a few seconds about the boston that you mentioned before so the boston has been
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suggested by some that the boston has been turning a blind eye to wild card but protected by protecting it from activists shot sellers so the boston was suspected of having sided with wild card and i don't necessarily agree with that it's the bostons job to go after market manipulation and if short sellers. spread rumors negative rumors about about a company it's the bostons job to protect the company from these rumors and investors from market manipulation turning now to the to the auditors and supervisory board i would say that it is firstly the supervisory board that we should look into. in the german system in german operations the management board runs the firm and the supervisory board which is separate advisors and monitors on behalf of the shareholders and employees and these both are separated for good reasons when it comes to financial reporting supervisory board forms an audit committee subcommittee of the supervisory board which is in charge and looks to me
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that wild card not much monitoring was going on on that part ok so we'll find out of course i suppose during the investigation about whether there was a failure of oversight and by whom but let's talk about the business model for a moment is tell us a little bit about that particularly susceptible to fraud. so this is very opaque i would say very few people seem to actually understand how our card makes money. this was the same at enron by the way. i was interviewed by a very professional very sophisticated journalist from associated press yesterday with minute that he had a very hard time understanding or why the cards business model even was even after intensive research and if you don't understand the company's business model it's very hard to prepare or audit its financial information so why a card asian business especially conducted via 3rd party trustees was especially in
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transparent seems to be. some only some sympathy for the auditor who had a hard time getting confirmation about the existence of bank accounts when they had to go through those 3rd party trustees who might not have had very strong incentive to cooperate ok so you've got in a paik business model oversight bodies what do you think needs to be changed professor to prevent something like this from happening again. so of course these scandals always bring up these kinds of questions in you should the oversight be reformed and clearly these questions need to be asked and answered especially in the light of potentially underfunded and overworked oversight bodies but i do want to make a different point i want to make the point that transparency is actually needed in this whole system. sunlight is the best disinfectant and we know very little about
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what would supervisory boards audit committees what auditors and oversight bodies actually do for example the botton does not officially disclose which companies it actually on its own so we don't know if and when wild card was last subject to a boston audience ok i still want to give you kudos to the financial press and investigative journalists who are playing a very large role here not only with wire cards but also before with enron or the different leaks canons we've had over the years. ok so the president. plays an important role in terms of casting some of that sunlight you're talking about going to leave it there professor that was professor tossed at the big mask 1000000 university in munich thank you very much. let's catch up on a few other stories making headlines around the world today democratic lawmakers in the u.s. house of representatives have approved
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a sweeping police reform bill it follows the mass protests in the wake of the death of george floyd during a police arrest a bill is unlikely however the pass the republican held senate. torrential rain has brought flash flooding to south central and eastern chinese provinces including john she and guangxi beijing has urged more than a dozen provinces to taper cautions with more turbulent weather in the forecast. football in liverpool have been crowned premier league champions clinching their 1st english league title in nearly internally years liverpool weren't playing on terrorism but they secured the top flight title after their closest rivals manchester city lost to chelsea the victory has made york and call the 1st german coach to win an english title and fans quickly converged to celebrate despite calls to avoid mass gatherings because of the coronavirus. that there are.
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your 30 years of hurt all over for liverpool and barely 30 minutes after they were crane's premier league champions thousands of fans descended on our infield to get the party started it's. sure the car yet. crater years. rank was. the worst that the history of rio gets i mean obviously it is real it's it's amazing. that. liverpool haven't been short of silverware outside of england lee in the last 12 months they've won dirac ian and world cup titles but regaining their status at the top of the anguished game was their top priority this season for me to hear the success is all die so one man on. his side become premier league champions with a record 7 games left to play and crow becomes the 1st chairman coach to win an
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m d m m hour. no to racism following the killing of george floyd at the hands of the police in minneapolis they have been weeks of demonstrations in the us against racist violence and the black lives rather mood which has inspired hundreds of thousands of people to take to the streets across europe to the protests have triggered a new debate here in germany on every day racism which figures show is on the rise and which has a long and troubling.
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