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true problems and missing one solution the new season of sounders bentley. this week w. this is d w news coming to you live from berlin its high summer turkeys beaches are ready but where are the holiday makers all my eggs there are many of the highest risk but open borders to countries that have worse coronavirus situations like this so has the german government got something against turkey spirits all low has tourists
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stay away from the turquoise scrubs also coming up. a closer look at the german meat processing plant with explosion of corona virus cases in the air conditioning system be to blame for the plant's 1500 confirmed cases and jubilation in liverpool as your club side wins the english premier league brim with operation for the german coach who's guided the club to its 1st title in. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us we begin with news breaking in moscow were a court has just handed down a guilty verdict in the controversial case against russian director karylle sarah brennan called he faces 6 years in prison for forming a criminal group with his colleagues and embezzling public funds for a theater project surprising called the charges absurd the trial has sparked an
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international outcry and calls for his release. and we'll be bringing you more on that story in later bulletins. how are how open are europe's borders now that pandemic lock downs have been eased turkey has opened its borders and insists it has the correct virus under control but european governments continue to warn against nonessential travel there as d.w. correspondent reports the tourism industry in the popular holiday resort of an tanya is already feeling the heat. preparing breakfast for his guests under normal circumstances must have 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 floor right now only one of his rooms is occupied
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a family from germany is here despite the travel warning. they get enough it is it really is all 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 it was coming. last year i had an occupancy rate of 100 percent consistently from april to october and this year there are only 3 people in july is coming soon we only have a few months left of the season right now it's really difficult is that. most of us has done everything he can to make his hotel safe the turkish government has issued strict hygiene rules that's why good now doesn't 5 rooms of pool chairs several times a day although nobody is using them. to use that it is that must be video we have massed for it as you can disinfect your hands everywhere and temperature checks are
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scheduled every day the requirements on very strict and we adhere to them at all which are to take that out what good is that if no one comes to the. 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 that citizens against travel to taki many of those here who depend on tourism think that's unsafe. 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
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believes decision makers in europe are deliberately warning against trips to turkey in order to give their own tourist destinations an advantage. all my exit germany exit very biased they declared us a risk area but open borders 200 is that are in a much worse situation than spain or italy for example they have more coronavirus cases than turkey and the higher coronavirus death toll a lot of you say secure. many share food and frustration and tell us historic old town is normally filled with tourist and bartering facilities but 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 with no hotel gas so no taxi rides will surely it doesn't work without 4 interests turkish holiday makers aren't enough of
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these years ago that's all over 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 most of the. gooden says and he's still hopeful but he also knows if the tourists from europe don't come back soon the holiday paradise of a thai young faces a devastating summer. an r d w 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 are hotels for example taking the precautions to prevent infections . well the turkish government is definitely trying to convince travel as and political leaders in europe that tacky is a safe destination this summer they're actively lobbying a number of e.u.
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countries right now has for example launched a so-called healthy tourism program which sets standards when it comes to hygiene and how thin air cords or in hotels rest wrongs of bars or at beaches and from what hotel owners most of the told me inspectors are quite strict when it comes to checking compliance with these rules and untie as 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 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's certainly something european decision makers are taking into account
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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 foraying currencies and the whole sector has been batted by the pandemic already we've seen corona virus forced shutdowns from march to mate 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. german travel warning for turkey is this straining relations between the 2 countries. where
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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 advisories for turkey or publish lists classified turkey as a risky destination that is no objective and scientific reason in the steps turkey has proven itself in its fight against quote 19. germany on the other hand says it wants to monitor how the epidemic here in turkey
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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 and that was. speaking to me a short while ago from istanbul now in other coronavirus news around the world officials in the english beach town of bournemouth have declared a major incident after a massive crowds flock there in hot weather authorities said ignoring public health guidance on the coronavirus was irresponsible the declaration allows them to initiate an emergency response including the deployment of additional police
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patrols. u.s. health officials say as many as 20000000 people may have already been infected with cove it 19 almost 10 times more than the number of confirmed cases as the state of texas pauses plans to reopen its economy amid a surge in coated 19 cases. authorities in one of 2 german districts under 3 nude pandemic lockdown say they're opening 5 new centers for people to get free coronavirus tests the aim is to carry out 10000 tests daily in the town of groucho's low but people are being told to expect long waiting times the town and a neighboring district have become hotspots after an outbreak at a local meat processing plant that infected about $1500.00 people. the meat cutting section the 10 yeses at the center of the outbreak 2 thirds of the workers here have tested positive for corona virus but why did the virus spread like wildfire
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here in particular scientists suspect it could be related to the air cooling and circulation system in the plant but. what we didn't know before is that under these circumstances the research relation of air can keep moving. when that is a risk factor we weren't aware off. for this this is this is the definitive message for today and it will have an impact on the measures we need to implement moving forward consequents and oh could you must know. it was it was stefan palooka works as a technician in the city of to support his company builds and provides maintenance for air conditioning systems according to german law all workplaces need to be supplied with fresh air the chinese meat processing plant is no exception to that there are systems based on research relation they lower the room temperature to between 6 and 10 degrees celsius but the machines used for that only move the
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existing air around they don't add any fresh air. experts now speculate that the research relation system may have spread the virus throughout the plant the processed air is not purified for that it would take a medical grade filter doesn't consider things appliances aren't built to carry filters if one is installed the machine won't be as effective as before it's like buying a sports car and adding a heavy trailer it won't go as fast. nonetheless doubts the air circulation is to blame he says lingering aero souls couldn't withstand the movement and yet slaughterhouses are increasingly becoming corona hotspots no where else do people work as hard and as closely under the same environmental conditions 45 infected workers from a turkey slaughterhouse run by the company viz in whole for currently corn. in these army barracks and lower saxony and north rhine-westphalia 79 employees of a donor combat factory have tested positive but the conditions here are much better
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than a tenuous and still the meat processing environment was fertile ground for the virus . football now in liverpool have been crowned premier league championship champions clinching their personally league title in 30 years they secure the title after their closest rivals manchester city lost to chelsea the victory has made your can call it the 1st german coach to win an english title. yet her. your 30 years of hurt all over for liverpool and barely 30 minutes after they were craned premier league champions thousands of fans descended on anfield to get the party started. yet right yet. here years. reading. the words of the real yes i mean obviously it is real it's it's amazing. to look at.
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liverpool haven't been short of silverware outside of england lately in the last 12 months the one year key in the world cup titles but regaining their status at the top of the english game was their top priority this season for maybe here the success is all die so one man you're going clarke has cited become premier league champions with a record 7 games lead to plea and clark becomes the 1st german coach to win an english title. thanks for watching. on the career. i'm legal and i'm to welcome to the 2nd season on the. planet. the brink of disaster we did long in-depth interview experts about one question how the machine should have set
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