this is the w. news live from berlin one of russia's top film and theater directors found guilty of embezzling public funds curial serve bernie cough now faces a possible 6 years in jail is called the charges. of the case has rattled russia's cultural community. also coming up it's high summer turkey's beaches are ready but where are the holiday makers the spirits on the turquoise coast are low as the pandemic in this travel some people even think the german government has something

against them. and a closer look at the german meat processing plant with an explosion of coronavirus could be air conditioning system be to blame for the plant's 1500 confirmed cases. as welcome to the program in moscow court has handed down a guilty verdict in the controversial case against russian director carroll sir bernie cough he faces 6 years in prison on charges of forming a criminal group with his colleagues and embezzling public funds for a theater project server and pope says the accusations are upset at the trial sparked an international outcry and calls for his release. now let's go straight to moscow where our correspondent emily sherwin is standing by emily severally cough

receives a verdict of guilty and he rejects all accusations himself what evidence have both sides provided. well a server in the cove has been found guilty of large scale fraud and essentially is being accused of embezzling public funds that the ministry of culture gave to him for a theater project called platform-a here in moscow and they say that he was in charge of a group that embezzled those funds now critics here say of course that this case is politically motivated and even one of the judges in charge of the court case last year gave the case back to the prosecution for what that judge says were actually in consistencies in the case of himself says that the case is absurd that it was completely fabricated he says that he didn't have anything to do with funding at all he wasn't in charge of those funds he was just in charge of putting on plays

and performances and he's really maintained his innocence and said that he wants to that he doesn't regret taking artistic freedoms. there were certain court has a lot of international support and the exact sentence is not good to know could this support help him the record of worked internationally as well including in germany we've seen protests in berlin supporting him hundreds of people came out in moscow today in front of the court the court house to support him as well this week the kremlin spokesperson. said that vladimir putin wouldn't be getting involved with this case and he emphasized again that the judiciary here in russia is independent but we have seen seemingly politics and the the timing of cases kind of influence sentencing or at least it seems so that's what critics said

and in this case of course the timing of the case is significant it's happening during a constitutional a vote on constitutional amendments here in russia where russia is certainly interested in presenting itself as a very democratic country only sherman thank you. turkey has opened its borders again and insists it has the coronavirus under control but he would be and governments continue to warn against travel that correspondent julia han with ports the tourism industry the popular holiday resort on tallia is already feeling the heat 3rd. preparing breakfast for his guests under normal circumstances mostafa gudrun 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 though they get enough of

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. 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 this season right now it's really difficult sawfish that. most of us has done everything he can to make his hotel safe the turkish government has issued strict teigen rules that's why goodenow now disinfect rooms and pool chairs several times a day although nobody is using them. to let him use it must get it we have masks for it as you can disinfect your hands everywhere and temperature checks are

scheduled every day 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 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 dan 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 than spain or italy for example they have more coronavirus cases than turkey and a 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 restaurant owners and taxi drivers are wondering how long they can keep going. to be attributed we only have a good of our taxis on the streets and no hotel gas so no taxi rides will surely it doesn't work without foreign tourists turkish holiday makers aren't enough of these years ago that's your style you know that you'll go through all our 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 a good and says and he still hopeful but he also knows if the tourists from europe don't come back soon the holiday paradise of a thai. faces a devastating summer. authorities in one of the 2 german districts on the renewed pandemic lock down say they're opening 5 new centers for people to get free coronavirus tests the aim is to carry out 10000 tests for a day in the town of just little boats people are being told to expect long pugh's town in a neighboring district have become hotspots after an outbreak at a local meat processing plant that infected about 1500 people. in the meat cutting section a 10 yes it's the center of the outbreak 2 thirds of the workers here have tested

positive but why did the virus spread like wildfire here scientists suspect it could be related to the air cooling and circulation system in the plant. but space here. what we didn't know before is that under these circumstances the research kill ation of air can keep aero souls moving that is a risk factor we weren't aware of this long it was enough to stiffen works as an air conditioning technician in the city of deuce book according to german law all workplaces need to be supplied with fresh air the tiniest meat processing plant is no exception to this there are cooling systems based on research elation they lower the room temperature to between 6 and 10 degree celsius but the machines used for that only move the existing air around they don't add any fresh air. experts now speculate that the research relations system may have spread

the virus throughout the plant because the air is not purified and doesn't consider these 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 just won't go as fast or. doubts the air circulation is to blame he says lingering arrows also couldn't withstand the movement and yet slaughterhouses are increasingly becoming corona hotspots. in lower saxony 45 infected workers from a turkey slaughterhouse are currently quarantined in these army barracks and in north rhine-westphalia 79 employees of a donor combat factory tested positive even though the conditions here are much better than a tenuous and still the meat processing environment was fertile ground for the virus. we are now joined by feltham as

a right he's from firm ability that's an organization which offers welfare support to workers and germany's meat production a passport of thank you for joining us you know this industry very well have you been surprised to hear that many plants are a breeding ground for the coronavirus in the 1st moments yes. because for the 1st arc breaks became known the general numbers increasing. at the same time when you look more closely it becomes obvious that their production workers in the meat industry are the high risk and passed something to do with the conditions inside the slaughterhouse and the aspect of the ventilation or air conditioning is only one issue it is the working conditions. of the workers we should talk about what kind of working conditions are you referring to here. yes i talking about the tempo.

workers are complaining about it is the distress the long working hours which can be even 12 or more hours per day this is the narrowness people are in always together inside the production in between work and accommodation and inside it commendation and they are all also in mixing in mixed groups some sometimes they oh working together and then in production then they take a lunch and. have to do is with other people. not far from where you are there is an outbreak at a poultry plant we've just heard about in the report have you been in touch with any of the workers involved that and what have they been telling you michael lake

who is no guarantee me where i go to speak with some of the workers. and they are afraid of being infected of course but they also really frustrated that they there are a lack of information then they don't know how long it will this is ration. will still be like that and they are afraid of who will be paying for all the time what about the cost they they do not everything and even if they are tested they don't get any information about the results they're positive or not. go to missouri from family believes in organization that tackles exportation in the meat industry thank you very much for joining us today. some football news now little paul have been crowned premier league champions clinching

their 1st english league title since 1990 after beating crystal palace for nil on wednesday they simply needed their closest rivals manchester city to lose or draw and city duly dropped points in london and they faced chelsea that means your club has become the 1st german coach ever to win an english title. tons and in mine own as become an overnight millionaire after selling the 2 biggest stones of the jam tanzanite ever record it workers for sonny no eliza on the stone one way 9 he knows the other 5 times of the government paid him the equivalent of almost $3000000.00 euros and plans to put the stones on display in the national museum tanzanite is one of the world's rarest gem stones and it's only found in tanzania. that's it from me and the news team

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