not means braman have the charms to secure survival through the relegation play. you're watching the news don't forget you can get up to date on all the later sign out web site that's the give me dot com follow us on twitter and instagram as well back to the news i'm michael okwu thanks for joining us. i'm not proud of my will not succeed in dividing us about not succeeding taking the people off the streets because we're tired of this dictatorship. taking the stand global news that matters d w made from minds. i'm going crazy thing in all the time. how to handle a new allies in times of the current

a pandemic d.w. reporter. just like everyone else and she's looking for answers thankfully with the help of jamie expect a few of the. thank you is not life as we know it. in this together our new web series. this week a gold stories belgium facing up to its colonialist past south africa can herbal remedies help against the corona virus. first to iraq the country was hit hard early in the kobe 1000 pandemic and is now in the throes of a 2nd wave of infections 10000 to raney and who had the disease have died so far. to iran's metro. not toria 3 crowded for safety at the pen demick face masks are

mandatory here as well as physical distancing among travelers. in a city with lots of regulations already covered 19 has added even more to the mix. all over the capital every day life is returning to business as usual after a 4 month iranians seem to have lost any fear of the virus things are almost as normal as if there were no problem at all i've seen many people who don't care anymore we have many sick and deaf people because people don't obey the rules they don't listen they don't keep distance they even kiss each other. and covert 19 is making a comeback over the past we go around has reported more than 2000 new infections every day experts like to see say the country is in the midst of a 2nd wave. it's bigger even bigger than the

1st but not. the 1st or maybe because this. situation. but it's. for now to iran's hospitals are able to cope and while the sanctions imposed by the u.s. make it difficult to import medical equipment they have also decreased the country's dependency on imported goods so unlike many other countries iran never run out of protective equipment because it's produced in iran still dr ali horizontal sea is concerned he fears this republic's international isolation could make it difficult to get a hold of a potential vaccine. so to avoid a further spread of the disease his contribution to a channel on instagram that informs iranians about covert 19 but as far as we have not educated enough people maybe just you know taking some

more strict decisions and restrictions in some some places but. that is something most people and tehran fred of vendors are still trying to recover from the weeks of lockdown and spring which made their already bad economic situation even worse. in belgium thousands of anti-racism activists say it's time to really face up to the country's colonialist past especially the cruel tyranny imposed on the congo by king leopold the 2nd. finally and betsy feels a little less alone. 4 years beyond historian has tried to challenge the way belgium deals with its colonial past now she's among thousands calling for the removal of all monuments of the country's longest serving monarch the man who

headed up a brutal colonial regime in what is now the democratic republic of congo king leopold the 2nd. we all know that both teachers have a symbolic belward and i'm totally feels that for some people. they are they don't want us to demonstrate or they will don't want people to demonstrate and to see with these not because they want to keep those issues there they want to keep elf in earth of inferior team. pundits he was born in belgium but had to fight racism all her life she struggled to forge a career in the arts facing many rejections now she has opened her own gallery that spotlights the work of black artists. because the reason here is very sceptical and this is what mrs nixon it's so dangerous and so

home for 2 there are so many examples like if you're looking for an apartment you have to say i understand yeah that you know don't waste my time i'm black are maybe not maybe your bread apartment has a reading has already been taken statues of leopold the 2nd like this one in the seaside resort of ostend are everywhere but there is no mention that his lavish public spending was financed by congolese robber and no mention of the millions of congolese people killed in the process instead the official website directs tourists to a walking tour highlighting how the king's achievements bolstered the town's prestige. under 2 years collecting her son she wants him to learn as much as possible about his family's history her own mother still remembers the brutal reality of colonial rule in the midst 20 century unethical and not our parents back

in africa didn't want us to see how they were abused so one day they told me not to come near but i was curious so i hid and saw how they slapped my father. why are they doing this i asked. and he replied i was punished because i didn't have enough money to pay our taxes. lives in books and betsy knows that many parents of congolese descent do not like to share on pleasant memories but for her son and the generations to come she feels transparency is the best way forward. to india to this a cliff and so fast that i saw all those family secrets are passed down from generation to generation and raise on people when you say things clearly this allows future generations to cope with the past so they don't become victims of

what remains in our collective consciousness him to suggest your own key west to donna also critiqued if. everywhere you go in belgium you come across colonial monuments confronting the reality of this past is a painful but crucial process what's he feels now a 1st step has been made. next stop south africa the w.h.o. says a substance derived from the artemisia plant may be used in combination to treat uncomplicated malaria but some people in south africa hope it might also help tackle the coronavirus that's a boon for farmers. in south africa's eastern cape province farmer john obvious sally and his family are picking the herb african the war would. be. the family can pick as many as 10 backs at the. back in the village they sell the

plan for 4 euro's a back prices have increased along with demand for the herb is a pedophile's you know with many believe floorman which can protect them from the koran of virus although there's no scientific proof. of being in one chinese name for you to think. pretty you feel way lisi. who come clean. the rain of. the villagers also believe in warm woods medicinal properties they've been using it for generations even though the village has no electricity no one here has been to the doctor for years one which is prized as one of the most powerful medicinal herb people here say it clears up a stomach ache in half an hour and a fever in 3 days. there's also a growing demand in big cities such as port elizabeth an hour's drive from the village the corona virus is spreading rapidly and urban areas despite the lockdown

normal userland plans he has been growing warm wood for the last year her grandmother has been taking it for flu now. business is brisk glans we have sold 20 bunches today for one euro each but she doesn't believe it can protect people against corona i wasn't there i was going to take them to the doctor and. i don't need a group of day. they're here they're still there to investigate think about it just do don't know about it. i don't know about god. but farmer john i was sally does feel safe from the virus is a daily cup of warm wood she has a bitter taste but he reckons it's worth it why would he says helped his grandmother to the wife spent as from the. last stop germany here the fridays for future movement has suspended many of its

well known activities because of the pandemic so they've been thinking up new ones . elena marshall and jacob basil are fridays for future activist they took part in the protest that turned the environmental movement into a household name the coronavirus pandemic put an end to such mass gatherings fridays for future is now looking for new ways to raise awareness. of course you have to maintain social distancing that means that we for instance paint crosses on to the streets in some cities and people keep their distance by standing on those marks or we form human change with people holding tape to keep apart and some cases we won't bring people onto the streets that are but instead use items like protest signs. as part of online protest fridays for a future place 10000 placards in front of the german parliament in april but the

activists know such digital demonstrations won't be enough to push their message in the long term. i think we were right to hold back but now our voice needs to be heard again we have to remind people what is most important we have to be confident in clear that the climate crisis is the biggest crisis of the century we have to treat it that way. ahead of us and they are also keen to take up the fight again extension rebellion are back with what they're calling rebellion weak civil disobedience is compatible with social distancing as this sit in at an industrial lobby headquarters in berlin shows. where only a small group i'm glued to this spot and the rebels below me have chained themselves to it this is how we protest and i think it's entirely appropriate as.

the risk of infection weighs heavily on the climate protests which have been forced to reinvent themselves. and there are strong hippie bivens at this 24 hour demo in a berlin park. we don't want to limit ourselves to big demonstrations where you go out on the streets for only an hour and all that counts is your slogan and the amount of people who show up we want to offer a space for people to exchange ideas. they think of more colorful and creative but with the pandemic preventing big turnouts climate protests have yet to reach their earlier power to exert political pressure.

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