my choice would be scott because given the way to transport the troops. and i will. feel i did stateside center it's independence day weekend from me in the grip of a resurgent covered 19 outbreak so will the millions of americans heed the warnings to keep that distance and stay safe where is the biggest party in the us canada heading towards another health care emergency i'm phil gale in bali and this is the day. this is a category 6 bird. can't act the way we've learned it the best way that we can both

remain open for business while also containing the spread of coalwood i seen this through the strategy of requiring mass that will slow the spread we need the state to me stay away from earth we need to avoid the risk. it's not an either or choice we're mask when it's indicated by local officials or wear a mask when you can't social decisions and i find it somewhat right or so they found 40 years of. also on the day turkey acquits a number of amnesty international volunteers of the terrorism charges while others including imus international's former head in turkey a convicted it's surreal it's it's it's out the child process never happened. to be convicted of membership of a terrorist organizations absolutely. this week has

seen the most rapid increase in new corona virus infections since the u.s. outbreak began at least 15 us states have reported record single day infection figures moved to left health restrictions and reopen the economy have shouted to a halt but this is also the weekend of the 4th of july u.s. independence day events have been scaled back and officials are urging caution of public and private gatherings w.'s washington bureau chief in this poll has been to ocean city maryland to gauge the mood. for many americans this is the 1st time out of 2 months. they are hungry for fun and some. want to celebrate this 4th of july weekend as they normally do. to keep moving on to the fireworks continue normality as much as we can moving back to normalcy is what we'd like to do i think if you take the right precautions there's nothing to be scared they don't want your party to know what you enjoy yourself but you have you know how

many thousands in a group want to protest. how to deal with a pandemic is highly politicized some fear that the restrictions are taking away their personal freedom others just see an irresponsible action. in maryland because it's tourist season now that these places are going to people do not socially distance or where there are. visiting our beaches i don't think. i think he will continue to say it's a hoax and not believe in the science that is there so many places and. this lack of guidance creates a turn them off for business owners between health concerns and remaining competitive. rants in the bar and grill in the 5th generation. we want to know where i'm at but if they don't know where i'm at we can tell them where i'm at because if their right to wear a mask or not i don't feel safe with them around at night when i'm at you know that

flat where i'm at. but yeah i would rather that where. he can make it out you can make it a law that you know that we have to where it is recommended and if there are safety in our health then i you know you could make it where you know you get fined $500.00 if you know where. the united states are facing a new record high of with 19 infections little would you know here at the boardwalk in ocean city maryland the majority of the people is not wearing a mask they tell us we are here to fun we want to celebrate we are done with this why was the business owners obviously do have a different approach they fear that after the weekend they will face a new wave which will lead to a new lockdown and that would bring them to their knees in 2 weeks' time we will know whether the right steps were taken if people celebrated this unprecedented for

them to live in a responsible way for the worst fears of the next wave. to come true. of course if people sticks or social distancing on hygiene advice on where face masks the 4th of july doesn't have to become a super spreader if you haven't but figures going into the celebrations not encouraging let's look at the data shows a number of new cases every day from the beginning of the outbreak in the u.s. i rising steadily at 1st the curve then flattens with cases left and often even falling from the end of april to the middle of june but in the last couple of weeks and being seen new infections skyrocket rocketing again so more than 55000 new infections registered. well dr under 5 go is a global health expert i'm c.e.o. of the health finance institute in washington d.c. welcome to they don't you one of the politicians i asked about rocketing infection

rates they often say that it's because they're doing more testing is that the whole story there in the us. high and they get so much for having me unfortunately that is not the news story the whole story at all we heard across the board in the last 7 days a 38 percent increase in cases we've had over 55 you cut 55000 new cases yesterday and that is unfortunately not due to testing at all but the rates going up again. so infections are increasing that the message from the federal government has been confusing but vice president mike pence who's leading the government's coronavirus that task force now seems to be pushing a consistent message let's just hear from. if all of us will put into practice the guidance from statement local officials which is wash your hands practice good hygiene were a mask when it indicated by local officials or wear

a mask when you can't social distant we know that we can do what florida did for those many months and what other impacted areas around the country did we can slow the spread we can flatten the curve so dr if i go are you satisfied with the federal leadership in this crisis. if there ever was a time to have a true federal nonpolitical response to a national threat then it's because of cool and a virus and the time is really now and i would really like the push of leadership for a more consistent message and for not just putting the onus on local governments but actually at the federal level come out with a statement that yes we need to socially just and we need to perhaps close down like the economy again for a couple of weeks so that we can open the schools and we all need to wear a mask and it's not up to the individual it should be really mandated so i think i am encouraged that there starts to be more consistency at the federal level in

terms of messaging but we're not nearly pulling enough or seeing enough or money leaders so just just to be clear from from your perspective as a global health expert you think there is a case for a locked out to be reimposed at this stage absolutely and unfortunately yes and as everybody else i would love to have a summer where i can travel were my my children can play outside with with other children however we are not there we have close to 60000 new cases per day we might see 100000 new cases we see consistently a 1000 or more deaths each day so for us to really avert just getting even worse we need to unfortunately pull together for a couple of weeks stay indoors again socially distance and then beat the virus in the same fashion that some of our european friends have done so successfully ok so

let's look at the vaccines and the research and of things do you think that the u.s. government is doing as much as it can to fund treatment for covered patients i mean the research into treatments and vaccines. i know that they are funding at least for a big scene trials. for subsequent basis of that's definitely heading in the right direction however i am worried about the excess ability and the pricing when treatment does become available so i think again more should be done and more should be done to guarantee x. is for all because we don't use often will get sick and essential care workers and essential workers are more likely to be exposed so again it's something where i would love to push the government to make sure that publicly funded research also benefits the public and doesn't fall prey to price gouging i do you suspect that

may be. interesting that here in europe just isn't just expected to be there for everyone but you do suspect that might not be the case in the united states. both of you see already for example of mtesa beard at the pricing for americans is higher than the pricing for non americans so it's not whether this is likely to happen health care provision is treated like as if health care was was a free a function in market but we don't choose to get sick so there is what we as economists call an inelastic demand curve if you're sick you're willing to pay almost anything to become better and that means the prices can be driven up if it's not regulated and there's much less price regulation in the us than there is a european market in germany for example there is a there's a negotiation between pharma and the government on how much how much drugs in cost we don't have that in the united states and that means that patients will be

charged more you mentioned the drug rep desi which has cut coronavirus recovery times in a number of patients we heard this week that the u.s. is buying nearly all of the next 3 months projected production of this drug i wonder what you think of that decision. as a global health specialist as in global health is a public good and as such it should be delivery of care should be done should be should be considerate from an ethical perspective and not just from a market perspective so i would love to see a reality where there wasn't this type of hamster body but really making sure that those who need it most have access to it. so. i again i encourage our leaders to make decisions to make sure that we create the greatest public health and greatest public good and that might mean also creating allowing other countries

his or other stakeholders to share in that market ok i had a quick word that the u.s. had since there were independence day festivities or what would be your message to americans this weekend. definitely if you're outside police don't state long in crowded places practice good hygiene and. stable stay with close ones and those who have been socially just is in with and it will be worth it if we want to see your kids in school and minimize that's in the country good talking to you thank you so much for joining us dr under fire from a health partners institute in washington d.c. . thank you so much. but as you heard this drug. it's an antiviral drug that's been found to shorten treatment times recovered $98.00 patients will now be a you has just approved its use after that u.s.

decision to buy up all global stocks now brussels is in talks with the drugs u.s. manufacturer guinea had to try and obtain its own doses but with stocks when playing it's far from certain how much will get. it's set to ease symptoms and reduce the length of the illness it might even save lives and easy via was developed to cure a ball are but is now the biggest hope in the fight against colbert 19 but who gets access to the drug the us department of health and human services has bought up 90 percent of u.s. drug make a production over the next few months. we were not informed by the us government about it and we learned about it through the media to commissioners now as i said a few moments ago. having discussions we've given in detail to reserve a sufficient number of doses for the e.u. member states. this one of the most profitable pharmaceutical companies worldwide

with sales reaching 22000000000 dollars last year the e.u. commission has now approved them to xavier for the e.u. had had promised to deliver as soon as approval is granted but since the us government bought up most of their product there is doubt. if words fail and pleading with doesn't work we do have the option to give german and other drug makers a license to produce the drug even without approval for an appropriate field course . and according to the department of health the german government has already gotten short enough doses of m.d.c. via for. a court in istanbul her sentenced a former leader of rights group amnesty international to 6 years in prison on the verdict against her on a killing on terror related charges brought an end to what critics say was

a politically motivated trial targeting opposition activists the court sentenced 3 other turkish defendants to prison and acquitted 7 german activist petra story was one of those who had free his arrest in istanbul 3 years ago triggered a crisis in relations between germany and turkey. but we can talk now with turkey analyst leslie cervi who's from the center for applied to turn the studies of the german institute of international and security affairs here in a birthing welcome to day to you simply just a parish jordan was charged with aiding a terror organization at this this is the this is the movement led by the muslim preacher effort to look glenn which is outlawed in turkey the evidence against him seemed flimsy at the trial was his acquittal a foregone conclusion. it was a foregone conclusion even the prosecutor going to plan an indictment for his own

people so today everybody knew that she took night i would get i could i would go and say that to his i could so was there so much certain at the moment he was a lot to leave and it was more than 2 years ago and there were some standard cases that i long with an obvious conclusion but it would be wrong to make a connection between luck of everything else and his acquittal because this was not a legal case wasn't based on evidence at the 1st place if it was based on evidence you shouldn't be having this case at all and even if they had the case of a shotgun should just you could throw all 11 defenders should have to see that as you just mentioned phone off down the common so this is not a direct quote action between evidence and court decisions the decisions on what will to motivate them based on evidence ok so everybody expected this. even despite the flimsy evidence everybody expects a base to be kicked out so why go to the expense of having this trial in the 1st

place why not what why why go through this process. well there are several donations of 1st of all domestically cantin years and rest on how the us mint offsets or saved the members of the right to the pound is what's government has been going in for some time now it helps to limit the space for civil society organizations discontinuous to let off courts and cases and as i said even stuff i was expected to see what good will it do it doesn't turn up the same for the old turkish citizens that's the domestic dimension international speaking turkey has now made one of its foreign policy initiatives learn to let us versus them citizens and use the hit areas use the time to sort of behind the bars and of course cases against them is as a bargaining in a large old process some people call it this hostage diplomacy joe public knows the

case of in his huge out on the compound knows the interest and lives of asked around ransom pro-ball that this wouldn't be the last case ok so that see the political dimension get some arrested we have here case there west 7 of these defendants are acquitted turkey is often accused of of having a judiciary that is craven before. the president but i don't know should this case i give us some faith in the country's judiciary. if everybody did receive it i could tell i maybe of you could have talked about that but if you look at the evidence and if you compare the poor people whom you see sentences and other someone who didn't use even sentences it's hard to find any difference i mean just say that the 4 of them sold short stroke and so still the conclusions are not based on evidence or data on fortunately luckily for all you

talked about this idea of sexual thoughts is saying a foreign activists this was a case involving a german citizen and cole was to add another rift between now and then does germany actually have much political difference leverage with turkey. it does are germany is a major discounts and of course us a lover's box turkey also commercially has lots of loaded over germany and head down the up to date matters what matters is that each side is whether to use his you know which are loaded and the site is legit to take this risk one applying those limits and for the time being it seems that turkey is more eager to use old ownership has more active and more offensive in that sense sometimes all playing starts. germany jermaine's more possible i would say it's not about liking

loads but it's about willing to take this risk by employing those levers so this this case this is one of many that were brought up after the failed coup from 2016 how has president wants crackdown since then reshaped the country. preschool and apollo crop crackdown has accelerated massoud accelerated an order to ongoing process and that process was preserving the democratic institutions preserving fishel image of a democracy wide undermining all the substance of it that i say undermining substance it involves undermining the independence of good you should it undermining look lol limiting civil society organizations curtailing freedom of expression and freedom of a right to the. right to form a should all this substantial elements of democracy is being eroded and tiredly so

they it's fair to say that turkey is a dictatorship with the local elections and we don't have to guess to do shows that will not function thank you for joining us. from the german institute for international and security f.m.'s thank you. make is about plans to phase out coal as an energy source by 2038 the government's trying to end the country's dependence on fossil fuels in favor of renewable resources like wind power the climate activists say 18 years is too long to wait. a future without coal power the message put out loud and clear by environmental activists who drifted across the front of the german parliament for those protesting in berlin germany's plan to abandon call in 18 years time will be too

little too late they want the end of coal to happen sooner to meet the targets set out in the paris climate agreements. which we are protesting against the core law because it doesn't promote the coal phase out because it leaves coal fired power plants on the grid and because it betrays the paris climate agreements for the this cold is a historical mistake among the paris agreement and it gives the companies billions in compensation without receiving anything on return. the law is the result of 3 years of consultation a process almost as laborious as abandoning call itself the aim to reassure industry that it will still get reliable power and at the same time to persuade people in the affected regions that after inevitable job losses new opportunities will emerge more than 40000000000 euros were earmarked for projects in the

collected corners of the country on top of compensation for coal plant operators. and his tortious that this really is a historic step germany is one of the 1st industrialized countries to end both coal and nuclear electricity generation at the same time the way has been prepared by a commission including many different groups and parts of society this is now been turned into law and that's a great success. with nuclear power production also set to be abandoned by 2022 germany is setting the course for a carbon free future it hopes that other countries may also follow soon. to botswana where authorities are trying to work out why hundreds of elephants have been found dead over recent months conservationists are alarmed because there doesn't seem to be any clear sign of what's causing the deaths you may find some images in this report upsetting. the elephants are dying

hundreds of carcasses scattered across the beautiful landscape of botswana the cause still a mystery it doesn't seem like they died at the hands of poachers their valuable tusks have not been removed the 2 most likely explanations for their deaths poisoning or disease several elephants were spotted by locals in the area looking weak and disoriented or have difficulty walking whenever they went out there were they would see more and more old ones. and also. ones who were you know. war heroes you're what about to appear. and it seemed they were even dying you know very suddenly and some of the corpuses were animals or the whole and go all walking there are more than 130000 elephants in botswana the world's largest

population to some they've become a pest with the government saying such high numbers have led to conflicts with humans as they eat farmers' crops last year they became targets again when authorities lifted a 5 year ban on elephant hunting and sparking outrage among conservationists worldwide but today authorities in conservationists alike are focusing on the mysterious deaths they're hoping to find out what's happening so they can stop the elephants dying. while many festivals around the world have been cancelled this year because of a coronavirus pandemic one event in belgium has managed to find a work around the paradise city and music festival has reinvented itself to adapt to physical distancing roles i putting party goers and small boats of 8 friends and it was a much smaller event than usual with only $400.00 people are to attend but it usually

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