this is news coming to you live from berlin he dismissed as a little flu and rules on social distancing now he has the disease himself are still present tests positive for the coronavirus will it lead to a change in his behavior also coming up president trump has formally told the u.n. that the u.s. is pulling out of the world health organization look at the implications of the firestick celebrates. its rights and say that the w.h.o.

needs urgent reform plus even ability tesla is coming to town while tesla rushes to get its new factory up and running locals have mixed feelings about the new neighbor will take a look at the construction site just outside. hello i'm terry martin glad to have you with us brazil's president has tested positive for the corona virus also nora has downplayed the severity of the disease for months describing it as a little flu critics said it was only a matter of time before he caught the disease themself as he's failed to socially distance and has largely refused to wear a mask in public. from the very beginning of the outbreak of which i have also repeatedly played down the risks of the corona virus and initially described this

as a little flu he also flouted social distancing recommendations and other measures including lying face masks in public. has been tested 3 times previously all came back negative however on cheese day the brazilian rightwing leader who found a local media he had tested positive for covert 19 or soon to be a bit of a well ok started on sunday with a certain feeling of being on well the cult was a monday with newsier tiredness a bit of muscle pain and to fever that reached 38 degrees in the names of the new and i then thought that with the sentiments and with the presidential doctor believing it to be a possible curve in 1000 infection i had a c.t. scan at a military hospital here in brasilia my lungs were clear. brazil is the 2nd worst hit country in the world after the us with more than 65000 deaths

and at least 1600000 coronavirus cases. despite this pass restaurants and other businesses are slowly reopening the people still have doubts and they're getting as long as we follow the safety measures with space between the tables i think it's worth reopening but we are the only ones in here but if for instance there's someone on another table i think i would probably feel uncomfortable the w.h.o. has one the pandemic is far from over as it's taking its toll around the world bodies. that have now been moved 11400000 cases of corporate 19 and more than 535000 lives have been lost the outbreak is accelerating. and we have clearly not reached dippy quoth the pundit meek the motown folk in isolation on superstar perceived in presence and. a speedy

recovery in battle against the cover in the finest. earlier we asked correspondent mathias if it looked like olson r.-o. would change his views on covert 19 now that he has z. i think he might not change his views and his opinion on the crisis because his motto is business 1st economy 1st in order to be reelected in 2 years so i think he will stay the same president as before and all the signs that we see so far are going to the same direction. residents of melbourne in australia are getting ready to return to lockdown for 6 weeks due to the new spike in corona virus infections there police have also been deployed along the victoria state border to enforce quarantine measures the state has seen a spike in coben 1000 cases in recent days australian prime minister scott morrison

promised his government would provide financial aid to local businesses which are worried they won't survive at all to lock down. this is for more we're joined by melanie burton she's a journalist working for reuters in melbourne australia milt melanie a city of 5000000 being forced back into lockdown mode how do people feel about that. well thank you for having me i think everyone's feeling a bit flat we just started having some of the restrictions being eased just started i cannot say that was exciting at school holidays now but yeah now well we're all back in our houses and not going anywhere we've been metropolitan melbourne anyway the border between the states of victoria new south wales those are australia's 2 most populous states borders up closed what do you impact is that going to hurt of

all of australia and it's so-called only. yes so the border between the 2 states it's a river and so 2 it has a number of. towns that straddle each sides of the ball at us but people it's pretty common for people to leave on one side and work on another site this morning you had who lays checking everybody who is coming either to over the bridge isn't that what he's for more than an hour just to get do you have time once you get to your price of wegg most of those areas at a fairly regional and fairly grows so the disruption is south will be pretty likely last what it means i think for people here who have been planning color days after the fest up down you know maybe they the kids wanted to going to visit cousins in another state well i guess that's not going to be happening now ok can you tell us why australia is suffering the spike in corona virus infections now.

yes sure unfortunately it's just the state i mean victoria where we've seen a big jump in new infections more than we saw the fets time around we had record infections displayed about nearly 200 on a single day so i knew south wales western australia my stuff that countries still like a and current a virus restrictions are easing so it's just this one state authorities believe it's to do with so much training travel as he were in quarantine heights health and security at quarantine not one i mean strict protocols. in regards to sanitation. millet thank you very much for talking with us i was journalist melanie burton in melbourne australia. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world today german

chancellor is set to meet with european lawmakers today as the country assumes the presidency of the e.u. council is expected to focus on bolstering support for a multi-billion euro corunna criers crisis recovery package which has faced resistance from some e.u. members. demonstrators have stormed the serbian parliament in the capital belgrade to protest a renewed lockdown president alexander of which imposed a curfew and banned gatherings of more than 5 people after a surge in corona virus deaths 13 people died of corona virus on tuesday serbia's highest single day death toll. and china has opened a new national security office in hong kong which comes a week after china imposed a controversial new national security law on the territory security headquarters is located across from big torii a park a frequent site of opposition protests. thai police have seized over

1400000 tablets of met him meth amphetamine and rested 3 suspects in a raid in lampung the province lies in the north of the country in the so-called golden triangle or thailand laos meet the region is a hub for drug smugglers. the coronavirus crisis is having a major impact on millions of h.i.v. patients who are reliant on lifesaving drugs it's estimated that nearly 40000000 people across the world are living with hiv although there is no cure for the disease that causes aids and. medication helps control it but the 1000 pandemic is interrupting drug supply lines the u.n. has warned that long term disruption could result in additional half a 1000000 deaths. to be. have preferred not to come to the clinic today

because of the corona virus and to avoid questions from neighbors to me is not her real name she prefers to remain anonymous i knew she was a charity positive and wants to make sure her one year old daughter does not become infected. in my family and you. know. because they like to call from a little bit build they judge you own the sin of pride because you don't know your future would have been to you after all. so you don't need to charge for. one in 5 mothers in khayelitsha township is age i'd be positive a few years ago 2 out of every 5 children also had the virus but now the chances of a chevy being passed on that are less than 5 percent south africa has made significant progress of the fight against hiv the government pays for the medicines and aid agencies like doctors without borders help with education programs in

normal times a group of mothers with h. i.v. meteo once a month to go in a crisis means the meetings have been cancelled. to gain from the groups a chance discussing with p. is the end. time to discuss with defense and the internet that so now that the group happening anymore. it is really afraid to post natal clubs the medics know how mothers on a one to one basis hiv is still a serious problem here. the hospital is much energy than usual because of covered 19 many patients void hospitals and therefore don't have access to their medication experts believe this could have a strong negative impact on hiv aids but also with tuberculosis patients in the future. to be knows her medication significantly increases her own life expectancy . in the future age i.v. in corona. will no longer be a danger to a door. in the states announced its formal withdrawal from the world health

organization u.s. president all trump threaten to leave the w.h.o. and permanently cut funding to the organization back in may over disagreements about how to respond to the global coronavirus endemic trump accuses the u.n. agency of quote pushing chinese misinformation although he had praised china's handling of the outbreak at the beginning of the year the u.s. was largest financial contributor to the w.h.o. . well for more now i'm joined on the line by professor paul a brave woman and she's the director of the center on social disparities in health at the university of california in san francisco thanks for being with us professor know you are among 750 scholars and health professionals who signed a letter to congress condemning the trump administration's decision to withdrawal from the w.h.o. why do you think it's the wrong move. well i think it's mitt if trump succes and that's not entirely clear i must say but if he did

succeed with this it would represent a huge step backward for humanity means the united nations and its core agencies including w.h.o. rose from the ashes and the horror of world war 2 the nazi holocaust and the atomic bomb and it was a repudiation of hatred and brutality and based on a wrecked recognition that either humanity would fall further into the abyss or people would cooperate and collaborate with each other and even support each other to achieve a better life for everyone unfortunately the current president of the united states does not share these values but i do think that most americans do ok well the w.h.a. of course is concentrating on global public health and donald trump is not alone in criticizing the w.h.o. his handling of the coronavirus pandemic many say the organization was too slow

didn't get sufficient warning failed to scrutinize what was happening in china and short that the w.h.o. is guilty of gross negligence or these not valid criticisms. but. i don't think that those arms are valid criticism which is not to say that things could not have been done better but i would feel pretty comfortable venturing to say that compared with trunks handling of the pandemic in the us the w.h.o. i think would come out looking far more adequate and that really what many of us think that he's trying to do with this movie cities he's looking for a scapegoat to hide his own incompetence is generally action of unity and his total lack of compassion or empathy the covert pandemic i wanted to focus on the w.h.o. itself do you not agree that the w.h.o.

needs to be reformed. i agree that the w.h.o. needs should be reformed but it is not a basket case and there isn't much that is good there. and the argument that an institution needs to be reformed is not and an argument for destroying it and i don't think anyone has provided evidence. that would lead us to believe that the w.h.o. should be destroyed should not exist at all professor thank you very much for talking with us that was best for paula braitman she's director of the center and social disparities in health at the university of california san francisco my pleasure. well the united states remains the country hardest hit by the credit virus and it's getting worse despite sharp rises in new covered $9000.00 cases across the country many areas are going ahead with reopening that includes the

southern state of georgia or around a 1000 people are testing positive each day but officials there are easing restrictions intended to control the pandemic as public life resumes african-americans are among those facing the greatest risk. things looked like they are getting back to normal at lake allatoona just 20 miles northeast of georgia's capital atlanta about off boaters are back on the water and nobody's wearing a mask in downtown atlanta and across the entire state a growing number of shops and restaurants are reopening back in business ended work by order of the governor but not so fast with deacon at county atlanta who drive a fairly common sign these days we're told that predominantly affluent african-americans live here however today long lines of cars from the parking lot again for a box of vegetables and tobacco frozen chicken breasts one per car and household.

was going to be good. good old reporting that look good for you this is john beals he's a chef and used to have a thriving catering business then cope with 1000 hits their own corner selling barbecue. says the state's decision to loosen restrictions early and widely means he can work and feed his family but of course he knows about the potential health risks and that makes him feel uneasy. now how can you open a country with no cure it's like seeing the people out to discount to see what happened is so many words like guinea. african americans living in atlanta since directly under privileged communities have suffered the most from the covert 1000 knocked down and also from one. many say was a hasty reopening of the state they were paying jobs live in so-called food deserts with no access to healthy nutrition let alone quality health care or education yet

they're often so-called front line workers with no other options for work the coronavirus death rate of black americans is roughly $2.00 times higher than that off white and asian americans and twice as high as the death rate for latinos we meet pastor anthony moti he says by reopening the state for business too quickly the governor willfully put primarily african-american lives in danger what we're doing is after going to the leaders and. the. use of mess. the pastor says president trump is ultimately to blame for ignoring the disproportionate number of african-americans dying from covert 19 across the country convinced trump will pay a heavy price for this. in the presidential elections come this november for now he wants his congregation to stay home urging them not to go to work or even come to

church. one of many things that's changed because of kurva 19 is flying many countries have closed their borders leading to airlines being grounded and people staying put but some people are beginning to miss the experience of flying now some tourists have come up with the way of compensating for their loss but you know this is about the last call for china airlines flight 1168 from taipei to taipei flight time 3 and a half hours that's right a flight to nowhere and it's fully booked have you missed flying dated 180 yes definitely i haven't been abroad for 6 months. it's all very new style jake remembering how flying works bringing back happy holiday memories passport control

security and what's in your back. given. all of us on that. don't forget g g 3 and a quick selfie with the tiger. applause for the airport fire fighters and then it's time to head for the gate. fantastic a freshly disinfected cabin. like. just by knowing. you. didn't miss the a final security check and then it's time for the fantasy flight to lift off although the actual plane stays firmly on the ground. for sightseeing flight would be nice though i don't think i want to waste fuel. and indeed it doesn't the micro break may be over but there's plenty of fun still to come

temperature check core unseen rules customs forms. prostitute control and the drug squad detection dog. that tell the man what was the best bit thinking at the nazi ideas long will the plane being disinfected. off the flight landed on time and it's carbon neutral only no will among travel experience. now for some business news highlights boeing has settled claims related to the crash of a 737 max jet in indonesia 2 years ago u.s. plane maker did not disclose the amount of compensation the crash followed by another one in ethiopia led to the grounding of all 737 max planes. thousands of fins are in local fields to save this year's berry harvest coronavirus restrictions have kept many of the usual foreign pickers away finland normally needs about

$16000.00 seasonal workers a year casual farm worker earns 8 euros 40 an hour for filling a 7 kilogram crate. new york regulators say deutsche bank has agreed to pay $150000000.00 to settle claims that it broke compliance rules in its dealings with the late sex offender geoffrey epstein a regulator said deutsche bank failed to detect or prevent millions of dollars of suspicious transactions including payments to epstein's coconspirators and some russian models thing. if you ask investors electric carmaker tesla is the most valuable car company in the world but that's based on their hope that the company can be an industry giant like books flying toyotas or g.m. to get there though tesla needs to build a lot more cars and they're making progress construction of a new factory near berlin is ahead of schedule though not everyone in the

neighborhood is pleased. if if the fires in question located 40 kilometers southeast of the german capital berlin it's here include hyder that tesla wants to begin producing electric vehicles by the middle of next year construction of the plant set to employ some 10000 people is a ready well underway. the multi-billion euro investment is music to the ears of show kid who envisions renewal in a long forgotten region. this is an incredible opportunity for the region and we need to caesar's young people who emigrated may be tempted to come back because of the jobs on offer but this is a good chance for us to entice young families who might have moved to states like barack or bavaria. getting in touch with tesla isn't

easy the company did not respond to an interview requests from d.w. . many environmentalists are furious that the electric giant has pressed ahead with construction despite not having the final green light to do so other concerns include the vast quantity of water the factory will consume while tesla has promised to address that issue activists like nadine and spend a lot of my ass say it doesn't go far enough to date some 370 objections to the factory has been submitted but they coronavirus means there won't be a public hearing until september. what happens to us as her criticism isn't accepted at all the people who speak out against the project don't get to listen to their many people who are really involved and want to contribute but they just get ignored we need to listen to be involved we need transparency and democracy but we really need our politicians to take our resources and protected areas seriously and

to put their foot down when needs be it seems to turn of gloom hide where the factory will be located has 8000 inhabitants. could draw a further $10000.00 to the region some locals fear this will mean more traffic and less unspoiled nature. others like are excited he regularly flies his drone over the construction site he's fascinated by what's going. and on. as mine as it is. in my view this is a very forward looking company. where nothis rocketing the market with 500000 electric cars supposed to hit the market here it will encourage other companies to embrace electric mobility and get things moving. too big he posts his drone footage on twitter giving both those for and against the project a bird's eye view of what's going on. this is t w news here's

a reminder of our top story this hour brazilian president charles norah says he has tested positive for covert 19 having previously dismissed the season as being quote just a little flu he's also drawing criticism for saying that taking steps to stop brazilians contract in the seas was not worth the effort. and president trump has formally announced that the u.s. is pulling out of the world health organization he had been threatening to leave for disagreements about the global pandemic and e.q. used the u.n. of agency of being quote a puppet of china. get you can always get the the news only go just download our from google play store they'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and if you are part of the news story yourself you can also use to send us photos and

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