morning. this is the w. news the wire from berlin and hacked and hijacked scammers access a series of high profile twitter accounts and an apparent cryptocurrency scam bill gates of barack obama and long must are among a number of public figures research council voted to be asking people to make a big point transfers also coming up on the show russia cracks down on opposition protests more than 100 demonstrators are arrested after collecting signatures against putin's recent constitutional reforms. and berlin's pro tennis tournament

with fans in attendance could be a blueprint for global sports there are fewer checks and facemasks and event of virus killing and disinfection tunnel. i'm claire richardson welcome to the show the twitter accounts of several major global figures have been hacked in a crypto currency scam barack obama joe biden and elon musk were among those with accounts hijacked by scammers posting tweets to dupe people into making big donations the tweets told users of the social media platform they had 30 minutes to send $1000.00 in back when donations in order to double their money twitter temporarily stopped many verified accounts from tweeting and said it was looking into the instead and. well our reporter our pardon so as he has. following this

story for us about how did this happen well it's believed that a hacker or group of hackers and very adept ones at that were able to get past the cyber security system of twitter and then from there they were able to get into the individual accounts of some very well off people the names of which you have mentioned already just for an example and then they made a bogus post saying you know what limited time offer you can double your money and so a number of people fell for it and you know it's a blow to to it to twitter frankly and what has twitter's reaction been to this incident where they looked into it very quickly but it took them a few hours to finally post on their website that they've limited access now to a number of accounts they've also made it impossible to change passwords for a while and that's because when some people saw that they had a problem with their twitter account they would change their past for get rid of the post and then would come up again and that's probably because the hackers were able to see the change happening and they just reposed to so this went back and

forth and so now twitter has stopped that are and how much damage can we say it was done well we know through the bitcoin accounting system that these hackers made more than 100000 us in bitcoin and that came from but 300 so-called donors but i think the biggest temperature right now is to twitter's reputation and they're going to have to revamp their system all right i pads there is a thank you very much for that analysis. more than $100.00 demonstrators in russia have been detained during a protest against recent changes to the country's constitution protesters had gathered to collect signatures against the constitutional amendments which were passed earlier this month when they began to march through the city center police moved in. dozens of arrests follow anti-government protests in the russian capital where officers in riot gear forcefully rounded up protesters people took to the streets to protest the outcome of a recent referendum on constitutional reforms that allowed president putin to

govern for another 16 years i'm with you we do not accept the results of the constitutional reforms vote we believe it was all raked we are against the crackdown on independent journalists we are for a rotation in government and we want our country to have an opportunity to live well she told. the controversial vote that amended the constitution earlier this month also included populist measures such as an effective ban on gay marriage as part of their campaign protesters also collected signatures against britain's new measures $5000.00 signatures were collected according to moscow city councilor mina. i am not afraid of anything don't believe it don't hope and don't ask but do what you think is necessary if i am arrested so be it if they give me a fine so be it we will handle it somehow. well protesters here remain defiant the kremlin's crackdown on dissenting voices seems to become even harsher

after putin's recent victory. well let's go now to some other stories making news around the world in brazil coronavirus cases are now approaching 2000000 more than 1200 people died from kobe 1000 on wednesday pushing the country's overall death toll past 75000 brazil has the 2nd highest number of cases and fatalities after the united states despite these figures brazil's main cities are continuing to reopen shops and return to normal life. authorities on the spanish island of majorca have ordered the immediate closure of bars and nightclubs in beachfront areas popular with young tourists images of german and british visitors partying without face masks and ignoring social distancing whirls as legit fears of another coronavirus outbreak. iran says at least 7 ships have been damaged in

a blaze that broke out at a shipyard in the southern port of bush air there's been a string of unexplained fires and explosions at military nuclear and industrial sites across the country since late june. well it's a win for the irish government the tech giant apple and company is looking to do business in europe on wednesday a court struck down a decision by the european union that ordered apple to pay the irish government 13 a 1000000000 euros in unpaid taxes ireland has long denied that its tax arrangements with apple amount to a legal state. the european commission is expected to appeal the ruling to the european court of justice. the ruling hums a big legal victory to the e.u. general court said the e.u. commission did not succeed in showing that the tech giant had received an illegal economic advantage in ireland over its low taxes the decision is a major blow to competition commission immigrates avesta is efforts to crack down

on low tax regimes in the block. the commission fully behind the object if that all companies should pay their fair share of tax if member states gives certain mo to national companies tax advantages not available to their rivals this harms fair competition in the e.u. to the e.u. commission has 2 months time to decide if it wants to challenge the ruling in need use highest court the core of the problem is that the e.u. does not have one common tax code but the moment firms officially pay 12.5 percent corporate tax in ireland that's compared with the e.u. average of 21.3 percent officially companies in germany have to cough up at least 30 percent that alone has attracted many companies to ireland and in fact apple paid far less tax at times for example as little as 0.005 percent in 2014 when the tech giant pay just $50.00 euros tax on every 1000000 euros in profit

is the 2nd ruling that the e.u. commission has lost last year the institution lost a case against starbucks which was accused of owing $30000000.00 euros in back taxes to the netherlands it all shows how difficult it is to crack down on cases of alleged corporate tax avoidance. here in germany caring for the elderly is a job that's done in large part by migrant workers from eastern europe many of them are on call around the clock providing help to hundreds of thousands of elderly people but many carers a say they're being seriously underpaid for their work one bulgarian carer has now taken around portia court for a legit exploitation. coffee and cake in the afternoon a german tradition that reminds davina of the time she spent in berlin as a care worker. back then she looked after an elderly german woman.

i was on hand 24 hours a day. if i got up when she was in pain and called out for me to change her bed clothes or diaper. i didn't have any free time or days on. the monday i worked through the whole time. but i mean that. according to her work contract to a prenup was only meant to work 6 hours a day and was not on standby the rest of the time she's now the 1st eastern european care worker to sue for back pay but she's not the only one. with the women tell us and what happens all the time is that they don't have the courage to speak up because they're afraid they'll lose their job and they think they'll be put onto a kind of blacklist and won't be able to get a job in this industry again. the federation of trade unions is helping with the bring this court case. i'm going to move positions the agencies work in

a way that gives them the lowest risk and the highest amount of flexibility. but in the end it's the care workers who are the victims that has an on the tongue. around 300000 elderly people in germany are looked after in their homes by care workers from eastern europe mostly from poland and romania and bulgaria placement agencies promised german families personnel who will be available around the clock to look after their relatives. and if we don't have enough caregivers and especially not registered caregivers or sons it's who would be able to fill these extra $300000.00 jobs so we are dependent on the care workers from eastern europe to take care of the elderly there's no other way mentions of. this being there is now following the trial from bulgaria the labor court in berlin had already ruled on the lawsuit and ordered her former employer to pay her 42000 euros

in back wages but the sentence was appealed the final decision is now pending. the camargue message to my colleagues and all the others is you have responsibilities but you also have rights that you should defend but i. the question now is whether other care workers will follow in her footsteps. sports now and for the 1st time since the coronavirus pandemic began spectators are attending a major sporting event in germany the exhibition tennis tournament in berlin all the main tennis tours have been suspended since mid march organizers hope the berlin tournaments might provide a blueprint for others to follow. they says we're going to watch sport looks like at the moment temperature checks facemasks and even this a disinfection tunnel the tunnel sprays

a mist that is said to kill the virus on clothes and shoes it's the 1st time since the start of the pandemic that more than a handful of fans have been allowed into a sporting event in germany this is a little bit strange as of course but we are used to it from the last 4 months ago so everything is all right with a mouse one good point with tennis is that you most of the time outside. inside the stadium fans a c.t. it away from each other a maximum of 800 people are allowed into this 5000 capacity arena on course the ball boys and ball girls wear masks and gloves and there are no line judges with the umpire helps by electronic line calls we are trying our best that everything is safe for the players and for the organizers and so far so good austria's dominant team is the top ranked male player here he and others were tested for coronavirus

at the weekends they've been staying in a hygiene bubble shuttled from their hotel to the stadium for matches and practice . from the safety point of view or think all. all measures are perfect here. it's a far cry from these pictures players including team partying at the recent andrea tour organized by world number one novak djokovic each some participants quote coronavirus at the event mistakes it's clear. no walk in than all the others i mean we didn't commit any crimes so. we have to we have to say that point really learn from the mistakes we did. then it's a good thing and we have to be careful for tournament director barbara written it's a chance for tennis to restore its reputation we have to give the proof of the

tennis family that we can do it that we are able to take responsibility that that we found out the way that it is possible to play with a couple of spectators us well we could be a role model in future even even for the u.s. tournament you know this would were maybe the hygene show would be a key for spectators. representatives to cover tournament here this week to see what they can and with many players still unsure about participating in the u.s. open next month props what's happening here in berlin can convince them it's safe to do so. but. don't forget you can always get d.w. news on the go just download our app from google play or from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications up for any breaking news and if you are part of a news story you can also use video if you have to send us photos and videos of what's happening. of course you can also stay up to date on our websites that dot

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