this is the way we do it. nollywood starts august 7th on d w. i. this is it of the news live from berlin our u.s. consulate closes in china as tensions between washington and beijing escalated u.s. marines lowered the american flag at the trunk diplomatic mission it comes just days off the shutdown of the chinese consulate in houston amidst u.s. allegations as for knowledge. and spanish teachers open to some hungry totus

again but for how much longer this concern after the u.k. imposes a 2 week transit i was returning from spain. i'm british welcome to the program u.s. marines have lowered the american flag and u.s. diplomatic staff have left their consulate in the southwestern chinese city of chengdu beijing ordered the closure into television for washington's shutting down of the chinese consulate in houston u.s. secretary of state. had called the facility a center for spying. hundreds of onlookers gathered to watch the evacuation of the u.s. consulate in chengdu china though many took selfies and waved chinese flags norge numbers of police officers plus a quick stop to any provokers of gestures. that

was. the closure has stoked nationalist sentiment in china. but it is. i improve the u.s. close star consulate i think we should should there's 2 it has been said many times if we are to have a trade war something should have been done long time ago china rarely got aggressive i support china closing all of the u.s. consulates and embassy. others what i fear most is that the u.s. won't just stop and that might get uglier. with just hours to go before the departure deadline shipping containers were loaded up while signs

were stripped from the building. the departure follows the closure of china's consulate in houston texas last week and made allegations of espionage and intellectual property theft. the tit for tat diplomatic route marks an escalation in the tensions between the 2 superpowers over a range of issues including trade the coronavirus. correspondent. standing by for us. materials how was disclosure being received where you are. here i am in front of this consulate over there next to the black gate you can see this sign that said consulate of the united states covered by by wouldn't handles and a lot of people are here they came out today as they have done in the past 2 days

to have a look at this historic moment some people where i outright triumph and are joyous they said they were happy for the u.s. to go others was sad that it had come to the data point and many just with curious they sat at something historical was happening in their city and they wanted to have a look at it but here's the whole important was the trying to consulate to the united states is diplomatic presence in china. the u.s. consulate was probably one in there somewhere in the middle of the importance of the u.s. have 5 consulates in mainland china and one from hong kong and macau and do is not where most of the business is the u.s. businesses are it is not as important as shanghai or quango but it is quite important because it covers a wide area of china it covers the whole southwest of china and it also covers

to bed which has a distinct political meaning so it was an imp. it was a step that china had taken that is about reciprocal towards the u.s. had done it the importance should be about the same level as the use in consulate was to china as you mentioned this was indeed a tit for tat response but where does this leave the relationship between the 2 countries. their relationship is as bad as it has ever been this this is really a low point during the past few months we have already seen deteriorating this this relationship and this closure of euston consulate sets off another deterioration we will see now what will happen next there is

little chance that the relationship will get better before the elections in the us and then of course it will also depend on the outcome of the us elections whether the 2 countries can move on and maybe take these panels down again and restart on a more positive note that is bill in your reporting from outside the former u.s. consulate in trying to thank you so much. now to some of the other stories making news around the world hundreds of protesters have marched in the philippines capital manila against a new law on the same day the president. addressed congress in his annual state of the united nations speech public gatherings of more than 10 people. destructions protesters of the government was using the health crisis to mute widespread criticism. as ousted prime minister. in

a no confidence vote all internet blackout of an all internet blackout followed legislators accused of failing to move the country towards democratic elections the e.u. says his removal undermined the us constitution foundations. has gone into effect in eastern ukraine. between government forces and pro russian separatists this month more than 30000 people have died in 6 years of conflict. the spanish government says the country is safe to visit despite the coronavirus cases the statement comes after the u.k. reimposed a potent teen returning from spain with a cluster of new outbreaks and bustle residents the fear tighter restrictions. it's not much of a lockdown barcelona's regional government recommends that people only leave their homes if it's urgent but few people are paying heed. is having

a drink an urgent enough reason to go out. alex works at one of partial on as many beach bars he sympathizes with the young people of the city who are tired of staying home after weeks of lockdown. you are losing like your life the friends the community it's very important for every young people and old people here in europe and the specially in barcelona life is very open it's very effective and the people don't use to stay in our house just across the road from the beach is one of barcelona's biggest hospitals dozens of coronavirus patients have been admitted the past few days dr one of flores is worried when she looks at the crowded beach just a few meters away medical authorities have plans in place should the situation worsen. the scenario goes from just not changing their regular day of the

hospital and to the worst case scenario which would be when we have to stop all the activity that is not urgent in order to for all the professionals to assist patients which is what happened at the end of march another area of concern is staffing public health facilities around 1000 extra staff are needed in the region to accurately track chains of infection. right now these and his 20 colleagues are responsible for more than a 1000000 residents. we are not enough people to do the contact tracing properly not only the contact tracing that more or less we can test you know the contents of the person that in that case that has confirmed but also to the proper money touring of the cases and to see if this outbreak even though it's a small if it's spending. despite repeated promises from the cuttle on regional government that more people will be hired to work in public health not much has

happened yet experts agree that tracing contacts is crucial for slowing the spread of the virus especially with young people who may have no symptoms just a few weeks ago about the lone us regional authorities heavily criticize the poor crisis management in the capital and moderate now they find themselves in this sense of attention and more and more critics say that the crisis management here is anything but idea. barkeeper alex and others in the industry have one major worry that infection rates will rise so much that the region will have to be placed under total lockdown again that could mean not just the end of this year summer season but the closure of their business for good. and i was a pretty look at some of the other developments in the cone of a spend make the overall number of confirmed cases worldwide topped 16000000 of the weekend that's according to figures from johns hopkins university vietnam was

evacuating 80000 tourists from the central city of done 9 of the full people tested positive they are the 1st new infections in the country in 1009 days china has recorded its highest daily advice since april with 57 locally transmitted cases and hong kong so another 261 cases over the weekend and in the austrian league side result of song once gone a new cluster of more than 50 infections among young workers in the tourism sector is causing concern. a farm in southern germany is under a strict lockdown after migrant workers there tested positive for the corona virus all 480 employees have been told they can't leave the premises security guards are monitoring the bottom team imposed after testing showed more than $170.00 of the seized workers at the virus it's the latest in a string of corba $1000.00 outbreaks involving food production facilities in germany. over 1000 has stranded people in holiday results and on business

trips and the travel shutdown has also left some international students high and dry here's the story of 2 of them who happened to be on germany's remotest north sea island after their options ran out. on an island they've been trying to leave her legal land for weeks but travelling to india in kenya during the pandemic is proving difficult i feel a little sad that i can't be home yet. quite some time that i've seen my family. in there. the marine biology students are here on a scholarship program with the alfred bennett institute for polo and the rain research. gabriel a field of interest is climate change he wants to know how marine plants remove excess c o 2 from the atmosphere he's been in germany for nearly

a year he keeps in touch with his family on scott gabrielle's flight to kenya has been cancelled 3 times. helping. people and it will depend on how. and how things are in kenya for the time being and. we hope that when the flights get back and i'm able to travel. andrea good can relate she will keep learning from the experienced team while she awaits to return to india. the longer she stays on the island the more she thinks about hollywood darjeeling in northeast india. and they worry but i think about. situation my hometown has been put back on the lockdown completely because. because the case is so fast and so high and.

the more facilities of the hospitals to accommodate the. higher. at least they have company 6 more students at instituto also stuck on the island. so long. to this. course everyone wants their child to come home but you to the current coronavirus situation in many countries some of our students families are happy for every day they are able to spend here. and away says on the air you can see there are worse places to be trapped. but for the students there's still no place like home. some football news now you can't keep the name out of the bundesliga for a long sebastian hannis the nephew or form of by

a minute president only has been appointed of german top flight side often time so boston is just 30 year to guarded by owen's reserve team but the german 3rd division title in the season just finished he's the son of lee's brother dieter his sibling played for by and west germany often i would be hoping footballing success continues to run in the family. this is news from berlin i'm british energy i'm back. in 45 minutes. i'm not laughing. because sometimes i am the most and nothing. i think deep into the german culture of. ridiculous grammar do you because it's all that who know i'm right so join me in front of the host. how does

a virus spread. why do we have it and when will all this. just through the top. radio show it's called spectrum if you would like any information on the crown of virus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you can get your podcast you can also find us at. science. the shootings dot tick talk is currently the most downloaded social f. what type of videos work on to talk how can you make money with it and how open is the chinese app i want to be today on shift. today to take stock has been downloaded more than 1600000000 times worldwide and 44

percent of those downloads well in 2019 the at this excess fill in all major markets europe the us india under the name do you in also in china it's success is largely due to its dedication to from especially take the challenge as pieces. now look at me. is the success of the popular lip sync up music ali and 2017 the chinese tech grew by dance but musical before one. according to reports that's more than 900000000 by dance develop the app. you can see the similarity. tick-tock is brimming with clips of stunts jokes and friends having fun or lives thinking these days the app offers more than dance videos over music still plays the leading role. as president of content strategy yasmina kind move an

online video agency says anyone can go viral if their content is well made to talk talk a short snack size content that's entertaining that's distractions that makes you feel good it's the perfect diversion showing those moments when you don't have that much time but want to consume something. perfect up. challenges like this emotive dance are especially popular on take talk videos with challenge hashtags often go viral means says it isn't surprising. challenges are well known engage with them and people have always liked comparing their performance to someone else's we want to prove ourselves to grow our audience or increasing gauge meant the nice thing about challenges is that you don't do them alone others join the wave and the best case the wave moves on to other countries. on tech talk failure isn't shameful especially funny failed attempts are posted regularly instagram

celebrates perfection but tick-tock is also present there for a fact that's brought the young platform praise for being an anxiety free space for creativity. there's a lot of user generated content and a lot of it has been made because of the respect of content creators passion this doesn't have. that's a glossy consumerism sleekness it looks more authentic which connects people in a completely different way people want to follow others and the more genuine someone seems the more all consume their content lives also really for informative content as long as the tone is light us doctors provide info on the coronavirus as in germany mr lawyer is getting views with this format one minute long in which he answers users questions with flair of course. countless media outlets post on tech talk including straight bro news programs like the german target. more than react to concept of house or sharing here scary. they make tick-tock clips

users love content creators like zack king and baby are all from the united states or you're not from india entertain millions they pose creative funny and sometimes elaborately produced videos. tips and tricks were picked up using popular hashtags sounds and challenges for. our real martian baby ariel even made it onto times most influential internet personalities list in 20172018 these days she's working as a singer and actress. pan's from germany has 7500000 followers on tick tock. does it have very loyal that's hardly any criticism or any constructive criticism and considering most users are 1213 or 14 that's really impressive. spend several days making one of his videos and

seems to have understood what works on tick tock. what punch does is to really make content that fits the platform to make sure every line fits perfectly. unlike the german rep that unintentionally became a take talk hit thousands of ticked up users sample his song overdose in their clips. this guy on instagram messaged me and said hey your song overdose is going viral on tick tocks i didn't even know what ticked up was so i downloaded the app and sot wow 30000 videos have my song in the and then like a 1000 labels contacted me and my song passed the 1000000 play malcolm spotty phone calls but if i could. wear the insect or hairdresser videos overdoes seems to work with many context.

showing you can tailor songs for tiktaalik a good song needs a shorter crispin track drums and strong banks. but i think you can use any song to create any vibe on take i wouldn't say i make my songs for that specifically. about if i hear it be time i can all take it and write something. guessable. now has a record deal and is actively using to talk to promote his music and the. stars are born on take stock but they don't dominate the platform yet like they do or instagram that's because take the algorithm evaluates each video individually we've got less of who posted it so in. theory everyone has an equal chance at 15 seconds of fame tick-tock has an estimated 800000000 active monthly users worldwide on

average but younger than users on other social networks and it goes without saying that take talk is extremely attractive for brands. into tech talk still has relatively little advertising compared to other social media platforms but the ad industry is becoming aware of the potential. reach and creators are seeing the possibilities and the brands are seeing the possibilities so we're at the threshold where product placement and product presentation is being integrated into the continent with. companies can buy space and appear for instance when you launch the tick-tock. advertising videos also that here in the users feed like this fast food chain add the hash tag breakdancing supposed to encourage participation meanwhile unboxing videos are also being posted. and the american influence is that king found this clever way of promoting a food delivery service. nobody

actually wants to see advertising on the call the branded content still has a very strong entertainment factor which makes it easier to consume. challenges like this one for an american movie are currently the most popular form of advertising on tick tock they help launch companies such as the german common effect trade get millions of users to engage with their brand. companies are also posting into taining content on their own channels. but they might also have a completely branded channel let's say if you have a creator that's a great fit for a product then that to make. money also flows directly from fans to influences in some countries. users can send money through the platform for ticks off the increasing interaction means more advertising revenue in 29000 take up was able to increase its revenue by more than 160000000 euros. for

collects individuals who use it data as this could be valuable in the future yes not kind courage is privacy awareness of all social media. i think that's the biggest problem platforms lack of awareness and transparency versus the lack of awareness and caution of users and this is true for all platforms not just protect talk although the fact is from china does add another layer we also have to hold facebook and instagram to account. that new. instagram uses pretty much all the responsibility for safeguarding their privacy on take talk so it's definitely worth taking a look at the privacy settings specially for parents whose children use the platform not least because the s.p.d. says it musically was criticised for cyber grooming tick-tock says international user data is saved in the united states and backed up in singapore. the new york

times tick-tock head. of china's president xi jinping personally asked him to delete the video or disclose user data his answer was i turned him down but recently the account of american for rosa was temporarily suspended a video 1st had gone viral on take part in which she cleverly come of last her criticism on the situation of the weakest a muslim minority in china in to make up to tauriel and that's not the only indication that chinese authorities have a say in what does and doesn't go on to talk. several recent press stories were all that take talks oppresses certain content including criticism of the chinese government. among those researching journalist her skirt and mark was quote from the german news website knits politico dot com with the help of a covert insiders source they've been able to shed light on how the company controls content. to talk reportedly classifies unwanted content into different

categories such as videos of political demonstrations there are also regional differences so that for instance clips dealing with homosexuality are kept from going viral in muslim regions. this. what's interesting is that limiting the visibility of certain content on take it out is not so much about deleting it as it is about limiting the reach of certain posts. by people. it's clumsy to just delete a video immediately noticed that as a user and see it is censorship but here i just think something isn't going viral you know it's not getting clicked on but it peaked at around 600 clicks the. creator tries making something out. our source told us creators do take note when something isn't popular and try making different content instead what went under

in the tick-tock says its goal is to create a positive environment for creativity free from bullying and hateful comments that sounds good but techniques methods are questionable for instance it limited the reach of videos of these able people saying this was to protect them but this also kept these users visible in china content is censored much more the chinese version of the app called the un is separated from the rest of the world by a fire wall as in china often extra features they can use face recognition to. and videos with a specific person or skin outfits and all of the same style online do you use take talk does the fact that it's a chinese abba thank you trust levels and what do you think of it limiting critical content that has no on you tube or facebook c.e.o. suing.

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