this is g.w. news live from berlin democracy deferred elections in hong kong are delayed for a year chief executive carrie lamb says the search in corona bars cases as the recent germany ways then by suspending its act for an extradition treaty with the territory. also coming up a sea of red that's a lot of hours spongers the eurozone into the deep end shrinking the g.d.p. by more than 12 percent in the 2nd quarter it is the worst of it down for an on the record. and a story of birds and beer why drinkers in

a small town in germany are feeling blue. i'm seeing you so much going to thank you for joining us hong kong legislative elections scheduled for september have been postponed for a year chief executive kerry lam says the delay is necessary due to a surge in coronavirus cases but opposition lawmakers are not convinced they accuse the government of using the pandemic as a pretext to the pro-democracy movement. hong kong's election 4 years ago it should happen again in september instead the poll has been pushed back by a full year not how sailing at the well off but it was a very very difficult decision to postpone the legislative council election which takes place every 4 years but it's necessary to fight off the coronavirus to protect people's health and up hold public safety we also have to ensure the

election process is fair and open. thing. ironically to curb the pro-democracy protests on const chief executive has activated a rarely used nearly century old emergency power dating from the british colonial times. that allows for short term only delays to elections. the decision to postpone the trainee trente electrical election has nothing to do with politics has nothing to do with the likely outcome of this round of elections. dismayed by the delay the opposition is warning of a constitutional crisis. he said that he said to me that you're one of those people who are not just this well this is some of this is well that it was

this something more. against the basic law against the promises made by. some 3030 years ago. around half to 70 members of hong kong's legislative council are appointed by the beijing backed government after a year of often violent protests and the imposition of a heavily criticised security law the opposition had been optimistic. for the 1st time there were hopes of a democratic majority beijing will not let that happen and seize the rising number of coronavirus cases as an opportunity to delay the vote. and germany is joining a growing number of countries suspending their extradition treaties with hong kong let's bring in our political correspondent simon young for more on this hi 3 men what more can you tell us. well see me your foreign minister heiko maher said today that this decision to perspire own these elections and also to disqualify

a dozen opposition candidates from taking part in them was further encroachment on the basic rights of hong kong citizens including the right to free and fair elections and they said the german government is really worried about the general situation there also the arrests of democracy activists and that's why they've chosen to take this action now i should sell quite a few people here in berlin and questioned whether this is really going to make any difference some of said that in fact hong kong provides more judicial assistance to germany than the other way round and of course the german government has always said that it looks at every extradition case individually and wouldn't extradite anyone who they thought might suffer further penalties or persecution as a result so potentially this may not change anything but opposition parties have been

calling for it for a while saying beijing is in or involving itself to march in hong kong and this decision to postpone the election seems to have really pushed the government over the line right opposition parties have been pointing to this for some time the situation in hong kong why do you think the government did decide to take the things and now. well i think we've seen a range of other countries britain australia new zealand canada i think of all cancelled their extradition agreements or suspended them the us has taken tough action germany has been trying to get a common position within the european union that's been difficult to do you know all european countries have been keen to stand up to china in the same way and i think perhaps germany has felt well now we've got to take a stand and show that we mean business at least by this single measure relating to extradition our political correspondent simon young good to talk to you.

with a pandemic closing a condom it down it was expected that there'd be damage but it's now becoming clear how devastating the pandemic has been in europe g.d.p. numbers show that many economies that experienced years of growth are now deep in the red the eurozone as a whole is now officially in its worst ever recession. cash registers are humming again across europe iconic landmarks eerily quiet and spring are alive with people once more. no one knows for sure how the pandemic will develop over the next few months but what is becoming clear is that the economic damage done in europe between april and june was of historic proportions. that was the period when strict lockdowns brought large parts of the continent's economy to a virtual standstill the data for that period is now becoming available on the news

it's as bad as anything the e.u. has ever seen. it means the european economy has entered its deepest recession and post-war history spain's economy contracted by a massive 18.5 percent that compares with a near 14 percent drop in france on a 12.4 percent fall and italy german g.d.p. fell by 10 percent. with covert 19 cases rising again there are some fears of a 2nd lockdown even without the pun demick 2nd amik impact is likely to be felt for many months to come here in barcelona beaches normally for what tourists are far quieter than normal a local rise in infections is keeping travelers away. let's get some headlines from around the world now a huge fire has ravaged a factory building near the romanian capital bucharest residents of the town of braga deedle have been warned to avoid the area it's covered by the smoke no

casualties have been reported france is on high alert as an intense heat wave spreads across the country the capital paris is forecast to reach 40 degrees celsius in the shade authorities have warned of wildfire risks officials have imposed driving restrictions to limit pollution as city dwellers flee the capital for the weekend. the european commission has allowed french engineering giant alstom to buy the train making division of the canadian company bombardier the 6000000000 euro deal will net make alston the world's 2nd largest railway manufacture after china c r r c corp approval came on condition that all stem cell some of its other assets british filmmaker alan parker has died at the age of 76 after a long illness he started his career in advertising and later shot to fame as the director of films like bugsy malone midnight express fame and mississippi burning

parker was awarded knighthood and the bathtub fellowship. now police in zimbabwe have arrested internationally acclaimed novelist c.c. dunn got into an anti-government protest in the capital harare done that i'm going was detained after she defied a ban on protests coinciding with the anniversary of president emerson magog was election which the opposition regards as fraudulent now opposition lawmakers have called for demonstrations against corruption and the country's slumping economy and let's speak to d.w. correspondent privilege most fun he's in harare which is still under pen demick lock down a joins us on the phone privileged people were planning to protest against the government and tell us what happened today because the protests. 'd really done by heavy for these and i'm going to

leave them a vote and of course. this is a country. people are meant to be going out to god that is the symbol but they couldn't do that because of the. name police the prism. civil rights that their lives if you do one call in to write a human because this is on the table and you want to have it to all. who are brave enough to grab that you need to focus in. rallies some of. these are by the police but boy you need to know that he key is central out of this he was on leave. and vehicle plus he could be seen in the city because all the heavy police presence will be for the day to be confined in golds and privileges can you tell us what's

behind these protests why are people so frustrated. one of the. scams though a little old is he is all he could only sell. 8 for 60 saga's elephant and all sorts of things he's so shallow i think it's going to like to have a bunch of kids. saying that the north koreans and it also includes the clubs in government because we think we have the nice old hell was not it's good for. his sons because he's 19. or he's 19. t.c.c. so you find the little people who know. when court is forced to opt in to. our correspondent privilege much on haiti reporting for us there in harare

thank you very much for that update now for a story of beer and birds the german state of bavaria is well known for its love of beer and it's an immense production of the beverage but in one small town there drinkers are going thirsty and all because of a pair of sensory feeds. back a good cold that's locked in his 2 machine gun fire that perhaps i miss tediously. days was told to have made they really mark a tree journey from africa and chosen a place to nest in the small german town of moved out improve their you normally seen as a sign of good luck but still chooses your roots to nest in the not for this barrier no. protected species and jimmy chose a rather inconvenient spot to master the c.e.o.

. we already had one last year and the roof of the brewery now the young storks when they come back they often come back to the same place so they look for a place to build their nest and they did it in the chimney of the brewery. be a production was forced to be suspended and christian needed a special craftsman to carefully move the nest so production could resume but then came the coronavirus lock down. we had already planned that when the nest was built we would be able to raise it but when it was finished we were in full lockdown no craftsman were available. with no trades person available christian was forced to wait as his biggest stocks began to run lloyd. to pay the store since attached it would covert restrictions slightly lifting the nest could be moved next week.

a craftsman is coming next week he's going to build the elevation we hope to be able to start brewing beer in the next week but we have to wait 5 or 6 weeks until the beer is ready so around mid september so there will be a short period of time which will have to find other solutions. while b.m.r. run dry at this brewery for a few weeks the store seemed unfazed by the trouble they caused may be plotting a return to the spot next year. ok we leave you with some good news for marine life in greece divers have removed 500 kilos of fishing nets that were tangled in the wreck of a world war 2 submarine in a 5 day cleanup operation greek and dutch volunteers descended 52 meters between the islands have to follow any of those to work on the h.m.s.

perseus the british submarine sank off in 1901 after hitting a mine the operations organizers say millions of animals die after becoming ensnared in nylon nets each year these nets will be recycled and used to produce socks swimmers swimwear and cockpits. thank you for watching. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour carona updates. from the covert 19 special next on d w. every day counts for us and for our planet. global ideas is on its way to bring you more

conservation. how do we make city streets. how can we protect our tickets. we can make a difference. good morning to you as the environmental series of little 3000 d.w. . goodbye to carefree long summer days 1000 cases are climbing in germany and beyond the attempt to return to normalcy has 4 to 8 social distancing measures and now germany center for disease control has a warning. noise to intrigue the latest developments in view of the number of covert 1000 cases is worrying for me and everyone at the robert koch institute cool institute courses or. authorities fear holiday makers will bring the virus with them so there are now tested afterwards to help curb that risk no one wants

a 2nd wave of the corona virus another wave of lockdowns but no one can rule them out if the number of cases continues to rise. welcome say your not inspect. well here on the news i want to get jones in berlin it's always good to have you with us normally virus infections like the flu thrive in the cold of winter but source code 2 is different this virus seems to actually enjoy the summer season is the 2nd wave perhaps closer than we think. that your chair every 2 meters sunbathing and social distancing the beaches in southern spain giving corbett 19 in fiction only the slimmest of chances. cats are loonier is something else young spaniards party on the beach now they're

faced with fines of up to 15000 euros. today about asia cup party is not a party it's an act of in solidarity if you're not given surely the gut. those who get infected out partying will carry the virus home to their families it's common knowledge spain has been one of europe's hardest hit countries in the corona pandemic it took months for the country to bring the virus under control and now it's on the rise again. the most right now in spain we have a higher incidence than 3 or 4 weeks ago that's clear it cannot be hidden because all the data is given with all possible transparency. now many european countries are warning against taking holidays in northern spain in the u.k. people returning from spain are forced to go into 2 weeks quarantine we can see that there's

a 2nd wave that is coming across europe and parts of europe where we can see the number of cases rising sharply we want to prevent that from happening here and so we're prepared to take action sometimes quite quickly as we had to sadly with people who are in spain in terms of quarantine in france to anxiety over a 2nd wave is rising infection numbers are on the way up here too though not as sharply as in spain the government is concerned nonetheless. around us in catalonia 10 days ago you would have said that there was not going to be a 2nd wave but now cuts alone years in difficulty which is also the case for certain english towns it's the case in belgium and in germany in certain german territories so we see that there's a virus emergency that must be avoided at all costs so we don't end up with a new pandemic one of europe's new virus hotspots the belgian city of and in the last few days more than 500 new infections have been detected authorities have now

introduced a curfew between 1130 at night and 6 o'clock in the morning if numbers continue to rise the city will go into lockdown and for up is doing everything it can to stop the 2nd wave. and for more i'm joined by to be as quote he's professor of public health and epidemiology and is the director of the institute of public health at the sheraton hospital here in berlin good to have you with us as a clearly case numbers are rising again is this already the much talked about 2nd wave. that's correct of the numbers are rising over the last couple of days whether this is the start of the so-called 2nd wave is unclear it could be but we can also hope that the numbers are declining over the next though so it's a little bit too early to talk about a 2nd wave or it's good to hear an epidemiologist mentioning the word hope we all of those really hope that things are getting better but when we talk about this 2nd

wave what exactly is it how do you define a 2nd wave. well i think there's no clear definition of always supported much you see a wave when you plot the rates of infection over time so clearly there was a 1st away from the numbers were declining as the larger numbers are rising again whether this is then in the end a wave can only be seen retrospectives lisa when we look back we see that there was a 2nd wave and it's always difficult in the beginning to to say whether this is the start of a 2nd wave who or if the numbers are actually going down again in the next days of course i mean we've had pandemics before there are studies and there were studies made also about like the spanish flu there is a fairly recent study the so-called sea drop report and that has hypothesized 3 possible scenarios for 2nd wave we see here the 1st one peaks and valleys after the 1st spike there's a series of smaller recurring waves every few months for the next couple of years

the 2nd scenario is called fall peak so there's a fall during the summer season but $1000.00 would then come back with a vengeance in autumn and winter with smaller spikes continuing well into 2021 and finally the 3rd scenario is called slow burn so there would be no 2nd wave and even though the virus is still here it could be kept under control i think i like the 3rd scenario best but obviously i can choose from what we know and from what we observe which one of these is the most likely scenario for covert 19. what one has to understand is that these are all hypothetical scenarios and if you go back in february and march when these projection models have been proposed 1st many of those were incorrect so now we have several scenarios that are plausible but which one is the most likely is difficult to say i also hope for the 3rd one

obviously there too we all to control the spread of the virus and the rate of infection but it's very difficult to say and also if we do have medication or vaccination available that will certainly also change the development of these curves important is that we are prepared for each of these scenarios so that we have a plan and what if one of these scenarios appears to be. the most likely one and that's something we have to judge daily. with 19 pandemic is a very dynamic situation so it's very difficult to say which one of these is right and we all can help to achieve that the 3rd one is the most likely scenario it could be a 4th or 5th scenario exhaust close to has been surprising in many ways before so could there be something completely different happening yes that could be something completely different happening and that we don't expect and several things have been completely new so well you're right we have pandemic before but it's pandemic

has their speciality so to say so yes there could be something completely different are right about that let's hope that we'll be prepared for for whatever comes along professor to be as quote from a 1000000000 sherry take thank you so much for your time and your expertise and to stay healthy thank you for having me. well time for more of your questions now and it's over to our science correspondent williams. could immunosuppressive measures help prevent serious cases from becoming critical . many of the deaths caused by code 19 are due directly to the infection but instead to to an immune response that goes berserk and starts also attacking the body's healthy tissues since the start of this pandemic doctors have gotten

a lot better at treating that aspect of the disease but physicians have to walk a tight rope when it comes to suppressing the immune system if they do it too early the virus has the opportunity to retrench if they do it too late it could be too late to save the patient's life that's why for example the immunosuppressant deck cement is own is helping people survive in late stage critical disease but is not recommended for less severe cases because in them they can do more harm than good a new study has indicated that a yardstick for measuring when to administer death some at the zone or other immunosuppressant drugs might be levels of a certain protein that's produced in the liver in response to inflammation but those findings still have yet to be confirmed.

what about cambodia's research on mosquito saliva could it help against kobe at 19 . i have to admit that i decided answer this question just because it caught my eye i thought could researchers really be looking into miskito spirit in connection with covert 19 well not directly but we live in an age of pandemics so. it's it's really still pertinent to talk about it if we want to look down the road to the next potentially dangerous pathogen which which unlike sars co 2 might easily be transmitted by mosquitoes like the like the zico by reservoirs for example it turns out the saliva that a mosquito injects when it bites you doesn't just have a knowing effect and it doesn't just contain an anti clotting agent that keeps the blood flowing and and transmitting pathogen straight to your bloodstream that saliva also seems to give those pathogens

a helping hand in sneaking past your immune system in an early critical phase of the infection so so what the work in cambodia is looking at is using proteins found in the insects alive to create a kind of universal vaccine against all of the diseases carried by mosquitoes because your immune system would react fast when it detects mosquitoes spread it super super interesting research and the early results look promising but that might help one day against a disease that's transmitted this way a lot like this week about us i don't see it having any direct benefit in tobit 900 research. and that brings us to the end of this program just one more thing ahead of the weekend why not spare a thought for the seconds industry in these trying times 106200 year old circus cries i was booked out until 2022 and then came the coronavirus physical distance

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