previously it was just the chemistry. through the creation of our solar system which is a bit like winning the lottery and i salute google. earth. start september 18th on t.w. . this is news a shaft coming up today peace talks nearly. in the making. the afghan government and the taliban begin march away to talks in doha the government wants a ceasefire but is the taliban on the same page plus. japan's government is pushing companies to maximize the potential of their

employees. and. their plans everywhere we'll see how south koreans are deciding to take. home. i'm british prodigy welcome to day. glad you could join us much away to talks between the taliban and the afghan government began over the weekend in doha with the question of a ceasefire hanging over the delegates the afghan government is pressing for a template he halted violence possibly in exchange for more prisoners being released the militant group. of 8 of its longstanding view of the country should be run according to islamic law how that square with the rights of women and minorities and a democratic form of government yet. he wants more on the. so far. all

eyes are on doha the wealthy qatari capital is the stage for historic peace talks between the taliban and the afghan government. the stakes are high so to expectations we have been waiting for this moment to get afghans to talk to each other we're ready to help or prepare to help if help is needed. also ready to help u.s. secretary of state mike payout he wants u.s. troops out of afghanistan and former enemies to play nice. ok. we urge you to make decisions the way by the correct approach of peace and develop and prosperity. here do to preserve and to build a better for the social economic and political games that are here mr g. in the past 20 years. but it hasn't been all gains in afghanistan

almost 2 decades after the u.s. led invasion the economy's in tatters millions have been pushed into poverty and violence still claims dozens of lives every day. government delegates in doha hoping a truce will bring an end to it and create lasting peace in the future. we are here with good intentions to realize durable peace and engage in sincere negotiations and debates in order to reach a comprehensive settlement between the 2 sites are the other side says it's committed to the talks for the sake of the afghan people we want to give them this assurance that with full honesty we continued the afghan peace negotiation and we tried that. for peace and bring

quality we will keep the ground in afghanistan. for now it appears the parties are headed in the right direction. but exceeding peace in afghanistan will require much more than about the commitment. we read from a afghan president hamid karzai speaking exclusively to d.w. has said that he was certain the taliban would respect the progress and women's rights and freedom of speech made in the country in the past 2 decades these are these are fundamental rights in any. we'll be doing society in any society that looks forward for progress. and. better in light in better days these these are fundamental rights without these rights you cannot have a prosperous society or a. society that's progressing of these rights the right to education for afghan people for children especially specially that i to education for our

daughters who is in afghanistan is a fundamental that we cannot compromise on and i'm sure the taliban are also recognize and work to promote so will they not seem so bad for. joins me now for more and the same good to see you how many karzai sounding confident that the taliban will recognize the rights of women and minorities other grounds for that optimism. well the couple of ministration of can government wants to keep the current political system and the achievements of the last 19 years including women's rights civil rights and a not well functioning democracy but at least the african republic but this democratic constitution afghanistan is now in danger and it really symbolizes the

progress that has been made of progress that has been made in the last 19 years but it is not accepted by the target on even my company or secretary of state of the united states on friday on his way to doha which is incidentally september 11th 2020 says that the u.s. does not want to interfere and implement the western system in afghanistan where this sounds like a concession to the insurgents who want to implement as they sent a pure and total islamic system that this is what's waged in the form a spokesman of the cult office in an interview with kabul news t.v. said on saturday and the taliban mean sharia law by the head and the interpretation of that religious law could be seen in afghanistan from 1906 to 2001 no everybody just hopes that the taliban could have changed but this is only a hope. meanwhile the taliban attacks on the ground appear to be continuing with

our weekend violence in condos and copies of provinces how committed is the taliban door to duction and violence in the country. or violence is the only real essence of the tardive on have at their disposal and they have to of this leverage was enough to change the united states and the international community so the afghan government faces huge military pressure and a lot of trouble by the insurgents that lead to a proxy war against the current political system that is backed by the west it is a similar situation like in 1809 when the soviets left and their region that was backed by them collapsed in 1902 we all know that this was the end of afghanistan as a functioning state now maybe a similar situation as arisan let us hope that there will be a negotiation solution otherwise another civil war could break out which would be terrible as ordinary afghans are really hopeful and want the nearly 20 years old

and in total 40 years old conflict to end. enough to leave it there for the time being. thank you so much for joining us thank you. is all but assured to be japan's next prime minister after winning the ruling party . known as the right hand man and spokesman to retiring prime minister shinzo are. some tough challenges containing the right in japan's economy the country was already in recession before the pandemic hit but as japan's economic troubles demographic the population is aging and shrinking fast by 20251 in 3 people are expected to be $65.00 or older and that means japan is running out of walkers lawmakers passed bills earlier this year are pushing companies to let employees

work until age 70 and keep their golden years profitable at 72 tadashi sato is already well past usual retirement age but a recent change to the law in japan is attempting to encourage companies to keep employees on much longer. given that you. could imagine that a person at the age of 72 or someone quite old but once i reached that age myself i realized that it wasn't a case i feel like i'm in my fifty's i'm doing my best to keep up with young people with. aging japan is intense period need of more work is to sustain soaring social security costs from next spring japanese companies will be required to make an effort to employ until age 70 such as company is taking that even further. someone we. have many elderly customers although we have a lot of young staff i think it is quite preferred for those customers if they are

served by staff of a similar age to them. such as says he still enjoys working and would like to use his expertise to help his younger colleagues for him and many other aging workers in japan this move is a step in the right direction coronavirus lockdowns of various points around the world halted international travel and dreams of that get to vacation for many but in south korea some used to travel restrictions as an opportunity to holiday at home a staycation every bit as glamorous and expensive as the real thing. finally a vacation at home. for this couple when young not a problem with their revamped their apartment into dream holiday destinations. this is another line styled kitchen. then this is a bali style the bedroom.

toilet sick and this is our why in style the living room. so very. like many came here with joan and yoon so crean had to change their vacation plans this year that's how you know they've gone there this time last year we were in the philippines done learning and qualm and had planned more trips for this summer with our children. there then they're called who we can't go anywhere abroad due to the coronavirus. it's so sad. south koreans are among the world's top 10 tourism spenders but with dream destinations out of reach they've turned their attention back home the number of houses getting a remodel has increased by 200 percent these 2 have set up

a camp in the living room a replacement for a trip to new york. but they still paid a pretty penny to go at home a bit more than $7000.00 euros. if the social distancing rooms are a race to stage 3 from the current 2 we may not be able to even travel within the country or do outdoor camping i think a stick asian or home camping is safe and do it at this time for. camping. and still for kids a true adventure and it can go there for me are my friends seem to be just playing games all day at home but it's really nice that our family is doing something special. happily home campaign while putting down a picnic mad and playing a campfire video. feed on the internet while critical i think it will also be good

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during the pandemic so far in brazil why has it been a hotbed for the virus. the pandemic is also putting the squeeze on latin american livelihoods and governments to help their citizens make ends meet. welcome to georgia fellows covert $1000.00 special i'm stephen beers and it's good to have you with us and we begin with a look at brazil where a lack of government response has devastated the most vulnerable groups in particular those living paycheck to paycheck often in the informal economy left to try and fill in the gap or community groups. people are angry about president bills and the rules right wing politics about exclusion and racism about the many call that 19 deaths and about the fact that nothing is being done about it in this country the protests are led by alto

football fans of the corinthian football. there. every fatter day the fans cook meals to help the poorest people those who have been hit hard by the pandemic today alone they will distribute 1000 meals on the city streets they deliver the food packages in their private cars they head for the center of sao paolo in a home. for these homeless people the free meal is a blessing. with the tryst past and sausage they have only been homeless for a few weeks they could no longer pay their rent due to the coronavirus crisis brazil's new for. the government should come out of its palaces and see with its own eyes what is happening in this country. brazil's president

who usually appears without a mask continues to downplay the coronavirus risk he has also been criticized for not always publishing the number of victims. the number of unreported cases is especially high in the favelas so in rio de janeiro residents have started their own count. many victims of the virus and often went by the health authorities we have a few examples of that among our circle of friends the volunteers talk to their neighbors and know the case of. part of the unreported a number. here are there some call that 1000 cases here. some survive others don't. with the help of numerous for velo residents the volunteers compile their own lists for their poor district. they also collect data on sick people via whatsapp something the city council does not do. so. since

the appeared the government is conspicuous in its absence we always have to reinvent ourselves and break new ground. as other football fans in sao paolo here under a highway bridge at 10 pm go where hardly any others would set foot. cars drive across the bridge above all down below families in need of build a place to live they too are among the pandemics. this family brought a kitchen cupboard a bed and stole from their rented apartment just a few weeks ago now they can only hope for better times and that was important help or not stop. looking for the story. during the crisis i could no longer pay my rent my wife and i became unemployed we have $3.00 children only

option was to come here i built this shelter myself that i was regarded. with poverty comes fear of the virus and of being left behind during the pandemic. and i'm joined now by monique a blog field she's director of the institute for latin american studies and hamburg which is where she's joining us from our it is good to have you on the show the lack of government help for brazil's poor during so much of this pandemic has that been by design or by omission. well i mean actually the brazilian government overall hasn't been completely on attentive to the needs of the poor. and that's been actually not but it is kind of the executive government but the opposition back in late march so right after the pandemic started the opposition and civil society came together and pushed through emergency cash assistance and

the government did not the toe it and that's a result actually about one 3rd of the brazilian population currently receives emergency cash assistance from the government which is the highest level of any latin american country however of course it doesn't need all basic needs well it's relatively sufficient enough to buy food it doesn't necessarily cover rents and such and so still people for example in sao paulo who lose their jobs are still in dire economic straits so there is a social protection floor in brazil but of course it doesn't mitigate all the devastating effects of the economic crisis and this is being pushed by the opposition rather than go the government why have we seen really take off in latin america seems like a comparison to some other regions there was a bit more of. this really took off and still things have been pretty bad in countries like brazil. policies are on or what do you see. well i'm

not an academy ologist but i can tell you this that part of me and humans are vectors of transmission and so social distancing measures have really helped to mitigate the spread of the virus however if you implement social distancing you absolutely have to also especially important countries make sure their families have the means to feed themselves while they stay at home and in countries that can't do that you can't expect people to stay at home a starve or watch their kids go hungry or not go out on the streets and try to make an income and so that's one of the key challenges that latin american countries as well as all developing countries have had is how to make sure that people can actually adhere to the social distancing measures and in a region with very high levels of informality in the workforce about half of the workforce is employed informally and you know if they lose their jobs from one day to the next that means their income disappears so you need to get help to them very very fast and that was a significant challenge in pretty much every single let american country except

that had a strong social protection system going into the crisis perhaps more comparable to what you see in germany. and they were able to get that assistance to people fast but otherwise it was a real challenge and that was one of the factors that made it very hard to tamp down on the virus as well when we see these countries health care systems as well we know that with other regions that's also been a challenge is. health care systems have been investment invested in rather. overall yes because one of the key characteristics of latin america is the tremendously high levels of socio economic inequality and so you have an underfunded public health sector that serves the majority of the population and then you have a better resource private healthcare sector however neither were prepared to confront a pandemic of this magnitude and now you see the results. is interesting that p.c. how the community comes out on one hand the football clubs on the other hand some

volunteers in the favelas i'm guessing that might be nice but perhaps not enough to really make so much of a difference when you're talking about a pandemic that's correct i mean civil society help these always important but if you're dealing with a shock such as a pandemic you solute we have to have a state that is prepared to confront these kinds of social risks and unfortunately most latin american countries. the weak stay capacity has come to the floor with this crisis and many governments are recognizing that now and seeking to invest more in it i want to ask you before we go about believe it has the highest mortality rate in the world from coven still any reason for that. well i think the factors that i mentioned. pru is a country with very high levels of informality 80 percent of the workforce is informal and so when the pandemic hit they depended on the informal sector for

their income and the social distancing was quite brutal and they couldn't sustain it at the same time the government had a really hard time reaching the entire population and still in august 5 months later many people were still waiting for for cash assistance help from the government so in those kinds of circumstances it's very very hard to effectively implement social distancing measures add to that simply lots of people living in pretty bad housing conditions in urban slums where social distancing is very difficult some people don't even have fridges so they can't prepare for example meals for an entire week they have to go out every day and buy food around field director of the american studies and home birth thank you very much. and now it's time for your questions to our science correspondent derrick williams. how long does an asymptomatic person or one who has overcome covered 19 remain

a possible source of infection. regardless of whether you have some terms or if you're asymptomatic if you've been diagnosed with cope at 19 it's important not to leave isolation and tell your local health authority says you no longer pose a danger to others and it's recommended guidelines that w.h.o. says that on average positive patients who show symptoms could be infectious for up to 10 days after symptoms 1st appear it also says patients should wait at least that long plus 3 days after their symptom free without any medication so a person with an average case of coke at 19 if there is such a thing should isolate a minimum of 13 days for a symptomatic people the w.h.o. recommendation is to isolate for at least 10 days since your last positive test

various national health authorities have interpreted those recommendations in different ways there is no 0 risk scenario but as a rule of thumb people who test positive whether they're there symptomatic or asymptomatic are no viewed as being no longer infectious after 2 weeks. and that's all from the scope of 1000 special you can find out more online at d w dot com as always thanks for watching.

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