obviously the decision making power rested with local authorities but now there is a single solution for all german sports clubs 20 percent of the stadiums capacity may be used away fans won't return yet and no alcohol will be sold normality might still be a long way off but the days of utterly empty terraces on numbered bit by bit fans are coming home. you're watching t.v. news life from berlin. cope with 1000 specialist just up next in just a moment i knew from. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour carona update. 19 special next on d w. sometimes senseless.

what next for people is stronger than the someplace that. is so strong that they can not be down. we celebrate the 30th anniversary for unification october 3rd on d. w. . case loads have been lower than forecast but the pandemic is hitting africa's economy hard destructing tourism and other crucial sectors. with work at a standstill for many there's less money for food and shelter here in the lavender hill section of cape town volunteers are ever present to feed the homeless and show . fictions are on the rise and lives are becoming more precarious.

the pandemic meanwhile rages across the african continent cases in algeria and egypt are on the decline but are ticking up in morocco and tunisia. what would another wave of covert $1000.00 mean for region already so hard hit. and welcome to georgia goes cold in 1000 special events in berlin it's good to have you with us 3000000 people in south africa have lost their work because of the pandemic and as a result many have lost their homes correspondent. takes us to one of the many shanty towns now popping up across the country. khayelitsha the largest township in cape town more than 1000000 people live here including zilly carville in a month ago she could no longer afford the rent and simply built her own hearts on a vacant lot next door. to the. hundreds

of others to passaic and christened the new neighborhood of at 19. because everything just happens because of this coverage there were lost jobs there with nothing for us to mommy anything and that's why we have to take that coffin to me. shows us the makeshift hart where she lives with her boyfriend and 3 children. this place is too small of course one bed so where the children are going to sleep you see my house is also leaking. i don't have anything to solve at the moment. but. the family pays no rentier but the land doesn't belong to them. people are setting up their shacks all over the place here a lot of construction happening and many here are saying they don't have a choice because they can't afford to pay rent any longer but the city on the other

hand says these illegal and invasions are causing huge problems city officials tell us there have been more than 30 new locations with massive land occupations in just the last 6 weeks law and order are in danger cape town lost $300.00 hectares of land in the last year what ever the land was meant for is lost whether it is all spittle screw clinic if a piece of land is standing open it's because there is an intended community use for that and there is in the case of these big invasions where i will tell you that community leadership just stood up this is not a fight to be invaders against the state or land invaders against the city of quetta this is a fight of land invaders against a city of character and local residents since june the city says it has torn down some 60000 hearts in some cases resulting in violence this man was pulled out of his hat snake at a court has now ruled that the city needs a court order for eviction and must offer alternative accommodation to squatters.

structures that the city can't afford that 400000 people are already on the waiting lists for social housing that housing waiting list doesn't get shorter and the reason it doesn't get shorter is because there's constantly people pushing in the front if you were standing in a queue in a bank or at a cinema with theatre or something and you never got to the front because people were constantly pushing in the front you would become very angry and enraged. everything annie and her family have also been hoping for an apartment from the state for a long time so far in vain. the government will provide our needs because we need something like toilets or what. we have to get the we have to get them from the government. if we have to. we have to. because when we need to go to the loo oh you want to do the number 2 you have to take the bucket and then you slow the place is going to be full of all those things

. you can go to the. people who are. convinced that she will continue to live here in the future a court order for eviction takes up to one and a half years the police are not intervening for the time being and around her the settlement continues to grow. it's not just shelter that's been thrown into question because of the pandemic food is also becoming scarce in parts of africa the central hell region is among the continent's hunger hotspots more than half of the populations of mali burkina faso and share suffers from food insecurity defined as the lack of regular access to the food they need in mali the trend is even getting worse and for more on this i'm joined by david beasley the executive director of the world food program he joins me from berlin dave it's good to see you as always when we talk about food insecurity this term help us understand what

that looks like on the ground for someone in mali or say burkina faso. well it's not good at all i mean did it was already bad before code we had economic deterioration a lot of serious issues with the sri mr druce terrorist groups trying to exploit the situation and not to mention that guy climate change moving down and millions of people being displaced and all of sudden coby comes right on top of that and so globally we're seeing from and i'm not talking about people that are going to bit hungry i'm talking about people that are on the brink of starvation that number was at 135000000 before code now we see that number spiking to 270000000 by the end of this year and you break that down into places like mali burkina faso here in other regions of africa it really is a bad situation there we're facing and and we're facing it literally as we speak it is unfolding as we speak david in what ways is the pen to make itself affecting

food supplies that doesn't really involve sickness necessarily does it. well it's a combination of factors i mean you know what we're seeing to give it a good example in nigeria when they had a 5 week lockdown they had about a 1000 people die from code but we had a 1000000 people go into food insecurity because of the lot down is still where she an economic deterioration we're seeing a spike in food prices throughout africa lack of access economic theory ation loss of jobs you know if you do a lot down in the city in berlin people get food in their pantry for a week or 2 but a lot of these places they live hand to mouth day to day so if you do a lot dan you got to make certain that we have a safety net program in place if you don't if we don't address this right you will either have masterbation mass destabilization or mass migration in a salon cheaper to go in and help the people who need help during this extremely difficult time what exactly is needed to improve the situation talk about going in

what kind of resources do you need and how close are you to getting it. well you're not talking about a few $100000000.00 come of billions of dollars around the world but particularly in africa if we get the right money right now we can come in because we're actually the supply chain for covert at this point in time you know with the airline interest shutting down so we're moving copa supplies moving in food doing what we can do to make certain that we don't have an export ban shut down of distribution points because if you do you might not get seeds in or or fertilizers or food or whatever the case may be now what is critical is economic recovery and i know countries like germany which has done an amazing partner with us an economic stimulus package is also helping us direct monies on the ground in the strategic locations because if we don't come in with a strategic support you can have destabilization in migration people don't want to leave their home area but if they don't have food and they don't have the degree of

peace they going to do it is take it takes to do to protect their family their children the little girl the little boys enough they had more mothers tell me said my husband didn't want to join isis or outside of but we had that our little girl in 2 weeks is to be easily please help us is so thankfully the people of germany the people around the world are stepping up but we still have a lot more money we need over the next many months and this is not going to play out just in the next couple of months i am really concerned about 2020 but i mean shrink the concern about 2021 because the economic impact that code is head is going to play out i think in a devastating way with economic opportunity in africa so it's not a short ball game we're talking about it's a long run we've got to be really prepared for all right an urgent appeal there from david beasley executive director of the world food program thank you very much for joining us thank you. and now it's time for your questions to our science

correspondent there williams. there's smoking in the spread of coverage 19. smokers have had it pretty tough during this pandemic as far as i can tell there is still not absolute watertight evidence of a direct link between smoking regularly and worse outcomes if you catch covered 19 but i wouldn't wait for that proof i mean come on this is a potentially severe respiratory disease and we know that smokers are hit harder when they catch a range of other pathogens that cause similar symptoms but if they have covert 19 does the act of smoking also make them more contagious to others because they are could their 2nd hand smoke pose a danger of infection to those around them well we don't really know and it's extremely hard to prove one way or the other but there's enough evidence it might

that some regions in spain banned smoking in public last month and and other public spaces like some casinos in the u.s. have done the same the smoke that comes in a cloud out of the smokers knowledge when they when they exhale forcefully is basically a mix of particulates and aerosols that's ex of being from deep within that person's logs and the evidence has grown pretty convincing that aerosols can carry the virus so while there's no conclusive evidence on whether secondhand smoke is is more or less infectious that aerosols exhaled by by nonsmokers a lot of experts think it makes sense to err on the side of caution after all many are now saying that if you can smell what someone had for lunch you can also potentially catch code 19 from them so it seems to me that the same would hold true

for inhaling someone secondhand smoke. derrick williams there and finally to mexico where a tattoo artist in the city of monterey has come up with a novel way to deal with pandemic only to do is giving away free tattoos to those who have beaten the disease edging kovac 1000 survivor on their arms he says the survivors of a 2nd chance at life. and that's it for us here at the covert $1000.00 special thanks for joining us. africa. these freshly hatched sea turtles going to ivory coast are under threat. humans or their greatest enemies. but one in geo is working with researchers in the maritime police to protect. saving the sea terms of ivory coast.

to coast africa. next on. electric emission free assistant to sustainable future of mobility the wheel is a. warning at least it was close at 19 appears to be putting in place on the development or near cars comfortably big ones are back on the block there are really no alternatives. made in germany. 60 t.w. . did beethoven invent chances to did to do.

what he. can relate. the only romance of stolen beethoven. of course the subconscious always played the birds with the biggest composer of all time i can't begin to imagine a world class one player senlis on a musical journey of discovery. with all. this week on w. had a little everyone good to see you it's a beautiful day here in lagos not sunny but just the way we like it now did you know that too much of its official life can have a negative effect on our health and the world around us so you didn't think of that

we'll have more on that later on on the show welcome to the environment show eco africa a military way then to be sick in lagos now let's see what's coming up on the show today. we'll take a look at a cleverly designed an admissions free street sweeping devising gonna. find out why farmers in the netherlands are big fans of bags. and hear about how people in the ivory coast are protecting baby turtle. and now we're off to kenya the east african country has a high domestic energy demand i mean many sectors including the t.v. industry people are kings of final tonnages to fossil fuels kenya is africa's leading t.v. producer in cary coal country there are several t. processing companies that are using sustainable energy sources from the local area let's go have some tea.

when the sun shines the rolling land. comes to mind the fields of. the special climate here makes it kenya's most important green region. really has a plantation here he's one of hundreds of thousands of small will the farmers who make a living. he is the base just north of income the main source of income i have the bully's completed and i've been to. play nicer but he's on the. chance. morton shouldn't have his son in the factory here walk us divide up the leaves in 2 batches and prepare them for the drawing process. the factory uses a great deal of firewood but because of deforestation wood is becoming less cause

for source in the region. so the factory has begun replacing it with a brick it's made out of sugarcane residue you use. the brick. to grow to grow a lot of storage space under it's also very easy to transport them know less about and from units you know we talk about because we're able to generate more and i do them by word. liberal get some meat in a nearby fast tree the end made of sugar cane fibers a west product that is left over in sugar can production sugar factories often dump the residue at the roadside we explored and emits the greenhouse gases stop on the yolk site and me then. but in this process in plant it is turned into a valuable resource for us the sugarcane residual is dried and shredded. then

it's christie into briquettes system made out of a west product no additional land has to be put under cultivation. brasier diaz chavez is an expert for sustainable energy and has been assessing the environmental benefit of briquettes. b.c. same language circular economy so this is what we want to promote with bio energy and bio khana me how you can really have a rounded cycle for biomass back to the tea factory it has been able to replace one 5th of its firewood with briquettes. and other t. factories are following suit training their workers on how to make this week the hope is that one day they will be able to face out firewood completely.

if they succeed it will help preserve the remaining woodlands and protects the habitat of numerous animals and plants it would also benefit to the tea plantations in pharmacy. and he said when they use the brigades the company. uses the expensive and this is money and their money saved goes to the farmers for the environment and the tea producers in kenya. both solution with potential the potential to make kenya even. in germany like in many other places forest fires are a growing problem so understanding how best to help for us recover i regenerate is more important than ever a group of scientists decided to see what would happen if a force destroyed by fire well left more or less change own devices for several years we may think we are vast in many ways but as is so often the case when given

the chance mother nature will heal herself even from damage caused by humans like us. with beech trees maples or aspen's jeannette blue murder and. are always glad to see a new member of the family arrive about 12 months ago the 2 researchers began documenting changes big and small to this section of a forest ravaged by fire. we got what we hoped for i mean the ecosystem is starting to recover and certain species are quickly appearing and spreading such as these aspens they've now brought about changes to the area that are in turn helpful for other species. good 6 and in august 28th seen a forest fire raised almost 4 square kilometers of woodland outside the town of

twine pleats in eastern germany an area larger than 500 soccer pitches the usual practice after a forest fire is to clear the entire area and replant trees as seen on this private land but not in this case thanks to a government funded project here dead trees are left standing. local forest think it is testing an alternative solution removing most of the dead pine trees and planting other species in their place the idea is to create a mixed forest that's also home to oaks poplars and other deciduous trees. to me so i can i 1st want to just see which species of tree i could use and how old they need to be before being transplanted carrying out tests is important to get the full picture. and that's when the forest abroad in the expertise of these

researchers they're here to find out the best way for a forest to be able to regenerate and become more climate resistant with or without human assistance. the researchers take a hands off approach limiting their work to observing which plants and animals settle in the habitat it's a rare opportunity. it's now standard procedure to see to it that we repair the damage that humans have done all too frequently we do not give nature the time or space to do that itself and that deprives us of the chance to learn from nature to forgive them for all the false. among the things they have learned is that in addition to providing shade dead wood also in the hands of the soil when it falls to the ground it creates more humans which gives the soil more moisture the work is carried out on his test areas is on

a smaller scale than is common in conventional forest management they're barely accessible by car and he's a wreck did a fence around the forest to keep the larger animals at bay he left a number of dead trees standing leaves have also been spread to keep the soil moist and to protect it during drought year we're seeing large scale forest fires in the region and that's going to continue so we need to learn how to respond to. that and that's why researchers in that blue murder is here she's been collecting data on soil humidity and temperature which plants and animals settle there and how all these factors impact on the ecosystem 8 other research institutes are also involved in the project the data gathered over the project's 5 year time frame is being collected at her university and it was filed in nearby lynn but it happened habits like death data shows that natural reach even nation far exceeds the number of

trees planted by humans. we've seen up to 3 times the amount. naturally resettling compared to the prying or oak trees that were planted on the area. after i think a found wooden. the researchers are also part of an international network they're eager to hear about the experiences of colleagues in the u.s. and mediterranean countries and to learn if and how forest ecosystems can be made more robust. starts and if you wish to go and starts cooling our work is really important it can help us to compare biomes or large ecological zones so that we can discuss common patterns or and also told. one thing the number of studies show is that even the remains of trees killed or damaged in severe fires help the

forest ecosystem rebound which supports the argument of letting nature be. now we got into africa love people will take initiatives to help protect the environment our next report looks at a young innovator gonna who has a truck with god of finding cost effective solutions and sustainable wants to the problems facing his community his latest suit will bring jobs a bicycle that doubles as a little sweep up here is this week's doing. this is no ordinary thought i can trade. this sweeping bicycle collects trash as it travels the streets across its inventor frank doctor is on a mission he wants to help clean up gone as capital. but i'm not happy you're gonna go outside. and i see so many robberies from the ground up is so sad i'm going to

see someone if i'm going to come to go can i run i feel like fighting but i want to be tough and very same so good is my new invention i am i believe i come if i can build a country all i can put an end or come to something to do that to restrain a risk on the streets. he puts his sweeping bicycles together from discarded bikes and scrap metal. it takes to sell to an engineer around a month to complete one. it's just one of several inventions he's working on. friend dot com hopes he will one day own a factory and his eco bike idea will sweep across the nation. and how about you if you're also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website or send us a tweet. after doing your bit. sharing

your story. pollution is a problem all over the world and comes in a range of forms some obvious like plastic waste in our rivers and oceans all of a cloud of smoke billowing out of factories but even some things we consider useful can be the souls of pollution and have their own kind of impact on our wellbeing we shed a little light on the issue in a new segment called eco chick. gazing at a sky resplendent with stars. something many people around the world are sadly no longer able to enjoy. and advance thanks to artificial light while there were no up to date figures available in 2014 the skies over hong kong were already 82 times brighter than they might be naturally. we suffer

sleep deprivation from too much artificial light including that emitted by smartphones. it also disrupts the orientation of nocturnal birds and insects. our energy consumption could also be cut drastically by ensuring responsible outdoor lighting. for starters it would help if advertising signs and building facades weren't eliminated all my long. and if nighttime lights were used only for the places where it's really needed. some cities have already committed to minimizing artificial light such as fulda in germany it's among the $29.00 places so far to earn recognition as international dark sky communities. cities like these make it possible to see the

starlit sky again and. the body clocks of us creatures go to their natural rhythm. doctors not only helps us get a better night's sleep it's crucial for maintaining a balance in nature light pollution poses a serious threat to nocturnal species like bugs however scientists in the netherlands seem to have found a solution to this by creating special refuge areas for the flying mammals and that isn't to keeping the bats safe they also make sure their role in the ecosystem is preserved. and there's one. and the educational one a figure at least 5. far away from the bright lights of amsterdam dr commute is after creature now likes to operate under the cover of darkness.

and he is studying how lights are on.