tv Euromaxx Deutsche Welle September 20, 2020 6:00pm-6:31pm CEST
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this is d.w. news live from berlin more mass protests in bell ruse pro-democracy activists call another day of demonstrations after police arrest hundreds of people mainly women demanding the resignation of hardline president alexander lukashenko also coming up . living in the new morea migrants say as makeshift camp on the greek island of
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less brass is like a prison with restricted movement and poor sanitation we hear from the reporter who was allowed inside. some protesters in thailand sent a strong message to their king in an unprecedented move these activists call for reform of the monarchy installing a park declaring the country belongs to its people. i'm rebecca rivers welcome to the program protesters in belarus are not giving up despite a worsening government crackdown tens of thousands of people have gathered in major cities throughout the country police and the army have been out in force and have started detaining pace for demonstrators this has been the same in the capital min's the focus of opposition protests since. presidential elections in august the
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protests have gone ahead despite security forces becoming increasingly brutal in recent wakes. correspondent nick connelly is covering those protests for us he joins he joins us on the phone now from mainz knee has this intensifying crackdown succeeded in keeping the numbers down at this mass rally. definitely no i mean there's definitely a new sense of tension with india here but also excitability people coming up with the same creative charge the same folks that i'm near the end of the call them now and just about 1015 minutes ago there was a stampede because there's been reports that the police is now searching in the police so it's in the distance people running to get close to the main group that turned out not to be the case but you don't get the sense that people are more concerned than they were in previous weeks they have seemed willing this evening to use heavy handed tactics even with women as we saw women. 2 now but it seems like
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this crackdown is going the opposite effect bringing out hope you were going to government maybe previously being outraged at the sort of violence being used them 3. so this outrage of a protest is out in the streets and greater numbers as you say now they any closer to achieving their goal forcing out president lukashenko. i mean this is the question of the standoff i think going on program months and years with the same still the same 6 think of refusing to what he called the story saying that these protests have been fired and walk straight from approach refusing to see any agency . but when you talk to people they think that if they keep on coming out they keep on growing the number that's been the case in recent weeks then eventually sink a regime will make mistakes will crack down and will basically bring about it turn to mind that is the feeling here people definitely feeling that this is a job that they have to continue doing something that will be part of everyday life and not just on the street. people in their communities.
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getting to know them they getting over there from all the other politics jordan people out with their kids attend at night. when they can certainly a long term process and one with it with no clearance you know definitely one the world is watching closely nic connelly in minsk thanks very much for that. let's take a look down some of the other stories making news around the world afghan government strikes have killed dozens of people in the northern provinces kunduz the defense ministry says the strikes targeted taliban fighters but it's investigating claims by local witnesses that civilians and children were among the victims taliban and government negotiators the karna holding talks in for the 1st time in decades. the death toll from a powerful storm which battered greece has risen to 3. suspects swept across central areas flooding thousands of homes and damaging roads earlier the storm
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caused widespread damage in the peloponnese and yani and islands. the captain of the rescue ship alan cody run by german charity c i says the vessel is still waiting to permission to dock on the italian island of lampedusa to picking up more than 100 migrants. in the southern mediterranean the 133 people were spotted drifting into overloaded rubber boats and a wooden fishing vessel. migrants on the great island of liz ball say kept in prison like conditions in a new camp built to replace one destroyed in a fire the new camp kept cold car a tape a little running water and poor sanitary facilities will than 9000 migrants have been moved day around 200 have now tested positive for covert 9 tain meanwhile demonstrations have been taking place in cities across europe including here in
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berlin today they're calling for the evacuation of all remaining migrants from caps on greek islands the german government last week agreed to take in 1500 refugees. i didn't have any reporter joe has been following this story and he joins me now joel it's been 10 days since the fire morea. what's happened since then well the greek authorities of rapidly build this new camp on a military site on lesbos now and more than 9000 of the migrants have been moved there some reluctantly the united nations refugee agency says this camp is not fit for long term habitation but the migrants are concerned that that is what will happen now we spoke to a reporter on the ground and greek atena he was allowed to have a look at the camp along with a handful of other journalists however there on the large sea of very small section and what he saw he said was as bad as the old camp at moria that burnt down in the
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fire now he says it's built on one of the worst spots on the island it's extremely windy and open to the elements as you'll be able to hear on this short report that he sent us from the camp at cutter temper. the 1st president to enter the contest to see how this is serious inside and its neighbors have. journalists who report it to incident site and this is do since they are really bad because they're for things i didn't mean rocks and i'm not. in front of the scene so we don't know exactly what is going to be in the next. best effort to start to rise that they don't want to embed in the new company because you need like you know. $9000.00 references inside often so they're. often i describe them the i mean you know that. they believe that this new camp. there is going to be dependent on the 2nd. right that was reporter ted i was speaking to
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us from liz boss. joe what conditions of migrants and observers there well observers including a reporter there say that there's little running water no showers and migrants are already going in in poor conditions because they've been living effectively homeless for a week and women in particular have been unable to watch so there's concern about their health there there's also a flimsy electricity running through the camp where people have to charge their phones and cook and as a concern about what might happen when it rains the ground itself is potentially contaminated or it may contain munitions which is worrying people now the reason the margaret say that it's like a prison is that of being surrounded by barbed wire and normally migrants are allowed to leave these kind of camps but today they were being told they wanted allowed out the reason they were being given was that the shops are closed but that's abnormal migrants are not prisoners they should be allowed to have freedom of movement and of course now there's a concern about covert 19 hundreds having tested positive in the rest being kept in
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these tightly packed tents so we have a new camp but 10 days after the fire conditions on lesbos are still the cause for concern. thanks very much for bringing us up to date on that story. and turning to thailand now a thousands of pro-democracy supporters have joined in a red challenge to the all powerful monarchy and one of the biggest displays of defiance ever seen activists around all night in the capital bangkok it demands include curbs on the power of the king fresh elections and wide ranging constitutional reforms. this country belongs to the people the message inscribed on this brass plaque a symbol of protest cemented into the ground. for months now thais have been calling for reform of the mana king and political system. but this weekend's demonstration was the biggest in the years. tens of thousands
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gathered in bangkok. and state to protest throughout the night. you a little rain i want to see changes in the most meaningful way a bigger change than before which will take into account people's opportunities education and our right to speak the truth so we can question and discuss things we're not supposed to talk about. and the world i doubt that not. me or god there's a chance we'll be successful without demands but we'll have to wait and see if the protesters are still committed to fixing the constitution then the government won't be able to ignore them forever really layout. the protesters a growing bolder on sunday they handed royal guard police a letter setting out their demands. particularly sensitive is the call for royal reform including limits to the king's powers. this is broken it's
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a bill in thailand where criticising the monarchy can be punished with up to 15 years in jail. king badger along cohen is out of the country and spends most of his time in europe the royal palace has yet to comment on the weekends protests. but the student activists driving the movement see them as a success. today chris we're all human beings we have the same red blood we've proven that nobody pleads blue blood. c protesters are calling for more rallies and a day's general strike so far the protests have been peaceful but some fairly or thirty's could change tack and adopt a more forceful approach towards dissent. the amazon rain forest is once again up in flames wildfires in the brazilian jungle a bigger and fiercer than ever this year the pants now is one of the world's
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largest wetland ecosystems after months of drought the region is now saying the worst places in 20 years. smoke chokes the pattern now as the flames tear through this tropical wetland exceptionally dry conditions of prime the area to burn experts think logging in the amazon rain forest north of here is up sitting the ecosystem creating the conditions that make these blazes possible and insects are also dropping dead amid the inferno. this is the 1st time i've witnessed an emergency like this the fires caused a lot of there's no rain forecast for these wetlands in the coming weeks but the country's prison it didn't come here instead he visited a neighboring region to mark the start of the soya planting season. and to make his supporters many of whom a local landowners but both are there is play nearly failed to land in the thick
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smoke ok because of your poor body's 1st attempt the pilot had to abort the landing that's almost never happened to me certainly highly unusual happened the visibility was probably poor. spadaro even so the fires devouring brazil's wild close in are is top priority. sports now in the bundesliga vertebrae manuel hoping to get their season off to a flying start against then after a poor campaign last time out that almost saw them relegated but dody luka back hero put her to 2 nil up by half time they can sell scored a consolation for braman debut go by john cordoba sealed a 41 win for the berliners braman could only disappoint the few long suffering fans who were allowed back in the stadium. and here are the results from the rest
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of the buddha's latest match day so far lives got a win against minds dortmund took care of business against frankfurt true with newly promoted in a field oh. then hoffenheim down cologne as hurt as win against braman freiburg snuck past newcomers just got demolished chalco on friday night and as we speak. battling leverkusen. britain is marking the i guess anniversary of the battle of britain german world war 2 british spitfire and harken fighter planes flew over london to commemorate the conflict they were among the aircraft which defended britain against attacks by the german looks in the summer of 19 fulton the oil was victory was a turning point in the war. you're watching the news pablo foley ileus will have more news headlines at the top of the
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hour up until then you can stay up to date on our website that's data dot com don't forget you can follow us on instagram and twitter as well at d w news i'm rebecca races in berlin for may and the entire it's a thanks very much for watching. can you hear me now oh yes we're going to do to you in hydrolysis tears german song . man. surprise yourself with what is possible who is medical really what moves want. to talk to people in full on the way maher is and critics right joining us from eccles livestock.
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consumer. sometimes. with. what connects people. to be torn down. we celebrate the 30th anniversary of this. cation october 3rd on d. w. . comes. from namibia has an ambitious goal she wants to immigrate to germany. with the help of a recruiting agency the qualified nurse finds a job at a german hospital. a journey full of homs.
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and clothes. will she be happy living abroad. yellow a corndog often goes to the market in the namibian capital been told together with her cousin and her cousin son. they all live together and are close to one another . and they share a particular passionate grilled meat especially beef intestines if it is just you know they always say like me to me is the best you can go on and i believe that's what i was very. good but you little won't be living with her family for much longer despite having qualified she can't find a job here in germany by contrast nurses are highly sought after i think she could
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learn a lot in germany and earn more money. he. so she signed up with a recruiting agency and for the past 5 months she's been learning german from morning till evening. and he. studies for mainstreaming. i know what to do once we get paid i want. to day stuff from do. so doris university hospital has come to vinton to interview job applicants feel always nervous. take a deep breath the woman from the agency tells her as they enter the room. it's her 1st interview and all in german. the 1st question was not in use what made her decide that she wants to go to germany as i move to sky for me it's an opportunity for my personal development under the chance to work with 1st class medical personnel. to modify and heads the recruiting agency
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capital and medical that funded the language course for years now he's been recruiting nurses worldwide. the clinic pays as agency a premium for each successful recruit. yolo displays extensive medical knowledge and good german. toast and a hunch is in charge of nursing staff and doff he's impressed with the candidates from 5 months to something if we had to do that in english we'd never make it unbelievable for them not to press and they'd fit in well with our team and our wards insistence and i'm very impressed with our progress. back at school the classes singing a german pop song when they get the results of the 15 job interviews. it was we discussed all of you and i can tell you that we at the clinic have decided that we would love to have you all in dusseldorf is busy only god could.
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be so excited so it's very excited i can't express how i'm feeling down i was very very very excited. finally the day of her departure arrives yellow had to wait 3 long months. because of the coronavirus there were no flights. her family has come with her to the airport. yellow comes from a small village part of which has no electricity. her father works on a pig farm. germany feels like a distant world away. he's very proud of his daughter's success. but saying goodbye is tough. at least rather different than the read the good i can not. i must i think. and. i for the.
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hardware we. have going and. none of the know when yellow will be back she wants to stay in germany for at least 2 years but she might end up staying a lot longer than that. touched down in frankfurt airport staff from the recruiting agency in the hospital come to welcome the young nurses it's a big moment for all of them. the clinic desperately needs new staff. they spent months trying to get the nurses to germany during the pandemic. i
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heard i. heard it said that i could have. finally in germany yellow experiences a rollercoaster of emotions. you know. there. is something. i got to live. remember about. all the men out there 3 men say i mean did they did. the landscape the highway the temperature everything is unfamiliar for you know. long buildings. the clinic has rented apartments for the nurses below will be sharing a place with 6 of her colleagues. this
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is what they view and what. they eat what store different tastes not based not on the. all. you know i mean you know. finally it's time to see the hospital oh that's the boss. you know was shown around her new ward. with your nurse this is nurse sabina earth was not the no. it was 7 billy's tell me if i talk too fast. i understand there's. the deputy head nurse on the ward mentor you know spends the next 4 weeks being shown the ropes at the hospital
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and attending a course on medical terminology in german. then she's finally allowed to do things are self. preparing intravenous infusions poses no problem for the qualified nurse she's more worried about whether the patients will be nice to her. the patient initially thinks he has to lie down we are all through that night i know sid to please her. no fever van r block was admitted a few days ago with pneumonia he's 87 years old. and now it's time to take the patient's blood pressure so one that's here. so it's not . that severe. as i was very happy with your last progress. of the start
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a so i think jim is amazing. and she seems to grasp things very quickly and apply them so i feel very positive that you wish to be here. in a few months time you will have to take another exam after that she'll be paid the same as a german nurse a lot more than she would earn in namibia. i want to put electricity at our farmhouse. and. her. style. and then my brother and of us that there may be to. give him some pocket money. not really not too long because now over the worst and is due to be transferred no i was. he has a number of grandchildren and has a good relationship with all of them. one even lives in the apartment next to his
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most elderly people in germany would consider him lucky. but thinks it's a shame that he doesn't have all his extended family around him like in namibia. sorry mr blank the transport service is here to collect you know that yeah i'll take this off now. make sure you don't lose your glasses this year you will get more oxygen in the car. because of the war. so. you know likes elderly people but you sometimes feel sorry for the ones in germany. you are free right move was moved out to buy a little best mr blank to get well soon joe will lose.
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back home usually with the. kids you don't usually find and all the person staying in that maybe you should be with somebody yeah i kind of feel for them it's not good to stay afloat all day yeah. yeah and. i left. once work is over yellow goes up with 2 of her colleagues they love italian ice pretty good friends. and they think the city official thought this beautiful. and didn't. know what they're missing is germany france. not using it in a way with friends my family i'm in your was in my world. and i don't think because i think germans are very private very reserved i think they. had to maybe correct but the ones who. were friends then maybe i thought i don't know now
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they take a boat trip their 1st one ever. i think it's just but it will never feel like oh yeah. yeah i think so maybe by. now or never i don't think it will ever be like oh dear god that's not soft spots so they'll frighten. her but she doesn't regret her decision. because. the job is good at the lemon law lending for the best yes the old i don't regret it one bit. she hopes to find some german friends so to make up for her like a family here. that despite all the differences she could be happy living in germany. a
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