this is g.w. news live from berlin and a global day of climate action gets underway around the world from the arctic to australia the fridays for future movement returns for the 1st time since the start of the pandemic. also coming up fred says the number of people hospitalized with covert 19 is back up to levels last seen in june now major french cities are getting ready to bring back restrictions to stop a 2nd place. and where they write or where they were on football authorities come under criticism after allowing fans back into the stadium for the you wake super

cup final despite the global pandemic. i'm simply so much going to thank you for joining us fridays for future climate protests are back on today for the 1st time since a coronavirus pandemic started 6 months ago the unprecedented rallies calling for climate protection went online with the pandemic began today more than $3000.00 climate strike events are planned and they are taking place all over the world. standing on an ice floe at $82.00 degrees north in the middle of the arctic ocean. 18 year old mile wants you to notice the sea of slush surrounding her. coming down on to the level of the war with all of the around. her. reminded me how

easily we could lose everything here she may look like a lone figure but she's one of thousands calling for climate action around the world from sydney australia to stockholm sweden would lead a gratitude and back at the helm outside parliament. beneath your feet the chronic price price is just a simple that's that the climate crisis never once been made that's right and unless we see this crisis we will be able to do so for so. it comes after a long pause for the fridays for future movement which was forced to move online as corona virus spread definitely the beginning of march it very much though down our problems because we were planning to have a really big strike in april however it has given us time to connect as a movement internationally across borders there were a lot closer and now it's a movement the overly even if we can't physically be as many. here demonstrating students have been striking on fridays for more than 2 years and humans are main

the same in all that time to put pressure on those in power before the damage becomes irreversible nowhere is that more pressing than in the arctic we're past the point of a wakeup overpass a point of ignorance we have to act now or we're going to lose everything. and we need to make sure the leaders are the session makers understand and care enough to do something about. all right a day of global climate action let's see what's happening here in berlin. delhi is at berlin's brandenburg gate where protests are underway hi julie tell us what's happening there. people have gathered here in front of the brandenburg gate as you can see there are many people around me 10000 people were expected to take part and the big road that leads up to the brandenburg gate is filled with

protesters now 3 different events were planned here in berlin this main sit in here at the brandenburg gate and then to bicycle demonstrations that would were then meant to gather here with the main one and organizers have asked protesters to wear masks and respect social distancing and from what i've seen people are a dering to the rules. we mentioned these are protests that are taking place around the world today but what is the issue that people here in berlin are focusing on. a young protesters i spoke to here told me that they are glad to finally be back on the streets protesting because they think the climate crisis has that has been forgotten during the coronavirus pandemic here in germany the phase out of coal is an important topic this summer the german parliament approved legislation that would phase out cool by 2038 and germany's economy minister pizza hut's maya said this sounded the end of fossil fuels in germany fridays for future and climate

activists disagree they say 2030 is too late to meet the paris agreement climate goals they want the call to be phased out by 2030 and that's what they are asking for here today. do you have used julia so delhi covering climate protests there for us at brandenburg gate here in berlin thank you. felt until the pandemic the fridays for future movement attracted young activists like few other causes in recent years and the young people have been joined by older activists who are bringing their knowledge to the new push to protect the planet. they want environmental justice they want it now and they have plenty of company granted us against the right when gallic america was a teenager she demonstrated for feminism now the 66 year old is taking to the

streets again for the environment nothing on what can go in there our children our grandchildren you've got to show solidarity with the ideas that these young people have you've got to take them seriously and get out and demonstrate with them because it's right what they're saying could be my. 16 year old hannah do your takes part in friday's for future protests on the street on social media or in public political debates that are going to have their own kind the older generation can help us to work out how to get through to the politicians how we can really bring about change after all they have a lot of experience i'm always happy to learn from older people and we can show them that we are still full of hope and that we want things to change and number one. hannah wants climate policies to change but sustainability is also important to her in her daily life as a man kind of we'd all stop flying there's simply no reason to fly anywhere in europe you can go everywhere by train and you can always go by bike and not by car

. for 14 years now and gallica macca has been only using one mode of transportation her bike she coordinates a neighborhood environmental group as part of grandma's against the right. as our job to our neighbors together to bring everybody together to think about the climate to give people a piece that urban need to take responsibility for our town and to make sure it becomes more colorful that it stays green and that we protect and preserve it. that means doing things like watering and caring for trees in the new. hood and clearing up parks beautifying urban gardens. is. just a little cog in this machine but i can turn lots of other cars as well and i think this is really a way to make a difference and be powerful and that makes me feel good. must.

go through the grammars and the teenagers are working together to develop ideas for the future they're united by their dream of a sustainable healthy planet. let's get a round about some other stories making headlines around the world north korea has apologized over the death of a missing south korean soul says north korean leader kim jong un wrote a letter saying he was quote greatly sorry for the incident northern troops reportedly shot a south korean defector on a boat and then burned his body out of fear of catching the coronavirus. u.s. president donald trump has paid his final respects to the late justice ruth bader ginsburg who is lying in repose at the supreme court hecklers booed and shouted at the president chanting respect her wish now in her last days ginsburg said she hoped to be replaced after the next inauguration the president is set to announce his replacement candidates on saturday. also in the u.s.

protesters have been marching for a 2nd night past curfew in louisville kentucky a day after a grand jury decided not to indict the police officers who killed a black medical worker brianna taylor during a drug raid at her home the jury said the officers used justified force as they had fired in self-defense. one of the vatican's most powerful cardinals has suddenly resigned a one sentence vatican statement said that pope francis had accepted the resignation of bet you who headed the office that creates saints but you has been implicated in allegations surrounding the london luxury real estate scandal that's off the bat. in the hundreds of millions of dollars. and a plane entirely powered by 0 emission hydrogen fuel cells took flight on thursday their craft completed its 20 minute flight north of london it's part of the government's high flyer project which aims to commercial aviation to make commercial aviation carbon free. france has set another record for

daily cope with 19 cases with more than 16000 new confirmed infections and the number of people hospitalized has risen as well to contain the virus france has introduced stricter rules in major cities across the country. more stay on maximum alert as the number of patients in intensive care searches non-emergency operations are being cancelled to keep critical care beds free authorities worry a 2nd wave could overwhelm the health care system. to contain the flare up bars and restaurants in france the 2nd largest city will be forced to close for at least 15 days starting on saturday the decision is left many bar owners and staff see thing some feel they are being unfairly targeted or we are unjustly punished stigmatized fingers are automatically being pointed at us bars and restaurants we are

responsible for the rise in kovi cases and marsay it's nonsense how and why are we responsible for this when we do everything to comply with the rules with regard to the others almost all good friends as prime minister disagree speaking on a t.v. programme he said the industry has contributed to the surge in covert cases. don't think long ago about showing the wall many people in cities seem bars where a lot of people don't have masks and don't respect a social distancing measures so they are hotbeds of contamination i mean a short while i was a hen we are a full 3 times more likely to be infected in a bar when in a normal business with. other french cities are also bracing for tougher restrictions in the capital paris bars and restaurants will have to shut at 10 pm. let's get some perspective on the story now we have john campbell with us he's a health analyst and educator in carlisle england hi john good to have you with us

why do you think that we're seeing this spike in cases in regions and countries really across europe not just in france. i think we're actually paying the consequences of what happened over the summit's i mean some unsightly cases went down and people thought things were getting much better so there was quite a lot of tourism so a lot of people went on holiday to spain a lot of people from france went abroad and came back and that was spreading the virus around and as well as that in some a time as you would expect of course nice summer evenings young people out drinking out socializing and that was a major driver of infection the infection was spreading amongst young people because young people usually get minimally symptomatic of even asymptomatic disease they were really suffering from it themselves but what they were doing is they were going home taking it to their parents' generation on their grandparents' generation so what we're now seeing as well is the increase in young people across europe the increase in the older people and indeed in the elderly now which is a concern because more of these are going to get sick and some are going to

potentially die on fortunately and john the result is that we do now see infection levels in some regions and in some some countries that are similar to those that we saw at the beginning of the pandemic but are we better able to handle outbreaks now compared to that time. there's a very good observation the numbers are quite similar but testing is way better now so we've estimated that the numbers back in february march april in the u.k. were something like 50 times underestimated so the numbers we're getting now in reality aren't yet as high although they appear to be only graphs so we're not quite back to where we were but in terms of being better prepared yes of course we are we're massively back to bad we've got the contact tracing ups in most countries we've got data collecting facilities people are well educated one knows about hand hygiene face coverings spaces between individuals these things are well known now the problem is motivation there's been quite a bit of covered fatigue over the last month or 2 people are just fed up of this

understandable of course but the point is the virus is not going away 80 to 90 percent of the population of europe is probably still susceptible to this virus they can still get it they're still relatively naïve to this virus and can get it and there's no question we can see greatly increasing cases this winter if we don't really quite quickly john let's take a look now at the race for a vaccine which is ongoing now russia has registered sputnik 5 as the world's 1st maxine against a current a virus a lot of scientists say it is too early for widespread use let's take a look. washing his hands multiple times a day just one of a series of hygiene measures godparent undertakes the doctor doesn't want to take any chances with corona virus but he knows a vaccine would offer the best protection against covert 19 that's why he's volunteered to take part in testing a new russian one. we'll put the bulls in someone has to do it with. an interest

without clinical trials and there are no medicines in the effectiveness has that seen or can only be evaluated in the 3rd phase of clinical trials. this stage 3 trials began 3 weeks ago but the. exene which has been named sputnik 5 was already licensed in august before they began and mass inoculation in russia is planned for later this year something numerous experts have sharply criticized the russian government has rejected the criticism it says the vaccine has been developed from already known substances and doesn't pose any health risks rush urgently needs an effective vaccine the country currently has the 4th highest number of corona virus cases worldwide and the numbers continue to rise with around $6000.00 new infections each day. gallup aaron and other doctors say they're not worried about the vaccine safety. after all the vaccine has already been tested

on several well known public people and they're doing well these public figures include russian defense minister sergei short moscow mayor. and one of president vladimir putin's daughters potent p.r. material. it's part of russia's strategic interests to always want to be 1st irrespective of whether it's a revolution or the 1st flight into space now it's about saying that we're the 1st to develop a vaccine internally we're showing that the situation is under control x. journal it's a signal that russia is still mastering its role as the savior of the world. said perry isn't thinking about his country's p.r. plans just now the doctor is here because he's hoping to help win the fight against the corona virus pandemic. people are tired

they want it to be over the new vaccine can help calm people and offer a way out of the situation but. it will most likely be at least several months until the results of the phase 3 trials are known only then can the actual effectiveness and safety of russia's sputnik 5 vaccine be assessed. so john if this vaccine were to be made available to you would you take it. it's a very interesting question isn't the answer at the moment is no now this russian vaccine is actually based on western vaccine this in the dino virus vaccine some people even suggest that the russians were highly influenced by ongoing data that was being conducted in our under research in western countries so the develop this vaccine and then actually rolling out now now back seems like any drug normally goes through 3 phase of clinical trials and the phase one of the phase 2 clinical

trials for this vaccine in russia have been questioned by western peer review that only show about what's going on and normally like what we've done in the in the u.k. and in the united states we've launched large phase 3 clinical trials testing the new vaccine against another vaccine or against a placebo to see if it works in the real situation and basically the versions of simply not done this they've skipped phase 3 clinical trials after questionable phase one and phase 2 clinical trials now there's 2 things we need to know about a vaccine one is does it work and the 2nd is exactly how the data on the russian facts it indicates that it's almost certainly going to work so i do expect this to be efficacious i do expected to generate a degree of immunity but what we're so careful about in the western countries in europe in the united states is making sure it's safe and the only way we can guarantee it is safe is by having large scale clinical trials so to say it's been tested on alamy of bad luck to me prudence daughter in the mary russia you can argue from 2 or 3 individual cases we need large numbers of cases to demonstrate

safely and at the moment that has not been done so i would be reluctant to take this vaccine i would certainly take one of the off the way after western phase 3 clinical trials however ok done is very quickly when do you think we can realistically expect that type of x.e. . the well that the americans are starting to open to vaccinate about 50000000 people by the end of the shia mass rollout is going to be a pool may june july next year so i would expect that you and me could hope to be vaccinated by next early next summer is my herb john campbell health and. we're going to have to leave it there thank you so much john thank you. let's get a roundup of some of the other developments in the pandemic now israel has toughened its coronavirus measures after a 2nd lockdown failed to reduce new infections the new rules will close most workplaces shut or out their outdoor food markets and further limit prayers and

demonstrations britain has reported its highest number of new cases in a day just over 6600 the government announced sweeping new measures earlier in the week designed to curb the spread of the virus and the number of people who have died from cover 19 in mexico has passed 75000 the country has seen more than 715000 infections. and rio de janeiro has delayed next year's world famous carnival celebration the event that normally draws millions of visitors supposed to take place in february but has been postponed indefinitely due to the pandemic brazil is grappling with the world's 2nd deadliest corona virus outbreak. sports now the u.a.e. super cup it took place in budapest last night of champions league winners by a munich beat europa league winners $2.00 to $1.00 lucas opened the scoring for severe in the 13th minute but that's going to hit the net for biron 20 minutes

later having my finesse back to the winner for biron during extra time. well some $15000.00 fans attended that match the 1st time there's been so many spectators since coronavirus attractions were introduced european football's governing body you a fire has been criticized for allowing so many fans to be on hand just as infections in europe are suddenly rising again. by and munich fans streamed out of the push crush arena in budapest happy about their 21 win over sylvia but there were mixed reactions over whether 15000 supporters should have been allowed in to the super cup. going into the stadium was well controlled everybody was checked in terms of both health and security attention was paid to mandatory mask wearing inside the stadium people out here to the safety distances between the seats and it was very good it was a great example of how to organize football games with spectators i speak of easily enough but. i have to say there were

a few too many people they could have reduced the number a bit but it was such a great game and polish thermal imaging cameras were used to check the temperatures of fans entering the stadium the cameras were among a package of measures wearing masks they were sanitizing handjob before entering and they checked our temperatures it was great i feel fine. european football's governing body wafer has been criticised for allowing the return of supporters in light of rising infections in europe you wait for president alexander shifrin defended the pilot project to measure 1st 3 qt. there's. not. a question of health risks for the fence we will of course not allow us or anybody else to drag us into any political discussion about that the easiest thing or a political campaign the easiest thing for us would be not to do anything it's

always the easiest think not to do anything and just stay and wait you a for now has to decide whether it allows a limited number of fans into champions league and nations league games over the coming weeks. let's talk about this with mark meadows from sports hi mark we heard you weigh 5 they're saying we have to do something we have to try something didn't work so well i think most people will say as a as a pilot project it did american see the fans are pretty well spread out across the stadium obviously there's lots of worries about it especially with cases rising again in europe but i think this was the perfect chance to try this experiment it's super cope it's let's be honest it's not the most important of the 4 titles by munich of will in this year if you're going to kind of play around with one of and it will be this one just to see what was possible with the fans and as we saw the fans are happy so no not social full byron's coach himself said before the game he wasn't that happy about going to build

a pass what did he say afterwards oh yeah the flick he said he didn't really understand why they were going to budapest which is oversee a coronavirus risk area as far as the german government is confirmed concerned but afterwards well given by and when he was a bit happier and remembered by and haven't played in a stadium with fans since march i mean yes we've had fans back in the blunders legal last weekend but by and actually weren't allowed to play with fans because of rising cases in the city of munich so he was a bit kind of shocked to suddenly have fans back again and he said it was good to have this atmosphere it was more like football but he also had a cautionary note for the fans i hope everyone who returns to jim stays in good health now the bavarian state premier marcus haven't really wanted any fans to go he said ahead of the game think again about going because of course now when they go back to germany they have a half of a negative coronavirus test or it's 2 weeks quarantine now if you have a fans who are coming out saying look i can get the virus just as easy in munich so what's the difference come to this game had a great time to be

a fans well they lost they said it was much more complicated than usual i mean when you having a full imaging camera checking your temperature that's not a normal thing in a football match so if this was something of a test case what do you think we can expect in the coming weeks it's tricky i mean can you really roll this out across the. champions league when you have in games across the continent lots of different sized stadiums lots of different from bases . i think they will do it slowly if they're going to do it they may well look at the bundles they go i mean the boat as they go is led the way on this from the very start from may when the bundesliga 1st review resumed without fans and now their own fans only 8500 was the maximum figure last weekend but if the bundesliga can prove week by week that this can with a limit to new fans coming back in the new way from i think well hey we can do that in european football as well all right mark meadows from sports thank you very much . now a british charity has honored a worker's lifesaving achievements in clearing mines and unexploded bombs in

cambodia the honoree is macgowan african pouched rat the animal charity p d s 8 cited him for bravery in clearing 121000 square meters that's 20 soccer fields of explosives in just half an hour can seek out mines in an area that would take humans for days to clear his secret a keen sense of smell and his lightweight which allows him to safely enter mine infested area. so let's get a reminder now of our top stories here on g.w. the fridays for future school climate strikes resumed today around the world organizers say the scaled down at demonstrations will take place in line with coronavirus restrictions on social distancing the country make mental weekly rallies called by swedish schoolgirls predatory had to be held on line. and france's government is warning that it could be forced to reimpose more drastic restrictions after the country reported a daily record of $16000.00 new cases of covered 19 the government fears health

services could be overwhelmed with more than 6000 people currently hospitalized with the virus. up next india has way through a huge package of labor reforms what will they do want to jones has that ongoing business states are. going to.

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