this is news live from berlin the world's confirm coronavirus death toll is pretty approaching the 1000000 mark. in 2 years among the hardest hit countries with. $6000000.00 on monday expected to surpass the united states to lead the world in total infections within weeks. in delhi for more. also coming up tensions in the caucasus fresh violence erupts between azerbaijan and armenia the 2 former soviet republics accuse each other of a long running conflict on their border. and more anti-government protests in

opposition to. the true winner of august election calling some things rally her. welcome to the program india has just passed 6000000 confirmed covert 1000 cases as authorities recorded more than 82000 new infections on monday the country has the 2nd highest number of cases worldwide after the united states authorities began lifting restrictions in june despite a big increase in new infections most of the active cases are concentrated in just 5 of india's 28 states. let's get more on this from delhi with our correspondent in the mission as well. so

let's get right into it what explains this dramatic rise in cases in india. well really i'm really looking at a country that had massive population also urging really high cooperation density which meets a shy greeting groundswell aren't wanted of the youth and this is infectious not at all slate in your head. has stopped on to its policy on lifting distractions and has been do you want to go for over the last few months this i don't think uses and esteem than you any formal feeling went off beat but it has been one of the reasons why there has been this update that india and the government as well as the people insist that it cannot afford to continue one knock down and they must not lift the curtain on our hands because of the economic condition of the country now of course why did what activity in your eyes look to get a little cynical. this is the uk to give this definitely is going sunny despite the

people continuing to rally up. you said 2 key words right there of ford and economics so how are people and families coping with the financial hardships brought on by the pen emic minutes definitely been a difficult failure and this is john c. genuine numbers as well at the beginning of the lockdown you saw these dramatic images of migrants walking. just floated on strikers and just trying to desperately get on those images have since does all of this and yes coming back to look and there's almost a sense of hope that things mitral as you julie but my development the actions of estimated millions of job losses in the bombers act up and by the government is lead out as need out aid to funnel has to liberalist and then workers there in the certain resentment also from the follow sectors in not enough is going out to do this many young people actually back to their home dons at once when i didn't.

want the g.d.p. has seen its largest ever quarterly contraction over the last few months. so from economics the politics then what is the political fallout here for the government well it's interesting when you why did the opposition has an designs and i don't go on about got mismanagement all this pandemic again bring it back to their situation on the manxman solution of the economy the simple which is immense the whole thing that seems just didn't be one strong the main believe obama uses the don't be so at the beginning to be what's the best what because of the fact that he's a little you know well not there's also a change in focus and look at what you want from the dynamics would i want to know to look at elections coming up which will be crucial to see if the that's what the friend. says but you know she dies well in delhi thank you very much

let's zoom out out the corona virus around the world here the latest developments there are fresh doubts over the true number of virus deaths in mexico the top coronavirus official there said calculating the final statistics will take a couple of years officials have already admitted that the death toll of $76000.00 is an undercount and new zealand's prime ministers are sent out and said travel between her country and some australian states might be possible by christmas plans for a travel bubble have been under discussion for months and in south korea it's reported just 50 new cases of cover 19 its lowest daily increase in 7 weeks the drop is likely due to stricter social distancing measures introduced to stop the spread of the virus. and some other news making headlines around the world u.s. president donald trump has dismissed a new york times report about his income taxes calling it fake news the article stated he's paid no federal income taxes in 10 of the past 15 years trump is the

only president in recent times not to make his tax filings public. u.s. federal judge has temporarily blocked the trump administration's order banning downloads of the chinese own video sharing app tick-tock it was set to take effect at the end of sunday trump said the ban was necessary for national security because of tick tocks links to the chinese government. already us democratic presidential candidate joe biden has condemned president donald trump's decision to nominate amy kone barrett to the supreme court biden said trump was a using the court to overturn health care reform passed under barack obama he urged the senate to delay voting on confirming the pick until after november election. diplomat and former foreign minister mokhtari away any has been named the country's new interim prime minister the move raises hopes that sanctions imposed mali after

a coup in august can now be lifted the appointment of a civilian prime minister was one of the major conditions set for removing them. from. an old conflict boiled over into new violence on sunday as armenia and azerbaijan confronted each other over the disputed no going to karbala region both sides have reported casualties and accuse the other of starting to fight the area is internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan but it's been controlled by ethnic armenians since war in the early 1990 s. kill tens of thousands of people the international community including germany and the united states have called for an immediate cease fire. conflict is always smoldering in the region of nagorno-karabakh but after sunday's attack on the capitol steps and not heard it might be on the verge of erupting again some even fear a full blown military conflict the fighting is rooted in

a decades long territorial dispute though internationally recognized as part of the by john armenian separatists control the region and the south corpuses both sides accuse each other of starting these latest clashes heigl would pop up the last day of the armenian people have been prepared for the possibility of a war because we realize that there are immuno phobia and hatred with which azerbaijani dictatorship has had its people that for many decades could not leads to any results other than war. hong kong. it is no secret that the initial fire including artillery fire was launched by armenia and the 1st to die whereas the johnny service men. of azerbaijan gave a decent response to the enemy and the enemy could not move an inch and. job with. most of the footage that comes out

of the region is provided by either the armenian or the azerbaijani ministry of defense the latest fighting is the largest outbreak of the dispute since 2016 the conflict dates back to the dissolution of the soviet union since then both countries have claimed the nagorno-karabakh region as their own territory a conflict that remains unresolved. on sunday both sides declared martial law with immediate effect meanwhile leaders from around the world are calling for deescalation. romania gonchar ranko from russian service told us earlier about what reignited the conflict. well we do not know for sure because there is now independent verification on the ground what exactly has happened when the sunday morning so we can only assume that maybe

a while on the on which side we don't know someone decided to use they international situation rather on the conflicts and the international attention was drawn to them to try to maybe gain ground or try to push this conflict which is very long as you rightly sat as ever i john showed signs of growing frustration with this conflict not being a result for decades you must understand azerbaijan is much stronger than i mean it's bigger it's has no money is a military and more powerful so the president always about john made some remarks in germany forever i saw him in unica this week security conference saying that he doesn't want any compromise but if he she spoke to the prime minister of a mania nicko question and who suggested to negotiate but as a by john was not willing to yield. tens of thousands of belarus fans have gathered in minutes for a 7th week to call for alexander lukashenko to step down sunday marked the 50 day

of protest since the disputed presidential election in august a look at opponents and much of the international community say was rigged denies electoral fraud and was inaugurated on a wednesday in unannounced ceremony. still no end to the stalemate but these massive protests just won't stop either the demonstrators are determined to oust alexander lukashenko who last week swore himself in for a 6th term in office on sunday they mocked the man they believe is clinging to this throne. me feel like god. and they're here. years and that's why he made the grace of peace not riding again the. opposition leaders had planned to kind of scalia dubbed sunday's protest the people's inauguration protestors came bearing

her portrait they believe she not look as shank 0100 gross disputed presidential election. and today we're celebrating i don't know always will be 6 in the list but you know the ration of our presidents step on the sopranos here. 50 days of protest but there's no sign the christian closed government is about to go and it is still trying to push the people off the streets. in gomel and other cities peaceful protesters again faced a violent police response according to officials police detained at least 200 people there are. thousands have been arrested in the last. 7 weeks and many of those detained have applauded torture and abuse in custody prompting international condemnation so everybody's looking around i do coming on

to say everybody has the string of being worried that maybe they will but there are so many of us. i despite a huge government crackdown these demonstrations haven't been crushed but they have so far failed to push look out leaving the roost in crisis found at an impasse. earlier we asked you to abuse nick connelly in minsk if he sees an end to the protests in belarus any time soon every time that these protests seem to be reducing in size then the better since come and surprise us every time the police comes in and makes mass arrests it seems like the next week there are more people out on the streets i think he's on the genco has no idea what this is going off 26 years in power and in his 6 after that in over a show last week that secret inauguration in which he didn't even have any russian gas let alone international gas at that event i think for now it seems like the

regime does have some stability selma reserves of civility the security services all still open now but you know this massive police presence is costing them huge amounts of money trying to keep those people loyal and other hand the protest to show no real sign of being intimidated by anything the government can throw at them and for now when you talk and they say we we we're tired of being afraid we are not going to go back to sitting home and keeping quiet. let's finish on fashion the pandemic has hit almost all industries and sectors hard and fashion is no exception there's been almost no live shows for designers to present their new ideas but one famous italian label is now celebrating a catwalk comeback while the few handpicked guest said valentino's show near milan had to wear masks throughout the event the models themselves were free to show their faces as they showed off the brand's 2021 summer collection the show marked

the end of this year's milan fashion week. watching d w news there's always lots more to read and catch up on a t.v. dot com and instagram and twitter at u.w. news and williams with cruft more news in 45 minutes thanks. and you hear me now on this year's return to you and how it all stands gentlemen sound so now we bring you an angle that matter as you've never thought of have been surprised to so with what is supposed to is magical really what moves and want. people to follow along the way maurice and critics alike join us from apple's lock stock.

chocolate we can't seem to get enough of it each year we consume $7000000.00 tons of it world wide. and that. it comes in countless varieties and price ranges made by anything from small chocolate make his to the international giants that dominate the market. and the whole spectrum can be seen at confectionery trade fairs like this but the exhibitors are also here to teach children about where chocolate comes from. have you heard of ivory cruz is the biggest producing country in the world through the cocoa through to the cocoa tree is called the couple's look how it is has the look up what we take care of these plant. surprisingly there are a critical voices at the exhibition as well environmental organization mighty earth

is here to talk about the darker side of chocolate city with a remote if you've consumed coke or past 20 years if you have a closely guarded child labor and slavery absolutes work in the worst condition as a dangerous chemical has shut machetes and have to carry very heavy moments later. this has long been known in the chocolate industry but many companies still insist they are doing what they can to protect children and the environment. is a new strain of swine industry acknowledges the problems if i see a forestation a child labor on plantations us officials hold back i assure you it's that they are working hard to improve the situation is that they will do that. over the last 10 years more and more cocoa producers have pledged to save the forests and send children to school instead of work. but are they.

this is the harbor of abidjan the economic capital of ivory coast the west african country produces 40 percent of the world's entire cocoa supply. the trees that it comes from grow on small remote fans. there are around 6000000. these farms worldwide and they're mostly left to their own devices. their harvest then goes through a long supply chain of traders and manufacturers before it ends up on our shelves. i'm paul mora a french television journalist and i'm interested in the very 1st link of this chain. much of the remaining rain forest in ivory coast lies in the south west about an 8 hour drive from the capital the region is known as the

country's cocoa belt. even as we approach on the main road children run away when they see our camera it's a sign we're getting close to the plantations. why did you tell him to run away is he working for you. know so why send him away while you filming. child labor is forbidden in ivory coast punishable by up to 6 months in prison but it's rarely prosecuted as it's shown too hard to prove. in the far west of the country the roads turn into where it muddy dirt tracks. militias patrol the area they say they're here to protect the people.

they collect money from everyone who passes through especially the cocoa trucks. it costs 100 francs to sometimes 500 if you've got a full truck it's 1000 francs. this is the protected one dead. a forest reserve about 10 kilometers from the liberian border it used to be part of the species rich west guinea and lowland rain forest. but there's not much left of the forest the protected animals. the land was cleared to make way for thousands of illegal cocoa plantations.

the green plants are full cook county trees the primary forest is dead. officially no one is even allowed to enter the same area without permission from the forrestal thorazine but no one is here to enforce the rules. these hidden camps the littlest signs. the farmers are working illegally on land that doesn't belong to them journalists aren't welcome here so we don't tell them what we do. we're accompanied by a member of an n.g.o.s the human rights. around 40 people who live in this camp huts men and children only. they drink water from the river and eat bananas and manioc that they grow in the forest themselves.

they pick could count cards and cut them open with machetes day after. day. it takes a lot of care and precision the shells $100.00 and their blades shop. it's the only. way to extract the precious beans to distil coated in a white fleshy pulp pull. back on. the beans are left out to dry before they have bagged up and sold to a co-operative. the workers old very young about a 3rd of them

a children. 'd they're extremely poor immigrants from neighboring kenya faso. their homeland is a country plagued by drought hunger and violence the cocoa business in ivory coast is often their only hope for survival. drama on is 13 years old have a good point and she go to school if you do good why don't i go to school when i wasn't there and yes every month i dropped out of my youth who i think. you know by those parents couldn't afford it anymore or for those who do. you know come on how did you end up here been about was that they came with my older brother a lot of good as it does still get out of the car is the youngest in this camp

close by what about you know no school i don't. know. no no no i don't like school. but you know i need to earn money because if. this forest should in theory be monitored by ivory coast's ministry of water and forests. we're using the u.n. . see ranges here yeah but they leave us alone it is a mess. the government does have an official plan to save the rainforest they want to redistribute the land reforest some of the areas that have been destroyed and use legal farms more efficiently more than 200000 cocoa farmers are meant to receive training. but next to nothing has actually happened so far meanwhile immigrants from bikini faso continue to arrive to work on ivory coast

illegal plantations. they come as children and stay for many years the forest becomes their prison with a seesaw is just one of its prisoners your parents stayed. in burkina faso you don't see them. you know i haven't seen them for 6 years but. you were 15 when you arrived team of. writers yes now i'm 21 a long time without your parents yeah it's very painful you were going to even back you know not want to. know why no it was iffy thank you this is the 1st year i've actually started earning money. is just amazing. it's one of the darkest secrets of these clandestine plantations people like us

seize toil for years without compensation only later to they receive a small piece of land in return to grow their own harvest and keep any returns it yields. he can finally make some money from selling cocoa this is how the camps in guam debate operate 1st the boys work for food then for payment in kind. ali has also started working on his 1st small plot of land if you don't if i really love your boss doesn't pay you easy no no i didn't get any money at all that's not a decided i'd word you know what it might mean. in my book the closer you work for free for 6 years exactly that's slave labor. i mean yes we live with but that's just the way it is. this year's you mean this i harvested i going to.

set and in. a bag and a half that's 180 kilograms which sells for $210.00 euros that's our lease new annual income. has just arrived from bikini afonso this is the start of his new life here. and then i. think someone's i'm going here skipping can you tell me how much money he makes. for the overall food i think i got. no more. developed here to pay than how much. the question is making really sharp uncomfortable. i mean a very good thing. if you works

in your literacy of his own plot. ok thank you for the mama right now he's working for free with you know he's working towards getting his own one of them imposed on him but i don't know how old are you. 3 do you know how old you are. one of us when he doesn't know. where is your thing. he was here but he was in the city. the city of geek love is 40 kilometers east of the forest children from the kenya faso who've been sold by their parents arrive at least bus station to be bought by plantation owners. to observe one of these transactions our n.g.o.s help pretends to be a farmer he's wearing a hidden camera. he finds 2

traffickers at the station waiting for the children to arrive from bikini afonso. they target the most vulnerable ones who'd be willing to work just for food. they tell us who's in charge of this business. the next day we meet the old man as he's known here. in the trust me often kids for you no problem but you know what i'm going to pay a purpose or. i'll be very happy to find children for you i'll pay you for. i'll be happy and so will you. this will turn your profit and be a parent get 200000 francs of this up. just in the $200000.00 to the parents or dollars prada sure why look below if i wanted the long can they work for me 3 or 4 years. to stay for 3 maybe 2 years and i can't pay more than 200000 don't worry they're not all the same. humans have different prices. like sheep they're

not all for the same. finish your coffee and get the children. just right now of course it is ok. 200000 west african c.f.a. francs a worth roughly 300 euro. rose that's the cost of $1.00 slave for 3 years. while our guide has a coffee the old man gets a tip off that there are journalists investigating the illegal plantations because off the deal. the young workers have no idea of the dangers they face of the cocoa plantations one of the worst is invisible toxic herbicides because i know that you work in the fields. we come across a lot of children wearing big weed sprays on their backs often working without

a mask we want to find out what they're spraying. isn't that harmful for you. you know. you won't get sick you know. when you pour in there. so that that that the user doesn't have a red lead yet so there was the red live meaning the boys unless. the bottles with the red lead contain weed killer it's sold everywhere but what's it made off. so as it was no idea what it is it's chinese. forces to find out more about these weed killer we venture further into the forest to another illegal plantation the deeper we push the more we begin to realize why the forest is dying out and quite forgot i think i would say are you going to. war

. isn't everything then you plan cocoa. yes we spray the stuff everywhere it too does to the children who work here use this product as wells even sit in them. yes. life is saved and you know what that is yes. we know the name but we don't know what it does we just kill weeds and. glad to say it is a broad spectrum herbicide that kills almost all plant species and the world health organization has identified it as a probable cause an agent especially when applied without appropriate protective gear. certainly there's no one told you it might be dangerous music i know we didn't know it was wrong or possibly even every august across the globe when you see the protective clothing on the packaging doesn't that make you wonder los altos what we know we have protection to use this product but we don't have any. so we just may do without it if. that's how you make room to plan campaigns one that's

right so basically if you use it once the vegetation has been destroyed the cocoa can grow quickly has. it come over for good is ot due to the trees they're all white for we set them on fire. was sick. to do do we use dry wood to burn them down. if they like you. when you have most rights because for the exact way that. count trees rely on the 1st haul soils of the forest but they're also leeching them drawing. the environmental organization my sheep earth documents the destruction that i've never. used it is amazing look at our life and once kick our ride it takes over the entire forest as

a full sun monoculture masses of chemicals are straight all over 20 years later the ground is completely hertha list so they push deeper into the forest into the same thing again and again they just keep moving further and that's why i say the cow plant is a canopy can you hang. between 909-2015 over 90 percent of 5 very coasts primary forests were cleared. they've mostly been replaced with could count trees. these continual deforestation is having an impact on the local and global climate less forest means less rain and without rain nothing will be able to grow here even

cocoa. as the soil dries up so does a vital source of income in the region within a week in the gone deb a forest we witnessed all the crimes the industry pledged to eradicate including slave labor child labor and the destruction of the environment. however each and every day tons of these illegal cocoa beans into the regular supply chain the people who buy them up like to keep a low profile but we find a trading post at the edge of the forest that buys both legal and illegal produce these bags stored here come from at least 40 different farmers. there's no marking on the bags to say where they came from their opened in the beans are all mixed together completely impossible to track.

one of the biggest cooperatives in the region cooper webb used to work under the fair trade label. displaying this logo means taking a stand against child labor and the forestation. in 2017 cooper webb had its certification suspended was there cocoa being grown in the protected rain forest. that it. we have hardly any business partners in the classified rain forest and the number is marginal. is it safe to say that when these trucks arrive with dozens of bags like these are you sure none of them come from the areas where child labor will deforestation a taking place let's be honest we saw child labor everywhere within the classified

zone outside the zone everywhere you. look to see an article that says a suitable mosi is affected depends what you call child labor a man who takes his kids to the field on sundays is that child labor is awful. no that's not child labor just assume that because. you know what i'm going from the cane afonso who's been here 5 years that's child labor raiola i mean normal. so far i haven't heard of any such cases of children working for one of our partners. to callao can you be sure that we inspect our producers every year. that the supply chain for the chocolate is anything but transparent what exactly happens between the forest and down supermarkets that go to the cocoa you process where does it go how does it

work who's buying this next borders. exporters. like this like this. so it's export us from ivory coast. to. the cooper web manager won't tell us who he sells to we come back in the evening and to drive us spills the beans. to the congo yes. they both yes. cooper web sells it's kick our beans to congo a giant us conglomerate. trades agricultural commodities among other things. it's an intermediary that sells cocoa on to the chocolate makers whose products we see in our supermarkets many people haven't even heard the name before.

surprisingly we managed to get an interview with congo they usually prefer to stay under the radar. i keep avoiding really still the coco too that you get from ivory coast to many big companies i'm not exactly sure nestle mars legal action and some others do it. without knowing it most of us are eating cocoa products supplied by candle the company promises that it supplies clean cocoa but we have an doubts we confront the manager and his p.r. officer with our images. only restricted can we only stayed for a few days and we saw children on the roadside working with machetes and weeding with dangerous herbicides. that's terrible you should already know about this covered this all falls to see if the child labor is something we do our best to prevent within the certified cooperative organizations that are part of our

sustainable development network. for sustainable hoka we offer a 50 percent premium cycle compared to the price of conventional green does it get us into it so 50 percent goes to the cooperative who you know who do you have the cash to have the business long for the. boss are you sure the money is being redistributed open that even the cooperative is run by a well trained people it's all for me. our system works. we're committed to quality. the promise commits us to make a difference to them in return for the 50 percent premium. these cooperatives are supposed to actively improve the daily lines of farmers by building schools for instance he says a promise that cooper webb has also committed to. is it hard to verify when children are being forced into labor so we have to build

a school this year only one of our sections in the 6 year old. oh you do for cooper went for cooper web. site when. you got i think that well the location has already been chosen but we'd rather keep it confidential next year if you come here i'll show you where there was already here i hope it'll be there you know it will be there and. why isn't the location secret nothing's been built you know ok because he's lying that he didn't tell the truth seems to. me i can't promise that things are running better in our industry than elsewhere to sebastian dollar. also pledged to no longer destroy the rainforest to grow cocoa they promised that by the year 2030 there would be 0 d. forestation in the supply chain. before i start your station is

a key issue for us because without the forest there's no rain and without rain we have. no pain no chocolate one of the. things that sounds wonderful that you do business in one of the most deforested places in west africa yes it's very difficult. to do well for a station in ivory coast between 116 and 20 of them was 90 percent and when we arrived in 2010 that figure was already 80 percent they tweet or it's things need to change. sure. how can you be sure that the cocoa superwomen selling it doesn't come from the classified forest. which is basically a lawless zone where unspeakable things are happening. was a. system we've implemented our reliable system that enables us to identify the producers we're working with i think you would have a young supply nuclear g.p.s.

tags with a barcode on. it. we collect all of this and a database which allows us to link the product to the producer and he as it applies to. this system is mentioned on candles web site bar codes on cocoa bags a scanner with satellite connection that offers state of the g.p.s. traceability the problem is this is from ghana not ivory coast. i'm sorry but i spent a week in this area i didn't see a single bag with a barcode cooper where they didn't have a single one but this said that information doesn't match what i have here at all because. we asked the cooper web manager about the possibility of using technology to identify the farmers and track the bags. to come up with us so how can we know whether it actually comes from the classified forests we need

a g.p.s. position is but who can help us with that the state has to do that research. do you know how they do it in ghana you can ghana they're facing the same issues each bag has a barcode with a g.p.s. identification that links it to the producers you can work like that could you make it happen i said production we've got so full of if they can do it in ghana we should be able to do it here on the ground but you know. i didn't get a confirmation about these barcode maybe it's the old system but it's definitely certified. we're talking about the worst practices here no doubt we're not perfect i'm not saying that we've found the perfect solution but we are trying. after the interview we receive an angry message from congo they checked and have to admit we were right there are no bar codes on the bags from the go on to be forest but they

assure us that 99 percent of farmers are registered and everything should be straightened out within a year. to $600.00 defies the soundest all these disciplines deforestation slave labor child labor it all comes down to one thing traceability without traceability law it's almost or it's all in the shadows we don't know who to get accountable everyone is hiding as soon as we know who sells flight when where and how then all of a sudden that we have something that works we can people accountable to this child and particularly for this case of slavery where for just a forestation and so we can fix the problem traceability is the key to everything. here. we also want to explore the areas of ivory coast where cotto is being grown illegally rather than on secret plantations in the classified rain forest. in 2012 ivory coast's government launched its 1st national action plan to crack

down on child labor its 3rd and latest plan has expanded to include issues such as supply chain traceability and illegal plantations in the classified forests and it's allocated a little over 100000000 euros for the daunting task. may assume money works for one of the ngos that implement the program at the local level you're there are said. to get us out of our role is to help children who are in trouble future for them for the sort of the future children who are being abused who are sent. slavery where you are cocoa plantations. those are the ones who are here to help also for different. they could at least. for me for i work with the ministry of family to raise awareness in these villages because the child exploitation that takes place within cocoa farming.

children in ivory coast often help their parents out in the fields on the weekends that's not illegal kwame is targeting the families who don't even send their children to school. he works for a small n.g.o.s funded by international donors he himself used to work as a buyer for the cocoa cooperatives so he understands why the farmers rely on their children's help. he was our local because they help you to pick up the parts that are far right. yet they pick up the pods that's a good example you need to understand these children shouldn't be doing this work that if you take it off if. you do or not if cocoa farming paid well everyone who could afford to send their kids to school that isn't usually when i explain to them that children need to go to school they tell me they love that but they simply can't afford it isn't it by the way if it were farmers with 4 or 5 children and no

money to put them through school because they don't know what else to do or. the only way to put children through school on a cocoa farmers salary is to make sacrifices elsewhere. mr song who has been working in the cocoa business for 30 years he's very proud of his son who will soon go to college he helps his dad during the school vacations the french official you're studying that's right what's something to do for. us but i'm going to start history this year i just graduated from high school and i'll continue my studies at college. say that jewish infuses very difficult that's why it's wonderful that i can manage the 1st installment of the cocoa earnings will only last for 2 months. there is nothing left.

next to get louis' little brother he doesn't go to school or school anymore he's dad had to make a choice it was either get or his brother. i don't have enough money like last year he made 700 francs a day. $0.75 a month that's not enough. to exhaust. 2 poor. well you know. the worker things are said to bono we have nothing left to give there's no money my children help me out where they can. do you go to school. not anymore see if your dad could afford it would you rather go to school or work or the topic. which. when i'm called you know got a nose off when i'm behind the chocolate industry turns over more than

$100000000000.00 euros a year meanwhile it's estimated that an average cocoa farmer earns less than one euro a day. because it. would raising the price of cocoa beans put an end to child labor. could the solution really be that simple that's a question we wanted to put to the representatives of the chocolate industry. we travel to devils a small town in switzerland that's known for hosting large international business events every 2 years swiss chocolate manufacturer barry cull bow invites the cocoa industry's leaders to the conference shock of his young since 2012 they've declared

it they goal to end the abject poverty in cocoa producing countries. very kobo notified us by email that we were not welcome at the event we go along anyway in the hope of meeting some people we can talk to after all they claim to promote transparency. but the hotel security has strict orders oh. yeah no fear we. let us work is no. no no. if you. call it is searching for the police. we stay on the sidewalk. the minister a question please. says it's a former minister from ghana almost talks to us but is quickly led away we starting

to become a nuisance so they send us someone to interview as long as we promise to leave afterwards stammers the problem it is there i mean camera is the. problem but that's only double the fact that the british are full we're not allowing any additional journalists than the ones that we're already. building to listen let's agree you're going to me or questions and i'm going to reply to issue is bullshit. the burning question is why is nothing changing back in 2001 the big chocolate makers committed to end child labor that was almost 20 years ago. trade isn't manufacture is set up the lobby group will cocoa foundation that was supposed to improve conditions but social and environmental simple solutions. are very hard to find for something as complicated as the child labor and we all agree that the solution of paying more to the growers as it has not been

implemented yet. we are looking at ways to scale up approaches to how farmers can improve their income 18 years of. use to losing what you going to do in the future and nothing is done nowadays efficiently to stop over 30. i would i wouldn't say that nothing is being done now as i mentioned before we have companies that are committed to paying premiums to farmers to help them crease their income levels the cocoa business altogether every year is a $100000000000.00 worth and the growers get 6 percent of it i think it's in the what if what i can say is that this is not unusual for commodities if you think of cotton i mean how much does a cotton farmer get compared to how much we pay for a pair of jeans or another article of clothing that is made from cotton so it's this is not something that's specific to cocoa ok so really in 20 years and see

what's going on ok every 20 years or. overly sooner than that police sooner than that. the power doesn't. rest soley in the hands of the chocolate makers what about the law makers chocolate is a widely consumed product in europe. so we pay a visit to the european parliament in brussels astoundingly there is no sanction for illegal practices within the cocoa supply chain. heidi how to an m.e.p. from finland has regular meetings with manufacturers. have you. heard of the workers there are children. boys yes it is a tragedy. and we are busy preparing an action plan on what to do with cocoa so that cocoa would not anymore cause the forestation and child labor and what is really very remarkable is that more and

more companies are saying that we need this mandatory due diligence of a geisha we need law inform a times you would have said that companies are masochistic that they are asking for a lot yes but they have what they want what they call a level playing field because they don't want to be irresponsible and then they see that the irresponsible companies are reaping the profits you know for a cheap price so that's the question because to be responsible may cost a little more and you feel. like well well if i may i would just like to show you an example that of course there is this kind of fancy side of the industry but there's not a word about these huge human rights issues and environmental issues that are hidden in that supply chain chocolat so i was invited to this reception but i just couldn't go because this is not honest simple questions where the more i don't have

a good answer to that everybody who works on the problems of cocoa say that yes you can you can. maybe. you can coming to terms with. the forestation and there is the deep deep question of living wage is i think it's a terrible thing that we can taste these fancy chocolates here in brussels but then see work are in. our probably did not even taste it because it's too expensive it's a luxury product out of there it's so relieving weighty syria. so simple they had just a little more money then more of their children could go to school back in ivory coast in the village of troy or to cocoa farmers or investing the little money they make in their children's future they've all chipped in to hire a teacher 200 children attend this class.

paragraph 4 years. hard you are you are. right when we see children going to the fields we tell their parents to send them to school instead we take kids between the ages of 6 to 9 how do you get paid. to pave each month. by the parents were the parents they all chip in yes the state doesn't contribute. because the state can't afford to hire teachers in school remote areas like this. that's right. in 2019 ghana and ivory coast joined forces and decided to set the price of cocoa themselves the way opec countries do for oil. exporting countries have

demanded the industry pay 30 percent more to the farmers that only translates into $0.30 per fan. only per day but it's hopefully one small step towards a bigger change. ourselves to. live in cloud. and here's where. thinking the world in a more poetic way. we are dead in the exclusive interview with. our 20. 30 minutes hello.

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