and there have been times when i want to do the worst. we can make a difference for our troops and reforestation reduce force to recycling over disposable smart new solutions oberstein certain our. who's truly unique and we know that their uniqueness is wonder why ours are still with us or our globe why do those be important to suit your global 3000 on to w. and on. this is to be nice africa coming up on the program over 19 in the central african republic people in revolt controlled rural areas say armed groups are taking advantage of the health crisis to exploit them in the capital city there live mentioning the government's handling of the pandemic. and mourning of its victims this man in south africa has lost 2 close relatives to the disease. to

kenya's weightlifting limpy and mercy will be able she's out training program daughter who has unlimited dreams of her own. hello i'm christine one day it's good to have your company in the central african republic there is growing concern about how the government is handling the cold in 1000 pandemic activists are complaining that corona regulations are not being implemented and tests on loss of anable for free as originally promised in addition in the rural part of the country which is marginal and the rebel control 3rd is say armed groups are taking advantage of the situation to further exploit them. this herd is on its way to the biggest cattle market in the central african

republic. here in some 42 kilometers from the capital bangui where the hurts are sold for traders in this country it means moving from areas that are controlled by different groups. the coronavirus pandemic is an additional problem the straightest complain that many armed groups have taken advantage of this health crisis by living huge taxes on them so. you don't and we face so many difficulties in transporting our cattle from kai government to the world to even market armed groups attack our shepherds. before coronavirus the rebels asked each of our heads men to pay between the and $80.00 euros a month you know they've increased their feet almost $125.00 euros. they demand so much money for taxes and we're all discouraged i.

live in bangalore hasn't changed much for most people it is almost impossible to determine who is infected with the coronavirus or not during the rainy season people have the flu or malaria and that in a country where poverty is more torrijos it is estimated that about 71 percent of the population live below the international poverty line men and women are fighting every day to get food on the table so there is little progress in the country we need biggest political a young activist he specially criticizes the government's money to mint of the bund then make moves on the. ground would be we were in a country where we no longer understand anything and the beginning of the coup one of i was pandemic we were told that with all the nations that the government had received over 1000 would be a problem the taste was free for instance and now we have to pay for the. party.

who can pay that but it's a number of books situation for central africans. in addition to the security on economic impact of the cotton up and many in the central african republic then $4501.00 per person. and in the midst of all the measures put in place by the authorities to fight against the army of the respected place. as they call the 996 name lives around the world of a 1000000 south africa we take you next to south africa a country ravaged by the disease is the story of a man who ran an ambulance service nature has but he not only witnesses the pain of this experience this year the current virus brought devastation close to home this is back as aid and his own words the 1st time pandemic really hit home was when my mom was ill and. i recall taking your 4 swab test in 2 days later when we

got the results my heart started pounding when the doctor told me that your mom's positive so my 1st reaction was my going to lose my mom is mom i'm going to die what happens next. and then it was just so difficult because we all were in shock we didn't know what to do what's next to be done so during the pandemic i clearly remember when hospitals were full there was no beds available and we realized that people's loved ones would really want to take care of them so that is how we came about with creating this concept of taking an oxygen concentrator home. with medical doctors were professionals trying to monitor the patients oxygen saturation levels in providing for them. my father also became ill and when we took him for tests he's a result of a positive and unfortunately he's just was also closing up on him we tried the home base oxygen treatment and it wasn't working and he just said my son i really need to go to hospital and quickly after a few phone calls i found out for him

a hospital in the center and we took him to the hospital. and the day little did i realize it was the last you have was going to see my father's face. my uncles had also started getting ill. informed swapped is that unfortunately the result came positive and the ambulance took him to the ospital that day and it was the last goodbyes i can actually picture him sitting in the vehicle in real waving at him is he was leaving the house. i find sometimes walking away from the mysteriously i find the answers and i find that the able to guide us from the graves and find peace would praying for them i find peace really would visit in the graves and just sitting around them in and still feeling because you can still feel a presence they might not be physically with us but spiritually around us you can feel a presence. the

news of people making dangerous journeys across the mediterranean sea to europe might not make the headlines every day but the trend is still going on between may and middle guess this year nearly 12000 men women and children made it through from africa at the sea crossing is only one part of the trip and 2016 for not to try to migrate to europe but he was arrested in libya on the way and sent back to his hometown abidjan he now reaches out to other would be young migrants warning them of the harsh realities of the long journey ahead. the biggest city of ivory coast and the home of paul not to. 2016 he wanted to great to europe but he was arrested in libya and sent to a crowded prison with more than 4000 inmates. simply as a. movie initiation. it was

a prison were sometimes came to look for people that they could force into prostitution to see how dirty were sent to places which were known for organ trafficking if they knew that your parents were a bit rich or they tried to extort money from them he said and this will to live show. paul managed to get out of the prison he was found by workers from the international organization for migration and was sent back to ivory coast. my shit but seriously i got out and today i'm a large and there are people who come back with only one food or one hand they are practically with no fears because it might exploded there are so many things that can go wrong. paul wishes he had had more information about the harsh realities of migration before he left so he decided to find association to help returning migrants and warn those who are planning to leave. the neighborhood meetings called the grains paul talks openly about the dark side of illegal migration.

a long while well and while you say that we don't have enough money when you go to the embassy there will be men 300 euros 4 years oakum i was just on the phone but if you want to leave illegally you might have to see anything between 60780 euros before you even reach leave you are saying something for a while that while you. never will sometimes the young men hold his warnings and they abandon their plans to the if they were offered them and it was that all this time i'm going to the mother with the information they gave us and yes we is the shit i don't think everybody can be so lucky if i decide to leave by misfortune all by place i don't know what could happen to me i know somebody in their money which was. rough hokum poses alternative options to provide contact details of state agencies which can help them find

a job. so simple it's also important to inform them that the government is willing to help them and this is true i prefer to see them applying for a job here instead of leaving and guy you know the faustian so far ok that is one element of. paul sr is totally convinced that it's possible to stay in ivory coast and succeed. paul is now living with her while looking for an easy job. but it hasn't been easy but toonies often suffer from discrimination. here they have an expression that you try to keep the ball but you hit the gold the 2nd you left on an adventure and you didn't succeed. if you fail. to avoid to be seen as the person who kicked and he had. many retired immigrant try

to hide. but no matter how hard it is paul doesn't want to hide he hopes to find a job soon and will continue to share his experiences. a kenyan grandmother is keeping her love of weightlifting in the family and their city will be able to compete at the 2012 olympics and is now trading up her daughter and granddaughter for future glory she says the crown of ice crisis has actually helped make a proteges even. this is no ordinary training session. a weight lifting dentistry is being created in kenya by missy obi arrow in 2012 she became only the 2nd african woman to compete in weightlifting at the olympics now retired she wants her daughter and granddaughter to follow suit good. 10 year old granddaughter kesha whose mother is mercy's eldest daughter can

already live 30 kilograms own body weight mercy says the coronavirus locked down earlier this year and the closure of schools men she could spend more time weightlifting with her family there's a good word to. remember to tell her more and. persevere in the fact that. it isn't going to be. this is youngest daughter should know also loves weightlifting and he's aiming high shouldn't. move . to. carpool. to complete. her mother has already proved that the road from nairobi to the olympics is a dream that can become reality. in that circle and that's it for now i'll be sure to check out all of the stories on our com

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none. of what connects people is stronger than the separate stuff. is so strong that it can be torn down. we celebrated the 30th anniversary of germany's reunification october 3rd on d w. hello and welcome to news from the world of arts and culture this weekend sees the 30th anniversary of german reunification and we've been digging deep into the d.w.i. . and continue our series on the extraordinary decade of the $990.00 s. that change society so much here in germany also coming up today.

becoming black a new film by enos johnson spain who was led to believe it was a genetic peculiarity that she was born black into a white family back in 1960 is in germany. and the belgian city of shah was forgotten industrial sites are becoming tourist attractions thanks to an intrepid tour guide. today in germany between 60100000 people identify as transgender off to reunification germany became a place of advance of patient and sexual liberation like a author christopher street day parade. while many transgender people feel more accepted in today's society this was always the case. for all series on the

990 s. the formative decade that followed the fall of the berlin wall we met up again with michelle meyer a transsexual woman with usual story who as a man was crowned a beauty queen and 991. at the beginning of the 1990 s. freedom and equality were not a matter of course for germany's clear community the world health organization removed homosexuality from its list of psychiatric disorders in 1990 but many people remained prejudiced. by soldiers or it was virtually no. longer reach out to. those who didn't conform to the traditional heterosexual gender norms continue to face struggles like the show my a beauty queen from by far. i'm transsexual which means that i've altered my body to fit my sense of myself as

a woman the decisive point is that i was crowned miss by a white 1991 when i was still a man. and. michelle was named michelle at birth before having any gender confirmation surgery she took part in a beauty contest and one she outed herself as transgender after her victory that was considered a scam. 29 years later we met up with her again. but. it was very difficult at the time to survive as a transgender or gay or lesbian person especially at a white a small but very in town that was taboo of course he was really bad with all the threats i got death threats phone calls wrong and under fire. despite such adversity michelle doesn't regret coming out just the opposite she's proud of herself and of her past and she hopes to be

a role model for others. it's often mentioned you think there are so many people who have the same problem i do who would like to go down the same path but don't know where to turn or what they should do but they hide themselves just as i had myself for years too afraid of coming out so i thought that was the opportunity to say people tolerate us we're human beings just like everyone else yet or if we're thinking also mentioned the. last tolerance a lot of people spoke about that in the ninety's on heat our t.v. program for young people. from rising bollards what hurt me the most was this ostracism of being told that you're a different kind of person that you're abnormal and don't belong anywhere because a gay partnership isn't really all that accepted by society when he walk around holding hands or sharing a kiss on the subway people stay or you feel left alone and cast out. with one.

for a lot of people the ninety's turned out to be an era of change. it's with guns and exploring the twilight and i have to honestly say that after i came out things got a bit better in terms of tolerance i'd say that after about 5 to 7 years people got more tolerable because there was a phase of education that t.v. shows and newspapers got much better at explaining showing why a person is transgender why they're gay or why they're lesbian but one man. the whole concept. with. slowly but surely there was a liberalization of society in the 1990 s. but for germany's clear community today there is still some way to go when it comes to equality and civil rights. a true story now from the former east germany that has been into a documentary filmmaker in his johnson's by its own story

a parent's always told darker skin was simply a coincidence conceiving the truth of how biological father was actually from africa. the coming black is johnson's spain's attempt to understand the past. pictures of the happy family the son is white the daughter is black the children believe it's just a whim of nature. you should take nothing feeling in my building a house that's like me is a noise act. which was it's also used to test for most of. this kind of klingon the sentence i nicked as the news of the byzantine country and . this is to. help nutrition not not of course i was looking for an explanation trying to make sense of it without having to doubt my parents are. my age but looking back i actually think that i always sensed that this could really

be the answer. but that was the story young eunice grew up in former communist east germany in the 1960 s. she was 12 before she learned that her biological father came from togo in africa her mother met her father while he was studying in town now an affair that was never talked about the director confronts her adoptive father about how this was possible. this is the. this is selfish too much snow for the good news. for me. you have the. patience for good news my nexus turns as money would go. in the prim social climate of the socialist worker state it seems this was a taboo subject for family and friends to.

garnished over knock it out when it gets to any machine to. the touch of can be a bond i have had. a child resulting from an infidelity and then top of it all black child that was considered too much back then the result of her sounding collective silence being different and the hurtful looks she attracted were unsettling for us as a teenager i was targets in the case because my management. of my no trouble spots enclosed. an image should have are much much more of those minutes rest doesn't. begin from mr billow vic dickens a half. dozen tired to try time off for these are just the terrible effects of racism the internalization of racism which leads to the grow in us not feeling comfortable in her skin and therefore to her rejecting everything that looks like

her or her to me howard has up into a source who treats me. but the film is not an indictment the director focuses on her search for identity in 2 parts of the world she did later meet her biological father in mohai montana who she died in 2010 in the film the director travels to togo and meets his and her family. experiencing. springs a picture of lucianne back to his home. where it takes its place in the gallery of johnson family ancestors. becoming black is a haunting and poetic journey that sheds light on a neglected chapter of german history. nature of holes a vacuum as the saying goes and abandon the dust or landscapes about exception what some people might consider the focus of. extremely

popular safaris the belgian city is crammed full of industrial and what might they call distressed architectural highlights as another saying goes beauty is in the eye of the behold isn't it. madness is also in the eye of the beholder so one man is offering to is a child was chosen by a dutch newspaper as the road out to his city. urban safaris picked up precisely because people want to see the decay of belgium's one time industrial metropolis. i decided i wanted to do an anti top if this city has a bad reputation then i'll play that up with a make it the subject of the n.t. taught. at one time charlotte just south of brussels numbered among europe's wealthiest cities basting several impressive estates. but then the

big steel works and mines closed down. now 40 year old artist. shows visitors from the world around his city. is a more mobile that the germans have a word for it that the french don't understand industry. you might compare it to the artists of the 19th century who travel to see the ruins of ancient rome a whole generation. passed since the steelworks closed here the young people don't know the old industrial age so it gives them space for romanticising. to touch sightings in store for the tourists and their guide on this urban safari include blast furnace is cooling towers and factory homes hardly any of the industrial buildings along the somber and mance rivers are still in operation. what attracts artists not just from the area but even many from the capital brussels they come

looking for a creative outlet. i think of as a kind of freedom here there are plenty of very much new spaces and they offer lots of possibilities. one such building is this one originally a steel forge founded in 1982 it stood empty for 20 years before an artist collective revitalized it. another highlight of this urban jungle other subway stations they were finished over 30 years ago but never. says the hilly slag heap have made child richer than many believe. from up here you can see the city is very green poverty is born in the mind after all the cost of living in china was not high if you've got 3 friends a little garden and

a social network that king of the world. he has no doubt someday she will prosper once again but that will take courage and a vision and that's what nicola hopes to inspire with. it's always a matter of personal taste isn't it so for now not small arts and culture on our website at v.w. dot com slash culture or old facebook at v.w. culture bob i. moved. to.

kick off. ghost town atmosphere means listless clay soft from the. looks of guns and unrelentless fights the sensible. non-stop excitement of the final match to. see the time. to go. to minutes on d. w. . here on the road in the same meeting people across the country listening to their hopes and their worries looking with them towards election day. meet of americans are one of the most under-represented groups in the country and low voter turnout is one of the reasons why i will meet up with members of the lakota tribe

for trying to change this culture record until the interests. of. the power of foreigners. back i come from i never saw the sun when it could. have been going up in brazil my son was always a man since i want to. as word 1st on this mass killing when i moved to germany as a 10 year old i watched a cartoon on t.v. that would change how i see the world because in german this time in. the same now with the side of a good listener so i responded to it instead of a deep voice extroverted guy seemed absolutely incredible. i realized how language shapes and thinking how definitions far not only mentality may just put our whole 1st type of the role. does inside save my life and was one of the reasons i became a journalist i'm a storyteller and i use my words to help with intercultural understand because my

name is only in the way you can i work and to tell people. so this is you know years life for the world and a devastating milestone coronavirus claims war than a 1000000 lives around the world in less than a year shattering lives and livelihoods across nearly 200 countries also coming up . fighting for players between our media and azerbaijan over the disputed territory of no border no car or bus i mean since turkey has shot down one of its

warplanes an accusation turkey denies. well i thank you so much for your company everyone we begin this broadcast with the fallout from the deadly corona virus which continues to spread like wildfire around the world and has now claimed more than a 1000000 people while experts caution that the true number is probably a whole lot higher the johns hopkins university database recorded this tragic milestone the database shows the virus has spread to at least 188 countries and fatalities have been rising through most of august and september after weeks of gradual decline many countries are seeing a resurgence in corona virus cases including here in germany experts say the crisis

is far from over. and i'd like to take you know too would dr margaret harris she is the spokesperson of the world health organization in geneva a very good day dr harris now with the corona virus pandemic ravaging of the globe a death toll that now tops 1000000 a potential vaccine months away should we brace ourselves for things to get a whole lot worse before they get better. well we should remember that every one of those 1000000 whether it's one person or 1000000 people has died because they came into contact with these fires they will agree they're in a party they were sitting in a choir they were doing normal things and they had their life taken from them often a very sad and lonely death away from friends and family so yes we have to take action now to stop it from getting a lot worse doctors should the focus according to the w.h.o.

and according to your expertise be on developing a vaccine and drugs to treat the virus or should instead the emphasis be on covert testing and tracing. the emphasis should be on whether that letter saying is do it all say yes the scientists are racing i was working 24 seventh's i mean my belief in humanity house goes up every day when i see the what the scientists are doing but we ourselves every one of us have to be responsible for stopping the transmission and yes and health systems and health authorities have to be increasingly testing ensuring that they are tracing every person making sure every person who is infected is put requiring teens and making sure everybody has a contact itself isolating and following those people and making it possible for people to take the actions we can stop the transmission now of course one of the

biggest problems is that we rely on individuals to show you know some civic responsibility because the decision that an individual makes is one that affects an entire community so i mean how difficult has it been to see that in many places around the world who've it 19 has become a hot button political issue. it is difficult because this is been going on for a long time and in many people's experience epidemics just come and go quickly right most people only experience say the flu or they haven't lived in a long serious pandemic like this nobody in that generation really has so people are tired they thought they did very good things they put up with the knock downs but now it's really a marathon we all have to take responsibility we all have to look after each other and yes governments out there are these have to listen to what people are concerned

about respond to that but also help people to understand there are things they can do and there are things that we should do you and we need to stop the transmission now dr harris in conclusion this has been a very difficult time for your organization the world health organization it has come under attack by most notably the united states which is on track to leave the organization in 2021 what can you do as an organization to restore relations and restore confidence in the w.h.o. . we do our work that's what we're here for we're here to protect the health of every person on this planet so regardless of all the fighting way here is to protect your health my health everybody's health and and to help people do the things i tell people the things they can do like watching me wearing the mask greeny be serious about physical distance saying don't go into crowded places don't

go into closed rooms with poor ventilation and if you have to go to those places where a mouse dr martin margaret harris spokesperson of the world health organization in geneva we appreciate you. thank you very much. and here in a german chancellor angela merkel has announced new measures in response to local spikes in covert 19 infection raise she vowed to avoid a full national lockdown instead announcing what she called a hotspot strategy after meeting with the leaders of germany's 16 federal states while there is a growing alarm in germany that simply rising infection rates could signal the start of the pandemics along feared 2nd wave. i think all in all this was a very important conference in which we discuss the seriousness of the situation as fall begin. as we are not alone as we see from the very dynamic infection developments in our european neighbors. our goal is to allow public and private

life to go on as much as possible without leave. that that means when infection rates rise we need to react quickly to get them under control and there's always on a specific regional basis that's something we've learnt that we don't need to do the same thing for everyone but that we can intervene in a measured localised way and i think that's good news. in the region. well earlier i asked you to be his chief political editor of the killer question area how chancellor merkel plans to avoid another national lockdown in germany. well she says the top aim is to avoid such a doctor but she won't catch her completely ruling that out at the same time clearly parties have shifted the top priority is to keep the economy going keep businesses open and to keep schools open which is a very very different scenario from 6 months ago when the initial shock of the crisis also hit germany and brought public life to

a standstill germany it seems to work with formulas now it was the state premiers that sat around the table with angela merkel today who has no legal control to tell them what they do so they found a compromise where if there are up to 35 infections or if it hits that mark then public parties gatherings of up to 50 people will still be possible $55.00 only up to $25.00 and if that goes up 250000 infections per 100000 people per week that would then mean that public gatherings could be at the top $25.00 people private ones 10 and she recommends that germans don't travel a lot sounds very mathematical but that is the compromise formula germany is living with right now has launched today it's more specific than before and that everybody can agree on. her reporting there are many people here are concerned about a spike in infections during the coming coming winter months so just how prepared

are germany's health professionals for a 2nd wave w. news visit one doctor's office in the center of berlin that's hoping to get ahead of the curve. 12 meters long and growing. that's the length of today's line at a medical practice from berlin. people have come here to get tested for corona through the window no appointment necessary. i think it's a really nice option doesn't take so much time and it's it may be safer than going to a cost bottle and sitting in the close space where patients can be sick but here everything everyone is wearing masks and the just for the window so i think it's really nice that the doctors ability cuts and runs the practice she's bracing herself for a harsh corona winter with many more patients to deal with. any time you want my i don't want to be a prophet of doom and gloom but the numbers are clearly going up we all want to

prevent another lockdown so we don't want to have to close the schools again somehow we've got to get through this winter. to prepare for what's coming germany wants to set up more testing stations they would receive people running at a high temperature or with other corona symptoms additionally the public health office which tracks infected people was promised more personnel but that has yet to materialize. the politicians have pledged to bolster the health authorities over the next 5 years this requires the creation of 5000 new jobs but now as october and november approach the jobs don't yet exist in the health offices this is a problem that urgently needs to be addressed. but instead of relying solely on germany's health care and tracking system dr cuts and would rather make testing at home possible. in most of europe because they don't have to

be given the chance to do a test without a doctor to go to the pharmacy and buy a test although they do not guarantee 100 percent accuracy and they provide an excellent indicator and are absolutely adequate from an epidemiological point of view because. the swap test involves taking a sample between the nose and mouth it shows the result within 15 minutes without sending the sample to a laboratory in germany though only doctors and pharmacists are allowed to order them should infection start rising sharply in winter they might be an alternative to long lines in the cold when as i know about some of the other stories making news around the world french police have dismantled a migrant camp in the northern port town of kelly the makeshift camp was home to about $800.00 refugees mostly from iraq afghanistan sudan and eritrea every year

thousands of refugees try to cross the english channel to reach the u.k. . firefighters have been battling to contain wildfires tearing through northern california's wine country since the weekend extremely dry conditions have led to the rapid spread of the blaze in napa valley and you know the city of santa rosa nearly 70000 residents have been forced to evacuate. tensions are flaring over the disputed region of a new gorno car bus with both a median and azerbaijani forces accusing each other of attacks on their territory armenia claims turkey has shot down one of its warplanes which the turkish president and his as a by johnny allies tonight are you fighting in recent days has left dozens killed and many more injured prompting calls for a ceasefire from around the world. these scenes have put the international community on edge. but for the residents of both mania and as

a bunch on they have been a long time coming. as it was a little the as i by johnny ami will win this war and we will return to our historical lands a lot of this i get it as it is the victory is out as if my country needs me as a soldier i am ready even at my age i get off and of course we are afraid of a long war but the civilian population and the military must be ready for it. it is better to be free later and to continue this false peace. the focus of the fighting is the goal in a car back region the dispute itself is decades old beginning in the early 1990 s. when the ethnically armenian region declared independence from us a by shaan that independence has never been recognized by the international community which is urging for calm from both sides. the secretary general strongly called on the sidestreet mediately stop fighting deescalate tension and referred to

meaningful negotiations without preconditions or delay world leaders fear the fighting could lead to full scale conflict which destabilizes the south caucasus region a kargil for pipelines carrying oil and gas to world markets regional players like russia and turkey also at risk of becoming him broiled in the conflict and escalating it further. and that is that today we are at the side of our azerbaijani brother and in the defense of the homeland mania must immediately cease its attacks and send back and mercenaries that have brought from abroad. dozens of people have been killed so far including civilians and hundreds more wounded at the request of germany and france the u.n. security council is expected to hold emergency talks on choose day but with both sides accusing the other of starting the battle and of continuing to use heavy artillery acquitting claim break from the violence seems unlikely. and

before i go away under the top story that we're tracking for you this hour the corona virus has now claimed the lives of more than 1000000 people around the world the number of deaths has been rising throughout august and september with the u.s. brazil india and mexico accounting for more than half of the current total. you're watching you know we do use of nerves to business news with my colleague want to go jones the right i'll see you again i hope tomorrow. with different languages we fight for different things that's fine but we all speak up for freedom freedom of speech and freedom of press. giving freedom of choice global news that matters w made for minds. this is so no story the most stubborn rice farmer

from thailand. his problem that's. his credo no chemical. trim was. the students are behind. us don't stand a chance. train him success. tech academy starts october 15th. google is cracking down on developers dodging its abstain or rules it says it will begin enforcing a rule that absolves through play store power for to use google's only payment system which takes a 30 percent cut of any revenues also coming up. after one of the world's of the strictest lockdowns south africa sees its economy shrink by half with employment

numbers to match. and as the world records its one millionth coronavirus test we'll look at innovations in taiwan and germany that could help us through the crises. welcome to do business i want to johnson berlin good to have you with us google is warning outside app developers to stop circumventing its payment system and has given dodgers one year to comply among the companies in its crosshairs netflix and spotify both have disputed or attempted working around in our payments on google devices which draw a 30 percent commission from the tech giant frustration over commissions led me to live by google and apple has been growing among app developers in recent years google's move comes at a time when warner and more our developers are calling out apple and google to openly they don't the 30 percent cut as it inflated digital tax they point to how

even credit card companies charge anywhere between 2 to 3 percent to process payments and this digital digital tax is actually making their offerings less competitive so now they have formed a coalition to take on the might of apple and google who voted we're going to put the entire smartphone market but we can expect a long legal battle before the issues are resolved and for the silicon valley champions it means unnecessary regulatory scrutiny. and for now for consumers what it means is that we have to continue paying higher prices for our subscription . i'm out of course was a financial market correspondent erica jumping in there or hyundai rather now a brief look at some other business stories making news. netflix the streaming giant is hoping to expand in africa with

a mobile online offer only offer 5 years after it entered the african market it has trouble expanding its appeal beyond the continent's wealthy now is aiming for people who want to view movies and shows on their phones at a lower price the european union wants to avoid complete border closures due to the coronavirus pandemic that's what germany's commissioner for tourism says after a meeting with you tourism minister says the bloc agreed to coordinate travel warnings coronavirus tests and quarantine regulations. over wants to buy the german the right sharing service free now to expand its market share in europe and latin america according to bloomberg free now is a joint venture between b.m.w. and dima last year 3 now generated 2500000000 euros in revenues. to south africa and post a strict coronavirus lockdown at the end of march squeezing businesses and consumers and so economic output record its largest contraction ever in the 2nd

quarter and although the government has now opened up international travel and removed restrictions on trading key industries economists are forecasting a disaster as unemployment may climb to 45 percent. began making yet has fallen on hard times during the covert pandemic losing his permanent job as a gardener during south africa's lockdown he is now one of many begging for menial work on a johannesburg street corner. i thought really good looking forward but. it's really difficult. and it could. be. south africa was already in a recession before the pandemic and then the government imposed one of the world's strictest lock downs as businesses closed their doors hundreds of thousands lost

their livelihoods the construction industry tanked as old developments ground to a halt. we had a $45.00 page student residence planned for the space and fortunately due to coverage locked on regulations the project has been pushed out 6 to 12 months as a result of that it seriously harmed our ability to raise money for future developments going forward. the company uptown projects was driving before the pandemic they used their savings to keep their staff employed and as the economy slowly emerges from lockdown there is optimism the company may just survive. we are back up and running with a full complement of workers and all they will need to get these months back we all to mystical finish this this project off soon but some aren't so lucky jonathan marquees factory is only operating at one 3rd of capacity. it may even have to come and of course this one of our machine to do it. oh yes he's going to see you know

which was the kind that might be in. with over 650000 corona virus infections south africa is the worst affected country on the continent companies like this one manufacturing medical waste packaging should be booming but rampant state corruption so public funds spent free emergency medical supplies stolen. i'm really worried about laying off more stuff or losing more machines or even closing down amid the gloom much in your clings to hope that things may somehow change. as to where they're all you know such as life with this good guys and lost. my faith it was me that made one thing maybe next year my friend something. but if the downturn persists it will be catastrophic for the entire southern african region which depends on south africa

for 2 thirds of its g.d.p. . while the world bank says the number of east asians living in poverty is likely to rise this year for the 1st time in 2 decades the pandemic is said to push the region to its lowest economic growth in more than half a century. streets usually teeming with tourists are empty in myanmar police are checking to see if everyone is a tiering to strict lockdown measures nearly everyone has to stay home and it has lead to job losses poverty and hunger could be looming for an additional $38000000.00 east asians this year the world bank warns. most of them are in myanmar where 85 percent of households already risk of losing earnings due to the coral spend demick in indonesia and come bollea it's 79 percent of households and there's more in other countries. the world bank says most asian countries have managed to contain the pandemic now is the time to help those who are most affected

by the lockdown measures the international lenders says governments should do more to help the poor. global deaths from 9000 have now topped 1000000 as the pandemic continues to take live cities also preventing people from being able to make a living key to getting the world working again look at testing and testing fast now a taiwanese firm has developed a robot that can return results within 3 hours. meet q vs 96 the taiwanese robot boasts 3 arms and it doesn't have to sleep either if say it's invented vs 96 when mass produced it could make a huge contribution to the world's economic recovery. could be as $96.00 can produce around to thousands. per day with 100. deployed in j.f.k.

airports or singapore airports this airports can fully resume their flight unless the passenger travel safely and bring back the country's economy. for now though q. vs 96 is operational radius is restricted to taiwan to places like this taipei hospital normally patients here have to wait at least 2 days to get their test results from the lab the robot to manage is a turnaround time of around 3 al was and it can distinguish clearly between sobs cave 2 and influenza viruses. and. this machine can be of great help when it comes to striking a balance between epidemic control and economic growth it can help people come together and contribute to the economy again while also effectively preventing the spread of the virus. and with the infection rates rising in many countries right now q vs $96.00 would have its work cut out. now once we have

a vaccine whenever that'll be transporting it will be a logistical challenge german manufacturer vacuity makes thermal container specially designed to keep sensitive goods at a steady temperature for days at a time. this monday looking cooler is actually packed with cutting edge technology each is tested before it leaves the factory to ensure that inside panels are 100 percent flawless they have a special ability to maintain steady temperatures inside for very long periods regardless of the outside temperature there inventor york i'm quoting is a physicist and develop the containers vacuum was a university his business model was born out of that experience. i'm going to put it on the box i know principly of books is a kind of thermos flask in a book form or contain a form to it besides that it's lined with special high tech accumulator storage materials which can store heat energy at a given temperature 10 times more efficiently than conventional materials. and this

combination of vacuum insulation and heat accumulating materials is what delivers the long term performance. even then these are longer performance. the coronavirus pandemic has put rocket boosters on vacuum techs business the board support base manufacturers containers have been used to transport some 300000000 kovan 1000 test kits around the world the kits are temperature sensitive and have to be kept at a steady minus 20 degrees celsius but even if pharmaceuticals are the mainstay of the vacuum tech business they're not the sole activity. but demand for temperature load logistics is growing worldwide and we're not only talking about pharmaceuticals and biotechnology materials on and off we're also dealing with specialist goods like special chemicals adhesives optical equipment and even art works. on. there's

a huge sector that requires constant temperatures over several days and otto business and as i said. there's no obligation to wear masks at work here the employees are tested for over $1000.00 on a regular basis over time has been the norm for months now and york and cohen has warned his staff that it's going to stay that way and if and when a coronavirus vaccine emerges it will have to be transported at a constant minus 70 degrees celsius in boxes made of these panels that's when vacuum will ramp up to 24 hour production. well and that's all from me and the business team here in berlin as always thanks for keeping us come to. me and. the for.

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