in a lot of downed power lines to such i told her 62 don't. blame blame. blame. this is the w. news a live shot from berlin donald trump leaves the hospital to the u.s. president returns to the white house following a course of treatment for kobe the 19th we'll get more from washington. also coming up no hollywood ending in sight for movie theaters one of the world's a largest cinema operators announces the closure of over 700 u.k. and u.s. locations threatening thousands of jobs. and our race against time to save taiwan

is uniquely floor up to the rapid advance of human development. i'm kyra phillips and welcome to the show u.s. president donald trump has returned to the white house after leaving the hospital where he was being treated for coke at 19 trouble walked out of the walter reed medical center in maryland where he had been admitted last friday. it was a determined donald trump wearing a mask who emerged on to the steps of the hospital 4 days after he shocked the world by announcing he and 1st lady even lonnie a had tested positive for covert 19 trump was back. after the short

helicopter flight to washington the president crossed the white house lawn and strode up the staircase made a point of removing his mosque offering a salute to the departing ecru and there was encourage mint for the other 7 and a half 1000000 americans who've been infected by the virus oh let it dominate you don't be afraid of it you're going to beat it we have the best medical equipment we have the best medicines all developed recently and you going to be did i when i didn't feel so good and 2 days ago i could have left 2 days ago 2 days ago felt great like better than i have in a long time i said just recently better than 20 years ago don't let it dominate don't let it take over your lives. democratic challenger joe biden was on asked on television where they he agreed the president had to pass some responsibility for

contracting the virus anybody who can tracks the virus for essentially saying roscoe rather social distancing doesn't matter. i think is is responsible those words will not be enough to deter the president in one of his many tweets on a day of high drama trump pledge to be back on the campaign trail soon. well with that election less than a month away i asked our washington correspondent stephan simons to tell us how cope at 19 is affecting lives in the united states. from where i am every day between 800 or 700000 americans die from where i am thousands are out of work a 1000000 are out of work 60000 people lost work just in the other few days 34 days ago airlines are shutting down again laying off 30000 disney disney and disney

resorts and always comes with it is laying off permanently 20000 people people have to say goodbye to their loved ones via cell phone before they then die and then they never can see them being buried and people get still sick and people still die and america is still wrecked in a pandemic let's not kid ourselves this is all good and great that the president is well taken care of and he serves deserves to be well taken care off he's the president of the united states but what we see now here don't be afraid of colditz . i don't have actually any words but i talk to a lot of people and those people i talk to and those are. political observers let's say and party goers from both sides of the aisle republican and democrats they are kind of in shock and awe today what they just saw here the president arriving at the white house of a statesman's lee american flags hello i'm back. frankly unbelievable for many

and for a lot of people angry. political observers experts who are in the think of political reporting in the white house and or in think tanks being outright angry and saying he's a lunatic calling the president a lunatic for pulling off what he pulled off just now so i don't know if that describes what or answers the question you asked but it's a very very very interesting day today in washington again as i washington correspondent stephanie simons that now let's to. a closer look at the medical side of things and across to william schaffner a professor of medicine at the division of infectious diseases at vanderbilt university in nashville tennessee has left hospital to continue his recovery at the white house what do we know about the course of his treatment that he's received so far but we don't know nearly enough we miss many

details we do know and this raised eyebrows that at least on 2 occasions his oxygen concentration dropped quite low and he needed supplemental oxygen we don't know what was shown on his chest x. ray or chest catskin did he have an ammonia or not we don't know that and so the status of his health right now is still uncertain he looks fairly vigorous and that's all to the good we like to see that however coated can be a very sneaky infection you can look very well for 345 days and then you can still crash and you can get very very seriously sick so i hope he's being very carefully monitored and watched by his doctors and medical team let's right presidents the president's doctor has said

a trump is doing better but he's not quote out of the woods yet. you just mentioned the usual time line of the disease because you give us an idea of what some of the long term effects could be. long term effects we're just learning about but we already know some people can have injuries to their heart others can have a whole series of relatively speaking minor complaints feeling fatigued aches and pains headaches sometimes not clear thinking entirely clearly these are things also the president will have to watch for as well as his medical team going forward and before leaving hospital and trump tweeted that people should not be afraid of covert 19 as a doctor how does that sit with you. i was speechless i would say be very afraid be very afraid covert kills as stephan said about a 1000 people

a day in the united states it's killed over 200000 it has just ended the economy many people out of jobs. is the illness about which we're still learning we don't know how completely bent this virus is so this is a virus you really should respect every person in the united states should get up in the morning and when they leave put on their mask we need a national coherent code control policy which we have not had to date all right professor william schaffner at vanderbilt university thank you very much. let's turn now to some of the other stories making news around the world bars and restaurants in paris have been serving customers for the last time before having to close their doors for 2 weeks new restrictions are being imposed in the french capital all owing a surge in corona virus infections the government had previously lifted and

nationwide lockdown. military helicopters have been called to the south of france to help search for people still missing after a powerful storm blasted through the region at the weekend at least 4 are dead and as many as 18 others are unaccounted for witnesses say they might have been swept away by floodwaters. opposition protesters in kyrgyzstan have broken into government and state security headquarters in the capital reports say they also freed an imprisoned former president they're demanding a rerun of last weekend's elections in which they allege of vote buying occurred former soviet republic have been violent clashes with the security forces as. well global pandemic a may make for a good movie plot but it's a terrible reality for the movie industry the world's 2nd largest cinema operator cinema world says it's temporarily closing more than 700 theaters in the u.k.

and the u.s. and world a says the delay in major film releases including the latest james bond movie has made the industry quote unbuyable. times. not for the 1st time hondo below 7 been expected to come to the rescue this time an industry thrown into crisis but no time to die itself fell victim to the virus its producer is delaying its release until next spring. the loss of a crowd puller like bond has made the movie theater industry on viable according to bosses and it comes after a miserable year that full sinew world lose $1600000000.00 the clue that you are. we were leading the march big amount when we. will close. will be like also the shop was not food with 45000 jobs now at risk british

prime minister barak johnson is calling for the public to help by use would say to people is that local cinema cinemas do not have ways of making the shows go on in 8 they could be secure way and i've encouraged people to to go out to the cinema enjoy themselves and support those businesses it may be too late for this silver screen without the lure of blockbuster releases anxious consumers are perhaps even less likely to flock to the cinema for some of them no matter how much they need to see. it over the past 30 years a taiwan has earned a global reputation as a manufacturing powerhouse but the push for industrialisation has come with a little regard for the environment the government has changed its tune claiming environmental protection as a priority the conservationists warn at taiwan is paying a price for decades of an action around 70 percent of the island is still covered

in lush tropical forest but some plants have started to disappear and that could be a sign of what's to come. it may look inside and serene but home cinchona is in a race against time a race that pits a group of plantain terrors against a rapidly changing climate sent to human expansion they search taiwan's natural environment for plant species that could soon be wiped off the face of the earth. finding the rare specimens takes more than scientific knowledge. by. not everyone can get to the places i go to i can stay a long time out in the wild in the mountains or forests i'm very good at climbing trees not everyone can climb trees. the hunters also have to be able to clamber up steep cliff faces and withstand the damn

pores on the many days of time when the sun's not shining. back at the conservation center they carefully catalog and store their finds taking samples of d.n.a. and putting them in a deep freeze. by doing this they aim to preserve biodiversity for future generations. we hope that we will have a chance to return these species to their original have a tough time for one day when we can create a new habitat that the species can live there happily for them so. the botanists at the center also study the plants and educate the public about them sometimes making new discoveries that can benefit humanity. many of these plants are endangered species. we need to ensure scientific papers and research are

published quickly so ordinary people can learn conserving these plants can help us out here we're going through a growth and we are bound to. the center aims to become the largest shelter of tropical plants on earth a safe haven for flora that can no longer thrive in the wild. which now the diamond i'm about to show you doesn't look very cheap but it's just been sold at what experts are calling a bargain price this extremely rare and flawless white diamond has just been sold at sotheby's in hong kong for just under $16000000.10 carat stone it made history as the 1st gem of its quality to be sold without a minimum that in price it was part of a larger stone of mind in canada 3 years ago and was snapped up by an unnamed telephone better. and her reminder of our top story. u.s. president donald trump has returned to the white house after leaving the hospital

where he was being treated for coping 19 he said he was feeling fine and said he would return it to the campaign trail soon. but your news update at this hour coming up next is our documentary about albania train and play richardson in berlin for me and the entire news team here thanks so much for watching. and you hear me known for years we're going to tell you and i last year's german chancellor will bring you an angle amount cause you've never thought of before surprised to so up with what is possible who is magical really what moves them want also up to 2 people who follow along the way maurice and critics alike join us from

eccles la stops to. albania anyone who travels by train here should have plenty of time and be ready for surprises. only a few trains still run through the country. move they travel through stunning nature and along a lonely coast. but it's unclear how much longer they will continue to run. the routes are slowly being closed down. and before long passenger trains could be a thing of the past.

but for now they are still running. at 40 kilometers an hour. the last trains in albania. it's 5 in the morning and vladimir she is on his way to work. the 62 year old has been going to work at the train station endure this almost every day for more than 35 years. or lottie as everyone calls him is a train driver and a mechanic and works for albania state will weigh.

every remaining passenger train in the country departs from and returns to do this . 5 times a week lottie brings passengers to the north south or east of albania. he is one of the last remaining 50 train drivers in the country. most of the heavy diesel locomotives were built in the soviet block and have been in use for over 40 years they were deemed to waltz by the former czechoslovakia but albania found them good enough. and they are still in operation today. even though they are beginning to show their age. in the sun here you still have to

do some manual work when shunting and coupling the locomotive to travel in the opposite direction. of ever. meet. the drugs the engine with its 3 carriages north the last stop is located about 100 kilometers away just before the border with montenegro. in albania passenger trains only run within the country there is no international connection to or from albania and there is only one freight line abroad to montenegro the line to school is the only one that still goes all the way to its

original destination the albanian railway network has shrunk over the past 2 years and. it takes 4 hours to get to school more than twice as long as by car ever since the modernization of roads began the country seems to have forgotten its trains. planned. level crossing some of them have sufficient safety measures. albania's national railway company is called had. it operate as a single track standard gauge network and on the last pedestrians cars and grazing animals often overlook approaching trains. over the years that he has gotten to know many of the passengers who regularly

travel north. lotty originally wanted to be a writer but that didn't quite work out although he has written one novel that story is of course about a train journey. of the body but it will lead you by like my job and. why because i'd like to have a scene a steam engines and i still do today if no one if i feel good here and i take pleasure in my work i wouldn't trade it for anything of the inertia except of course. the british. we train drivers and naturally well suited to this profession we work day and night which is. that if you don't know the road you don't.

have. the train trundles along the coast through hilly landscapes and across numerous rivers. things flow into the edge of the attic scene between buddhists and children. often there isn't a single person to be seen. her your. this is the 10 kilometer long cape road on. it was named after a raid on the god of wanderers and sailors revered by the illyrians. numerous bunkers remain from when the former dictator and their hotshot was in power here watching. not only completely isolated the country in terms of foreign

policy but between 972 and 984 built hundreds of thousands of these steel and concrete structures throughout the country he feared invasion by former communist allies reminders of a dark period and albanian history. on its journey north the train stops at 10 small stations often only one or 2 passengers board or disembark. bad. albanian railways have been using these carriages since 2004 they were previously used by communist east germany. so it is hardly surprising that they

are old and elaborated they also lack safety features. after 4 hours finally comes into sight. the train will return to do this at 630 the next morning. when one go to the lies between the rivers keir grin and buena. and lake scutari. is one of the oldest cities in albania most of its one 115000 inhabitants are catholic most christians in the country live in the north near the montenegrin border. even early in the morning the streets are buzzing with activity.

but hardly anyone takes the train anymore. just before 6 am laurie slowly drives the locomotive back to the station. he spent the night at a friend's house sometimes he also sleeps in the driver's cabin. for what. i spend most of my time here this is our sitting room or our bedroom and dining room and our workplace 2 of course work comes 1st wash up our john. king with a journalist look if you must push your bush but let's be realistic nobody misses

the old days we all want the news that they might also be happy to have an electric train but the situation is as it is and i'm adapting. they're going to comply. but the new generation is not like me the next generation will be a bit more demanding like all albanians today of course the cell phone. do you keep the course of. the train back to do this leaves on time. who is the conductor entrain manager the 62 year old has been working for the state railway since 982. she actually lives in the capital tirana.

but lida everyone calls her is used to being away a lot. of us only wish with out of my job as the train manager so i'm responsible for the train from the driver's cabin in the front to the very end you know i look after the staff and the passengers as the train manager i'm responsible for everything from the moment the journey starts to the final destination only. after the fall of communism albania focused on building roads nowadays few people take the train many buses and cars are not necessarily safer but they are more comfortable and much faster.

this partly explains why the carriages are so neglected. travelling by train is an adventure in albania. during the trip leader sits in one of the empty compartments to write the daily report. there are 2 trains a day from school trying to do this and back they have to follow the timetable exactly after all there is only one track. and his little brother a lady on are on their way to lunch between school and tourists they've made the journey often but this is the 1st time they're travelling without their parents

latch is a popular pilgrimage site in albania. by car it takes about one hour to get from school to lapse the train journey is often twice as long. but a ticket costs no more than $170.00 lek around one euro 40. opportunity this is a real bargain but that's not what appeals most to lay out the facts so you are a bit of a see methadone as the scam of it i prefer travelling by train because it's special . to train is the old way of travel and here i can breathe fresh air that she could . not get a gun can lead out of the window and look out i like cars but not as much as the other more dangerous than trains because they're fast and it's yet.

the boys are going to st anthony church up in the hills behind latch it was destroyed during the communist era and wasn't rebuilt until the early 1990 s. after the ban on religion was lifted. elyria. every year in june the franciscan monastery attracts thousands of pilgrims. but there are visitors here all year round they come to pray to saint anthony who is supposed to help those who have lost things such as their faith.

i've. hear it doesn't matter which religion a belong to. there's every chance that one of the things that's special about the church is that it's visited by people of different religions by muslims catholics or orthodox. so although it's a catholic church the people of other religions come and pray here as well and like candles for their relatives or for themselves i pray for my family and for myself and for all of my relatives as well as for all people in need like the homeless the elderly pushing the bus i pray for everyone who needs help so that god may help. but i also pray for my future so that i can become a good person and above all a good footballer that's my dream there's them that i. it's a dream that many albanian boys share with layla and lady on. to make it come true

the brothers visit lauch several times a year. from here the train continues further south. than. nearly 50 percent of albanians working population are involved in agriculture. thanks. they mostly work without heavy equipment and rely on the help of donkeys goats and sheep.

in the flats coastal plain west of latch is a sanctuary for rare birds such as domination pelicans and flamingos. you. i mean. after the fall of communism the shooting of birds and other wildlife skyrocketed. so in 2014 the government imposed a strict ban on hunting since then wildlife populations have been slowly recovering . in the early evening we return to duty as. rail travel in albania comes to a halt at 6 in the evening. service

doesn't resume until the next morning. the station is right next to albania as the largest commercial port do this is sometimes called the gateway to the mediterranean. italy is not far away. this morning the 1st train departed shortly before 7 it is headed for elba sound in central albania. is only 80 kilometers from duress but the train journey takes 3 and a half hours. the eastern route is considered the most beautiful in the country it used to go further to the north macedonia border but the section beyond elba sun was closed 5 years ago. anyone who wishes to travel

further now has to go by car or hike. am. bloody and his colleagues are sad that some routes have been closed and. was reported for but edition i don't want to get into politics but the fact is that all previous governments are to blame for the current situation. you should be good not to be a since 1991 there have been no repairs to the tracks no investments except for a few railway crossings the show. because. and this is the result of the shrinking railway network. it's the only reason. we still have the trains we had under communism that's a fact also one of the. old

bridges and railway tracks run alongside newly paved roads to the right and left our historic buildings. at the trailer castle is part of a defense of complex built by scandal back in the 15th century. ruled over an area stretching from sun to to donna today the castle is popular with daytrippers. the trailer overlooks the as an alley. further south the tracks one parallel to the school being never. it is one of the

largest and most important waterways in the country and has always formed a sort of border between the north and south of albania in cultural religious and also in linguistic terms. before the train arrives and. lida and her colleagues clean the compartments. they get water at one of the small stops. still. a lot of dirt is blown into the carriages through the broken windows so

compartments toilets and corner doors are mopped and cleaned every day leader also lays out covers a newspaper on the seats for each trip are laid out on i'm cleaning this carriage ready for my colleagues when i take over tomorrow and the train will do the same journey to i mean we don't have any cleaning staff at the moment so we do the job ourselves. and right now there aren't any passengers in this carriage and i do both jobs clean and i manage the train and i check the tickets ok and all that is my responsibility that's why we're in a hurry to clean up because soon we'll be reaching the next station how. are melinda mama tie doesn't normally travel by train she is here for her work the 28 year old botanist wants to compare the vegetation along the busy and unused railway lines.

and many very well known for its. biodiversity a wild landscape which i think we need to preserve and a lot of highways and roads are are posing fragmentation as a high threats to our current or some type of diversity and biodiversity and so when it comes to fragmentation the railway itself was very nicely put into the wild landscape of painting it's kind of been cash landscape we like it but at the same time it helps to keep the bio corridor and the success plant. emma linda is meeting a colleague in elba sun from there they will continue one foot. will

start from doris and then 12 of us than when we stop and we will move on from one of us to live bearers to pray us up to where that's the border to see how it has developed. shortly before eldest son rode into rail traffic run parallel through a wide valley an extension of the coastal plain the adriatic sea is only 60 kilometers away. at 1036 the train arrives punctually in elba sun. wildlife specialist and his lordship is waiting he too wants to take a closer look at the area east of alba sun. were next to the show being river runs the via cannot see built by the romans in ancient

times it formed an important trade route that connected rome with constantinople. the last train passed through here 5 years. as ago. nature has since reclaimed the area. near the small town of lea but asked the valley of school bean is surrounded by the yeah plenty it's a mountain range. it doesn't take long for an melinda to spot plants which she had not seen alongside the trucks still in operation.

for example this is any good large basis this is one of my favorite flowers that is very beautiful it is ruder but even the environment was under franco pressure from the plant it wouldn't be here is the train runs through have only come on one plant which will florist in in a falling season like in spring and they will not go they will not be like here around or the train but just around it and as they will be disturbed they will not have the force to create nor no conditions for no other plans to come so almost everything that we see here we will not find in other places. and it's not just plants that benefit from the disused railway tracks. in many of the tunnels swallows and rare bats have taken up residence.

albania is known as the land of the bats of the 55 species protected in the e.u. more than 30 to live here back to expert v.z. knows them all. for this for. apart from the swallows nest which we saw at the entrance i saw at least 2 types of back in the tunnel them. at the do young both are protected species under e.u. law and threatened with extinction. that makes this tunnel a very interesting site which we must preserve. and i hope the trains will not pass through it again. sean. do it the 4th even though of course that means it's a blow to the railway network. the moves of the. although

biologists consider the train to be the lesser of 2 evils compared to road traffic they also know that nature can develop best when there is no human interference. as can be seen in the sparsely populated east. or at. the people here are poor almost all families in the region live from agriculture and the official unemployment level is 14 percent although unofficial estimates suggest it is twice that. and that.

was. back in elba sun city is the 4th largest in albania with almost 130000 inhabitants and it has a colorful past thanks to its favorable location it became a prosperous trading town during the ottoman empire era. nowadays the city is known for steel production and is home to albania's biggest metal plant every day freight trains come to the old factory which opened in the 1960 s. during the communist era. local residents and authours today still suffer the negative consequences environmentalists protection measures for the plant or. said

to be inadequate many farmers believe that air pollution is having a negative impact on their vegetable and fruit harvest and that the soil is contaminated. one of those who opposes the factory is chef named ali he says it has become increasingly difficult for him to find good quality fruit and vegetables in recent years. he examines the products at the local market very carefully. pierce out every part of his with even a ground stop shop over every one of the farmers from the area around the plant used to solve vinyl and i know you're going to keep up your book or now not but we can't use this produce any more if it's from here especially the vine leaves have suffered which we used for a special well called dish called at the bema hippias i use now they are 2 contaminated by nearly great fruits and ground vegetables are all spoiled because

of the mass of soil and air pollution. so i'm against the plant as a chef and as a citizen if. 19 wants to make tough to make room and target corsi to local dishes they are lamb with herb's and unripe plums and yogurt cake with goat they will be eaten at the feast of sacrifice celebrated at the end of ramadan. in the yogurt cake with goat the whole animal is used head brain and eyes are regional specialties. i besides being a chef now i am also teaches at the university an elder son this means he only coax

in his free time on special occasions. a lot of. the whole family celebrates in his father's house across the river not far from elba son center. yet. nine's father yaho bus molly who worked as a cook for 40 years when he was young trains even traveled to albania remote areas . fresh eggs and flour make up the basis of the main course stuff a corsi yogurt cake with goat yes.

meanwhile. prepares to. lamb with herb's and on the right plans. the family meets at 9 parents' home every weekend i'm. sure we'll have a very. far more fire now even then it was all flavors but they will be meeting again tomorrow for a bio when they will sacrifice a goat. the animal seems to sense it's a looming fate. on route to the south of the country there are always 2 drivers in the cab today

that's a lot he and a colleague while lotty keeps an eye on the track and the safety of the passers by his colleague drives the locomotive towards fear that. the train used to go on to florida but that section was also deemed unprofitable today the coastal town can only be reached by road. the train passes through all of plantations and that suitable fields fear the last station on this route is located in the 1st tile mussa chip plane this used to be swamp land but it was drained a few decades ago. the train passes numerous small villages. of a 4 year. low budget next week usually it's dangerous we have

a lot of problems on this route because of the crossings. to stall stall. but. he was riding his bicycle. he's going to get it he's gone. to heaven for your view of the. people in the country so i don't have their wits about them but we gladly travel so slowly. my gawd if the train went at a normal speed that would be a disaster it. wasn't. you know they are. but that won't happen because the tracks are in such a poor state that we have to travel slowly and all those are young. believe it but it's dangerous. for. sure there are too many crossing of

the judge with nothing allison in them or. there is just one train a day going south. the small stations just before fear seem deserted. when. a little further south lies the coastal town florida which used to be the last stop on the southern railway line the service was discontinued 3 years ago. the town and the nearby not-i lagoon are popular summer vacation destinations. south of here the albanian riviera begins. in.

the region is known at home and abroad for its mediterranean climate and long often deserted beaches. the old railway station in the central florida is falling into decline who knows when or if a train will ever stop here again. after an hour stop it's time to begin the journey back north.

for lita it might be the last time she travels this route. she will be retiring in just a few days' time. a moment that she sometimes. even cry i mean here in the mornings when i'm getting ready i often. but then i pull myself together loving it i'm sorry it's a whole lifetime since i was 24 years old and now it's over i guess everybody goes through this. maybe i will start another job why not i'm used to being on the road for 38 or 39 years i was always on the move once the thought of staying at home feels strange but it will pass it will be difficult but then i'm sure i will

feel better. but back again though. i loved travelling by train although these days they don't care about the railway system as you can see. malouf being on a train anyway even if the rocking motion is a bit tiring. but i still like it very much. not everyone can say that after 38 years in the same job. after 2 and a half hours the train has travelled to 80 kilometers back to do this it's the end of the line for leda and the passengers.

every evening the old locomotive is uncoupled from the carriages and driven to the nearby depot where it stays overnight. most of the time it's lottie who checked. the locomotive before heading home as a mechanic he is also responsible for maintaining the engine. this is one of the 62 year old favorite moments of the day. before the show i fell in love with trains because i was able to raise my children

thanks to them. it's my passion and i feel like i'm at home with them. i'm so happy here it's hard to describe. this engine was there when i raised my children when i got engaged and married if your i mean that's why i'm so passionate about trains and i can't separate from them i don't know what i'll do when i retire . 6. steps lawdy has 2 more years to think about that then he too will retire. to me. it's still unclear whether the diesel locomotives will still run without him .

but albania is always good for a surprise maybe the trains will run longer than most people expect. a confrontation between china and taiwan the superpower is threatening to invade its neighbor. how serious is it how is china justifying its claims. the w.'s richard walker analyzes the causes and dangers of the conflict in taiwan

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