and. in scotland most of the country's bars and restaurants are closed until at least the 3rd of november. which year. so although we don't light the research there was a pause hopefully over can't shorts all eyes can't even be on people's lives this is what a colossal way all things but i just sort of felt the shoulder just go along with it now that our spain has banned most travel into and i talk of the region and closed all restaurants and bars it's infection rate is 3 times the national average . the capital madrid has been under a similar look dian for the past 2 weeks and now faces a night curfew between midnight and 6 am spain became the 1st western european country to exceed 1000000 cases or the year this week and its death toll like so many other nations continues to claim. well spain has the 6th highest number of

cases in the world earlier i talked to journalist guy hedgecoe you madrid and i asked him why spain is struggling to deal with the 2nd wave of the pandemic there is a feeling that's often not very strict lockdown that the country had in the spring which did appear to work that they used were rather too relaxed after was that the regional authorities in particular allow people to try and go back to some kind of normality perhaps too fast there was a lot of movement over the summer people travelling within the space between regions and those so there was a lot of contagion between different areas of the country there's a feeling that that may have been a problem and also perhaps that the authorities didn't take advantage enough of that time when infections were lower in order to reinforce the health care system to prepare for a 2nd wave which everyone seems to be expecting to arrive at some point in the autumn. that was guy heads curry in madrid will of warring a mile star in the corona virus pandemic has been passed here in germany

a total of more than 10000 people have now died from 1000 he is full is a shop rise in cases in recent weeks a new record in daily new infections has also been set in the last 24 hours with more than 14000 cases reported a grim milestone painful for every family it has touched germany has become the 6th european country to reach 10000 covert 19 deaths after a peak in mid april the daily death toll was much lower over the summer for most of july august and september corona deaths in any 24 hour period were in single figures in the last 2 weeks the mortality rate has begun to rise sharply but there are hopes it may not return to the level it reached earlier this year we had very high death toll in the springtime especially for the elderly and now we have more

rate is higher in the younger population and that explains why the more talent you rate is lower because younger people do not succumb to cope at 19 they usually get sick sometimes also very severe is severely sick however the usually do not. compared with some other countries fewer people in germany have died from the disease the number of deaths per 1000000 of population is 120 neighboring francis seen more than 4 times the death rate meanwhile china and india have reported much lower numbers of fatalities by head of population those figures show germany may have dealt well with the virus so far but infections are also rising again more steeply than deaths and experts are increasingly concerned as they look towards the coming months. we don't know how the inspection situation will develop we have to assume that the number of serious cases will increase and that the number of deaths

will also wrote. if that assumption proves correct many more funerals will have to be held under the shadow of cope with 19. here's a look at some of the other developments in the global health emergency poland's president andre dude has tested positive for covert 19 as the country faces a record rise in cases a spokesperson said today is feeling well neighboring czech republic has also hit a record number of daily infections on friday more than 15000 new cases were counted and japan's government is asking businesses to extend the new year holidays until mid january to let workers travel off peak today hometowns and holiday destinations well it was only on thursday night that u.s. president donald trump climbed the country was turning the corner on a coronavirus pandemic and then a day later the u.s. set a new record for the number of daily infections with nearly 80000 cases in 24 hours

the pandemic is it to dominate the final days of campaigning before the election. each white flag remembering an american who died of covert 19. the sea of flags by artists zan brennan furstenberg illustrates the devastating scale of the coronavirus pandemic in the united states with over 220000 deaths. as new infections and hospitalizations grow across the country the crisis remains in the spotlight as the election fast approaches. after they faced off in thursday's last presidential debate the 2 candidates were back on the road for the final days of intense campaigning at a rally in the must win state of florida trump muffed biden's quote gloomy outlook for the pandemic claiming that the u.s. was in fact approaching its and all partners they're losers in the media want to

talk about today covert covert covert you know that you turn on she looked elijah's were all the journalists here that. you turned on there mysteriously you turn on this network as cover to cover cover go on november 4th you won't hear anything about it because we're around the. war. during a speech in the l a where biden laid out his plan to fight the coronavirus if you were to become president a stark contrast to trump's take on the virus were more than 8 months into this crisis and the president still doesn't have a plan. he's given up he's quit on you you screwed on your family he's quit on america he just wants us to grow not resigned to the horrors of this death toll in the pain is causing shroom merik. biden said he would instead push for more

masks and widespread testing and for free vaccine for everyone once it is available . according to polls the response of a coronavirus pandemic is one of the most important topics for voters in these elections something both candidates need to keep in mind as november 3rd draws closer. here are some of the other stories making news around the world today in poland tens of thousands of people protested on friday against a court ruling that bans nearly all abortions in the country the nation's top calls ruled out of bullshitters full fetal abnormalities violate the polish constitution women's health activists have warned that the new ruling rule force women to have illegal abortions or to travel abroad for. anti-government protesters have clashed with police in chile's capital santiago rist comes days before the chileans virgina referendum on whether to change the country's constitution which

was written during the pinochet detective dictatorship constitutional change was one of the key demands in a wave of protests that broke out in october last year. authorities in cameroon have arrested ivory smugglers who attempted to transport nearly $120.00 elephant tusks out of the country the smugglers had trafficked illegal congo from neighboring upon which is home to more than half full of africa's remaining forest . well sudan has agreed to normalize relations with israel making it the 3rd arab country to establish a forest. well sudan has agreed to normalize relations with israel making it the 3rd arab country to establish ties with the jewish state under u.s. brokered deals this year president donald trump announced the agreement on friday the u.s. it said it will remove saddam from the list of state sponsors of tehran if khartoum

compensates us victims of terrorist attacks the trial of a distraction recently also brokered diplomatic ties between israel and the united arab emirates. but the move has angered palestinians though israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu hailed the deal as the beginning of a new era for israel. i don't. today we declare another dramatic breakthrough for peace and not our country joints of sorrow this time. what a great development and through dr 967 the 3 nos of the arab and he got loving from no to peace of israel no recognition of israel and no negotiations with israel i mean if you like today to my saying yes to peace with israel yes to recognition of israel and yes or no my sanction of israel this is a new era you don't choose for peace is proceeding with 3 our countries in the last

few weeks so much membership well you know i spoke to journalist sami so-called interest time and i asked him what impact he still would have on international relations this will. been the is rarely a position. in the middle east in the arab world but also. because of the location of this we're talking not only about another arab and other muslim country but also about a country that is in africa so when many many countries in africa the most have relations with this route and this is a big breakthrough for is run at the same time there are also migrant who are living in israel does the sudanese community feel some sense of sudanese who fled from sudan who escaped through egypt to israel and. there are silent seekers that never got a state the city is ready and is around is saying this is an opportunity to expel

them back to sudan and i can tell you many of them are very concerned they do not trust the sudanese government and they feel that their life might be even in danger so i mean we have to look at the timing of this the november u.s. election is a little more than a week away is this a foreign policy victory for trump. no doubt no doubt the americans have been pushing this to have this kind of a statement at this timing i can tell you that the israeli foreign ministry was not in the room at all the israeli foreign minister they got to ask you know he does not know about this the developments this is a secret channel that was pushed by trying to get it within the. users and they were pushing to have it as soon as possible and the next thing that they're talking now about is saudi arabia and the big question would be whether

saudi arabia would make such an announcement ahead of the elections that would be a big game changer here in the middle east semicircle interests and it's been good to talk to you thank you. this is the news from berlin my colleague marianne evans team will be back in 45 minutes with more headlines i went sideways don't you dot com you can also follow our stories and correspondents. on instagram and twitter and sharon reed and the entire news team thanks for watching take care and stay safe. how does a virus spread. why do we panic and when we're. just 3 of the topics covered and the weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like any information on the broader larysa or any other science topic you should

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r technology in general i have not taken. very seriously option now for me it is a niche market for a very special clientele in japan however the concept has really taken off even specialist. was here where you can have completely new experiences with viagra is there perhaps more to the idea after all i took a look at one of the stores in tokyo. asking about in tokyo district as the heart of manga on the main computer games alex drawings and the pornography the company soft on demand alone operate 70 special b r 6 dawson depan it's one of the largest producers of pornography films in asia. here you can see employees faces to keep things discreet i asked to book a one hour of the hour packet it costs almost 1000 yen about 8 year old all dodged up in these cities have venues like this. can be rented for up to 3 hours there are

3 different options reclining chair reclining mat all flat i chose reclining mat. my booth was on the 2nd floor i'm one meter 93 tall and felt pretty claustrophobic on the way up. in the booth i found the our glasses handkerchiefs the telephone slippers and countless options it was a little bit confusing to be honest. luck of the a lot of people you don't know that either because 50 percent of people coming here foreigners so they have a special service well that i would call well. the staff help me set up and stop the v.o.r. film the films are shot from a subjective camera angle so depending on the by the us seated on lying down you will be watching a different film with a corresponding setting. you can see your own virtual body so

this video here wouldn't have made much sense if i had been sitting upright. the sex industry would not be going to those technological length if we didn't expect to profit illegal porn streaming and private providers have resulted in considerable losses in recent years gamble only time will tell whether we are on really does offer a way out of the crisis more and more videos are becoming available online but what's the attraction. no mortal in tokyo is one of japan's leading produces. when you watch a p.r. on a t.v. or a p.c. screen it's usually from a bird's eye view of the real v.a.r. emphasizes the experience much more. the customer feels as if he could really touch the girl that he has real eye contact or that he can feel her breath next to his ear. so the media it's

a completely different view or perspective to a standard movie that. i found the unusual perspective unsettling. first impression it's really very detailed a little bit weird to watch to be honest because the woman in that clip i just saw shoot this distortion is linked to the distance between all pupils which is different for every person images are set to a standard distance but if this doesn't correspond to the eyes of the person wearing the glasses the proportions will be distorted. the filmmakers of soft on the amount produced that the obvious in this studio everything here is white but this ensures that the background isn't distracting and allows the producers to better direct of us focus. more about it we had to know what my mother the strength of b.r.

is that enables different forms of interaction what it will take in the good allows you to get to a place you couldn't get to before. so into action is the magic word this combination of technology and emotion is something that can be found most of all in japan according to not alina high the british author and podcast the focus is on ethical issues related to digital technologies. amazing innovation coming out and. if you think. a lot of people in a lot of places you are very expressive of their affection for technology and you may end up going in a great relationship with ok i kind of love my smartphone too but that's as far as it goes some of the optic ations already enable you to build your dream partner does that really create deeper connections. being able to configure a virtual partner like in a computer game and having custom made avatars thanks to computer generated images

this is a future v.a.r. producer moto finds promising. to do and will be possible to design individual body parts such as breasts waist or hips to create your ideal woman with the help of c.g.i. optical you have a sex therapist dr michelle paid to refine this technology problematic he says even normal porn films already create unrealistic expectations in his patients. i mean something to think in one point. and now we're reaching a new level here the user can actually select his or her ideal partner's body. but the consequence of this would be that any real life partner would end up being compared to this fantasy product how does he construct let's listen lots of. natalie not high also worries about consequences this comparison can have she researches ethical issues surrounding digital technologies. both. being

human being and believes about it's actually quite a complex issue if humans are real be. humans trying to emulate. themselves in order to look more like that's the reality count models real people trying to look more like virtual of a tot's sounds pretty dubious to me but they are already reports about people having plastic surgery for that reason cutting edge technology and the sex industry seem a good match for not a few has long been a driver for technological advancements but a passion boss the author of the erotic engine is certain that with output margraf the internet would not have grown so quickly lot from inst well yes some examples online payment systems without paper on size the payment would be a simple and secure as it is today online streaming without with streaming software developed for pornography size media platforms or struggle to deliver news clips

online advertising without advertising from sec size many free internet services wouldn't exist and now we are even in the developer why. this exclamation of surprise is from an ad by dutch sex toy manufacturer of the company offers a vibrator tensors and promises a realistic erotic experience. such devices can also be linked using apps and controlled remotely my someone's partner possibility that some couples find appealing. but i think that nothing that enables us to relate more fully with someone else especially when so many of us are at distance well for instance in a pandemic if you look in different cities and it's going. to express your desire for the other partner and its weight and so i think it is designed to create a connection in a way that people are not. since the cover of night in pandemic began digital adult

entertainment services have become more popular well direct physical contact is rather difficult at the moment. especially for singles the u.s. porn web site pornhub as reza says up to 25 percent more hits on its site this year many people really miss physical contact that's why research is currently being conducted about how to make virtual experiences even better one promising possibility special suits that simulate touch and warmth. and technology when we. could be really powerful because it gives us physical. digital touch and that's going to be much more plentiful and much more real and simple actually and just having some. auditory. soft on demand in tokyo is currently working on integrating additional sensations the goal is to eventually include all of our senses in the v.r.t.

experience. at the moment we're testing new technologies to make the v.o.r. experience even better that is how it is for example we are working on a technology for smells like a woman's mouth to thank you. well feel taste prospects seem busy but p.r. already offers the possibility to slip into other characters or other bodies or for example to playfully change sex if we are not a mess. the sense of anonymity can give us a great feeling of freedom to disclose and to be honest and. able to express things that we might otherwise and difficult so i think given the reality office that possibility it is very possible that we can be more insular that could technology really help us to better understand our own sexuality and so to gain a better understanding of others in real relationships it's an interesting thought

if you like. i might maybe one day all of us will not only want to have sex in our bedrooms but in the dream worlds that are most exciting for us i'm not promises that. that would be one way i could see virtual reality providing exciting possibilities for users in everyday life. not just as pornography but for couples as well you know not service you know so come on so. be our sector is expecting the market to grow to 13 and a half 1000000000 euros by 2022 and this includes sex products after all many people enjoy exploring new options we are very adaptive as humans and we can learn to find those things exciting and erotic and normal given the amount of time to get used to it so yeah i think a lot of us will end up expanding our sexual records income that's that remains to be seen we're quite a way are really natural looking and i and i think a certain point we might end up singing but in the other direction and one thing

real physical human contact with human beings. what do you think what do you try adrià sex to technology and feelings go together share your opinions with us on facebook on d.w. dot com if you want to know more about. us a reality check out our you tube channel that's it for me thank you next time. the old mine bridge is the perfect starting point for discovering verse verse from here you can see many of the important signs and i'll be checking out those spots and on top of that i'll do some wine tasting because this region here is known for its good the culture clown let's stick going in line with the model and wine list

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