her grandchildren. are urged. to see w. news live from berlin vienna is left reeling after a match shooting claimed at least 4 lives people flee after a gunman attack several locations in the city center the country's chancellor says it was an islamist terror attack that it will not divide the nation also coming up the u.s. election is underway after the most polarized presidential campaign in decades in

person voting has begun at polling stations on the east coast some analysts expect turnout the selection could be the highest in a century plus germany's intensive care units brace for a 2nd wave of code patients staff say that they have the beds but fear that if infection numbers aren't stopped from brian saying they could be overwhelmed. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program austria has declared 3 days of national mourning after a gun attack in central vienna killed at least 4 people suspected islamist gunman opened fire at multiple locations of the city center on monday evening police say that they shot and killed one attacker and are hunting one or more assailants still at large chancellor sebastian kurtz called it

a repulsive terror attack but throughout not to let it divide the country. panic on the streets of vienna the shooting began around 8 pm and police quickly flooded the city center it was an unseasonably warm evening and bars and restaurants were crowded ahead of a partial lockdown beginning tuesday gunmen opened fire at least 6 locations the 1st reports came from the air the city's main synagogue it was closed at the time but a rabbi watched the horror unfold from his window. i saw the attacker running in through various bars and restaurants around or the street. and people running away in. one or 2 attackers armed chasing them or the street they were shooting at least 100 rounds just in from the program. police sealed off the city center urging people to stay away and remain indoors.

last night we experienced an attack by at least one islam is terrorist is a situation we haven't had to experience in austria for decades. said same. old story she's told parents not to send their children to school on tuesday if possible further attacks can't be ruled out. of this very well equipped they have automatic weapons on a very professionally for parents that as on to police continue their search the army has been brought in to god key locations additional checks are in place at the borders and the fear is that one or more heavily armed suspects could already be far from the austrian capital. and let's get more now we are joined by journalist c. steve shade in vienna what information have authorities released about who is behind

this attack. well they didn't officially release it but it leaked out and now they've kind of confirmed it but the person who was killed the assailant who was actually killed in the attack last night is a 20 year old. who grew up with dual citizenship from austria and from north macedonia he was actually arrested over a year ago and did several months in prison because he had already sympathize with the islamic state group and he was on a watch list because he was trying to go to syria to fight with i asked so he was imprisoned here but then he was let out early he was on a watch list and now looking at the the social media output he had and then contacts he made it's very clear that he was and i have sympathy this and that he was very interested in the attacks in france and their silly ation with the cartoons from charlie adam and so on and so forth and one of the big questions

still at this hour is whether you know this was just a long gunmen there's been reports that i've never gunmen or potentially more might still be at large what more can you tell us well that's why the police have been so reluctant to release too many details that they are searching for 4 more individuals dragnet has now expanded beyond vienna to arrests were made this morning in the city of signposting which is nearly an hour away and what the police did is they they were pretty quick in identifying the deceased gunman and then using the information that they that they were able to gather from storming his apartment overnight they put together a list of other suspects and they've been trying to move rapidly through this list of suspects to several arrests have been made in vienna and in cities outside a horrifying incident how have people there responded. there's a somber mood sorrow sadness over the senselessness of this act because.

you know again is one of the great cultural capitals of the worlds and for someone claiming to represent a group like the i asked which is you know a cultural dead end thinking that by carrying out an attack like that in a great cultural center is going to accomplish any kind of a lasting statement or make any kind of a meaningful impact it just creates sadness and sorrow for the the absolute senselessness of doing something like this steve shared with the view from vienna thank you. well the final day of voting has begun in one of the most polarized u.s. presidential elections as our presidents on the east coast have been lining up to cast their ballots in person it comes after a record early voting and a campaign marred by president trumps unsubstantiated allegations of foul play trumpet still voters to expect a quote beautiful victory while democrat challenger joe biden says this was their

chance too and that chaos and the 2 men present starkly different visions for the u.s. so let's have a look at the choice facing american voters. one has dedicated his life to public service. the other has dedicated his to winning. 2 men with contrast in styles. and competing visions of the future. we choose hope over fear unity over division science or friction or yes truth over a law in this election is a choice between a trump super recovery which we're in right now or a by depression. joseph biden story is one of triumph and tragedy of overcoming a childhood stutter to reach the u.s. senate just start to years old. only to lose his wife and daughter in a car accident weeks later. in 2015 by who was again left bereft when his son

beau died of brain cancer. i found the best way through pain and loss and grief is to find purpose. donald trump inherited a new york real estate empire and turned the need men to a brand. his life of waving to parties america love fears were talk of the town. gossip followed him everywhere and so too did bank. just so much. but it was hit t.v. show the apprentice that rubbish his fortunes the prestigious helped turn trump from hapless new york businessman to long shot presidential hopefuls. over to a vast cities

a white man in their seventy's the similarities end. for decades biden rode the train to work. while crumb enjoys the trappings of wealth. biden spent his career shaping his foreign policy beliefs. and forging friendships abroad. trump conspiracy theories about barack obama our president has finally released a birth certificate and run for office on a nationalist take it for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states so help me god in prayer arrived promising isolationism. it's going to be only america 1st which saw him embrace dictators and foods while pushing need to allies around the tour deal after deal. i am announcing

today the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal from the paris. climate a court. decision on treaties with russia. so we're going to terminate a prebuttal we're going to pull out he's gone where few presidents have he was impeached and he repeatedly to violent white supremacists. very 5 people on both sides. providing america 1st means america alone he's on a mission to rewind to trump years and he's hoping his folksy appeal will win over swing voters. we are in the battle for the soul. he too is no stranger to fighting talked or even speak you know what you're wrong. when he sticks to the script his pitches the after 4 years of chaos on hundreds of thousands of crude 90 day he is uniquely placed to mend the country battle for the

soul of us vets the job of a president to hear. the trump campaign by contrast has been lights on unity and heavy on fear and misinformation for the president this is about coming fast at any cost. reject left wing fascism vote for american freedom vote for america 1st vote for make america great again. both candidates have cost themselves as america's salvation but the truth is in this high speaks bottle the result will reverberate well beyond her borders. americans heading to the polls today let's get more we're joined by liz shoka u.s. policy analyst here in the studio welcome to the program thank you for having me you've been watching us politics very closely what is different about this election i think one of the most exciting things to happen in this election is the

mobilization people that have never been involved all the sudden have access to virtual phone banks socially distance can be saying so i think the sheer force of people on the ground is absolutely different in just bringing in a whole new set of voters who've never been activated before but i also think there's never been a more polarizing election and the stakes feel really high both by who wins but also what happens after top it's a little bit more about the polarization because that us of course been a long term trend of the u.s. that is nothing new. as a trend but it has accelerated over the past 4 years has. why is absolutely i think when folks are suffering they look for change and they look for answers and what happened is trump took absolute advantage of folks that were feeling like us versus them their way of life is changing jobs are changing their future security

is not the same and so they need a scapegoat they need someone to blame on the on verse is that you have the left kind of feeling more and more disenfranchised from the right they no longer see that common ground that it's so famous for you don't have that middle swing voter people are really entrenched and unfortunately the media plays a huge role in that people really become siloed they really only listen to their media and get their feedback and get real fired up and in these chambers that just makes the distance between both sides bigger every day and that system is also very apparent internationally we know that the world is watching this election actually went out on the streets all over the world and got some perspective let's have a listen and then we'll get your reaction. when's because i really see him as a person whose interest is in his country a north korean politics are trying to do something to benefit some self. but official by the military i wouldn't like donald trump to win because his

immigration policies are very strict and he separating many families for the moment being i know that biden is ahead of charm but it doesn't mean anything like last time hillary was ahead but still won so i can only hope and pray that trump will not have a 2nd term. because i'm a businessman by. the country you need to be a businessman i don't think trump is going to be elections why because trump is out of. fear and i don't. i hope that democracy prevails and the majority are there this is. whatever it may be when we do. come election. we're getting a new president there's a bill on the. american relationship.

plus any issues relating to older movies some problems which is already important and the problem being donor trump would be revealing because i don't think your vision is anywhere close to winning and the kind of what gives done for america and that's been groups if you don't hear from i hope that dump loses big time i think he should write a book on how to destroy a country in 40 years 100 destroy a country in 40 years which is what he's done i don't care who wins the americans in the business. i don't have expectations i just hope the relationship between the u.s. and china will be peaceful louisiana right senses that you're not sure in terms of politics now i don't know many thing taiwan can benefit more if trump wins you know turn to the fighting can't know why but just because he's more than i have a job he tends to balance china. however you come home you have to do it it doesn't

matter who wins who were there unpredictable and a bit sit removed we knew that u.s. presidents are just puppet to speak in a strange voice so i have no expectations. but some really interesting perspectives from around the world we have to say there is interest certainly in this election to what extent has foreign policy been present on the campaign trail to what extent is it part of what voters are looking at when they do go to the polls so i think what we're seeing from the biden camp is a director a bottle of the last 4 years we're talking about saving the american reputation abroad however i'm just not sure when there's an economic crisis and a health crisis happening at the same time voters have foreign policy at the top of their agenda there's been a lot of conversation i love some of the reactions from folks in iran and china and those those issues are absolutely present in voters' minds but i worry that sometimes it's less about the nuance that is required in foreign policy and more

and us versus them mentality that's happening on one side where. it's america 1st and so that's driving a certain set of the voters to the polls this election extraordinary and so many ways not least of which the fact that it's taking place during a pandemic that means that some of the results might be delayed in some states what do you expect if the result is narrow if the results is delayed i think we're in for several days i know both sides have been absolutely mobilizing their lawyers i heard talk of the biden camp mobilizing or going to events and volunteers around protecting the vote there's a huge campaign right now to wait for the results i think there's a push to recognize a lot of misinformation might be out there and we really do have to wait i recently read that they're probably not to call pennsylvania before friday. and that's the most likely tipping point state and so we have to wait on the actual real results

not jump on the 1st and misinformation that might happen and hope that folks kind of have that patience and don't just react suddenly thank you so much u.s. policy analyst to day on the day when americans go to the polls to vote for the new u.s. president we appreciate it thank you for having me. let's look now at some other stories making news around the world a 4 year old girl has been rescued from the rubble of destroyed buildings in western turkey almost 4 days after a large earthquake hit the death toll in the quake is now reaching 102 with more than a 1000 injured 2 children with rescued from the debris on monday. the french defense minister says that her country's forces have killed more than 50 jihad is aligned with al qaida in airstrikes and mali french authorities say that the offensive took place on friday in an area near the borders of burkina faso and the share where

government troops are struggling to rout and islamist insurgency. women's groups in poland have protested for 12 straight day over a constitutional court ruling banning abortion in the case of fetal d. fax i was one of the last people grounds to end a pregnancy in the staunchly catholic country the protests have given voice to broader anger at poland's conservative government. they. have been evacuating citizens as hurricane bears down on their atlantic coast forecasters warn of massive flooding and landslides across a vulnerable region it's a category 4 storm packing winds of more than 240 kilometers per hour could unleash waves more than 5 meters high. mexico's day of the dead festival has drawn to a close and this year's celebrations were unusually muted due to the pandemic normally family members gathered to remember those who have died with 90000

mexicans dead from cope with 19 for many parades were canceled some cemeteries were closed to visits because of fears of spreading the coronavirus. well germany's intensive care units are bracing for an expected increase in covert patients as the number of new infections hits record levels germany has whether the pandemic so far without pushing its hospitals to the limit but now the country has gone back into a partial lockdown in the hope of heading off what chancellor merkel has called and acute emergency situation. this patient has been in a coma for over a week his condition is so serious that he has to be artificially ventilated he's 48 years old and one of 19 intensive care patients at this hospital in are one a 2nd wave of covert 19 has arrived and it's different to the 1st. ringback in the area where we have a lot of older patients in the 1st wave some young ones too but now they're almost

all young which means age 15 or younger who figure that if you're there. and there's another difference to what happened in spring the hospital is treating more seriously ill patients from neighboring belgium the hospital head of medicine says belgium took too long to introduce new stricter measures against kind of it. if. belgium is an example of what happens when these decisions are made too late there isn't enough capacity so we're taking in more and more belgian patients. during the 1st wave just under 50 patients were on ventilators at this hospital at any one time putting a huge strain on all the staff but they're benefiting now from the huge amount of experience they gained. we had standardized procedures last time. i will reactivating those standardized

procedures having these standards is very beneficial and even if we get more patients we can just implement them. how well the system copes with the 2nd wave also depends on staff availability and there are shortages already caused by start getting infected with the virus or having to go into quarantine. and those on the frontline of the fight against cove it haven't really recovered from the 1st wave. and we're in summer even if we had vacation time we were here there was no real time off and after the 1st wave we still had to deal with normal cases and also all the paperwork that was left from the 1st wave no i just because. there's little time to relax because the number of patients who are seriously ill with covert 19 is set to rise again experience to show that 2 percent of patients end up in intensive care. so there will be more i'm expecting more intensive care patients

than in the 1st wave. they were just under $3000.00 then i'm afraid it's going to be more this time as well. here in our home they're hoping to rise to the challenge all the way through the 2nd wave but the demands on all of them will be great. heroes that work there. now the pandemic has forced many sporting events to take place behind closed doors some have been postponed till at the 2020 tokyo a limp x. they're now scheduled to take place in 2021 in japan is testing to see how they can make it safe for the krauts to that end a baseball stadium and yokohama was turned into a testing ground for 3 days that's 28000 people in a tent it's the yokohama base stars have 2 goals to win games and to try to get the upper hand on coronavirus the fact that their stadium was on one day almost 90

percent full is the result of a technological homerun and also thanks to almost 28000 test subjects. not took a toll quite you feel a bit uneasy about it however having a lot of fans certainly helps the players and this. goes who take part in the testing get a 35 percent discount on their tickets as well as having 2 apps kick in the national corona app is mandatory as is a 2nd one from a private provider which inquires about your health 10 days prior to the game and 14 days after. we stay in contact with the olympic organizers they're very interested in the data we send it to them without names we're doing everything to ensure that the games will take place next year when because it will make up the. monitoring devices are placed in the stands to measure a lot of people a lot of cheering and a lot of carbon dioxide add to that wind intensity and velocity and experts can already figure out where fan density is too high making the dangerous spread of the

virus possible and at the stadium crowding is also an issue for washrooms but a digital guide post will show you the way sending you a chat function via infrared waves radio and t.v. all in real time. so that you don't and i mean we've installed the guideposts at 39 locations at toilets kiosks and shops so if you have to do something then just look at the map to see where there's a line up and then maybe go to another location. the japanese are very conscientious about wearing face masks however those who may be potential visitors to the olympic games and think they don't have to take part and such measures may still be reminded thanks to our high performance facial recognition system. we're going to give the news you know our software doesn't just count visitors it also sees how long you stay somewhere and whether you're wearing a face mask and if you're not the security personnel could be alerted all this data serves to lower the risk of the spread of coronavirus through for you to see that.

they say the technology is reliable that just might make the olympics doable despite the pandemic at this stadium metals will also be up for grabs and baseball and softball and just thinking of that really and spires the fans. a quick reminder now the top stories we're following for you here on news austria has declared 3 days of national mourning after at least 4 people were killed in a mass shooting in central thing and out of the austrian government says that it was an islamist terror attack the gunman opened fire at multiple locations in the city center on monday evening. in person voting has begun in the u.s. election where residents in a tiny detached the town with the 1st to cast their ballots after midnight a tumultuous campaign has seen almost 100000000 people already voted early more than 2 thirds of the number that followed it in total in $26.00 in.

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the next pandemic is just a matter of time. scientists in brazil are convinced of this. the destruction of the rain forest continues the habitat and up wild animals carrying deadly pathogens they want to prevent even more sun breaks brazil the

farmers' hunters close up. next on t.w. . how the virus spread. why do we have it and when will all. 3 of the topics that we cover and how we can read your book. the show is called spectrum if you would like and more information on the krona virus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us at. ford slash science. it was the 1st international tribunal in history. the nuremberg trials. 75 years ago high ranking officers of the nazi regime

a before you judge it by the allied forces. they were the 1st war criminals to be held accountable for their crimes. how does our government. going through don't dare use the phrase or. our 2 part series the 3rd reich the dog starts nov 12th on t w. on the hunt for deadly viruses. to. kill yes with the baton to its. goal of their aim is to prevent the next catastrophe. that's scary a lot of viruses that could trigger pandemics. pandemics of which we humans

are the cause. because of our destruction of the environment humans are moving ever closer to wild animals. can cut down half the rainforest and they'll still be enough left to come up with. people who are campaigning to protect the rain forest. and for biodiversity. are helping to prevent new pandemic just. putting. how can we humans destroy a living forest hundreds of years old with a chain saw a hell of a. time we're in the brazilian amazon region with a group of farmers hunters there tracking down invisible killer pathogens in the jungle.

our 1st trip takes us deep into the hinterland of sol paulo state. it's the region of sugarcane plantations trucks passes by carrying the sweet harvest. in the dusk we spot a ring tailed coati. we are out with biologist cristiana car viola and his team in the few remaining strips of the atlantic rain forest he's looking for the hiding places. bats he thinks he has located some in these water pipes where he heard the sound of wings flapping inside. indeed there is a colony of bats dozens of them are living here in the cracks and crevices of the pipes. but also one that i'm specialized in seeking out the hideaways of bats in

regions like these close to agricultural land that's all mostly i find them in trees or like here in water pipes is. a bad experience work begins shortly before dusk he spends a net over the entrance and the background is on. the cover there with you but it must be in the. room other than that well i see what this is this is but we're working with these animals to find out how far the various viruses have spread. so i just think it's part of our scientific work to find out which bats are carrying which viruses think that one of their abilities was shifted. now in the times of coronavirus everyone needs to wear protective clothing to prevent a transmission of the virus chiroptera the scientific name for bats have been christiane knows passion for 26 years. he

wants to lure them from the back of the pipe into the net. it's amazing how quickly he succeeds. christiane no has to painstakingly untangle the animal from the net for him it's a routine procedure after his many batons by the middle of it. all he hands over the bats he has caught 2 by. just angelica compost who neatly hangs them up in fabric sacks i know he did that in one of those movies it's only said that this year that people worldwide has been noticing that bats carrying numerous viruses which can be transmitted to humans and trigger pandemics do

you. think the out cause i couldn't believe me and that's why researchers are now looking more closely and precisely to find out which viruses are being carried in each individual animal the bats are not afraid to bite so they wear thick gloves. anjelica take samples out of the throats and digestive tracts of the bats places where the corona virus likes to settle for the top we've been expecting a coronavirus pandemic for years but hoping that we would be wrong thinking thoughts like that on all who. may keep finding new previously unknown viruses in the feces of the bats. but everyone just with our work we want to prevent another pandemic from breaking out of that if we're hunting for new dangerous times of viruses or trying at least to limit them. if it's a radical the lone wolf. cording to estimates there are more than 300000 unknown

pathogens in the world's jungles mostly hidden in the bodies of mammals such as bats or rodents as monas the rain forest stays intact the viruses and bacteria pose no threat to humans when humans and their livestock get too close to wild animals the viruses can be transmitted to cattle pigs or humans and become deadly the virus hunters want to find out which pathogens are a threat to humans. the bats samples have to be kept for ozone at minus 80 degrees celsius on their way to the laboratory to keep the virus. code intact. because this is the body of the month for our work it's important to get as many samples from the bats as possible to be of my own so we can identify the many types of virus circulating in the population in my view that it will look good if.

that's our more interesting for researchers then other mammals as they carry an unusually high number of viruses. to fulfill we can think of bats as a kind of virus storage not the pathogen stay in their bodies far away from us humans pandemics arise when humans encroach on the natural territory of the bats and upset the balance of nature where the viruses exist they will feed the researchers show us what they mean on their way to the south palo laboratory with their freezer box. due to the sugarcane monoculture here the hanta virus has spread rapidly it's transmitted by rat droppings to how to virus is not dangerous for the rodents but for humans every 2nd case of infection leads to death according to researchers the hantavirus started spreading rapidly after the jungle was cleared for the monoculture. in the 1970 s.

brazil began building roads through the impenetrable amazon rain forest with their trans amazonian highway the military dictatorship laid the foundation for the massive deforestation we see today. agriculture has bestowed prosperity upon many regions at the cost of the rain forest more and more railway lines and highways cut through the amazon region. every year fires ravaged more swaths of rain forests they are usually. by farmers wanting to increase the size of their fields. we're on the trans amazonian highway on our way to an indigenous reserve we see traces of slash and burn farming on all sides now when the dry season smoke lingers over vast stretches of the countryside. president. won 60 percent of the votes in this region of the brazilian

state of pot out in his election campaign he promised to free up the reserves of the indigenous peoples for deforestation and to support the many local cattle breeders. when we reached the reserve we see an illegal settlement. the collection of huts is called the villa arena sare the place of rebirth. it looks like a piece out of the wild west and indeed it is. miller in a sarah stands on a piece of indigenous land protected by the constitution this fact was confirmed by civil servants who also told us that they are powerless against the illegal squatters are not allowed to give interviews but one person agrees to speak to us.

as they cook from an entirely different region who moved to villa or in a say or a year ago our restaurant well this place is growing are there many workers here they move to buy land that yes many brazilians come from far away and stake out a piece of land to work on. that i think that i think it must be worthwhile that anton had to and her husband barito are frustrated neither of them has ever learned to read or write and they don't understand why the state sees them as illegal squatters or not they are a free meal we have no nurse here who could take care of us who were. you know she's not allowed to come here because our settlement as a legal document to go to. the politicians come here to get our votes but so far no one has helped us to get a legal title as landowners of that good work of you've never met either. barito shows us his building site next door where

a new larger restaurant is planned they have just laid the foundation for the floor tiles. and tonight a is hoping for good business in spite of everything. the authorities say this is indigenous territory but the old people say there have never been any indigenous people here still the state will give us this land. are they right i'm not sure after. this. we hope that we can soon be the legal owners of this land then we can work here with a clear conscience. because this issue you don't see yourselves as illegal we persevere said fair. buildings are going up everywhere the craft workers are just putting up walls for an evangelical free church it is the 6th in the settlement. in just 2 years the settlement has grown to around 2000 people.

for years the squatter spokesman has been fighting for legalisation in court in his view the indigenous reserve is too big he demands that it be reduced in size. video well no go for the indigenous people have traditionally never lived on this land so what is commercial that's why we demand that the reports justifying the reserve should be checked again why don't we just want everything to be done truthfully began to out there that. the squatters moyer's have managed to get the status of the. reevaluation. think you can dictate to them as soon as you space for you have to understand that the people living here in the amazon want to survive that has to be possible long a slanting thought of. this is also how costa sees it he runs the corner shop and bill renna say are hoping the size of the reserve will be cut. from the

gaza if they legalize our place then everything will be fine. there's so much wealth in this earth. wrong materials which ones a lot of gold and more. were hanging in there to see what happens. shortly afterward leonardo i.r.s. arrives he lives near the gold mines and complains about the latest ring by the state controllers because i don't think that is when i have no idea whether the raid was legal or not they came to my house and set it on fire then they left again i couldn't do anything. he's talking about an operation by brazilian environmental police against the illegal gold diggers in the reserves. not only are the criminals destroying the rain forest and poisoning the ground with mercury but

they are also bringing the new coronavirus into the indigenous region over sonora zillion environmental police destroyed excavators and pumps on videos taken on their mobile phones gold diggers complained about the rain. over the government and the environment minister promised us that we could look for gold in the indigenous areas that's why we expect our workers gold diggers to be legalized but we're going to carry on until then. thanks to the gold diggers shop owner is doing well in his business. that get out but if it were up to him he would be doing even better. when you know we're really the best thing the government could do is to legalize our area and improve the streets so i can do more business oppose the growth that would be great. voice.

it's better to foster. a jeep has stopped outside from the load in the back it's obvious what this man is planning after picking up some groceries he drives directly into the reserve with his workers the group clearly has an eye on rain forest temba. about. the fact is by destroying the rain forest of the indigenous peoples the squatters without realizing it are increasing the risk of a pandemic. the brazils indigenous people are fighting against the economic exploitation of the rainforest their instincts tell them that economic progress also brings disadvantages. but then we're not just demanding better health care in the pandemic but to close this road too because we are demonstrating against the

planned railway tracks it will be of no good but. mostly protests like this have no effect since an intact rainforest as a buffer zone against dangerous viruses cannot be exploited for economic gain. german alvarado thinks differently ever since he can remember he has lived in and from lee amazon rain forest sherman knows every plant and the significance of each one. this liana vine which grows upwards out of the ground contains drinking water are going good. on every plant and every living creature in the jungle has its own purpose such as the resin of a palm tree which can help to heal. the forest

is like a pharmacy. that we can find everything here. medicine and remedies simply everything. intact rain forest has become his wife a hood for 10 years he's been operating on the edge of the conservation area. at the moment most of his huts are empty the coronavirus pandemic has brought sustainable tourism to a standstill. the march was always fully booked and is particularly popular with tourists from europe who want to vacation in the jungle now your man and his wife are worried about their livelihood they have ploughed all their savings into this business. for.

grilled amazon river fish like tom booking are the specialty of chairman and his wife but their model is closed for 6 months and business is still smug. well i think that in a few months tourists will come again from europe everything depends on the vaccine until it exists no one will be able to travel with confidence still they don't want to give up. the 1st guest since the reopening have just appeared a couple from sao paolo this region has so far been spared from raging fires and gold diggers ripping up the ground. 0 vision of this god damn i luckily our regional government takes care of protected areas such as ours here so there's not as much deforestation. but other amazon regions have been destroyed the

deforestation will have negative consequences for us humans one day and they are that are going to say of course acquaintances the north has only one again show me . just at the university campus of san paolo are researching these consequences for years they've been warning of a ticking time bomb in the form of wild animals encountering humans more often due to the sweeping fires and deforestation delicate lever brought after every fire more animals graze at the edges of the rain forest. that's where the viruses can be transmitted to cattle and the viruses adapt to their new host later on we humans can catch them this worries me deeply. researchers had also warned of an outbreak of the novel coronavirus but those in power ignored the signals sent by scientists. if it is mange both use in the eyes of book

unfortunately none of the studies were taken seriously it may be good if they had shown new coronaviruses in bats since 2013 bodies of those mean. you know whose this is she also our warnings that these coronaviruses could mutate and be transmitted to humans did not lead to the necessary measures being taken as a core reason is that so does i mean my through. their analysis of bad feces and in trails shows nothing this time. they find the rabies virus but there are no novel coronavirus is or other dangerous pathogens. it is basic research which only costs a little money but still funding was recently cut. and lost from them. it's extremely difficult to get funding for our kind of research now

during the pandemic it has been a little easier with the. quote but is was the virus crisis is over our financial worries will return i'm not very optimistic. about hunters will continue their search in spite of adversity even if it's frustrating in brazil at the moment. for the death of saltillo. i'm disappointed that our government hardly ever listens to the scientists. they're always arguing with the research is. girl no move all we can do is to fight back and try to keep hold of the objectives of our research. for the virus hunters it's like trying to find a needle in a haystack. in the

amazon metropolis of menow us researchers are trying to get fire which is under control using pragmatic means to show hakim court tennis is preparing fly traps in the state run institute for your crews insecticide is placed. around the edges of a bucket it's a new method they've been trying for 3 years. when the mosquitoes lay their larva in the bucket the poison sticks to that and the mosquitoes spread the insecticide to many other places although. it's a simple principle which is now used everywhere in manassas courthouse and his team drive out to the neighborhoods on the edge of the city where the mosquitoes are a particular nuisance they carry dengue fever which is rife here at the moment there is a monthly check of private households the researchers have placed their prepared buckets here as in this kitchen in the backyard.

the old buckets have to be replaced. or to circle for obscene the mosquitoes love dark places. like under tables or in corners or city. it doesn't take long for the new trap to be ready for action against the virus carrying mosquitoes. what special about this is that the most cato's themselves spread the poison from these poles to other places that we can't even reach lower. shortly afterward they perform a test with a mosquito vacuum. there are no mosquitoes found in the cracks and crevices so the traps obviously work the residents confirm this they notice that there are fewer mosquitoes than before. them at the g. i was always afraid of these diseases malaria or yellow fever until now there are

many neighbors who don't take care they don't clear out of water so the mosquitoes reproduce there and we all suffer from that killing is the level of the of the. mosquitoes spreading viruses are still a problem in manassas due to the many open sores and cesspits then there's the rapid expansion of the city slums are developing where once there was rain forest people are coming ever closer to the viruses hidden in the wilderness the development seems irreversible and is fueled by the flourishing industry of. the researchers from the few crews institute are alarmed whenever the settlements encroach on the wilderness the risk increases that a new virus could be transmitted to humans. but there is if the whole structure of the economy has to change so that we have to explain to everyone that the rain forest is more useful to us if we don't cut it down to do. all of the researchers

we need to share this view as do the biologists and vets at the refuge station for wild animals in manassas. animals discovered during raids or which show mysterious diseases are kept in these cages. biologist alessandro novice is feeding a young female jaguar before she inspects the most recent arrivals with her colleagues. this undernourished pod tamarind monkey was recently brought to the refuge the vet's anesthetizes so they can examine it. it's. that. the tamarind is pretty groggy already but it's still hanging on to see

wouldn't feel. it's time for the examination of the wounds are visible on its feet the researchers seem worried. ensured says that the composite seems to be something contagious but we can only say for sure after the examination whether the monkey is suffering from a virus bacteria or a fungal infection as well. as samples are taken of the skin and fur and then saliva. if you should use there should be sure must hear me the illness seems pretty complex. we. don't know exactly why the animal has lost so much weight. they don't know tomorrow it could be bacteria attacking the immune system change all if you have

a new virus which is circulating in this region that is really. didn't need. to be on the safe side this monkey samples will be sent to a special lab to compare them with other different types of viruses from around the world as a virus hunter one thing you need is patients. inclusive is viewed as most of the novel viruses we find there not cause illness and have not been transmitted to humans and. become a dozen but they could mutate at any time. by those inside because it is somewhat of you know an equal especially if we carry on as we're doing now say the researchers have for us in the form leave us the amazon ranjan is disappearing that is this is down to have consequences for global health cards in the medium and long term we will experience new diseases being transmitted from animals to humans in

the days as it makes it sound so knowledge. scientists warn that the next pandemic could come from the amazon region it is simply a question of trying to. get a hold of one of the only thing that could prevent it is a radical change in our lifestyle but this is currently not foreseeable. i'm worried about the way we treat the forest. for the trees all support life and they are ancient. how can people destroy them and within minutes with a chainsaw they are marking the. rain forest destruction may well be releasing viruses which would otherwise never reach humans the researchers have never heard of a pandemic spreading inside of the jungle. beethoven

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