yeah, i mean, a lot of this is not a trace of oil money. what happened to going to his dream black gold oil promises starts december 4th. just when things were looking up, everything shot down again. the 1st lockdown was a nice chance to take a bit of a break for us lucky ones. and if you managed to remain untouched by the virus, fix a few things around the house. read lots of books, learn to bake bread, but it did drag on and now partly because some people that god down a little,

a lot of us a back in lockdown. the thrill of life in the big city is dwindling. in fact, that life in general is changing in a big way. it's coated 19, redefining cities as we know them. well, besides getting people to accept that mosques, good hygiene and social distancing do actually help in preventing the spread of diseases like cove. it is just one thing i'd like to ask my workmates, friends, family and everyone else out there. let's make this work. this is a once in a lifetime chance to change our working world for the better. lots of us probably never thought we could do our jobs from home. what a great opportunity to free up more time instead of commuting, be more creative and productive. it can take a lot of discipline, though not to get into lazy habits. this is a totally new way of working and is also a lot more that could change besides ever returned to normal cities teeming with traffic. people moving freely with no fear

of covert 19. how will this pandemic shape the future of our cities? since the corona virus outbreak up to 40 percent of people have been working remotely, it's an opportunity for us to rethink, you know, how we live our lives. what does that mean for our current commute? what does that mean for the nature of the office space? because if people are going back to the office part of the time that means other coworkers are not in the office when you are in the office, it's not just the world of work that's changed. transport habits have to do worry that the mobility that occurs is likely to come in by single occupant vehicle. but in fact, if people are anxious about being in public transportation, and that will make traffic congestion actually worse,

not better. the increase in automation far predates the pandemic, but some researchers say the pace of change is picking up speed. we've seen the rise in the use of drones, as well as, you know, facial recognition technology for monitoring surveillance of the pandemic has certainly celebrated the use. i think those technologies are moving pretty quickly already. so i think it's pretty hard to know how whether or not it's actually going to get faster or, or not. i think the technologies that really do interest me a lot are the self driving car technologies because those actually shape urban form . and i think unquestionably there's a desire for things that don't involve human interaction. but what about the people who don't have access to all this technology contrie at risk of widening

the digital divide? by worry that this series of covert inspired digitalisation remote work will be even more of a source of global inequity. and will be even more of a dividing line between those people who are skilled enough to dial into the technological world. and those people who are left behind and that's not all as remote working developes jobs are increasingly likely to get outsourced. that technological connection across the globe is going to increase as a result of this. so it's going to be even more natural to turn to india for software support, even more natural to outsource various things to southeast asia. so the technology revolution is going to continue while work has, might be scattered all over the world, commutes all set to get shorter. that could lead cities to have

a smaller radius. in other words, urban dwellers will be able to get everywhere they need within 15 minutes on 1st or by bike to work the shops or the doctor. and that could affect the design of in a city. as we saw that in this pandemic, we are inside all the time. but imagine if there were many private or private outdoor spaces richer, integrated into our houses that would improve, improve our quality of life quite considerably. what we've noticed, sensis pandemic is the importance of outdoor space or access to outer space. and so in thinking of building design in might include, you know, a difference in lobby design or the way a staircase says our access so that people can go up and down without having to use an elevator. but will people also leave? thanks, as he's, as a result of the pandemic. i think that i think these will definitely remain very

much as lively in moving places. so few men that he and big cities will definitely stay as specially in asia. this will better this trend will go on. but the c.d.c. will change in the sense that they give access to their citizens to their users, to many different things like green, like access to work, access to technology, health, etc, on a much more local scale, poor world mega cities are likely to continue to grow at least, unless things become really absolute horrific. i mean, remember that as terrible as cold $1000.00 is the death rate so far, far less than they were say during the color of pandemics of the 1900 centuries. and despite those color appendix, there's cities like, you know, berlin or paris or london continue to grow even though the cities were killing fields. so big cities on to superior anytime soon. it's kind of

a 19 is already leaving its mark on landscapes. some cities like the feel like they've turned into ghost towns and it's pretty much the same feeling for the commercial real estate sector. business is disappearing. the amount of floor space for shops and offices that have been rented or sold is in freefall. when you compare the 3rd quarter with the same period last year, you'll see the trend is the same across germany's main santas. a lot of companies are either putting off decisions to rent or buy space or downsizing focuses see the trend, gathering speed, balance construction continues. we're closing down, everything must go. signs like these are a common sight nowadays and by their businesses are shuttered across the city. many for good because of coronavirus restrictions. according to a survey by britain's royal institute of chartered surveyors,

industry insiders expect commercial property values and rents to the crime worldwide cause a pandemic. but there are some exceptions. yes, you know, the entire non-food retail sector has been hit hard, but local delivery firms. a booming as are companies and transport goods, people or general more and more online logistics companies are. what prices for commercial property may be sinking, and commercial rents to get construction is booming in berlin and other cities across germany, large scale projects, even entire districts are being built. how can that be the complex going up in and around the ruins of this former department? store in berlin will include shops, offices, arts, venues, restaurants, and apartments. but they come at a price, a $1000000.00 euros, or more for $100.00 square metres. that's not untypical the high end of downtown

apartments. because of the pandemic, the developers have yet to start marketing the commercial spaces. but the apartments are selling like hotcakes. we have got to look and listen. we were a little concerned about the impact of the pandemic on the market. but we found that it's made no real difference except for a minor directing. in fact, we're seeing a heightened interest in buying property low interest rates worldwide. i mean investing in bonds is a losing game. vast amounts of money have been pouring into real estate. but how long are things like you to stay that way? i asked the head of a company that markets condominiums. this phase of constantly rising prices is drawing to a close. that's entirely normal. it can't go on forever. in certain segments of the

market, we are indeed already seen that, especially in berlin. there are huge office blocks with vast amounts of space in cities across the globe. but millions of people are now working from home because of the pandemic. will office buildings like this one in berlin ever fill up again? i asked a board member of the public housing company, which also manages commercial property on foreign fish, being more requests to defer rental payments. and when it comes to new leases on commercial premises, potential tenants are asking for pandemic clues is in their contracts. that means it's a right to terminate if another pandemic hits in fall. but overall, the market has held up better than we expected earlier in the crisis. apartments where people can work, continue to be in demand,

but what will happen to all the empty shops and restaurants and access office spaces. it will be quite a challenge to find future uses for these empty premises. well, cities have been on an explosive growth trajectory over the past centuries. but take a good look at the result. in many cases, ugly, crowded full of concrete void of green traffic gridlock, bad air hotter temperatures, the sun bouncing off all that cement. have cities had their day or could they be doing their bit to fight climate change? i think they could be the city obsolete or the solution to climate change. could jericho is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world. it was a stablished 11000 years ago. the city's location near a river and its mild climate made it attractive because it meant the land could be farmed all year round. and many cities developed around trade routes often by

rivers. the german city of frankfurt is an example. others like tokyo grew around palaces. now home to 38000000 people, it's the biggest urban area in the world. big cities are often associated with air and noise pollution, as well as rising rents. despite that city's continued to draw more and more people . advantages include access to medical care, jobs and educational institutions. half of the world's population currently resides in cities. by 2050, it's expected to be 2 thirds. but cities account for 80 percent of worldwide c o 2 emissions. something has to change in the austrian capital. vienna city planners have decided not to build parking spaces in a new area of town. they want to discourage car use with new housing constantly

being built. there's no shortage of accommodation. the average rent at 5 euros per metre squared is pretty low. more green spaces are cropping up, and public transport is constantly being expanded too. it costs just one euro to use the city's transit system for a day. that's led to record numbers of passengers. vienna has been ranked the most livable city in the world. but during the pandemic, the number of passengers on public transport fell by 50 percent. as people returned to their cars. something city planners couldn't have foreseen. i've heard about a lot of people designing big incentives for the suburbs all for the serenity of the countryside. i don't know if i could give up. actually

a mate of mine is thinking about doing just that. and so are other the coronavirus pandemic is causing city life to lose its appeal. for example, has a population density of over $4000.00 people per square kilometer. it's hard to do anything without a mosque. julian and elizabeth have lived in the german capital for nearly 30 years in the popular cool expect district. but they flew out of love with the place as the find it strenuous. and now i realize that i always found it strenuous but never noticed. there's aggression in the air. if you're out on your bike, for example, you constantly have these little disputes with people. notice that more now they really would have wanted to move away for a long time, but i was always too busy in the city and the countryside seemed so far away.

pandemic has made it clear to us where we stand and where we live. we need the kind of apartment we have, the kind of neighborhood we live in. it's all been amplified now. and that sense of being hemmed in by the city life has driven us out into the countryside to find freedom. little human us has long enjoyed that freedom. his family moved to a village outside by land 3 years ago. rents in the city have sold out for the past 10 years. many young families to me for way to places where housing is more affordable. we are and so forth. everything we could afford in berlin was too small. we could have had

a small house the same size as our apartment, but why bother? when we thought we'd rather be further away, but have more space and by topic. but the distance from the city is a problem. it takes on a collecting an hour and a half to get to work. and there's no day cat hair i've there are no amenities within walking distance, no bakery or supermarket. you need the car for everything. 'd but they still don't regret that decision to leave the city. 'd it here definitely has a calming effect just to sit outside and breathe in the fresh air or bask in the sun. 'd balance has also become noticeably quieter as a media artist, sure about tao, who for as an alternative health practitioner and has to go to her office in town.

except that during a pandemic, many patients staying away, the couple felt it was time to make some decisions. this wasn't something we've been wanting to do for a long time. a pandemic just gave us the impetus. after staring at the wall for months, we went out into the countryside to look around and choose a house. got the keys in july. and since then they've spent half the time here too. i would drive from back then we love it here, but i don't know if that will still be the case in 5 years time, or maybe we'll find it annoying to have to drive out of the city. but right now it's just great. looks nice,

but it's actually not all that easy to just abandon the city in the middle of a lockdown at it must be really tricky for all those digital nomads who have no one set workplace. but like to flip open their laptop in far off places. it high up in the alps or out on the endless plains of africa. it must be hard right now with travel being served restricted. it's not a bad business model. don't tell the boston latin. and when i was on the road, you know, every day, you know, even knew it was going to happen. how

do you know office for, you know, you knew what next week was going to break? you know, you knew that he knew that you knew what being a take lines from where you're going to go ahead between home and there was a lot of routine to 5 steps are really becoming this all don't add up. want to make sure that your job is fully, you know, set to understanding that you need to move slowly. step 3 is to look for places that have lots of life by step for us to really look for places that have been yourself, have a place at sort of easy to live. what i think over the time my people moving remotely, companies being ok with,

you know, people working from home. and so you know, if you live in say new york city and you're really expensive to live there. ya have to go in the office. why not move to a and cheaper state by going to a beach by going to the market? you know, right now, as i look outside my apartment, i see a parking lot. i'd rather see a beach you have to balance, work and play, and it's a lot harder to do when you're in a place that you possibly want to play. the faster you move, the harder it is to find that out. and invariably, one stuff or moving slowly is the key to balance your day as well as just being mentally stable and not exhausted.

i stupidly once lost the contest and then went sailing, thinking i could just have, like i tried the phone and that was not the case. and you know, travel around africa where there's just for weeks now. why back? you really want to make sure that we're ever going there kind of a quick google search. can you say tell you, you know, people who have been there before, if it's good or you know, one of the greatest things about working remotely as i like other people do it. and so you can usually find a lot of communities around the world of other digital nomads, not for yours. we're doing fine, exciting work. all i can use if i have a facebook or if you're a co, how are you trying to get friends and friends?

it's like finding games and i made and show you it's 95 and book cafe. you come cheap. doesn't have air conditioning in there supplies everywhere. so i look for places that you know are easy to get. so you have a lot of various activities. public transportation i think everyone should just go do this, you know, especially now in an age of zunes. and you know, you know, you go into the office, take a break, you know, for 4 days, somewhere close by i might just do that at a beach that have been nice to look at though we don't have winters in the studio do. but in the meantime, it's human contact. so many of us a craving, a city doesn't have to be full from a, but it can be fun when the streets of buzzing with activity and lots of tourists

are in town. and my colleague off misses it. he's been using all that time on his hands to address his own pandemic juiced anxieties and pondering over whether dinosaurs could make a comeback. fair, where is everybody? i'm often working from home, of course. coming up here in n.z. . remember the good old days? you know, lynn was packed with tourists. everyone wanted to come here and they still didn't and we've gone into hiding to protect ourselves and others with us and rightly so.

what do you do all day buddy? it's kind of death here now. well, you used to be in all the pictures you have no cities deserted,

just people flee for the countryside alone reclaimed by nature its buildings covered in ivy gear, prancing around the brandenburg gate. maybe even the dinosaurs will return. so it takes one to know who won on the judging a level off and the rest of my team here at the w. . i'm sure i'd miss them if i had to work at home all the time. thanks for joining us for another look at the changing world of business and how our cities taking a good hard look in the mirror right now. let's hope they get greener and spot up. otherwise, i might just entertain the idea of packing my bags and leaving for someone a little more relaxed. stay healthy, everyone, and while you're all cooped up, that hard to forget to check out our social media, see an excellent fish

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this is state of the news, not from the police in the german capital use water column to disperse thousands of demonstrators protesting against the new law. extend big government powers to impose coronavirus restrictions. security forces moved in after groups of activists ignore hygiene rules. also on the program, u.s. presidents, donald trump, orders thousands of american troops home from afghanistan. but germany's foreign minister heiko mouse was a hasty withdrawal, could create additional hurdles to peace.

i'm told gal welcome to the program. lawmakers here in have just approved a controversial new law, extending the power of the german government to limit social contacts as possible. fight against the coronavirus. outside parliament, police turned water, cannons, dance, protesters opposed to lockdown restrictions, many of whom had ignored calls to wet my 6. the crowd included far right groups. conspiracy theorists uncovered 19 deniers, and there were more than a 100 arrests. and critics say the changes infringe civil liberties and were rushed, through parliament. we get more d.w., political correspondent, and young. welcome, simon. let's start with today's protests or what happened. if it has been a pretty noisy off to noon in the center of berlin with, as you mentioned several 1000 protest is some of them pretty angry. some of them throwing bottles at police who responded with water cannon. there was

a big police presence again in and around the parliament and the brandenburg gate since so on the diverse group of groups of people as you said, some of them opposed to sort of corroded measures. other of others saying that what they're really worried about is the erosion of civil liberties. but the police indeed they stand in stress, you know, after a couple of hours. partly because people were wearing moss so essentially distancing. but a lot of the protesters were still hanging round, blocking traffic, just show distance away from where the politicians were discussing legislation about coronavirus. so i think that's what's led to some of these agitated scenes in berlin today. but well, let's take a closer look at the legislation you've just described, which parliament has now approved before 2020. who could have imagined germans

might ever be forced by law to cover their faces. just one instance of how lawmakers did not foresee the extent in detail of many measures introduced this year. some such as bans on people from certain regions, staying in hotels, were overturned by the courts. the new law aims to clarify the rules limiting contacts between people, including the closure of cafes, bars and restaurants. it also provides a new basis for police to enforce distancing rules and the mosque requirement and makes clear under what circumstances schools and kindergartens might be shut. for politicians, this is about ensuring public support and keeping parliament in the loop. in all these health protection measures which are going to be hard over the coming months, we have to take people with us. we can't just impose them by decree, it can only be done with dialogue. the law, the new laws should mean events such as demonstrations can only be banned if

experts agree, such a move is proportionate. but already plenty of people are saying, such legislation cuts too deep into basic freedoms and its aims are insufficiently clear. as to more about those objections than simon, because on the face of it, this sounds like it's just clarifying the current situation. so what are demonstrators about? well, i think up for a lot of people, it's really about letting the politicians know that they are hurting. and of course, people are suffering as elsewhere, particularly business owners, or people who had to rearrange their lives. and obviously families have been heavily disrupted, but a lot of these hard core protesters are a real corona skeptic's. there may be some with links to the far right. and as far as this piece of legislation is concerned, it doesn't actually prescribe any specific measures that the government has to take

. it just puts any measures that they do take on a more solid legal footing. so from the government's point of view, they would say this is democracy in action. so briefly then, simon, how much support do these measures have amongst the public? well, that the lockdown, the, germany's in, at the moment has got very significant support about 54 percent. anyway, over hoffa of germans say they think the measures that are in place now the limited lockdowns are sufficient and appropriate to deal with the virus. indeed, 18 percent say they don't think the measures go far enough. so there's a lot of support, and i think that's been pretty solid throughout the last 8 months since we've seen the government having to take some extreme measures to deal with the pandemic. i, simon. thank you, simon. yeah, there are some more developments in this pandemic will start in poland,

which has reported a record 603 coronavirus related deaths in a day as health services struggle to cope with. the 2nd wife hungry is extended its state of emergency until february, allowing the government to enforce partial lockdown measures, and the u.s. food and drug administration has approved the 1st covered 19 testing kit. it provides results within 30 minutes. liverpool and the northwest of england has become the 1st city in britain to test for corona virus around 100000. people have been tested so far. liverpool has one of the highest covered 19 death rates in europe. and the hope is that mass testing will break the train of transmission by pinpointing characters without symptoms. this is being billed as the u.k.'s latest weapon in the fight against covert 19, with the city of liverpool on the frontline that piloting a citywide testing scheme. the 1st of its kind in the u.k. and a massive p.r.

campaigns underway to list the half a 1000000 people living in liverpool, the move people get tested, the better we can protect that great city and drive down that start the fight back against. let's get tested. let's do it together. for liverpool, local authorities, a set up dozens of testing sites across the city, and they brought in the army to help. the logistics considerations of this operation have been significant, so we deployed 2000 troops. the city of liverpool within 3 days, across 45 sites. liverpool volunteered to try the master sting operation after recording one of the highest bid rates in europe. with origins, hopes that by testing as much of the population as possible, they'll identify more asymptomatic cases and break the chains of transmission. the scheme is tested over 100000 people since it started a week and a half ago. but there's still a long way to go ahead of time. you were. it's

a good idea that i've had mine done both me and my husband were negative. i think to get the whole population tested to be able to identify who started, particularly those who have it and don't show any symptoms. and that really last for the processing tests quickly is the key, eat a scheme like this asymptomatic volunteers myself included, are asked to do this, want them sounds you get the results on your phone within an hour these are the lateral flow devices that are being tested 5 like this one across liverpool. now a lot like a pregnancy test, they can determine results in 20 to 30 minutes. and the benefit is, there's some dispute about how many positive cases are being missed. critics also fear that getting a negative tense could give people a false sense of security that results only valid until the moment you leave the

building. and once again, at risk of being exposed by local councillor, pulled brown says this scheme was never designed to be a silver bullet. we need to explain to the public. this is not a passport to misbehave. this is part of the jigsaw of wider public protection. it will be difficult to tell what direct effects this scheme house on causing infections. it's happening while england is in lockdown. the pool brandt says every asymptomatic case that's identified. it's a step in the right direction. as we've identified through that program, 527 people who we now know are positive, who have no symptoms, and were not previously have known that they were symptomatic and infectious. and they've now can take steps to take himself out of circulation and protect themselves and their family and their friends. originally planned to last 2 weeks, this pilot's likely to be extended with increasing public engagement top of their

priority list. but it's a blueprint for the u.k.'s testing strategy. and the government's already announced more mass testing schemes in dozens of locations across the country. we'll take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. thousands of anti-government protesters have gathered in the thai capital bangkok as lawmakers rejected their demands for sweeping changes to the constitution. demonstrators are want the prime minister to step down and curbs, on the power of the moloch. a chaotic protests a day earlier left more than 50 people injured. police in hong kong have arrested 3, former lawmakers for disrupting legislative meetings. they were detained after splashing pungent liquids in the chamber. the arrests have again raised concerns over the crackdown on hong kong's pro-democracy movements. congo's declared its most recent to bowl after damage to be athens and 55 people died in the outbreak in

june in the north western province of the world. health organization says widespread vaccination help to curb the disease argentinians have been celebrating in the streets after the president sent to congress a bill to legalize abortion. fulfilling a campaign pledge delayed by the coronavirus pandemic? abortion is largely prohibited across latin america. and the u.s. federal aviation administration says boeing, 737 match jet will be allowed to fly again. if planes are fitted with new software, the aircraft was grounded in march last year, after 2 crashes killed nearly 350 people. it was just 2 months, left in office u.s., president donald trump is causing more international alarm by ordering a sharp reduction in american troop numbers in afghanistan and iraq. and america has 3000 soldiers in iraq and force $500.00. afghanistan by mid january will be cut to to each country,

as the outgoing president looks to make good on his campaign promise to end what he called for of awards. but he's facing opposition from leading republicans and from nato allies. the son could be setting on the u.s. presence in afghanistan. american soldiers have been fighting here since 2001, helping stabilize the country after overthrowing taliban rule, but suffering over 2000 deaths over time. the numbers have waned. now outgoing president, donald trump will reduce them to a skeleton force that's raising fears among afghans over the future. security of their country. the withdrawal of foreign troops from afghanistan will cause the taliban to escalate their violence across the country. and it will also cause women to suffer more.

u.s. forces withdraw from afghanistan. it will create a power vacuum, and the taliban will escalate the violence in a bid to seize more political power. in afghanistan. as u.s. troop numbers are full and extremists have gained in strength. this attack on couple university earlier this month killed 22 people. it was claimed by the so-called islamic state, which has emerged as a rival to the taliban. the taliban themselves have stepped up their attacks on security forces and civilians violating an agreement that foresaw the withdrawal of all u.s. soldiers. by may next year, criticism of the latest drawdown even came from within the president's own party. others are extremely important here in the next couple of months,

not to have any earth shaking changes with regard to defense and foreign policy. that is drawdown and neither afghanistan or iraq would be a mistake in iraq. the us military presence was greatly reduced after the defeat of isis in 2017. this is increased this way if neighboring, iran, and militia groups aligned with as us soldiers had time. they could risk leaving the field to america's business in just a moment. but of course, as always, the websites dot com have a good day to

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