the fight against the corona virus pandemic is the rate of infection in developing measures are being taken. what does the latest research says? information and context. the coronavirus are to get special monday to friday. w. china offers generous debt relief to developing economies. but the $2100000000.00 in payment extensions compass only a tiny fraction of what african countries. oh, all of the coming up north stream too is a fundamentally bad deal for europe. says joe biden. we talked to an energy experts to find out what's behind those concerns. welcome to double your business. i want

to get jones and berlin. good to have you with us. and we're starting with news from china, which says it has given 2100000000 dollars worth of debt relief to developing countries as part of its trillion dollar belt and road initiative. china has financed large infrastructure projects throughout africa. that critics say have left many poor countries overloaded with debt. it's been called the railway to nowhere. kenya celebrated the opening of this train connecting its capital nairobi, and the port city, mombasa, in 2017, built in finance for a china. it has now become a symbol of the controversy over china's presence across the continent. china has loaned over $100000000000.00 to african countries as part of its transcontinental infrastructure program, known as the bolton road initiative. many african countries were already crippled

under the weight of the money they owe china for projects like the money losing kenyan railway. now the coronavirus pandemic has made it nearly impossible for many to keep up with debt payments. angola is the biggest debtor to china after taking not billions in loans to build roads and hospitals. ethiopia is next followed by zambia, which this month became the 1st country to default on its debt. in a pandemic kenya's $9000000000.00. and that comes largely from loans for the railway. critics say efforts to help poor countries by freezing repayments are only to linger broader reckoning over africa's unsustainable debt load. china's $2100000000.00 and payment extensions covers only a tiny fraction of what african countries and the agreement struck last week by g. 20 leaders to defer repayments until the 2021 offers only a brief reprieve for many nations. not japan is on the maximum.

after looking at a record number of data, corona virus infections to support the ailing economy. tokyo wants to increase free trade in the region. the apec summit office and opportunity to bring the message home. japan is on edge again. the capitol placed on its highest alert level as corporate 19 cases saw. new virus concerns have weighed down one of the world's great trading nations. slow to recover after a record fall in g.d.p. and given fresh impetus to prime minister. so guys renewed defense of free market principles. course the ticking of korea north in a new pacific will be the cornerstone for the prosperity of this region. and japan intends to take a leadership role in making that a reality. his message comes off the back of a historic falling global trade. this year at the height of the 1st wave. shipping

data has shown a recovery in exports 3 percent short of 21000 levels. although it's mostly been a virtual affair. malaysia has served as the official host of the economic summit and the prime minister to hammer home the free trade message. the use priorities of free and open trade and investment. regional economic integration as well as economic and cooperation. what harris and will continue to evolve? will be the need to view these protests through a pair of $99.00 says it comes at the end of what we can, which regional leaders put pen to paper on the world's largest trading bloc. but the us did not sign the china led deal until no president elect joe biden has sure nor desire to deepen free trade links with the region. nevertheless, some hope a trade future forged with japan may be more inviting. now

proponents of the north stream 2 gas pipeline between germany and russia, hope that joe biden will make life easier for them, but they could be mistaken, that the u.s. opposes the 1200 kilometer pipeline. and it's threatens to impose sanctions on companies involved in the project, which is nearly finished washington's arsenal. stream 2 will make europe more dependent on russian gas deliveries. and it will allow russia to cut off supplies to countries like ukraine. abidance team has already spoken out against the project, saying a president biden will seek to strengthen europe's energy independence, but he will continue to impose or oppose north stream 2 as a fundamentally bad deal for europe. of all its bring in benjamin schmidt is a former european energy security advisor at the u.s. department of state. and is a post-doctoral fellow at harvard university. good to have you with us on this

program. so please, can you explain to us, why is washington so worried about europe's energy security? oh, good, early morning monica. it's great to be underway. chevelle, as always, i am glad that you had the belgian own initiative from china. has a lead into this story because really there's a lot of synergies between what russia does with piece of the energy infrastructure deals like north stream too. and what china is doing with critical infrastructure around the world thought debt trap, diplomacy when it comes to moscow. but it is influence projection in the us as indeed concerned with europe's energy security because it's fundamental to the national security of our closest allies. this speaks directly to those concerns with or trying to sense that if it was completed, it would hurt both the economic and strategic stability of ukraine. it flies in the face of the european energy union's own concept on diversification away from russian energy resources. and i think more concerning in the past few years has

been the fact that it provides a platform for russian malign influence or teach of corruption in elite capture across the west. and the truth of the matter is, it's not just the concerns from the united states, but many others across the european continent, not just pull in ukraine, but the united kingdom, canada, sweden in denmark, have also spoken out and analysis also within the also also with anything and you, there also have different views on that that granted. nevertheless, it is somewhat we add to that one big nation tells a whole block of 27 member states. what to do? i mean, how would washington react if the u. turns around and say, listen guys, we don't like the way you do fracking or all look for oil in alaska. how would that go down? i mean, i think there is a lot of a lot of concerns with the way that we do fracking and look for oil in alaska. those are, those are legitimate. those are things that we should be talking about. but when it comes to north stream 2, there is really national's going to get security concerns that are fundamental to

both the u.s. and across the e.u. . and many in washington continue to hope that berlin will ultimately just reject nord stream to on these grounds. because last time i was on the edge of ella, what we were talking about just a few weeks ago was that germany itself was on the precipice of rejecting the project because of the kremlin option, the opposition leader in of all these poisoning. right. i mean, i know there was a lot of a lot of debate. so fatherlessness holding on to the north stream to pipeline project. and just briefly, if you would, i mean, how does this bode for? well, hopefully new relations between europe, between germany and the united states. on a bike, not ministration. that's a great question. 1st of all, we have to remember that opposition in nordstrom to is bipartisan, and it's not tied to mr. trump has been in the case of, of a lot of noise from a few proponents trying to make this a trump issue and guilt by association issue. of course,

the detrimental policies of mr. trump, including the role of troops stationed in germany, trade proposals that were damaging those all, i believe will go away because they've been very unpopular leaders of both parties in washington. but when you have ignored stream 2 at its core, it's a national security issue. ok, well thank you so much. benjamin schmidt today. as you mentioned earlier for you, it is a very, very early morning, a very early start to the days and thank you for making time for us of benjamin schmidt there. post stuff a fellow at harvard university, former european energy security advisor at the u.s. department of state. thank you. well now the former boss of scandal hit a banking firm. wired talent has stonewalled, the german lawmakers looking into the massive accounting for all those 2 plays on his watch. marked with palm, was forced a parliamentary hearing into the collapse of the payments company. for that,

he refused to answer 50 questions, but our own is in pretrial detention charged with fraud and embezzlement. white house listed on the decks until he filed for insolvency levels and this year with 2000000000 euros missing from its books. all right. in frankfurt to do bring us up to speed. not much came out of this inquiry apart from him saying he'll cooperate. so who needs to be worried now? he actually bad as what he was saying. actually, it was more interesting what the dubai manager, the former dubai manager, had to say. and he kind of apologized to the shareholders who have lost almost everything if not everything when they were invested and wired. so i guess it will be interesting to see who will be accused next because clearly gang, the accounting firm who testified the books for all these years will be very much of the scrutiny. but also the financial watch, dr. baf in who apparently didn't do

a great job either the european, the securities and market or authorities, was already saying early on this month that the, that baffin actually handled the wire cut case. it efficient manner arrives. i mean, where does this leave the company? why are costs you're seeing it sliced up. now the north american business has already been sold just days ago, sent on their board, the core technology business from europe. and that's what the insolvency administrators doing. they're trying to hand find investors for those part of the company, which are still having to still having some value in order to get the money then to, to those people who are gathered a lot of money from barakat. alright, and obviously the investigations, all of that is still ongoing and advised by clear from the from going stock exchange. thank you so much for filling us in on that story. thank you

for making sure that coronavirus rules are followed. it can be a little tricky, particularly when it means telling people what to do. but one japanese sports shop has found a technological solution. it's enlisted the help of a cute if a little bossy robots to remind customers to wear their mom's robel vase usual job is to show shoppers around the store. but now she's taken on extra responsibility. and she seems to be doing a good joke there. that's all from me on the business team here in the end. thank you so much for keeping us company to stay safe to stay healthy.

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bobby, despite coming from a co-founder of the pop star wants to become president jesus god, this is a credible story. if bobby boy starts to simmer coke out of all the coronavirus cases in the world, one out of every 5 years in the united states. despite hard lessons in the spring and restrictions over the summer infections. a still rising, new york city schools are closing today. and students will be learning from home we have to do more to fight back this 2nd wave. so the state has made very clear

additional restrictions are coming or putting more stringent measures in place. so we can get schools back up and running soon. that we can protect new yorkers across the board. so why is the u.s. an economic powerhouse struggling more than any other country in the world? total cases in the u.s. have passed, 11000000 of 825-0000 have died, and a growing number of americans are uninsured. is it the fault of outgoing president, donald trump, and can incoming president joe biden clean up the mess and company in the chinmoy reports on the border with mexico. but no one is talking about the wall anymore. the pandemic is raging here. numbers are sorie right now we have about 241 now, with about 45 days ago,

we only had 30. but a lot of those people that you see going into the stands behind me. they will wind up have authorities are already arranging to move patients to other cities. if the hospitals become overwhelmed, planning for months of straight. there is already a backlog in dealing with the dead. more outside, the hospitals serve as makeshift mortuaries. funeral homes in el paso are so overwhelmed that families sometimes have to wait a week to burial after one funeral. director 7 selves are struggling to cope earlier in this race is the level of stress is very high because it is not comparable to how it used to be. some months ago we had around 30 services per month. right now, we're having around 18 regions where this 2nd wave of the pandemic is not only hitting record numbers of people,

many of whom could die. local lockdowns in the basle to try and curb the spread are wreaking havoc a business. this is where the economic effects of the pandemic can most clearly be seen. downtown el paso seems abandoned. also this restaurant wasn't able to keep most of itself. now the owner has to attend the few clients himself. the current situation had a clear impact on his political decision. he voted for joe biden. i knew he could do better than donald trump, and i think we all hope the same. we hope for a different government that supports us. for some money of all works just around the corner for him, the presidential race is not over yet, nor for president biden is not going to be the president of the clinic, or it's going to be donald trump. he fears his business might be hit by the pen demick, but now he has orders until july next year. republicans, he says,

are good for the construction sector. despite his support for trump, he has his own opinion on covert 1900, specially after he tested positive. everyone is going to get the virus and we're going to fill up the hospitals. testing is one of the crucial instruments to avoid to this problem. we get cordy mates 10 testing centers in the past. he works for a private company that is being paid by the state of texas, but his main concern in the pandemic is not political. i don't have fully knowledge of what joe biden is planning to do in his administration. but until now we haven't had any kind of difficulties with the current administration. i don't think it's a matter of resources. the main concern is how to communicate to the people what to do or not. supporters. biden supporters to different sites that seem to come together in el paso. you harvest him joins us from the german institute for international and security affairs. he's in tallinn. so in your

opinion, what went wrong in the world's top economy? well, there are 2 sets of factors, i would say that went wrong. the 1st set has to do with the trumpet ministration. trump, himself wasn't very interested and listening to experts doing the right thing, trying to do the best job he can and mitigating the spread of the virus. and the other set of factors concerns, structural issues in the united states. the fact that they have a very unequal health care system. the fact that the welfare state is quite weak and quite fragmented, and lot of people don't receive welfare. and the 3rd factor is that they have federalism, and a lot of action is actually up to the states and their governors not to recenter government. i would say those are the main reasons why it didn't go so well in the united states. let's pick up on the 1st one of those then what, what effect did the alp going president play on the, the course of the viruses playing down of the virus?

well i think we all are familiar with the press conferences that he gave late spring and early summer where he really just rattled and gave all kinds of conflicting messages about what to do to fight the virus. and we also know that he gave an interview to bob woodward where he's where he warned off the rock virus already in early and early march. but then he played it down to the public because he didn't want to hurt the economy and economy. and he wanted the stock market to do well. and i think the conflicting message, the fact that he didn't listen to experts, the fact that the people he appointed and apart from the medical experts by the people he appointed on a political level, were not the most competent ones. they all contributed to, to the bad response that didn't really help there and continue the virus. so how will the new president do things differently? i guess he's got a bit of a mystically no. right, i mean, joe biden already emphasize that. this is one of his main priorities. he's already

appointed a council of advisors to fight the pending. and this point he's kind of in a bind because at the moment the virus release spreading rapidly and is kind of out of control. so i wouldn't expect him to fix the problem soon after he enters office on the 20th of january. i think it will be quite hard at this point to contain the virus. the people are tired of restrictions of lockdowns, and i'm afraid that's i think the solution will only come when vaccine is approved and widely distributed. one positive in your study, you wrote these huge aid packages, helped stop poverty from growing in the u.s. . but that aids temporary. what now and what's that mean for americans? health. right. the for our aid packages that were passed by congress had a volume of over 2 trillion dollars and they actually did quite

a lot to mitigate the economic damage of the pandemic. they provided a stimulus to the economy and they also helped simple people to make ends meet. included in that was a $1200.00 check for every adult citizen below a certain income group. plus they actually extended unemployment aid and lifted unemployment $8.00 to $600.00 per week, which and 1st actually lowered the poverty rate despite the bad economy. poverty actually went down, but those measures expired at the end of july. and congress has not been able to agree on an extension. so i think that's also one thing that's biden's going to try to do is get congress to, to pass another package. even if you are well off, you're not going to be spared from the coronavirus. i mean, if everyone else around you is in a worse situation or affected by the vice, i mean the virus doesn't discriminate, right?

the virus itself can hit anyone. and as we saw from the fact that even president contracted it, nobody is really safe. on the other hand, the effects of the virus have been very, i'm equal 1st of all the u.s. health care system is equal to begin with. the quality of care varies a lot between regions and even within regions. the new york times found out that during the 1st wave of the pen damage in march, the death rate in the poor iraq areas of new york city was 3 times as high as in the, in the rich hospitals of manhattan. so the effects have really been on equal people are especially hit hard and even recently i read that they're infection rates or the hospitalization rate is 4 times higher than that of white people. virus itself doesn't discriminate, its effects can be very unequal and i'm equal thanks for joining us today. my pleasure and time for your questions on the coronavirus is derrick williams.

what are the differences and similarities between flu and covert 19? this is a regular question now that flu season is upon us in the northern hemisphere. let's, let's look at the similarities between the 2 diseases 1st starting with how they spread. which for both is mainly through droplets emitted when infected people cough or sneeze or talk with both respiratory diseases. people are also contagious before they begin to show symptoms themselves. and both can also have the same general pathology, at least at 1st. so many of the same symptoms, according to the u.s. centers for disease control, the overlap includes fever,, cough, shortness of breath, the t., sore throat, runny nose, muscle pain,

and headache. so if you develop those symptoms, especially in combination, it's a good idea to get tested. finally, of course, both can kill you, but that brings me to the 1st of the big differences i want to mention. coated 19 is a lot more likely to kill you than the flu, especially if you're elderly, or best. current estimates say between about $6.10 times more likely could $1000.00 patients also appear to be contagious for longer than flu patients and more contagious than they would be if they had the flu, which, which isn't surprising really because for most of us, sars cove 2 is still a novel pathogen that our immune systems have never encountered before. most humans have encountered flu strains before and although they mutate rapidly, which means they can evade the immune system again and again. experts say to some

extent that forewarned is forearmed. finally, although both diseases can cause serious complications like inflammation of the, of the longs to the heart of the brain or other organs coded 19 seems to do it more often, which to at least some extent, explains why it's more deadly. and i see it a lot more

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