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experience knowledge tomorrow just. the story of. what secrets lie behind these walls. to discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. t.w. world heritage 360 getting apps now. in. the spring of 2020 as cases of covert 19 increase in germany so do the number of patients in i.c.u. use and isolation wards relatives and chaplains are prevented from visiting the
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sick and dying. of through of course it troubles the relatives they ask who was with my father my brother my son now what should have to die for. germany's health care system has risen to the challenge many critically ill patients have been saved but many people dying of covert have been denied visitors for weeks on end. and we've seen this medicine can heal the body but the soul requires love for it to heal and that's what is being the glad did hear those stories for us news of so that supports. what needs to be done so that copd patients and their relatives don't suffer psychological trauma. i am patient. is transferred to the copan center at the university hospital in
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essen western germany currently there are 12 covert patients being treated here the new patient is unusual he's just 29 years old. this is a patient who's come from some distance away he was receiving noninvasive breathing assessed as but it was insufficient we've connected an artificial long put him on life support of the woman he was brought here by helicopter with one of those. this 29 year old patient isn't in a high risk category yet each day the doctors discover more alarming symptoms the sars kovi to virus is not only attacking his lungs his heart liver kidneys and probably his nervous system are also affected the doctors are worried. when somebody so ill that they need assisted wreathing by means of an artificial
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along with their in a dangerous condition will hear about a 3rd of such patients die but this is a case for concern. on their rounds doctors observe the young man through a window of only certain nursing staff and specialist positions are permitted to enter the intensive care unit and then only with personal protective equipment all the patients on the i.c.u. ward are completely isolated even those who aren't infected with coded the isolation can last for weeks. the patients are very stressed when they're awake they're alone locked in a room of all everyone who enters has to be totally masked so the staff don't enter as often as they would normally be opening the door and looking in so that the patient doesn't feel so alone alive as if a relative or hospital chaplain is only permitted to see the patient when the doctors have given up hope but the patient often dies before that fine. visit this
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is new to me and that's very painful the hospital chaplains. want as well and very hard for the relatives when it's no longer possible. extreme it's part of our culture not to leave the time and i will die and that's where i want emotion. make light on a common. 87 year old gilford hoax and his son georg know what dying in isolation means. this little courtyard was ana marie sprite enjoy it was her garden she was very talks wife. that's our wedding photo. for. ana marie and bill for talks got married in 1963 they had 2 children this picture was taken on their golden wedding anniversary in the 1st months of 2020 ana marie was taken to hospital the doctors diagnosed
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acute blood poisoning she was taken to the i.c.u. her condition seemed critical but she could still receive visitors. or you could bring her on an artificial long was a difficult step or those low voice that was the last time i saw her alive or. no she wasn't conscious but i was able to hold her hand and i could tell that she knew i was there. sadly that was the last time i saw her. with the pandemic restrictions everything stopped. for me the worst was that i couldn't visit my wife murder for me who drove. march the 16th a monday germany imposes on lockdown schools and kindergartens clothes factory shut down the hawks find themselves standing in front of closed doors at the hospital.
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visits are no longer permitted. timor zelman is head physician at the intensive care unit ana marie hooks is one of his patients she has tested negative for coded but the whole hospital is in lockdown even close relatives are not permitted to visit. if you know what i think relatives play an important role in the healing and care process but nobody knows the patient better than their own relatives no one is more familiar to them than the partner or the children you know. but at that time it was absolutely impossible which i regret deeply it's a tease that all. the result was often traumatic. we think it does this interpret says so at least for accompli i think it complicates the process of grieving. for one thing people feel guilty if i wasn't there i couldn't be that. also because certain things couldn't be sent or experience. the links that help
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with the grieving process and for help relatives to accept the ponting and hear the lock down certainly made it harder to come and decide to see him because we're. annamarie hooks didn't appear to be dying so the doctors didn't someone her relatives. so that it soon became clear that in cali attempts situations where the patient is expected to die quite soon that relatives could be permitted to visit them again but this patient wasn't in that situation at all times. after 50 days in the i.c.u. ana marie hawkes is sent back to a non intensive ward she knows nothing about the lockdown regulations outside she can't understand why she's been placed in isolation on top of that she's hard of hearing so she can't really follow a telephone conversation. with holmes more foods which we did try when the nurse
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said it's your son she said oh georg when are you coming to visit me. if you can't come this morning can you come this afternoon we spoke to the doctor and i realized she's not understanding what this pandemic means you hear over the banning of visits from the door it. was true. she received good medical attention but for more than 7 weeks neither the chaplain nor any of her relatives could visit her. then unexpectedly an ameri hook's died alone. your house your usual war we abandoned her somehow increase your loss and. more and that still hurts or. they'll freeze and georg folks know that they're not alone in this situation during the 1st phase of the pandemic some 2000 hospitals and about 12000 senior citizens residences in germany were in lockdown
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for several weeks hundreds of people died like ana marie hawkes without comforting words or spiritual solace or the consolation of relatives. this mayor who are lost dogs i visit can cause stress in later life when. we see it in our walk with patients on the psychosomatic department who from our different clue where the subject of grief dominate a conversation. is the limit is in part in the grieving process is all delayed or prevented from occurring let it be for him then 5 or 10 years later they return sometimes in the context of a depression with a mental that is your own or then they have to be walked through again was and has i can well imagine is happening as a result of the pandemic and. i think that. the hoax family feel a mixture of sadness and. they have to deal with
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a death where there was no opportunity to say goodbye it makes bill fred who looks angry. unfortunately there was no opportunity to talk because of the terrible situation and it still weighs heavy on me that they prevented it all humanly speaking a disaster cut us all from. the have having us on the highway we always stuck to the rules that in retrospect i think we shouldn't have. had to left i realize now that maybe i should have fought for my father to be allowed to visit it and that we shouldn't have simply accepted what the authorities said or that. animal daughter lives more than 3 hours drive from her parents' home when she heard that her mother had died she set off a mediately not realizing that the distancing regulations extended even beyond the point of death that it was hard to harvest and i'll buy at that point i didn't know
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it was really the end. that i wouldn't be able to see her again i expected to be able to see her if you know parlor. that the. funeral directors had strict orders once the coffin was closed it should not be opened under any circumstances no further contact not even a glance at the body hospital chaplains argue that more humane methods must be found even in the midst of a pandemic. or by minute shouldn't forget that hospital chaplains are used to dealing with agents who are in isolation or for how to protect ourselves from becoming infected or as is for the clinics we saw account of the situation regularly and hospital and in differing scenarios your i'd say the whole situation was a bit more threatening than other situations because it was a collective threat and it was experience of the sonship. let's look at
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an example this hospital chaplain in essen was summoned to the i.c.u. to see a covert patient. the stocks you want to be stacked. against the tony award contacted me directly because i was on duty and i rushed over common asking i actually it wasn't complicated i was mad as usual you own and they explained to me that the patient wasn't a church goer but that his faith was important to him and what kind also his connection with the evan jellicoe jerk was different sort of from the killer show. it's been done i put on the protective clothing quickly including the f f p 2 masks and was taken to the room where this elderly patient lay lark i then removed my mask for a moment so that he could see my face like a normal bit of mine because it just seemed con which meant that instead and i noticed that when i spoke about his family he was very moved. but i could sense it
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but we were out of stuff. is done totally on talk and on the following day he died saturday i also had the opportunity to speak to his relatives on the phone and tell them about it would be when i got the impression that it comforted them to know that their father hadn't passed from this life without christian consolation all of these inquisitions who forces and leave him regardless. but even though hospital chaplains can sometimes stretch the regulations the painful dilemma continues at funerals. when the urn containing ana marie cox ashes was taken to the cemetery no more than a dozen mourners were allowed to attend. as is cheerio and tall hugh it is difficult and sad to have to say goodbye sayat
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tough week as they are here in the cemetery during unusual times i. fall we would have liked to honor your wife or mother and your grandmother with a grand funeral. that's not possible at present. the whole want to get even in these limited circumstances let us give the departed a worthy sendoff and for this girl it's katie. hawks have many friends in the town they belong to clubs and to the church in normal circumstances there would have been more than $100.00 mourners at the funeral. on a memory hoax faced death alone now in the cemetery it's her family who are left alone with their grief. the funeral takes place on what
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would have been the couple's 57th wedding anniversary they had never been separated for long but in the 7 weeks before her death they were unable to see each other. that's how you know we have a slight good time now it's just as i was very sad when i heard that the very are normally he could have visited her in a non intensive ward. or can usually visit in daytime toss but not now. they were married for 57 years and then he couldn't see her at the end want to marry and it's tarkin die here i think that's very very sad from the show and as a totally. new senior citizens residence in western germany in the spring of 2020 visits are banned since people over 60 are at high risk on a lawyer i shot had been living here for about 2 years. she feels quite happy with some to call god to take care of her the management has assigned specific staff to
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individual residents to minimize the risk of infection. for some weeks more a son martin has only seen his mother from a distance. ironically he lives close by before the covert outbreak he used to take one afternoon a week off work to give his mother an outing they used to cook up a dinner in his small kitchen and played board games afterwards his mother looked forward to it. is green zone small i always went on a monday but not anymore. it's hard. now we can only talk with him outside and inside i think she says she felt lonely going i miss my family but we have to get used to it. with you can't do anything about it only cooperate and meet there's no alternative and.
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basically we're neighbors 1st of all. just imagine if there weren't any leaves on the trees we'd be able to wave to each other the residence is less than a kilometer away as the crow flies it's not far away at all but it might as well be on the other side of the moon. we don't meet up we tramp. the curtains and. suddenly the situation becomes dramatic 5 residents die within a few days of each other as a result of covert 1900 or high shot has made friends with another resident the 2 women have spent a lot of time together. for me talking on a laura and her nurse talk about how the 2 friends used to be together throughout the morning and afternoon. they had had breakfast and even lunch together as usual
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when suddenly her friend was taken to the hospital just before their afternoon coffee and. you know that's going on. 3 days later on a moron learns that her friend has died in the hospital. good 'd to see really. it hurts and i couldn't say goodbye to her she was such a lovely person when i came here she made herself available immediately helped me with all sorts of things i'm really very sad that she died. we have no place to be . 'd nobody can explain to martine cash out how the residents became a covert hotspot now all the senior citizens are confined to their rooms the staff is in quarantine it's scarcely possible to provide any spiritual consolation to the residents their relatives or the staff. youngsters mundell to come but i was terribly scared that my mother would get sick
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. i would lose my mind if i couldn't see her just the thought that she might die of covert 19 the fact that i couldn't be there to make it in for one thing and then touch up but i remember we live in the same neighborhood and there's just a door separating us one and a door i'm not allowed to enter to be at her side like i can't stomach the thought that. i can't bear it. denise he's going on by stuff which also. in normal times it's the job of chaplains to help in such cases to listen to give encouragement and comfort but in many regions of germany the pandemic restrictions make that impossible instinct that's my. friend i think we should learn from this experience and in fact when the infection rate rises again and there are more sick people who are. thus we shouldn't impose such complete restrictions that the dying
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are left alone i should think so not. such a must insist on this via its q so i've been rather disappointed in the church as a reaction to these its failures to say this is a situation in. somebody has to be present as a patient wishes at all i thought he saw that a person is left to die alone as all michelle either get us and get instead someone should be allowed access to call. for martin lash out the situation eases somewhat on may 10th mother's day. one relative at a time is permitted to visit a resident for one hour tables are set up in the lobby the management is taking no chances you will see during the difficult 6 weeks on a laura was able to talk to her son on the phone or at least she's asked to
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describe the differences between a telephone call and a personal visit wondered. what's the difference between the phoning and the real visitor or not how's that for you yes it is a serious issue very surreal because it is nice you see each other. but you recognise each other on the phone as it's not so bad. i was always able to talk to my son that was possible this year but now we can see each other again. that's nicer isn't it this. able to meet face to face at last. hospitals have learned a lesson but that doesn't mean it's back to normal coven patients in a critical condition are still taken to specialized centers the i.c. use in germany currently have sufficient capacity and the doctors are gaining experience every day. with. the rest of the
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university hospital in s. and was able to save the life of the 29 year old we saw earlier. 2 days after he came out of the coma he tried to remember what had happened and how he got there . you know. i thought of us as a market but i collapsed at home because i couldn't breathe properly because it was all too much. so i have a few left i felt hot and i couldn't breathe. i had my girlfriend saw what was happening on. the side and i asked her to call an ambulance wanted to come. on the bus i was. in the artificially induced coma he was unaware that his whole life was hanging in the balance for 3 weeks. 200 kilometers away his family had to be
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content with information issued by the hospital. in the us is always one of our successes he's no longer being ventilated no longer on life support for d.c. been taken a few steps and we've also said we're currently looking for a rehab clinic for him before he can get fit again about while. kevin young is transferred to a rehab clinic specializing in cope with patients it has an isolation ward it's some 200 kilometers from his home this is from loved ones would encourage him and help him recuperate. but the fear of infection is even stronger. but they got it as the numbers are still a long way total recovery but before because once was i was all of us but we can't be certain that it's no longer infectious or might become infectious diseases so we in the other doctors are very cautious about patients and his condition remain
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isolated you know until we can be quite certain of them. currently awnings girlfriend his mother and his stepfather are hoping to see him in the rehab clinic after 2 days. they take him fresh underwear on a jogging suit the young man must do exercise. i says to get fit again but they are in for a disappointment. the app we could hand over the bag that wasn't a problem keeping our distance kevin the see that we weren't allowed to see kevin at all it's we weren't even allowed into the building the fear we might be infected with covert. loud adult day and he wasn't allowed to come outside that the phone also presumably because of his finishing is. they have no alternative but to accept the situation for the present they aren't even allowed to see kevin from a safe distance of them who know it's at least 6 weeks since i last saw him if we'd
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just been able to see him at a window or the reg last door it wasn't possible because of the covert restrictions and i don't know if he's really strong enough to handle this on his own so some of that also included. the pandemic is far from over more than 14000 people infected with the virus have died in germany but hospitals now recognise that these extreme cases where patients are left alone for weeks or even to die alone must be avoided at all costs. with personal protective equipment visits are possible. under start to launch of. the new pilot a front in the pattern hands buried across germany island following the van where yet on the one hand about this was an unusual. complete exclusion of hospital chaplain. on the album and some chaplains have specialized in
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story with bobby winds. calm starts december 10th on g.w. . this is g.w. news live from berlin amid a crippling political and economic crisis venezuelans vote for a new parliament opposition leaders are boycotting the election claiming it's neither free nor fair which hopes for a change in the women's oil and wind laying president nicolas maduro is set to tighten his grip on power also coming up we must do more various state leader
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announces and even tougher coronavirus lock down but will the rest of germany follow its lead. on the walk into the show as well and are voting and a parliamentary election aimed at consolidating president nicolas maduro script on power opposition leaders are boycotting the vote as they and many western nations have condemned it as a fraud the pandemic has deepened the country's long running economic and political crisis and with no upturn in science and as well as are growing more and more pessimistic about the future there's not much for venezuelans to cheer about on election day the economy was already in ruins even before the coronavirus struck. punitive u.s.
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sanctions have choked off valuable oil exports and 5000000 citizens have left the country those who remain struggle to meet basic needs under weary of venezuela scale to politics president nicolas maduro is on course for a resoundingly big tree even though his leadership is not recognized by many western countries including the united states. today marks the beginning of a new era we give ourselves the opportunity of initiating a truly democratic process for the recovery of our beloved country so today i voted full of emotion. opposition chief one go i don't know is seen internationally is venezuela's rightful leader but he has so far failed to oust madeira oh he's banned from standing and urged voters to boycott the election that has not proved popular. we're against those who are calling for a boycott they've already done it 3 or 4 times and the people have rejected it.
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yet. he defended them and independent of a person's political position it's a civic duty to vote they teach is that when you're young in the 6th grade you have to go and vote it's your duty. and he said i'm an abstention does not promote democracy change the chief through the will of the people and mass participation i believe in democracy but as we must you why do and this is a planning and immediate week long campaign to seek support for fresh elections materials near certain victory will be hailed by his allies russia and china ordinary venezuelans will have less to celebrate. i'm now joined by journalist in van as well as capital caracas oscar good to see you this election is widely
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regarded as a farce with little standing in the way of a landslide when formentera what exactly is at stake for the country. well for me was there is not much more it hasn't already been lost in the past 2 years with the presence for example hasn't been able to legislate since the opposition won in 2000 to 15 disapprove or has decision to the congress as in january this year program syrians have been physically blocked from entering the parliament so there really isn't much that will change as a result of today's election because no one has shown to have the real power all along with the military side now for what's at stake 'd is keeping the status quo and that's where we are and that means that in this fragile government in this mission regardless of what most countries or what the opposition great think you just said of there the opposition controlled parliament had long been stripped of its legislative powers what does this election mean for the opposition. well your
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positions on life guard in this battle has been an international community and the will of the people who want change in this weather which are the majority and you can see it with today's voter turnout in the voting polls you know now with all has lost the trust in many in the opposition base for not being able to bring about change in business where these people are not turning over to each other this moment you are in fact many of the opposition and want more extreme measures to oust most of the construction so we have seen today that the united states and the european union has said 'd they will continue to support one where you know despite these elections which they are not recognizing so we can expect the opposition to carry on denouncing injustices in venezuela street protests and other measures to oppose them who look as they have been doing this past year without access to parliament we can also see more persecution towards the opposition and there are
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even fears of persecution towards n.g.o.s and civil society organizations was the new congress is sworn in this country anymore the election comes amid a growing humanitarian crisis in venezuela largely attribute it to the regime's mismanagement of government affairs and resources how do people feel about going to the polls today. well i spoke with people who are holding because they are afraid of losing their pensions and the people who do not agree with this election that work for the state so they have to go vote they're even taking pictures of them voting in order to demonstrate that their phone through of course there are still many people that support them this government but for those who are voting today there is no real incentive for a collective democratic change there are other reasons and many of them want to keep the few benefits that they're able to receive from the government especially
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in caracas thanks for that update. let's now take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world and brussels u.k. and e.u. negotiators are locked in the last ditch talks over their opposed trade ties there are just days left for the 2 parties to avert a chaotic parting of ways at the end of the year the u.k. left the e.u. at the end of january and the brics the transition period ends on december 31st. dozens of families have been evacuated from their homes after heavy flooding in parts of northern italy areas around the city of modern a have seen heavy rain strong winds and snow in recent days leading to a major river in the region breaking its banks. capital beirut has been hit by a hail storm for the 1st time in more than 50 years the intense downpour led to flooding in some areas they all took many residents by surprise and comes just months after a massive explosion that reports left some 300000 people homeless.
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the german state of varia has announced tougher coronavirus lock down rules aimed at slowing the rate of new infections their state premier mock was made the announcement after a special meeting of the regional cabinet the new measures will see people having to provide good reason for leaving their homes and a maximum of 5 people from 2 households will be allowed to meet in public. political correspondent julia so delhi is with me for more julia stricter measures and a very i could this set a precedent for the rest of the country. or the state premier in bavaria has been a proponent of stricter restrictions already before during the pandemic and he's done just that now implementing stricter restrictions as those we see nationwide now the last meeting between the federal government and america and the state premiers happened just 10 days ago and then they decided on what would happen over
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christmas and those rules were supposed to hold through the whole christmas period and currently a new meeting is scheduled for january 4th but others said today that he thinks a new meeting is necessary before the christmas holidays to evaluate whether the current restrictions nationwide are working or whether state leaders and americans should follow his lead and implement stricter ones despite these measures that are already in place germany has been able to significantly reduce infection rates how serious is the situation here in germany if you look at the numbers overall and compare them with neighboring countries in europe for example germany is doing quite well the german has managed to stop and level off the. one sial increase in cases and it is now around the 22022000 mark and if we look at deaths for example germany reached a record number this week 487 but that is around half of the deaths we've seen in italy for example this week what is not happening is german in germany is
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a significant drop in the numbers we've seen other countries in europe implementing harsh lockdowns and seen the numbers drop significantly in germany with the partial lockdown they have just leveled off the curve is flattened but not going down and that is what is worrying and others in the country now with more people getting infected of course more people are having to go to the hospital we're receiving reports of some hospitals here in germany saying that they are there i see units are there. at full capacity. can the german health care system handle these all these cases or is it close to being overwhelmed the situation is currently of concern but not yet dramatic we see some hospitals under stress in particular in rural areas or small hospitals but there are still some beds available germany is a country in europe with the highest pro capita rate of intensive bed care beds and
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so of the $27000.00 of vailable $5000.00 are still free that leaves leave obviously for the country to work with what is of more concern is the lack of personnel of specialized nurses who can care for patients in intensive care that was a concern already before and even more now that personnel is getting sick with. delhi thank you very much. here's a round up of other developments in the coronavirus pandemic italy's official death toll has topped 60000 the country was the 1st in europe to be hit by the coronavirus us president donald trump has announced that his personal lawyer rudy giuliani has tested positive for. in a tweet trump said giuliani a former mayor of new york city had been working tirelessly to expose what he baselessly called the most corrupt election in u.s. history and according to britain's observer newspaper the u.k. plans to fly in vaccine doses to avoid delays at ports caused by
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a possible breakdown in the brics that talks. to kenya were conservationists are carrying out a rescue operation to save a herd of giraffes trapped on a flooded island the animals home territory in the western part of the country has been inundated now especially billed barges being used to move them to safety. it's a chain trying to transport a reluctant draw off. i see well was the only female stuck with 7 males on an island in lake in western kenya. the habitat threatened by rising water levels the rough charles kirov was becoming extinct around $800.00 now live in kenya but this hurt each a new home and conservationists from the group safety ross came up with a plan to move the 5 b. to told preaches on a cost to build boche across the water to ever serve on the mainland it's not every
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day you see it develops head poking out of the top of a large floating raft built on empty oil drums stephen is relieved to be back on dry land and the conservationist are delighted with his success. now there's just the small matter of moving the rest of the herd. all of sunday's matches in the wind is legal are finished so let's take a look at the results so far on match day 10. and sunday's early late game excuse me earlier start got big for a man on saturday byron and life they drew frankfurt help dortmund drew with cologne and waltz ball also share the spoils and 8 months on friday already had only on in the berlin derby and on monday hoffenheim take on else book and formula one racing poinsettias job it is claimed a mavin victory at an action packed stock here in grand prix and rain the mexican
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driver is without a team for next season but took advantage of chaotic scenes to hold his nerve and win for the 1st time in a $190.00 formula one races where say it is george russell standing in for a world champion lewis hamilton who has coronavirus set for the win but ended up in place after a disastrous pit stop. and at lenox kenya ask everyone candy has smashed the men's world record and the half marathon in valencia the 24 year old managed to break away from the chasing pack late in the race candy clocked 57 minutes and 32 seconds speeding the previous record of 58 minutes and the 2nd one that was set just last year this was one of the fastest half marathons ever with the top 4 men all breaking the previous world best. don't forget you can always get the w. news on the go just download our out from google play or from the app store that
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remain unprotected in the rainy season they could be damaged beyond repair. so so palace is a beirut's landmark perched on a hill overlooking the port it's been home to marry cochran's family for 5 generations. the 3 story structure which dates from the 19th century bore the full brunt of the blast. so we are we're 450 meters in trying to. directly in front of the blast the silo is right in front of us and no buildings in front of us there's nothing that took the blast or we did so that's why we got a direct hit and and that's why it's well banks and was out $23.00 centimeters.
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so the palace had stood 460 years surviving one and a half decades of civil war and 2 world wars 1st surely unscathed now its fate lies in the hands of a few volunteers and some talented craftsman. the so socks are beirut's nobility this old merchant family made their fortune in the autumn an empire over the centuries they've collected treasures from around the world which now need saving. every generation has added something and also in the process has for story so it's been a. evolution of a collection of people that lived in the house at the time almost everything was affected and it's just. unbelievable. every day in coming here to months and still find something that i didn't notice it's
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a new crime i didn't see that was there her family was also torn apart mary's mother in law lady evil and so so cochrane a legendary figure in beirut society died from injuries she sustained in the explosion and mary 2 was badly hurt. i really. for the last were directly in front of the silo on 50 meters and i lost consciousness for seconds. i. broke my my elbow. attendance dislocated and i punch of my body had a couple ribs broken as well it's cuts from glass and. i'm just lucky i didn't have all glass in my face because i open the door to the balcony. roofs must be covered in cultural treasures secured before beirut's rainy season begins.
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in the right state you can see that he's going to be easy going right so then you're. right every got to i don't want you to i mean it's not just us i think that everybody in beirut feels like their soul has been severely injured. yes i mean mecca haun is an engineer who's working fervently to save beirut's cultural heritage the banners hanging on badly damaged buildings around to the port i meant to give people hope. to fix who to raise again so. you know here's a secret key to the city to to knowledge and to to hope so too. sometimes if in the. midst really you take.
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this spirit. and certainly we. will do who do we believe to help you can provide. didn't bring enough things to hold on. to the extent of the devastation is almost in comprehensible. but yasmeen mcelhone isn't alone she has a crisis group which analyzes the damaged. collects donations and coordinates reconstruction efforts. everyone here is working pro bono voluntarily and for free . act the crisis center the group has noted the situation of every single building 8000 of them need restoring as a result of the explosion. from here or the blast.
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heated. in a very strong way we have more than $100.00 unit in very critical situation when the rains come the foundations of these 100 buildings could be damaged beyond repair and then trying to run to put on britain visiting. to run as fast as possible that's why we look at the forecast every day to see if we have one thing or 2000000 more and to protect as much as fast as possible. for us me mecca on these buildings are more than just ruins. in your. example of one of the collapsed building that. they are bringing me. a sense of flying being didn't go through the
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sense of leaving. and say bringing me from the bus all the memories space how the spirits of the sea and heads to the news are rich and not say it's too much to stop and it's all over and it's. not enough to try. yasmeen go on has to go to ground to examining all the buildings yet today she's a company architect michele dougherty at the neighborhood where tiny high x. houses in the world of vision are together they plan to assess the damage and see what they can do about it. emergency actions in order to help the host who want to do winter they can also get only when you enter the hospital you don't look at the people that have a small injury you put them aside and say wait you go to their. very.
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endangered ones so that's what we have done so let's go inside to see the sham money and also. from here. this kind of heritage it's a living heritage because it is doing house of the grandmother grandfather it's called the concord. such a hater g.'s this even the most important thing to keep you can may have no money but if you have your history or your roots you belong to some. totally high i just renovated his home there would. be a laser arriving as we underestimated the damage. it's beyond what we thought our capabilities could handle. hello said our hands we have to remove
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all of this honestly we are looking for the minimum amount of work that can keep a building standing and covered through the rain. so you need to take your case and the. easiest way i can not going to blame sleeping but it's more difficult to stay and to face. ok michelle is coming for free and we support them with construction materials but they fuse is short they count each plank each beam that's holding the 1st. and the bad to the middle they are 10 he we can't blame anyone we are all on the ground. not a lot of them just to be clear the mission isn't to rebuild the house on the job we just prevented from collapsing and keep it standing for one we. have deep tourney high accused to be a successful businessman now he's reliant on years means help what happened in
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a very bad time. this is the economic situation of. your money out the bank you. were writing to help. our neighbors. you know wired the governments of the of the ring with your. word is that. for months lebanon has been mired in a deep economic and financial crisis that's because the banks loaned out more money than they actually possessed so customers can no longer withdraw large amounts from their accounts because banks like the cash they can only take out small sums in the national currency the lebanese pound. that also applies to wealthy families like the sussex so in beirut everyone is currently in need of assistance the world bank estimates that the blast caused some $4600000000.00 in damage. you don't have the
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financial means to chip restore this entire house it's going to take millions and tens of millions and we don't have those funds. or not these days the only ray of hope is the solidarity among the people here but your time and spam volunteered to help and we've really seen the worst of the worst of what we have in lebanon which is any fish and. corrupt political of course system and a non-government and we've got great lebanese that are volunteering to come in and save the house so we have to thank you thank you very much. a few days later so so callous is hosting one of the 1st events to take place off to the blast a workshop for traumatized children they draw whatever is troubling the images of death and destruction. roll up you're going to is
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a choice the palace for its heritage. ok so did you see the man get thrown across the square. sweetheart you see how much. they are growing. their emotions the sadness and anger inside them i wanted a place authentic i wanted a place it's a head of that's off lebanon it's. destroyed and this is what this is the purpose of my it's an. architecture belongs to everybody. but the fact that we can share space with people inside what makes it important and what makes it go on let me it's nice to have life back in the garden was the building up it was 8 back to what he was. was. my love for you know i'm not.
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