last year the biggest jail is china saudi arabia and egypt the study also cites and unprecedented crackdown in ballot rooms which are saying months about best since its disputed election august i want to know today pandemic effect where countries they use the coronavirus to increase control of the media. assane dionne yeah he's director of reporters without borders west africa office he joins us from dhaka and welcome to you and let's start with iran we've just heard that the prominent geranium journalist ruhollah was executed on saturday provoking an international outcry what sort of response would you like to see i think you. should know reporters without borders following the case very closely and as of october 23rd

we. commission is for human rights. like the question of this journalist as you should imagine so we are very very shocked by the announcement of the execution of we got yesterday or the day before yesterday on saturday and then we do think got to see the last respirator. but as you can no you can kill someone but you cannot kill the idea just. ok let's turn to your reports now and that names egypt amongst the worst offenders when it comes to reporters how concerning is the situation that. the situation here is really very concerning your country myself. and before this report you mentioned that over the last 5 years the situation was getting was and

was and egypt and. hence the crisis. something that's a loss and that's the situation in 2020. and tell us more about this pandemic a fact that children portent details that and how it goes hand in hand with media passion. as you can see if you go web site to the republic we've been monitoring the situation since the african continent recorded its very 1st cases many in sub-saharan africa and we have noticed over the years that i've been for 2109 press freedom violations and out of this biggest 14. arrest in connection we really found in sub-saharan africa so you could also see ways i would

track because we have not just that sub-saharan africa is less impacted by the fundament than the country and but trust freedom. very deeply affected. by that time to me not just. through times as many journalists who were arrested in sub-saharan africa from may to from march to may this year we see 3 times bigger than the usual number we used not just over the sand period in trenton times and. we thank you for joining us that assignment daniel from just about bones thank you. well turn to football now in the old important draw for the champions league round of 16 the knockout stages of europe's top club tournament defending champions by a munich will face off against italian club last year dormant will play severe

other games include liverpool against leipsic the manchester city against mission glad back and last season's runners up are perry sanctions against the barcelona the 1st games of the matches over 2 legs are due to take place mid february. in germany's bundesliga leyva who is now top the standings that followed sunday's win over hoffenheim and an early a draw by by munich lay on bailey scored twice for leverkusen including one shot little certainly be a contender for goal of the season. leon bailey's performances this season have again attracted the interest of several big english clubs this club scouts didn't have to wait long for another glimpse of bailey magic. the sure corner routine with natty miry and then the strike a contender effort goal of the season 4 minutes gone persist this go with the sublime things went the ridiculous for opponents hoffenheim just over 20 minutes

later on 3 cramming riches lackluster back past intercepted by bailey and he did the rest. to nail the hosts were coasting it's top of the table. 5 minutes into the 2nd half and hoffenheim hit back with a screamer of their own christophe baumgartner looking up and eyeing the corner of the net. i but moments later the to go christian was restored florian vs jinx through the visiting defense after a nice exchange with patrick sheikh hoffenheim exposed and they ended the game with 9 men in. the final act and lucas allowed a penalty to make it 41 i mean sure the business league has a new name at the top of the table. a british spy writes a john le carré has died at the age of 89 after falling ill with pneumonia it was

best known for his intricately plotted cold war thrillers some of which were turned into films john le carre whose real name was david cornwell found some of the inspiration for his books while working for the british secret service. the bestselling author john. carrie the world of espionage never lost its fascination the spy turned over a list had a writing career that spanned 6 decades with 25 novels to his name. the main back for carry himself up for british intelligence and hamburg in 1964 he quit to dedicate himself. to write saying. i started writing just for fun a few years back. i was already writing about spies before i joined the service so i was when the war went up in august 968 and that drew me to

berlin. many of his best sellers were made into movies the spy who came in from the cold starring richard burton came out in 1965. didn't stop writing when the cold war ended with the fall of the berlin wall in 1989. carries the world of espionage was always a metaphor for the human condition. the rights i was disappointed with geo political developments in the ninety's tailor of panama. was my 1st novel with no ideological content it spoke to the new materialism to the new postwar era it spoke also to my own disappointment that there was no energy for the

reconstruction of the world when the cold war ended. his stories often played in germany. because in some mysterious way my destiny always to write about germany in one way or another. the writer often made cameo appearances in the film fashions of his spiritual brother we'll show a lot of speaking parts in a b.b.c. series in time you know. but sometimes it was booming and you'll miss him. the master of spying fiction jonah keri has passed away at the age of 89. i'll ask more from scott rock's brought from d.w. culture who joins us from germany's former capital bomb welcome scott i don't like kerry had a special connection where bob thomas will yes definitely he was stationed here

as a spy for 4 m i 6 back in the day and obviously he used that material of his life in future books including a small town in germany but john kerry as we heard the piece had very close connections to germany he worked here as a spy and he studied german mastered the language characteristic that he passed on to his most famous fictional character george smiley and even a few years ago too in 2011. kerry won the good to metal for contributions to the german language and for furthering understanding between nations so it's quite appropriate that i speak to you. from here from boston a city that was very very close to john kerry's heart so how would you describe his literary legacy. yeah i think the best way is to compare maybe to fleming the

creator of james von fleming's view of spy craft was sort of sexy exciting and james bond was sort of a rah rah cheerleader for british imperialism kerry's view was very very different he was a very much more morally ambiguous in his books and his character george smiley for example is sort of the anti james bond he's a short fat bookish type who's who's always conflicted about what he's doing and i think. carries legacy is almost an alternative narrative of the cold war where the winners of the cold war that britain american particular are not near necessarily the morally superior groups and that the ends don't always justify the means so given that this lack of flash and excitement why do you think its focus was so successful. i guess it was a combination of maybe 2 things one is he knew his stuff i mean he was a spy he knew the sort of nuts and bolts of spy craft the ideas of dead drops of

honey traps he knew all the specific details and he put those into his novels but on the other side i think just as important he understood the motivations of of the men and women who became spies and i think what kerry was such a master at was bridging that gap between the the idealist rhetoric that was used to justify espionage the i rhetoric of of the spreading freedom and democracy and the actual often grubby motivations of the spies themselves the jealousy greed and ambition that drove them talking to thank you for that scott rush from. culture and. this is day w coming up next day in the news asia soaring coronavirus cases up pushes south trait to a considered its 1st national lockdown as the pandemic figure out. i'm asked the contrary course is probably what they do it yourself drop the soap become unexpected get right. on to their spot and she will have about

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welcome to. join us south korea has ramped up testing facilities amid a 3rd wave of corner virus infections over the weekend the country reported a little over 1000 cases its highest daily increase since january president has called it an emergency situation and has ordered the mobilization of police military personnel and medical doctors took up the spread of the virus this despite tougher social distancing rules that were implemented last week from tomorrow schools were closed in the capital serial and further destructions haven't been ruled out and if implemented these would in effect mean

a lockdown for the 1st time during the pandemic. dozens of covert 900 testing sites are opening up in south korea's capital and anyone can turn up and get a free test before people had to pay if they tested negative. seoul and its surrounding districts are coronavirus hotspots more than 2 thirds of the country's new infections have been recorded here and that's making the president anxious. it's a very serious and marriage and see situation. back is against the wall. this is a crucial moment to devote all our virus control capabilities and administrative power to stopping the coronavirus. south korea is no testing 4 times as many people a day than it was in airlie october sunday saw the country's highest daily number of new infections since the pandemic began and its caseload is expected to surge

again this week there's growing unease and frustration among the public. i have no idea where people are getting infected and they don't even know themselves we all need to do everything we can to prevent this virus from spreading even more. i had to take the subway today although i am worried that i might have been exposed to the risk of infection. i think i'm going to head home as soon as possible. so it seems like the virus is out of control it will be a huge problem for the economy if the government imposes the highest level of social distancing this should be handled very quickly before that really happens. to them and. the highest level of social distancing would essentially mean a lot dying for south korea issues 4th largest economy authorities are hoping to

have. and that they are ahead. of the current approach to testing who put the country back on track in its fight against to pick 1009. $118.00 off from solely as a correspondent frank smyth frank south korea was held up in the year as a model of a countrywide response to the caught on of august crisis how have things gotten so bad well i think we need to look at how the crude virus keep this on a screen in the initial rates here there were large cluster infections that took place at sort of super spreader events that made it a little bit easier i think for contact tracing to take place for them to find the source and and find everybody that had caught the virus from those types of events and then what followed were would arguably now people are considering half measures so they didn't institute and strict

a lot down as perhaps some would have recommended and so now what you see is the cluster outbreaks are much smaller and they're taking place in a variety it's in use like churches elder care centers hospitals private gatherings and in schools as well so that makes it more difficult for contact tracing to take place for them to find the source of the virus and and get more under control here sort of contract ransom is proving difficult what is the government's trying to do to buffer this increased care stored. well it's been talking about what it's going to do next some of these measures are free testing and increased contact tracing i'm getting instant messages throughout the day that are rewarding the way where people have been infected in my neighborhood they're also increasing quarantine and you know again messaging the public there may be

more a lot and measures put in place there or have also been a shortage of heads here in so korea so they're calling on private hospitals and other public facilities to provide potentially more i.c.u. b.s. if they become required. franken talked about increased messaging for the public care with the cotton to bring the cotton thode where that is in motion across south korea does that mean then that the country is weeks away from a national lockdown well to be honest with you based on what the prime minister said today were perhaps days away depending on how the testing and the results of that test in goes in the next few days we had cases over a 1000 a day here in south korea for the last couple of days a record on sunday over

a 1000 so the government's looking very carefully at that and messaging that they may have to go to the highest level a lot call 3.0 here in south korea and warning that there could be an economic impact they have got some support for that particularly in the media with the creed harold advocating for this level 3 large down saying the country will stand little chance of defeating the virus without radical action so momentum appears to be building but just explain to us frank level of 3 locked on what exactly does this in table. well it's not quite the full stayed home order that we seen in in places in europe. but it will result in more closures previously at 2.5 we've seen things like bars and fitness centers having to close churches reduce the number of people that they enable to come to their services of

course everyone is is covered in masks schools will fully be closed under level 3 lot down but it's again it's not the state who orders that we see in places other countries particularly in europe franco across the world to footy go to paris to be settin in populations dealing with constantly changing rules and restrictions i wonder if that's the case in south korea as well oh well i don't think that's quite the case here we had earlier on and when the government was saying to you no it's opposition especially it's sort of radical right wing opposition and they couldn't hold demonstrations in the capital and there was pushback from some groups at that time we're not seeing that now and i think in the general public because there have only been these sort of half measures they were reasonably tolerant people could still go to restaurants people could still go out shopping for example and go about

their day to day lives just not a big events like you can go to sporting activities or large scale church services for example but again you know the public is being prepared to recognise that the 1st half measures haven't being being as effective as they need to be to bring the coronavirus in south korea under control frank smith thank you very much for that. the coronavirus pandemic respects disaster for performers and entertainers the world over in india the lockdowns even shut down bollywood but to its resulted in an unexpected boon for independent musicians industry data shows a sea change group to do it yourself performers have found followings on facebook and other online streaming sites and it's just that easy access that makes these

acts popular with young music fans here's why. you can see if you look at. the. people like just one independent musician finding a new audience. their online videos tackling social issues have struck a chord with millennial looking for him to time and while india's film industry is on pulls. to because of the. music. that never gets. in there i think people. will think it is going to experimental music with its name is a. big name stars and movie melodies usually dominate the charts in bollywood obsessed india. but during the pandemic norms film music is filling the vacuum.

in india more than 75 percent are probably more than that. of the consumption of music happens on the film. so if you can understand out of every 100 songs in 5 songs are written songs and they are not using so that automatically opens up all the independent editions still. musicians like rafa do a rocka formal way to fame with viral videos about the plight of migrant workers stranded during india's lockdown. people walking fountains of kilometers to get home i feel terrible watching these scenes. i couldn't go anywhere and i had to buy both fun so i recorded the track and upload.

it to the. public. after i uploaded my song i received a lot of support many of my friends showed the clip and i got a lot of appreciation was going to. push the likes of little more like out of the spotlight. but for now in his indie musicians i have. that's it for today there's of course mall on dot com for what slush we leave you now with pictures from the farm up for 1st in the move. into the life demonstrators have to feed and house thousands. of are.

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this is not his special here on the w. i'm chris. african countries have been faring much better in the pandemic then many experts had feared the spot and for example about the impossibility of social distancing in communities where large families often share is single room but with the coronavirus vaccines are allowed to developing nations could now run into in the just a goal financial and cultural roadblocks. the race for $1000.00 vaccine is almost over 3 an occupation candidates are in the final stages of approval. and former announced of african scientist professor i should be in my idea the road to a vaccine has been difficult. it's already been said since we 1st discovered. be able to achieve this is developed not one of the vaccines shown to be

safe to be effective in preventing proper thank you and that is a phenomenal achievement in the community included among the 3 that seemed to have it seems that they actually being able to make it in south africa. south africa has bore the brunt of called in 1000 devastation on the african continent. at the beginning of december the country had officially recorded over 820000 infections and 22000 deaths. infections are again rising amid worries of an imminent 2nd wave. and south africans taking part in vaccine trials are determined to play their part in fighting the pandemic. but it's one thing from it would seem kinda known from getting to want to take part in this trial to prevent myself and others from getting corona that's right. but not all of the potential vaccines

are suitable for the developing world and wealthy nations stand at the front of the queue. the more benefits you get $100.00 gets part of operation was freed is unlikely to go outside the u.s. in the foreseeable future and if the conditions of the u.s. funding to fit seem to find the fix which needs to be stored at all for low temperatures minus 70 degrees celsius unfortunate there needs to be unlikely for that it seemed to be deployed in its cotton formulation in a country such as south africa so what's left behind is really the s.s.a. nicotine which is a vaccine that you are also going to cut it in south africa because being the preferred candidate for immediate deployment in the country even if south africa can secure enough doses for its population of nearly 60000000 community work and still need to convince a skeptical public. the firm i'm scared of the state if it's in stuff i have to know much more because you know all of us we're not there we are seeking in

different ways. we all need to you don't need to tell us if maybe h o v how what i say. to the advocacy workers must also compete with the daily realities of one of the world's most unequal societies. would solve it is not one of the major issues they have to worry about they must so the times are worried about bread and butter issues but professor remains resolute that south africa will lead africa's charge for saved. sustainable solution to the global pandemic. but he was going to feel that women just for the day the food that's being accumulated in a fix in celtic it publicly during apollo dirty provide evidence to make an informed decision yes to retreat scenes to try to sucker for them complex probably on that it's really up to government to manage the process to ensure the thought africa gains access to vaccines and its effect there for them if you apply them and

all it seems in the property government inefficiencies may mean mass rollout will only be reached in 12 months time. for more let's bring in ruth faden she is the founder of the berman institute of bioethics at johns hopkins university and a member of the world health organization's kovan 1000 vaccines working group welcome to g.w. where do you see the biggest challenges for a fair distribution of these vaccines the challenges are enormous at a global level and also within countries the global challenges have to do with the fact that for reasons we can. easily understand it's not completely defend wealthy countries in the world have made their primary commitment securing vaccines for their own population this has resulted in a significant lot on supply or some vaccines for the forseeable future

countervailing natch. challenge is the existence of something called the kovacs facility which is a global commitment to provide vaccine to all peoples of the world what kovacs needs is more financial support from wealthy countries more money coming in to kodak's and also we need more wealthy countries who are not currently part of the kodaks collaboration to be at least thinking about bilateral commitments to low and middle income countries also we need support for the world bank on that note the g. 20 nations recently said they will quote spare no effort in ensuring equitable access to proven vaccines how much is that commitment worth. well let's put it this way it's worth a whole lot more than the countries who are high income who have not yet begun that

kind of a claim and i include in that the united states my own country so while of course we never know until we really see what happens what a pledge like that from a group of wealthy countries is actually worth i have to applaud this collection of countries the european countries for even making that commitment now we see the biotech fires are vaccine being rolled out in several countries the latest being the united states we need we know these to be stored at extremely low temperatures now doesn't a prerequisite like that in itself hamper a fair and equitable distribution. absolutely this is a better day in the united states very 1st people will be receiving the pfizer back prize or biotech that scene today in the u.s. but it is not a vaccine that is part of the solution to global equity at least not in its current form elation so if you were to grade that right now in terms of the likelihood that

it will contribute to global equity it would get a poor mark reformulations perhaps otherwise but right now we have to look to other bechstein types to address the needs of people living in low and middle income countries essential workers and senior citizens are among the 1st to be vaccinated from an ethical point of view is that the right thing to do. it's an important framing and it is as defensible as other strategies that we can think of the problem comes with the competing interpretations of equity that are at issue so if you think about countries like the us or britain or south africa or pretty much many countries in the world that there are profound background inequities preexisting in the population with respect to health and wellbeing more properly

and those inequities are reflecting themselves in disproportionate burden of the pandemic now so the challenge from an equity point of view is to how to use to make sure that your priorities. and strategy addresses these gaps. rif adan of the berman institute of bioethics at johns hopkins university and a member of the world health organization's kovan 1000 vaccines working group thank you for your thoughts. my pleasure. and now it is over to our resident corona virus experts t w science correspondent derrick williams answering your questions about the bend i make. this the vaccine is not 100 percent effective can you still catch the virus after vaccination 1st of all no vaccine that we've developed for any diseases ever provided perfect protection to

everyone although although a few like those for measles or for polio come very close but because every person's immune system is different in some people exposed to sars cove to the new vaccines will not stop the corona virus in its tracks trials in healthy volunteers indicate however that the candidates now being authorized for use in countries around the world are highly effective at doing so in most people it's kind of complicated but a simplified way of quantifying the efficacy demonstrated in trials would be to say that if you haven't been vaccinated you're around 9 times more likely to contract symptoms of covert 19 after an exposure then you would be if you got the shot so it drastically reduces that possibility. but what's really interesting is that for a return to something like normal vaccines don't actually have to prevent covert 19

in every one if they can just stop the disease in many or most people and that's half the battle especially if they also limit its spread so if they keep most vaccinated people from transmitting the virus to others for every person that can't catch the virus and then subsequently give it to someone else one step closer to herd immunity as the virus finds fewer and fewer unprotected hosts that'll slow the speed of the pandemic and eventually stop it and there's another possible upside which is that even if getting a vaccine isn't an ironclad guarantee that you won't get covert 9000 later there are at least some indicators that if you do the vaccine could limit its severity so you might then very well have milder symptoms.

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