incidents. where the improbable happened. was the creation of our solar system with our planet is a bit like winning the lottery. one story. starts feb 11th on t.w. . can all straggly our goals with. the search giant threatens to pull out from down on her over a new media law which puts tech giants in the crossfire also coming up the pandemic has trapped 400000 seafarers on their ships. back to their families will get an expert. with a program for many of us a world without google's search engine is hardly imaginable but that might soon be reality for $20000000.00 people in australia the tech giant is threatening to pull

its search engine from the country over a new draft law. australian news outlets won google to pay them a fee or face a hefty fine for publishing their content in its search engine a corresponding law was drafted in december google says that's unacceptable and it retaliated at a hearing before the australian senate. the principle of unrestricted linking between websites is fundamental to. and coupled with the unmanageable financial and operational risk. if this version of the kind would have become law it would give us no real choice but to stop making available in australia this would be the 1st time that google had pulled out of men tire a continent but australia isn't taking it lying down. to strive you mites our rules for things you can do in a strike that's done in

a palm and it's done by our government and that's how things work here in stride and people who want to work with that. you're very welcome but we don't respond to threats google has a lot to lose if a stray leo goes ahead with its demands other countries could follow europe has long post a challenge for the tech company after months wrangling with french publishers on thursday google finally agreed a payment framework for including their content on its search engine. as take a close look at this with our financial correspondent chelsea delaine in frankfurt chelsea tell us more on the pressure google's facing in australia i don't swear. well news publishers are very tired of seeing google you know take their content linked to their content and not really gain any financial benefits since you know google social media companies like facebook have really grown we've seen publishers

newspapers all of these news organizations really devastated because all of this traffic that used to go to their web sites is now going to google instead so we've seen many governments try to really push the push this issue and make google pay up it's been quite difficult and most of those efforts have failed but this australia case it's certainly added pressure on to the company now should does legislation to . be adopted dog did what would that mean for tech giants in their business model around the world. well the australian market for google is obviously quite small but it really this is important as a precedent because if australia is successful for if it does force people to pay publishers for their content it could be of course really used as a precedent around the world so if google has to pay publishers for their content that would really be a big financial problem for them and i think that's why we're seeing them come out so aggressively against australia right now because they are clearly saying that

they wouldn't be able to operate in australia under those conditions if you don't have financial correspondent. thank you. since is an auger ration on wednesday u.s. president joe biden has signed a number of executive orders reversing many of the policies of his predecessor these include restoring ties to the world trade organization and returning the united states to the paris climate accord president biden says his key priority is reforming the u.s. economy which has been devastated by the pandemic with unemployment soaring latest figures show nearly 1000000 americans filed new locations for unemployment benefits last week that's down slightly from the week before but it's still well above the single worst week of the great recession. among bines plans a $1.00 trillion dollars stimulus earlier d.w. asked former u.s.

labor secretary robert reich if that was in the us i believe we need to reach deeper and farther and be bolder in terms of restructuring the economy creating a brand new economy in many sectors if we're talking about green technologies wind turbines and solar panels and the rest if we're talking about medical technologies the importance of changing our health care system if we're talking about education that is not just a matter of technology but a matter of restructuring our educational system all of that requires fundamental change and also fundamental reform and i believe the by demonstration needs to be as bold as is possible. former u.s. labor secretary robert reich speaking there time now for a look at some of the other business stories making news the value of bitcoin has plunged fueled by fears of stricter regulation under president biden but the

currency has been trading at just over $25000.00 losing more than 10 percent in a single day it's had almost a quarter of its value since record highs earlier this month british prime minister boris johnson is welcoming news that nissan will source more batteries from britain and executives said the move was to avoid terrorists on electric cars under the regs that trade deal with the european union deal the 6 instead have turned britain from a risk into an opportunity. it's to the high seas now cargo ships are essential to world trade but spare a thought for the crews who operate them particularly in times like these because since the pandemic began many sailors have been stuck and koren seen on their vessels they can't go home and they're not being paid the international crew change system is in crisis another dire situation applies to around 400000 seafarers worldwide according to the international chamber of shipping the number could be as

high as 1000000 soon the international labor organization ruled in december that many governments have disregarded basic seafarers rights by violating the maritime labor convention of 2006 that guarantees them the right to access to health care to return home as well as annual and shore leave now the international chamber of shipping is demanding that seafarers receive priority covert 900 vets the nation's so they can finally leave the misery of last year behind them now for more on this let's bring in my ashley guest housing boot she's the head of the maritime section at the very labor union here in germany will come to d w it is a dire situation have there been any improvements since the international labor union said last year that seafarers rights were being violated here.

good morning and indeed it is a very dire situation and unfortunately with the imagine it's a new alliance of kobe it's we have set to see some governments and moving away from the progress made last year and reverting to old patents that means both a lot of close as unstable fly connections again becoming a barrier to successful coup changed and all of this comes to contributes negatively to the difficult situation to see for us so see if i was human rights continue to be at risk some see if i was a step and i'd like to leave the ship and continue to work on the plus labor law conditions. the. international chamber of shipping says priority vaccinations against the coronavirus would help seafarers get out of this situation being very unfortunately it's not that easy so with the appearance of new more contagious strains that e.p. is it is clear that getting on top of the virus will require more than this that he

will not have a vaccine but we must must do all of our best efforts to stop it spread and make the changes we need for our society to survive the coa derek secure essential trait so for example see for us need to be recognised as key workers globally granting them the respect of right to travel and transit without unnecessary restrictions and for this finally to become reality what needs to that new technologies to give authorities and to place confidence that see for us who are passing through a narrow boarding a ship a covert fleet so different issues at stake here obviously if we stick with the vaccination program i mean there there is the issue that you need 2 shots in order to reach immunity and that you know if it's seafarers travelling the world that's an extra problem isn't it. well indeed it is it's a complicated issue and actually a seam too much ink and so one is that there were largely responsible employers to m i conclude change that then when and wherever possible and also include in the

endeavor to make resignation available to see ferrets especially looking at hutch and sure to shots but we also seem a wise interference a few change among some of the smallest opponents who think they can get away with having c. follow us on board from many months beyond the contract so even beyond the 11 month next summer doubts and maritime never convention so as you mentioned that go as far as i was censured for the global trade so apart from the human dignity the current situation threatens the functioning of global supply chain hence global economies and we are calling on every and every company in every company that is you lying under wishing to recognize the responsibility and used they were influenced to demand that governments open the borders to see fairness before this crisis gets any worse my ass because i wasn't good of the very labor union here in germany thank you for your insights coronavirus lockdown measures have

been a disaster to many economic sectors including the fashion industry by the end of the winter half a 1000000000 pieces of apparel could have gone on sold that statement came from the berman fashion week taking place digitally disappear but these shirts and shorts won't end up in an old clothes container just yet. it's not down the perfect time for clear out yet they swung on that one. the 2nd is better that yes. this i think that's better perfect you know i never does maya wants to use the lockdown to sell some of her old outfits and donate others. i hardly ever sort out my clothes i don't buy things because i've run out so i just buy things because i think they look nice i still wear all of it i enjoy clothes shopping. that's an attitude many fashion retailers are relying on they're hoping lots of people will sort out their old clothes during

the corona pandemic and then buy new ones but all this clearing out is posing challenges for used clothing collection points this textile port in berlin a steady stream of garments has been arriving since the 1st lockdown on average germans check out 15 kilos of old clothing per year much of it is worn dirty poor quality or not appropriate for the needy recycling is an option some clothes are turned into ranks or even plastic hangers. alina vassie is a chemical engineer she makes clothes hangers out of otherwise useless textiles she picks up at the collection point we take it from them but we also work with son fashion brands that may have defected goods or returned goods that they cannot sell we collect it and then turn it into a material which is basically a alternative to plastic so by this we solve 2 environmental problems at once bassy

is now looking for investors for her start up next plan is to turn low quality used textiles with the high plastic content into furniture. and that's our show if you want more news or background information check out our website at www dot com slash those. as yourself successful. in. the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. information and contacts the coronavirus update 19. on t w. how does a virus spread. why do we panic and when we'll. just 3 of the topics covered and the weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would

like any information on the prong of virus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us and. science. as the world faces down the coronavirus infectious disease experts are becoming central to our lives advising world leaders and us on how to survive. but these scientists are just battling a fire a swan under heavy media scrutiny they're also finding misinformation politicize messaging and even personal attacks. their research information and advice is becoming even more critical as more variants emerge with unknown mutations.

scientists are often happy to be behind the scenes working on experiments or trials hoping to produce a success that. may end up in an academic journal one day but the pandemic has catapulted this next one from the lab into the spotlight like many of her scientific p. is. is a microbiologist and virologist at the university of costa rica and joins us now how's it feel to suddenly be at the center of government decision making well it's a difficult task because as you said scientists tend to be in the lab and do experiments and trying to have like a interrupted life and because of this pandemic we have to dumb in and trying to give advice and try to give our show what we know and what we can prove or not prove or have evidence for it so that's been them that difficult thing to do

playing that advisory role how much time does that leave you then in the lab well that's a good question actually before our coronavirus they used to work with a virus with viruses and they have a lot of ongoing projects and they also teach i mean i'm a professor so it's difficult to manage all the time too in order to read and learn everything from these new viruses and to see all the tsunami of information that come in from all the scientists all around will and through really have time for other things actually in my life right now it's like 80 percent of my day time is current and virus and like 20 percent so i have neglected all other thing it feels like that for a lot of us to tell you the truth. of how how much influence do you really have as

an advisor how much of all of that information that you get gets through to the politician. well that's a really good question because we science advisers have to learn that we have just percent the data have to represent the percent evidence and to suggest things but at the end we're not the ones taking decisions just their china in politician to make a better or the best decision that he or she can make so it's kind of a difficult thing for example for me it has been really i have a lot of influence for example in diagnostics or or how we handled the seas or how we understand the virus or what's happening with all these new environments that you said before but. the actual mistress' like for example up down there are economical consequence having economical consequences and it's part of what the

politicians should do so i'm not that powerful but i think that for at least here in costa rica the government has been a really good opening for us the scientists this lot so that we can go through and suggest what about the message of mosques then some scientists reportedly tied that down to prevent a mass public rochelle mosque financial supplies to medical stuff what went wrong with it. well i think we were naive actually all of us that we used to study coronaviruses before we were. we knew about corona virus sars won and we knew that we were we were able to control it so when all the cases were starting to come up in china we thought that maybe we'll this is this looks like sars maybe it's something similar maybe we can control it in the same measures that we used in

20022003 i think we were kind of hoping and naive that thinking that it was going to be like cyrus one but we were surprised actually we when we knew all at that moment after one went into lockdown and after china went into lockdown that it was going to be quite a difficult time and. and i think that scientists were. kind of biased thinking that the pandemic was going to be another virus like for example employees of virus we were actually some of us were thinking about the corner virus and there were there but we were not that. sure and i think it was a problem and the w.h.o. also was a little bits lol trying to to declare this an emergency and to to prevent we're

also seeing the same problem with the vaccine a lot of people are saying it's not 100 percent but we know it's not the 5 percent is fantastic it's one of the best sex simply that i had. if it's the best thing that we ever had the problem is that this is whispered to rewire is this so the buckskin probe is not that a 100 percent effective preventing infection but it's good preventing these. phillips patients and dying so it's a great vaccine actually kind of you have to wonder of the achievement of this scientific achievement it was so good it's so fast and so effective actually i think it's a lot of misinformation and social. social networks that start to have this kind of of a conspiracy theories and all this stuff but it kind of affecting how scientists. show what's going on and the and explain what's going on cable have to leave it there you know here thank you very much for being on the show today thank you for

having me but as well there is battling surgeon coronavirus cases on top of a drawn out economic crisis along downs forcing thousands of people to pack up and leave which is complicating the situation for colombia. what use the moments when i meet steering he left the hospital he's colombian and spent 36 days in intensive care then he saw the havoc the covert 19 has caused in the hospitals of kooky. he laid out if we move in general the attention of the doctors and nurses was very good. but i also saw that there are lots of people who are left on their own abandoned if you get there and you are practically left in a disposable. connected to a machine. in an effort to curb the spread of the virus authorities close the colombian venezuelan border but that has

not stopped the flow of people non-governmental organizations estimate that some 100000 people continue to move between the 2 countries every day. they do it along illegal trails like this one where the authorities but soon overwhelmed to carry out any health checks. it puts more pressure on city hospitals some of them have reported a 100 percent bed occupancy. gone up if you want to bring someone who comes infected and crosses it using these illegal trails ends up being a spreader of the virus to everyone around him. and the number of people he can infect is really impossible to calculate. coronavirus safety measures are barely respected and could many do not maintain social distancing or even wear

a mask even without the illegal border crossings if you demonologists fear but a 2nd wave could soon hit the region that could bring the already alarming death toll in the border areas sinew highs. as a part of the show where our science correspondent eric williams tackles your questions on the coronavirus. which vaccine is currently the safest and most effective while. around 10 different axioms are currently being given on a pretty wide scale to people. in various countries around the world but some still haven't completed trials or published all their data it would be irresponsible at this point to recommend one over others but i'm happy to take a closer look at the 2 so far that have checked all of the boxes for emergency authorization in the e.u. both are what are called messenger r.n.a. vaccines and they're the 1st ever based on this technology platform to be approved

one was co-developed by the german biotech company bio on tech and pharma giant pfizer the 2nd comes from a u.s. based biotech company called monday or not let's look at safety 1st and both vaccines were tested in trials involving over 30000 subjects half receive the vaccine the other half were given a placebo some of the people who got the candidate back scenes reported mild issues especially after the 2nd dose like like headache or fatigue or or pain at the injection site but those usually passed quickly with with no major adverse events reported since they've been rolled out a few dozen recipients have had more serious allergic reactions to them what's called anaphylaxis but don't forget the 2 vaccines have now been administered to

tens of millions of people some deaths and fragile seniors in norway who received the pfizer bio on tech vaccine are also currently being investigated and recommendations in the future might also change for that small group but as of now all those candidates have lived up to expectations that they would be very safe to take possible long term the facts will only be revealed in time of course. but there's no sign of any so far when it comes to effectiveness trials showed the 2 pretty much neck and neck both of them a downer and the pfizer biotech vaccines prevented the development of coke at 1000 $900.00 and around 95 percent of the people who received both doses which is an absolutely top notch result. and we leave you with some advice from the

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