yeah. the past as long as the profit margin is not too high relative to per capita income as long as people can afford it as long as it's dignified low enough price so that they can buy as much as they need there's no problem it's the same with everything food clothes. there's always a profit margin and that's ok as long as we can afford it. doesn't often. use the only way to prevent a supply crisis is to raise the price of water so we come to value the resource for what it's really worth. water is used in different ways in different parts of the world in europe for example agriculture industry and household suck up and spit out pretty much equal amounts but in north and south america farming makes up a much more sizeable fraction of total use and agriculture in asia and africa

swallow around 80 percent of it just 15 percent is used by industry and amiga 5 percent by private households in many major cities water is growing increasingly scarce in the philippine capital things have reached a critical stage now the government plans to build a dam to supply manila with 600000000 liters of water a day but it will uproot entire villages my colleague. went to talk to some of them . the coming war river has always run through the share of modern mountain range in northeastern philippines but a controversial down project is set to change its course forever so this might be one of my last boat rides here. up ahead is the plan construction site for the call you walk and all along the forest policy or a big tunnel will be built for the convenience of water. the water behind it could

be up to 162 meters deep. that's more than enough to inundate communities like this one i visited the village of seato keeper russell which is closest to the dam site here the indigenous to moderate people have lived alongside peasant farmers and fishers for generations many of them have put up signs opposing the down as they face displacement and the loss of their livelihoods. i'm just wondering. when the flood comes how are we going to find food. we can't swim or dive for fish i mean we wouldn't be able to do any of that. so what's going to become of us. the dam is designed to boost the water supply in manila the philippine capital and the country's economic and political center. were actually just 40 kilometers south of the dam site

but this urban jungle feels worlds away from their remote mountain communities. the authorities here say dwindling supply at manila's primary water sources is leading to shortages in a city that won't stop expanding. the watershed greater than may go by then that is very serious mother read about. the growing the about through the. the government argues that displacing thousands and destroying hundreds of hector's of forest land is justified as it will secure water for more than 12000000 people and that it's worth the taxpayer burden in the form of a contentious loan from china of more than $200000000.00 residents whose properties are set to be washed away by the dams construction are going to be taken care of according to official promises. but many here tell me that they're skeptical.

my dad. oh we've heard a lot of offers but we're not accepting them because we don't want to give away what's intended for the generations that come after us. we want them to live if really in our communities. what are they offering you a long period they say they'll give us money or they'll provide us with housing but we don't know where they will take us what if they relocate us to burn they look for example how would we survive when we're not used to life. and indeed communities here live in accordance with the rhythms of the river and protect the environment it's a way of life that could be lost if the government has its way.

these are our ancestral lands if they build the dam will lose our identity. that's death for us not just of our physical bodies but our culture politics and economics. even if they do find somewhere for us to resettle we won't be able to live in our traditional way dependent on nature. the projects critics say they have history on their side the current initiative is a reincarnation of sorts of the let you down a few kilometers away which was never completed that project was shut down by community opposition more than a decade ago only ruined stand in the water. now if the even project had been continued there be water all around us as high as the walls which you see behind me the fact that the project was halted is a memory for many of the resistance that was successful but the outcome of their

present day struggle is far from certain. the desire to preserve the river as it is clashes with the urge to change and control it in a standoff that pits local people against the powerful government in the capital if you expect to give way. the poll often lose out the most when it comes to water rights at the other end of the spectrum by the wealthy who have turned water into a luxury good bottle burra that can cost hundreds of times what it costs out of the tap. billions and of course there are experts who say that like fine wine. has many nuances that it detectable to the discerning palates a reporter went to talk with people trying to be what he. water. says water isn't just water. you know

return and source good water is a distinctive character and. we're not talking about regular tap water but the kind that comes in bottles in germany that can up the price $100.00 times. these people are taking a course to become water sawmill yes they're doing a taste test identify the water without seeing the label on the bottle. you know nothing for us you know sodium taste salty calcium makes the mouth feel dry magnesium makes the water taste sweet and bitter and then there are a bubbles carbon dioxide. that's often a giveaway if you throw. the 9 day course costs over 2000 euros sommeliers have to register subtle differences and talk about them key if you want to sell lots of bottles. some of the students work for mineral water companies

usually in the marketing or sales department they have to be able to explain to customers what makes their water special. last year the global bottled water market was worth $270000000000.00 euros average consumption 62 liters per person. for my it's one of the students on the a's he works for a mineral water company entire austria. it has its own spring and has invested millions in a new bottling plant. we're standing right on top of our source the aquifer that's been here beneath tile home for 25000 years waiting for us. you. damn water it contains a certain mix of minerals which is quantified it the austrian law as a medicinal water in both austria and germany and it is still waters are actually

considered drugs that are regulated by the relevant authorities. there's an organ and we have what's known as a sodium potassium sulfate asadullah spring with its positive feature is that it contains a lot of lithium which lifts the mood significantly in. the time when my brand was recently acquired by the billionaire mater shit family which made its money with the energy drink red bull and knows all about marketing beverages. back at the taste test some of the students fluxed. distinguishing waters is no easy matter.

but what is difficult. yes very such tiny differences. here are the answers the 1st was number 21 i'm. not much sodium a little magnesium and a lot of calcium. and mastery of barely perceptible difference is makes the. posh water is big business worldwide. news international trade is growing all the time the country with the 2nd largest number of somalia is this taiwan with more than 21. we need water to survive water can be very refreshing and for some it's a delicacy to be savored. i have to admit the only time i really save water is after a long workout or work but then i'm a straight no one expects us to be connoisseurs of anything that's all for made today thanks for joining us and to drop us

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this is g.w. news live from berlin brazil's deadliest 24 hours since the beginning of the pandemic the daily death toll climbs above 2000 people for the 1st time to bring you the latest from announce the amazonian city that has been devastated by a more contagious virus very also coming up on the show 10 years since japan was hit by the triple disaster of earthquake tsunami and nuclear meltdown we take

a look at how it has changed the country. hello i'm claire richardson welcome to the show the number of daily covert 1000 deaths recorded in brazil has climbed above 2000 people for the 1st time over 270000 people there have now lost their lives to the coronavirus death toll surpassed only by the united states scientists say brazil's current wave of infections and deaths is being fueled by a more contagious virus variant it started in early january in the amazonian city of mn alex hospitals ran out of oxygen and people died waiting for medical attention but now health experts fear complacency has set in and that could lead to more virus mutations developing and spreading the reporter johan i mean it has

traveled to my mouse to assess the situation. you see in the city. back to live in a normal life in meet john want to reach an early date when the health system in the now is collapsed she had been infected with the newest strain of the coronavirus and needed oxygen but this city run out of feet by the sea we'll see how. it sam took a book a lift to. yes and i hate the more religious people said it was a sign of the end of the world enemy this really was a nightmare i never thought i would experience such a dramatic moment the moment the film that i match the scene it's a moment the sea descends to hop forgotten this is the main market in manassas even those tours and businesses are only allowed to to operate at 50 percent of their normal capacity and despite scientists warnings about emergence of more and more

dangerous variants the market is always overcrowded. about 13 new strains of think we're on a virus had been that that death in minot was one off then the one is responsible for 60 percent of current infections in the region suggesting that it is more transmissible and that number is on the rise raising fears of a 3rd wave it could lead it to dead mergence or even more dangerous bargains according to devide although just who discovered that he was trying. to squash the peoples of the hiv your scares me because they are seeing the situation the worse and yet they continue to live as if things are normal so that could mean that we will soon have a much more serious situation. however according to the studies by the fear of his research foundation the government of vaccines are still effective against the p one strain is but sedation center can add mr dallas sense of those aspire days but

even here the oath already is are on the table implement physical distance and. watching the moment when vaccination starts there are always a lot of people but then they crowding goes down when older people count for backs and anxious they bring one or 2 relatives and that's what causes the crowds on the woman herself with more than 7 percent of it's the hobby that spikes united the state of. sourness where my mouse is located because administers their most doses today to brazil however it is still a far from containing the virus without social distancing people will continue to die from the virus. the city has made space for 22000 new graves in the cemetery and it's on the horrific forecast of what the new variants it brings to my mouse in the our future. and journalist as sam khouri joins me now from sao paulo for more

the same as the u.s. and parts of europe start to get things more under control brazil appears to be going in the wrong direction with these crushing a case numbers how did things get so out of control in brazil. good morning clear really dire situation here what we've seen in man now is essentially now spreading across the country where i am here in sao paolo which is brazil was wealthiest and most developed say there are no more i.c.u. beds right now there are thousands of people thousands even in bags waiting in the queue some people have died in the queue at least a dozen people that we know of have died in the queue you know some part of the huge state 44000000 people but it really sets the tone if the richest and most developed state in the country is at full capacity. essentially there are 3 main problems here right now what as the as we heard from our colleague in the previous report the new variant which was detected him announced in january is one of the

main cases of this what we're seeing across the country right now is that the number of new cases that are being detected something like 5 out of 8 are connected to the new variant how do we improve in the 3rd the new virus and itself is more deadly but it is more contagious it's twice as contagious as the original corona virus and in a country like brazil if there's more can if this if it's more contagious there's going to be more people that die especially as the hospitals fill up the 2nd reason is that the vaccine uptake has been very slow across the country less than 5 percent of people have been vaccine the you know 220000000 people here in brazil long way to go before we reach the 70 percent threshold which is considered safe and then the main reason that if you speak to all medical professionals is the behavior of the federal government especially the far right president dr olson already who from the beginning has set to downplay the virus you know when he was

in florida with donald trump it was he said it was an invention of the media to take down the government that he went to being a little flu that he wouldn't have to worry about because he used to be an athlete then it went to being all just man out we've got to get on with things and the thing is this kind. rhetoric you know in brazil which is a country it's a middle income country lots of people in the informal economy lots of people you know literally working during lunch times but dinner on the table when the president says it won't affect me because i used to be an athlete you know that resonates but perpetual was that resonates with a lot of people and so the loggerheads that the that the disconnect between the federal government that we've seen here and the state government here like we've seen in sao paolo with the state governor calling on people to really try and you know social distancing going to look down and the president saying no we've got to keep the economy open we've got to keep the economy running it's just a little flu that's really caused a lot of confusion and is one of the main reasons or the aunt that according to all the experts i've spoken to and palin south hollow thank you very much for that

update. and let's get you up to speed now on some other stories making news around the world the united nations security council has released a statement unanimously condemning the violence against peaceful protesters in myanmar it called on the military to exercise restraint and engage in constructive dialogue language of threatening further action was however removed after opposition from china and russia. u.s. secretary of state and blinken has described violence in ethiopia as a region as ethnic cleansing and he has called for the withdrawal of eritrean troops washington's most senior diplomatic called for a reconciliation process to restore peace more than 50000 people have been killed since war broke out in november. the u.s. congress has approved a sweeping pandemic relief package the 1st major legislative triumph of the biden administration the covert $1000.00 bill is expected to be signed into law on friday

the measures include direct relief payments for most americans and billions of dollars for schools local authorities and businesses. and the u.s. state of texas has lifted its mass mandate and capacity restrictions on restaurants and businesses. about 19 percent of the u.s. adult population has so far received one or more vaccine doses but experts warn that the lifting of coronavirus curbs like what is happening in texas will help spur the spread of infections. on thursday marks the 10th anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern japan causing the deaths of some 18000 people the tsunami wave hit the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant causing a reactor meltdown and the evacuation of up to 150000 people only term noble compares to the scale of the disaster. well if 300 square kilometer exclusion zone around

the power plant remains in place and it contains the memories of a tragedy that has defined the lives of survivors nomi is a ghost town situated just a few kilometers from the fukushima nuclear power plant the only thing left here is memories from march 27th. samuel como grew up here nowadays he rarely visits the family home it lies in the exclusion zone. where it's been too dangerous to live ever since. to grow a pool i don't find it time is to still use it i feel more that everything has gotten worse. now there is just silence here. but sammy o'connor is still haunted by the sound of the tsunami. and the image of the waves destroying everything in its path is stuck in his mind.

body there being a wall after respect nature these are nature's warning signs that you must treat the earth with care on your part of the kid if you are. samuel used to work at the power plant now he wants nothing more to do with nuclear energy. one look at the area explains why the banks littering the ground are filled with radioactive soil an entire city has been eradicated and almost no one wants to live here cleaning up the damage will take generations thousands are busy on the site of the nuclear plant but the toughest work is yet to come where. there's no blueprint for the work here and even though we're making progress you still come up against problems you didn't anticipate. you can hear what about. the workers recover spent nuclear fuel and make sure the reactors

a constantly pumps with cooling water the water is purified but it's still contaminated and it may have to be dumped into the ocean at some point. the area is still in a state of emergency according to greenpeace that were already in year 10. it will be going on for at least the rest of the century. japan has invested billions of euros rebuilt sounds or constructs entirely new ones but they are mostly empty filled only with those who work at the power plant or the elderly. semi o'connor who hates the word reconstruction he says nothing will be like it was before. the grave site of his family lies in the exclusion zone. no sure for people who don't want to know her but just look at what i have to put on the kinds of annoying things i have to put up with just to visit a great site it won't be over tomorrow or in 10 years or even

decades from now that's why sammy o'connor feels compelled to talk about what happened on march 11th 2011 of the focus from a disaster shock public confidence in nuclear power in japan the country's reactors were shut down and remained mostly offline today earlier i spoke to journalist a sunny a blush in tokyo and i asked her how would your pan has changed since the disaster there was this this idea that japan would abandon nuclear power they were in the 1st 2 years very big demonstrations by japanese standards. but then 2 years later the liberal democratic party came again into power and they very much includes nuclear policy still in their energy plan and it's still in the

current energy plan and apart from nuclear power of course the disaster preparedness has improved it's always been relatively good but there have been new measures taken like. new steps built close to the sea that people can escape to acquire up places and so on of course as us the truth is up being held but on a political level like us it will when it comes to nuclear power. it's still very much the same and there's very much. this movement by the nuclear village as it's call it to maintain its its previous power. so you're speaking to us there time for some good news now because berlin zoo is baby gorilla finally has a name thousands of berliners a took part in an online vote and staff shows tella for last month's new addition to the zoo's gerbil a family 1st time mom bebe took a break and snapped on

a special fruit and vegetable feast to mark to last name day other suggestions had included hope kovi and even frau markel after the german chancellor. have to say i'm glad that one out there you're watching a data news a stay tuned for our covert $1000.00 special and a look at the debate around immunity passports and play richardson in berlin from the entire news team thanks so much for watching. the phone against the corona virus. as the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. information and context around a virus update nineteen's. own d w. i was you see when i arrived here i slept with

6 people in a room. it was hard to.