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technological industries the technology driven in the streets of the. sea and that's about understanding how technology works. really half research is reckoned that by 202550 percent of work will be done by humans and 50 percent by machines in many cases signed by scientists there's also a digital divide in the industrialized world. the lockdowns used by the lockdowns which we've had worldwide of unleashed an immense surge of digitalisation which i believe will be a lasting one go with us. this search will continue in the post pandemic era as well and will involve a complete reshuffle distribution and reevaluation of starting work processes for tide on kind of oil with reaction from. our exports millions of jobs could soon be history research is saying more will be created but they'll be different types of jobs altogether the problem 60 percent of the world's population work in the
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so-called informal sector with no contract or further training opportunities what kind of a future did play have in a digital world. so for example if you work in the great economy you may actually not be working for a company you may be working for an application not because of that distributes work that you may respond to you are a taxi driver or maybe your feet in the free service person so so those kind of situations are you being controlled by the it could be or it can work out that people are organized like slaves to the of the of if you don't get up to speed you'll be left behind because the digital divide is widening. the tourism industry is only just starting to pick up again in some parts of the world as case numbers subside and restrictions but the damage has been done spain is a popular holiday destination for europeans but places like the seaside resort of
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benidorm have been turned into ghost towns on the costa blanca tourism normally accounts for a 3rd of economic output and the busy easter season looks set to fail. benidorm on the costa blanca is the stronghold of mass tourism in space. that used to clock up over $16000000.00 overnight stays per year in hotels for cation apartments and campsites on a normal summer's day around $40000.00 visitors would throng the beaches. but these record numbers are now a thing of the past the pandemic has hit spain's largest beach resort with full force. almost all of the nearly 200 hotels in benidorm are closed. for a fair therefore stead of business has almost ground to a halt. normally his hotel would have around 75 percent occupancy at this time of
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year. but recently there were more employees than guests in his hotel he can only dream of state aid like in germany. spain is devoting only 3 percent of its g.d.p. to helping businesses that significantly less than the e.u. average but that needs to change because spain can't function without its tourism industry it's the main engine of job creation employing 20 percent of all workers in the country. closed no aid many cafes on the sea front have shut down even though all 4 it is have allowed at least outdoor terraces to open. or going to see it is afraid that she too could lose her job. some 15000 jobs in the region's tourism industry are in jeopardy. tens of thousands have been on short time work for months and can barely survive on it.
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it's out of your wages in the industry a precarious all over spain meaning white stuff and around 1200 euros in. short time walk is only 70 percent of income so what's left over and rent simmer very expensive about $500.00 to $600.00 euros a month on average. in the center of benidorm the streets of being disinfected normally this is the party mild especially for people with british tourists now there's blue instead of fiesta. most of the stores are closed not because of the lockdown but for lack of customize . almost any of us sells ham. he spends
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most of the day alone in his shop. he sells more much and dies on line now which is the only thing keeping him afloat. there's. more which are quite a few stores bars and restaurants are closing permanently because they can't keep going many people started businesses in benidorm invested 50 or 100000 euros now they're having to give it all up because the landlords aren't willing to reduce the commercial rents. or many of. the senior worked his way up from chef to restaurant. he's had no income for months now and is worried that benidorm is about to see a wave of bankruptcies. the vulture funds and other affluent people will take advantage of this to buy it knock down prices what we have built with a lot of effort. to make the situation is really difficult and the time will come
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when we'll be out on the street watching our life's work become smoke and mirrors. the only ray of hope for. benidorm is that there's been talk of possibly easing travel restrictions from the u.k. in mid may. it will likely take years for the resort to recover from the coronavirus crisis. and of course it's not just in spain hotel and catering industry has been hit hard all over the world here in berlin restaurants and cafes are being forced to close or a during take away. many businesses are on the verge of collapse we met a few brave actually opened new businesses in the middle of the crisis despite all the risks. carol i leased a hotel during a pandemic most of her rooms are empty. no one's checking in today tonga heading has just opened the restaurant but she has no guests our circle crisis brings
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opportunities and as a team we want to seize the moment. and we can keep this up much longer. having her own hotel was a dream come true for kira knowing and she enjoys chatting to the few guests that come. up despite the pandemic noid took the plunge and invested a lot of money. but her hotel's occupancy rate is now just 12 percent. and we didn't expect things to be this and of course we're unsure we're worried about what the future will bring. 'd life partner patrick went into the business together. is now in the middle of the crisis we will support for each other i think on our own each of us would probably have given up already. had. together
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they put several 100000 euros into giving the hotel interior a make over they used all their savings some money from the family to. tiger henning was thrilled when he was able to rent the restaurant he long dreamed of in downtown. and even though he has no guests right now and takeaway orders are allowed for him it's a huge stroke of luck. this is an opportunity if you look at the place it was just nowhere else like it and. when you get that chance you have to grab it before you can do anything else. in the kitchen only opens at lunchtime from thursday to sunday the other days they just do what they can. yeah. you got to know each other in this time and you know what it makes each other take we're also methanol you with the processes involved in the business and the point of sale system accounting etc it's all been
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a slow introduction. they're doing in the basement tell me how parties. are. heading and gave up a well paid job as a manager in real estate to pursue his restaurant dream. now he's living off his savings. back to the coronavirus into our calculations we also took it into account during contract negotiations the owners accommodated this extremely well they 100 of plan demick clause in our contract. you sign a contract for 10 years you know things are hard for you $23.00 or maybe 4 months at the beginning that's the blink of an icon to that 10 year contract and to do continue on. a is also optimistic for now.
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we have no regrets about taking this step this crisis in particular has brought us closer as a team we've grown together and taken the hurdles together is a good start. one of their regular guests popped by recently with a surprise and. we were there during a difficult time for his wants now that we're not doing so well with a covert crisis he suddenly appeared at the reception and handed us a box containing little gifts. and a donation of 2000 euros. and $5000.00 or one of our that was really a lot of money for him it was very generous and we were just incredibly touched i was moved to tears that someone could be so kind at a time like this and want to support us. aunts understood smashed. 'd and her partner say they can hold out until april but after that they may well
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have to give up on their dreams. i think they would have to throw in the towel that depends on their own initiative and the support they get that's all from a today you know sign. if you.
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frankfurt airport city managed by for. this is detail the news live from berlin tanzania's president dies after weeks of absence from public life rumors have been swirling that john michael fully a contract of covert 19 of the vice president says he died of heart failure will go to tanzania for the latest also coming up. brazil's hospitals are on the brink of collapse as nuke over 1000 infections hit
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a record high local governors are ramping up restrictions and fines of president balls are. pending in the u.s. a menace trudge with murdering 8 people in a shooting spree in atlanta most of the victims were women of asian descent experts are warning of a rise in the n.t. asian hate crimes. a moment use of thanks for joining us tension is president john margo fully has died of heart failure at the age of 61 he had not appeared in public for several weeks leading to speculation that he may have contracted covert 19 and been flown abroad for treatment michael fully had repeatedly played down the risk of the chrono virus and warned against taking vaccines he was serving his 2nd term in office. john mica foully taking office in 25th day he wasted
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no time in cleaning up the government far. and thousands of officials and cutting waste. but he also clamps down on free speech and the opposition when the coronavirus crisis started he flatly denied its risks calling on tanzanians to rely on prayer. let us not allowed to destroy us through the coronavirus and make us forget to worship god this is the right time for us to defeat the devil i strongly believe god is with us in this fight against our enemy coronavirus and i'm sure we will win this war the virus rampaged across the country but the government stopped reporting infections and deaths. and in late february stopped appearing in public which led to speculation about his health. nearly 3 weeks later his vice president announced
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that he had died of a heart condition i knew moti funeral arrangements are being made. and we notified. our country shall be in a mourning period of 14 days. and the flags will fly at half mast. for many here his early successes in stamping out corruption overshadowed by his later failures to deal with the coronavirus and his increasingly authoritarian tendencies. we're joined now by condo a journalist in dar es salaam as i thanks for joining us so there was widespread speculation that president fully had contracted covert 19 but the vice president denied this what do we know about the cause of death. well as far as the cause of death is concerned what we do know is what the government has told us the vice
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president communicated with the nation just close to midnight local time. announcing to the nation that the president had passed away and the cause of death as she put it was harsh related and particular she said that the president had died from chronic tribulation or irregular heart so this of course is in contrast to what was being speculated. a lot of the international media has speculated that you know something from 1000 obviously because of the rhetoric that he had in the past being issuing with regards to the coronavirus like he said he had made a lot of statements about covert 19 almost denying that it was dangerous at all but how do you think he will be remembered and times in tanzania. well that's the interesting part because apart from his image outside the country most of his
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countrymen would deem him as a hero. just looking at someone messages and you see that people are clearly touched people talking about being more cannot choose a new. president so. president hopefully was a revolution and you need a leader who got things done and that's nicknamed the person who can get things done where other people have and have felix on the most part with his massive infrastructure projects dealing with corruption and things of that nature. and india and him to the people and so even when even when he came to a corner virus. the view in the country is slightly different from from what people perceive. him as a country to many he's
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a person that has had to calm down the tanzanian population that has been in public and told them not to panic but to take the requisite steps so definitely for people in tanzania he will be. remembered somebody who actually quite a lot in the 5 years that he was in. journalist condo and doris thank you. brazil has set a new grim record for covert 1000 infections 90000 new cases recorded in 24 hours just a day earlier the country suffered its deadliest day of the pandemic so far critics of president jr both sonora blame his lax response for the crisis and some governors and mayors are trying to take the situation into their own hands. for the 1st time covert 19 led to the deaths of more than 2800 brazilians in one day. mass graves like these have become a sad but necessary reality in brazil where the total number of deaths rank 2nd in
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the world in sao paolo the governor to create a 2 week emergency phase. you don't get it until the end of this month there will be 300000 brazilian deaths 300000 brazilians will be dead by the end of this month . and the president of the republic of having fun joking walking around riding in a jet ski having barbecues at home while we suffer with no vaccine and die across brazil. seen. it all but as you. under the emergency rules residents will have to stay at home beginning at 8 in the evening and large gatherings such as sports events have all been canceled some welcome the restrictions others wonder if they're strict enough. film isn't that it might not it's necessary but we're doing our part and the others aren't right because there are parties in the neighborhoods and nobody is doing anything about
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it. because you didn't only thing that hurts brazilians is losing money so they would have to find whoever is not wearing a mask wherever is in a crowd or whoever organizes a large group the measures will not be effective if this keeps happening with impunity. others are skeptical that the restrictions are necessary despite the skyrocketing number of cases. it's just impaired and people are losing their jobs suffering going into depression and sadness there is no need to close the stores the restaurants and all that to repress the people without jobs just because it's the will of a governor. who saw money they have very little of. brazil's health care system has been overrun with hospital beds near capacity nationwide and less than 2 percent of brazilians are fully vaccinated. stake a look at some of the other stories making news around the world.
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the european union has outlined plans for a vaccine passport designed to restart travel during the pandemic a so-called green certificate would create a digital document showing a traveller has been vaccinated or has recovered from covert 19. in the netherlands prime minister mark ritter is almost certain to win a 4th term in office exit polls put his center right freedom and democracy party ahead with just under a quarter of the vote and then to form a coalition with at least 2 other parties. turkey's pro kurdish h.t.t.p. party is fighting for its political survival after a prosecutor asked the country's top court to shut it down party is accused of having ties to the p k k militant group h d p says the case is part of a long campaign to stifle opposition president into one's government. now a gunman accused of killing 8 people in the u.s. state of georgia has been charged with murder a 21 year old was arrested after
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a shooting spree at 3 massage parlors in the atlanta area most of the victims were women of asian descent suspect who is white claims that the attack was not racially motivated but rather the result of his quote sexual addiction attacks on asian americans have increased during the coronavirus and i think the killings have sent shock waves through the asian community. now for more on this i'm joined by political analyst jessica berlin thanks for joining us jessica now most of the victims were asian americans we know this and police have said that the suspect denied that he there was any racial motivation behind this attack what is your take on this. things and that's a very important question the short answer is this was a racially motivated targeted attack this young man whatever his other problems may be went to 3 different asian owned businesses and targeted asian people in those
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businesses and murdered them and so frankly it's problematic to try and frame this this crime in terms of sexual addiction or massage any because at the end of the day even if it's an intersection of all these issues race was a motivating factor in this crime and whether the whether the person who perpetrated the crime would admit to the police that it's rife racially motivated or not doesn't take away from the fact that race was a common factor in both the victims and the locations of the shooting now regardless of what the suspect says or believes about his own motivations what effect do you think this will have on the engine american community in that area but also in the u.s. in general. well the reaction has been instantaneous and overwhelming people are hurt people are scared but also people are angry you know this has not been
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a new issue anti asian and asian american discrimination has been on the rise ever since covert 19 broke out and due to of the unfortunate and repeat it statements from the former presidents are about the china virus or the confluence cetera and the discrimination and even violence hate crimes and been rising constantly and to see that this tips over into a mass shooting event is something unfortunately that's all too common in america but now the asian american community is completely galvanized so there's this real sense of solidarity and a sense that the community will not be silenced political analyst jessica berlin thank you. to the champion's league now the top club tournaments in europe and the defending title holders byner munich are through to the quarterfinals of this
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season's event thanks to a 2 legged victory over italian side lot c.e.o. robert love and dos he scored 1st byron went on to win 2 to one wednesday night and 6 to 2 over the 2 matches in london chelsea advanced as well by the fueling up but to go madrid one nil and 2 nil on aggregate a damning report in the u.k. has blamed the english football association for failing to protect hundreds of young players from sexual abuse by pedophile coaches the report says there were significant institutional failings by the government body once it became aware of decades of abuse dating back to the 1970 s. among those listed as failing in their duties top tier clubs such as chelsea manchester city. it was a former youth player at the football club crewe alexandra who put the spotlight on the sexual abuse of young players police reopened investigations and charges were filed but this was years decades after the fact. that
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a player was andy woodward who in 2016 inspired dozens and dozens of others to finally speak out as well that was the year attorney clive sheldon was commissioned to independently report on the f.a.a. the football association there was an institutional failing by the f.a.a. they acted for too slowly in developing that child protection of rangelands once they were aware of child protection being a problem within the school and they should have done more to keep children safe this man barry but now was among the predators he coached young people for clubs like crewe alexandra stoke and manchester city from the 1980 s. he's in prison now but wasn't banned from football after his 1st conviction and release from prison it took until former players like andy woodward spoke out against him the football association and clubs from the lowest tier to the top have since then worked to make amends and protect the youth. we have to hold hands up
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and apologize for the mistakes of the past make sure we don't repeat them but that's not to say that football is. it is some abuse victims say the report on the football association could have been stronger in tone but the f.a. will be watched at every step by those who suffered over the years. next up is our coping 1000 special coverage don't forget you can always get the latest on our website that's dot com i'll be nice of thanks for joining. the fight against the corona virus pandemic. has the rate of infection in developing. the latest research. information and contacts the coronavirus update 19 special. on t w.

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