this is d.w. news live from berlin easton astray of battles its worst floods in decades are relentless downpour laves the outskirts of sydney on the water and dams overflowing with no letup in sight all far he's declared a natural disaster also coming up the spectacular sights continue to be iceland's capital as lava flows from a volcano that hasn't erupted in almost 800 years scientists say the eruption doesn't pose a threat to people. strike it. closes in on the record at the same goals in the

bundesliga scoring as his james bond and keep on winning. i'm rebecca richards welcome to the program is in a stride you have declared a natural disaster. continue to pummel the east of the country but downpour is causing some of the worst flooding in decades people were evacuated from near sydney is more than 30 centimeters of rain fell in the area and just over a day emergency services a warning of a life threatening situation. a high school studying the manning river in new south wales. much of the state has been affected by dangerous flash flooding it's causing widespread damage and just threatening lives american sea services have

appealed to people not to drive through the flood waters it's not worth. the risk you creating significant risk to yourself to your families and also to the 1st us who would need to come and say. record rains to pay most of the state some areas have reported the worst flooding in half a century and the day and poor's are showing no signs of abating. we're just inundated at the moment. and the water still rising demographic report you know you know. yeah this is the worst i've seen it last year just after christmas it was pretty bad as well but not this bad. it's going to be a lot of people might you don't get their houses a lot of they won't get to work right will be wrecked and as well that's going to get a test and i think a lot of people bit of a walk up call the government is offering financial assistance to people affected by the floods meteorologists are warning that this extreme weather is set to

continue for several days. and let's bring in journalist rochelle harrison pleasant in sydney hi rachelle so new south wales is saying some of the worst flooding in decades and parts of sydney where you are also now being evacuated what kind of damages are we talking about here. well actually authorities have said the rain it's currently lashing the mid north coast of new south wales is a once in a century then there's the record breaking rains that are lashed that region but also as you said it right here in sydney aware of that equation orders were given this sunday afternoon to thousands of residents in parts of western sydney sydney notably henrich area a national disaster has been declared in 16 local government areas across the state we know that hundreds of properties and properties have been damaged and sadly people's beloved pets have also been lost in love and then there are

reports of horses and livestock being washed down the rivers and washing up on local beaches there are some incredible images old for example a cow that was had to be rescued from the surf on the mid north coast of new south wales so it's not something you see every day that's the short yeah those poor animals and the deaths or a video of a kangaroo being swept away it's really quite shocking and now how well prepared are all thora teens and paper for this we heard the better obviously there's an amazing funding from the government but how unprepared were they. are. well i think both authorities and residents were taken by surprise by just how quickly the strains arrived and how quickly the floodwaters started rising so there wasn't a ration ounce of preparation and 13 makeshift evacuation centers of popped up in

those affected regions of cross the state there were more than 100. volunteers on the frontline there and they have reportedly carried out some 700 led rescues just in the past 3 days so that and enormous amounts of them out of the game that's a a once in a lifetime. weather events that i think just nobody was prepared for was expecting the rain is going to keep bashing this area well into next week so i think it's a case of people really just hunkering down and bracing for the worst you mention extreme weather events there which of course this is now last year we saw many people remember australia was really saying these huge bushfires what are people in australia saying about these extreme weather events. well exactly like you say this time last year in the wake of the devastating black summer bushfires we were just

calling out for rain baking for rain and now it's here january 2021 also australia's partisan economics are not on the right course but this year so far has been much cooler and that's because of the. ethanol in and learned weather events which tends to bring cooler daytime temperatures that also share the rainfall but what's interesting to note is that climate scientists have said time and time again that. and during these extreme weather events the fact of global warming is making. who is making money weather events are having to be a floodwaters heavy rains but also during el nino it's also bringing more severe drought and was that the bush. right richelle harrison plaza in sydney stay dry and

say thank you. give my best thank you. let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world a new wave of protests has been held in against its military rule is one man was killed and several wounded when police opened fire on a group setting up a barricade in the central city of money in if 250 people have been killed since the army took power in a coup in february. turkish police have arrested a prominent pro kurdish politician who's been staging a protest in parliament for the past 5 days. to refuse to leave the building after he was stripped of his seat and his immunity as mica. poland has imposed new lockdown restrictions this weekend in response to an exponential rise in covert 19 infection rates much of public life will be shot for at least 3 weeks the health care system is under strain as hospitals struggle with a surge of new admission. and

a state of emergency has been declared in miami beach off the large crowds of revelers arrive for spring break it's the 2nd here in a row little thora he's in the american resort city of planned down because of fears that crowds could spread the coronavirus. scientists say activity in a volcano that erupted near iceland's capital on friday appears to be subsiding iceland is the most active volcanic volcanic region in europe with an eruption every 5 years on average seismologists say the eruption was small and is not expected to cause major disruption however it's the 1st time a volcano has erupted in the area in $800.00. lover spilled through the cracks of this iceland volcano are fountains of red to tend to the sky . onlookers watched the rare event from a distance and experts say soon be over. if this will

continue as we've seen no i think it's most likely that this interruption will. diminish you know slowly decreasing power and terminate in only a few days. iceland has seen a spike in seismic activity over the past few weeks experts said it was only a matter of time before an eruption. it happened in an area that lay dormant for the last 800 lives in 2010 volcanic activity in iceland caused a major air travel disruption but this relatively small eruption will do little harm. this eruption will not affect the air traffic now the this isn't a few sort of churn which means that it's more to produce in the lab or the smoke that is coming out if it is least my know if there's no ash coming from it so there's no if traffic considerations i have to what if the. main threat is

pollution from the gases those living nearby have been advised to shut their windows. but for locals the volcano has served to mostly as a spectacle. berlin is home to one of the world's top orchestras the berlin philharmonic but since last year it hasn't been able to perform in public due to pandemic restrictions now the orchestra is looking at ways to change that it's given a test concert with numerous safeguards to protect both players and audience from the coronavirus. romeo and. juliet the 1st live concert after berlin's feel money concert hall in more than easier. to your audience of 1000 people paid the sum of 20 euros and that included a code with 19 text despite the 3rd pandemic wave hitting germany with rising

numbers of infections these concert goers eagerly start in line. what do you expect from today a great concert from the orchestra conductor and finally able to listen to music in a concert hall with many people around. it's good for the cells. i feel really really great i don't feel like i'm a guinea pig at all it's an honor to be here today that's the sound of people clapping that's a noise that i haven't heard for a long time but before the applause the crowd had to get tested instead of a drink and an appetizer if they got their throats swapped 500 people were tested in just 90 minutes and not one of them was positive for corona virus. the technicians who tested the crowd were also allowed to watch the concert and the orchestra were tested to. kind of i can't describe how happy the orchestra are that they're alive to play in front of an

audience one of them told me they'd bought a new suit for the occasion of their member said it's like 10 christmases in one. chief conductor carroll pre-trained go on the berlin philharmonic passion like this hasn't been witnessed in a long time a pilot project in 9 cultural venues runs until easter tickets sold out within minutes. well i have to say that i was there last night and it was spectacular and it did feel like life as normal so well done to the film like now it's time for the one to take a football now and robert leavened scored a 1st half hat trick as beinecke cruised to an easy win over stuttgart and the only strike it now needs just a 5 goals in his remaining 8 matches to equal the record for the most in about his latest season strike again managed 40 almost 5 decades ago no one has come anywhere near that record until now. robert ever does he is closer than ever to the all time

buddha's league goal scoring record he's already 932 times this season and ahead of this crash wish to god but is off today and started with a setback when our phones are davies was said so for this challenge to cold sweats and any hope that guests may have hope bit of a shock result what dealt a blow shortly afterwards though when serge cannot presets leventhal speak for his 1st of the often are. off to a smooth passing move in the 20 seconds mimic can operate himself doubled by ends meet the 3rd goal in the space of 5 minutes that followed when thomas moved across to live a dusty who converted with a perfect replaced. by owen's 4th song. the striker completes a 1st half hat trick with his 35th bundesliga goal of the current campaign with a games left 11 dusty looks a safe bet to equal or even surpassed good mornings record of 40 goals in

a single season. though but if you don't want to think about it too much i need to stay patient and do my job how many goals are need to score that's a secondary concern at the moment that's the thing there's a man in fight that i. acquired 2nd stuttgart accept their fight very steady in 7th place while league leaders boy and maintain their 4 point christian are very much at the top of the table. and while 11 has been piling on the goals from bion young erling holland has been doing the same thing for dortmund. he added 2 more to his total against cologne on saturday early on holland controlled a long chance and hopes the ball into the net to give dortmund an early lead the 2 goals put cologne ahead until the 90th minute and holland popped up again to make it 22 draw things dortmund stay 5th in the league.

you're watching news coming up next as our magazine world stories sound documentary the consequences of coronavirus will have more headlines at the top of the hour until then there's always our web site t w dot com i'm a banker it is invalid in thanks very much for watching. more than half the world will be living with limited water resources we haven't had to think about our war i think that euro is over it's a financial problem like any other financial the world is changing to the most important commodity. all be free for a mortal or necessity or commodity starts march 22nd on d w. months into the

coronavirus pandemic with no end in sight it's already clear that the economic consequences will be drastic. company or not these are the coronavirus crisis is certainly the most serious event since world war 2. germany's corporations have long profited from cheap labor in far off countries now they're experiencing the downside of globalized labor and long supply chains is it time to cut back on overseas production. i think this total dependence on asia for far too many active ingredients that has to stop as soon as possible. so what does that mean for germany is its wellbeing hanging by a thread of india it's this we decided to bring production back to germany which was a beginning of a fair amount of prosperity. then there are the millions of people at the other end of the supply chain the countries where cheap production takes place are being hit

even harder. your job means no money and no money means no for many more people will die of starvation then you will die of hunger and this is the biggest development disaster in all of our. pandemic related crashes left globalization's critics feeling vindicated. they mocked the markets not capable of justice and the globalization game is a plenty big process do you want to continue to get it was i said not best not what you meant. is the pandemic the beginning of the end of globalization as we know it . this is the port of hamburg. it's a hub for

a large portion of the goods germany exports and imports. hardly any other country in the world as highly connected or as dependent on the uninterrupted flow of trade . germany's prosperity depends on well functioning international supply chains. that's why the cranes here never stop moving on these talks it's become especially clear just how much the crisis has slowed the global economy. more than a 3rd of germany's foreign trade with the far east passes through here. the head of port operator h h l a is i'm delighted scott when the virus paralyze china in spring of 2020 she could gauge the pandemic by container numbers. he's a company on one spot not likely the crisis arrived here with flying scene does do you need a tyvaso capacity reduction some ship owners took out every 10th shit. you know and and at times especially in may june capacity and volume were down by up to 40

percent. even them at the height of the crisis so far germany supply of goods was never seriously threatened. but for a time many companies felt pressure on their supply chains. is to go or not he says the pandemic a glitch then one time impact the event is as it can all been nice just i don't think the damage will be common and often but i just don't think the recovery will take several more months if not. one. global trade is slowly recovering initially trade in the economy came back faster than expected. but rising worldwide infections and more looming shutdowns will be setbacks to recovery. there are fears that supply chains could come under a new pressure. the pandemic has been an alarm bell for german companies what lessons are they learning from it. let's zoom in on the volkswagen automotive plant

and for spork. the pandemic has hit the german economy here especially hard. in mid march germany's biggest company and its most important industry were suddenly paralyzed assembly lines ground to a halt. the coronavirus was the perfect storm affecting b.w. is vital supply chains. production invoice pork requires parts from around the world b.w. has $26.00 locations in china alone. unsold cars piled up at the plant and employees feared for their jobs. v.w. boss have a decent felt compelled to temporarily closed factories. the fresh plain view of the current deteriorating sales situation and growing a certainty over the supply of pots to factories there will be immediate interruptions to the production of our brands but a common. globalization is what made volkswagen success story possible in the 1st

place competitors time low and b.m.w. have also spread their production sites around the world. the pandemic brought home the risks of that level of international integration. producing goods outside of germany is often cheaper than doing it at home. so many industries have moved parts of their operations abroad and it's not just about the goods themselves money people information and ideas are all racing ever faster across borders. globalization is interconnecting business politics and people more and more and increasing their dependence on one another. is the pandemic now calling globalization and the. and with it the very basis of many national economies. at oxford university professor ian gold

at research as the implications of globally distributed production. long before the pandemic he warned that the world wide linking of supply chains trade and transport could lead to a standstill in the event of a crisis. it's got many good aspects that help us like vaccines. like all the things that make our lives better at the same time it also has very negative things about it many countries have been devastated by the kind that make economically and medically i don't believe that we should be stopping it i believe we should be seeing this as a wake up call that we need to manage it more effectively we recognise that the pandemic is the result of back managed globalisation so what do you think will be the reaction of companies going forward with the pandemic in mind supply chains have been fragmented too much. i've been arguing for

a long time that we need to have more resilience system that the just in time delivery system is very bad for resilience but i do not believe that means less globalisation because actually what we need food for resilience is more diversification we need more all suppliers from more places. the franco german pharmaceutical giant sanofi recognised exactly this risk. outsourcing production is often cheaper but the fewer suppliers you have the more vulnerable your supply. when it comes to medicine diversification can literally be a lifesaver. here and find out what who 1st sanofi produces active ingredients for many drugs tons of chemicals are mixed in huge machines like this one for example sex offender. an allergy drug. there then combined with other ingredients and made into medicines explains on off the manager of my ts paul. how important are global

supply chains for sourcing these ingredients. overheads to preserve eyes and i know that's a no fee typically still has relatively high vertical range of manufacture which means we produce quite a lot outsells with quality reasons and sanofi has a policy that for every product we purchased we have at least 2 supply is located in different regions fine so we can ensure our supply chains aren't dependent on a single country or supplier and if nothing exists. with production in europe barely profitable the last few decades have seen many drug companies move factories to asia labor is cheap there and environmental and safety standards are low. as a result 60 percent of active pharmaceutical and gradients are now only produced in asia and western europe the number is about 28 percent in north america 5 percent and 7 percent in other countries. is dependent

particularly on india and china has led to dramatic shortages during the pen to make. to avoid this in the future because i know if he is planning a new venture to champion european pharmaceutical and gradients. it will split off 6 of its factories and attract external investors for the new company. the i.p.o. is planned for spring of 2022 under the leadership of manager shock paul. yes. i'm it shifting 100 percent of production to asia is too risky it's too risky for many essential drugs so-called lifesaving medicines this crisis shows very clearly the limits of our current system. plus if we could help them all or do you think europe can regain its independence in this area the demand for great night if we can't be naive we're not going to bring production of all active pharmaceutical and gradients back to europe. but this total dependence on asia for far too many active

ingredients that has to stop as soon as possible he she needs of it on book what should people invest in this project support. over well in the coming months we're going to show that the company we are creating is profitable and clearly able to make will do but given the experience of this pandemic we are asking governments to help us with subsidies. we need to strengthen europe's sovereignty because europe mustn't put all its eggs in one basket the good on the. multiple suppliers in different countries sounds like a good idea but when every country is affected like in a global 10 demick even that doesn't help much. so will this crisis change the current system. if you can make something cheaper somewhere else you need to outsource it or even go there so do you think that this pandemic fundamentally alters that calculation part of the reason why things were outsourced why there was

this fragmentation of supply chains was to take advantage of cheap labor around the world but in a world where credit to are done by machines or to mates of. cheap labor is no longer an advantage. robots replacing workers seems like the way. of the future but in most industries low wages are still a competitive advantage. for example when it comes to face masks. during a pandemic everyone needs them but decorative cloth masks like these are no good for doctors and nurses they need high quality masks made of non woven fabric. that's why it was all the more disastrous that supplies halted at the beginning of the pandemic because of wage costs mass production had been outsourced to asia. taken notes to it for the must know the answers are known way of a material that's used to make mosques often comes from germany from europe us the

machines used to make the mosques often come from germany from europe because of labor costs right now it's all put together in other countries like china and then then. the german government hopes subsidies will encourage firms to restart domestic production. british south african company monti has a factory a coal now on the dutch german border. on the normally makes plastic film and components for diapers and hygiene products but now the firm is working flat out on a large scale plant to produce medical facemasks. monty plant manager shows us the empty hall where the factory will be set up. when everything's ready so-called milk blown on woman fabric will roll off the line here it's made entirely of plastic. under high pressure

it's atomized into microfiber thinner than a human hair. the high tech fabric can filter bacteria and viruses from the air we breathe. it will be used to make $300000000.00 masks a year. the 1st prototypes of already been created all of it made in germany. and new voice how do you make german muscle production a profit. in a long time if you didn't you to be right now it's so much cheaper in china as if you the point is that the essential point is that we're setting up a fully integrated production what if you can be a house if that means we'll produce the non woven fabric ourselves that's all female make the masks here at high speed and just count it with our machine will be able to produce about a 1000000 masses our day and a new one must be planned that will mean increased efficiency and in turn more cost effective production to close to conceivable puts all of the stuff just about the government subsidy must have been important for monday in his decision right as

a boy it's plays a big role it's important to secure things here in germany and europe in the long term and of course it's an important element of. monday finance is up to 40 percent of costs through subsidies. manufacturers can get a maximum of 10000000 euros for a facility in return they have to sell their masks soley in europe until the end of 2025. when the time gets oscar in high demand because of the pen to make do you think things will stay that way a long time on as one sets if we're talking about medical masks that require high quality standards and we see high demand for them in the medium term to the stage also because. companies in germany are responding to the pandemic arming themselves for future crises through better warehousing diversification and shorter supply chains.