to do exactly anything like name of the uninsured and i work at the new. this is deja vu news live from berlin as germany heads into a 3rd wave of the coronavirus pandemic a return to a tighter lockdown looks likely chancellor merkel seeks to toughen restrictions as coated cases or that could deal a fatal blow to many small businesses already on the verge of going fast. also coming up southeast australia battles its worst flooding in decades all in days of

torrential rain authorities say dozens of towns are cut off with more bad weather on the way. and we have soccer action from germany's top flight put this link up her temper len finally hit their stride for a big win over labor close in boosting the team's hopes of avoiding relegation. i'm so much going to it's good to have you with us well europe's biggest economy is poised to further tighten its lockdown restrictions german chancellor angela merkel is meeting with regional leaders later to discuss the path forward that is amid growing evidence in germany that a 3rd wave of the corona virus is beginning the country has registered almost 8000 daily new cases in the fall a steep rise in cases was brought under control by a 2nd lockdown but i sense some restrictions were in. at the start of march as you

can see here there has been another spike in scientists fear cases could jump to a new high now the exponential rise in cases comes amid growing protests against current restrictions thousands of people rallied in germany and elsewhere in europe over the weekend police say some 20000 people demonstrated in the german city of castle making it one of the largest rallies of its kind so far in germany this year scuffles broke out between some of the protesters and police resorted to using batons pepper spray and water cannon to disperse the crowds police tweeted that there had been repeated attacks by protesters against emergency service workers. let's bring in our political correspondent thomas sparrow for the latest on this story hi thomas good to see you as we said there on the one hand we have these protests against coronavirus measures on the other hand you have these infection numbers that are rising and the chancellor and state leaders will be meeting what measures are they going to discuss. and these 2 pictures to me give you an idea of

just how difficult the dial is now for german authorities who on the one hand have to balance start coronavirus fatigue and on the other hand they have to see the reality on the ground with those rising infections with more and more hotspots here in the country and this is actually something that's changing the way that they had actually planned because german leaders had met a few weeks ago to actually plan the way forward the reopening of germany of course is reopening but on an opening nevertheless and what we're seeing now with these growing infections is that they will probably have to pull the hand brake as they themselves is cost because now this $7.00 day rate in other words a number of new infections per 100000 inhabitants in 7 days has gone beyond the one hand 100 threshold that actually means that they have to start pulling the brake they have to go back to some of those restrictions that were previously in place and this is obviously something to me that is affecting germans as a whole it's also affecting those for example who have businesses and dirty news

actually visited one business in particular that's actually very concerned about the current situation in germany. for the longer this homemade chocolate cherry cake is a favorite with customers at the moment they can only serve it to go. but that doesn't cover her costs at all by now she's accumulated a tent of around 35000 euros. if germany were to tighten restrictions again she'd be forced to close them up about a loss of. 10 top festus that if a 3rd lock down is actually put in place then i would definitely have to shut down for good. because i'm taking out 2 loans which i'll have to pay back. i just wouldn't know how to go on. many businesses in germany fear for their existence some have already given up meanwhile covert cases in the country are

increasing rapidly just weeks after restrictions were eased and schools and some shops reopened. more people are on the move exposing themselves to the risk of infection. researchers warn germany's vaccination rollout has not progressed enough to counteract this. often gets heated or even if we've already vaccinated many of the elderly there is still a large proportion of vulnerable people who have not been given the job in fits into it's one we still haven't vaccinated enough that's why the number of patients in intensive care units will rise again. many people in germany are torn at the prospect of tighter restrictions. but guys that i'm not thrilled to because it's been going on for a year now and at some point you're really done with it all right allan dorris well i'd rather be open and just live it's boring this feeling there are many covert cases now and we have to be careful. that. if we keep everything

open then infection numbers will go up and that's a problem. but if we close everything that means many businesses will go bust. thank. you can still hopes to avoid bankruptcy she still wants to sell her homemade cakes for many years to come. so thomas you know we heard there that the vaccine world out has been very slow a lot of people are frustrated about that is there any sign that that situation is starting to improve there is certainly a degree of frustration in fact a majority of germans if you look at a recent poll say that the vaccination rollout has gone either badly or very badly it has to do with speed overseas germans want this to happen faster but it also has to do with the bureaucracy for example with a lot of red tape and that's the reason why a german leaders actually made last week to try and improve germany's a vaccination rollout make sure that more people get that vaccine as quickly as

possible one element that german officials are actually using to try on the one hand and speed up the process on the other hand to make it a little bit more flexible is by including g.p.'s and family doctors in the whole process that's something that is due to start in april and although people expect this to change rapidly i would say that those who really expect that they're going to be a little bit disappointed because this is obviously a slow process that affects many germany but officials are aware that it's a big problem on one that they're trying to deal with as quickly as possible our political correspondent thomas reporting there thank you very much and let's get some more perspective on the story now with viola please a man she's a scientist and research group leader at the max planck institute in getting in and she has been studying the spread of the virus since the start of the pandemic welcome to w. we mentioned that you know there has been this slight loosening of lockdown

measures and at the same time a rapid spread of infections again so what is behind that. oh this is also obviously completely expected. 117 the very end of the cold the british very has been rising throughout the past months at a very very predictable pace and now it's taking and ok so you're saying it is the very the big 117 variant that is responsible the main driver for this rising infection numbers what lockdown measures now because we know that the chancellor and state leaders will be meeting what lockdown measures would help to contain the spread at this point i mean one can look at the other countries germany has been several years and he late compared to great britain that had it in november december or ireland and portugal managed to generate so from these countries the united fund he said he would strict measures to be able to contain retooled to turn around this trend he said and that includes i mean sorry go ahead. so this is

typically includes their contents are strongly refused to be the schools are closed and his hands are you know you can reduce the radius of a bridge people are about to travel so you. will have to see whether the measures that will be decided today are sufficient to turn around the trend you said that this was to be expected i mean are you frustrated with things how things have gone here in germany and with the measures that were put in place until now. so i dearly would have produced a chance last summer case the must really have tried to go for a long call good strategy because the health authorities can concentrate on the remaining infection trains stop these remaining picture chains once case numbers are high we have a number of problems it's not only the problems that the health authorities can't take test trace and isolate that efficient efficiently anymore but the higher the

case numbers the more variants of the various cells being bred and most of us nations progress during the next escape various of my diversions are a version of those that escape the immune response and that will pose the next challenge after the the one $107.00 that is just includes more pictures that is going to be a big challenge indeed how many people would germany need to vaccinate in order to be able to open up safely. i mean not someone we had a situation where i think many of the germs betfair you come from to paul going to visit wasn't ideal but schools and restaurants and shops were open and now we have a very competitive land some of it is it is 30 percent more actions and therefore vaccinating around 30 percent of the fallacious roughly open sea bass but that's a back of the end of the system. we'll have to leave it there viola plays a man from the max planck institute in cutting and thank you. very much.

now the spanish island of majorca is getting ready for a wave of tourists in the run up to the easter holidays most will come from germany which has taken a holiday hotspot off its list of high risk destinations many islanders are worried that the visitors will bring the coronavirus with them did a child's travel to the island and so on found its sprawling tourism industry hoping for the best but preparing for the worse. heavy rain and few signs of life outside. the holiday spirit hasn't quite arrived in majorca yet the island has been preparing french equally to accommodate large numbers of guests during a pandemic strict hygiene rules are in place such as wearing masks at all times as the collaboration forms covert tests and flight prices that are often 3 times more expensive than usual holidays in times of the pandemic are not easy nevertheless the island expects a rush of many german tourists over the easter holidays have already added hundreds

of connections to their flight schedules. which has the calm before the storm so far only futurists have arrived on the holiday resorts at the beach and stephanie in the house came on one of the 1st planes from germany since flights resume seeking a break from the lockdown that they are happy to be here and a little anxious subtly if you give us a 2 outs on their worst situations that made us feel easy like the flight is packing 150 people into a small cabin really safety even if we had all been tested in the end it was an opportunity to escape it all and everyone has to decide for themselves if they want to take the risk or not just music with it and the copying of us on a good bit of money. infection rates in my yard and its inhabitants are keen for it's to stay that way. hotel rooms are regularly disinfected and the

director of this hotel expects her guests to do their part to keep the virus at bay . hotel is probably the most tricky part guests are only allowed to take them out when they take is that from their drink we have to make sure that they put it back on straight away. my yard cause the economy has been hit hard by the pandemic many island us have lost their job search of residents are currently below the poverty line still many remain skeptical about tourists returning. and so that we have to live with all these restrictions while at the same time they are opening up the islands to tourists. i'm happy that they're coming back and i've missed them. then. of course we have to revive the economy but given the high infections rate in germany i'd rather wait

until the summer. horace parody of it on despite the miserable weather and stefan have no regrets about holiday in majorca and they think the risk of infection is low after all they've come to relax not to party just as well it will be some time before the parties that forged by your cause reputation resume. let's catch up on some other stories making news around the world a member of parliament from the america c.d.u. party has died after collapsing on a flight back to germany from cuba. was 53 the cause of death is unclear the tabloid billed is reporting that she was not traveling on business trends had recently been caught up in a lobbying scandal involving azerbaijan. police in the u.s. state of florida have arrested more than a 1000 people in a crackdown on on really crowds in miami beach vacation or some flock to the holiday hotspot for spring break the mayor says people's refusal to wear masks

poses a public health risk and has extended an emergency nighttime curfew. a group of 8 hong kong pro-democracy activists released from jail in china have been detained on their return home they were arrested at sea last year on charges of illegal border crossing it's believed they were trying to flee to taiwan to escape prosecution for their involvement in anti-government protests in hong kong. the main opposition candidate in elections just held in the republic of congo has died a spokesperson said guy price. died as he was being transferred to france for treatment from covert 19 he was the main rival of president dentist. and he's expected to extend his 36 year hold on power. scientists say a volcanic eruption in iceland could go on for several weeks hundreds of sightseers have flocked to the volcano south of the capital reykjavik tens of thousands of small tremors rocked the area for several weeks before the volcano started erupting . australia is set to evacuate thousands more people from sydney suburbs as the

region grapples with its worst flooding in decades have a rains have swelled rivers across new south wales state causing widespread damage emergency services fear that more than 50000 people could be displaced as forecasts show more rain is on the way. a desperate attempt to save a stranded whorf. 'd tarantula rain and flush floods in a strangely state of new south wales have cut onus off from that and the move to many creatures help has come too late. at least 18000 people have been evacuated from their homes as rivers and dams overflow. some are trying to shore up their houses as best they can ahead of the looming water of. those have already seen their homes ravaged by the

flooding. wave rethink and. tappets everything's. gone. but. you've got to be thankful for this moment. but residents have been warned that the worst may still be to come and told to brace for a difficult week ahead. australia is going to stick once again in. the east coast of australia predominantly south wales but i stressed also in south east queensland has fires to me extraordinary deluge i have a recent dice. in many places rinds are expected for at least the next 24 to 48 hours sport few worse. the extreme downpours battering a stray east have caused the worst flooding in half a century having already battles drought bushfires and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic over the past year communities are feeling pushed to breaking point.

and we can speak now to poppy brown she's the director of the australian red cross for new south wales and the australian capital territory poppy thank you for joining us as we heard dozens of communities have been isolated 38 areas have now been declared disaster zones put this into context for us how dire is the situation right now. well yes it has been a very difficult few days here and. as you want to hire say to be 18000 people evacuated we've supported over a 1000 people in evacuation centers there's a people had no one else to go. in some areas it's a once in a century flood event and a lot of these areas suffered in the bushfires about a year or so ago entraps as well so take place been a particularly hard couple of years for those communities and this is just one more setback for them so we're trying to do all we can to support them in this situation

but it is a very difficult time and you know what are the biggest challenges you're facing right now. so one of the things we're facing is the fact that the waters have risen so quickly so in some areas people have had to be worked in the middle of the night they've had to evacuate just the clothes that they wearing so we've had people come to evacuation centers here just in which close with their children with their animals and they're in shock they've been traumatized you know all their possessions are in their homes so it's been very very difficult for those people and also a lot of concerns about you know their livestock in the farms and things like that so it's it is a very difficult time but our communities are very strong and resilient so we will bounce back but all the agencies and the government is trying the best we can to to help our communities at the moment with tens of thousands of people already

displaced and more rain forecast i mean what are you telling people and how they can protect themselves. here so what we're doing is we're very much ensuring that everybody has an emergency plan and if people are in those areas they look like they're in danger that what they should do is they should. go and stay with friends and family should pack up their homes if they need to move to higher ground and make sure they follow all of the instructions that they did see services and then that they will be safe but we don't want to have his people in need to be rescued in the flood because so far we have had no loss of life so we want to make sure that it stays that way if more rain does come are you worried that the situation could get worse. oh absolutely so it's a very volatile situation moment i know that. in the sydney area the big dan that big water dam that supports the sydney area it's currently spilling eva every

single day enough water to fill sydney harbor that's the amount of water that's going into the rivers in that area and then they come downstream and there's a risk of flooding so we're not over the worst yes. we certainly have our fingers crossed that the rain eases and the flood situation eases because a lot of people like into the impacted poppy brown director of the australian red cross for new south wales and the australian capital territory thank you very much . thank you. pineapple growers in taiwan are rejoicing after a chinese ban on their fruits suddenly backfired earlier this month china stopped importing taiwanese prien apples citing past problems farmers on the island feared catastrophic losses as china buys around 90 percent of taiwan's pineapple exports instead the feud has spawned a resistance movement aimed at challenging china's growing dominance across asia

with so-called freedom pineapples. after 2 years of hard work the harvest is finally here the pizza is going to what is perfect in terms of its loyal and tender has a premium quality pineapple export standard that if we took care of them and love them as our children now they are reciprocating and out of the woman. mr will have to drink hard have always for 20 years in taiwan south mph on counting his farm produces 105000000000 of that for its part yeah almost all of them for exposure to mainland china but just 3 weeks ago rationing announced it was just my financial impost from the island where you are over the past 10 years we have expanded our farmland 3 times to meet the rising demand from the chinese market i never thought they would impose the ban of the star on the pineapples have nowhere

to go. the band came right before harvest time many pineapples are ready right now and for packaging and their. managers the packaging on the file size farmers are trapped in across race tension and she almost fainted when he heard of the back. to the position like other industries foreman takes time this year's quantity was ready last year and it's impossible to hold production because of the. i couldn't sleep at night before the seems to be no way out and if you hopeless. the chinese authorities announced the band in late february citing concerns but many saw the move as politically driven and temptation last year i want exported to about $46000.00 what $53000000.00 u.s. dollars and more than 90 percent or so should china. counter is hardest hit by the

sudden ban as one 3rd of taiwan's karna posts are produced here every year many local pharmacies grow that golden diamond for right here for the chinese market but now it is the forbidden fruit in china. china doesn't want but other markets do container trucks now come to the farm for times a week each time carrying more than $9000.00 fresh pineapple to hong kong through trade out of chance that increase from hong kong wholesalers coming right off to china announced a bad. never stop rain since that day i didn't expect such enthusiasm i'm shocked i hope it gives farmers more confidence. consumers across the asia pacific region are stepping up taiwanese pineapple was in an act of solidarity orders have been pouring in from to paris korea singapore and australia with mr and mrs forsyth the man from the new markets that last from the

chinese market with crisis comes opportunity. to go to what we used to rely so heavily on the chinese market but we shouldn't put it in the basket it's time to step out of a comfort zone and try something new i'm sure we can gain more by doing so. so that both all that and more in fear of china spend that will say they might have to reduce the size of their production for the coming years but they won't get the fruit. woman police point to polls are all babies we have strong bones. and it's a mission to take care of them. we have confidence in our produce they have to pass the quality i'm sure to win the hearts of mom chinese consumers will mean if we look forward to the next chapter of your how the. sports now in bundesliga soccer of big day for 2 teams hoping to escape relegation both have to berlin and

minds posted upsets had to pulled off the biggest surprise a victory over leverkusen. at the berlin coach paul gardai knew he had to win lose this one and it would slowly become mission impossible for his team to survive in the big league so i had to push forward like seldom before totally overwhelming leverkusen right from the start and that paid off they scored in the 4th minute with a rocket of a goal courtesy of deyo vice you're ozai 40 with an excellent set up by midfield dynamo matteo gone boozy and dirty look at bucky one nil for hair down. the berliners kept pouring it on and in the 26 minute one back what looked like a last ball to set up much criticised brazilian striker much. and he smelled a goal. to neil for hair to and coutinho was back on the scoreboard after more than a 1000 minutes of play without a goal. and it wasn't over yet just 7 minutes later colombian john cordova made it

3 no. and that's how it ended with no goals in the 2nd half. relief but they also know they have a long road ahead and laver cousens have some work to do also. coming up next the e.u. gets ready to slap sanctions on china over human rights abuses what effect about half ginnell don't want to have some expert views on your business coming up state of.

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the 1st to plant for which there's a lot of appetite demand for of ocado has vanished farmers are looking for creative irrigation. this is the w. business i'm joined now on have the you can. join us foreign ministers have agreed to impose sanctions against china for the 1st time since the 1989 according to a german news wire d.p.a. . to punish the chinese government for its actions against the weaker muslims the stakes are high after all china rose to become that used most important trading partner just last year and 2020 chinese exports to the e.u. came up to 384000000000 euros e.u. exports to china were worth 203000000000 euros but that's not all e.u. direct investment into china surpassed 140000000000 euros over the last 20 years on the other side of the ledger 120000000000 euros of direct investment went from

china to that you and going even further late last year the e.u. signed an investment agreement with china now that was a deal that many criticized due to the human rights situation including that of the weaker is a specially in st john province which brings us back to today's sanctions earlier i spoke to my colleague and resident china expert clifford kuhn and here in the studio and to reason fallon the founder and director for the center for russia europe asia studies we started off by discussing why the sanctions are coming at this particular moment. i think it's the period of the end of illusion the e.u. has been confronted with this issue it was rather slow in moving but i think it's a very positive sign that they're actually doing these sanctions this is something china fears greatly and we also have to see it in the context of the new buy didn't ministration which has a more clear policy on china and i think europeans are also picking up on this narrative now clifford are only going to find out the names of who is going to be

targeted for chinese individuals of one entity they're going to be a target of travel bans and asset freezes what are you expecting what names are we going to hear well we still don't know as you say one possibility is that they would also sanction this change on production and construction core i say also because that was the one that was sanctioned last year by the u.s. over the same issue and as to who the individuals could be could be there and individuals from that company or it could be individuals from other areas of government so i think the u.s. model is part probably the thing we have to go on but whether we'll go as far as the u.s. model remains to be seen so that speaks to what terry's out was saying about that you following the u.s. is line here a bit but there is i would like to know from you what what impact would the site sions possibly have if any. i think they're actually very smart targeted sanctions i think it's a starting point this is something that beijing is very fearful of and they can

actually be ratcheted up to people who are closer and closer to the chinese communist party leadership so this is something they all feared the inability to maybe travel to europe or have frozen issues on their bank accounts abroad so i think these really are targeted and will be effective. so they might hit them where it hurts now clifford going to you again now china's ambassador to that using warrant if i can read here have some insist on confrontation we will not back down what kind of retaliation can we expect well going by what what's been in the chinese media it looks like it could be similarly targeted kind of response and it could be that they go after adrian sense who is the researcher who started a lot of the who issued a lot of the revelations about what was going on in engine jiang in the comps or it could be more focused on e.u. officials but quite how it plays out just is still quite difficult to see because we're caught we're very much in new territory here but we're definitely expecting

some form of retaliation it would be odd if we got no response. but this is an ongoing conversation terry's are the sanctions a bit of a mixed message given that the e.u. and the china it and china have this big investment agreement that is up for ratification. yes the comprehensive agreement on investment which was agreed in principle at the end of december sending mixed messages for certain and china is very fearful that this might not be ratified by the european parliament so we will we see a lot of pressure because inside the parliament people are very concerned about human rights and so i think the biggest fear for china is that the companies have agreement an investment might not be ratified and they are also warning the public about sanctions their language is been extremely strong from the chinese ambassador here in brussels very very negative towards germany which actually initiated this narrative about the sanctions so the global times of course it's

a newspaper but was extremely critical of germany so i think they're trying to scare everyone to prevent them from having any form of sanctions but i think they in their mind say that the agreement should not be politicized and it's gone this far and i think that they are extremely fearful it would make china look even worse if the agreement is not ratified so fear on the official side from china there but clifford how do you think this is being perceived by the chinese public what are you hearing there well on the one hand a lot of the focus in china right now is on the u.s. after the meeting in anchorage last week which is being seen very much as a as a major power game between the 2 and so it's very very much of a resolution opposition to the u.s. so in some ways the e.u. isn't quite on the radar but the message has been quite. quite tough stance as well so i think this is playing out among the public as as another front on which china is currently battling a riot so that was my colleague clifford cohen and here in the studio and to reason

fallon she is the founder and director of the center for russia europe asia studies in brussels thank you both for your insights today. now to some of the other global business stories making news facebook says it took down 1300000000 fake accounts between october and december last year the company also stating it removed more than 12000000 pieces of content about 1000 and back scenes that global health experts flagged as misinformation. turkey's plunged to near its all time low following president wants a solution to the hawkish central bank governor and installed a like minded critic of high interest rates it's the 3rd time since mid 29 to one has a broadly fired a central bank chief. time now for a quick check on financial markets with chelsea believe me in frankfurt chelsea

today is a particularly bad day for aviation stocks what's going on is a day of reckoning for the airline sector we've seen airline stocks actually doing pretty well this year there was a lot of hope and a lot were expressing optimism about the coming months about a rebound and the summer but things have changed significantly on the ground here in europe we are battling a 3rd wave of infections more and more countries are either introducing the new lockdowns travel restrictions or extending those that are already in place such as here in germany just about raises the prospect that european travelers won't be able to travel this summer but also that foreign travelers won't be able to come for their holidays either today a british minister warned it warned its citizens against booking travel to europe right now because of the virus situation so this does raise the prospect that this summer could be another last summer for the travel sector and many airlines are on life support right now in their government and government bailouts or through

taking on new debt so the fact that they might you know they're just out of disaster some are certainly weighing on stocks we've seen a lot of airlines down about 5 percent today on the market. no last summer fresh lockdown sounds like bad news for most businesses are these fears for adding to the larger market for the most for the most part no the docks here in frankfurt is actually up a bit still near a record high investors have been brushing off these lockdowns for months now we've seen stocks at record highs despite restrictions being imposed across the world so investors are brushing this off brushing off the vaccine rollout troubles here in europe and really focusing once again on central banking policy which is still very supportive for markets as well as the outlook for stimulus from the u.s. all of that still under pending markets poor showing for aviation stocks and aviation stocks saloon jealousy delaney there in frankfurt for us thank you.

now to do is world water day growing demand and a warming planet are stoking concerns our most precious resource may eventually run drawing now food and agriculture are the biggest drivers of water consumption and some crops need more water than others in spain the avocado business is flourishing water supply is becoming an issue. the farmers and all men gay car having another abundant off a cargo harvest the buckets are practically filling themselves still 1st growers like hockin montoya's can't seem to meet the demands he's already expanded his small plantation where he also grows cherry moja for it. on demand for avocados has increased a lot by 100 percent. plant more. around $700000.00 tons of avocado are consumed in europe every year just

a 45 minute drive away and bellows mother got huge areas have been transformed into avocado plantations they consume a lot of water which is becoming scarce farmers use the local reservoir for irrigation many illegally the reservoir is now only 30 percent full any more cultivation would be fatal to the area ecologist say. there are more and more droughts maybe because of climate change. and so the water is decreasing drastically because in order on the one hand much more is used than is needed. on the other the water reserves don't get replenished because of the lack of rain. a lack of water might cause the lucrative of a cargo business to dry up that's why hockey in montana is gradually turning to drip irrigation. localised irrigation.

we used to bring the water from the well here to a home an irrigation ditch that covered the entire ground nothing could you know how. in their lives molly go one or get it off a cotton plantation hopes to grow more frugal varieties for 6 months they've used sensors to measure how deep the water sinks into the soil and when they need to moisten the tree there's someone you know. somewhere on the level of this is how we give the avocados just the right amount of water they need at any given moment not too much but also not too little we believe we can maintain the protective it either way while reducing about 30 percent of the water needed the system one thing for sure will either make or break the aga kotto trade and that's water. and a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. they are again union is looking to impose sanctions against china as

a reaction to beijing's treatment of the weaker muslim minority that says the e.u. faces mounting criticism for recently striking a huge investment deal with china. airline stocks on european financial markets aren't skiffs the clients the u.k. government warned britain's not to book summer holidays abroad as quoted 1000 cases in parts of europe store is said to extend its lockdown yet again. thank you for watching. every day trying to some for us and for our planet place. the ideas is on its wanted to bring you more conservation play how do we make cities scream or how can we protect our most number 100 times what to do with

the worst. we can make a difference by choosing reforestation overdue for station recycling or disposable smart new solutions to overstrain the city no one in the suburban is truly knew me and we know that their uniqueness is what allows us to live and survive the why do i just feel more mental soup from global 3000 g.w. and omagh and. just. this week on the world stories. searching for a missing activist in syria. a courageous musician in turkey but we begin in for. from what between the 1960 s. and 1980 s.

about 2000 children from the island of the union was forcibly resettled instead of being educated they were exploited even at the age of 75 in need and while all still bears the deep scars left by his youth the government took him away from his family at the age of 9 as part of a resettlement program he was 1st sent to various children's homes on the island of green young or not road warrior or your job or your for you for the fair we weren't allowed to say or do anything we had to follow the supervisor's orders if we didn't they hit us they made us do the hard labor at one point or we had to carry but it's of cement on our heads and pour them onto a slab to build a swimming pool somewhere in the walls around the homes or 4 meters high we weren't allowed to go out or to see our families or go already were bought for beer he was told he would be taken to mainland france but it took another 9 years and instead

of getting a good education there promised he had to work as a farm hand. or require you to go for. your load on your heart or because we had to milk the cows clean the pig pens plant and harvest beetroot and potatoes the farmers i have been told we were dangerous that we were murderous and of these they didn't trust us and treated us like slaves so they hit us at the slightest excuse. about earl working. he was finally freed at the age of 21 and ménage to set up a business as a painter he tried to forget his past as best he could up until a few years ago when he met his partner mary sure she insists that he needed to find his roots. she searched for months sent hundreds of emails and managed to get one spectacular result she found in mills oldest sister mary who lives only in you

know they talk to each other daily. are all. i was always hoping to find him and never gave up my search now he's too far away from me i want him to come back here. and 2014 france officially acknowledged its moral responsibility towards the so called children of the cause the ministry of the overseas told us that they plan to teach these children's history at school but in real is hoping for more of the more good or much more direct we are asking for damages that's perfectly reasonable they have done us harm if i had robbed or killed someone i would also be punished even though money will not right the wrong they have done to us it's like losing a leg you never get it back. but previous claims for compensation were dismissed huge the statute of limitations emir will keep looking for his happiness he's

planning to go to in your this autumn to finally reunite with his family. on to syria where 10 years ago human rights activists tied son saif to ne fought islamists oppose the asat regime and was at the forefront of the revolution before being up ducted. my name is doesn't from here are from the us this was when protests erupted across syria in march 27th rights activists trials and said to me was on the frontline she was key to revolutionary efforts across the country beside her also close friends martin del wish. we meet the human rights lawyer in paris is. really valuable to him but as for me the most important aspect of president's personality

is a rejection of injustice and her willingness to do anything to fight injustice he doesn't hospitals all i when the assad regime responded with a bloody crackdown arresting thousands of activists resume chewer the world would know i became a key stores she had the sort of softness almost frailty to when you matter of the beginning and you're like how is she doing this very dangerous job. and then as soon as you spoke to her you immediately discovered the sort of steely courage and principles. in 2013 resin sledge regime had to mask this for duma a town that would later be dominated by the hardline militant group jaish and islam resin launched women's initiatives forth for the rule of law and documented human rights abuses including those committed by our troubles rather than was targeted

several times a bullet left at her doorstep and none of this letter obtained by g.w. threatening her life the words i will kill you repeated 5 times on december 9th 2030 in armed men stormed her office there abducted rather than together with her husband and 2 fellow activists. after years of investigation human rights lawyer wish and his team are confident that jaish al islam are responsible for the fate of resign and her colleagues resembles that of the civil peaceful movement that tried to create a moral eternity for syria. they were crushed between the regime and these islamist groups and that is the end of terry and as well as. the study of the me how you're 8 years after iran and her colleagues disappeared their fate remains one of the great mysteries of the revolution but friends and relatives have not given up hope

that one day they will know the truth. now to germany where female can give us our feeling the impact of corona not only as they work on devalued they often less than their male counterparts. here in the hospital there's a strict protocol when it comes to putting on your protective clothing but for cuts been back and it has become a routine she is one of the many female nurses who have been pushing their limits day and night for you know taking care of coronavirus patients. there's a secret knowledge about the physical strain is enormous working in this kind of gears exhaust but the psychological component plays a big role too we always have to take care of critically ill patients that's part

of our job but now we have seriously ill patients can also endanger us and that is really stressful ever watched was. stressful is also how hammond would describe her last year she works as a nurse in an old people's home in perth in the pandemic made her job even harder and again the burden of carrying for society's elderly was mainly on women. luckily men i increasingly interested in being and my husband is also but otherwise it's mainly women probably because of the pay if it were male domain then women would also a very different set of aries on guns on us for. more than 90 percent of the people fighting the daily battles on the nursing front are women and they aren't up to 10 percent less than their male counterparts according to the german federation of trade unions the chances of promotion are slim and they often work nights if you

would i'm afraid if. my wish for women in this profession is that they stop putting themselves down and that people are aware of their contribution people need to understand that we're not just nasa's cleaners or kitchen wives that the world only goes around when we all work together as a team one of us can't get by without be about this and i know for one that in a non english for one i would. be here to stay and we need to develop strategies we need enough stuff enough equipment and whatever else it takes to help us do our jobs and as i understand. it was all of us here as i told. both nurses i agreed these improvements have to come and they. have to come soon. now me turkey's psychedelic rock star i assume akyol who's not afraid to stand up

for women's rights. families adore her unique sound on the flinching political position it's. a mini bus ride through a parallel universe and a woman who actual is in the driver's seat. she loves to bring together traditions and modernity that sounds she revived psychedelic rock a sound that was lost truly popular in turkey in the 1970 s. . some of them most of my childhood memories are about music and when i dreamt about my future the music was always there. the fans love the unique mix of turkish music rock and post-punk. and many search gaius abstract lyrics for messages about the situation in turkey.

the whole country is a shisha coffee and we as suffocating in its smoke she sings in bottom is that tosh . those of us all are going to used some dogs of war it's really become more and more difficult to breathe in this country because there is a lack of justice and rule of law that has deeply wounded this society i feel very injured too it's time for us to stand up for and support each other here in turkey and elsewhere in the world. and turkey by having the all the. guy is most concerned about the situation of women. in turkey rights groups warn that domestic violence is on the rise and that the number of women murdered has dramatically increased in recent years. activists regularly organized

protests although the turkish government bans most of them but guy is proud that women still dare to be loud and demand their rights. to kill the couldn't danger. when we talk about women in turkey the word oppression automatically comes to mind it's an uphill battle for every woman here who wants to live according to her own ideas but we won't be afraid we will stick together draw attention to ourselves and organize all organs all all of the pins all. for her fans guy is a role model in terms of self-determination and when it comes to speaking one's mind. a.

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is due to be a newsflash for berlin the european union slapped sanctions on china foreign minister site human rights abuses against china's weaker minority to impose the blocks of 1st sanctions on beijing in 30 years. meanwhile a canadian ex diplomat goes on trial in china prosecutors dare say she is a spy canada says he is

a hostage we'll go live to beijing for that story. as germany heads into a 3rd wave of the coronavirus pandemic a return for tighter lockdown mode.