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hope the times are. warming. douglas will cut. the industry is controlling your thoughts the great books of the 20th century. present day hoaxes. upgraded. manufacturing ignorance stores may 3rd. calls for stricter pandemic restrictions in germany getting louder as europe battles the 3rd way country after country is imposing tougher measures to buy time until widespread immunization is achieved a common economy code will talk to one of germany's top economists also coming up on. major blockage of one of the world's most crucial shipping routes forces

logistics companies to rethink their strategy. and contact less shopping in moscow why data activists sound the alarm. what comes to business i want to get johnson berlin good to have you with us the german leaders are yet again calling for tougher restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus some neighboring countries have already taken those steps in poland various businesses including furniture and home improvement stores beauty salons cinemas hotels and restaurants are all closed until at least april the 9th meanwhile those in spades have to wear masks even outdoors and they cannot currently travel outside of their regions spanish authorities have also imposed a nighttime curfew nation white here in germany some door makers of calling for a similar curfew some also say the country should follow france's exxon poll which

just introduced a strict nationwide lockdown last weekend and here's what it looks like. shops all over france have been closed since the start of the weekends like here in paris strict rules were already in place in 19 of france's $101.00 departing mo now the whole country is heading the same way the government will strictly cut tail freedom of movement for the next 4 weeks journeys can be longer than 10 kilometers a curfew is in place from 7 pm to 6 am masks are mandatory outside of the home even if not everyone sticks to the rules many oppose the measures and worry what the lockdown will mean economically. for the long. run of photography we're talking about significant losses at contains have stopped the event sector which is significant to us is at 0 i know some people who've declared bankruptcy for their businesses which had good earnings but now stopped working its serious. in germany

the city of cologne has called and off places where crowds would normally gather such as on the banks of the rhine restaurants and hotels are closed business associations are raging against the closures instead the federation of german industry wants to see what it calls creative solutions like here in the small sex and town of augustus book and he one who tested negative for the virus gets a q.r. code allowing them to visit all restaurants and hotels for 3 days but the government in germany is considering the opposite further tightening just like in france. well maybe slightly differently because i'm english at the new leader of germany's conservative party the christian democrats and also the head of the country's most populous state that's north rhine-westphalia has just laid out his plans for a title lock down to bridge the gap until more people have been vaccinated. we disrupted all the holes in the i mean that's why i think we need a bridge locked on we have to build the bridge to the point in time where

a lot of people are vaccinated no longer and i know that a lot of people are tired of the pandemic and part of the reason but also that a lot are ready to go a step further and then i may or june to enter a new phase on the moon not to my uni you know and i'm going to fozzy 9 succumbing . for more i'm joined now by god a favor my he's president of the kill institute for the world economy good morning to you good to have you with us 1st of all doesn't your mini test germany need another title lock down we've been in lockdown since october if i'm not mistaken. yes you're right monica and therefore i think the discussion that we're having is a little bit surprising because it's not whether we have a lockdown on all 3 are already in a situation or a lot of restrictions apply many sectors are cold completely and now we're talking about things like a curfew which is for example already in place in

a city like hamburg we'll talk about dealing maybe certain steps of opening but we have these 70 incidents threshold of 400 certain borders than those certain states are below that others are above it and there are very precise consequences attached to this number so i don't really see the need why we should open up a new discussion in particular also because eastern has just gone through and we have seen the numbers have actually gone down now what that means is to be seen as so i think it's better to wait rather than nervously start another discussion now of course many industry associations are very nervous they've been calling for a different strategy creative strategy creative solutions that allows businesses to open are they into an aisle of the pandemic. no i think not if you look. at the silent for example the the smallest of all the truman states that is trying different models it's not that they're opening up without conditions that are

a lot of restrictions that remain in place and opening is to tie its ties to a very strict test regime i think what we need is indeed a new we of containing dependent big it's not a question of opening up the question of allowing more freedom under very controlled conditions and i think business is ready to implement the things that they have prepared over many months we should try and be confident that you know companies are able to deal with the challenges and i think they are. able to deal with the challenges that also of course includes able to deal with. that current and various versions of the lockdown how long do you think can german businesses can the german economy actually continue with this back and forth i think we should not forget that it is all only real difference small segments of the truman economy that are locked down manufacturing construction many other sectors are

actually moving quite well it's concentrated in tourism in social services these are places where financial stress is growing of course but the good news is that the aid program of the government is working better than it did before christmas let's say and so i think it is technically possible to prolong the measures with our greening to the substance of the of the chairman economy right a little bit of optimism there from god. to kill institute for the wealthy economy thank you so much you're welcome want to go. more than 400 vessels have backed up the giant container ship ever given run aground in the suez canal blocking the busy waterway of the vessel has eventually been freed but the question remains how sustainable global supply routes. entering the port of

rotterdam europe's largest port is already much busier than usual there is no time to relax areas have to be cleared for about 60 ships that were stuck in the suez canal traffic jam they're expected to arrive here almost simultaneously in the coming days. when working extra shifts night shifts to to process the enormous amounts of containers that are about to arrive on the many have to divert to neighboring poured such as a buddha or antwerp due to the lack of births and cranes that would be needed in rotterdam to unload all the ships of the same time i think this will have a major logistical impact on the entire global logistical chain not just not just our ports but all western european ports and probably also worldwide the trade journal lloyd's list estimates that costs of the suez canal blockage are more than $340000000.00 euros and triggered a shortage of containers experts are now rethinking the worldwide logistics

industry. and in washington to alternative is the new route from china via rail to europe to do spur shiina not it open and that is that is another possibility for the future would be the expansion of the arctic ocean route to comes to the days before sea out of both routed compared to the established route through the suez canal the voyage along the russian northern coast would be about 7000 kilometers shorter which means it would be faster and cheaper but that route hasn't been fully developed yet and it's really ice free all year around the safest way to transport goods at the moment is by rail the route is only 11000 kilometers and its final destination in duisburg germany by train can make the journey in 13 days wears a ship takes 49 days and it will be weeks before the suez canal traffic jam has cleared up. facial reckoning. technology has made contact less pavement easier in

many russian supermarkets but to date activists are sounding the alarm. was on a shopping tour in moscow. cash cards and cell phones so yesterday today is the blink of a camera lens is all it takes and under the tap a spate of face i did acknowledge is now operating in around 50 of the x. 5 retail groups supermarkets has from. we want to make it convenient for customers they save time and don't need to get out there for a wallet just press a button the system their face and they can go quickly or sister my. cellphone or facial recognition payment is only available to customers who have accounts with a major russian bank and that they have to provide to the bank with their biometric data once studied by a credit card institute shows 70 percent of russians would be willing to use of the

technology once because they've heard about it. never heard of it before and if you could would you do that why not maybe. i don't know you're ready for those not yet students and now they're going to recognize our faces to grangeville have to get used to that. yet facial recognition technology is already a part of everyday life from moscow more than 170000 cameras register and regulate to public life half of them with the help of face i.d. while it's a blessing for police officers it's a curse for data protection advocates convenience or data protection which is more important in russia to fear of the mass surveillance and of the misuse of personal data is growing despite the comfort technical progress offers. promise activist. are campaigns against the must use of facial recognition and is critical

of russian law she says they are 2 very kind to don't protect personal data well enough to pull over has even sued of in moscow city government without success. are biometric data is part of our private lives which no one is allowed to enter with their dirty shoes once it's deposited you can never get rid of this data your voice your gate in your face that's data that accompanies us throughout our lives. that became apparent to during recent opposition protests hundreds involved in authorized the demonstrations over the last few months have been subsequently investigated and punished by police in moscow. part of data protection arguments haven't convinced software developers they're currently under lies in customer reactions to the technology the goal is to later install facial recognition cameras

in more than 6000 self-service terminals across russia. and here's a look at the top story we're following for you today. germany discusses a title locked out a major rise in case numbers other e.u. countries have already taken those steps so some lawmakers are now calling for similar measures including curfews. that's your business update here on d w at this hour from me and then gene and berlin thanks for watching stay safe and see you so. since the outbreak of the civil war hundreds of thousands of syrian christians. who want to live there is one of the oldest religious communities in the world is on the verge of extinction. and christians around the world are interesting watching the development. courage in despair help for serious christian.

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