good tips for the bucket list. some great stories to. you're watching news asia coming up today we take a closer look at myanmar's crisis through its neighbor india what it's doing with refugees escaping that myanmar military along its borders and what exiles already in india have to say. plus we'll find out why the covert pandemic actually improved life for this fisherman and why researchers are taking notice.

i'm melissa chan thank you for joining us as the crisis in myanmar continues thousands of refugees have crossed neighboring borders including into india and in many cases indian officials have repelled them back some of these refugees have included the minority were hanging a group but there have been others exile community from myanmar already in india has been watching this unfold with or many still maintain relations with friends and family back home. reports for the last 6 zeros. in delhi. but it didn't come easy to get they had to leave everything behind in their new divan much henry says her husband was thought to have been killed by the military. they were forced to run for their lives often they were caught doing students protesting against the military. now the situation in myanmar is bringing back painful reminders from home

again last month henny's brother was arrested for demonstrating against the group he was released a few days ago but this still isn't good news. right now he's in the hospital because when the military arrested him they tortured him so much that we're told his fees isn't even recognizable. protests broke out across non-modern right after the military coup in february this year. since then hundreds have been killed a vested and for opposing the armed forces. and the numbers are likely to. india myanmar share a long border in times like these people have often fled across the border into india to escape the authorities but the indian government is not happy with the influx of refugees it has ramped up border security to stop them. here in delhi

where thousands have sought asylum since the late eighty's refugees are disappointed by india's lack of support be valuable friends and relatives back home as internet shutdown slowed regular updates to just a trickle. requests for information have been pouring into james. who heads a refugee support group the group has written to indian prime minister nadine's more be urging him to condemn the putsch as a democratic country they are shocked by his silence it is indeed a side. the violent. human rights violation you know the way the military tortured the people just looking at them in the street and dead body and all. but india is doing nothing. this penny

feels helpless in her safety because she can do nothing for those back home but she believes that the international community should speak up to no one in. our sisters and brothers have to defend themselves against the military with their bare hands they don't have any c.v.s. please i beg other countries to help my unmarked citizens even before the cool hennie new myanmar good never be safe for her again she values that if things remain as bad as they are far too many people in her home country will end up feeling the same joining us now from delhi is. all who filed that report nisha we just heard from your report the frustrations of exiles who feel india isn't doing enough why is that the case and has modi's

government said anything one way or the other about the coup and protest. that the one to do and debate india has certainly had expressed deep concern about the political turmoil in the archives however they have not named or condemned because yet they have also expressed some concerns around the violence and hate but they're holding back from directly to deciding the bill if she is seen by x. but can't possibly drop from doing the injuries and why don't they is that india acting in an effort to build its proximity to schools not just within the. tank to the fact that they had a choir that support to counter insurgency along the border is actually in the lot eastern states of india up watching myanmar in addition there is also an effort by india to talk to the pupils in a city order to see between them and my victory as well as china india russia is 1600 kilometer border with madame r.

and china's already large and so when they only go if india to decide if that's the issue it is this is the expectation based on which experts believe that it you know is not putting out a more emphatic statement i want to explore the domestic side further so does everyone agree with what the government is saying on this. but definitely not the last of it has definitely been pushed back from the states bordering admire that are forced to go along this especially the chaps seen in the guts of refugees and the shared clue was excellent and still should die is across the border and even some villages that straddles the border now even the national government has put out by the developed ways of its duties to do not accept refugees india has also shot up security there was even a controversial advisory put out asking the states to put it lightly just you want to try to cross all heart but it was quickly with joy on the job it evening because

of an outright run of these tapes had pushed back even written into the prime minister saying that it cannot allow that on backyard tell us more about the situation along the border we are we really seeing an influx of refugees given the ramped up border patrols when we do not have exact numbers at this point but from these tapes watching that find themselves the end of 2 months of between the 100-8009 100 who have managed to cross in the beginning in the beginning of this 2 month period it was mostly police officers from myanmar where if you will to crack down on their better citizens the way the military sector them now did i mean that millions as well the men and children who have seen images up to see because it's their big comedy to take now but there is an expectation that even despite the orders forces that are being built continue seeing if they're trying to cross over

and bhajans to add that mentions julie do you want to have and we should as well thank you so much. remember one year ago last spring when many parts of the world went into their 1st lockdown and the traffic jams disappeared the air pollution went away and in some cases even the wildlife started showing up along empty streets and quite neighborhoods it was a reminder that the pen demick was bad for humans but in some ways good for the environment in thailand the popular resort island of poor cat opens this july for vaccinated foreign travelers but not without some reflection and reservations from locals about the need to make money verses the value of nature. this is like something straight out of a tourist brochure islands like oh yeah yeah i know and. are the envy of the

international tourist industry but since the start of the pandemic for inters them has been banned for now locals have this paradise all to themselves. has lived here all his life he's one of the last of the semi nomadic mo can see people an ethnic group whose way of life is under threat. in our traditional way with a spear but it's not easy. sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't because the fish are fast and swim zigzag. sutanto is a master at fishing and hunts alone. recently he's noticed a surprising and quite unexpected change. corona is good for the environment there are fewer boats fewer tourists and also less trash they used to be a lot more of all that here. fishing is easier now i used to spend hours looking

for fish but since corona there's plenty of them. with the tourists gone life underwater has visibly blossomed. have recovered. fish stocks have multiplied and animals that haven't been seen for years have reappeared. for corona $40000000.00 tourists came to thailand each year 33000000 of them went on beach holidays along the coast and then suddenly they all disappeared all the boats are gone but there are no more beach parties no more noise there's less sewage and rubbish from the hotels what a difference. but while empty beaches are a boon for the environment they spell economic ruin for many in the community

tourism is thailand's most important source of income even environmentalist agree it's about striking a balance when you are there without tourism without the desire for these wonderful holiday destinations people would never have understood the importance of preserving nature they wouldn't care if the corals died anyone who goes to the seaside sees beauty and wants to protect it we can't have 0 tourism but we can't stop the pre khurana madness. a gentler kind of tourism could be the way forward more regulations more environmentally friendly from july is set to welcome back to or is to have been vaccinated only then will it be clear whether the economy and the environment are compatible the return of tourist. will have to share this piece of paradise once again and hopefully this time the

tourists will share it with him more sustainably. that's it for today you can find more on our website d.w. dot com for slash asia check out our facebook and twitter as well we'll leave you with more pictures of the cat in its now florida nature thank you for watching have a good weekend and goodbye.

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i visit friends but i don't think i'd ever go back there to live when i lived there again i don't know so i'm not sure. bearing witness global news that matters. made from minds. welcome to arts and culture britain's prince philip has died at the age of 99 a staunch fighter for the preservation of the monarchy philip was a member of the greek and danish royal families until 1947 when he married elizabeth later queen elizabeth the 2nd always at her side or a few steps behind that was royal protocol for the prince concert philip was married to elizabeth for more than 70 years he was known for his witty quips and

for off color comments that often veered off script he was also credited with helping bring the royal family into the age of television. death was confirmed by windsor castle. earlier we spoke to d.w. correspondent charlotte chelsea and pale in london. he has been with that married to the queen as a 17 years remains at the site by has signed for countless appearances often through very difficult times for the monarchy what springs to mind of course is the death of princess diana in 1907 that posed a huge challenge for the royal family and that the public support the image then on to the death of princess diana was with a face to this very serious challenge she remains throughout he's known of course for his his hema for his no nonsense attitude at times and indeed for his

gaffes as well on international engagement he had been known in the pasta makes him some controversial comments which i'll remember widely but he is as the longest serving consul it has attended some 22000 so a solo a bents many more with the queen as well he who that will be remembered as a figure of stability and i think as well is an icon here in the u.k. the public service regardless of whether you all chrome on a key here he has been a constant a steadying figure it here for decades the british royal family tweeted it is with deep sorrow that her majesty the queen has announced the death of her beloved husband the royal family joined with people around the world and mourning his loss and words of support are pouring in from around the world canadian prime minister

justin trudeau said prince philip was a man of great purpose and conviction motivated by a sense of duty to others and india's prime minister narendra modi tweeted may his soul rest in peace. now to russia where a documentary film festival is fighting for freedom of expression the arts dog fest shows documentaries that often aren't what the kremlin would call patriotic films with critical political viewpoints or films that tell the stories of oppressed gays and lesbians authorities in st petersburg already shut down the festival there before it began they say because of coronavirus rich actions. was though at the moscow edition where most of the films made it on screen when you look. at the sort of. desperation joy. in more than $100.00 films the ark talk fest in moscow offers a broad spectrum of emotions and thoughts that includes thoughts about today's

russia that few people there dare to voice out loud fearing government reprisals. the thing about the current leadership in russia is that they do not allow any open dialogue at all about topics that are disagreeable to them. pressuring. in the recruits which was pretty cost. in the film cut the van for instance the protagonists confess their concerns to their cell phones and they don't shy away from strong language when describing their country life will not. get off through. the film called love than had its premiere last year at the berlin film festival and since then not a single russian festival has dared to show the authorities do everything to destroy the films that tell about the crimes those in power committed against their own people. or they just banned the entire festival that's what

happened with the regional edition of the art talk fest in st petersburg when police sealed the cinema due to alleged violations of coronavirus regulations. in moscow. ortiz withdrew a film about gays in chechnya saying threats had been issued. and russian ultranationalists tried to disrupt the screening of a film about crimea just some of the problems of provocations the art talk fest has to contend with each year but along with a domestic russian perspective it also offers an outside view of the world as with productions by to achieve. in his film about german reunification. general manager peter limburg relates his personal experiences they include memories of former german chancellor helmut coast historical speech and dressed in. a film about beethoven's 9th symphony takes viewers on a journey around the world to highlight the iconic works global influence.

by. and in a production by the w.'s moscow bureau russian viewers can experience their country through the perspective of a german russian t.v. team and meet 6 generations of their compatriots from 6 regions of russia. they are talk fest either functions the way we want to or not at all we won't compromise with those in power. so the art talk fest remains the only film festival in russia that dares to be confrontational and challenging and it calls on its audience to cover their mouths and noses but not their eyes. and staying in eastern europe alexander lukashenko is often called europe's last dictator he's still in power with backing from russia despite condemnation from the united nations and the european union last year hundreds of thousands of belorussians took to the streets

against sham elections and their country. responded with violent crackdowns since then reports are still emerging from belarus of censorship political arrests and torture. so what remains of that time and what's next for bella russo my guest vitaly aleksei mark published a book about last summer's protests the white days of men sc our dream of a free bella rousseau it's out now in german and vitaly alex a not as our an orchestra conductor and artistic director of the ah become a symphony orchestra in munich germany he went back home developers last august to vote against lukas shankar and supports us a page in the protests. but ali your book describes a very unique time in your country that at least then seems to be a turning point what was it like for you when you went back to belarus last august

and yet to us have made another continent other people know this people who thought they talked a lot to be even more off we split 3 spirits it's creative and more beautiful than any of us put his image and on the other hand we also experienced incredible violence many have called quote the regime deep in 2020 and continues to do to date in a society against its own people in full days alone between nights and 12 going to more than 7000 people there are races and there's people with tortured beaten held without food and water for many days and we all those who been not detained i was like it wasn't a danger but he didn't know it and if he goes. to all the get no internet in those days the authorities hits cut off communications across the country but when they turned it back on and we saw what crimes that taken place a huge base of city there to through him on the loose and people in

a way that no of us will to see mange and now to tell you right in your book about how you helped conduct a protest choir you write about the power of traditional deloris and songs what was special about that experience. and yet this was they so-called required as far as we had open air concerts outside the club want to close a few weeks in august when there was a danger that we would be detained and we started to create more parties on actions and every day deep secret place malts in different buildings in minsk we have the same just different music and these music on the go to this kind of the because we didn't want to claw it's own mouth and to keep doing something singing something and leasehold spirit inspiring to people and continues to be so actually now people meet in other cities in the us to see and express the news in these way i tell you you were born in 1000 anyone because franco came to power when you were just 3 but at some point you did begin to question his authoritarian the government how did

music play a role in that. first when i was a child i had no doubt that all the things be saw around us but quite normal but they all day books and the more they realized that it was probably possible to least differently it should be possible to travel to other countries to speak other languages and it should be also possible to have a different political system not being destroyed as a person and for me they awareness of possible alternatives was music when i was 1516 the old i discovered it in the vault of classical music and i realized that you can at least differently you can choose and you can create another tell it just briefly if you could belarus is nobel prize winning author sped away except the elex of it has said that she fears there could be a civil war and belarus do you share her fears. and listen to i think the this is it was a bt and i have been talking to cyclone

a lot lately and ended the suit by she says she says that being exiled she sees how ridiculous the author is behave and at the same time she regularly meets people who are not prepared to put up with this and i know she's constantly thinking about the way we can wean peacefully that so easy so to say when it is a person that i am convinced that we have to be no violence because we are about. to tell you thank you so much for telly alexei knox book the white days of men scour dream of a free belarus is out now and the german edition vitaly thanks for coming on arts and culture and some more cultural news now archaeologists are hailing one of the biggest discoveries in egypt in a century a lost city dating back more than 3000 years near the city of luxor archaeologist said they have already discovered several neighborhoods of the golden city making it the biggest ancient egyptian city ever found they say the ruins will provide

deep insight into a life in ancient egypt wealthiest period under ruler and ho-tep the 3rd. and giant sculptures by 92 year old japanese artist your crew some and now philip in new york but tannic old garden. hose work is influenced by her own bouts with hallucinations but also by growing up around her grandfather's nursery and japan after years of preparation the exhibition was supposed to open last year and march now finally visitors can see it from this weekend. that's almost it for this edition of arts and culture i'll leave you though now with the legendary late musician prince who was so prolific during his life that there are still new albums coming out with music from his archives 5 years after his death the latest welcome to america is due out this july and there's already a preview have

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i'm rebecca written welcome to the program britain's prince philip husband of queen elizabeth has died at the age of 99 his health again to do to deteriorating in recent months and had recently been released from hospital after a month long admission that it was a member of the great and danish royal families before marrying elizabeth in 1947 here's a look back at his life. prince philip juke of edinburgh the husband of queen elizabeth the 2nd. always a test side or a few steps behind that was royal protocol for the british prince consuls the couple was married more than 70 years the former royal navy officer lived an eventful public life that was occasionally seasoned by his sharp tongue and the dry

humor. he was born prince philip of greece and denmark on the island of corfu in 1921 but despite his family's irish to credit background money was often in short supply his parents divorced and philip ended up in england where he began a career in the royal navy at the outbreak of world war 2. he met the future queen for the 1st time in the 1930 s. he was 18 and for elizabeth just 13 at the time it was reportedly love at 1st sight her parents were nonplussed with the prince of humble means but elizabeth persevered in 1947 shortly after the war the 2 were married. for their 1st child prince charles was born the following year the family lived on the island of malta where philip was stationed as an officer but the death of the

british king george the 6th in 1952 changed their lives dramatically. elizabeth became queen phillip her prince consort soon became well known for his quips he was even reported to have asked the queen after her coronation why did you get that hat that won him a warm place in british hearts that he wasn't fond of playing the role of an extra in countless televised appearances was no. secret still he fulfilled his duties with an elegant if sometimes delegate distance. toward ceremonies receptions openings philip was never without a joke of some kind even when he was given a set of headphones as a gift couldn't get through due truth of god but. the death of princess diana 997 was an anguishing low point in the life of the wind since.

the monarchy faced days of mounting disapproval until queen elizabeth spoke openly of her grief. really was a source of strength to the queen. all for as we worked through the food of closures and for promotion to bring up true or not she was somewhat both but i think all children of god rule the world or live in a different and difficult and demanding circumstances. his descendants including prince charles next in line to the throne and grandsons william and harry stole the royal heritage through the many highs and lows of the early 21st century. in the course of 70 years he visited over 140 countries and gave more than 5000 speeches will be remembered the world over for his calm irreverent when.

joining me in the studio as did every reporter alex forrest whiting alex prince philip led a life less ordinary but nevertheless managed to win find his way into the public's heart how did he go about doing that yes rebecca he did and you get the sense of that in that report just with some of the comments about his his wit some of his perhaps not necessarily so. careful with some of the language in the jokes that he made but i think that. did win him a lot of operation because he appeared very very human and you have to remember that prince philip was marriage to princess elizabeth they got married when they were very young she was only 27 when she became queen not just of england or of britain but also of the commonwealth and suddenly he had to give everything up he had good often expect much earlier than expected when her father died he had to give everything up including his role in the royal navy and he had to be by has

side consulate a steadfast presence all the time and i think he found that very difficult to begin with and had to learn how to play that role and so he threw himself into being a public servant he was involved he was a patron of many many charities hundreds of charities in fact from conservation all the way to something called the juke of edge and borough awards which he set up himself which enabled younger people such as myself to get out and do activities to help people and to get a medal at the end of it and i think all of that just made very popular with people particularly the older he got and he didn't give up that public service role until he was in his ninety's incredible really now of course tributes have been pouring in on social media let's take a look at some of them right now the president of the commission as the phone line has tweeted her condolences i'm saddened to hear of the passing of his royal highness prince philip i'd like to extend licenses sympathies to her majesty the

queen the royal family and the people of the united kingdom on this very sad day german foreign minister moscow's also extended his condolences he said we are deeply saddened by the loss of his royal highness prince philip our thoughts and prayers go out to the royal family to the people of the commonwealth and all who loved him dearly and if the long lines of service to his country. yeah and just picking up on actually angular mccool the german chancellor has also spoken of her great. sadness prince philip's death saying his friendship with germany his straightforward nature and his sense of duty will remain low remain and forgotten yet the real sense of sadness coming from across the world understandably but what's been the reaction in the u.k. yes well officially people are not supposed to be laying flowers or showing their support by visiting councils or palaces such as windsor castle but people have been doing it because they do feel very strongly i'm very sad about the death of prince

philip noticed that you could edinburgh is a book of condolence that people are can sign online but i think for many that that's not enough for them we do know that flags are already flying at half mast across or government buildings and of course all the palaces and castles and that will they will remain at half mast until his funeral now despite his very senior royal status it wasn't really one so pomp and ceremony he really wasn't which probably explains why he is not having a state funeral and there will be no lying in state and apparently he didn't want all the fuss and thought that apparently didn't think that he was important enough for that he will lie at rest in windsor castle before a royal ceremonial funeral instant george's chapel there and there will be a military precession now it is particular that the prince philip died just 2

months before he was going to turn 100 and he obviously leaves behind 4 children 8 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren and of course a wife to whom he was married to a 70 year is who you can imagine must be absolutely devastated salute and thank you very much for coming in here to be a reporter alex forrest what. turned out to some other stories making headlines around the world of all kaino has erupted on the caribbean island of st vincent for the 1st time in ford. decades 20000 people have been evacuated but the coronavirus may complicate the operation neighboring islands want to accept only vaccinated people. european council president shall michel regrets his response to your pain commission president. being left without a chair during talks with the turkish laeta michel says if you could go back in time he'd ensure a seating arrangement that respected everyone. he use drugs regulator is reviewing

reports of red blood clots and for people who had johnson and johnson code at 19 vaccines. medical agency is also expanding its investigation into astra zeneca shot to include reports of bleeding condition. german chancellor angela merkel is set to take power away from the 16 federal states to decide on coronavirus restrictions a new plan will see the central government take over when in section numbers rise to a certain level germany is battling a brutal 3rd wave and regional decision making has led to a confusing patchwork approach. if you want to go shopping in berlin i can do that if i get tested beforehand here i can do that right in front of the shopping center to test the free. the testing but those in the know it and the shopping can begin with these rep attests many cities and restrictions meanwhile in other places new carpet measures are implemented and curfews put in place. everywhere in

the country the rules are different leading to confusion for many. nobody knows anymore what the forgive nations are right now to move. toward a through i think it's chaos especially if you look at the different vaccination strategies and linda very good in lower saxony it's a disaster it is just not working is north in the movie politicians are going back and forth and want to distinguish. themselves with new proposals but the scientists they're doing a much better job. and they are very clear on what many needs right now. is in the movie we look into our mobility analysis and we see that contacts have not been reduced as much as during the 1st lockdown and that's where we need to come back to because we're dealing with a new variant b 117 which is spreading faster but the only way to do that this through a coherent systematic intensive and maybe shorter lockdown. here at the

chancellor's office i'm going to america is calling for a strict and nationwide lockdown but federal states have the decision making powers in the fight against the pandemic and the states have very different views especially now that the election some pain a start i mean lash it from north rhine-westphalia and marco sudha from bavaria fighting over the sea the use candidacy for chancellor is the political management of the crisis going out of hand this is a month or does politico's are good politicians always say we have to make long term decisions but actually they're thinking of the next election that's why they want to avoid uncomfortable inconvenient decisions decisions people won't understand but that's a mistake because in times of crises people want security and they are also prepared to take responsibility but politicians have to leave the weight of what is most informative. straightforward covered measures that is what people are calling

for here in germany stricter laws could now ensure this the political discussion continues. political correspondent linda crane she explained why in germany central government or gang more power as a coronavirus restrictions. german law until now has placed responsibility for infectious disease control largely in the hands of regional authorities and there's enormous variance in the rate of infection across different regions of germany so some rural regions have rates as low as 3030 cases per 100000 residents others go up to almost 300 cases per 100000 residents so there has been a lot of variation in the way that different regional authorities approach this however they do regularly negotiate with the federal government about what kind of restrictions to put into place and all agreed at the beginning of march on

a phased plan that would see uniform restrictions in the event of one particular circumstance namely infection rates over $100.00 cases per 100000 residents however that has not occurred and that's because the fact is that there are places even including the capital here berlin that have infection rates over that number and are still trying to sort of sort of do a lockdown light where there might be a light curfew but at the same time more testing and shopping and that is what the federal government now wants to change an interesting lee enough the federal state leaders say they're ready to go along because i think there is recognition that we need more reliability we need binding plans and we need clarity clarity also for citizens to ensure that they comply with the rules that are put into effect so we could see action as early as this weekend and beginning of next week that will change the federal infectious disease laws in order to give the federal

government more power and many citizens waves would say this is long overdue. in the crime you're watching in d.-w. babs it's now coming up next in l do with the business news. climber decorator's thomas that's next hour thanks for watching now i like they said. people in trucks injured when trying to treat a city center the mob and more refugees are being turned away a mug on the to sublease printed on the screen the demonstrators lucky policemen extreme fringe the luck of the law. the ultra more than 300000000 people who are seeking asylum.

the us come up because no one should have to sleep the mother make up your own mind the mother double is. made for minds. such. from the international monetary fund a stark warning the covert 19 pandemic has pushed international debt to alarming levels several countries are in danger of defaulting. the plan to rebuild the port of beirut faces many hurdles from speak to one german company involved in the project. this is the w. business i'm joined now the milan in berlin happy you can join us the international monetary fund has warned that the covert 19 pandemic has pushed international debt

to levels that could trigger a major crisis especially low income countries are at risk of default due to lower fiscal revenues and much higher health care and social expenses last year alone 6 countries default it most of them were in latin america and included argentina billie's ecuador and surinam in the middle east lebanon on and in africa zambia the i.m.f. fears this year could see even more countries and able to repay their creditors some of the most precarious sovereign debt is from african nations and goal of the republic of congo if you go beyond the the gambia and moves on beak laos rely on commodities and turkmenistan also have a high probability of debt distress crystal gave up ahead of the international monetary fund urged member countries to offer debt relief to ailing countries now johnson who is the c.e.o. of calorie asset management he joins us from lagos welcome johnson now let's start

with that you call for debt relief from the i.m.f. some member countries a huge multilateral effort to be sure is it even possible. yes it is possible because as it stands today in number of african countries that number it or repot countries having difficulties with violence india fiscal position and a lot of them out of the highly indebted to multilateral and agencies so even though did little granted about the minimum debt some relief should be granted to demand i am at least you know about that that pushing that salaries grants should be extended to the parties conscious and it won't so that it minimally be able to meet their obligations otherwise they are going to default as it stands today minute it had a very precarious fiscal position i was proud to give it 19 and community as was in this editions minute and i want to ask what's it with news that the used to have

and then elected at least pointed out we also see it creates india we call it this but to particularly with a need to meet. and then disapprove it 19 so clearly many african countries and many poor countries require some level of debt relief right but it would require all countries being on the same page here now china of course the largest single langar a to low income countries is china willing to renegotiate loans or are there concerns that they would perhaps see some assets from their betters. well i think it's an interest of tenet to negotiate some letters that. my charity is really do lose possibly interest payments i'll grant some with us on interest payments. that if tenet goes ahead with foreclosure goes on facets they will be fractured relationship with africa and china has been pushing to have

a strong relationship with africa which is what it is why they've adopted the approach of use of debt and use our infrastructure that supports so you tend i should be very hash had on this african countries at a time when somebody telling they have actually extraneous or is a genius they gave me end up destroyed it listen to it to be you know what it must mean today 20 years so in the interest of good relations china might be called upon but you know it's not just countries that language about private creditors are they likely to accept that restructuring. i see stands today if you look at the country leg zambia and a couple of what a country that have had to tell india sweet payment of interest obligations on my face by repayments when it became do you did a private tell you best source always willing to enter into some level of reality

mint or destruction of those loans as it stands today the private sector lend us do not have as much leverage as several linda us because foreclosure last it's by private sector and industrious marcum by some done for the us it's by submarine lend us on listed as i say it's outside the nationalities are the boundaries of the . contras so yeah they're going to go to the legal process of ocular the us it's so prevalent as also in situations like these. is not a very strong pollution actually seized that did well b.p. that said when do you so yeah i think one's multilateral going to just like i remember what bank up wishing for this i want to believe that but some are going to lend us and privately in the us will see the wisdom in allowing african countries which tragedy at their side that they be impatient to pay to. stand it with extended to my charities johnson show who is the c.e.o.

of calorie asset management thank you very much. rip the united states has blacklisted 7 chinese companies it accuses of building super computers for the military the move means that american firms will not be allowed to export technology to the companies without approval it's the latest development in a growing spat between washington and beijing over technology and security supercomputers can be used to develop weapons by simulating nuclear explosions and the trajectory of high speed missiles. on friday german corporate representatives unveiled their plans for the reconstruction of the beirut port it's still unclear who will be financing the project the reconstruction price tag is estimated at over $7000000000.00 euros a massive explosion destroyed the port last august leading the government to resign but prime minister designate saad hariri has been unable to form a new government to oversee the construction of. $200.00 people died and thousands

were injured last year after a warehouse storing highly combustible chemicals exploded at lebanon's mean seaport . waves from the blast at beirut's port flattened large parts of the lebanese capital leaving a quarter of a 1000000 people homeless the disaster was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history that some the country into its worst economic and political crisis since the end of its 15 years several who in 1990. s. to metz put the economic damage done to beirut that around $15000000000.00. rebuilding the porter's self is a big deal the blast left a crater 140 meters in diameter. a huge portion of the port was obliterated leaving up 280-0000 tons of construction and demolition waste in beirut. then there's the environmental fallout the explosion release toxic chemicals into the

atmosphere the courts buildings the land and the city. in political terms rebuilding poses a speech challenge for a bankrupt country modern corruption lebanon's entire cabinet resigned after the blast but have still not been replaced its people of all but lost faith in their politicians. fears abound and the aid may be swindled away after successive governments piled up debt following the war with little to show for it but rebuilding beirut on the scale it needs can happen without politics and any plan to do so would have to find a way to work with both. lars greiner of h.b.c. hamburg port consulting joins us now he's currently in beirut lars good to have you back on the show now this is a proposal so not yet set in stone how realistic is it that you'll be awarded this project to rebuild the port of beirut. how

it's great to be back with you again. i'm quite optimistic about it but at the end of the day the important thing is the governance relating to that to the port needs to be in place 1st the will is certainly there we've had some very encouraging hard but encouraging discussions over the last week but right now it really is up to things to move forward far as you mentioned the political situation there in lebanon and of course you don't have funding yet getting funding say from the european investment bank as largely contentions on political stability not easy at the moment tell us a bit about how you're dealing with these challenges. indeed you're absolutely right it is the biggest single bit biggest challenge is the political and the governance landscape on the ground we have had a lot of interest from from there is funding private as well as institutional

organizations there's very little we can really do about it we'd like to move ahead with the project we believe it's a good project but we're certainly not going to move it move ahead without the support of the funding institutions but also of the german government. we've been and the european union we've been very. they've given us they've got us good access and i think that we're hoping that we can continue the dialogues and that we'll start to see some kind of motivation we've had excellent discussions with various parties on the ground here the government government officials port of civil society and i think there's a genuine desire from everyone the feedback loop initially had from them from the meeting come from the press conference has been extremely positive people want to move ahead and i'm personally hoping that that gives the final motivation to actually for something to actually start to allow us to at least start the next steps this is not a short term project this is a long term project and we can take into bites at these bite sized pieces but we do

need to see the development moving in that in the same way in the same way and we can always move it in small pieces following that's right now we're waiting for the next movement forward on the one hand everyone sees a need for building a port everybody wants this part on the other hand it's contingent upon fixing deeply entrenched problems like public finance like rooting out corruption doesn't that sort of thing makes it difficult doesn't that make it difficult to assign a timeline to this. absolutely without question the good thing with it is that we have a lot of planning still to do. and we can move ahead with the planning without risk of developing anything further. always contingent on these reforms taking place this is not it this is not a quick fix this is not a 2 year development plan we're talking a 15 to 20 year your development plan with the 1st real developments taking place

or construction taking place only in 45 years in the meantime there's a lot of optimization we can do but it is all contingent on developments happening so we will simply do what we can as we can as structures start to come in place lars greiner of hamburg port consulting there thank you very much he's joined us from beirut a top german lawmaker has rejected tesla's claim that the country's bureaucracy is slowing down innovation the u.s. electric car maker says administrative complications are delaying the construction of its new factory outside berlin that germany is at risk of missing its climate targets but in an interview with business daily handles conservative lawmaker thomas for rice said he knew of no other project where so much had been done to get clearance quickly. amazon warehouse workers in the u.s. state of alabama have voted against forming

a union union leaders were hoping the election would lead to a new era of worker activism many southern states including alabama have passed so-called right to work laws that curtail unions abilities to mandate jews and other measures. thanks for watching. the funked up against the corona virus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. information and context the coronavirus update. on t w. this speech go it doesn't leave any crumbs behind because there's enough plastic lying around in cheek towns

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