discovered. subscribe to the documentary on you tube. our world such a beautiful place and yet this is what we're faced with on a daily basis not during the pandemic but maybe that's what it takes a pandemic to make us rethink about how we get about our city it's could soon mean taking off to work or literally zipping down the road to grab a bite or without food make its way to us in

a completely new vision way. well what about really thinking green well more of a switch to bicycles i did a long time ago it saves me time money a lot of stress and keeps me fit rethinking mobility pedal power gives you a sense of freedom and independence and in times like these it allows you to stay out in the fresh air rather than cramming on to public transport and to keep your distance from everyone else where the cars give cyclists the distance they need is another story some are so overly polite that they drive all the way around you keeping up to 3 meters distance others zip by leaving just a whisker between you and death's door the rule in germany is at least one and a half meters but what would our cities look like if we got rid of the costs. demonstrations in berlin take to their bikes they want more car free cycling rates in the city center more pedestrian zones and generally fewer cars in the capital

it's from credit auto market i think there's enough infrastructure for motorised transport so. what we need is to make more provision for cyclists we need to fight for a greener berlin why not just that i'm. meanwhile cars can't get through forced to make way for the cyclists. what do these motorists think about cyclists as it needs to be space for both not just the cyclists all the cars everyone's important one of them is noticeable. how about a quadricycle velo male cycling in all its forms has become hip image i mean capital . worth of equipment is part average speed in the city is 25 kilometers an hour otherwise 30. today the protest is being allowed on to the city freeway the

police once again holding back because. state government has adopted new transport policies in recent years adding cycle lanes and converting some streets into cycling and pedestrians opens but some want to more radical approach as a working obvious and from forks we want a referendum on drastically reducing traffic in berlin normally the streets are stuffed full of cars and we think that's unfair especially in inner cities where so many people no longer use a car yet have to sacrifice so much space to them cars just aren't in keeping with the times anymore. in many parts of the world in the cities are being rapidly transformed we spoke to one architect who's one aware of the challenges. a pandemic is serving to speed up a process that has long been on the way. just take

a walk through our pedestrian zones. and you'll see the problems. people and to be more shopping online department stores especially have suffered in recent years and the pandemic has made things worse. a lot of shop space and car parks now stand empty. this former department store in the center of a west german city was converted into an apartment building with shops. no one here needs a car now. it's important to cater to both living and working in the city. and that's the only way to reduce the amount of commuter traffic. here. this building in berlin central micha district was also designed for people without a car there are shops artists studios apartments and offices to all designed for a living and working under one roof passers by can look inside this like the flower

beds is an intentional feature they are just when you get lets you know what's going on out there who's passing by and i get to enjoy the plants that are growing here to my friends. there's no doubt that in the cities with fewer vehicles a more pleasant denmark's capital copenhagen has banned all cars from the city center. paris is planning to plant more trees on the shelves eliseo and around the arc de triomphe in an effort to cut traffic significantly. in new york parts of broadway near times square already caffrey dotted with street cafes designed by danish urban planners. comic has civil so understood that times are changing v.w. has developed self driving shuttles that it hopes will become the taxis of the

future and help to come in a city traffic. moving from being a pure automaker to becoming a mobility provider so whether you buy a car from us lease or rented or just use it and whether you drive yourself or not our business model works either way. back to the bike rally in berlin where the demonstrators are making a bigger line for the city's been freeway. if they get that way the german capital will one day no longer need a freeway because at least. i often cycle through berlin thinking how different the city of look if there weren't any cars or streets. landscapes are totally governed by cars so much so that you take it for granted but imagine if we just had parkland gardens and trees it'd be pretty amazing and instead we've got

endless kilometers of asphalt this sort of thing as well from time to time a memorial for a cyclist hit by a car or truck they've already been to such incidents this year in the german capital because a driver turned without looking over their shoulder. marcel schmidt has been driving a truck for 30 years the fun of hitting a cyclist while turning a corner has always been his worst nightmare and he knows it could happen any time . my dad said that my height even if it wasn't my fault and the cyclist had gone through a red light and didn't die but was seriously injured. i don't know how i deal with it. or if i ever get in a truck again. unfortunately it's never happened to him and in the past it was an even bigger problem than now. we are but one of them are just out of the normal mirrors on each side and between mrs going all the more america you had such

a big line suppose if you wanted a roundabout high spec you want to go like this and want this so you could see. and then you get a situation where you think there's no one coming and then looks. the statistics show that around $28.00 cyclists die every year in germany because they're overlooked by truck drivers turning but how can it still be happening so often trucks do have their mirrors after all. but the problem is they're not enough. let's take a look at what drivers can actually see. with a side view mirror the driver can see this area and this area. but not this one any cyclist in this blind spot won't be seen. and that's why

a blind spot assist mechanism was developed to help at junctions. sensors scan the area that the driver can see if there's something there it sounds in alarm. the job you just don't is the blind spot assist is great sometimes it repeats a lot even when there's no one there because it senses some kind of object and thinks it's a cyclist but that's ok i love it to people in every piece you lean over and look and if there's really a danger you do an emergency stop among them if you make them in the foot of the. muscle schmidt works for a transport and logistics company called eminence. it's been using blind spot assistance technology for many years and. so far 85 percent of its fleet has been equipped with the sensors the company believes safety systems like this are

important because every accident could have dramatic consequences. we didn't introduce it because it's compulsory otherwise we would have waited for the law to change your mind we acted in our own interest on behalf of our employees for their safety the safety of our vehicles and other road users. from july next year only trucks in the european union will have to be equipped with blind spot assistance systems. trucks that regularly supply goods to europe must also be fitted with the latest safety systems. a few years ago this all the company in ukraine bought 10 trucks with modern traverse just systems few not an easy decision as the costs involved are considerable. through for the

storage at the blindspot assist costs around 1500 euros but trucks i'm sure but it all adds up to more than the starting price for a truck is 100000 euros. or don't you have to add enough to force. 2000 euros small for all the optional extras so everyone has to calculate whether they can really afford it. was more. here in ukraine the drivers are also very much in favor of the safety systems are. important every truck should have a blindspot sensor system installed and even cars need to have a lane departure warning and emergency braking systems. are simply as things have been made stand there long ago it would have saved many lives more move most post to usenet. it's a program. just kidding that's going to poach a warning. marceau schmidt is grateful for every

safety feature and the helper croat but at the same time he knows in the end it's the driver who's responsible. can come rely on the technology completely it's great and definitely a help but you shouldn't rely on it. and what happens when you take the driver out of the equation when it's up to algorithms to decide on what to or who's worth slamming on the brakes full or if it comes down to swerving to miss a child but taking someone else's life instead. out official intelligence and self driving cars a still in development with no lots of an answer to questions and it's going to take a lot longer than the auto experts originally expected electric cars made while it finally started to catch on they're a big subsidies for german motorists and a heap more choice the race between v.w.

and tesla for example is heating up it wasn't that long ago that declared it was going green hue the last quarter of last year it overtook tesla in a vehicle sales this was once modern and this will soon be old innovation drives the auto industry as to sales figures and market power pioneers are challenging the big names but who's in the driver's seat. he was long dismissed as crazy iran must began making electric cars in the early 2000 it's his chest le bron just now a major player so in 500000 vehicles a year its market value higher than all the german carmakers put together but the winds of change are coming the german automaker is switching to all electric. bill . through early early late fast slow when it comes to technical innovation

that's always an impossible question i'd say folks wagon was right on time. electric cars are growing in popularity many governments now offer buyers financial incentives bokes wagon is converting plants at a cost of 35000000000 euros over the next 3 years. it's often also the best for you w. has many more models than tesla if they all can that 2 electric eye for the next few years will soon overtake tesla battery production is another focus the german car maker eventually once batteries made in europe using green electricity. we want to ensure that we're well supplied with high quality battery cells and ultimately bring our costs into line through economies of scale. so the car of the future will be electric what else the trend is towards driving cars that leave the driver free to focus on more important things

a living room or office on wheels. so the car becomes not just a mode of transport but an extension of the home. and it's up to us to design the vehicle accordingly cause need to be ready so the customer can work play all read at leisure. connectivity is clearly going to be key but perhaps not just inside the car elon in cars says automakers need to see the bigger picture. here demand actually yet or not especially now in the pandemic i would like to have seen also makers investing in the development of new mobility concepts concept. this could be apps that allow customers to decide how to get from a to b. perhaps a single platform that offers various for. transport here to automakers risk falling behind. us could. suffer too at

companies like amazon alibaba and others already very strong in this area it would certainly not be sensible to wait until they have the perfect solution on the market but to take the initiative now. we've designed a digital customer interface using our we connect services and will continue to expand and develop. the carmakers are working on their digital strategy individually as rivals the prospect of one big mobility platform for all isn't on the cards. there have been ideas and discussions on not but no decisions yet. so there's plenty of room for innovators from other industries to pull a google and apple are already on the job. even aircraft maker sense an opportunity . if there's any big breakthrough the german automaker

could once again find itself playing catch up. from 4 wheels to 2 you think it'll be a little harder to win over real redhead's when it comes to going electric and there are a lot of hurdles when it comes to the technology but motorbikes a racing up the popularity ladder we put 2 of them to the test drive as you did tony and chi static. we're going to find out who is queen or king of the murder cycles. i don't have the feeling. i gave the 3rd. and therefore we prepared some seriously gruesome challenges for these true beauty . the electric bikes have similar steps so it promises to be a fide 0 as

r s has 110 horsepower and the premium model will set you back about 26000 euros in germany. is heavier and packs slightly less horse power at a $105.00 it costs around $33000.00 the manufacturers want to show their modern side 0 motorcycles is a startup from the u.s. and is often called the test wales. harley davidson has long stood for loud mentors and the smell of gas but even it launched its 1st electric model in 2019 its clients are becoming more environmentally conscious and electric motor cycles are becoming more popular in 2020 in the e.u. sales grew by 50 percent to almost $19000.00 units already so it's taking which bike i would say there's 2 options we can either fight it out or do rock paper scissors what do you prefer i would say we do rock paper scissors but the winner takes the harley server want to 3.

so we hit the road very quietly the loudest thing is the sound of the other vehicles around us and the ride feels pretty solid in city traffic it's actually easier because you don't have to shift gears all the time. because it's our 1st time on the motorbike. and we have a long day ahead of us we're worried about the range so we've both opted for the eco mode whenever we break all take our hand off the accelerator it generates power for the better. we start our competition with a drag race on a go cart test track outside berlin. drag race means who's fastest off the mark. on your mark get set. go.

victoria is for the. so it's. but biking is more than just going fast the real test of a bike can be at slow speeds and you can easily lose balance so it's time for a challenge number 2 getting snow without touching the ground. are come our colors there's. little or no 2. i'm sure i can win the next challenge to braking. we'll speed up to

60 kilometers an hour and brake as hard as we can. and. frank is not really convinced by the accuracy of this test. we have you can't really compare that because it depends how fast you're moving one or 2 kilometers an hour would make a difference when did you start to break it's time for you both to do it at the same time you know that's why it's hard to use that to compare which bike has the better brakes. is not. the next test it's probably more interesting for every day riders 1st we take the bikes through some lovely brand book countryside to run the batteries down. time for the charge challenge. the harley says it's capable of super charging which could be

a reason to buy it but apparently not at this station and says oh my god if this really takes 8 hours which i don't then we'll stay here until 4 average but luckily it wasn't 8 hours after an hour the harley was half charged turns out charging. busy or s.o.'s isn't any easier either. after another they were almost fully charged both bikes disappointed with the range we got which was less than promised are our final challenge because everyone has something very special and they know you will love it because because it's a risk. yes if there aren't then the once you're used to. mom so far both bikes have 2 points each fossils left will win the crown our instructor frank lays down the gauntlet on a conventional petrol bike it's not that fast. now it's julia's turn. that on. average.

i. think the 1st one a pretty good. one too i guess . there she goes you do it in 0. 55 that's quite ok for holly right. now it's time to prove that my 0 is better.

ready to go. i wonder how many times. what we. look. for are how do i do it it's going to the coach. so all the crushes on the racetrack

hold off a little bit but look at it. we're back at where we started so i'm risking our queen of emotive cycles considering the challenges i won the bread praised and the go kart track and i won the slow driving and the braking. so that's technically a time but even ability is all about charging right well the charging with the holly life i was just insane this is definitely in a great going against a minus point this is a lovely bike but the charging once a year just a pain in the. so with all this in our minds who do you think should get the crown well the be perfectly honest i think to 0 deserves to crown the charging process with the life i it's just no fun so. i should do it yes i'm going to say road that you may be a crown. well there's a good up. come up if you can. you can see chi putting up much of

a fight for that crowd after calling it technically a tie but he's a good sport that's it for this week thanks for watching.

the fight against the corona virus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing. measures are being taken. what does the latest research say. information into context. the coronavirus and the the special monday to friday on w. my 1st boss was

a sawing machine. where i come from women are balanced by this motion towards the middle something as simple as learning how to ride a bike is that both isn't. since i was a little girl i want to talk about bicycle off my home but it took me years to make . finally they gave up invention by me on my side and returns because sewing machine sewing i suppose was more afro creates for girls than writing advice as knowledge i want to reach out to those women back home for bones my head and social norms and inform them of old dead basic rights my name is the about of people homes and they were ads see them. over important new. smoking news for healthy.

signs are good for the dreamers global warming doesn't exist. will not. move. you have made in my mind. to the street just going truly with your thoughts. they are intentionally seeking to see you science. it's not easy to spot i'm saying one thing and history is saying that. the great bush so good 20th century. present day hoaxes this is. and who's behind the. just the behavior is unacceptable it will not be. structurally new stocks make good on d. w. .

this is it reduces life for whirlwind tough action russia's president warns the west not to cross red lines or risk retaliation in a state of the nation address a lot of effort and threatens western leaders while at home tensions rise protesters rally in support of jailed the kremlin critic a let's see the evolving also coming up emergency brake germany passes new laws to try and contain a 3rd wave of the pandemic areas with high infection rates could now be forced into emergency long doubts the country's health minister says the situation is extremely serious and a guilty verdict for george choice killer marks a milestone in the fight against racism but many say real justice is still

a long way off president by meanwhile welcomed the jury's decision pledging to bring about change in the us. the haka a very warm welcome we starts in russia where president of lattimer putin has warned foreign powers not to interfere in russia's internal affairs and his annual state of the nation address mr putin warrant that moscow would respond in a quote swift and harsh way to what he called for and provocations he spoke of tensions with the west are rising over russia's military buildup at the ukrainian border international criticism has also been mounting over imprisoned opposition figure alexy now vollies deteriorating health mr vaughan these supporters have held . protest to demand he is given medical treatment and is released from captivity.

our want to turn now to our correspondent in moscow emily sure when. mr putin didn't mention alexey move on the just once in his speech but he did have a lot to say about foreign policy and foreign politics. actually he didn't have much to say about foreign politics at all the main focus of his speech was very much domestic what you mentioned earlier on was kind of almost the only sound bite we got out of letting your pollution stay on the international politics he said that russia almost is a nation under siege with its enemies kind of poking it just for fun as it seemed for sports as he said and he very much made it clear that russia does have a red line and that its enemies should not cross that but other than that the focus

was squarely on the domestic we talked about the benefits about infrastructure projects about investments in russia's regions after all there are elections ahead in september and trust in the near putin has been falling according to surveys which of course makes these current protests that are going on very inconvenient as well tell us about these protests has there been a crackdown what's the mood like. well protests have already been taking place for several hours now in other time zones across russia hundreds of people for example gathered in the far eastern city of leyte you both stuck and also in the in siberia but pretty much from the get go there was a huge police presence including here in moscow where the protests are kicking off as we speak and over 200 people have been arrested already according to the independent monitors in full this morning several political activists

including some of these closest allies were arrested even before the protests began now can you tell us do we know how mr vali is doing what is what is his medical condition at the moment. well the chain of i know has been on hunger strike in prison for over 20 days now asking calling for his doctors to be able to come and see him he said in an instagram post that he published yesterday that he is a bag of bones because he's lost so much weight and before he also was complaining about back thing about numbness in his arms and legs which he said could be down to the fact that he was poisoned last year with the military. nerve agent his supporters of also said that they have blood test results that show that he could be facing kidney failure or heart problems and the prison service here in russia

meanwhile has been insisting that his health is satisfactory and they earlier this week moved him to a hospital to a dobro tuberculosis ward actually within another prison potentially to treat him but his allies say that's enough and that's why they've taken to the streets today that's not enough rather and that's why they've taken to the streets today and we share one reporting from moscow thank you very much. and earlier i spoke to a man fred raber he is the leader of the center right european people's party bloc in the e.u. problem meant and he says the us itself lattimer britain that there will be a high price to pay if they should go in the wrong direction. what we can do is to show to vladimir putin and to his whole system how high the price could be if things went and we go in a wrong direction that is what we have to show and that's why for me it's clear if

not. really hopefully not but if this really will happen that he will die then i think for example that north stream 2 cannot be finished can it be finalized is approaching we have to tell putin the price is high please respect international obligations and andrews there was monterrey there speaking to us earlier back here in germany the parliament has passed a new law that would force coronavirus lockdowns on areas with high infection rates recent polls show the majority of germans approved this step while the measure approved by lawmakers would end the patchwork approach by german states to tackle the pandemic while infection rates remain stubbornly high across germany and hospitals are stretched to the limits meanwhile there were protests in berlin ahead of the vote around 8000 people gathered in the capital to show their opposition to what they feel is an unjustified crackdown on their personal freedoms police broke

up the demonstration after many participants ignored social distancing rules and didn't wear face masks. did obvious political correspondent simon a young is joining me now simon at what will now change in germany with this new law. well as you said up to now the 16 regional states in germany have coordinated their approach to kobe 90 but they've pretty much done their own thing this new legal regime that will impose the plan of essentially nation wide so it will trigger specific measures when local areas get above certain thresholds and particular when our an area is above 100000 new infections over 7 days that that rate is reached for 3 consecutive days then the new things will be triggered such as

limits on personal contacts one household plus one other person or for instance night time curfews between 10 pm and 5 am people will only be able to go out alone for for a jog or for a walk but they are centrally have to stay home and also shopping will be restricted people won't be allowed into shops unless they've got a negative test that they can show in various other measures too and if the infections rise highs are higher there could even be school closures so some pretty serious measures that the regional states are in quite required to impose i should say a lot of these things might kick in fairly soon because currently many parts of germany already are well over 100 the incidence rates of 100 and the national average and these are 160 right let's talk about this this incidence number because critics of this law of this new bill say focusing on incidence and numbers alone is just too

simplistic what are the experts telling you is it the right tool for keeping the virus in check. well a lot of experts say it's very important to to impose stricter measures because the 3rd wave is in is in full flow and they point out that a lot of press hospitals around the pressure some aspinall's already saying they're deferring all non-essential operations and so on on the other hand other experts say that this doesn't really go far enough and indeed they also criticize this concentration on this 17 day infection number it doesn't take into account for instance vaccination levels or indeed the question of hospital capacity which could also really make a big difference to if you like how serious the pandemic is in any local region did his political correspondent simon young reporting thank you let's show you now on

some of the other stories making headlines around the world. mamata it is there he has taken over as the new president of chad one day after his father it is dead he died unexpectantly the army says that every senior was killed on the frontlines fighting insurgents. at least 4 people have been injured in a suicide bombing that targeted a convoy of security forces in afghanistan's capital kabul no one has yet claimed responsibility the blast came hours before turkey announced the delay of a conference aimed at ending decades of war in afghanistan. police in columbus ohio have shot dead a black teenager during a confrontation body can put it shows an officer opening fire as the youth lunched at another person with a knife people have been protesting the killing which came less than an hour before

the verdict was announced in the george floyd case. and that verdict has left many in the u.s. breathing a collective sigh of relief former police officer derek show ven was found guilty of 2nd degree murder and manslaughter in the death of george floyd last year he was filmed killing floyd a black man by pressing his knee on floyd's neck for more than 9 minutes the murder sparked global outrage and protests against racism and police brutality people in minneapolis celebrated the verdict as a milestone in the fight for racial justice. we the jury in the above entitled matter as to count one unintentional 2nd degree murder while committing a felony find the defendant guilty to the words so many have been hoping and waiting for their guilty on all counts derek chauvin now a convicted murderer at the end of a tense 3 week trial. justice for george floyd what began as

a rallying cry has become reality. thanks just crowds who had gathered at george floyd square the site where he was murdered were overcome by emotion. overwhelmed i'm grateful and relieved so i'm i feel grounded i can feel my feet on the concrete i'm super grateful that this is the verdict and that we can now move to the next faith george floyd slow death has now been seen by millions. while attempting to arrest him last may show been pinned to handcuff floyd to the ground kneeling on his neck for 9 minutes 29 seconds. i can't breathe for some of his final words. floyd's killing on least one of the biggest waves of protests in u.s. history against systemic racism and police brutality. president joe biden

hailed the decision as an important step toward police reform it was a murder in full light of day and rip the blinders off for the whole world to see the systemic racism vice president just referred to or system integration insists the nation's soul but it's not enough we can't stop here. in order to live a real change or reform we kid and we must do more to reduce the likelihood that tragedy like this will ever happen to occur again. chauvin handcuffed and led away will be sentenced 8 weeks from now he could be facing decades in prison. order. is force news the brand new and highly controversial european football super league that was announced just on sunday has crashed and burned after fran's players and

coaches of teams like chelsea voiced a vocal opposition to the season long tournament all 6 english clubs just abandoned the plan last night and other clubs from spain and italy have followed suit only real madrid and barcelona remain officially involved in the project on the super leagues founder though says he remains convinced of the beauty of the project. are mine are the top story that we're tracking for you this hour vladimir putin has warned other states against quote crossing russia's red lines and pledged the response would be asymmetrical swift and harsh mr putin made the remarks amid rising tensions with ukraine and concerns over the deteriorating health of dissidents like significantly and germany's parliament has passed a new law that could mark a watershed moment in the country's fight against covert 19 the move could force

long downs and curfews on areas with high infection rates as germany battles the 3rd wave of coronavirus cases. you're watching it really is live from growing up next to business news with rob watch some iraq thanks for watching. every day counts for us and for our plan. is going to bring you live concerts. how do we make cities scream how can we protect.