era 1000000000 starts june 7th on d w. this is the news live from berlin scientists in india accuse the government of ignoring warnings over the deadly new coronavirus very advisors plain politicians failures or the devastating 2nd wave of covert 19 that is now overwhelming the health service. also on the program. giving a voice to the voiceless today marks well press freedom day and we'll speak to the winner of the w's freedom of speech. class there are calls for the president

of the german football association to resign after he compared his deputy to an infamous nazi judge will get all the details funded of useful it's. also coming up the tale of an 8 clinton creature and her human companion we take a look at the film i octopus teacher a south african film won the best documentary prize at this year's oscar. i'm going to elf as well come scientists in india husing their government of ignoring warnings of new more dangerous variants of the coronavirus forum of advisors says ministers fail to impose large scale restrictions despite the alert in march political rallies and large religious gatherings have since been science

that has super spreader events 2nd wave of covert 19 has left india battling record numbers of deaths and infections. india is struggling as the pandemic 2nd wave crashes over the country death and desperation are spreading so too is the fear that the government can stem the surge and end india's suffering. when the cases started rising up by the plan. but turns out that if you put in the 1st week understood that the governments have no idea they're not prepared for anything they don't have it up until later than one was but is again about although whatever you need for the entire city or the entire nation in just one example a dozen covert 900 patients died this weekend when a hospital in the capital ran out of oxygen supply for nearly an hour and a half of one of the means to go to fulfill that mission. is the oxygen

believe support because these are to be so cross to 50. feet of the increased demand in the hospital a court in delhi says it will start punishing government officials for failing to deliver lifesaving items but it's impossible to give what is not yet available the international community spent the weekend sending supplies grieving relatives and scientists blame elected officials for the catastrophic situation saying they ignored medical advice and warnings about variance. prime minister narendra modi faces intense criticism over his handling of the pandemic and his decision to allow state elections to go ahead and that decision cases despite heavy campaigning his party failed to win the key state of west bengal or to make significant gains in other state assemblies. for more let's go to our daily bird see for me it's

a way to the government in fact been warned about the more dangerous virus variant back in march why was that warning ignored apparently well that's a good question get out in fact this consortium of scientific advisors was set up back in december blank the government itself and a specific task was to look for barry and so mutants which could cause a trace to public health now this is a group of scientists who tend national universities sent given they have findings to the relevant authorities in march as you mentioned and really just spoke to 5 of them and i asked them what happened why wasn't anything done and one of them said i job is to provide evidence for the job the policy making is that the government basically implying that means the hard science did not drive policy making as much as it should have so how angry are people over this lack of policy making by the

government again people are getting angrier by the day i'm in day what the situation is really grim hospitals are still without oxygen some of them they're running out of bands of blanks they need quitman plasma drugs and people are getting more in line and concern says bret is the management to deal with this crisis not just to give you an example i was you know out of meeting with my colleagues today and one person said i haven't done any work today i'm running around organizing a bed for someone another county didn't show up at the meeting she's trying to organize an oxygen cylinder the people here are feelings bricks select on by the system and the and now let's do the must see an individual acts of kindness everyone in the city has been touched in some way or the other so anger is growing so the anger is growing and how is the government responding to that growing. well this is one of the ones that has emergencies that india has feast and the

government says it's doing all it can to bring it under control and they point to do what's all the meetings they've had in the last 2 weeks belies the army they will bless the employees to get oxygen tank is to set up hospitals these announce measures to set up oxygen generating all of these will take a bit of time to become effective for the people who are angry they need help right now it's a question of debts and by the i'm not very happy with the government of the sick the government isn't denied but it's nourishment of this crisis to the views of many to cima in delhi thank you meter now to some of the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic the pharmaceutical company finds a is in talks with the indian government over speeding up the approval of its coronavirus vaccine to help combat the surging caseload there also in india the northern neighbor naipaul has suspended all domestic and international flights

until 14th of may the country struggles to contain its own soaring infections and travel to the european union could soon become easier blocks executive recommended along all travelers into the block were fully vaccinated with an e.u. approved. today marks will press freedom day what better day to reveal the winner of the w.'s freedom of speech award this year we are honoring and best of journalist from a geria from an early age she's stood up for women's rights and called out injustices will speak turn a few minutes 1st he has some insight into some of the most challenging investigations. a few things excite to body of 40 more than finding a good story. i've seen is fiery 8. red to curb one through to our last in a good thread in male sexuality oh gun. of worry has been speaking up against

injustice and she was a little girl encouraged by have found her she decided to become an investigative journalist. i watched we met there ted i watched chile drain banks retired unjustly. i was there in the same been quite nice and all the wealthy nothing when walking free that's the environment i'm comin from so that really laid the foundation for what i do now wanting to give voice to the boys' lives with the power to rethink the world. of worries work sometimes involves changing her identity all his stories affect her personally but none of them impacted her life as much as her 2013 investigation into nigeria's human trafficking mafia the story unfolded on this street alan avenue a popular hot spot for prostitution for 7 months of war he was an undercover sex worker here it was the toughest most frightening and most challenging investigation

one she wasn't prepared for she was raped abused and so to people beheaded in front of her. that i see that it's a depression. that was the trauma. they're pros from lots of stress. are right for panic attacks at some points it's growth growth. of worry is still recovering from that experience has story so does the inspiration for the netflix film are no to rate the shower not she's made several other award winning investigations and is adamant she's not stopping any time soon. and here's what director general peter limbaugh has to say about this year's your freedom of speech award winner and all she has achieved she is a courageous woman but i think such an award will also help her for her work

hopefully also for security but we also want to empower other journalists who work on and investigate to job and who are in dangerous circumstances what we see that nigeria has fantastic journalists and we from dutch abella we work together with a lot of media houses in nigeria but i think in general it is important that we help investigative journalism in africa that we also help female journalists in africa and i think we can contribute a bit from our side from that should be with this freedom of speech will speaking then i am delighted to be joined from lagos by to bore of work on regulations again on the award my 1st question is on the sex trafficking investigation that was actually made you go on that you knew it was dangerous you. thank you very much for the hour or. was me. this as

a guest a geisha is that some years ago when i was one of the graduates i love. traffic because. that really got me interested in anything you might have akin and i had in mind still. sung in front of friends sung very loosely. with tense is the only way one of the traffic lights and that really got in it interested in anything you might try to kid so weight is really really comes out very close contacted me to places and i wonder was it really it's like that scene or until the 2 of you said when we met i had to pause. and i call that is it does have this edition kids. so if you have any repercussions from nigerian authorities after revealing some of

the most distressing aspects of sex trafficking going on in nigeria. well i can say precisely after the investigation into all. the morning and it's still receiving a strange call those. numbers that are being on the call as in the als. using it correctly and we're sending me a. very terrible test message is a way to get you a concert run for long and that has led the lens will watch my back. very security conscious i had asked change the location. so i changed the kitchen of. let's talk about the netflix bill that is inspired by

your story what impact it doesn't have on your life. let me state that netflix movie is out and that's a shot of my work my lot insincerity there's a difference between bad walk and got good looks the movie i have got a shot or make a geisha. can beat is halliburton it is because. the. showcasing. really needs me to shop across the next 20. or so. is liz it paris at least in my heart. is a very negative. point. to bora-bora this year's winner of the w.'s press freedom award congratulations again to many fans. thanks of march.

let's have a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world police in germany say they have shut down a major internet platform that shared images of the sexual abuse of children officials said the site of the so-called darkness was one of the biggest in the world with more than 400000 members 4 men been arrested. israel's state controller said his office will launch an investigation into friday's deadly stampede at a jewish festival 45 people were killed in the crash which was the deadliest civil disaster in israel's history governmental agencies said it could have been prevented. u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken has criticized china for acting in quote increasingly adversarial ways but he stressed that a military confrontation would be against the interests of both nations lincoln

arrived in london on sunday for a meeting of g 7 foreign ministers where china is one of the issues on the agenda. young activists in mere man have staged nationwide rallies calling for others to join them in a spring revolution witnesses say security forces shot several demonstrators dead a series of explosions rocked the city of young gone it's been 3 months since the military seized power in a cool. most european countries have been relying on who lockdowns masks and travel bans to keep coronavirus cases down but sweden has taken a different path as its top epidemiologists doesn't agree with locked outs that's turned the country into an oasis of freedom in europe health authorities are urging people to remain vigilant but will they listen to w.'s teri schultz reports.

sweden seen as the land of sweet liberty for those chafing against coronavirus closures curfews and mandatory masks while most of europe has been in various stages of lockdown over the last year swedes have been skiing shopping dining in drinking restrictions in swedish restaurants mean giving customers space and closing at 8 pm i think we have taken away a round hole for us so we have one bank gun jimmy head waiter at the concern and restaurant in stockholm says sweden's done it right. it's. even learn from czech republic the comer taking it we were. just free to freedom the architect of this model state epidemiologist anders techno who did basically the same as many other countries. and struck it differently trying to do . my bit more than not assist to pinpoint what exactly we do we need to close but

take a different way has seen sweden record a far higher death toll than its closest neighbors finland and norway a comparison he rejects they all flyers sweden. very much more true belgium or stray even germany and sweden is among the $5.00 to $10.00 countries for at least excess more targeted in europe but sweden's care homes in particular were hit hard last year and still now hospitals warn intensive care units are nearly overwhelmed in december even the king said he thought the strategy had failed but techno stands by his recommendations he says the only problem with them is that people don't follow them take masks for example understand doesn't believe they're very effective so on public transportation riders are urged but not required to mask up during rush hours few up. to do so some feel that's

a failure of the government's covert $1000.00 communications strategy at least journalism professor christian christianson says the lax approach to mask wearing exposes inequalities in swedish society in danger especially minorities you're seeing people who are probably in lower paying jobs service industry jobs must take public transportation they're on packed trains in the morning day in day out with hundreds of people in a small container i think it's reasonable to ask like you know might that not be possible public health problem if they make it more tight that everyone should make it and should wear a mask that would be very important maybe we could have spared some life a new emergency law gives the government temporary power to impose a lockdown but it hasn't been used polls show some swedes have lost faith in their country's approach to stuff lloyd blood isn't one of them he still trusts in ender's ted now. like this different kind of way crisis in the world

we did it in a way where people still could have a lot of different and for me freedom is really important blood support isn't likely to fade quickly last year he immortalized the epidemiologist on his epidermis sports news know how to believe in return to action in the bundesliga on monday night after a 14 day coronavirus quarantine the team is currently 2nd from bottom in the table and now faces around a 5 games in just 13 days so the match against relegation rivals minds could be a defining moment in the battle for survival. hits of berlin season came to a halt maybe april the last mess they played was against glovebox and they didn't leave if he handed that draw he did a 3 game run where he had to pick up 5 points but their momentum was put on hold after coached our guy in several players return positive cove in $1000.00 tests

currently and 17th on the table he had to have 3 matches to make up starting with months and coached are done i believe they can do enough to free themselves from relegation danger the not from these 3 games we need at least 4 points at least i'd be happy if we get more $97.00 it doesn't matter but it has to be at least 4 that's what i expect from the team and they'll have to deal with that pressure so i don't think it's too much pressure because it's an achievable goal i think they'll manage it and go on to. covert 19 has kept some hits of players still sidelined goalkeeper rooney you are stunned suffered badly and is out for the rest of the season. with no real match practice hansa face an uphill battle when they meet meit's a side riding high after defeating byron munich 5. germany's football

association wants its president to resign after he compared his deputy to an infamous nazi judge. admits he made a serious mistake but as with fusing to stand down he's been in the job for 2 years the association is the world's biggest single sports federation with more than 7000000 members. joining me now in the studio is jonathan crane from sports jonathan what is this all about well this is all stemming from a meeting that took place just over a week ago it was a meeting between top officials in the german football federation and during that meeting for the president referred to one of his vice presidents running a cork as thrice and why is that significant will run on friday was that as he said an infamous nazi judge he was involved in vons a conference in 1942 during that conference it was the final stages of the holocaust being planned of course the mass murder of 6000000 jews why the

comparison will run a cult is a judge himself in munich munich now and the president for its kind of has apologized for his remarks which were clearly then leaked out during this private meeting so hard football fans people reacting to this scandal well i think there was a lot of outrage and i think is being taken seriously by the german football federation there was an emergency meeting at the weekend between the associations that make up the german football federation during that meeting a statement was released saying the remarks were completely unacceptable calla lost of votes of confidence 26 to 9 now i mention his apology the apology hasn't been accepted by ryan a cock i think that speaks to a white a power struggle inside the federation on one hand one side you have fritz calla on the other thigh you have coke and the general secretary freezers curtis is very much for kind of old guard versus new caliban you know the other 2 the old guard in

this in this dispute i think it's. if either join football federation have what 9 presidents in 5 years and something like they've been getting for presidents pretty quickly after after a lot of stability beforehand exactly. how much is that overshadowing the game is the of be trying to redefine itself what is this clearly it's not a good look for german football is that i think it was an internal discussion where they were worried about the federation's image coding for whole if there were changes you have to remember fritz keller was born in $21.00 thing to clear up a lot of the math and now it seems like they're back to square one with all the problems resurfacing on them granted of you sports thank you very much you're welcome. into milan are celebrating after they were confirmed as italian champions for the 1st time since 2010. fans of the team filled milan's draw was where their title rivals are to lunch or were held to

a draw putting into 13 points clear at the top of the table the club is now the 2nd most successful side in city our history with 19 titles one more than city rivals ac milan. a pitch invasion forced english footballing giants manchester united to postpone a match against rivals liverpool fans were demonstrating against the club's american owners united was among the 12 clubs who attempted to form a breakaway european super league project collapsed after resistance from supporters angry fans also blocked the manchester team bus bring players to the game supporters want united's owners to sell the club. and out of the tail of an 80 limbed sea creature and her human companion film about their bones just won best documentary feature at this year's oscars my octopus teacher is streaming on netflix and portrays the unusual friendship forged by the

octopus and a south african filmmaker in the waters off cape town. dr . reddy's. it's a captivating tale of friendship south african filmmaker and naturalist craig foster was intrigued by a young octopus he found in an underwater forest near cape town foster began to document their daily interactions and the mollusk wild him and his fellow directors this curiosity turned a personal video project into a full length documentary. i think it's lots of ways and we incrementally so built to be something that could appeal to a group who are not only interested in this or natural history in this environment but the soul of everything greys going to as

a human being he saw there relatable things he's dealing with guilt disappointments he's conflicted about things he's trying to sort of overcome its security. and its patience and dissemination always of human quality. of being question serious stories just the context is very young. and the effort is well come on ground in cape town. i think it can have a profound effect not just on a winter's image taking to finding something. amazing what you did with holding up the building. you know how you how do you follow that. it's a lesson in how humans and nature can co-exist in mutual appreciation. you're watching t.v. news is a reminder of our top story scientists in india accusing the government of ignoring

warnings of the new more dangerous variant of the coronavirus advisors blame politicians failures for the devastating 2nd wave of covert 19 that is now overwhelming the health system. as it from any other news stream don't go away though eco india is.

equal india. how can a country's economy grow its people employment when there are do. we look at the bigger picture india a country that faces many challenges and those people are striving to create a sustainable future clever projects from europe and to india.

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all that and more to be alone welcome to eco india and some of that i. let's start in india as ip how big for the last 2 decades new economic prospects have of course meant more and more migrants making their way to the city but it's also next to a shop big access to the most basic of facilities like water electricity and cooking gas to name just a few and organization in the city is helping hard to reach families by empowering their women to create this access themselves but to help. luxury is familiar with housework she doesn't just care for her family she also works as a domestic helper in bangalore but it's her 2nd job that changed her life after some training luxury become

a clean energy entrepreneur. for the past 3 years she has been selling products like solar lights and cooking appliances in a community an informal settlement in eastern bangalore. outing to list them but a lot of people who have been living in the community for 18 years have always known me but a lot of the new people don't know me and that is when the neighbors started telling them about mean that i felt clean energy appliances like. the all have my 4 number now so the new will fall also calling me saying that they have just moved and they also need appliances for their home care that them or that i am about to commit out and that. luxury mainly sells solar lambs it means families are no longer dependent on kerosene they need light in the evening for cooking and for their children to do homework. are healthier and more environmentally friendly than

kerosene lamps and cheaper in the long run one lamp costs between $11.33 euros depending on whether it is a simple light or if it also has a radio a lot of money for the inhabitants of the slums but achievable with a 5 week interest free payment plan. the idea of low income migrants came from colonnade group a social enterprise working to address gender equality climate change and poverty alleviation. clean energy is one aspect of an improving situation in the slum the population here is constantly increasing for we're doing 2 years no one has seen a steady rise of interstate migrants arriving and looking for jobs. like shot on them and our family they moved here from the state good bugger district. to work there is farming work but it's difficult to live on so people would sit at

home with a lot of loans to pay we don't have much land as well and had difficulties that's why we came here but living in tents it's difficult to access bathrooms and toilets or getting water for domestic use and sleeping in such a small space is a challenge when children grew up. most of the migrants here live in harsh conditions and small checks often but the water and electricity the multiethnic city of bangalore also known as a bungalow is one of the fastest growing cities in the world. market he thought dynamics that are. low income households people. only option that they find are. these informal settlements and most of these informal settlements are on certain news and because. you don't get any other

services. often these a squatter settlements are found close to construction sites or industrial areas open deaf occasion is a common practice in the problem of indoor air pollution is rampant natural lighting and cross ventilation inside homes on and on the phone. the hygiene situation in these communities is bad and women who bear the brunt of it. the very men are confined to these communities and they do not have the ability to move beyond their communities the fundamental problem starts from the fact that they have no access to it and even these they desire basic wages and the men typically don't contribute towards anything in the family so the women take up small jobs around the place to provide for the family now the moment the access to the source of so no then their access to any product that can help improve their living conditions is also. with their approach the group of women.

so that they can act independently with their job luxury complements monthly income by 25 to 50 percent depending on how much. it has a member of the 1st step out of poverty moving out of. and into a book a home next to the community. my children have suffered a lot i have to and i had to ask them to wake up. before sunrise but now we have our own toilet and bought it's up to us now they can do their daily activities according to their. 900. sales agents in their communities they have improved not only their own living conditions but have also made a significant change for many people living in the slums like. a migrant from district sense she has had

a solo lamb her health and that of her children has improved they're no longer you . know back to back of the one some days we were traveling out of kerosene and had to be without life we were able to get it again but then we didn't have mobile phones to use us torches we would cook and eat 11 darkness in reality the solar lights have not only lit up my home but lost my life that may vary. it is unlikely the people here will receive support from authorities in the near future to improve living conditions in the magazine these informal settlements but. to give them the chance to live a better life without kerosene they're healthier and there's less damage to the environment a step in the right direction at least. we all want those that

pretty top and that stunning jacket fast fashion this addiction nobody every estimated $56.00 tons of clothing much afraid consumed in the developed world but it has a devastating impact on the cities of developing countries. like the south indian city is a hub for the clothing industry and industry which is now destroying the region's once. more you must become a dumping their own before all this for. as long as. humans are interested in reading plots this mess will exist. therefore. 2 the only place

for textiles in india is to poor no where else do you if your wedding shopping come to to europe or how did our desire to be fashionable this once sleepy town and if they could endure a toxic environment. if you know one. think it was a made in india this is probably where it came from. duple wood on the banks of that of annoying is a city in southern india up to 90 percent of the country's cotton textile exports and more than half its knitwear exports originate here. the global retailers that's lost clothes are usually large western corporations. as all the major. medical. but there is now

all too famous for the state of its drivel this is not a river it's green this is the view of a bang on this one sacred river smelled so bad and is so often of chemicals but it's. so how did things turn out like this. just a few decades ago the duple was almost entirely farmland growing primarily cotton so when small textile factories began to set up here in the late 1970 s. farmers gave up their livelihood and joined the trend. like kumar did i saw me good runs a garment factory insulted and has seen the city transform. lives now worth 260. district a corpus. we are employing about more than 1300000 people about

a plea any better do you need completely. been spotted listen really need to invest these. textile industry here is what is called a cluster around a 1000 small to mid-size independent garment factories like that as armies exist alongside dying bleaching and embroidery units together they bring in a revenue 150000000000 do please almost 3000000000 euros a year. industrial scale tech setbacks have also been set up but it's the small to mid-size facilities that make up the majority. starter. model me myself. more that. there will be so much offered impact as far as the pollution wisconsin are one stage all that really spoiling the in my mind boxy chemicals. will be

a brain into the it were. 180 kilometers in length and has long been considered sacred as a non-issue as the region and sustains at least 2000000 people before draining into the famously. as the oil flows through the growing cities though it gets short with household and plastic waste. but the most harmful pollutants enter the liver industrial cluster. 2020 study found high levels of copper zinc lead and other carcinogenic metals in the water. that could leave long term effects on the land local people and livestock. this is the water that goes to people's fields. things that can bring pink

a big thing. to a flood plain. in 2011 the state high court stepped in managing all manufacturers to set up wastewater treatment plants most have complied but activists say many manufacturers who can't afford to clean up their chemical waste continue to dispose of it illegally sometimes under the cover of darkness or in areas that are more trouble constant monitoring. between don't sin it was one of the activists. to convince the court to take action but he says the burden of cleaning up this week is to count only fall on the little guys. this dying and losing doesn't exist in the arab countries because they don't want to follow the water if somebody raises the issues of pollution in the europa not the america people suddenly there will be a knee jerk reaction from the cooperation then they'll say no no no no we're not so

seen from your real source from by the levees as if it was the is find there are there are several sources for we have my own resources from terry now that. is not be ethical. he says that developed countries are outsourcing their pollution and the social consequences of this extend well beyond this city. brunt of the impact of the moment pollution has been faced by the farmers and i would have some communities basically lost the fertility of their soil they lost their capsules they lost they have grown bored of the socialist and ultimately the income as ground 0. and. begin a few years they lost everything. down driven neal one of the 2 dams in the new year is that the impact of this is most severe. i did

a visit to order to buy them down which has been polluted for decades. there's a porch of over 800000 fish dying here in just. that was over 15 years ago when the floodgates opened but even today the water is polluted the reservoir is blanketed in water hyacinth plants indicators of heavy metal pollution they also choked the entire river system below. 3 farmers who were on their morning walk on the dam approached me and began describing what did happen. into the river dig up decide. by the net when i was 15 or so we used to drink this water but it's been dirty for 30 to 35 years now and another by the way they say many people have jobs on the other side but what good is that if the water is contaminated there's a saying in time you know it's like selling your eyes and buying a movie.