3. or 6. because no one wants to see. a good girl born. w. . you're watching news asia coming up today is it a setback for indian prime minister in their random modi's party in regional elections that finished this weekend as the pandemic spiked his ruling b.j. pete did not win in the key state of west bengal despite an aggressive campaign. and on world press freedom day what india's track record when it comes to open media especially when the government in power has shown so much hostility towards journalists.

i'm melissa chana thank you for joining us on news asia parts of india finished holding regional elections this weekend and they were closely watched as possible indicators for how people feel the ruling national government of prime minister is doing but it was the incumbent triple congress or see that prevailed by a nearly 3 to one majority though the b j p did again use seats west bengal saw a lot of attention in part because modi's b j p spent so much time and energy campaigning there. the pandemic has played its part in the election as it has in so many elections around the world this past year with many citizens pinning the blame on modi when the cases started rising up. but turns out that in the 1st week or so that the

governments have no idea they're not prepared for anything if you don't have enough ventilators in one hospital forget about all the whatever you need for the entire 50 argument armies we have minnows joshi with us he's a distinguished fellow at the observer research foundation i know should the pandemic has played a role in the outcomes of these regional elections but do we know how much well actually i was just reading. the newspaper analysis in the don't even deal with the. significantly in reading you know all of the. 6 or 7 different. segments and they say that there was no change in the dominance of the congressman. right through. you know i'm not sure that. the outcome. i am still carious though

is it really possible about the pen demick has not played a role in people's feelings in terms of how they feel about modi's government i mean he's just pivoted to focus on the fight against kobe to help shore up his support what do you think about that and do you think moving forward this will have an impact on politics in india. well it could have an impact no you see the thing is that as the the elections were going on. was not immediately affected by the kind of things that are happening now in delhi or known by your in some of these other places you know where people are running around the administration has collapsed but in bangalore the elections are going on the people didn't quite focus on what is happening elsewhere meaning what was happening in mind after a long way in delhi but no people are focusing on it and people are focusing on the absolutely d.d. state what was with it in

a way meaning the state is doing nothing next to nothing in being with this spending and that will have an impact i think in the coming days and so the chief minister is going to have a lot of pressure on for a while but if depending on the course of the pandemic in respect of meaning just hope it shapes up dealing with it yes it's going to be of more than a handful if it catches on like it caught on in maharashtra record or the catastrophe but now moscow is improving but indeed as i said it's the pandemic is going on unchecked and there is absolutely to go there is no government meaning people are running it on their own looking for oxygen cylinders hospital beds medicines so if that kind of a situation occurs let's see how the west bank or government deals with it but as i said that for the future that i don't happen it isn't. fair and say it's.

it's world press freedom day and we're sticking to india and taking a closer look at its record for democracy the country ranks poorly 142nd on the index compiled by reporters without borders which says it has become one of the world's most dangerous countries to report in and like in many other places the government has used the pandemic as a pretext for its policies infringing on civil liberties. a health system that's crumbling. as the outbreak in india rages many have turned to social media to voice their criticisms about the country's handling of the crisis. criticism that the government has decided to go after in april it ordered social media platforms to take down dozens of posts including

critiques from politicians that accused the government of underplaying the crisis on the same day a report in newspaper the australian titled modi leads india into apocalypse prompted a shop rejoinder from indian representatives and camera the high commissioner asked the news outlet to refrain from publishing quote such baseless articles in the future the covert crisis critics say is another blow to the already and burgles media and press freedom in the country. under debate j p party which has been leading the government since 2014 journalists say intimidation and attacks against them have increased. in jammu and kashmir for example when the region was put under lockdown in 2019 after being stripped of his political autonomy journalists struggled to keep objectivity in their reports.

and what a ridiculous. in the latest global press freedom index india ranks of this 100 and 42nd out of 180 countries and regions reporters without borders khost india one of the world's most dangerous countries for journalists citing killings attacks prosecutions and coordinated hate campaigns against them. it also slams the government for taking advantage of the pandemic to step up control over news coverage like reports from supriya sharma the executive editor of a new spot over suresh stood and accused of defamation and negligence that could cost a coronavirus to spread. a delhi based think tank price and risks and alice's

group says dozens of journalists were booked by the police or even arrested for their reporting on covert 19. were prime minister narendra modi came to office in 2014 he said quote our democracy will not sustain if we can't guarantee freedom of speech and expression. a statement many find contrary to what's happening in the country right now. joining us is pamela phillipos journalist and man for india news site the wire pamela the wire has aggressively covered the government in power as it would presumably for any other political party in power but they're willing to be j.p. has taken this quite personally tell us more yes it's an address introduced into the woods. to actually go in there now to.

that just doesn't or t t platform says bell as. news. so basically it just controlling the narrative that is the intention and. the government then has the right to us just a sense settles all they have the right to take down content that they consider a sense give us a bit more detail about how cold it has given the authorities an excuse to curtail press freedom yes bengkulu but it began when the pandemic began last year the 2 intention was that the government of the government was very interested in projecting itself that someone or some entity that the still keen and short and then the talk of the government of course it is personified in the state the office

the prime minister mr neville and there are most of the so basically it was seen as a way off to rejecting the netherlands or more of these governance than morkel and best choice was very important that the media the media as narratives conforms to the government's narrative and what was attempted at that time that was about your local awas your job the more the government reached out to all nights of the media as well as senior journalists and i asked them for their cooperation in handling a very deceitful situation of course everyone understood that it was a difficult issue and that we didn't want to spread panic so that was the intent of this junk decision right now we have come to help us.

oh sorry inishmaan i thought what the was that they bent to court and try to get a court injunction against the media's coverage right and so you have issues with coal that also the legislation how can careless in india fight back. you know the movement got journalists in india obsessing a triple whammy on the one hand they have who lived and many of them are falling ill and dying a slow bit they have quite a few 100 people have been affected to run the other hand you have governments trying to control the media narrative and finally you have a direct stake your question arrests and so on so you have this triple whammy that

journalists are she is saying how they're like that yes it does it. does it's just for individual journalists to fight back although there are organizing issues and the networks trying to you know dream john this together and amplify that why some stress thank you so much pamela phillipos. that's it for this monday there's always more on our website d.w. dot com for slash asia we leave you with pictures of celebrations over the results of those weekend's regional elections in india thank you for watching see you tomorrow and good bye.

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lunch and on the 4th i'm going through the whole of the most recent in the words of others the bottom of the valley is at the last dragon those words as you call it the hard truth. to the real book on. it's world press freedom day and then arts and culture will be looking at how different people have found ways to tell their stories and make their voices heard despite censorship and oppression. in zimbabwe will meet 2 comedians who are fighting injustice with a surprisingly effective weapon satire what. we'll see how director clothes and the oscar winning film nomad land are being censored in china. and as an

antidote to journey to fast punk glam places without ever leaving home in our series 100 german must reads. welcome to the shell every year on world press freedom day d w awards its freedom of speech prize this year's recipient is nigerian reporter to bora of warre in 2013 of war a embarked on a courageous and dangerous project she went undercover as a sex worker to investigate human trafficking in nigeria experiencing violence and abuse in the process the resulting report shed light on the problems facing young women who are lured to lives of forced prostitution in europe who also lead to criminal inquiries and inspired the netflix film or due to ray. of war he will receive the award next month during the w.'s global media forum now let's stay in africa but travel south to zimbabwe where 2 women are taking

a different approach to fighting injustice with the economy in crisis and government critics brutally silenced comedians maggy and gun yeti airing their dissatisfaction through humor their satirical sketches broadcast online or hitting a nerve the pay as you tube videos have racked up thousands of views. this is a parody but it reflects the reality in zimbabwe. maybe american. all of them over here tomorrow no not for to talk. about. many zimbabweans still don't have access to good health care. and their weekly skits maggie and 2 young female comedians talk about the daily issues affecting their fellow citizens. a lot of women are facing difficulties. to live out in their babies. who finding mammy lou was one of the flaw so my giving

bev in public transport was it's. said the channel bus stop t.v. started as an experiment among friends they posted this get some social media and then they quickly grew in popularity. so. they decided to reproduce these conversations skits and spotted by the news and real life experiences. just before the start of the pandemic they even launched the show in a minibus but you do the pandemic that show had to be halted social issues. service delivery so such issues as it is that we cover but there are still to boot

topics insulting the president for example is punishable by law after the ousting of former president robert mugabe who was in power for 37 years and had hoped for better days but they call me is in ruins and those who criticize authorities are still being silenced. bus stop t.v. offers an alternative to the mainstream news and by disguising their messages in humor. they try to avoid government censorship. yes just about we're going to get your next meal and in the meantime you'll see a skit from bus stop and you laugh so bad when you make fun of the situation we're not taking it lightly but actually telling you things are like when talking about police violence but what i would like to assure that they should that we do not promote violence it's something that the team members experienced 1st hand i was i don't think last year i guess last year. after doing as kids.

kids we were. we're talking about police brutality that's. pretty mouth for 3 things where it was tough it was something else. feared for his safety but the reactions of our followers kept her going so my saying you are good at what you're doing really highlighted the same situation in our beloved country. more tragic than fun thank you buster to create a game while letting this story while letting this sort of state of our nation through comedy wild we are trying to do. is head back people are watching people are relating saw. it is good. the young team at bus stop t.v. make people laugh and they give them some form of comic relief they're hoping for change in zimbabwe and as they watch by so many they hope that they too can

contribute to this change. clothes our made history as the 1st asian woman and the 2nd woman ever to win the best director oscar but viewers in her native china were not able to enjoy her triumph the ceremony was censored and on with all mentions of sorrow in the media a film nomad land which won best picture still hasn't opened there the backlash began in march when beijing discovered an interview the director gave 18 years ago . the world is talking about filmmaker chloe except china where the director of the oscar winning film nomad land was born the reason is an interview style gave him 2013 where she described china as a place where there are lies everywhere she and her film have been censored from the internet in china so have people in beijing heard of her. money

sorry i haven't heard anything. i haven't heard her name very young. this man decides what people in china are allowed to see right after taking office president xi jinping declared that art has the fundamental responsibility to serve socialism he's increasingly been using china's economic might to censor hollywood as well. thanks to the pandemic last year china was the biggest film market in the world with some 2000000000 euros in revenue now or in a situation where offending the chinese government means potentially being shut out on the largest box office in the world and that is an increasing source of pressure on hollywood decision makers to play ball. so hollywood has really edited films for the chinese market like bohemian rhapsody the bio pic of freddie mercury lead singer of the band queen patrolling his life it addresses his homosexuality

including a scene of a kiss which was removed from the chinese release. a scene recreating a famous music video in which mercury dressed in women's clothes was also cut homosexuality is taboo in china. in a report titled made in hollywood censored by beijing james taker analyzes the self-censorship by the us film business hollywood enjoys this reputation of being an industry that speaks truth to governmental power to see that it's sort of free pass that the industry overall is given to beijing to influence their movies is disappointing. china's president knows that if he controls hollywood he also controls what the rest of us see and what we feel. is hollywood being willing to change content for the global release of the movies not just the version of the

movies that show in china so that the chinese communist party center ship dictates actually effect what the entire world watches chinese posters for nomad land had already been printed before the ban china's propaganda apparatus loves films that are critical of the u.s. not criticism of its own country nomad land is unlikely to ever be shown in china. in other news here's something i bet you haven't seen for a long time thousands of revelers attended a music festival in the u.k. city of liverpool without mosques schools social distancing the event at the weekend was part of an experiment to test the safety of not scale gatherings ahead of the country's to be opening attendees how to produce a negative 19 test. u.k. police say they are assessing allegations of sexual harassment by as yet unnamed

man that statement follows accusations against actor and director no clock made by more than 25 women bafta has suspended his award for outstanding british contribution to cinema clocky is best known for kidulthood adult brotherhood films about bullying and drug abuse among young london is. the pandemic has turned many of us into chad to ists only able to dream of the adventures we might enjoy if only we could austrian author christoph runs my own has been all over the world for you and he's fictionalized his adventures in a collection of short stories the result atlas of an anxious man is the latest book in our series 100 german must reads. what if you could travel the whole world see every continent and you wouldn't even have to quit your job abandon friends and family or max out your credit cards well

i may have an idea. and. here's a little tip out was of an anxious man by austrian author christopher unsmart who take you want to world tour you want to have to leave the house for it's more adventurous than it sounds you'll meet a golf player at the north pole and a welsh birdwatcher drinking whisky on the great wall of china. you'll experience a terrifying drug search on the malaysian border you'll hear an aztec human sacrifice back from the dead playing accordion for spare change 70 very short stories about different places different people different landscapes each poetic tale starts with the words i saw and the fun smiles lets us see with him the wonders and the horrors of humans and nature and their violent collisions for

instance a brazilian anaconda the queen of the wild getting run over by a truck the anaconda was still alive and slithered on words slower now without its former fluid grace and occasionally as though seized by spasms but on words none the less there was no visible wound on its pattern skin but its spine must have been broken this queen would now rain only over the realm of the dead with her broken back whom could she hunt now without once raising its head above the foliage the queen crept silently into oblivion. author coastal crime smiles spent decades travelling to the places he describes in the book his adventures will either make you want to go out and collect some stories of your own or maybe you'll just be glad you read his instead.

you can find more on all the books in the series on our you tube channel v.w. books and check out our website of all the you don't call culture for more stories including the latest casualty of the pandemic germany's iconic october fest which has been counseled for 2nd year running for more about the arts and culture in berlin.

what does it actually mean to be going to a slice of our minds and we travel to the northern reaches embrace and just days before scotland's general election just look to the people bad things about the mainland and how they feel about the cause of the united. states is. crazy to. me. how does a virus spread. why do we panic and when will all this time for just 3 of the topics covered and we couldn't read your blog. if you would like any

information on the coronavirus or any other science topic we should really check out our podcast if you need it wherever you get your podcasts you can also find us at twitter dot com slash science. with him how to be done it goes on because when the highest high you know if i had known that the boat would be about small i never would have gone on a trip to cuba i would not have put myself and my parents on without danger to the bottom sikkim of the to give us leave with. that one little bit of that even though i have serious problems on a personal level and i was unable to live their lives i'm going to. want to know their story and for migrants terrified and promotable information for margaret's.

this is t w news live from the book the e.u. prepares to welcome tourists are getting with national vaccination programs a speeding up the block plans to open its borders to travelers in time for the summer holidays. also on the program. indian hospitals make emergency appeals for oxygen as suppliers run out the health system is crumbling amid the world's biggest surge in corona virus infections. german police closed down one of the world's biggest to child sex abuse platforms the boys town network allows hundreds of thousands of members to share images and videos depicting severe sexual abuse.

i'm phil gail welcome to the program the ripping commission has outlined plans to reopen europe's borders for nonessential travel and to boost the block's troubled tourism sector commission president says have found a lie and says the proposals would apply to travelers who of received at least one coronavirus shot with an of an e.u. approved vaccine and travel into the block is currently limited to visitors from just a few countries with lower infection rates the proposal still need to be approved by all 27 member states. we can get more from. a matter said in brussels welcome back i hope so tell us more about who's going to be allowed to cross a huge bonus. basically filled with looking at 2 categories of people one it is the

category you've already mentioned some countries currently in that category who have low infection rates so countries like australia for instance where people are allowed to travel for nonessential travel to enter for non-essential travel of the european union and new is a category of people who have been fully vaccinated in other words who have received the last shot of their vaccination in most cases 2 vaccinations and for their children it would apply that if there's a company in miners who are under the age of 16 so he can't be vaccinated as yet by the way only with a vaccine approved by the urine medicines agency or the w h o so only those vaccines count and if children accompany them they should have a negative p.c.r. test ok and if approved would this be binding or would member states still be able to make up their own rules no because this isn't the 3 of health politics it is a nation states decision in the e.u.

so it's not binding and that is why for instance greece has already opened these categories for people who want to visit who have been vaccinated twice as of already for since a couple of weeks can enter greece for nonessential travel particularly tourists but the idea is to facilitate tourism because tourism is essential for the e.u. and the idea is to make it grand scheme. which is then political to all human persuades. this proposal would come with an emergency brake mechanism just explain to us. well the idea here is that the list of numbers of countries who can send people for nonessential travel so tourists it grows quickly the fear always is of course that if certain variants of the virus like for instance we have seen in india and then come up that quickly all of the you could say we we pluck entries from that country and will be the agency for disease control in europe an

e.u. agency whose will send out a signal in the future but then again it's up to each an individual member states to take up that recommendation or to all keep receiving tourists from that particular country and it is likely to be in place before this summer's holiday season that's exactly what do you commission hopes of course the vaccination rollout has been really picking up pace and it will be a game changer is what they say here in brussels and if that remains true then things stand good the passengers are discussing it this week end of may the member states will decide on it so if things go well this is good news for europe's tourism sector. matters in brussels thank you so much germany is also planning to ease restrictions but only for people who've been fully vaccinated against kogut these people will be exempt from some of the toughest pandemic measures including night time curfews and the mitts on personal contact the bundestag is expected to

approve the new rules this week but with only about 8 percent of germans fully vaccinated the plot is controversial. for months germans have been told to stay at home public life has been heavily restricted it's been a long and bleak winter but now with the vaccination campaign picking up speed here a debate about lifting restrictions for those who are fully vaccinated has begun. since easter we've been saying based on expert recommendations that people who have been vaccinated will have equal rights to those who've just tested negative. in some german states vaccinated people can already access services that are open to those with a negative test at the moment with the country in lockdown that means they can go to the hairdressers and a few other shops but further exceptions are also being discussed being able to

meet more people in private for example and an exemption from night time curfews in many areas giving some people their rights back before restrictions are lifted for everyone is hugely controversial and intensive care nurse spoke for many when he confronted the health minister. i don't understand how we can already be promising privileges when we haven't been able to offer everyone a vaccine yet we should only be talking about privileges once every single german has been given the opportunity to get vaccinated. but others disagree they say people who have been fully vaccinated don't pose a significant risk of infection so they should be able to live their lives without restrictions so i think it's a question of constitutional necessity to basically people's. freedoms to be taken back because otherwise there is the disproportionate. however this debate may be short lived if germany's vaccination campaign continues

at its current rapid pace it may not take long before a lot of the population has been vaccinated and can live a much for your life i would take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world the u.s. secretary of state under the blinken has said that the united states wants stable and predictable relations with russia speaking ahead of a g 7 foreign ministers meeting in london secretary blinken went on to say that the us border respond if moscow acted recklessly or aggressively. thousands of residents along kurdistan's border with project is down have been returning to damaged homes days after being forced to flee from classes more than 30 people have died in the flare up of tensions between the 2 former soviet states the ceasefire now appears to be holding. young activists and man might have staged nationwide rallies calling for others to join them in a spring revolution witnesses say security forces shot and killed several

demonstrators and a series of explosions rocked this is even on the ground it's been 3 months since the military took power. the hospitals in india are appealing for emergency supplies as they run out of oxygen india's health system is crumbling amid a surge in corona virus infections now approaching 20000000 the government is facing intense criticism over its handling of the emergency. there's no room for these patients at this hospital instead they're made to wait outside and left hoping that the oxygen supply will hold out. as ambulances queue at hospitals other means of transport are also taking on a crucial role trains are india's lifeblood tracks holland freight and people across the country's vast landmass like arteries today they also offer

a lifeline this locomotive pulls a precious cargo oxygen headed to the worst hit areas. india's railroads have been drafted into the country's emergency response in other ways to. 11 train coaches have been converted into isolation wards there's a separate coach for the doctors that's 12 isolation coaches available here there are 2 oxygen cylinders in each coach and we've set up 9 air coolers as well sprinklers on the ceiling control the temperature 16 patients can be accommodated in each coach and sanitation waste disposal arrangements have also been made. ingenuity and improvisation are doing their bit to stem the rising tide of coronavirus death. but it's not enough to shield the modi government from anger over its failure to prevent this deadly 2nd wave of the pandemic. the

backlash was felt last week when the prime minister's b j p party unexpectedly lost an important state election in west bengal. much like the surgeon infections this is not what modi had in mind when he declared the end of the pandemic at political rallies all over india. after this miscalculation his political fortunes may be linked to the coronavirus more closely whenever. you look at some more of today's developments in the pandemic of the european medicines agency has started to evaluate the use of pfizer bomb techs covered vaccine for 12 to 15 year olds authorization is seen as an important step towards a chief in immunity danish law makers have dropped the johnson and johnson corona virus vaccine from their official campaign but they've agreed to allow voluntary use of the shot and no vaccine has told the e.u. it plans to begin delivering its vaccine towards the end of the year the deal will

supply some $200000000.00 doses for booster shots police here in germany say they have shut down a major internet platform that shared images of the sexual abuse of children officials at the size of the so-called dark annette's was one of the biggest in the world with more than 400000 members and had been operating since at least 2019 months long international operation coordinated by europol and then to a series of raids in mid april on the arrest of 3 men in germany under another in peril why. well you need a 70 vote from the d.w.p. digital desk has researched the use you know of child abuse to organize through the docket for the w's magazine program shift welcome to the studio. how significant is this these latest series of arrests a major sensation for a german investigators i mean this platform boy's town we're talking about people

around the globe shared videos and images of sexual abuse on this platform it is that tough had 400000 members so it's really big if you put it in perspective the last big platform at this kind that was taken down in germany that had one 100000 accounts and now we're talking about 400000 members around the globe so that actually makes it one of the biggest web platforms of this kind right that we know of presumably and that brings me to my next point because of course these are illicit activities that done in secret dark web so that they must be particularly difficult to to to investigate yes indeed they are i mean what you have to know about the dark web is that it's a different part of the internet so that you can only access through specific software which allows users to remain anonymous and of course this anonymity makes it really hard to investigate these platforms which is why we've seen also this

international cooperation right now europe whole germany initiated the task force other countries were involved but you as the netherlands' and you know what investigators basically do is they try to infiltrate these platforms they try to talk to the members in the chats to just get any kind of information they can to have an idea where any admin might be located to take them down in the end with 400000 members forests here in germany so that a lot of people i would imagine. just waiting for the knock at the door yeah we would hope that but still i mean now they arrested the admins but we don't know if they can actually get to other users as i said this anonymity makes it just so hard to actually locate the people and also the people that use these platforms they they talk about encryption methods in chats that we see on these platforms though so they are aware of the fact that they might be taken down and yeah we also have to

worry about actually them taking to another platform which often happens so i mean it is a big sensation of course this us that this platform has been taken down but you know we have to see in the future that there hopefully won't be any other platforms of this kind to talk into thanks for joining us yet nina semino. visitors to rome's colosseum will soon be able to get a gladiator's view from a new retractable stage the high tech floor will give tourists a clearer picture of what it was like when gladiators forte's to the death stage will protect the network of underground rooms and tunnels whirling klute chop doors the pulley system similar to those used to bring the animals and fighters into battle projects will cost more than $18000000.00 euros and is likely to be finished by 2023. this is d.w. news far from his remind our top story hospitals are appealing for emergency oxygen

supplies the health system is struggling to cope with the world's worst a surge of corroded bombs conceptions. as it you updates of. world news of the talk. show business update in just about the day. my 1st boss i also saw him machine. where i come from women their phones by this social tool something as simple as learning how to write a bicycle isn't. since i was a little girl i wanted to have a bicycle off my home and it took me years to when i. finally gave up invented by young bicyclists but returned because sewing machine sewing i suppose was more appropriate for goes than writing a by. no i was

a. woman back home for bones about her duties and social rules and informed him of oded basic rights my name is the about of the go home and they were either. this is the w. business i'm to now the law in berlin so happy you can join us the maker of the hit game for tonight faces off with apple in a us court today at stake apple's control over its very lucrative app store at the games that brought the case after it was kicked off the app store for implementing its own an app payment system by passing out bills 30 percent commission on purchases the case could have profound implications for how apple. just company is a crucial part of its business model.

and this parody of the famous apple commercial $984.00 epic games takes a swipe at the giant but unlike in the original here apple is portrayed as a kind of big brother suppressing humanity the video is part of afaik games attempt to win over gamers in the dispute with apple and this is really the 1st shot across the bow toward apple in terms of defending their mill what they charge developers and apps is for and they will to ultimately go off of that store and bees do it themselves and this is something it's not just about epic it's about the industry everyone's watching this closely to see if out or old like to defend its moat or if there's any sure a judgment against it which would have a massive ripple impact. spotify dating out maker match and many other companies also say that apple's 30 percent commission on all app store sales is too

high apple says such sums are not unusual there are similar fees on playstation x.-box and google play stores. apple argues running the app store is expensive $500.00 apple employees check every app around the clock for damaging bugs or viruses. the case is so serious apple c.e.o. tim cook will also testify in court brings absolute the crown jewel that will and this is something they're not taken lightly you know who is really come back aggressively on this and that's why we should be in terms of those cortis as well as all the testimony that comes out and it's no shock at all that coke will be testifying. it's hard to tell which way is the case could go one thing is clear the verdict should be made at the end of may in any case ethics hoping to take

a bite out of apple's hard won reputation. to a milestone now in the german corporate world the span spans of the lens gary who has taken over as c.e.o. at german pharma mark malloch of pharma firm she's the 1st woman to single handedly run a company and the 1st woman c.e.o. in america's 350 year history good news for america studies show companies with diverse leadership are more profitable but female executives in germany are missing men dominate boardrooms of list of companies here with a total of $614.00 seats women occupy $86.00 seats germany is lagging now in the u.s. women occupied more than a quarter of boardroom seats and the largest corporations almost the same case in the u.k. and germany women only hold 16 percent of boardroom seats now those figures are from the right foundation a nonprofit organization promoting women and diversity in executive roles i'm

joined by they rector of the foundation that kristen bell welcome to the program ok i have to get this out of the way you of course are heading up an organization jointly that wants to promote women women in leadership so you are a man is this not of the magic of the situation we're talking about. the decision together with a woman's work done on the woman we need to get it together we would want to have more women on the top that it is better for the companies and expendable societies . ok so since so since you are a man and a woman heading up this organization what can men do to close the gap. well what men can do is to of course to accept that women should also be on the course to promote women to recruit more women to decide to decide of not only a man that's 53 years old unquote thomas that's very common in the boardrooms here

is suitable for the company so that's what is very used to do here in germany used to have men dominated boardrooms it's a conservative society with a tech system does support. women not working full time that must be a change under the company's selves must change the mindset said we want women to be. now you've talked a bit about the conservatism of german society but can you tell us a bit more about how and why it's taken so long to get a woman finally heading up a company singlehandedly. i think is good conservative society means that here you have a picture of having women staying at home taking care of the children and not working full time and this mindset you also have in the boardrooms just think that the manager should be a man and you're recruiting basically copies or or himself is recruiting so you

have a lot of men basically having the 2nd crowd but it does the main reason in other counties you have a much more progressive and want to have their women in the top me companies now we live of course in crisis times and we often hear these days that the pandemic has hurt the professional prospects as specially of women how is that impacted sort of off the quest to get more women into more leadership and executive positions. i think you had a. good having a conservative society here you had a backlash that many women staying at home taking care of children because that's what's expected from them you would do it who's got home schooling if you were a woman the man continued to work by the many companies that you see this is not the way to future you need to have these women or they need them because you company some more effective more. profitable and so on so seen a change in mindset than in many companies now say ok now we must take this chance

we have to bring the women to the top and i think that is what you started to see in our beat but you're getting more and more women it's a competition to get the best women on the top well let's hope that is a sustained change thank you very much christian brad he is the director of the albright foundation thank you remarked a look now at some of the other business stories making headlines a shipment of more than 300000 doses of the pfizer bio on talkback c. and arrived in south africa on sunday pfizer has pledged to send 4500000 doses to the country by june south africa has been one of the african countries worst hit by the pandemic. and speaking of the pandemic it hit earnings for half of all people worldwide according to u.s. polling company gallup job and wage cuts affected people in the income countries most the survey polled 300000 people in 117 countries.

the effects of climate change in kenya like droughts and floods have been felt for years that's why climate risk insurance has become essential for many especially in the agricultural sector here's one kenyan startup offering the service to millions of small holders not just at home but across the continent. main work even yellow from kenya make sure they bring from it she's a farmer. i thought her latest harvest was damaged badly she lost 3 quarters of it due to drought well yeah. it was a long and i do know what the weather conditions have really changed especially the rainfall in the past the rains were enough to get a good harvest but now with rains for only 3 weeks and then the plants just wither and die in the heat. the 38 year old mother was lucky she

was insured by pula a startup company that specializes in environmental disasters and other climatic influences the company's employees are serving and testing the fields she bought insurance for the few kenyan shillings which has become her lifeline they paid out $12000.00 shillings or about $92.00 euros in compensation which she needs to pay her son's school fees and. things to do that and in full in the 16th and in 4 weeks because he's there for landing and and stumps when it's less than 4 weeks course he's not done but angelos are still coming in things to do with anything that in the nets and all calamity that's likely to affect their farm agriculture is a vital economic sector in africa like joachim loew more than 600000 kenyan farmers have bought the insurance it costs between 4 and 8 euros the east african country

has been hit repeatedly by un usual weather patterns the plagues of locusts in the north of the country made the news but floods in central kenya have placed a heavy burden on many small farmers there the price of the insurance is affordable and can really fend off economic disaster. these insurance policies are extremely important to us they motivate us when we grow corn or millet for example we can concentrate on making sure the crops grow and thrive like they should. phool already has 4600000 farmers in africa under contract the business is conducted digitally with their payout from the insurance policy joachim when young low can now hope for a better harvest in the future tech news now vala copter says its battery powered electric air taxis will get you from the airport to central paris in just a few minutes by air and for the price of a taxi

a normal flying taxi the countdown is on to the 1st flight in a real environment in the french capital. test conditions this morning are ideal sunny hardly a breath of wind very little of their flight activity voto copter executive christiane power is waiting for his even taught the electric multi rover helicopter to take off. pilots came to b.s. cohen already flew the aircraft in public in shock and 29000 still he and the team keep testing the electric chopper. to test who caught this type of a test flight as part of one of our crew members pilot training basically the more you fly the better you feel that that's the best. that's why the volvo copter 2 x. is taking a 2nd flight today what's remarkable the evy tell with its 18 small electric

motors is much quieter than a conventional helicopter an important detail. you avoid this we want to be in the urban concept we're very quiet and our concept means we're very safe and can provide very comfortable urban transport what. the air taxi will only have a 35 kilometer range current buffy power doesn't allow much more than the. manufacturer of volatile copter based in southern germany is currently readying its for passenger transport and it's awaiting permits for its upcoming vote on city model but it takes time and lots of money investors have already pumped 200000000 euros into the venture. due scheduled it's have been that these phones are now being used to make our starts occasion market ready get voted city serial production going and of course to enter partnerships with cities and authorities that. the voto city is lined up for its maiden flight in a few months photocopier is also developing take off on landing pads with various

cities paris shanghai dubai or perhaps tokyo could soon offer the electric air taxi service the timeline is firming up. thanks for watching. the fight against the corona virus pandemic. as the rate of infection in developing . the latest research says. information and contacts the coronavirus update 19. w. . 260 that's a good bunch of the queen because i want to see the gemini was the name the last few years have been quite o'brien early in. a very little time but when it comes to

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