sunday against prejudice i got called a boy. record. stores a good. drug store spring 17 w. . you're watching news asia coming up today surpassing a mark that no country wants to reach india logs 20000000 recorded covert cases as the crisis continues in the invented country and health officials faced and new variant of the cone of our neighboring bangladesh eyes development in india nervously we'll find out how the country has been coping as it hopes to avoid its own covert crisis.

i'm melissa chan thank you for joining us india has crossed the 20000000 threshold when it comes to covert cases and that's only the officially recorded infections experts say the actual numbers could be 5 to 10 times higher the oxygen shortage at hospitals continues and the health care system remains overwhelmed with not enough beds or drugs for patients infection rate is slowing down however and the government is aggressively vaccinating as many people as possible in the country of 1400000000 here. in delhi with more. the worst largest manufacturer of vaccines is based in the syrian institute of india in mumbai this situation has been a key role in india's vaccination going along with another indigenous in good vaccine now people are asking themselves why the e.u. government underestimated its need for maxine's are after the 1st wave of the good

advice indeed india and the begin next 40 racks in some 66000000 doses of vaccine were sent in dozens of countries as applied to india's vaccination diplomacy the country's gender dispute also was appreciated but now in defines its job slot it's also started getting now that seems to overseas for example that russia's. is now being used it is that solution. and india isn't just importing vaccines from abroad it has stopped exporting its own production of them as well and that threatens to have a serious knock on effect for other countries still waiting to immunize their own populations india is a powerhouse behind kovacs the international program coronating vaccines to the world's poorest nations about half of kovacs doses are on order from india sarah institute through kovacs and bilateral deals many countries are depending on india

that includes nations in africa and asia places including afghanistan and maher and bangladesh let's take a closer look now at bangladesh now dhaka is relying on india to pull through and deliver doses until then health officials have put the country on lockdown and while infections have started dropping the government has decided to extend the measures for now but that is turning out to be terribly tough for the poorest people in the country. there are many new mouths to feed in the bangladeshi capital dhaka. the coronavirus pandemic and the lock down are hitting people hard. especially those already straining to make ends meet. so many the food provided by this charity is all they have to eat at the end of their daily ramadan fast or if. i mean if i've lost my job

in this coronavirus pandemic i have no earnings so i come here for if tar them to go buy orders are staying i pull my rickshaw under the sun but i make very little money and i'm too poor to buy if they are so i come here for free food. the government imposed districts nationwide lockdown in april to try to contain a massive surge in infections. they're optimistic that the measures are working as cases appear to be falling. but the restrictions are taking a heavy toll. more than 2 thirds of people in bangladesh have been forced to stop work or close their businesses at least for a time because of the pandemic. downs are hitting our bread and butter i stopped dates for ramadan because of the lockdown i had to keep my shop closed the dates are rotting as i was unable to sell them this is difficult for us these lockdowns

on the way we were going to eat my purview and skullcaps are still inside my closed shop i was expecting to sell them all during the month of ramadan before he'd but i doubt that's going to happen it is very problematic for us. but the government is resisting pressure to open up more quickly saying this would lead to more casualties especially with the end of ramadan approaching in the middle of may. they're also concerned that what's happening in india could come to bangladesh. they say if the indian variant is allowed to circulate on the streets of london desh the consequences would be devastating. the urging bangladeshis not to let their guard down despite their desire to get back to normal for many though the situation is already dire and will only get worse if the pandemic is not brought under control. joining us is chamonix air hussein who leads the public health association of bangladesh and has been working on public health matters for several

decades i'm curious because we've seen this play out across the world the poor are disproportionately impacted by the pandemic what is the government of bangladesh doing about that and you are much. more. or less. but it's still the big ocean waves there. saw during the log so one of those comment is. just. really not i mean every day i mean income that's one support is given but there are number of organizations and us. are also coming

up. living along with situations of these poor souls who are not working. who are working on a daily basis and some of them all lose their jobs so that is the. real sums. and as a public health expert you know that economic situation always goes hand in hand now you've been tracking the pandemic from the beginning and one thing i'm curious about is are you worried about a surge after ramadan ends later this month. second surge has created a lot of the. community rage. of the 2nd week of march but fortunately. just come

down and what is not. now is $8.00. but. the during the not month. i mean you know we haven't missed invalid it's best to close there are a lot of moments of the people from one. place there are a lot of moment in the market that react. me yet. news arts. one when he is very much our situation so it's in bucky phillips we are. and how this really is to get the. kurds who are really. where we are all in the 2nd where.

this. was you who called in march. is was duty on 8 march. and then there was quite a reduction in. my year i. was only. so it's definitely something. so it's definitely something to watch i would want to quickly ask you how concerned you are about the skull that variant circulating in india just next door. so her. missions. in bangladesh we will try julie i think. is you know so far so far. this year is our institutions who are working with us. but of course. getting very very very.

close the border. last week. and we got. very and. to monitor the situation because you do have a long border chamonix you who are saying thank you so much for joining us. thank you as we've been mentioning a new double mutation of the corona virus has been partly blamed for the rapid increase in cases in india and it's something that makes neighboring states such as bangladesh particularly vulnerable experts say it is more infectious and deadly than earlier variants here's what we know the west indian state of maharashtra is where the b. 1617 far into the current

a virus was 1st recorded in december 2020 the strain has 2 mutations on a spike preteen that's the bit of the virus that gets into our body cells both genetic mutations of cropped up before around the world in other strains of the current virus and when they did they willing to the virus passing between people more easily they were also linked to the virus being better able to get past the body's defenses. briefly the 1st metric increase and give across india more diversity more for the theme of the thing that what might be happening is that something that it was the sort of between people is very rapidly moving through the population of people who are yet to contract infection and therefore spreading for after. the how quickly does this new type spread to get a handle on that research is need to be able to see when people have it and when they die from it which means sequencing the viruses genes that research has been

extremely limited so far in india out of millions of cases in this new wave only around a 1000 sequences have been published meanwhile scientists across the world are working to find out how deadly b. 1617 is is the number of people dying continues to rise there on says can come quickly enough. that's it for today there's always more on our website w dot com ford slash asia we leave you with pictures of people across asia getting their coded vaccinations or administering dom thank you for watching see you tomorrow and good bye.

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what's in store. for the future. comes from the major cities. in such. a matter. challenging the status quo with topical animation on this edition of arts and culture. stay tuned for a taster of some of the best animated films of the past 2 years. and the most famous number in curfew history turns 100 and it's until we we we find out why should male number 5 is still so astonishingly successful. a

very warm welcome now we start at the stuttgart international festival of animated film the 28th edition is getting underway with a diverse virtual program it features the world's best animated features discussions with the people who made them and of course award ceremonies but one of the most popular elements is the short film program many of this year's shorts deal with issues that have special significance right now. the gray winged blackbirds and the common black bird making the entire range of blackbird species now extinct . what would the world be like if all the beauty of nature could only be seen in museums this animated film takes species loss of plants and animals due to pollution and environmental destruction to an extreme at some point nature strikes back with a pandemic but the film sad beauty was made in 2019 before the coronavirus pandemic

that i did not know that covert 19 was coming and it doesn't deal with a fire as in this film but we're for bacteria as you will see that for the story of this number 14 different. title suggests it's a sad story but it challenges you to find some consolation in a certain kind of beauty. the film's unmistakable message is that we humans cannot destroy nature completely and we can only survive with nature not in opposition to it. in empty places the somber chords of beethoven's moonlight sonata provide the soundtrack as machines operate the perspective expands showing spaces

utterly devoid of people what now seems like a metaphor for lockdowns was actually also completed before the pandemic it's a melancholy meditation on machines continuing in their mechanical loops independent of the humans whose lives they were meant to improve. 2 polar bears flee their home and arrive in the world of brown bears. the animated short migrants addresses the heavy topics of climate change migrant crisis and racism so it's french creative team deliberately opted for a playful aesthetic style. the use of those in stop motion style as i said to cover these highly charged and

very sensitive topics. these artistic choice were made better reason 8 with younger holden's and then discus and sing about these preliminaries. and the filmmakers cleverly use images that have become part of our global visual memory to bring their message home. but combining slapstick with better satire thin ice features a t.v. presenter and his camera man she's the. spaceship and. because we're going to the west i got. this year stuck at festival of animated film features a strong program of short films with a lasting impact. but as you stand out what was offered boneyard.

piece. but there are. i'm joined now by my colleague edward kennedy a lot of thought provoking content there are in a far cry from tom and jerry for myself when did animation become so serious well they've always been animated films that have dealt with difficult topics but they are certainly coming into the mainstream arch more often nowadays it's interesting because you have on the one hand these blockbuster superhero films that are based on comics with real live actors that are actually quite frivolous but on the other hand you have animated films the reputation of being cute and kitschy that are actually quite gritty and taking on serious topics so a lot of diversity why do you think filmmakers are choosing to confront political issues using animated films especially when i think animated films people associate

them with childhood so they are easy to emotionally connect with of course we do want to reach some young people with some of these issues and it also helps that you can have genderless or great characters in these films or as we saw in one of the films there used animal characters to emphasize that ridiculous human behavior not to animal farm my quince by the way has already picked up quite a few prizes but major animation studio productions have also been telling important stories so you hope hear from 26 took this path in order this was discussed post sexism and racial discrimination one of the best animated film oscar and took in a $1000000000.00 at the box office pixar soul which won the best animation oscar this year also tackled racism and the central character the

1st african-american lead in the pixar film by the way it was based on a real life new york too sick to chaff. so that's the high end festival also gives emerging filmmakers a platform for the production values due to very high. think you are right in general but there are quite a number of films in the festival that hark back to a more in the tradition for example what will future humans look like is a different kind of artistic vision animated illustrations drawn on paper it looks at how schumann's might evolve in the future quite unsettling i have to say but generally even films these days are of a very high standard this is well illustrated by a remake of this famous 1969 the animation of new zealand

the. gods. version of course. here. is a remake in this year's festival. to say i actually prefer the richard north but you can see the amazing leap forward even in the animation of my over the years right adrian fest was getting underway now we hope our viewers will enjoy it we thank you for a very animated discussion thank you. more good news for art lovers now especially those in rome the vatican museums have finally reopened to visitors to limited numbers and the times are good these are just must have their tempers just taken must be absence of international tourism means it's

a rare chance for the city's residents to have some of the world's greatest renaissance masterpieces to themselves. recollection of i. tunes from the home of the late japanese fashion designer takada kenzo has been put on show in paris ahead of a new options that to take place next week the carter founded the world famous kenzo brand of clothing skincare because he died last october aged 81 after catching ovid 19. now to a post you made its debut on the 5th day of the fist month of $921.00 this week it's celebrating its 100th birthday when asked what she wore to bed martin monroe famously oncet just a few drops of chanel. over the years rivals of common gone but the classic post fumes with its highly guarded secret ingredients has stood the test of time. the

formula for one of the world's best known perfumes is known only to a few people one of them is olivier crucial house perfume or for chanel. over a century has passed since coco chanel set out to develop a perfume unlike any other chanel number 5 among the more than 80 high quality compounds are tuberose jasmine and this was new synthetic aldehyde so. she wanted an artificial purview she compared a fragrance with a dress because a dress is also created from different elements that's why should know number 5 is so different in its style and composition based around the floral aroma boosters and all the other chanel perf years that followed were like that. here in southern france jasmine stretches to the distant hills these blossoms are reserved exclusively for the production of chanel number 5 several times

a year olivia push comes from paris to cross. the blossoms are harvested in the early mornings from august to october and taken to a nearby factory for immediate processing. $350.00 kilos of blossoms yield only about one kilo of pure jasmine extract. just may well be the most important element in the identity of should know number 5 . in the early 1920 s. she asked him to create from the finest of compounds these are most often the extracted from blossoms and of those the jasmine from grass is the finest. coco chanel and her new fragrance revolutionized the perfume world just as she had the fashion world before in the 1950 s.

the simple but elegant was made part of the permanent collection of new york city's museum of modern art. guarded 5 as her lucky number. she presented her collections on the 5th of may the 5th month of the year. the number 5 held great significance for her. and so she felt immediately drawn to the curfew sample number 5. from the iconic american starlet marilyn monroe to french academy award winner and now. many of the most beautiful women in show business have done advertising for the legendary scent. the pandemic has put a damper on plans for a big celebration for chanel number 5. but nothing can change the fact that 100 years ago. created a fragrance that has since become one of the most successful and popular on earth.

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is the w. knew his life mexican authorities promised a full investigation after a deadly truck accident the train plunged on to a road when the overpass collapsed i kevin the base 23 people will bring you the latest from the mexican capital also program in just hospital struggle to cope with things number of coronavirus infections reaches more than 20 minutes and calls for a nationwide lockdown. far right crime in germany kids with an aggressive coronavirus denial movement i don't feel.

i'm full welcome to the program. national and local authorities are promising a full investigation into a deadly metro accident in mexico city at least 23 people died and dozens were injured when an elevated section of rail collapsed on monday night local residents had previously expressed concern about cracks in the structure. the cleanup operation is underway to train carriage just hanging above the road creating a daunting rescue operation for emergency workers line 12 is the newest of mexico city's metro system the train was traveling between stops when the overpass gave way sending rubble and carriages tumbling down onto a busy road well it says of those trapped to face

a nervous wait for any news one of. my daughter in law told us she was with my son and she told us the structure fell down over them. we don't have any news about my sister they don't have her name in the list we called her cell phone and there was no answer. so some of us are looking for her in different hospitals. god willing we'll find her. rescue workers initially use ladders to gain access to the survivors the 4th artie's halted the rescue operation due to concerns the train could fall at any moment a crane later arrived to secure the carriages. there are 79 people hospitalized 2 of them who arrived at hospitals unfortunately died of these people there are 5 people who have not yet been identified in total there are 19 men and

60 men there are 3 minus and 3 elderly's and so far 23 people have died. line tom's construction was plagued by complaints and there are reports that damage was noticed on the of a pos many s. ago. a straight to mexico city that we join journalistic carry. international correspondents are welcome carry out what's happening there now. the whole area is cordoned off and they're going to try and remove the rubble and i believe they have gotten all the bodies out and all the victims of been transported to local hospitals what's being said about the cause of this incident. well as your report showed you could see that it was on a tell of a good. highway an elevated platform there where the train passed over and there is giant concrete girders and it's believed that one of the girders had given out and

then. it's too soon to tell but it's just a horrific sight you see where that elevated part just collapsed and the 2 trains just be shaped on to the you know onto each other and on to the roadway below luckily this is a part of the metro system that is above ground most of the system especially in the center of the city is underground all underground and this was above ground and it was also in the median so when those cars did come down they didn't crash onto the busy beltway below they crashed into the medium although there was one car that was reportedly crashed and somebody was brought out alive miraculously from the crashed car but the victim it was late at night. the metro system had been underutilized because of the pandemic and it has a big area of contagion and it was before the station cell that limited a lot of the fatalities but it's just

a horrific sight to see. just mengal cables and the cars dangling there still. and there were reports of the previous reports of cracks in the structure. yes there was a large earthquake that hit very close to mexico city and there was a lot of damage in 2017 and neighbors and users of that mine had said that they had seen cracks and there had been complaints about it this line is one of the newest that has been built in mexico city it was it opened in 2012 and it has been plagued with problems from the get go there was the inquiries about some of the construction it was close for a year maybe a little bit more in 2014 for repairs and it's just it hasn't been one of the better lines and in mexico city mexico city is a huge metro system it is back up and running now but they're going to ask about you know i thoroughly investigation is being demanded on this the president spoke

about it this morning in his daily news conference he said that he will ask for an external investigation and anybody who needs to be held responsible will be held responsible and that's quite curious because. his foreign minister right now is the current foreign minister wrestler bride it was the mayor of mexico city when line 12 was opened in 2012 and he has himself said that he is willing to cooperate with any invest in any authorities necessary he's at their disposition and he was get to the bottom of why this horrible event that happened. mexico city. calls are growing for a national lockdown in india after it passed more than 20000000 reported corona virus infections experts say the real numbers live exhibit much higher hospitals are struggling to treat patients as they run out of beds and oxygen a calmer toria can't keep up with the number of dead. every few minutes the bodies

of the dead arrive here relatives watch on as their loved ones and the lives they once knew go up in flames. new hires are being built rapidly to keep up with the demand. it's not just the crematoriums that are at their limit. an influx of medical equipment including desperately needed oxygen supply as has been arriving from abroad but medical staff say it's not enough to stem the flow of critically ill patients trying and often failing to find a hospital bed. we have reached the limits of what we can do as a hospital so that there just i mean if it should have started earlier is that the government has to intervene in more ways than just providing all the oxygen is only one thing what we need is so it's capacity building and what is so it's capacity

building in new hospitals quickly build up prefabricated hospitals with beds regulators ice use staffing which people have to be moved like you know disaster management situation we have to look at the budget like in our quick almost. it's a message that is resonating in the sports world to the hugely popular indian premier league has now been suspended indefinitely. to play is recently tested positive for the virus. this development has sent international cricket teams scrambling to get home and made border closures and travel restrictions but some fans say it was necessary you have old body it's a huge decision but it should have been made earlier dependant make is getting more severe every day the country and its people should always come fast sports can happen any time it's more important save the country well it is with an eye with a slight following new infections there are tentative signs of hope but for those

who need help now time and oxygen is running out. for the 2nd look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world levelled on israel have resumed in direct talks over their disputed sea border and the u.s. mediation because asians between the longstanding and the restored last year because of disagreements over demarcation lines the 2 sides are officially of war that are becoming flare ups along the border. foreign ministers from the g. 7 group of industrialized countries are holding a 2nd day of talks ahead of the leaders' summit in june whether the world's biggest geopolitical issues are on the agenda at the meeting in london including the military coup in riyadh now the war in syria. french far right leader marine le pen has been acquitted on charges of breaking hate speech most of the charges stem from tweet she posted 2015 about islamic state atrocities was the plan said she tweeted the images after a problem

a french journalist compared compared her party to the islamist militant groups. here in germany the number of crimes committed by right wing extremists has jumped to its highest in 20 years according to a government report released today interior minister jose hoffa described right wing extremism is the biggest threat to germany's national security the report says most of these attacks are motivated by racism it also highlights a new risk from the creasing the aggressive coronavirus denial movement which has been linked to the separatism antidemocratic speech and right wing violence. well let's speak with a member of the german parliament's interior committee this is a constantine of cooler who's an f.t.p. member of parliament and sits on the committee welcome to d.w. what is behind this this record increase in far right politically motivated crimes well 1st of all we have to bear in mind that just

a few weeks ago the numbers regarding general crime were published in germany with the result that general crime in germany is decreasing europe but pandemic now a few weeks after that we can see that politically motivated crime is increasing even the highest number in decades we are observing at the moment in germany and it is it appears that right wing extremists and conspiracy theorists are using the pandemic to spread their theories to spread hatred and we've been seeing this all around germany in the last weeks and months so just to be clear do you see do you see this increase then as being right wing as taking advantage of coronavirus rather the peak of an ongoing trend. i think they are both developments at the same time on the one hand there is a right wing terrorism in germany you've been just mentioning the incidents and how

no there has been the killing of a government official and has been just a few months ago the other attacks on minorities there are attacks on journalists on several institutions on that and on the policeman we are seeing this all around the country so this is happening and this has been happening already before the koran up virus but now these groups are obviously using the frustration that you're seeing in some parts of the society to hijack these manifestations and to combine it with their ideology and i think it is also the responsibility of those who are trying to use their freedom of assembly and they can do that to distance themselves from right wing behavior and from right wing extremism but there's more going on here isn't there because we see right wing extremists acting out on the streets but we also see. the right the far right in germany becoming respectable

germany's opposition official opposition in parliament is the day so what is it about germany or about german votes that means they want to vote for these pot is i give them respectability. yes it is extremely worrying to observe that the dea in parliament is in part using the same rhetoric that is used by people who are going on the streets trying to attack policemen journalists members of parliament and they are even attacking the city council as mayors even in smaller cities so that other taking only professionals but also people who are doing this in their free time so we are really serving at the moment in germany a decrease in respect toward state institutions and democracy ok 5300 something you visit them that i really i don't know opportunity to have i mean really like my

question was about what is it about german society or germans in society or about german votes as that means that those options are now respectable well i would say that partly this is the development we can see in all european countries at the same time we have the right wing extremists unfortunately in many member state parliament in the european union and we have even heads of state like the. who are going against journalists. fueling just the same stories that are told by the eye of the germany put on the other hand there's a special german responsibility when it comes to dealing with our past and i think these 2 developments are combined right now in a very dangerous way especially by the i 50 thanks for joining us good to talk to you a cold something cooler interior fast probe so for the f.t. . more world news of the top of the hour up next

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of digital no lads. this is the business i'm joined now the milan in berlin so happy you can join us we begin with the u.s. pharmaceutical heavyweight fight today it announced a big boost in its sales forecast for covert 19 vaccines to $26000000000.00 for a 2021 and that's just based on the contracts it signed so far pfizer and beyond tech have significant supply agreements with the united states and the european union despite announcing a big profit in the 1st quarter of the year pfizer is supplying just $40000000.00 doses this year to the un's kovacs initiative which aims to distribute vaccines to poorer countries. profiteer holders pockets at the same time developing nations are crying out for vaccine doses jory during there has more on this for us joy to what extent has pfizer help stem the spread of the pandemic in africa if at all.

well to be honest genelle the pfizer vaccine or in this case pfizer has done little to help with the pandemic and their reasons for that one is that most african countries being in the nor income countries category of going for the call box facility which in this case they had to rely on the rigs in the should it to receive the vaccine and also as a vaccine would only be best distributed to countries we've a temperature or temperature of about 8 degrees celsius and most african countries are way above the temperature level and so the storage infrastructure is not viable for most african countries. now africa of course has received just 32000000 doses so far in part because of those reasons you mentioned but can you tell us more about why this figure is so pitifully low to start with i

think what happened when the coffins vaccine was being ordered was that most of the low income countries which are going to fall mainly in sub-saharan africa could not afford so there was an issue of funding that many african countries had to come last in q when it came to ordering for the vaccine but also we have seen that we the countries that have ordered the vaccine they've only been able to get the vast dose of the vaccine kenya for it for instance is now trying to see if they can get a variety of vaccines to double up on the 1st round of the vaccine astra zeneca which is now going to require 4 kenya as a country to have the 2nd round of the vaccine and because of what's happening in india at the moment the call this facility or initiative is paying more attention to india and that means that the law income countries kenya inclusive are likely to

suffer especially with receiving the 2nd round of the vaccine but many african countries are saying that they would love to get the same vaccination that they had for the very 1st round so this is a resource allocation issue but briefly if they can joy what more needs to be done by pfizer and other job makers. accessibility is important right now because while african countries might have the issue of resource says and funding it's important for the rest of the world as well to be aware that if we are all not safe then nobody is safe at all but we have seen like in the cases of the democratic republic of congo they had to send back vaccines because you know they did not think that they would have distributed the vaccines by the time that they expire and so these a lot of challenges with the expiration of the vaccines as well that maybe the

manufacturers need to also have in mind the fact that when they're shipping the maxine's to african countries the expiry date and also the storage system much as well. during barrow their forests thank you very much for your analysis. now the slow vaccine rollout is prolonging the suffering of africans across the continent as we heard there then this this next story takes us to come on where even professional footballers are having their livelihoods ruined by the pandemic the coronavirus crisis put public notches on pause now many are leaving the pitch for good. football may be king but its star players in the domestic league are far from living like royalty no public games means a big hit to their salaries many are financially insecure some players are already using services like food banks the international federation of professional footballers associations has put together solidarity kits to help players get by

valued at less than 50 euros each. more than a year now players have been left hanging because the government stopped matches even before the cove in 1000 crisis the situation for footballers was already very complicated most were in extremely precarious situations you see that the longer the crisis goes on the lack of activity is causing chaos because they can't practice their profession. many of the pro athletes are trying to stay fit and ready for when the government allows public matches again but others have had to put aside their football careers for work that pays better or pays that all. of them on traded his football boots for paint rollers and says his salary in painting houses is 8 times what he earned on the pitch. you guys who are disrespected who can't eat who can't work clothes what can i feel if not regret i fear for their future because all they have is football.

good of. football groups are calling on the government to step in and to be estimated 700 professional players trying to keep their financial footing in the middle of the chaos now let's take a look at some other business stories making headlines. at least 19 people have died and hundreds wounded in protests in the colombian capital bogota over a tax reform plan and the government has been forced to withdraw the proposal aimed at shoring up state spending it's been heavily criticized for punishing the middle classes during an economic crisis. the world's largest oil company saudi aramco said its 1st quarter profit jumped by more than 30 percent to almost $22000000000.00 thanks to strong oil prices the state run company says global demand for petroleum products are recovering but still remains below preplanned on nick levels. now this has become

a symbol of how fragile global trade can be a massive container ships stuck in the canal the ever given halted billions of dollars in maritime trade now the ship a company wants the owners of the cargo to share the cost of the damages i took a look at what the fiasco has meant for shipping and global trade. the ever given may no longer be stuck in this was but it's hardly home free it's still detained as the egyptian government demands $916000000.00 in compensation from the ship owners it's another number on top of an already have the price tag from the grounding. so we estimated the cost of this $1.00 this represents you between $30.00 and $50000000000.00 so you can really reach beyond that we are very tiny little things in the world the global trade in that you know ship there is a cause you know could actually block something that looks like a very well or. the incident shown a spotlight on how big ships have gotten in the last decades as they link

manufacturing from asia to growing consumption in the west todays largest ships are able to hold around 24000 containers. so as consumption grows in trade volumes increase does that mean ships are going to get bigger and definitely it seems as if container ships right now have also filed somewhat of a maximum at least if we go also by. that amount of where $45.00. ships were ordered and most of those were basically in the size of 15000 and not 232-4000 that was that was the preferred size for for investors and almost placing orders by the end of last year but the thoughts are one part of the story the goods they carry are another grounding delay deliveries at a time or the pandemic already caused shortages of parts and products leaving

companies grappling with their supply chain it's a complex affair and resorting to something very complicated trip because you can't move to soloist in august but you get on the food phenomena. that they're rebuilding the know how eve. sure. it's time. but other industry observers say there's a larger discussion to be had beyond the paths that bring products to consumers it's less about singing about resiliency or look less sense of genes than about reducing consumption about buildings a place in models that are not as reliable constant constant growth big ships little waterways and supply chains that's found the world that's from the every given incident are still creating ripples because shipping is the strain called in modern capitalism together government business is consumers and regulators need to

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