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on that camel who has the important task of fighting illiteracy in a remote part of the country. i'm melissa chan thanks for joining us the covert surge in india has spread to nepal it's seeing a record number of cases almost double since its previous peak last fall over the past week doctors have reported almost 70000 cases according to the red cross and red crescent 44 percent of covert tests conducted are coming back positive and the cases per 100000 people or about the same as india's 2 weeks ago in other words it looks like a repeat of india's disaster and with a weaker health care system than india's and a slower vaccination rate the challenge for nepal will be that much bigger.

getting out while they still can. these passengers are on the last flights out of katmandu as nepal's is spends international air travel. over you because you just i'm glad that i'm able to leave nepal where the covert 19 situation is getting really bad. like neighboring india nepal is reeling from a deadly 2nd wave of the coronavirus the porous border between the 2 countries has contributed to skyrocketing case numbers. nepal's main towns and cities are in lockdown the health ministry says the situation is unmanageable doctors and nurses are being pushed to their limits. to date we have not turned anyone away without providing them with oxygen. but the situation is getting complicated. you know oh but you know when they get our colleagues are working very hard they

are on juicy for 24 hours we have even been giving oxygen to patients in chairs nepal has called for international help as case numbers hit record highs the country's neglected health care system is facing collapse. with the lockdown in place many migrant workers have returned from the cities to their homes in rural areas while katmandu is hospitals struggle to save lives fear is growing of outbreaks in the remote regions lacking health care infrastructure. we have the nepal head of delegation at the international federation of red cross and red question societies joining us from the capital kathmandu let's start with kathmandu tell us what's happening there. yeah katmandu is one of the hotbeds for it as a 2nd wave of deadly cobra 19 and you also have the other districts

along the border with india i just want to say that. in the lock few weeks the number of infections have gone up by 50 times all over 50 times and is still rising if you look at modest figures in modest you're talking about 100 pages a day in the last few days it was over 700000 or so to over $7000.00 a month or. so some of our from a 100 a day or 2 months ago the death rate is 50 over 50 a day and this is unprecedented in the next hour context. obviously you have heard of the very adept at the very end and this variant is much more contagious much more aggressive and is spreading to abort a spectrum of the population including younger people in that pollo. 2

getting vaccinations rate so far it's under one percent compared to about 3040 percent in many of the richer countries this is a major challenge and you're right i want to actually ask about the vaccines how good is the distribution is there not enough is there a vaccine hesitancy tell me a little bit more. yeah but the 2 little daughters that they have received have all almost been fully used on the red cross volunteers have been very active in what we call in gauging the community or will come to anything we're back themes so i think in some way that faith is sort of over with the intervention there and you have a main challenge now is the lack of vaccines and wondering if anything else has been coming into the country. so far it's called a shield from india and so you know if i'm from china interesting interesting and

in our report just now it also show people especially migrant workers traveling going back home because there is no work in the cities with the lock down but i'm wondering that also means possibly spreading the corner virus to more rule areas isn't that a problem and a challenge. yes there is there is and if you look i mean right now though the government shutdown in katmandu and some of the border town the restriction of returning migrants and the red cross is also helping authorities in some of the border areas are you know the measures like sanitization like social that them say like moscow. it's after. yes and you know that not in their power but in many countries where there are people living below the poverty line challenge between restriction and livelihood is

a life and death one as my last thank you so much for joining us rank you. one additional note nepal held large religious festivals this spring something the government did not discourage and the country's leadership including the prime minister has spread misinformation he said at one point that gargling on wava leaves can treat coded no part of the country is immune including mount everest nepal's economy relies on tourism dollars and the government reopened the world's highest peak to international mountaineers earlier this year physically fit climbers have expressed shock they could contract coded but the coronavirus doesn't discriminate and more than 30 people have had to be evacuated from base camp. this is where the climb starts. it's not unusual for more than a 1000 people to be camped at the foot of the iconic mountain but right now things

feel very different. for the group they were in watching the other groups. you know that the time before the climbing of course and. i see that many groups are putting some line to not to cross they said please do not push for a call that said i tunes tradition last year the pandemic devastated nepal's tourism industry so this year authorities have eased quarantine rules and issued more than 400 climbing permits a new record that maybe allowing the virus to spread uncontained on everest to try to stop this climbers are not allowed to socialize before they start their absent and customary religious ceremonies to pray for a safe expedition are now smaller more private affairs but the local sherpas guides

and cooks who depend on tourism and climbing for their livelihoods are worried. you can see what's in your time we're working here cities and we're making sure we follow all protocols so that we can save ourselves from cold at 19 and it's only outlawed. although you know we try not to mingle we used to have a lot of fun at base camp we would sing and dance. but we don't have any of that now just we keep to ourselves and speak only within our teams. to stop it with some of the good i got but i just. health professionals at everest base camp say they do not have the capacity to test for the disease dozens of people have been flown off base camp in recent weeks and at least 2 tested positive afterwards yet the government has yet to confirm a single official covert case on everest. we

ended this week with a story about a camel named a row shine who has a very important job fighting illiteracy in pakistan roshan lives in the country's biologist on region which has the lowest literacy rate in the country at just 40 percent so when schools closed because of the pandemic the camel library came to the rescue russia on the camel is on an important mission. his slow plodding through this hour a desert terrain is in sharp contrast to how urgently he and his cargo of books are awaited. russia has been a lifeline for children in this district during the pandemic he carries books to 4 different villages making the journey every other day. children can choose the books they like and give them back the next time russia returns. i like picture

books because when i look at the pictures on the photographs i can understand the story better. you know the camel library is the brainchild of recchi my jalali a local school principal and of her sister a government minister. when the current virus spread to the entire region and all the schools were closed there was a real atmosphere of depression old and young alike the region where i live there's no entertainment for the children actual no place foundations the only activity is the children they're going to school and then coming home again or after the schools have been closed for 8 or 9 months because of coded would you start thinking about what we could do for the children a year so we could start some sort of activities that would keep them busy and also be of benefit to them. fly them in. has big ambitions for the project if she can get more funding she'd like to expand

its reach from 4 to 40 villages and that's something the russians i don't know would be very happy about. i used to collect wood and sell us in the market then but camel library project asked me if i'd like to carry books on my camel i was surprised but now i carry these books to 4 villages and the children love it i'm very happy and so are all the people in the villages so now it's continuing and i'm happily doing it. pakistan schools have sausage reopening but local officials say there are many requests for the common library to continue. that's it for friday you can always check us out on social media and on dot com for it slash asia we leave you with whatever e.w. news asia team found a bit of levity in a week of intense covert news pictures of a giant squid sculpture that's what one japanese town decided to do with its covert

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boyce is still making waves. and the work of a serbian sculptor who transforms weapons of war into instruments of communication and harmony. welcome to the show 100 years after her birth and almost 80 since my death sophie show remains a powerful symbol of peaceful resistance against tyranny in 1943 the student who was executed for her brave attempts to resist the nazi dictatorship she was just 21 shoulder documented her short life using diaries and letters imagine what she could have done today with instagram that was the idea that inspired a new project in germany launched to mark person tina. disaffected mines and arts and footage and soak. in. manchester in their succumbing to leave nothing to get. as an homage out

initial mention should you not construct and it. is coming aside and the film shoot at the end of march depicting so few shows a rival in munich her brother and sister to pick her up actress luna very is 21 the site may just so for show in the last year of her life. this is because it is a social conservative it's a great honor to play so for sure of course there's a certain amount of pressure because you want to do. justice to this person is what's great was so sure is that there are quite a few biographies her own diaries and especially the correspondence between her and fritz it's such a gift because it lets you get right inside her head. seem has also based the instagram story on sophie shaw's letters to her fiance and other historical sources everything is as authentic as possible the narrative is packaged as

a multimedia chorus with new installments on instagram every day illustrations photos reenacted scenes video clips but only what sophie herself might have seen. so far this form gives us the opportunity to get snow sophie show on a much more personal level to relate what made up her everyday life with not just telling the classic sophie short story that everybody knows and learn. animated illustrations show scenes from the war but also more magical moments and the dreams of sophie shawl. may 9th 1942 sophie's birthday filming yourself at the same time is a challenge how much you have to hold the camera yourself you have the monologues but it's also exciting because you have to capture scenes in a completely different way you have the vertical format and you have to work it out with several people so every scene is like a little package that you open up and you see what comes out and.

the birthday party and other scenes depict emotional everyday moments feelings that young instagram users may be able to identify with. the shore sophie was is our heroine our resistance fighter but she's also a very normal multi-faceted woman with insecurities the whole journey up. this point was a huge struggle also with herself. for 10 months the team will post daily moments from sophie's life and from everyday life in 142 on instagram. community maybe with the things we generate here we can also inspire people to take a look at what's happening in our world today because the topics that were relevant then are still relevant more than ever the sad thing is we still have to talk about

the role of women racism nazis'. explained sophie shaw is the name of the channel aimed at today's instagram uses. to his story and then to the student becomes an activist and is arrested at the university while handing out leaflets she holds on to her convictions until her execution. is good and has a wonderful quote from sophie schol have i been training so far sometimes maybe but now i've woken up so this waking up that something we all maybe need to do. another famous german he would have celebrated his 100th birthday this may is conceptual artist joseph boyce his apple cart sculpture and particularly his performance art was seen as whether it's time as was the man himself but he

continued to inspire artists today in boise 17 a year his legacy has inspired literally dozens of exhibitions across germany. just of course continues to fascinate and polarized 35 years after his death the artist and teacher was a famed for his performances. once he covered his head in honey and unguarded the dead have through his exhibition with us looking on from the outside . fane prophetic or simply provocative. this is an artwork that gets the hearts of many things such as the question how does conventional communication function and what happens when that communication is declined.

the upcoming starting from language exhibition at berlin's hamburger bahnhof explores the ways that is still relevant in the 21st century. is a huge waste of fact both animal and synthetic the work is about unfinished raising questions about spatial change and formation was an important. $4121.00 joseph boyce was in the hitler youth and during world war 2 he was part of a bomber squadron does he have something so high was he really progressive or perhaps backward looking his experience in the war let him to believe that people and society had to change and that this was a process he often chose materials that change like fact or felt. the space curator a current exhibition at stuttgart darts gallery makes this clear. on

the 100th anniversary of his birth boyce's unrestrained creative urge is taking center stage again boyce was anti or farsi and resonated with the younger generation is objection to admission requirements famously lost in his teaching post at the. academy. right on television. voice was a champion of social change but he was also interested in religion and spirituality and in creating his own mythical person you know he wasn't always consistent. you have the boys he said women should have received an income for the work that they do at home so that's pretty progressive. and at the same time. this kind of patriarchy. in the center of discourse i think that

it's as ambivalent on this question as it is on every question with choice and that's probably why remains interesting as an artist i think is polarizes on pretty much every issue you look at. even in 2021 voice comes across as a larger than life the cost forensic collection and juxtaposes his works with contemporary art works that question capitalism and the financial system demanding alternatives. and radical change. the environment plays an important role to. films of several voice performances in 1974 he wrapped himself in belts and locked himself up in a new york gallery with a life. and copies of the wall street journal. the man in the hat was a pioneer of the ecological movement in 1902 he proposed

a plan to plant 7000 trees in ca so for document to 7 he was rooting for a better future his tree planting project has become a model for artists and activists all over the world. and there's more about joseph boyce and the artists he inspired on this earth today's edition of culture program $21.00. another sculptor whose work blurs the lines between art and life is nicholas sera his war materials were once instruments of division and hate but much sirrah gives them a new life as musical instruments he thought is the discarded army kit from junkyards across his native serbia some of the weapons he transforms date back to the ethnic conflicts that ravaged the region during his lifetime. dystopian military junkyard serves as a stark reminder of the bloody people can watch the preach some 20 years ago.

today some of this army equipment is being repurposed. and transform into musical instruments by sculptor economic slowdown that part of his from noise to sound project. gets to work on salvation army quickly and in his studio novi sad view 2nd largest city he usually combines 2 objects to create one musical instrument an elaborate process that takes months he takes inspiration from traditional darkened instruments to build this kind of instrument pink iow the helmet 1st so for all i clean the helmet and i put it together like this they can see things from this gun and put the string there after that

i call the musicians. try to play on this instrument and we talk about what we should do to get a better sound of course i want to send a message to make music not bore but it's not so simple i actually want to show people that you can think about stuff differently you know about war about everything about life. and now eagle is transforming military kids into musical instruments. his cello for instance is made from a canister in a portable rocket launcher this guitar from an automatic rifle and a helmet this wind instrument for mind parts and it's because an instrument from a canister and yet another rocket launcher. i think it's a very interesting ford took. 4 years of the question but it's sitting there

through as tools take objects through. your surroundings economic 0 would like a small orchestra like this to tell all the countries that were once caught up in the deadly yugoslav was to encourage everyone to make music not school. what a great idea there's more on all our stories on our web site you don't comb sas culture and please join us again next time.

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streets to give you in the forms on the inside. w. news in africa every friday on g.w. . humans love interaction and sometimes you don't have a hero but will provide it that's great they're going to replace before that in fact great they're going to. place doctors and lawyers they're going to replace people in jobs you wouldn't think they can if all the work is being done by machines what do you most through the day trying to keep getting better and better education and taking more and more advanced jobs or do they end up doing other things making art having social interactions with each other are we going to have enough humanity to make it possible for everyone or some people are going to say i want everything and the rest you guys have to be for a guy that allows individuals to discover their humanity they have to learn a new meaning for life and a new things to do that's a social revolution that hopefully we can move through slowly.

this is decoupling newsline from berlin bringing social equality to the european union. for the 1st $27.00 member states and it's the focus of an e.q. summit in portugal looking to transform the fight poverty also on the program international coals to white house and song vaccines a growing us backs the idea of a germany rejects the proposal and sides with drug developers. in india consing to

catch a break more than 400000 new cases for the 2nd straight day is getting through but experts fear the crisis will get worse before it gets to. i'm anthony held welcome to the program we stop this hour in portugal where top european union officials are attending crucial talks in the city of porto the meeting is dubbed the social summit because of the focus on finding ways to fight poverty in a post coronavirus world european commission president. is at a summit in person along with the majority of the blocks later as the host of the event portuguese prime minister to new question highlight of the cost of unstable working conditions and gender inequality he also said new ways of working including from home and on digital platforms need to be regulated. brussels bureau

chief alexander phenomenas in porto for the summit and xandra the 1st day of this social summit is almost over have the e.u. leaders now already agreed to take action on some issues. well we are not there yet and what we saw today were a lot of panels and interesting discussions in one of them for example the telly and prime minister druggy was talking about the situation of use in the european union he said that one in 7 young people in the east niver in employment nor education or training. the economic fallout of the pandemic continues so we see that the situation is really dire for young people or women and e.u. leaders are expected to sign off on a joint declaration on that topic tomorrow however it remains to be seen how balta

the stickler ration will be and we also have today to add that this document is going to be non-binding document the collaboration and that is why the european union has been already criticized here by the european trade union confederation there are saying that what we need now is less talk and more action germany's chancellor angela merkel and 2 other leaders are not taking part in this meeting in person but will dial in for the discussion is there any chance their absence will weaken germany's voice during the matey. well it's really difficult to imagine how they can participate in their real discussion when they're only dialing in however we also have to say that when we talk about germany it's true that germany has a really heavy weight in the european union and their position carries weight

besides we know that america has a powerful ally here the french president in manuel mccall and he already stressed at that. france is going hand in hand it with germany when it comes to such hot topics like for example a potential cold he expects seeing patent waiver that is going to be discussed here to stay with us alexander because another story has been shadowing the e.u. summit the patent why even that's backed by the u.s. along with other countries and also the world trade organization but germany has voiced caution saying it is not the best way to ensure a vaccine equity the protection of intellectual property is vital to innovation moving forward. in the global race for coronavirus vaccines by on tax finds her was 1st out of the gate a proud achievement for buy on tack the german company that went from start up to pharma superstar now in the debate over waving patents on proven 1000 vaccines the

german government is siding with drug makers saying the protection of intellectual property is a source of innovation and must remain so in the future the limiting factor in the production of vaccines our production capacities and the high quality standards not the patents. germany says industry and government should work on transferring technology to new manufacturers if they want to scale up vaccine production quickly and jab at the biden administration german health minister again spun had this to say the least if the real problem it isn't patents but production capacity and availability then i'd be delighted if the united states is now willing to allow the export of doses manufactured there just like the european union. was until it was an export fights with. the us is just one of the wealthy nations accused of vaccine

hoarding extending their immunization programs far beyond their vulnerable populations while poor nations go without the pharma industry says that problem should be fixed 1st. world we need to do is tackled the real problems such as call outrage comes face to share those is within the next few days or weeks not in 45 months of to be vaccinated everybody in our countries we need to look at the trait barriers we are which are hindering the ramping up of supplies and we need to improve the efficiency because there are scarcity and bottlenecks and supply chains to patent wouldn't give you a single dose small but for many global health advocates removing patent protections is the right way forward companies have learned a tremendous amount in this this year alone on covert back $7000000000.00 us dollars for pfizer that seems like more than efficient amount to be investing in innovation in the future moreover patent protection didn't deliver the fact that we

have now significant government intervention and government investment from across the world have done that for us. the discussion about patent waivers is only just getting started and it could take months whatever it's decided it wanted to pass the immediate issue of making more shots to end the pandemic. well alexander phenomena still with us live in porto where the patent why even debate alexander was thrust upon european leaders somewhat by joe biden how much time was then dedicated to working through the topic well there are still 2 to talk about the topic and this is presumably going to happen during their dinner they were going to have tonight so they have nots to our knowledge talked about this topic among themselves so it will be interesting whether there will be able to find

a common position on this proposal however it's also important to say that the u.s. and now it's meant has really increased the pressure on e.u. leaders to to find a position and to address this. announcement and the backing of this proposal. is alexander phenomena in puerto rico. here are some of the other developments in the pandemic on the world health organization has authorized the emergency use of china soon found vexing it's the 6th vaccine to be approved by the. u.k. officials of said people under 40 should be offered an alternative to be estrogenic a job due to a small risk of blood clots and new york city wants to offer vaccines to tourists jeb's would be given out times square and other attractions. to india now where the code did not think i slowed continues to rise at a record pace on friday alone the country reported of 840-0000 new infections and

nearly 4000 deaths actual numbers are feared to be much higher than that international id is starting to trickle in but for many in a country ravaged by the pandemic that hope comes to light. this is the bitter reality of india's covert emergency nearly a quarter of a 1000000 lives lost as the bodies mount the criminal toria struggle to cope. and there's no end in sight to this crisis. hospitals to a buckling under the pressure. there's a lack of beds and a lack of staff but the one crucial thing that has made this 2nd wave different and more devastating than lashes emergency. is the lack of oxygen. for the completeness of. the percent percent of.

those. more than for pupils and also. the recording of. these people could have a greater chance of surviving the crisis there in the queue to be vaccinated but the rollout has been slow and jobs are in short supply. international aid has begun pouring into india. supplies of medical equipment are now arriving from all over as other countries wake up to the scale of the tragedy and the threat posed to their own populations. but the aid cannot arrive quick enough to slow down the dying. families are helpless as their loved ones succumb to what researches say is a far more infectious strain of the virus. but there is anger too. with some asking why the government to decided to allow election rallies and other

large events. call it the system or government or whatever was it necessary to conduct elections right now not. for this nominee and countless others that question comes tonight. you know some of the other stories making headlines around the world u.s. justice department has filed criminal charges against the for former police officers involved in the killing of george floyd and then are accused of willfully violating floyd's civil rights and for failing to provide medical i clicked on after one of the offices knelt on his necke for more than a dime in. 25 people have been killed during a police operation against alleged drug traffickers in brazil troops calling the death toll from the writing of the edition there a slum reprehensible and demanding an independent investigation. well documented immigration at the u.s.

southern border will be at the top of the agenda in a virtual meeting between the united states vice president come in the house and mexico's president andres manuel lopez obrador recent months have seen a shop increase in central american asylum seekers bridging the border between the 2 nations they flee from violence poverty and hardship in their countries of origin correspondent carolina chimley reports from miami florida where she caught up with a hung jury and then was cautiously building a future and he's new hum. 3 months ago we met so sad among. mexico he and his family amongst others were sleeping on a sidewalk on the mexican side of the u.s. southern border they also pledged from violence in their home country under arrest the moment. they threatened me and my family. maybe you don't because norway had no choice but to flee or. if

the gangs have a problem with you. they will hunt you down and they will kill you. it was a dangerous journey that took them several weeks on food and by bus where miami florida and our says are made it finally to the united states while he's waiting for his asylum to be approved he's working here at this barber shop. so. all the workers here have a similar story they came from cuba the dominican republic and like says from under us they all know how difficult it is to start all over again in a country you don't know the most important thing for says have now is to keep up with his new job it could mean for every new beginning is difficult but the most important thing is to never stop fighting hard look at us. sometimes it's still

feel surreal for him to finally fini are far away from those who threaten his live and his family's the last major hurdle he must overcome is to be granted asylum this could take up to 3 years but at least now they have hope. that thing was i would like to see my family progressing we must find a way to succeed in this country the boy. he says it would be nice to own his own barber shop again like the one he had in on the wood asked before the gangs forced him to fleet. to see his children fulfill their own dreams. the football now in britain has offered to host this month champions league final between in the sides matches to city and chelsea after it placed turkey on a coronavirus travel read list the ataturk olympic stadium in istanbul the set to host the game on may 29th but with covered 19 has

a spiking net britain has told fans not to travel to turkey and said it was already in talks with european football's governing body your wife about holding the final stake. you're watching news from berlin up next. is with he with business rather don't forget you can always visit the deputy dot com just after that will the latest around the clock we're also on twitter and instagram handle in a day at news for now i'm anthony how it feels is next stay with us. we've got some hot tips for your bucket list. corner. it's hard for for me. and some great cultural memorials to. trouble.

you feel more into the planet. featured. a meal host of people on the green fence post coast to me it's clear remains true. solutions are out there. join me for deep into the green transformation from me to food for the. the debate over whether to waive patent protections on coded vaccines heats up the head of the w.t. old pledges to find a solution that accepts while safeguarding far more firms incentives to innovate. also on the show why so american nonprofits are concerned by the divorce of bill

and melinda gates. and germany is car country but not everyone in the capital is a fat bull look at a campaign to close off early into car traffic. this is v.w. business i'm joined on so happy you can join us the head of the world trade organization and gauzy a concho has weighed in on the debate over waiving patent protection for covert 19 vaccine one to have negotiations between 164 w t o member countries still ahead and all countries have to agree but we always had friday that success requires striking a fine balance between allowing access and polluting innovation here is what she said. so my job is to make sure that i bring members together so i actually sit down and negotiate texts that would lead to a pragmatic solution that kind of shows access the developing countries to deal with that soon enough with their whilst at the same time making sure we don't

disincentive ice research and innovation so that's where we are the recent pronouncements by the u.s. and so on i'm sure will give i mean put. with people a members being willing to come around the table to negotiate text that's the only way we'll make progress. our correspondent joy terrain joins us now tory how much confidence is there within africa that w t o number of countries will agree to waive patents well health experts in africa with the news of today are just taking the wait and see approach given the fact that there are still a number of countries that fall between the countries that are opposed to weaving all patents when it comes to vaccine manufacturing and so while we have about 60 countries that are in for the wave of the r. and number of the countries that are not and saw in negotiations between the w t

o and the manufacturers of these vaccines as well as the world health organization are more of a conversation that many health experts are looking to see how that's going to go for them to even have a say on whether or not this is going to be unlikely situation a wait and see approach that is understandable but job makers like madonna say colvin vaccine production is too complex to just hand out to other matter of fact hers how much potential is there to produce the vaccine and africa. for a long time africa has only moneys to produce about one percent of its vaccine needs but that is changing we are now seeing a number of countries like morrish areas south africa and render that have not come up and said they would like to produce their own vaccines in fact they want to set up their own manufacturing plants run that for example is saying it's in talks to

set up and m r n a manufacturing plant in its respective countries and so whether or not the resources are available is a question that cannot be answered right now but countries like south africa as well as more asia's are showing potential to set up their own manufacturing plants in the countries now speaking of south africa joy it wants patents and trade secrets waived for covert therapeutic drugs and diagnostics are not just vaccines do you think that's likely well that's that's a very complicated situation because if you look at it yes the reason need for the vaccines given that the lifesaving vaccines but when you look at those all posed to the waiver is saying and defending it and saying that protection of intellectual property is a source of innovation and while these are drugs that are lifesaving it's only

going to come from the manufacturers as well as the countries where they're being manufactured to determine whether or not this is going to be likely source of africa might have the need right now but it's not only dependent on south africa thank you joy during barrow there for us. now post-divorce financial negotiations can be tricky if you're a billionaire couple with a very large foundation there are also a lot more stakeholders the bill and melinda gates foundation has an endowment of some $50000000000.00 they say they will keep running the foundation together nevertheless some nonprofits in africa relying on their funding are anxious about their budgets in the years to come. some married couples stay together for the children that's what charities around the world were hoping for when it came to philanthropy as power couple bill and melinda gates the

gates foundation was among the 1st donors to help kick start this primary school in south africa which today counts nearly 1000 students now the school manager is concerned that the separation could affect money promised from the gates foundation. we know a lot of rules say those things but once. the divorce come through definitely there will be because one over the differences from those victims with their children often. the gates family leave to do something in terms of. schools like ours why don't you get all right. the gates foundation's investments in africa are not limited to education just take the fight against malaria in 13 a faso researchers are looking at how the corona virus affects patients with malaria thanks in part to a one and

a half $1000000.00 grant from the gates foundation. in the short term the program will not be affected but in the long term and also in general there is a risk that it will be affected because i know that bill and melinda gates contributed in an enormous amount directly and indirectly to several projects we are leading here. most of the wealth promised to the foundation has yet to be donated by bill and melinda though the former couple has committed to running the foundation together how long will that last will they keep up their payments into the foundation. the gates at least have pledged to continue their philanthropic work together saying they quote continue to share belief in that mission. now let's take a look at some other business stories making headlines. the u.s. economy added 266000 jobs last month far short of expectations of $1000000.00 jobs

the department of labor said gains and leisure and hospitality were offset by layoffs of temporary workers and couriers and in the transportation and manufacturing sector. new numbers show chinese exports surged in april up by a 3rd from a year ago that amounts to 264000000000 dollars and shows the worldwide demand for chinese electronics medical equipment and clothes chinese imports were also up by about 43 per cent or $221000000000.00. now we often talk about recovery in terms of economic output but g.d.p. doesn't track jobs many of which in europe and the u.s. are in service actors that may not contribution much to economic output in crisis times like these it's the outside edges of the labor force that suffer the most such as older workers and in this case those who are just starting to work. when it comes to business they've cracked it because it is a dora took over this not store from his parents modernizing it to cater to

a growing demand for healthier snacks. behind us with us. he studied something unrelated and to be honest the crisis helped our decision to run the shop and so pistachios. nikos is interested in nutrition and disco friend is a door a gave up her job as a physical therapist to work in the business in ne they never got people like us can't be satisfied with the jobs on offer and what they pay that's why i think it's the right time to take advantage of the chance to build something of our own path to. building their own future increase. in piracy ocus took the leap of faith after their studies and founded their own company adventists which develops medical software used to analyze the brain. i always wanted to work in research but there was a very limited number of jobs in greece. so the only solution for me was to

build something for myself that is to create my own job. they founded the company in 2016 in spite of economic crises and the coronavirus pandemic they've expanded and have customers around the world they have 11 employees with an average age of $28.00. if you think our generation a survived quite a few crises that's formed our personality and helps us to make something out of nothing what's changed we're trying to do business to find new things to recognize demand and to be innovative greece's government recognizes the potential it's promoting startups and investment in research and development. we're confident that our investment in time. until incentives will create human ports and new jobs which will allow us on the one hand to develop scientific potential in greece and on the

other to lure back many young greeks who have moved abroad to typical. nikos and is a dora are confident that they can make a living in their home country and that greece can offer other young innovators a bright future too. and finally it would be quite a u. turn but here in the capital of famously car loving germany one group of activists is pushing for a big change they want a referendum on removing cars from the city of berlin all together take a look. at the capital city without cars it's certainly a radical idea but it's one which these activists want to see become reality. they're gathering signatures from citizens in the city hoping to force a referendum on whether much of berlin should become practically carefree with only essential traffic allowed. their stuff for example traffic from businesses also public transport and ambulances garbage collection taxis will

be able to keep driving but the regular daily traffic to go shopping or go to work that should stop. that fire for years berlin has had a real problem with air pollution but the activists behind berlin carefree do not just have environmental goals they believe the taking cars off the streets will improve public spaces and quality of life as a whole. if successful berlin would become the world's largest of a reduced zone. but germany as a nation remains mad for cars and a movement like this faces serious opposition. in the way that this was presented and in the way that this initiative to reduce traffic in the city. in those ways it is totally unreasonable. it is basically nothing else other than an elimination of the mobility and mobile rights of the citizens we think that is to really going too far.

alternately they will need 175000 signatures in less than a year to have the issue put to the people should it get that far berliners will have a big decision to make. that's it for me and the d.w. business famed for more on these and other business stories visit us online at www dot com slash business also facebook and twitter will be back in a few hours with more until then take care. of. the fight against the corona virus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. information and contacts the coronavirus update 19. on t w. here comes gargling

from the top. health clinics. has often been in short supply. now it is flowing from towns across the country. go. 60 minutes on. the move. whenever a shipment of biotech pfizer coronavirus vaccine arrives in south africa it makes the headlines. because the country's vaccination program has been struggling because off to a late start 1st using astra zeneca is job but that was stopped over it.