i. mean. we are years actually on fire. they store water that has evaporated from rivers lakes and oceans and return it to the earth in the form of rain. down it's cover more than half of our planet on any given day. what secrets do they hold who researches. this and more coming up on today's program. hello and welcome to tomorrow to day your science show on d

w. cirrus clouds are located high in the sky 8 to 12000 means his about the. same as stratus clouds are slightly below that live a status of the dark reign felt at just 2 to 4000 meters. then there are cumulus clouds 0 cumulus that look like floating cotton balls and the low all enveloping strong scouts to name just a few if the. how does a full moon and what role do they play in the earth's climate those are the questions that cloud researchers are seeking 2 months. countless clouds form and float above the enhancing they reflect back light from the sun and thus help keep the atmosphere cool. could they be used to combat global warming. was the answer so far is we don't know it's extremely hard to model the

behavior of clouds they still appear to be unpredictable they constitute a major mystery for climate science. barbados lies several 100 kilometers off venezuela's eastern seaboard to. the caribbean nation belongs to the lesser antilles group of islands it's very windy there and a hot spot for cloud research here scientists are tracking the complex behavior of cumulus clouds. on the windward east coast where the easterly trade winds roar in off the ocean the max planck institute for meteorology has a cloud observatory. reversed serbians stevens research focuses on low level cumulus clouds. they are always in motion and have a major impact on the climate. that makes them important for the future of the

planet with. a change in low clouds like this by a few percent going to have as large an effect on earth's energy budget as a doubling of the concentration of c o 2 so all of the human activity that we've had since the beginning of industrial times to they is still not even a doubling of the c o 2 concentration and that could be countered or doubled by just a few percent change of war or less clouds of the crimes that we see here it sounds amazing but there isn't enough data so far to model the relevant processes accurately this project was designed to help remedy that deficit all kinds of measuring devices for deploying a laser shoots 29 kilometers up into the sky and measures water vapor and aerosols radiation and temperature in the research ship meteo was also packed with instruments some had never been to. no agency before.

the boreal unmanned aerial vehicle has to be catapulted into the. full research planes flew circles the international team pulled out all the stops to gather data about the clouds here. the project name is you recast. the german air space center's halo and life and 9 hours at a stretch. well we don't measure the clouds directly we infer their properties indirectly and to do that we need to look at them from many different angles you can imagine getting to know a person from. indirect relationships you'd like to ask lots of people what that person is like so here you would like to ask lots of instruments how they see the powder because you're only measuring it indirectly and so that's why we need to look at the clouds from many fives with many different instruments with through many different properties and that's what this aircraft is so good at doing. many

factors determine the formation of clouds among them droplet size particle density circulation patterns temperature and radiation. to. give the president sorry. we don't have a low flying in circles to the east of barbados. or we're trying to characterize the large scale air mass of the euro zone this is the circle we're flying. over here to the east we have some ships and unmanned surface vehicles. and an american plane is over here also flying circles so we'll have a nice comprehensive view. of the. every 4 minutes a dropsonde was ejected from the dropsonde sea. all data on the vertical so most

dynamic structure of the trade wind out of a sphere. and they will help reveal the lifecycle of clouds in space and time even that of the dynamic fragmented cloud formations that satellite pictures do not capture. the meteo was equipped with a doppler radar. it measured to among other things the rate of vertical motion of droplets in the low level cumulus i. like the hardness they're showing that the experiment is all about these small cumulus clouds if we want to find out about how they will react when it gets warmer on earth what kind of clusters will these clouds form but sometimes they're close together sometimes far apart they change in size too they influence each about this is what we're trying to find out with this experiment you

know by the next moment we have. a team from hamburg university investigated another important issue the role played by the interaction between ocean and atmosphere in cloud formation. the scientists collect meteorological data with sensors attached to an outbreak at the power of the meets your and another one high up on the mast. the key question here is this does global warming mean that more water in the oceans evaporates and thus boosts cloud formation or does it mean that low clouds in particular dissipate faster. the research requires nerves of steel. cell because it's unusual for it to rock so much with old days waves it's very very windy today. and i haven't come up yet so often i found it quite challenging.

byun stevens is cautiously optimistic that perhaps as the world heats up more clouds will form and help cool it down again but he doesn't know for sure nobody doubts and so it remains essential to do everything we can in the fight against climate change. factory farming is one such driver of climate change when deer and slurry as well as the digestive processes of cows and sheep all produce the greenhouse gas me thing. the way animals are foamed is also driving more people to become vegetarian the demand for veggie burgers and nuggets is on the rise. the 40 w.'s kyo do have us shares her take on the hype surrounding big and meat substitutes we wanted to know what our viewers have to say. we asked on facebook what you think of the meat

. norman civilian says nothing compares to a good steak preferably done medium read. in monsanto's a writes that he tried eating burgers made of kosova they tasted similar he says but there was still something missing. al a rose son deval vega has been a vegetarian for 15 years his best decision ever he says thanks for your comments and his keel. can you tell whether this is lee baca is before. these or this chicken or any of these sandwich mean. we're talking about. plant based meat alternative. the companies producing them say they're going to replace meat entirely.

so probably. the. real me so what's the deal with all of the actual expense of my body. i'm on my way to. the supermarket. devika and vegetarian me file. is not good sausages you name it all you need to free. now meat alternatives are not new but this recent generation of extremely need like substitutes arguably originated in the u.s. with pioneers like beyond me. but before all of these high tech innovations different cultures have had their alternatives for centuries because it was cheaper

for religious reasons. a lot of which i'm sad to say has been bastardized in the west into dry brown bland or to something like this not necessarily the best advertising food and definitely a far cry from real meat but they were the only meat substitutes available on the market for a long time. and then came the busy patties made out of vegetables tasted like so they were not designed to mimic the feast of meat the new generation of fake meats revolutionized the market by trying to peel to need. the market value of plant based needs worldwide was estimated to be worth around $11000000000.20 and it's just almost tripled over the next 5 years with the biggest growth expected in the asia pacific region with western companies branching out globally and local. and popping up worldwide. so how do plants become

this much like meat well it's hard to get details from the manufacturers a lot of the information is proprietary. made out of soy so we but most products start with concentrated or isolated soy or wheat protein the manufacturers then probably use extrusions the ingredients are mixed needed and rapidly heated under pressure that's also how becomes corn flakes the product on the market also have oils added in for example from some flowers or coconuts as well as added minerals spices color instead and binders impossible durga has one ingredient but the others they're into. a plant based chemical compound that makes the blade. on the other hand some companies have said this site's own replacing chicken instead of beef for example like meat. what we want to do is we want to have

ingredients which are kitchen recognizable ingredients and we want to have processions which is a natural process without any chemical part of that kind of talk leads live kindly which includes the brand like meat chicken looks like feels like it tastes like chicken but taste isn't the only reason these products flying off the shelves it's because they taste similar while supposedly being so much better for the planet so it's actually true impossible food claims it's back to has 89 percent less global warming potential uses 96 percent less land and 87 percent less water than a conventional beefburger. can be said to choose to have substantially lower environmental and conventional. this is rachel she studied the environmental and health effects of different plant based meats but she says maybe

substitutes have a slightly higher impact. non-processed meaning you can page if you look at chicken the results are less pronounced but still quite clear. the study shows that on average meat substitutes emit 43 percent less greenhouse gases you 77 percent less land and 76 percent less water compared to chicken but that's not all the producers are claiming what if the burgers got healthier and the food we have no place for all those. groups saying there's not much difference to. their components such as. this is it. he's a researcher and doctor who conducted a study on the health effects of me told. but one important difference is that. the west cholesterol. is only going to be worth. more so than yours. but

the studies that have been conducted this far show that there is no. pressure at work and sponsors of salt are small a recent stanford study made participants eat plant based burgers for 8 weeks instead of meat which led to better cardiovascular health experienced they are healthier over relieved more studies. traditional value of chicken substitutes also can be similar or even better than the real thing so this can actually vary wildly depending on which product you look at meaning you do need to read the fine print to make sure you substitute is healthy once you can substitute had almost one and a half times the calories and nearly 3 times more fat than the meat it is trying to replace but one thing's for sure can contain antibiotics alternatives to this.

and that if. that makes a. show that eating processed meat can be linked to cancer heart disease diabetes research is needed but initial studies show this doesn't seem to apply as directly to plant based alternatives. so if you compare plant based factors to be focused directly these are healthier but that doesn't make the health food they still high in fat and the fact that you usually eat them with sugar resources and fries on the side doesn't make them any healthier and yes eating whole grains and unprocessed legumes is better for you and better for the planet no question but on the other hand if you really want to bag and you have a choice why not take the ones that are better for the clock and same for looking up at. any replacement is a win for the environment. now for

a look at one of the planet's most fascinating spectacles viola poland lights. those that the north pole and known as the northern lights but they're not the only ones this week's question comes from geek king mischka. are there also polar lights at the south pole. for some reason many associate polar lights with the far north there they're called the aurora borealis some peoples living there traditionally associated the lights with the spirits of the dead. but such spectacular light shows also occur in the far south visible in southern australia new zealand and they have dark. the southern lights or aurora australis are the same kind of phenomenon as the northern lights but they are not mirror images of each other. their common source is the sun intense

explosions on its surface solar flares generate solar winds blasts of charged particles that zipped through space at incredible speed some head toward the earth . the earth is protected by the magnetic field surrounding it the pressure from the solar winds compresses this protective shield and diverts the showers of particles toward the north and south poles in the process electrically charged particles electrons impart energy to oxygen and nitrogen molecules they bump into in the atmosphere that excites the molecules when they return to the normal state they release photons bursts of energy in the form of light oxygen glows green in red nitrogen violet. fluorescent tubes work the same way. we can only see polar lights northern or southern when it's dark and there are more hours of darkness in the winter so that's when there's more of

a chance of catching a glimpse. since earth's magnetic field steers solar winds to both poles the lights do indeed also occur at the south pole. as one researcher put it polar lights are like the sun blowing us a kiss. on his right right right on the page. do you have a science question you'd like us to answer then get in touch you can send us a video or text. if it makes it onto the show we'll send you a little surprise as a thank you. come on just ask. if you can find more interesting science stories at d.w. dot com slash science and on now twitter feed. increased drought in spain is a challenge for many wine grove is that's prompted some to experiment with the star

shows instead in the indian district of hyderabad special purpose greenhouses are helping to protect crops from drought conditions and in the money in town a funnel some cotton farmers a switching 2 minutes. all over the world famous faced with climate change having to respond. the same applies in germany too. and once again the situation is dire no clouds in the sky for johan gattis it's the 3rd tier of drought in a row 50 kilometers east of berlin in the village of bel found the farms potatoes corn and wheat and more than $740.00 had tears of leased land the drought is taking its toll on. them so voices that we have periods of 68 weeks with no rain at all on top of the long hot period seen in the last years. subjects the crops even more stress. each year we've lost several. 1000 euros in profits on

each head tear of potatoes for him. to curb his losses gattis has been farming a wider variety of crops instead of the typical for now he grows up to 20 crops including sunflowers millet soil and buckwheat they can survive long dry periods and thrive in the heat. we try to diversify our risk with these different crops. and we always want to have a few that can endure extreme weather conditions like those we've had in the past few years. molded speckling is an agronomist he helps get as and other farmers on their search for alternative crops and the state of brandenburg. his recommendation so i. i was just always just as oil what's astonishing is that in comparison to other crops soil can thrive in relatively barren dry soil even in these very warm temperatures

is nevertheless it's still a plant that requires water just a different time than other crops one guy claimed travels along the bone dry roads of brandenburg on the way to mention back to the lightning center for agricultural landscapes research. here trent breeders and social scientists work together with still ologists geographers and hydrologists the scientists are researching agricultural land and how it can be farmed sustainably a central topic of climate change they have $150.00 have tears a field to experiment on. at the touch of a button it rains here markets conkling can also simulate a drought he wants to find out how sewing grows best in sandy soil. is to spit out some money since it's difficult to manipulate the weather we simulated on these fields that we've installed canopies that stop the rain from reaching the ground

then we take a look at how it impacts the surface temperature of the plants and the moisture of the soil. which is we're interested in determining how much water the soybeans need and during which phases of pozen the system is in a speech that. is a late summer rain storm sufficient or should farmers irrigate before then. sandy soil is especially problematic because it stores water very poorly the sand the air it is the less humans forms and the fenestra the soil dries out which. the research center analyzes erosion water use soil quality and climate data in order to generate growth prognoses for the most important crops. the results on for a sobering glimpse into a future blighted by climate change red and yellow indicate the. corn crops are likely to sink by at least a 5th the prospects for wheat are also graham. was also going to answer i gave

this on the basis of our results which show that crops react very differently to climate change we recommend that farmers plant a wider variety of crops on their 4th autumn unsub own that diversifies the risk and give a super easy question for you so on but we also recommend dividing fields into smaller plots you go trying to go on those is to mix who doing smaller fields and a wider variety of crops that's exactly what researchers at the center are trying out they're growing 9 different crops on plants of just half a head each the choice of want to plant where was the result of careful analysis. of the home to finish a cut to home for when did extensive mapping of the soils properties and demarcated different parts of the field. we use this information and several years of yield data to divide the field into different sections does fit or daughter tired and type of eyes should be some are better suited for certain crops and crop rotation and the higher quality soil and other sections are better for plants that can

thrive on barren soil video brought into. this experiment is designed to take 10 years the hope is that by the end of that period the soil will have been enhanced thanks to the faster crop rotation and will store more water and be less prone to blow away as dust. gattis can't wait that long. he's currently experimented with growing number at. a year here millikan make do with little water and the whole thing that's what we hope that we can be successful with it in the next few years wonderful of course and. the climate crisis will change agriculture. that's unavoidable the farmers who can't adapt will face hard times in the future.

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this is newsnight from the hundreds injured as palestinians confront jerusalem's i'll accept a mass response to rocket fire. by israeli nostromo just bring you a live update from jerusalem also. turkish people captured districts coronavirus locked down asked. why don't the rules apply for the tourists. and the force awakens in a fire and ice show icelandic. came

to watch. a welcome to the program how mass militants fired rockets from gaza towards jerusalem setting off a raid sirens across israel its act as a response to hundreds of palestinians being injured in clashes with israeli police fighting broke out. some links 5 young girls it's been tear gas of palestinian demonstrators and a much. worse these writings through the streets of jerusalem this council says the violence follows days of protests upon some effect the palestinians for. he's just curious about. let's go straight to d.w. correspondent tanya kramer in just welcome to time i mean vengeful day let's start

with rocket attack talk us through what happened to one. well if you're saying tonight is actually a major escalation. you know what how can the tensions here in the past weeks indeed the era sirens went off and the area in jerusalem and surrounding areas at 6 o'clock local time. this is a rare event and. so that was actually hamas militant group firing rockets to gruesome and the surrounding area. some sort of ultimatum to withdraw their forces to police from the area of sharif and the temp or the temple mount as it's known to the jewish people. in the mosque and on the

compound and also to withdraw their forces here where i'm standing from the shake shut off area this is the area where 4 families are under threat of fiction right so i know 2 mates and delivered them have responded what i say. well we haven't heard yet official responses to that but that's certainly a major escalation because what's going on right now is that there are rockets being fired in the south from the gaza strip. 2 words communities in. and this is a major escalation israel has stopped trains in the area they also have reportedly . traffic so we are expecting of course now a harsh response from the israeli side it says this is definitely a serious escalation here and right just before the rocket attack there was

a planned march by israeli nationalists through the muslim quarter of the old city which was 1st rerouted and then a console done that was in response to him so much of today's violence. absolutely this isn't by the government to 1st say to really reach this very contentious march which happens actually every year and where the nationalist marches are israeli said usually take part celebrates you know the capture of east jerusalem from 967 it's a celebration on this very site it's not a celebration for palestinians of 1st decided at the very last minute you have to say to really to march and then actually the organizers of the march have said they're not going to want to go ahead because in protest that they couldn't go through damascus gate and through the potentially to through the palestinian

neighborhoods and you can see here is also again we are seeing here now in this area the police is now coming together you know the tensions are running high in most here in this neighborhood again i thank you for that time your time your crimes in jerusalem. take a look now some more of today's story starting in may and mar where the deposed leader sounds hoochie has been ordered to appear in court in person this month she faces a number of charges the most serious of which could see her jailed for 14 years this will be the 1st time she's been seen in public since the military coup of the 1st of february. germany's making the johnson and johnson one shot corona virus vaccine available to adults however the country's vaccine commission is still recommending it for me only for those over 60 because of a rare blood clot seen in some seconds and was expected to helps me speed up its

fascination program. as it is currently under a nationwide coronavirus lockdown people under orders to stay at home for 3 weeks until the 17th of may those rules apply to everyone except foreign tourists exempt from the curfew and free to walk the streets and see the sights almost as though they were on holiday you'll hear reports. this is east is most visited tourist attraction but hardly anyone is here these days. there is a very relaxed atmosphere instead of the usual crowds of thousands it's not only like this said the harvey and sophia but everywhere in the city the few tourists who are here right now pretty much have is simple to themselves. this is a sleeper introduce. empty streets empty sites there's a good time to be for tourists we don't have many travel in the 1st to notice from

to crane at the moment and istanbul and turkey is one of the not many countries that are open for us that's why we decided to come here after like a year of sit in a tone social lockdown is a great time to visit istanbul the city is much calmer now under normal circumstances. it's very crowded but that is that. but while those on the cation are happy many locals are annoyed they have to adhere to a strict curfew until mid may. they can only leave their homes for grocery shopping and other essential needs and going to work requires a special permit. it is unfair my kids are asking why are the tourists allowed to be outside while we are stuck at home. please leave the tourists know that we are a high risk country i'm fine with them coming because they know the coronavirus

situation here. we had threatened would have to finds if we leave our homes but the tourists can walk around freely that's not fair but there is nothing we can do about it. turkey has one of the highest coronavirus infection rates in europe and that's why many people here support a strict lockdown they just don't understand why tourists are exempt but the government is trying everything to keep turkey attractive as a holiday destination because the economy urgently needs a successful some a season. bringing down the number of infections without driving foreign visitors the way many of those who earn their living from tourism think that's a good strategy. like the souvenir. is sophia who have barely earned anything for months. if there was a pandemic has ruined the tourism industry here but as long as there are still some

visitors there is hope at the moment there are just a few but we are happy about every single one is stand bull can accommodate many guests but 90 percent of the city's capacity is not being used right now. none of the sellers here expect the holiday season like before the pandemic. but many are hoping that a bit more life returns to the hugin sophia once the lockdown is over. and not. due to begin its journey back to earth today a space agency says they'll take around 2 and a half years for the cyrus rex to make it home it's carrying a precious one kilogram cargo of material sucked up from the asteroid surface scientists hope the cosmic rubble will provide clues about the origins of life here . the asteroid named

venue gives researchers a window into the past. it's about 500 meters wide and composed of the same material that shaped our planet earth. and that's what makes been in such a great find. every 6 years its orbital path brings it close to earth. even a small change in its flight path could result in a collision course. asteroids have changed earth's development about 4000000000 years ago they rained down on the young planets asteroids actually brought things like water and organic chemistry the chemistry that were based on to earth of the 1st place so when you go out and you see what this was like billions of years ago is that going to give us a better window into how how we got here how life started on earth are some of the chemicals in your body some of the water in your body today did they originally get delivered to earth through asteroids. in the space probe set out to answer these

questions after landing on the asteroid it's been 500 days mapping the surface of the probe also researched its inner structure. the data showed how different pockets of warm air on the surface influenced bennett was flight path this was vital information in case the asteroid ever threaten to crash into earth. a robotic arm was designed especially for the probe it was installed in october 2020. last year the probe edged close enough to bend to allow the arm to be shot a half meter into the asteroid surface pressurized nitrogen gas was set free and half matter was shaken up that the probe was able to catch pebbles and dust after churning up the material it was vacuumed up by the spacecraft getaway thruster the robotic arm placed this collection in

a special capsule then in april the probe sent photos documenting the location of the sample collection now the probe is returning to earth when it gets close it will drop the capsule researchers around the world look forward to examining the contents. the perfect kind of mission of discovery that many of us have dreamt of i mean we saw apollo and the the men walking on the moon returning samples but doing this all robotically in a place that would be very hard to send woman or man kind of makes it all very real the precious cargo was set to land in utah in september 2023. woke up for it thousands of people have flocked to a volcano in iceland to watch it or inspiring eruptions ignore the countries under partial lockdown or apply to foreign tourists about societyis while canaan was once a steady flow of change to a spectacular game is a it's not visible from the capital reykjavik around 60 kilometers away.

love this birds out of fishes in the fog or does she act volcanic system fountains of molten rock. in the olden days the icelandic people told tales of the craters being the footprints of giants and of dragons scorching the earth ice and is the real land of fire and ice. fractures in the earth's crust might be the gates of hell retro women carried out in mischief this is a small interruption by icelandic standards there are more than 30 active volcanic systems under the island country in the north atlantic ocean and they've been erupting since time began. here they love and they've slowly and there are no settlements in its path there's little danger for now if you keep a safe distance spectators hike to the area to witness the power of mother earth.

it's amazing all war it is the it's so many pages away from here the sounds it's very it's a pretty intense experience the colors it was the salt everything combined it's just unbelievable to it. i feel. so on. and yet to this hour. but i'm not scared. it's a love a river i just waited for the bond. the north american and your asian tectonic plates are pulling away from each other under iceland. scientists say this eruption may continue for years and warn that with volcanic forces as with the mythical dragons the unexpected could happen at any moment. as your mind of a top story hundreds of people have been injured in clashes between israeli police

and palestinians that's jerusalem's out acts of hamas rockets towards jerusalem from gaza in retaliation for sars was canceled a planned march by trading to actually a summary of the violence. of all world news for you at the top of the hour general domo business update just a. tragic chance. that you will live. with the extravagant outfits glitter glitter glitter. there against prejudice i don't call gay people like i did nothing and just dancing. for the

record thanks. to your little stars on the big stage. 17. all hands on back far more firm by intact is pulling out all the stops to ramp up production of its and marinade backfield. announces record results for the 1st quarter we'll get the analysis from frankfurt. and there for the reopening of the tourism industry holiday hotspots are hoping for a fall in inspections to bring on what's needed boost in business.

and so how you can join us we begin here in germany work vaccine pioneer by intact has announced record results and significant expansion plans. developed the 1st widely used job against 19 with the us pharma firm pfizer and the payoff has been enormous it's been delivered to more than 90 countries our financial correspondent chelsea delineate breaks down by in tax numbers. it's been a big day for biotech shares of the company by about 10 percent here and frank for its author of a report of a blowout 1st quarter revenue rose to about 2000000000 euros from just 28000000 euros and the year earlier that's a nearly $100.00 fold increase this is of course a vaccine rollouts around the world start to really boost sales of the vaccine biotech has developed with pfizer they also said today that they plan to build a factory in singapore which could start making these vaccines as soon as 2023 this

all helps to answer really a question that a lot of investors have had which is how long will biotech to benefit from the sale of its cross virus vaccines the answer seems to be for at least several more years . you know apart from that new factory in singapore is also setting up a joint venture in china to produce up to 1000000000 doses for the chinese market overall the german by and text is scrambling to ramp up production to up to 3000000000 doses by the end of next year. big hopes in a small package biotechs in more in a vaccines like these covert 1000 shots could become more familiar across asia. singapore is the latest node in the company's growing network here at its marburg germany plant 450 employees produce the copen 1000 vaccine around the clock well aware of the significance of their work. when i'm not at work of course it's

fascinating and i like to talk about it especially when working on something so important. but at work we're all focused on the here and now it's important that everyone is focused on what they're doing next so that no mistakes can happen and we produce the right quality you know. but vaccine quantity is increasingly the focus the pen demick is raging in countries like india the proposal for the w t o would relax patent protections of coping $1000.00 vaccines a potential blow to companies like biotech not everyone is on board. because of scientific research that we now have jobs and treatments a medical mentioned scenes but it's because of the pathogens that companies keep investing money into looking for new treatments better treatments medivac scenes better jogs and and you would not have this kind of investment if there wasn't a problem rewards for these companies the industry argues that manufacturers are

already ramping up production to the maximum that's the case and marburg employees there produced some 200 $50000000.00 doses in the 1st half of the year later production will be ramped up to a $1000000000.00 or more construction is ongoing at the plant as it expands production capacity it took less than 6 months for the purchase of the building to refit and start production and that in germany which has a reputation for being painfully bureaucratic. it has to be said that the cooperation with the various authorities worked very well when you build something new you have all kinds of different people on board now many people joined in and were very proactive in the end that helped everything go so quickly of course you still have to adhere to all the regulations as always you know. reaching global vaccination will require a massive help put in vaccines as the clock ticks drug companies like biotech

believe they are up to the challenge. the global fishing industry has seen an unprecedented decline thanks to the coronavirus pandemic senegal's female fish processors are particularly vulnerable. these fish are the basis of hundreds of thousands of livelihoods. that one of the country's biggest exports . and the people who drives smoke salt and ferment the fish in the coastal village of balcony and mainly women for the breadwinners of the family. yeah a little farm i'm proud to be a fish processor even though i inherited it from my parents and grandparents my father was a fisherman so we only knew about fish for us most of the existing as upright is my pride because i was born and about to rise with fishing money. almost what is there the last on the best. female workers like my day may support 7 or 8 family

members before the pandemic a good season could bring around 500000 c.f.a. or around a 1000 us dollars but last year she made next to nothing. for me. was like you crucifixion only fishing could give us enough to eat because there are no fish and the fishermen don't go out to sea but we've had a very very very bad time in the last few months on their movie a movie. during kovac many were afraid to leave the house to work even when there was fish to smoke there was a lack of buyers as markets shut down neighboring countries closed their borders making trade difficult. many families went from 3 daily mail's to one. but things are starting to look up in terms of the pandemic buccaneer celebrating its 1st proper fishing season since the pandemic started. curve it is

new need challenge facing senegal's traditional fishing community their industrial fishing with trawlers mass production and international competition also pose a threat but that's something the president of women fish processors and balcony thinks the workers are equipped to deal with both laugh on the sea but there are way only us women have got to work we must bring women into decision making positions we must get them we must accompany them we must support them for the development of everyone who would do a little more. until then day and have fellow fish processes will be holding their work close. now let's take a look at some other business stories making headlines. a cyber extortion attempt has forced the shutdown of a vital u.s. pipeline which carries gasoline from texas to the atlantic coast the biden administration had loosened regulations for the transport of petroleum products on

highways to ensure gasoline supply in the country. are just to argentina's president fernandez says he hopes his heavily indebted country will reach a deal soon with the international monetary fund to help boost the economy he hopes a deal would be sustainable and would take into account post a pandemic condition. cryptocurrency it had started the week on a strong note if the past another milestone at $4000.00 just a week after breaking through $3000.00 the world's 2nd largest cryptocurrency now has a market cap of nearly $460000000000.00 meanwhile bitcoin is closing in on the $60000.00 mark. and finally another sign that infection numbers in germany are falling various beer gardens can officially reopened starting monday this one in hours a day outside of munich is already attracting visitors with the warmer weather only

those beer gardens in regions where the 7 day incidents rate under 100 are allowed to open with hygiene restrictions in place of area is germany's beer capital and its spirit gardens are no small business the biggest one see thousands. not everyone has caused to celebrate however germany's hotel sector has reported a 70 percent drop in overnight bookings in the 1st quarter compared to the same period a year ago not surprising given that with the start of the pandemic in europe last spring many establishments had to close or operate at very limited capacity with summer in the travel season just around the corner many hope that business will finally pick up again. it's almost holiday season cruise operators to eat. and aida are ready to set sail for popular destinations like the canary islands in greece too he is even handing out covert tests the brits as part of their package holidays but travel firms are making up for lost revenue and with

a surge of demand expected prices are set to rise. businesses in europe's tourist hot spots are crying out for a return to normalcy. greece's government has allowed restaurants and bars to open for a few days now owners are hoping for a quick return to the good old days. every 1st start has its teething problems but we are an optimistic people we're loyal to our jobs and our customers we believe that everything's going to be all right after opinion of care and attention. germany's northern coastline is gearing up for a vacation season 2 people have been cooped up at home for months on end it could soon be time for holiday makers to soak up some sun once more and for the tourism industry to revive its flagging businesses. now it would be quite a u. turn but here in the capital 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. that's a good hour there except 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. for this 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. is good. alternately they will need $175000.00 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. and the reminder of the top story this hour. far

more firm buy on track is pulling out all the stops to ramp up production of its m.r. neko to join team vaccine that says the company announces record results for the 1st part of the 1st quarter thanks for watching. people in trucks danger and one trying to treat a city center more and more refugees are being turned away or to. emulate the task seems. to discourage. demonstrators. people seem extreme dream. to. own more than 300000000 people who are seeking.

to ask why. because no one should have to sleep. make up your own mind. w.'s. need for mines. this is. coming up today marks 100 days under the military. the milestone comes with hundreds of civilians killed and elected leaders in detention and tikun protests making a difference. plus. fear and uncertainty in afghanistan after the bombing near a girls' school in kabul a look at why young people think their freedom of state after the u.s. withdraws from the country. can fear shot in academic times how a group of japanese artists.