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i mean perfect conditions for this mountain pizzeria and hungry climbers help themselves to a slice as well but with temperatures reaching over 1000 degrees celsius please don't try this at home if your home is there a volcano that is. and it should be you're watching it every news coming out next is ginnell do allow she'll have your business news headlines on my little rock in berlin on behalf of the entire industry thank you so much for spending part of your day with us for have the world headlines for you again at the top of the out thing that. it's an ongoing quest for a bit of. the arab spring began in 2011. people stood up against corrupt rulers and dictatorship. all these moments.
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of not deep pockets in my memory. they had hoped for more security more freedom more dignity. have their hopes been fulfilled. in years after the arab spring. valley and starts june 7th on d w. thank you one warns on equal access to cold with 19 vaccines is leaving especially african countries behind we go live to our correspondent in nairobi. also on the show going green but not in my backyard plans to build wind power plants on one greek island has the locals furious. this is the business i'm gentle to my law and
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so happy you can join us. the united nations raised its growth forecast for the global economy in 2021 but warned that equal access to the corona virus vaccine threatened to split recovery in 2 separate tracks the report said economic rebounds in china and the u.s. were encouraging with europe poised to pick up speed but it named india brazil and south africa weak spots as they struggle to control infection waves and distribute vaccines. here's a comparison of vaccination drives in a few countries the number of doses administered in the u.s. took off steadily followed by china and india and then africa almost flat in comparison and the confidence and occupation campaign was further damaged by india halting exports the jobs and even access to the vaccine has prompted the ire of south african president cyril ramaphosa he said a situation in which the populations of advanced rich countries are safely
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inoculated while millions in poor countries die in the queue would be town to mount to vaccine. our correspondent joy joins us for more joy lining it up again slow inoculation in africa. exports from india halted of the vaccine how is this having an impact. it's had a great impact on many african countries because to start with the bigger population in africa has not been vaccinated and and that could be explained by the fact that also the bigger population happens to fall below the ages old 55 and that means the priority is being given to those who are 58 years of age and daven those who are categorized as working in the essential services industries and so with that these on he just about 4 percent of the bigger population that has been
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vaccinated that leaves of greek temple people not to yet vaccinated those who have received the 1st vaccination have now had to adjust their vaccination plans from the agreed 8 weeks to about 12 weeks or even father because we're not so sure when the 2nd vaccination is going to get into most of the african countries what is being done to handle the serious supply crunch. well give an example of kenya that has reached out to other vaccine manufacturers besides the astra zeneca that has been widely vaccinated here in the country and now they're reaching out to more done out manufacturers in the vaccine manufacturers to see whether they can also supply the are definitely considering the other vaccines besides astra zeneca and johnson and johnson as well as
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pfizer but getting access to the vaccine is what is the issue and kenya is calling on countries especially the wealthy countries to see if the can donate some of the vaccines to emerging economies or low income countries where the reason difficulty in obsessively and even spoken of the role of other perhaps wealthier countries now stopping the spread in africa is of course important to global health but why has the international response been so lacking. i spoke to some of the health experts today and most of them a saying in the wild is generally in a crisis every country is trying to make sure that they save. the lives of the a citizens and so countries are not being blamed for not being able to you know voice out as to why many african countries are not accessing the vaccine because
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they're also trying to make sure the secure the lives of their own citizens but also the fact that africa has a younger population many are saying that the are at a lower risk of catching the cause of it in 1900. just because of the fact that they could be having high immunity given the demographics that we have on the continent and also looking at the fact that there are the older generation that are at high risk the laws are who are being prioritized at the moment thank you very much joy during bear there for us and i. the heart wrenching pictures from india just keep coming people desperate to get oxygen cylinders for their family members thousands still die every day because of an adequate medical care and the corona crisis is also having a hard economic impact on the people there many business owners cannot open their stores and when they do barely earn enough to survive our reporter you dare i took
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a look around one of the largest shopping streets in the suburbs of mumbai. a once bustling shopping precinct in a seaside suburb on the edge of mumbai now the crowds are gone the shops are closed the owners have returned to their homes mostly in other states such as ra just on pradesh or bihari. rubbish kumar is lucky he's permitted to open his shop for 3 whole hours but only because he sells groceries and every day items. because under her resume are says the 2nd chrono wave has hit him especially hard he says there's no financial support from the government. he can barely afford to cover his operating costs. are going to work on the market heard about. thousands of streets around the country look like this at the moment some stores try to sell their things online it's not
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enough. in the current state of emergency with a new record of over 4200 deaths in the past 24 hours there's no end in sight to the lockdowns. and that's hitting the livelihoods of store owners like the cod sim . i have to cut down on my stuff that's what i ate is we used to have in my shop so no no more like working with my dad i wouldn't be able to begin. to ask the people here what they want and they say vaccines the role of whoever has been slow . yet it's the only way the world's 5th largest economy will get back to business as usual. now let's take a look at some other business stories making headlines south korean president when j.m. says the country's chip makers will invest over $450000000000.00 in new production in the next decade to tackle the doctor shortage
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a key part of the investment will be a massive new production facility for samsung electronics chips. the colonial pipeline has reopened after being attacked by hackers it carries gas from texas to the us east coast pipeline operators warned however that it will take days before supplies normalize meanwhile bloomberg news reports that colonial paid 5 $1000000.00 in ransom money to end the attack. bitcoin dropped 10 percent after tesla c.e.o. said that the electric car maker longer accept the cryptocurrency for car purchases the reasons environmental concerns as bitcoin mining uses vast amounts of electricity mostly generated with fossil fuels other crypto was a drop alongside bitcoin years chelsea really need with more. decision like we will have to give the cubans for the big question market you one must decision to accept that coin as the payment for tesla as i was seen as a milestone for the market in terms of mainstream adoption his decision to go back
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on that will likely be seen as a milestone as well many companies especially those that are touting green credentials are likely going to have to face this esteemed ability element up this mining is very energy intensive it takes about the same amount of energy as the economy of sweden or the netherlands there is a lot of discussion over where that energy is coming from whether it's from renewable sources whether it's from fossil fuels like coal but for the companies that are following that are followed and those footsteps companies like pay pal or evade they likely will be forced by their customers and their investors to consider the environment mental impact of bitcoin. now going green sounds like a good plan but there are strings attached take greece the country promotes alternative energy such as wind power plants more than 70 such plants are said to be built on a remote island in the aegean locals there fear this will not only keep the
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tourists away but also destroy the island forever so who really benefits from going green our correspondent funny for char reports from a more dos. from above it looks like an untouched paradise this is the aegean island of amman hawse an insider tip for visitors who prefer seclusion to tourism hotspots now a huge wind farm project this plant here and our islands here no more goss right here behind me on these hills the plan is to erect more than 70 wind turbines and the locals here are concerned of this will result in lasting environmental damage and irreversibly changed the face of the island. your course is a good heard here for generations his family has tended to go to. the noise from the tube and school affect their habitat sense or the nixon i thought it would be. if there is noise over your head to go to avoid the area all of this will be
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destroyed i don't think they care about the people and i'm not a horse what they care about is profit. or line we got to go out of those things and then we are observing a meeting of a local a civic movement discussing the controversial plan their call is clear but i'll stop how can we step on the brakes year and stop all of this can i start my fish my response 1st of all we need to inform others about what's happening there what do you business. what is the investment increase anyway if for example we put up 70 when tedham beetle 5 percent of the profit goes to the investors to. buy votes on what you need to keep if you whatever socialist into the group has created these illustrations to show others on the island how hawes will likely change the reach all of both to the government and to various foreign investors for comment but no
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one wants to grant us an interview. when parks already exist on other islands in the g.n. like this one but it's inhibited the greek government has recently amended a law to grant permission to investors for wind projects rivulet long administrative processes that is a good thing says ferber can do really well devices the government and green energy greece needs to achieve the common goals by 2030 and going green is not a choice she says but we need to engage this they hold theirs and make them call ness of then your project for the project to succeed we need transponders see from the government from the private investor and from the local community transparency that's exactly what's missing the people of i'm of course have filed a lawsuit to delay the project. and the reminder of the top story this hour.
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the united nations raised its growth forecast for the global economy. but warned that. the coronavirus are writing to split recovery to separate trucks. for sale in south africa. as they struggle to control infection rates and distribute vaccines. and other business stories visit us online. got some tips for your bucket list. the. corner. it's hard for some. and some great cultural memorials to. double trouble we go. through trades
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