people are seeking. because no one should have to. make up your own mind. for mines. 333. conditions. of the government's plans to take. a 2nd wave of infections. speak. is providing some relief to an overstretched health care system.

could join us for the 1st time since the. taiwan the island has imposed its toughest instructions to counter a sudden surge in domestic cases on monday alone the island reported 333 new cases being held up as a success story only 12 people have died and over 2000 and fictions have been recorded since last year the government has now ordered the closure of old schools in the capital for 2 weeks shot detainment venues and limited contacts. between people. empty chairs that empty tables seems so commonplace around the world these days of being seen in taiwan for the 1st time since the

pandemic began as the island grapples with a sudden spike in infections in taipei the epicenter of the outbreak masks and now mandatory outdoors in many shops and venues will be closed for at least 2 weeks one step behind a total lockdown all foreign arrivals have now also been banned. from midnight may 19 non taiwanese without residents a difficult it will be suspended from entering taiwan. will also suspend travellers to transfer in taiwan. it was the quick implementation of a travel ban in the initial stages of the pandemic that's thought to have been key to the island's relative coronas success but it disinfection drive is also under way in new taipei city or authorities throwing everything they can to try to stop the virus spreading this outbreak linked to a quarantine facility for airline staff has prompted an uptick in testing and has residents on high alert wait

a week up with i wasn't too concerned before but now i worry whenever i go out i'll wear my face mask i'm more safety conscious now. taiwan's president has called for calm and urged people not to panic buy but that didn't stop many anxious shoppers rushing to stockpile over the weekend and there's a whole story soldiers over an all male anything start hearing at the entrance as a part of me as we went around the whole story. the government response has so far been timely and measured something the island's residents will be hoping leads the way out of the current emergency. and joining me for more from tarp is debris correspondent william you're going with him why this sudden spartan cases. so experts believe taiwan 1st relax its quarantine regulations for all the airline staff since last month and they shortened the time

to 3 days and then a few weeks after that there began to have a cluster inspection case at the hotel that they usually get a quarantine and then it turned out that the corning hotel basically had been mixing regular visitors with the quarantined airline staff and so just from there like a few weeks later since last week oh we started hearing a local cases popping up in several different parts of taiwan but all these cluster cases are now being confirmed all the buyers are from the u.k. variant which means that it is passing them on a local people here in taiwan faster than the old corona virus when it 1st entered into taiwan last year and sold that is now a big challenge for the government which is to identify the sources of these infections and try to remind people to stay home and not to go out and see if it dies down in a few weeks or you're going to there's this in our report the government has introduced tough new measures to curb the rise in cases how are people reacting to

these measures. so many people were very very concerned about the rising numbers and so they immediately mobilize themselves to go to the supermarkets to stock up the food and the necessity and all the supplies and the streets of taipei the shopping centers and all the business districts have been relatively and surprisingly empty since the weekend and today is the 1st day thousands of people have to go back to work and state went to the 3 digit on a single day and we are still seeing the streets being relatively empty and a lot of the businesses are now turning into working remotely or. vaccinating citizens. so so far the numbers are very very low taiwan only has already vaccinated about one percent of its population and it is also struggling with these a vaccine supplies because right now the only vaccine that taiwan can offer to

a citizen is the astra zeneca vaccine and because of some of the reports about the prayer block flooding and other side effects of the population here was not really willing to accept the vaccinations which is why of the vaccination rate it's not really up to speed and that seems kind of the subsequent vaccine supplies are also not sure when they won't arrive so taiwan my space a very difficult time when they have to ensure that the variant does not continue to transplant along the local population at the same time to make sure that they can continue to raise the vaccination rate among its population we're hearing your entire thank you very much for that thank you. and india has seen a further decline in govan 1000 infections with more than 281000 cases reported on monday but the daily death toll remains above 4000 and weeks into its 2nd week of the country in crisis mode india's high nashton positivity rates at around 20

percent of tests conducted signals there could be worse to come international medical aid has arrived to help ease shortages. are met up with the german team when they hit the ground with a new oxygen plant. dutch town in delhi on a hot sultry evening this military transport plane is bringing a precious cargo to a country struggling to cope with a deadly 2nd wave of the coronavirus it is a medical oxygen generation plant sent by germany being unloaded with care it's part of an international aid effort to bring relief the city of delhi has gone through a harrowing time people have seen them loved ones literally gasping for breath and often supplied a rat out i ne attempt to boost oxygen supplies is hugely about. by nightfall the plant is taken to

a provisional field hospital set up not far from the airport. 13 members of the german bundesrat medical corps came with this oxygen generation plant to india. by beach the machinery's assembled german precision indian and genuity within a few short days the generator is ready for use its capacity is large for a city which has faced a desperate oxygen emergency i think it's important to help in young people in general the supply system is able to provide 400000 liters per day and it takes the surrounding air and filters the oxygen out and oxygen can be filled up into normal oxygen cylinders starting for 5 up to 50 liters indian staff are receiving technical training on how to operate the system once the german team leaves as of today scientists from the defense research development organization and now fully

responsible for running the plant. this sudden sandstorm is not planned but everyone here is aware of the importance of this project dr lawson we're going to. remember in this particular problem it. would not repent of good judgment gomer good never started the ball go do the dismount brought on the road for a familiar cloven or for the road good a lot. of this approach will reduce little bit little pressure. the oxygen is pumped into cylinders sealed and tested and then sent to wards in the field hospital where someone pals and covert patients are being treated 10000 liters can be filled in less than half an hour time is of the essence as the german team prepared to leave india was its mission accomplished its absolutely mission accomplished and it was a great honor to be here to help people here in india was just providing oxygen due

to the fact that from our perspective every little counts here and those who faced india's heartbreaking oxygen shortage can only agree they know every breath counts. next for u.s. and nato troops heading for the exits after 2 decades in the country to make that deadline of september the 11th military units up packing up bases around the country the stuff that u.s. personnel are leaving behind and not handed over to the afghan military is being sold as scrap to. scrap because troops up upis fully dismantling tons of gifts that there could otherwise fall into the hands of militants. market day in bodrum district afghanistan and among the offerings bits of military vehicles sliced up tents broken down tank tracks and shards of generators sold to

scrap dealers for resale to the locals a potential treasure trove once shiny and well maintained gear reduced to scrap. to trash the stuff why do they come to afghanistan they came here to rebuild afghanistan but now they're leaving they leave behind all this crap in afghanistan . inside the perimeter of nearby bob graham airfield 90 minutes north of kabul the americans are taking apart their portion of the base as that other facilities some of what they're leaving behind is going to the afghan military. the rest is sold as non-working junk to ensure the taliban can't use it. for a few days ago there was a big explosion outside the airport. and we later found out the americans were destroying the equipment that. if that equipment belongs to the military they

should give it to the afghan government and if it's for civilians on the base they should give it to us but not destroy it now with a script from there to be sold in the market as well as the. less good. they should leave we don't have good memories of them the memories and benefits we have from them our destruction like they've destroyed this vehicle they've destroyed us to. like scrap yard owner bob amir many afghans are frustrated angry and feeling abandoned to a government regarded as corrupt they fear a new phase of civil war money at the bottom of the obviously the americans don't trust the afghans and they don't want us to use this stuff and make progress what they're doing is betrayal of afghans. the u.s. is actually added troops in afghanistan recently to help pack up the major bases here and the equipment that is not being destroyed for scrap. wrapping up 20 years

of war leaving behind an uncertain future and tons of junk. that's if the debate is of course other stories on deductive dot com forward slash be sure and you can check us out on our social media pages as well we'll see you tomorrow at the same time. in mexico many push old bloods i'm sorry no end of what climate change you think off a story basis my placing blame on just one week. how much worse can it really get. we still have time to act i'm going. like this. because. you feel worried

about the planet's military. i'm neal to be on the green fence post and so me it's korea remains jury. join chris deep dive into the green transformation for me for you for the council. debate. coming up here on arts and culture with sea levels on the rise and architects designs schools homes and whole neighborhoods that flocked. and germany's 75 year old rock star who isn't calling it quits the legends of back. just as soon as you but 1st the national arts and history museum of the netherlands the rights museum is opening its 1st ever exhibition on

slavery the exhibition shows the dark side of the netherlands so-called golden age the period when dutch traders started transport. and slave to people from africa to the america the show includes art and artifacts from that time as well as new animated films also looking at the brutality of slavery in dutch colonies in south africa and asia this tuesday becoming of the netherlands willem alexander is opening the exhibition to school groups in amsterdam the show will also be available to visitors online. and my colleague d w reporter michael krueger is here to tell us more about this groundbreaking exhibition for the netherlands micah the netherlands had centuries of history of exploiting slavery on several continents how do you tell that story even begin to tell that story with one exhibition well that's of course nearly impossible so they focus on examples and give us 10 different biographies to make the injustice k.m.r.

understandable what happens if a human being becomes an object which can be sold and without any rights and any hope of freedom but the exhibition not only tells the stories of the inflation people and he made a movie it's also takes a look at those who benefited from slavery and lots for example martine stillman's the owner of the sugar refinery and we know his family today because they were painted by them beyond one of the greatest artists of all time so 1st time in the history of the museum they take a look at the outrageous and examine them for their connections to slavery and there are also several artifacts i believe $100.00 over $100.00 objects including ankle shackles here we've got a clip with a volley because smolders she's the head of the history department at the rights museum and danged before how in the collection front of me james.

to show nicholas came from some a new range for. shooting now and that he had to part out. and for folks may say for the month of may the long. long hike from the midst of a vat or. 'd mica it seems like for a long time many dutch people were able to see slavery as something that happened far far away how big was the dutch role in this system of oppression it was huge because the dutch took nearly 600000 people from africa and they invented this triangle trade they started in the 17th century they bought in slave people from the west coast of africa brought them to the americas some markets and exchange them for sugar tobacco and coffee for example and with this good they come back to europe and got really really rich and this is

the reason why so many historians of today say refused to name this era the golden age of the netherlands because it's based on this true and in justice system do you think of this new exhibition at the rights museum could mark a new chapter for the dutch in terms of examining their own history but it is a 1st step in that direction but also in this year the dutch prime minister marco to refuse to apologize full his possible those countries passed because he said it's too polarizing and some people think it's more about the fear of paying compensation well michael krueger thanks so much for that examination of this new exhibition. well the netherlands also has a long history of fighting back sea tides about a 3rd of the country is actually below sea level and now with climate change and rising sea levels threatening coastal areas and islands around the world that's architect kern althouse thinks he has a solution to help cope with flooding making new cities that float. the

future will be wet says all tourists pioneer of aqua architecture he designs for and climate change proof buildings we caught up with him at his water studio and elf in the hague via video link. i think this is what. you have to be flexible or you have to be. and. there is almost everything for me it's i think it's my my life we're. it's in my veins it's in everything we do for almost 2 decades we've been developing projects on water all over the world houses on pontoons the rise and fall with the times fillers that moved like boats. in leo on as

a native of holland all to see knows about floods after my studies not understanding the living is completely crazy fighting against water only pumping water out and i thought how can there be no living on the water i don't live with what they can use the water. at the beginning of his career he designed for launching houses for wealthy clients his water boarding none were found all over the netherlands. and when i started travelling around the world we saw that all the cities there so well that they suffered for so many more problems change their perspective it was. no longer about building the film it's really about understanding programs you know what it can be our own. solutions. which are often threatened with flooding due to climate change he's developed a special concept floating containers equipped with showers medical centers

6. well this floating school container consists about 2 things one is of course a school with all the tablets in it and the other thing is the floating foundation well the floating foundation we make in the philippines ourselves so we collect $15000.00 plastic bottles people bring to us we bring them in that's make a platform on top of it and then complete container will be put on that platform. water is the new building site very 1st floating apartment complex is due to be built on wetlands south of the hague this is an office tower he has designed for rotterdam. so it's better to prepare for the future because the fact is we don't know if you look like now do we get more water. and we're extreme rain.

growing spirit or so as as we don't know what the future will bring you have to be flexible. the architects vision is of a flexible city made up of floating elements that can be shifted tapped into the changing realities and needs of its inhabitants. through it thinking leads to some unusual ideas floating nature reserves for example things were developed for new york to improve quality the project fell through at the last moment so although a project is not built it's not that the knowledge is gone it's part of this growing. lucian's. the receiving end of the interview is not just the biltmore point is that there are more architects were interested in history only 2 years old the city didn't use the water. at the beginning of the month. they used to say pods will soon be built just outside new york on the hudson

river water is no longer seen as a threat it's also an opportunity. the future can be wet. during the time of the berlin wall german rock legend who don't live in baghdad something very few musicians from west germany did while others were trying to crack the charts and western europe and in america then bag campaigned for 8 years to play in communist east germany something has fans still remember today now we don't let him back has just released a compilation album in time for his 75th birthday. this. month 75 years 75 songs you don't have but is celebrating his birthday with a new greatest hits album the man with the instantly recognizable trademark hat his music by turns humorous provocative or emotional.

balance have become german and he's the voice of several generations. so there's a connection between my lyrics and the way people on the street talk no nonsense plain speaking. 50 years ago was a pioneer of rock music with german lyrics a revolution. over the years he has not stopped 36 studio albums selling millions. his most famous topic was the division of germany as in the song the girl from east berlin.

the song became popular in communist east germany distributed on illegal cassette recordings so i knew i had a lot of friends and of course i wanted to meet them to go there take off my glasses and say good day to you come a little closer. bishan was to form behind the iron curtain he waited a long time for an invitation from the country's communist leader areas hanukah then finally in $1803.00 a one off performance in east berlin under the watchful eye of the state security apparatus. in the 1990 s. with germany reunited the rockets are cut back seat for a while linda burke took up painting depicting german history on paper using a rock n roll touch paints distilled from alcoholic beverages his paintings were hung in the german chancellor's office is quite an accolade from the world of politics. in

2008 there was a major musical return to form a new album featuring collaboration's with the stars of later generations went to number one fans old and new packed stadiums for a sold out. the coronavirus pandemic has slowed down for the time being but at 75 he says he's got no time to grow old. and the bag's home town of gore now fans of all ages put on their hats and sunglasses and tribute to the rock star germany's president from christ by my ass as it when i'm back songs shapes many germans more than any class in school all the

way up a little bit more and. you can check out our exclusive interview with don't end and back on our youtube channel d.w. documentary and while you're there subscribe for more documentaries from germany and around the world that's it for this arts and culture see you next time. he.

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the basis . of this is due to every news line from broadway to death destruction despair the u.n. secretary general condemn senseless cycle of bloodshed in the middle east but there's no end in sight. israeli military pounding gaza even as pressure for a cease fire grows prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the bombardment of the enclave will continue at full force meanwhile no let up with rocket fire from gaza into israel and south africa ramps up but its covert 1000 vaccines rollout could

not face 2 to include people over 60 population health authorities scrambling to ward off a potential 3rd wave the country has the continent's highest court were no virus caseload. and where in iraq a very warm welcome the israeli army launched another series of heavy bombardments on gaza the palestinian enclave rocked by explosions terrified residents fleeing for safety israel says it destroyed tunnels used by militants and the homes of hamas commanders meanwhile rocket attacks from gaza into israel have also continued ceasefire appeals go unheeded meanwhile u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken says washington is working diplomatic channels around the clock the u.s. repeatedly blocked a joint u.n.

security council statement demanding a cease fire. the aftermath of israel's latest ass strikes on gaza residents are left picking through the rubble that used to be their homes they say the attacks were the most fertile roche's yet. i fear ministre fear we will certainly scared especially the children we feared they would be wounded that they would die or be buried under the rubble israel says it's aiming to destroy terrorist infrastructure and just targeting militants the army later released footage it says shows strikes killing a senior palestinian militant commander israel's jets also targeted an underground network of tunnels used by the militants in the early morning raid. of a residential complex in the city of ashdod hit by

a hamas rocket have masses kept up its bare arjen in southern israel not all missiles are intercepted by israel's defenses as the bombs keep falling the international community is becoming increasingly alarmed more or less the u.s. says it's working to defuse the situation. united states remains greatly concerned by. by the violence by the escalating violence hundreds of people killed or injured including children being told from the rubble we'll continue to conduct intensive diplomacy to bring this current cycle of violence to an end. because the killing continues violence fear and loss remain an every day experience for these children in gaza. have actually turned out to w.'s tenure kramer she joins us now from jerusalem tania we know that gaza has come under some of the heaviest bombardments

again what's the latest information you have for us from the enclave. well it is an extremely difficult situation for people there as strikes have continued i talked to some people there on the phone as journalists we cannot go into gaza at the moment and they have told me no also overnight there was a very heavy bombardment and the situation is 16 it difficult because people have no we have a safe place to go so it's just constant pressure not knowing where to find safety at the same time there's a lot of concern also for people with become homeless because some residents of buildings have been targeted and destroyed and also a lot of people that are seeking shelter more in inside you and schools so the situation there for people is really very difficult now after a week of fighting between hamas and gaza bring us up to date please if you can about the situation on the israeli side. when as we speak retest

received. more alerts for incoming rockets they usually come in waves now they're targeting at the moment again mostly the south of his brow cities around. and the envelope around gaza so as long as rockets israel would say that will defend themselves of course and be heard in public statements prime minister binyamin netanyahu saying that they want to continue this campaign there is of course international pressure to come at some point to a cease fire but i think there are also domestic considerations here there is the sense that at this time there needs to be really a decisive achievement against hamas there continue also firing rockets so it's unclear when israel will actually go for a cease fire to spoilage and what can you tell us about any diplomatic efforts that are currently here under way. well there's so many conflicting reports coming out

and you have to be that between the lines of it but we know there are mediation efforts going on behind the scenes you know the united nations here the u.n. special envoy. is involved and of course also egypt egypt has established channels they've done this before in previous rounds of hostilities also during the previous 3 wars between hamas. and israel so they have a leverage their sponsors have an interest as well and we also understand jordan's king abdullah has said there intensive diplomatic efforts going on and we also know that the u.s. and roy here is still on the ground but at the moment it's very difficult to say when there would be a breakthrough and when both parties hamas and israel will agree to such a ceasefire tanya cramer and jerusalem thank you for your tireless reporting. and earlier today when you spoke to jeremy is sakharov israel's ambassador to germany

and we began by asking him about the israeli military bombing a tower housing international media organizations in gaza over the weekend and whether intentionally targeting the building was meant to silence those who report on the situation on the ground. to much to the best of my knowledge no and everything i can see on television whether it's on c.n.n. well geez they are all the other stations and. i don't think there's any lack of coverage and we wouldn't do that in order to stop coverage we had very clear information about the facility is that with being serving hamas in terms of their intelligence capability. capabilities and also a very particular equipment and i'm pretty sure that not everyone realizes the extent to which hamas again embeds itself in the civilian population in order to try and have a human shield so if anyone should come to any. complaints here it should be

to from us what they did was no less of a war crime than fighting and cheating against israeli civilians in israel let's get you caught up now on some of the other stories making headlines around the world at least 14 people have been killed in india after a powerful cycling brought heavy rains and storm surges to the west coast more than $200000.00 people have been evacuated in which a state the psycho on comes at a time when india is already reeling from a surge in corona virus cases. hong kong media tycoon and pro-democracy campaigner jimmy ally has pleaded guilty to taking part in an authorised protests in 2019 a media company lie owns has halted trading of its shares after authorities for is his assets under the territory's national security law that sparked concern about

press freedom in hong kong and. me and our selection last year did reflect the will of the people that's at least according to an international monitoring group the asian that work for free elections says the military was unjustified in using alleged election flaws as a reason to seize power around 800 people have died since the military coup began on february the 1st. the weather phenomenon la nino has brought heavy rains to brazil's amazon region families have been forced to use canoes to get around and they're lining up for aid these floods could become the worst in a century affecting hundreds of thousands of people. and south africa is vaccinating citizens over the age of 60 the 2nd group to be prioritized after health care workers south africa has the continent's highest number of coronavirus cases but so far it has only vaccinated one percent of its population

a more than a 1000000 south africans over 60 have registered for the job there are only 87 vaccination centers across the entire nation. it's the day yes i mean meat has been waiting for for a long time as a diabetic the pandemic changed her life and forced the 65 year olds to avoid contact with friends and family. i need to get a big scene because i'm going to new condition and i can do it if i'm going to the entries for the particular time i'm glad i'm here it has being very difficult because i have left. and it is just a difficult time but the government aims to inoculate more than 5000000 senior citizens by late june if enough vaccine doses are supplied. although south africa ordered vaccines for 75 percent of its population only

a fraction of it has arrived in the country while some nations are debating about vaccinating children in south africa people with co-morbidities who are younger than 60 don't even know when they will be able to get their jep we should have been way ahead of where we are right now i think of procurement of vaccines as being a way to slow in south africa i mean that's all we were pushing to try and prepare ourselves as a province which is very very difficult you know i mean a lot of countries trying to prepare so it's been part of what my lectures to international markets have been to say you know we notice you've pretty had more than a vaccine for each citizen you know some some countries up to 3 vaccines for each citizen come on you need to you need to help us out politicians have been calling for local vaccine production but so far no single vaccine in south africa is produced from scratch only a few fill and finish plus distribution agreements were made for covert 916 and despite worldwide calls for

a waiver of intellectual property rights for covert 1000 vixens leading pharmaceutical companies say this won't have an impact on the short term slow time . you know just what you need was a c.c. attendant all you know he's here to be. in my office. that she does my sister bush is some you know my mom you know does the same i was in the midst. of the ones that one finally evolved troicki in the resistance with our politicians that reset all the stuff in the fossil with an issue. over the top you know on this procedure. in the meantime yes mean because finally getting her 1st shots of the biotech pfizer vaccine and with its hope for the future. it's been difficult then this

basically for as we. don't feel good nk feel the you don't need to assist if you don't need to but i have been so it is the news that i do call that doing ok now look i look forward to being together again with a video buddy living again but as me time and others here know it will be a long time before life can return to normal after 4 months of low infection rates the numbers of new cases have been increasing in the past few days the 3rd wave of infections seems inevitable so. when i bring our street now with some of the other major developments in the corona virus pandemic india has report of a further decline in new corona virus infections with a little over 280000 cases on monday but many experts say the data is unreliable due to a lack of testing in rural areas where the virus is spreading fast and a new vaccine developed by the french pharmaceuticals company sun ofi and britain's

glaxo smith kline has shown positive results in early stage clinical trials they'll now move to late stage trials in the coming weeks and germany's health minister says the country will soon stop prioritizing vaccinations for more vulnerable groups yes spawn said starting june 7th all adults will be eligible for jobs. and parts of the u.k. are easing long down rules today despite concerns over the spread of a coronavirus variant 1st detected in india pops restaurants are open for indoor drinking and dining after being closed for months and people are also a lot to get together with others at home for the 1st time since last fall and british holiday makers they're arriving in portugal one of the few countries the u.k. has designated as safe. sports news now for you the german football federation is officially looking for a new president after fitz keller handed in his resignation on monday he spent less

than 2 years in the top job and leaves the role after comparing a colleague to an infamous nazi era judge while keller was supposed to be the man to rebuild trust in the in the federation after several scandals but that will be up to his successor. you have to date sticks out that is business with stephen sale of rock and roll and thank you for spending his part of your day with me i'll see you tomorrow. are you ready for some great news i'm christine window on the eye on the edge of my country with a brand new d.w. news africa the show that tackles the issues shaping the continent now with more time to india to talk to all of the transcripts to you what's making the hittites and what's behind been well on the streets to give you the end of reports on the inside. w news africa every friday on d w. happiness is for everyone schumann penises are very different from primates

we have a totally ridiculous sized view of nature see that this is climate change regular sex who have seen us in books you get smarter 1st 3 books on through. one gigabyte of mobile data in africa could run you $0.50 or $50.00 depending on where you are look at the widespread disparities in internet access and costs for africa's $1200000000.00 people and last expert how they can be overcome. on the show china is the most important market for many european business but sometimes an unpredictable one companies are now adjusting to new industry standards. and the japanese call it karoshi or death by overwork the world health organization now

says excess working hours are contributing to the deaths of hundreds of thousands a year around the world. globe welcome to the show m c. well monday is world telecommunications day that's the united nations effort designed in part to draw attention to the digital divide and that divide is especially glaring in africa we're less than a quarter of the population has access to broadband there's been progress but khan it still needs an additional 500000 kilometers of fiber optic cables and that won't come cheap walking $15000000000.00 in fact now in the meantime customers are forking out a lot to get on line 4 of the 5 most expensive monthly packages for fixed line broadband are in sub-saharan africa with eritrea topping the list prices for mobile data meanwhile are all over the place running from as cheap as $0.51 in algeria to just over 2 and a half dollars in south africa and all the way to a nearly whopping $50.00 a gigabyte in equitorial guinea right for more on this let's bring in martin

shopper he's a senior analyst at the united nations international telecom it telecommunications union martin good to have you on the show those prices ferdy's that we solve there between $0.50 and $50.00 for a gigabyte what's behind that. it really depends on the on the country as you said but in general it depends on the operators in the countries are there and operators in the countries in most countries in africa only one operator or 2 main operators. infrastructure is very expensive that that this is. a very important point and lots of africa in many parts of africa actually have a lot of looking infrastructure putting up the infrastructure is very expensive because the infrastructure comes at international prices and this reflects in the prices that people have to pay for their connections and is as you say is money the

biggest thing that's needed here investment yes i think it is certainly true to put up the electing infrastructure but also the affordability for people and the point though is that the people in africa they they lack the incomes so the infrastructure needs to be put up at international prices that people have to pay it in local prices and that creates a big gap where the smoothing restrictions between countries are standards between countries so that there can be some sort of regional smoothing of. the ability to basically the companies can work across borders are we seeing this more often we know that africa is trying to to lower its trade barriers what about in the internet infrastructure sector as well do we see that well to some extent we do because if you look at the the operators that we have in africa many of them broke more than one country photo phoneys is

a big player or halt in the in the. francophone countries is a big player so they broke across countries. still every country has its own rules and regulations and that certainly could be improved upon yes martin what is the pandemic meant for this kind of investment or are these kind of efforts to work together has it had a new kind of effect. yes it's had a big effect but what we've seen for the 1st time and that that this quite remarkable is that if you look at the number of mobile solar subscription that has come down actually in africa as it always has been an opportunity and even in developed countries it's still calling up and for the 1st time we see it's going down in africa and that's probably to do with the fact that people have less money less income that they cannot go out on the street to buy the same car so there's less demand for. the services for the mobile services and of course as i mentioned this a lot of projects every cow that are on collect that any infrastructure needs to be

put up but the pandemic a lot of that work has been put on hold so we also see that actually less of an uptake of the infrastructure marge schott the un's international telecommunications union thank you you're welcome they're switching gears we go over to the aviation industry dublin based budget airline ryanair has reported an annual loss of 815000000 euros for its 20202021 financial year the pandemic has been disastrous for the aviation sector reiners passenger volume shrunk by more than 80 percent their line is called upon the irish government and the e.u. to remove air travel restrictions it's also taken legal action over the state aid received by rival airlines like of tons of during the pandemic and the spike the bad news ryanair is projecting a strong rebound in passenger numbers in the 12 months ahead our financial correspondent conrad bosun has thoughts on that. it is quite possible that ryan as

hopeful outlook is a little bit too optimistic yes there is likely going to be more traveling to and from the united kingdom as so many brits have been vaccinated by now and as the so-called green list of safe countries keeps growing on the other hand nobody knows what kind of consequences the new variant of the virus will have the so-called indian variant which already has reached the united kingdom and the u.k. is only one market for ryan here in germany the government has still number of travel warnings in place about some of germany's favorite travel destinations like italy spain or croatia for the moment the government says we do not recommend to travel to those countries. and of course on a contribution there well you can lifting of some covert restrictions is especially welcome news in portugal the country's long been a preferred destination for some thirsty brits not just with

a vaccination campaign in europe in full swing portugal is now open again most european travelers. the hotel is in the algarve a can hardly wait the tourists are finally coming back especially those from the u.k. which are a major source of income here bookings are up and there is optimism about the summer. with the increase in vaccination not only in portugal but mainly in the united kingdom which is our main tourist market it should get better i think there are conditions so that we don't have to go back while the dome up through it opening is an opening we hope it will be a success we should go slowly because it is a year that hasn't special conditions. from now on british tourists no longer have to carry out quarantine when they return home from portugal that makes traveling easier but it's not a return to normal quite yet we still think that we're going to be nowhere near the 2019 expectation so i would say about 2025 percent lower than 2019

considerable better than last year package holiday companies and tourism focused airlines are ramping up their portugal offers some are worried it may be too much too soon. let's take a look at some of the other business stories making headlines with movie theaters closed by the pandemic streaming services have become the real big players and merger mania is taking hold again in the u.s. discovery are merging content that includes h.b.o. warner brothers and cable news giant c n n along with discovery's mainly reality t.v. formats the deal estimated at over $130000000000.00. plunge has continued on the back of comments by him on last cryptocurrency losing close to a quarter of its value since the tesla c.e.o. suggested the company would pull back from big oil due to environmental concerns last has said it has a has not to date sold any bitcoin holdings are over in

china now with the economic recovery seems to be cooling factory output growing nearly 10 percent in april compared with last year but that was significantly slower than in march china's exports are enjoying strong demand but global supply chain bottlenecks and rising raw materials costs have helped production back. meanwhile domestic retail sales also slowed last month coming in at just over half the rate seen in march or that economic recovery has been a boon for the multinational companies there many of them european enjoyment manufacturers car makers but it does come with its challenges but in changing rules and standards in the country take a look. at its factory here in shanghai d.b.m. has been making fan since the mid 1990 s. sales have been growing continuously even during the pandemic but things have become more difficult lately because beijing has unveiled new industry standards. you know awful i don't mean that as trying to introduce its own standards they used

to just adopt european or american ones but now china wants to assume a greater leadership role when the. china is germany's most important trading partner and by volume of goods europe's as well thousands of european firms operate here china may be promising a more level playing field but the european union chamber of commerce in china still has a long list of complaints is it going to change i think china's own pace and i think the kind of control they want to maintain over their economy well. let us have a small portion of that whole game that we have so it's a serious problem with the market access and i don't see it becoming much easier frankly. e.b.m. pabst tests the noise levels of its products with very quiet fans it aims to win over chinese consumers an increasingly important market for the german company.

in here the. we are going faster in china than anywhere else and it currently accounts for 13 or 14 percent of our total revenue and the figure is set to rise a lot further we are aiming to increase that share to 30 percent of the. business is good right now for companies like e.b.m. pabst for his success in china thomas nurnberg or is being rewarded with a new posting back to germany as global sales director. but there are dangerous jobs and then dangers at jobs including overworking a new study by the world health organization draws on 16 years of data to put the official numbers to something most of us already know working long hours can be bad for your health and even lead to an early death. according to the w.h.o.

745000 people died from stroke and heart disease associated with long working hours and 2016 an unhealthy workload not only killing people but also killing them years after being exposed to a grueling schedule. the study shows that people living in southeast asia and the western pacific region were the most affected with men middle aged or older the hardest hit group time to make a change says the world health organization not least because companies also benefit from their workers lighter schedules. with more stressed and listen to be as productive as the healthy animals so it's really is to not increase them with requests. and using sustainable. unfortunately things aren't looking up at all the pandemic probably led to an increase in the number of hours worked by about 10

percent according to w h o estimates partially due to an increase in home office and higher competition for fewer available jobs. that's it for me and the business as always you can find out more about these and other stories online at t w dot com slash business also facebook and twitter. it's watching. the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. as the rate of infection in developing what does the latest research say. information and contacts the coronavirus update . on t w. w's crime fighters are back africa's most successful radio drama series continues this season the stories focus on hate

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