phase an aging population house less workforce, but being on a development level and an income level that was much lower than these countries. and that could spell out the big problems for china. this is why it is a big concern to the government. this aging population last year was the year with the lowest birth rates in china history. and was 1.2 children women quite far from the 3 children. the aiming at not is it you said it they are. there are many other countries facing this issue. so how serious is china as a demographic crisis? while the problem is that china has not reached the development level and the income levels that other countries had reached when they started facing these problems. so basically having to feed a retired population that is so big with these

income levels will be much more difficult than if the income levels were higher. the pension system is not very wealthy bad. so it is a very big problem for china. so china's now allowing couples to have up to 3 children. do you think we're going to see baby boom in the coming years? 4 years ago, china lifted the band on the 2nd child and allow people to have 2 children. there was a very small baby boom in the following year, but already the year after the birth rate started declining again, having reached the lowest point last year, the pandemic might have played into this very low number as well. but the trend is clear, the numbers are declining, not very likely that this is going to change just because the government puts the number at 3. it's much easier to prevent people from having to mentor, encourage them, trying to government is finding out now, there are many reasons for that. one reason is that the parents will have one now

thinking about their family planning while maybe around 30 years old. they, many of them have never known families with 2 children. this is the one child generation. and the other thing is in the highly competitive education system, many prefer to put all the resources into one child in order to give him a better chances in life. correspondent, mature, spending a reporting from beijing. thank you very much. the international aid organization, doctors without borders, is warning that hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the recent volcanic eruption in eastern congo or at risk of infection by colorado. the erupt of the nita going go volcano near the city of goma over a week ago, sent residents fleeing in a mass exodus that was chaotic and terrifying. many who fled ended up in nearby, sucking among them. hundreds of the children separated from their parents as they left. the w maryan miller reports now from 2nd on some of the young people still

waiting to be reunited with their families. then he had gone to volcano, still fuming over a week after the devastating of option and it's still impacting people in it's is entity like 6 year old as he lost his parents and the calles when he and his family flat in panic book on this child has been found and he will take him to your home because the way to find his parents, he will stay with you. but, but you're welcome, but happy, but it's your works as a volunteer for the red cross. his job is to register children who have been separated from the parents. according to the you and nearly a 1000 children were reported missing after the option of them bahati and his colleagues have been able to reunite 700. with that parents, had he found ezra among other children on the street. he says their child, his taken in body already has 6 children of his own what he needs to leave,

why they keep doing a sacrifice the little that i have that god has given me. that is what i feed the children. but still at least they can still afford a simple meal. many others fighting over essential good. the people. yes. but then that again, that's not enough not pain and become a part of the provide the people the next hour, many of the 400000 people who fled the option come here to the town of soccer. there are no shelters. people are sleeping in schools or inside the church. what when we want to so how can i keep the living conditions? i've become very bad. markets have know if we would have enough personally, i'm not making a living. i'm now poor was this may no one. now me was

taken in 3 days ago. she never forgot the moment when the sky turned red. i told my mom, mom, look, the volcano is now on fire. we got out and maybe we're seeing there was when we lost each other. i was very afraid i was shaking. i was not even able to run to the house. she thinks she knows where her parents might be, but it's far away and transportation is expensive. after i find mom and dad would like to move here because i like it to playing on the love of a pastor option as right now. me hope to be reunited with their parents soon. the now to some other news from around the world, west african leaders have suspended molly from the eco, was trading block after

a 2nd military coup in 9 months. but the meeting and gonna stop short of re imposing sanctions on molly. instead, the block insisted that it should be led by a civilian government. as it prepares for election. police in nigeria say, gunman have kidnapped around 200 children from a school in niger state. it is the latest in a series of such rapes with $700.00 students, abducted and held for ransom since december. israel's far right, a party leader and tele bennett says he is willing to join forces with the opposition to our prime minister benjamin netanyahu. that could pave the way for abroad a line headed by liberal former finance minister. yeah. lucky it. it comes after a 4th inconclusive election in 2 years. germany is seeking clarification over reports that denmark helped the us by on senior european politicians, including anglo medical revelations that emerged in 2013 show that the u. s.

national security intelligence agency. tap the phones of several leaders, including the german chancellor. now, a new multinational media investigation says a danish military intelligence unit supported the us wire tapping operation. this is done mar, secret communication station near copenhagen. danish intelligence reportedly worked with the us national security hate and seeing from here to eavesdrop on european politicians. that's according to danish sources. a joint investigation by several european media outlets shows former german chancellor candidate pastime brook was among the espionage targets destined natal pointed to the grotesque that outlined intelligence services by a leading politicians of other countries musical test. it's evidence that they have a life of their own. i think this is

a political scandal. a major problem. the dean is government didn't inform their german neighbors. so they apparently knew about the eavesdropping as early as 2015 . the german government said it only found out about the spying after pressing inquiries. spying on chancellor uncle america, one former foreign minister, frank walter stein mire, was revealed by an essay leeker edward snowden and a parliamentary inquiry. indeed, it did not reveal that a close european ally was involved most esteem. for now, you have to understand the system of intelligence services. it's not about friendships or morals, and it's about asserting interest and gathering information to do them so much your personally, i would take the approach with them and we can't trust anybody on monday, the n s a, the dana's intelligence service, and the danish government refused to comment on the latest revelation and i'm joined by patrick sense book from cancer. michael city, you party, he led to parliamentary investigations into an essay. spying on the chancellor.

mister pennsburg. good to have you on d w. i want to ask you, you said in interviews that you are not surprised by these revelations, why is that? of course not. so i think europe and intelligence agencies work together with the u . s. side, so they work together with other partners and they have the interest. for example, if you're taking concern the period of breakfast, i think our european partner has got the interest to inquire, what are the positions and that's what intelligence agency for, to get information to gain information. and that's what they are doing really. so they work together, but they also spy on each other. how is that not a serious breach of trust? of course it's, it's a breach of trust on one side. but just if you have the trust that partner, i'm not spying on yourself. but this is a mistake, so also partner agencies did look what the other side is doing. so it's very

important to know this. don't trust anybody. so you're saying this is par for the course in the intelligence world that germany cannot even trust its closest allies when it comes to intelligence. that's why i always pointed out, we have interests, we have common interests, but there is no field of friendship concerning states or agencies. friendship you have from between person but not between agencies. and so of course we have something that we call $360.00 degree around view. so we also take care that our partners didn't buy only or not. we're germany, they work together with the us to spy on france, at least some of its closest europe. and partners we have in our framework a decision that we don't spy on our partners. we don't spy on european partners and not on the american partners,

but we have coming interest. we work together. for example, in bringing light in the fields, what russia is doing? what china is doing that we work together, but be aware that our partners maybe once you have a look inside and our information, so we keep them secret message. i just want to make clear what you're saying or you're saying that other partners can spy in germany. but germany not on its partner so, so we don't invite them of course, and under german law. of course it's a crime that somebody is spying here in germany. but on the other side, we don't trust anybody that they don't do. we try to prevent that others also our european partners. we prevent that. they can spy in germany. okay, so do you think that berlin should take any action or obligations at least demand that this report be released?

because we have to find out what happened there. what kind of glass, while the cable cables have been spied on and used for trying to, to get into the communication of our leading politicians. of course we have to investigate this. but on the other side of something that we can band or something that we can avoid forever, we have to be aware that anybody tries to get information and these what's been thousands agencies for so never talk to anybody. all right, patrick pennsburg from chester michaels cd you party. thank you very much for joining us here in the w. new zealand military has been called in to help evacuate hundreds of people. cotton flooding in the country, south island, a state of emergency has been declared in the canterbury region that surrounds the city of christ church. as much as 40 centimeters of rain is fallen in the area over the last 2 days. meteorologist say that in some areas that is more than the entire

rainfall so far this year. the extent of the flooding houses marooned by water roads impossible. this one left with a gaping hole and rivers have turned into lakes. oh, went to bed about 10 o'clock last night and not a sign of the river. get up at 6 o'clock this morning and gone to order. the canterbury region on new zealand, south island is a foaming hub. but the deluge of rain is making work hard. even if some, a pushing on a brave face carried all the scary all about it while

you just got water. all conditions which conditions have some extreme danger on sunday, this ma'am was lifted to safety after becoming trapped in flood water with a really, really, really risky, very lucky. we were still really, really, i couldn't get through because we live. so it's just been a really good for everybody. up here rescue work is a trying to reach a car that's fallen down the cliff just above the raging river. hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes. authorities have now declared a state of emergency with more rain expected

let's get some more headlines now. francis interior minister says police have quote, neutralized a former soldier who open fire on officers responding to a domestic violence call. a major man hunt would launch to find the suspect after he took cover in a wooded area of the door don't region. vietnam has started testing all 9000000 residents of her team in city as part of efforts to contain a new corona virus outbreak. a strict lockdown is taken effect for city residence. vietnam is also stopped. the international arrivals at the main airport in handling with those young russian news agency says that cobit 19 is spreading faster in the country than it has since last october. vaccine uptake in russia has been sluggish, so far. moscow's mayor even says that the capital has a lower percentage of vaccinated residents than any european city des, emily sure, when went to moscow's specially built cobit hospital to find out how prepared doctors are for another wave. these suits have become like

a 2nd skin for doctors like denise mill, huge in the 45 year old has been working in the intensive care unit of this corona virus hospital on the outskirts of moscow. since it opened just over a year ago. the hospital has just added a 5th. i see you denise me, huge and heads it such as the severity of the patients cases has intensified before our patients got better and stabilized in the shorter period of time. now the number of patients has stayed the same, but the severity of cases has worse. that isn't much because the hospital specializes in treating cove it. it takes in patient even when other wards in moscow are coping denise says around 80 to 90 percent of the beds here are occupied at the moment. hospitalisation rates and moscow have been going up some experts or even warning of a 3rd wave in russia. but the doctors here say things are under control plus events . how are you feeling?

the head doctors at the i see you do their ward rounds 3 times a day to check on patients and make sure they're stable level. think of most of the relatives don't always understand. they want their loved ones to be discharged immediately. we're just happy about the slightest improvement in a patient's condition. i mean, you still stay on your percent during the 1st wave of the corona virus last year. $12000.00 workers built this infectious disease hospital in just over a month. the sprawling hospital is reminiscent of a military camp, but it was built to stay. it has beds for up to $800.00 patients and a huge laboratory that can carry out hundreds of thousands of tests per day. it's the show piece in moscow's fight against the pandemic. the russian authorities have declared victory in the battle against cov, at 900 several times, but now the number of new corona virus infections is in showing up. again, particularly here in moscow. the vaccination drive is very slow in russia,

even though the countries, sputnik li, vaccine is widely available. one survey shows nearly 2 thirds of russians don't want to get the job at all. still corona virus restrictions have been lifted almost entirely. and not everyone is worried about moscow's infections going up the ritual . they've been promising a 3rd way for ages if it happens them where mass shots and which were very afraid of the 3rd ways. we can give you that. i don't believe in this infection for denise minucci, and this kind of attitude about the virus is frustrating. the battle against the corona virus has essentially taken over his life. along with most of the medical staff, he lives in a dorm on the territory of the hospital for the ship, our neatness. once everyone understands that with this virus, you don't just have to protect yourself from others with the mask, but also protect others from yourselves. that's when will really win against kobe. it will have less work if people take personal responsibility to should there's

already a huge turnover of patients at the hospital. but doctors here are convinced that they're prepared for a 3rd wave of the corona virus. if it hits here is a look at some other developments in the pandemic. the brazilian city of serrano has seen cobra. 1900 deaths struck by 95 percent after it was able to vaccinate almost all adults. it's being seen as a test for brazil, which is the world's 3rd worst hit country australia as a 2nd most populous state. victoria has reported 11 new cases of community transmission. rising numbers could prompt authorities to extend a 7 day lockdown, and japan says fans heading to the tokyo olympics may be required to provide a negative cope in 1900 test or vaccination record 2 attempts. football. now the future of this year's copa america has been thrown into doubt just 2 weeks before it's supposed to start. south american football confederation says it cannot be

held in argentina as planned because of a karone of our search. the event have been due to kickoff, and wayne cyrus on june 13th earlier argentina's co host columbia was also stripped of the turn of because of civil unrest there. and we have max merrill from d w sports with us. hi max, this tournaments just 2 weeks away. and now both host essentially been stripped of being able to, to hold a tournament. so how could this happen? well, the tournament has had its fashion of struggles, like many events that were postponed from 2020. it was moved a year on and as to, to kick off on june 13th, in a long time, to go to have no host. and back in april, they already made a decision not to have fans in attendance. then columbia. as you mentioned, one of the co hosts was dropped was removed 2 weeks ago due to the civil unrest. and on the same day, argentina, the other host went into a strict lock down there. currently, during one of the worst cove, it outbreaks on the planets and the government decided on sunday would not be safe,

comparable the south american football federation, and rescinded the hosting rights just hours ago. and the situation in south america as a whole is quite dia, of the 12 worst have countries at the moment in the world 7 us in south america, 6 of those are participating in this tournament. and among those are also argentina and colombia who have both lost the hosting. right. so what does that mean for this tournament? how could it still go ahead? what are the options there? well, carnival have said they're going to analyze what other countries have expressed interest in the past and make a decision hopefully very soon they're going to meet today. but the list is incredibly short. i mean, she lays being put forward as a country that has had comparatively good vaccination roll out in south america. however, they're currently struggling with an outbreak. brazil in paraguay of very, very sort of vague maybe's and usa of being touted as a potential host having hosted in 2016 as a guest nation where they participated, but they're not in this torment. so there's no real incentive for them to take this on. the incentive you could argue might exist for countries like guitar or saudi

arabia who would maybe like the p all. and the cloud that comes with hosting this sort of tournament. but i think it could and probably should be cancelled because this would be this the 4th cope. and 60 is because there was a special tournament in 2016 health. we've had a lot of copa americans. maybe it's just better as louise swat is a brutal guy. says prioritize the health of the people rather than money. i'm sure a lot of people are watching this closely, especially here in europe. do to hold a continental tournament here in june. how is that looking? well, yes. the 60th anniversary year has moved from last year to this year and is held across the top of the continent rather in 12 cities across europe. now that's gone down to 11 off to dublin, pulled out and they will be fans up to 20 percent. and most stadiums, but for instance, munich has still not confirmed that they will actually allow these 20 percent of the capacity to enter funds there. and it was, it's probably going to be a logistical nightmare. teams are going to be playing in england and scotland. they

might then not be able to fly into germany without a quarantine that could happen in the quarter finals. indeed. so it's going to be a bit of a struggle even though it will go ahead. max merrill from d. w for thank you very much. and one more item in the women's german cup, final heavily favorite both for lived up to their reputation, although just barely they narrowly defeated frankfurt, one nail holy sh international striker. if a pie are scored the match winner if a dying minutes of extra time for the hard part when it's the $73.00 to german cup title for both word the t one. and even though they were shorter player in the last 20 minutes of the game because of a red card. right, let's get a recap of our top story here. and d, w. china has announced a major shift in a family planning policy and says, couples are now allowed to have up to 3 children. the ruling communist party of

scrapping is strict to child policy. after recent data showed a dramatic decline in birth. coming up next on the w. r. show global $3000.00 and goes to brazil where illegal mining is threatening the amazon brain for. don't forget that you can follow us on twitter or handle. there is act w news. thank you for watching the news . the news, the news, the news,

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a small start up is moving mountains when it comes to recycling. first we go to the rain forests of brazil where illegal gold mining leads to deforestation and the destruction of natural habitat. gold is one of the most valuable precious metals on us and also one of the most desirable whether as jewelry as a commodity or is an investment, the gold price has been rising. for years, it's seen as a safe asset during periods of economic come certainty, like now with the corona virus pandemic. recently the gold price hit $1500.00 heroes for troy ounce. but how much gold is there on our planet? the world gold council estimates that the total amount of mind gold would fill a cube with nearly 22 meter long sides. almost half of it has been turned into jewelry. 22 percent is private investments. well, 17 percent is held by central banks. the remainder is found in electronic devices

like small signs. it's not known exactly how much gold is still hidden in the us. they one thing is mining it is becoming an increasing the complex tasks. most continents can boast large scale goal deposits, including south america. in brazil, gold mining is having a devastating impact on both the rain forest and the people, the chief durable. despite the pandemic and rainy season downpours, he's out serving his territory more and more often he comes across illegal gold mining wrong. they cruise that probably armed chiefs flores simply notes, location, police, water, mostly, and drinkable now who will lead to film on it. and the mercury they use sinks to

the river that we can see through the fish week when it makes us sick. fish sandwich. but bridge that me, his kara tree, is this forest a protected make sure is the illegal loggers and cold minus 2 increasing the encroach on the moon during indigenous peoples land. don't care about that. keeps roaring suspects. it's because the price of gold has shut up during the pandemic. intruders have kept this new path through the jungle. they start by logging the valuable trees, then they plow up. the soil looking for gold. chief suarez is worried. is young. it's jim want to see this year we've increased our patrols funding because we can see there are more intruders in the mice. e g of a, send me a them,

it's dangerous for us because demick means we're forced to take over the work of the environmental police and all the images for, even though it puts our lives at risk of according to his could you call my gold prospectors on never far away, some prospect legally outside the nature reserve, others invade indigenous territory because there are hardly any patrols there at the moment. in chiefs whereas the village, the wonders who maintain their culture and traditions. oh, nice revolves around the rhythm in the as they have done for centuries, but they also maintain ties with the rest of the own cell phones have the public

school and are in regular contact with environmental organizations. the moon, during so far was still the appeal of the gold rush. unlike most other people in the region will read in the city. old a gold mine is the rent on the game. they will send the, the man legal counselors and they send it to me. that's what makes them so powerful and then was pretty faith working by the way, the mayor is also a lager and a gold mine. and then as we leave the village, we pause more goldmine and rounds and some wreckage. a dam is scheduled to be built in another way of 3 hours longer with entering the different provincial capital. i too,

have been the epicenter of the gold rush for 50 years. it's thriving despite the panoramic prosperity based on the high price of gum. it talk to me, it says that's why there is hardly any unemployment here. despite the corona virus crisis, his currently doing his official work from home privacy. he runs a network of companies including gold mines. thank you, pulled up here. boston our government has to regulate our goal of mine, so people don't have to work illegally anymore. all the scholars are wholly legal mines, can be property regulated. my saw about both in that anything else drive the miners into legality with no right to read. you can't go on like a football, but the may is says the mercury pollution isn't a serious problem. so got a better, there's a little bit so it's been mining goals since i was 18 a month that i don't have

a covered 3 tons of goals and then the mercury is never affected me in all that time. no, of course you did that and there's no technology which could replace the use of mercury or that you're in the country's capital president. your vote for nora is the main supporter of gold mine and he reassured one negation that he was working to allow mining even in indigenous territories. he's already drastically paired back, environmental policing and penalties west clay to my it was a delegation member. he's been lobbying to legalize the gold mines for years. thousands of them are about to be licensed retrospectively for now, only those outside protected indigenous territory. so westlake myess says its progress. follow with ability. my sure bulk scenario talks a load of rubbish. but he also does some good thing quite. we visited him 7 times

in brazil you will soon see a load of gold mines legalized at last. this is very clear. he says that some pictures of his license, gold mines outside protected areas. and since the gas they left in the jungle will be reforest it sheets. whereas has his doubts about that right now he's tracking some intruders. the path is marked by saw enough branches. ah. they arrive at a tree trunk flowing across the channel. the patrol can't get any further with the size. daysia are a lot of there, but we won't make it all the way. and we're running short to feel as well. not, not going to get them in

a book. it's an age old story. nature as guardians are numbered by better equipped in bait is so that's our territory. if we stop patrolling altogether and relied only on the state was we'd soon lose the entire area to the criminals. some of the criminals seem to have gained the upper hand, aided by the pandemic. ah, 2 children, one giant problem to see you how will climate change affect us and our children? learn more d, w dot com slash water. in this week,

in global ideas, we go to south africa, a country like many others plagued by trash. waste separation is rather so over 90 percent of general waste ends up in landfill sites. that's something the stars how the regina wants to change its on a mission to get the country recycling reports julia yaki messed up with the visionary waste expense. marshall of our incense sorting and packing up her waist plastic from the past week in time for a special pickup service. recycling household trash is still the exception here in cape town of virus only started separating her paper and plastic recently as part of a pilot project. and they realized, you know, how bad things was until i started saving plastic. i have never,

never thought about it, but i'm so glad to be doing my post. and every little bit counts. currently just 7 and a half percent of south africans recycle their waste. the result is mountains of plastic and other refuse across the country. until now, the only form of household waste recycling here was done by informal wasted collectors. chad robertson decided to take action right there. we got a lot of legal dumping quite a big issue in the city of kept on going for some stuff around we're spending on 400000000 or, and a year on a legal dumping and getting it up. we, as you know, recruitment, spending money on rather creating solutions to solve this problem right behind the landfill. there's no dumping sign on it.

it's actually not only goes at most dumping sites, you will see, you know, dumping time. so it's quite a new thing kept on me. robertson wants to encourage keep counters to bring about change. his regina start up is primarily aimed at people from the poorest parts of the city. in south africa is a very unequal society and that extends to waste disposal. if you're in a low income community, for example, there's really nothing available for you. besides the informal conflict because we collected recyclables, because the private companies wouldn't operate there, nor with the city free service operating, as i mentioned, that's on the, in the upper income communities regina, which he founded to help resolve keep towns. waste problem is located in the bridge towns suburb in the east of the city. in 2018, the start up launched

a pilot project here tailored to the needs of lower income areas learns even more who may begin their shift as a collection point. while one starts sifting through and starting the items from the past week and the other sets off on his cargo tract. steve, i'm assuming does a tour of the neighborhood once a week? yes. yes. the services a new one for the residents of bridge down. see them who may collect paper, plastic and cans from participants. meanwhile, 500 households are taking part in today. he'll stop by 150 homes. he makes a careful note of how much each sac ways

is strikes. cargo gauge builds up quickly. residents involved in the pilot project aren't charged for the pickup service. to the contrary. participants all receive a fixed, some in remotely for each waste to pick up remotely as a virtual currency that can be saved up and then spent on shopping vouchers, mobile phone, data, packages, and donations. thank you so much. oh, i need to buy dog foods. so this thing go towards the dog food plan. so if you can see them, i may, makes his way back to the depot. the project provides jobs for people who used to be informal, trash collectors and unemployed young people like to see them out. who may me, his colleagues bring this sorted reusable materials to

a recycling plant where the waste is turned into a new resource. regina is, is efforts have wanted a national social innovation award. though support from the local authorities has been sluggish, especially when it comes to creating the infrastructure for more collection points . but chad robertson and his team are undeterred me. we are still pushing the optimism tons. there is small things, you know, seeing the impact that it makes seem positive reviews, some customers and being able to grow the business as well. the vision is to really scale our service that are done in africa, the recycling model, and get people not introduced cycle, but to start living was circular. or should i byron is a convert. she's happy about the vouchers, but even happy or that she's now doing something about the waste problem.

people will come, career lies that we all need to do something to make the change be the change one.