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 now is that you said it, there are many other countries facing this issue. so how serious is china is 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 it be. income levels were higher, the pension system is not very well developed. 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 pretty 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 remain to encourage them. chinese government is finding out now there are many reasons for that. one reason is that the parents will have one. now thinking about that 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 recording 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 and eastern congo, or at risk of infection by cholera. the eruption of the nigger, google volcano, near the city of goma over a week ago, sent resident fleeing in a mass exodus. that was chaotic and terrifying. many who fled ended up in new by sucking among them. hundreds of children separated from their parents as they left the 1000000 villa reports now from zacky on. some of the young people still waiting to be reunited with their families. then he had gone volcano, still fuming over a week after the devastating eruption. and it's still impacting people and it's,

it's entity like 6 year old as he lost his parents and the calles when he and his family flat and panic on this child has been found. he will take him to your home because the way to find his parents. he will stay with you. but perhaps you, 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. perhaps he found ezra among other children on the street. he says their child, his taken in body already has 6 children of his own union as to why they keep doing a sacrifice the little that i have that god has given me. that is what i feed the children, but are still struggling at least they can still afford

a simple meal. many others fighting over essential to the people. yes. but then again, that's not enough not teen. and it becomes a work to provide to people the next hour, many of the 400000 people who fled the eruption come here to the town of soccer. there are no shelter. people are sleeping and schools are inside the church. what when we, when i so how can i keep the living conditions? i've become very bad with markets have no, personally, i'm not making a living. i am now poor was if you know me was taken in 3 days ago. she never forget the moment when the sky turned red.

i told my mom, mom, look, the volcano is now on fire. we got out and many were fleeing. 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 here. playing on the love of a pastor option as right now me hope to be reunited with their parents soon. the that story from dw malia miller and she joins us now from goma with more. maria, we saw there. a lot of people have had to flee. they've lost their homes. tell us more about how they're coping. yeah,

so 4500 homes have been destroyed by the 20000 people have been effect that according to the un. and as you could see in the report, people really lack everything. they don't have enough food, they don't have access of very limited access to drink of water and taishan medical treatment. so it's a huge problem also shelter. i mean, you could see they had some sleep in the church. they look for mosques and schools where they can, they can sleep. so, but the most pressing issue is probably the drink of water. and now people turn to the cable, which is actually right behind me when you follow that road. it's not clean the water. if you drink it, i mean there were reports that children get the area doctors without borders, as you mentioned, they really weren't of a color. all right, so it's actually quite dangerous to water. and if philip 10 situation, what can you tell us about the current volcanic activity? yeah, so there was an expert and vote on ologist here. they carried out a risk assessment and they found indicator indicators that mark my as here below

this area of gama. and also extending into like under like people. and this is actually particularly interesting because there's the worst case horace scenario. all the other just here and the experts because if lava flows and interruption below the come together, then the dissolved huge amounts of carbon dioxide inside the lakes that are now in the depths of the lake could rise to the surface and form a invisible cloud. this cloud could move and onto the ground as well, and kills every living being actually, and it's the suffocated everyone. so this something like a horace scenario that actually happened in the past and 986 in cameroon. 1700 people died in many animals and nobody really knew why that happens after you know, some research was done and then they know this is called eliminate interruption. so everybody's years afraid of them. given that danger is the government doing enough

to monitor the volcano and protect people living near it. so there's my volcano observatory here, and they are in charge of monitoring all activities, but they were limited in their work because last year the world bank actually cuts funding. so the bank said that this was because of embezzlement allegations. so they couldn't handle the money anymore. but there was over there, we now have the problem, they couldn't pay their bills, they couldn't get internet to actually make the most basic checks on the activity. so that was the problem. and what kind of just had told me that the government should have stepped in, they should have paid so that the regular checks can be ongoing. and that's also why this reaction was not foreseeable. d, w, malia and miller reporting there from goma. thank you so much. not some other

headlines from around the world. west african leaders suspended molly from the eco was trading block after a 2nd military crew and 9 months, but the meeting and gunner stopped short of re imposing sanctions on molly. instead, the block insisted that a civilian government be installed to prepare for election. police and jury. a gunman have kidnapped around 200 children from a school in niger state. it is the latest in a series of such raids with $700.00 students, abducted and held for ransom since december israel. the far right party leader natalie bennett, says he is winning willing rather to join forces with the opposition to oust prime minister benjamin netanyahu. that could pay the way for abroad alliance headed by liberal former finance minister jerry lucky. a 4th election and 2 years was inconclusive. germany is seeking clarification over report that denmark helped us by on senior european politicians,

including uncle american revelations that emerge 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 agency 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 todd before the grotesque that allied intelligence services spy and leading politicians of other countries in the test. evidence that they have a life of their own. i think this is

a political scandal. a major problem. the danish government didn't inform their german neighbors, though they apparently knew about the eavesdropping as early as 2015. the german government said it only found out about the spying after press inquiries. spying on chancellor uncle mac on former foreign minister. frank walter stein meyer 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. it's about asserting interests and gathering information to do that. and for much your personally, i would take the approach in with them and we can't trust anybody or ne mandel, vienna say the danish intelligence service. and the danish government refuse to comment on the latest revelations. earlier we spoke to a journalist, antonio's kept mind from the german broadcaster n d r, which was part of the investigation. and i asked him what denmark has been saying

about the revelation. denmark has so far declined to comment, but i think that the public pressure is going to grow too for them to release the dunham a report. and we've, we've just seen the tip of the iceberg until now. there's a lot more in this report and i think there's going to be a public debate now. it's getting navia, especially also amongst the countries like sweden and norway, which are very, very close allies to denmark and swedish, and norway no region targets are also in this report. so i think there will be a big demand to make this report. public new zealand military has been called in to help us actuate hundreds of people caught in flooding in the countries south island, a state of emergency has been declared and the canterbury region that surrounds the city of christ church. as much as 40 centimeters of rain has fallen in the area over the last few 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. went to bed about 10 o'clock last night and i was not a sign of the river. get up at 6 o'clock this morning and gone to order the canterbury region on you 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 on the ferry. oh, don't worry about it. why you just got out for water all conditions

which conditions have left some extreme danger. on sunday, this man was lifted to safety after becoming trapped in flood water with a really, really, really risky, very lucky. we were still here, they told the earliest i could get through because the will be really good for everybody. quote up for 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 for more global headlines now, police in southwestern friends have detained an armed fugitive after

a shoot out in the door. don't region. a major man hunt track down the former cell soldier who opened fire on officers responding to a domestic violence called residence in the area were warned to stay indoors. vietnam has started testing all 9000000 residence of him in city to contain a new corona, virus outbreak. a strict lockdown is it for vietnam? it's also stopped international arrivals at its main airport in handling with young and south african president. he would run the post says his country is re imposing stricter lockdown measures in the face of a sharp rise and covered 1900 cases. the surgeon infections is putting a spotlight on south africa. slow vaccine roll out. fewer than 2 percent of the country, 16000000 people have received a 1st dose. a russian news agency says that cope at 19 is spreading faster than at any time since last october. vaccine are taken, russia has been sluggish. moscow's mayor says the capital has lower rates of vaccination than any major european city. d. w. emily, sherwin went to

a specially built facility in moscow to find out whether doctors are ready for another wave of infection. 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 firm of the severity of the patients cases has intensified before our patients got better and stabilized in a short period of time. now the number of patients has stayed the same, but the severity of cases has worse and isn't much because, you know, the hospital specializes in treating cove it, it takes in patients 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, cost 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. little think of more 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 phone 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 patients. and the 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 $900.00 several times. but now the number of new corona virus infections is showing up again, particularly here in moscow. the vaccination drive is very slow in russia, even though the countries sputnik v 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 massive 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 about c,

a r. nicholas. once everyone understands that with this virus, you don't just have to protect yourself from others with a mask, but also protect others from yourselves. that's when will really, when against cove, it will have less work. if people take personal responsibility should there's already a huge turnover of patients at this hospital. but doctors here are convinced that they're prepared for a 3rd wave of the corona virus. if it hits let's take a look. now, some other developments in the corona virus pandemic. the brazilian city of serrano has seen kobe 19 deaths drop by 95 percent after it was able to vaccinate almost all adults. brazil is the world's 3rd worst hit country. australia is the 2nd most popular state victoria has reported 11 new cases and rising numbers could prompt authorities to extend a 7 day lockdown and the european commission is calling on e. u. member states to gradually loosen travel restrictions over the summer. as the pandemic eases to 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 america. football confederation says that can't be held in argentina as planned because of a corona virus search. the event had been due to kickoff in boy cyrus, on june 13th earlier argentina's cohort. columbia was also stripped of the tournament 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 get the hold is turned in. so how could this happen? well, the tournament has had its fair share of struggles, like many events that were postponed from 2020. it was moved a year on and 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 lockdown. currently insuring one of the worst cove, it outbreaks on the planets, and the government decided on sunday would not be safe constable. 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 hit 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. i'm very, very vague. maybe's and usa of being to there's

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 katara, saudi arabia, who would maybe like the p r 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 copa and 60 years because there was the special tournament in 2016 health. we've had a lot of copa americas. maybe it's just better as louis swat is, a blue 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, yeah, it's the 60th anniversary year has moved from last year to this year and it's held across the toner. 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 in the women's german cup, final heavily favorite, both spurred lived up to their reputation, although just barely, they narrowly defeated frankfurt, one nail polish international striker ever pay or scored the match winner in the dying minutes of extra time. for the hardest part when it's the 2nd 7 straight, rather driven cut title for both for the team wanted even though they were shorter player in the last 20 minutes of the game because of a red card coming up next on d. w. news asia, the weaknesses of the african army,

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