and send us your story chain. always understand this new culture. so you are not a visitor, not again. you want to become a citizen info migrants your platform for reliable information. base is either been use a chart coming up today. vaccinations in the midst of a corona virus, dinah, and begins corona, verifax emissions as a 3rd wave of infections threatens despite a lot of control. but is it already too late? and does the country have enough vaccines, plus deadly flooding and landside holes, tens of thousands from their homes and 3 days of rain, incense, rivers, overflowing turning low line areas into lakes and the feel of young women showing

how it can be muslim to ah, i british vanity, welcome to the to the news asia. glad you could join us. thailand has begun and ambitious vaccination program in the midst of a 3rd wave of nuclear on about us infections. millions of doses of locally produced astrazeneca and imported sign of vaccines are expected to be given this month. the goal is to vaccinate about 70 percent of the countries more than 66000000 people. by the end of the yeah. so far, only about 2 percent of the population has received at least one shot of the vaccine. and jeremy, not from bangkok is frederick ball from the frederick. now, mon found nation for freedom, frederick was also until recently, based in the region as a journalist, a cedric,

the government plans to vaccinate 70 percent of the population by the end of the year, but doesn't have enough vaccines. well, that's indeed the big question that many people are asking. here. it has been some delays and be rolled up campaign of the backs and weeks and weeks. and it seems that there's kind of a bottleneck of extra supply. on the other side, the government seems stamp adjusted now and ordered additional supplies, not only from the local manufacturer as an account that is producing in talent, but also from other international companies like with products, something they also talk to is johnson johnson. so based on and now additional maxims and the goal is still reachable, i would say, but it's really difficult. the critics have accused the government off a complacency they're saying it should have ordered enough vaccines last year to sort of do the critic have a point i think the government would have audits,

and it's quite possible that the best in robot would have been asked to and it's a very difficult issue to hear, and you might know that the company that is producing astrazeneca is owned by the king and one very outspoken politician, opposition products and pointed out to that's and yes, been actually huge with the less majesty lot. so there is not a real open debate about it. if that's a decision off the government has been right or not, it's very difficult question here and. and with that in the background, you also have a situation which only about 2 to 3 percent of the population is actually received . one shot of actually and why is this vaccination figure? so law i mean you shouldn't just talent. so if you look at other states, you're in the region and you see that they also have very,

very low grades. and yet they also haven't vaccinated a lot of people look at some of the states here in the region. maybe it is because cobit came here or strikes, you know, much later than in europe and us talent had and make very well under control. we were on the case this year and it was actually around other countries manager christ quite well. this changed in the last weeks and maybe the government also hope that it's not a big issue here. but now unfortunately, we have another way which is much stronger than the works before. and as the risk that this gets out of control. so the issue became much more pressing here and it, it looked a couple of weeks ago. briefly, frederick, which areas in thailand was tit. backup is really much effective and also the surrounding areas of bangkok. so we have here in bunker grounds,

1000 cases, new infections every day. the whole has about 2001 big cluster of the prison sir. and so we have presents here that have around 50 percent or prison as effects are inspected. some even more, and this is indeed a huge problem. government, frederick's, for in the bank off, thank you so much for that. industry longer, at least 16 people are dead and more than 250000 homeless. after heavy rains battered large parts of the country, some 10 of 25 districts in the country have been effected by flooding and mudslides . many people have also been left without power. in this national disaster that has seen troops deployed as rescue personnel in several areas. the roads have been turned into rivers in many parts of south western through lanka.

the disaster comes after days of monsoon, rains, and heavy rainfall last month. the result has been devastating for many thousands of people. a lot of them and my daughter, 2 days ago, it has affected people in this entire area, some sort of refuge and relief camp. i will be more than nano back because i got the the armed forces have been called in to help handing out food. and other essential supplies and the navy has also been rescuing people stranded in remote villages. with vast areas inundated, thousands have been driven from their homes and into shelters. more than 100000 buildings are without power. more than 800 homes have been

destroyed. relief agencies say many sources of drinking water have been contaminated because septic tanks have overflowed into rivers. and that's a huge, clean up operation will be needed. sure lank is hit by them on soon twice a year. it brings rain vital for irrigation and power generation. but it also damages property and causes loss of life. authority say the range all beginnings to ease and that water levels appear to be receding. but landslide warnings are still in place in many districts the neighboring in this region, years of conflict. her father was and a drug addiction problem. the regions main addiction treatment hospital alone registered a 945 percent increase in cases in just the 3 years between 2016 and 20. 19. most of those affected people in the 17 to 50 years, age group,

constant security lock downs, fears of torture, and porch on says of employment seen as the prime drivers of drug addiction. for on a bart is just 20 years old and she's a drug addict. she lives in kashmir and northern india, where a border conflict has been smoldering for years when a friend of hers was tortured and murdered right in front of her. a few years ago, she was traumatized. submitted to wind rule something close by that you could just leave your mind get out of this being. so i started this all this from cody and maintain all that. and this was a beginning over and i became thousands of young people in kashmir, just like for on the spiral begins taking simple pain relievers, but then increasingly moves into stronger drugs, started taking

a high end of drugs going after that is just and gotcha. and all that, all of them, and even, i don't know, many of the drugs i just, i wanted to relieve might be the situation in kashmir has been tense for decades. pakistan, india, and china old fighting over territorial claims. the kashmiris who live here are the ones who suffer any kind of work for a youth initiative. she understands the hopelessness of many which for her also stems from the kashmir conflict with the all schools opposed to the goals. so there is no walk for all students because internet service is not available for them. that may lead to a stress, and then that's just leave them all. probably the there. and now some rehabilitation clinics in the region funded by the government. physicians like dr.

was off a con, one to help young people escape their addiction, but their needs overwhelm what his facility can provide. just now i was waiting on patient and he was reporting me that he has last night off his head. and they're dirty. they're died in last one year because of that, what do it's because of other things and if we lose our young people in the say, definitely it is very painful. the clinic campaign advising for honor for a good 2 months. she realized here that her current path could lead to an early death. well, the girl that wanted to do this, that want to want to do back. so ideal is it that i gave a self and then this is to me and part that i need are medical treatment. i need a counseling, a proper guidance by which i could come out of this serrano has not touched any drug for 2 months now. in the midst of all the troubles in kashmir,

there is still hope ah, a rock group in indonesia, challenging stereotypes, not just about women, but also about islam. the band known as b o, b is specialize in cash metal. they're already well known in their home country, but their dream is to break into the international market. the head banging in a he jap. ah, there's nothing unusual about that for this band in jakarta. b o. b, o noise, the voice in english have been together since the early team. this is a 2018 single school revolution, blasting indonesia tricks education system. the only thing you go to using like a diary to me on the other girls. it's

a place to be high and share happiness with other people and the money to get to know what i'm to find formed in a small town and west job, a province in 2014. but recently they begun to attract international attention. they receive praise from the likes of because horace from rage against the machine and the former basis of nevada. the hope is that they'll be able to collaborate with other american bands and play california co chello and other festival. with the right to the top is not always mean easing the village they grew up in. it's very conservative and their parents initially had all the plans for them. mammals can become in our village girls playing metal music is uncommon. many girls at our age already married or engaged, but we tried to gain trust from our parents by performing on tv stations out among

other things, blood and then the, the treat a managed to win over their families, showing them, and over that they can be both muslim women and members of a successful heavy metal bands as already there's more and our website. we'll see you here tomorrow, but ah, yes, it's nice way to bring you more conservation. how do we make cities green or how can we protect habits? we can make a difference. local ideas, environmental theories, in 2000 on d, w, and online. are you ready to get a little more extreme? places in europe are smashing all the records into

a venture. just don't lose your grip. the treasure map for modern globe trotter's going for some of us will record breaking on you to know also in book form the hello from berlin, and welcome to arts and culture coming up, a new face in german literature: david novelist, sharon dodo, r. o. to explore as racism, and trauma spanning centers. and later on the show fashion photographer christian show goes to extreme to capture his perfect shot. but 1st live performance is back here in germany. the opera world even saw a premier this weekend at berlin's commercial opa. after 7 months of shut down,

the german government is now allowing limited audiences to gather again in doors to experience music, dance, and theater. the music and people are filling berlin streets after a hard winter. berlin is blossoming the while many temples of culture remain closed at the door to open the berlin state, bella had a sold out premier this past weekend with increased hygiene measures and produced capacity. the oh, i mean waiting for this moment and excitement and i just fell down this

exciting thing and clamping and being happy just for the moment, forgetting what is happening outside and this so being back to the happiness as well as classical ballet. there was also a contemporary piece set to techno music while the city is famous, techno parties aren't happening yet. some of the spaces are being creatively reclaimed. the play toy hunt techno portrays the development of techno in abandon factories and the former east germany. after the collapse of socialism were telling the story of the early nineties and the connection between the growth of techno and the privatization of east germany's economy. that's the play is a conceptual and immersive experience spread across different dance floors of the underground berlin tech. no club about blank. the response to the

play which filled out in just 48 hours has been ecstatic as well. so to be back in the club, we really enjoyed nothing. i could just cry for joy to them. you know, i, i'd love to have danced and jumped around in the garden and just enjoyed the summer . so i'm not going to play also offers lessons for today. now we're getting to the big picture proves that, you know, stuff will reemerge one way or another. whatever the regulations are, people will make culture and people will claim spaces and people will reclaim spaces. while the clubs are still closed, a spirit of survival lives on more culture news now. 33 year old british writer, director and actress mckayla cole picked up a slew of prizes at this year's bafta awards for british television. her so i may destroy you one best many series and best actress. she follows

a woman's attempt to rebuild her life after a sexual assault called dedicated one of her awards to the intimacy coach, who helped to make the cast feel comfortable. while filming seems a fax and re thank you for your existence in our industry, for making the space safe for creating physical, emotional, and professional boundaries. so that we can make work about exploitation lots of respect about obese power without being exploited or abused in the process. more and more directors are using intimacy coaches in the wake of the me to movement course that she thinks their essential to any film project touching on issues of consent. her so i may destroy you also one baptists for best directing and best editing. well, like mikaela co author sharon dodo o 2 grew up in london as the daughter of getting me and parents. now she lives in

germany where she's become a new face of german literature. up till now. oh, to read mostly in english, but now she's put out her 1st full length novel and it's written in german. the book ada is realm follows a woman's experiences with racism and colonialism across countries and even centuries. sharon dough 2 o 2 is one of the most important voices in contemporary german literature. born in london to parents from ghana to move to berlin 15 years ago and has since become a german citizen. the writer and activists is also the mother of 4 children. her 1st novel 8 as realm begins in pre colonial africa. a young woman, ada is grieving for her baby to died shortly after birth. then for the 1st time she encounters a portuguese conqueror, he kills her in order to steal a golden bracelet that belong to her ancestors. if water i wanted to show that it

was a bracelet that had significance for society, which believed it had the power to grant some people fertility and allow them to bear children for by that and kinda bad cut. and to says that looted artifacts like that still held in european museums continue to be felt as an absence by people in african countries. in her novel, she traces the bracelets passed through history and whither either occurs in several different incarnations as the real historical figure of mathematician and noble woman eden lovelace, the trailblazer of computer science. as a polish world war to concentration camp inmate forced into prostitution found as a modern day ada, a pregnant computer science student from ghana, searching for an apartment in gentrified, berlin. over the course of the centuries

o two's heroine changes her skin color. sometimes she is black, sometimes white. this was because i wanted to reflect a bit on these moments of identity of how identity is constructed and that's very clear with ada in 2019. she says it out loud, right? and she says she wasn't black and gone in. that term was useless to her because everyone there looked like her cub. but in germany she became a black person at the invoice. and what is the 1st 5? the 8 is the victim of racism, classism, and patriarchal violence which to describes without resorting to suffering porn. that's due in part to the unusual narrative perspective. a disembodied being takes the form of various things as a broom. a door knocker, a breath of wind, and a passport. it accompanies us through the centuries and bears witness. of course,

it's important to sharon dodo, to that she is both a writer and an activist. for years, she's been involved in the initiative of black people in germany. and she writes in german, in the hopes of helping people in her adopted home, learn more about colonialism and racism over the course of the novel, 8, again, strength, naming both personal and collective traumas. was provoked either what i tried to do in developing this character was show that by the end she's facing up to this past. when i'm in the end, she tells those responsible that if we really want to address the past, then it isn't going to be easy. but does need me o two's novel is not always accessible, but it is humorous, philosophical, emotional, educational,

and entertaining. and sticking with entertaining for now fashion photographer christiane, surely puts as not models and some pretty wacky situations, creating bold and i, catching images for magazines like vogue and harper's bazaar is also a regular feature on german television. on the set of german fashion photographer cookie. i'm sure there's shoot, there's always a lot of action. his photographs are known for their complex and imaginative stage and the leave us questions because they love to tell stories. i love seeing photos not just to dimensional. the on the are more like part of a film to the scanner see to get and i'm not one to help the story quietly. mia? i'm more the type who works with she does. she does better than the elephant elephant shoots of parachutes or thousands of all the sub on. all those are just a little boy who loves to play when he was well known. magazines often commission

him to deliver fashion spreads using his expressive photograph. some even grace. there covers a code for any fashion photographer does he need this chemistry between model and photographer? is key when it doesn't work, you have a problem. you need to work together and they have good relation loud and you have the able to concentrate. it's about together and it doesn't work and you have a big problem for me since 2007, so that has appeared as a photographer endure on the tv show, germany's next top model alongside its host german supermodel, heidi kuhn here to who has adventurous shoes are among the highlights, each season, but 1st shallow wasn't accustomed to finding himself in the spotlight along with the models. unlike heidi clues, physical that is great working with her, but she's a real professional. who knows what she's doing. and my are strong women mentioned

. admire people who can do things like that. it's rare. she's also a cool person that does great to work with me. and so i was really lucky that even this side here sheila is working for the arabic edition of the fashion magazine, harper's bazaar. the chute is taking place in the do by desert. they start at 5 am . when the sun comes up because that's when the light is best, that's with every shoot. shallow is trying to convey a story through pictures. the me, the story behind today shoot a fairy tale about a little girl who sets out to conquer the world. kind of mentioned us, the idea is that she catches the hot air balloon, and the parachute type of fun has an adventure. angelica from due by to berlin. after many years in new york in paris, christiana and his family are once again living in the german capital. the

tea dealt was moving back to his homeland in his new book. individualists, dancers, artists, and characters from berlin's night life are among his favorite subjects. the have a dimension because i looked for people who get things rolling evidence or really live their lives the way they envision the zone theory force. they're not at home in front of the tv from fan? no, no, they wake up in the are. that was isn't somebody say they're crazy if they're not normal. so look, isn't crazy, didn't, but they're creating the face of tomorrow. be sure crazy. anything else would be boring on this alone? no matter who or what to say. i'm sure the photograph, his passion for his profession is clearly visible in every image. from big photo shoots now to a tiny piece of paper worth a lot of cash. sotheby's the auctioning off the world's most valuable postage stamp,

the one and only remaining british deanna, one cent stamp from $855.00 is expected to fetch up to $15000000.00. and i can think of a lot of other things i'd rather buy with that money. thanks for joining me and see you next time for more arts and culture. ah, ah ah cruise ah. i

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me the news . this is the w news live from berlin. us health officials approve a controversial new drug for alzheimer's disease. it's the 1st treatment targeting the conditions underlying causes what experts say. there's not enough evidence. it really also coming up the churches in the netherlands here, evidence against, for man, accused of shooting down malaysian airlines flight and age. 17 families will hear harrowing testimony about their loved ones. 7 years after the tragedy and the,

and just getting shirky ahead of the european football championship. ukraine include a depiction of crimea under new jersey, russia unexplored territory in 2014 and is not happy. ah, i'm probably fairly, as welcome to the program. judges in the netherlands have begun to hear evidence against a form and suspected of being behind the downing of malaysia airlines flight an age 17 over eastern ukraine. the trial is being held near amsterdam. people airport from where m h. 17 took off on a final flight. the suspects 3 russians on the ukrainian are still at large, meaning they're being tried in a censure, or 298 people on board image 17 died when the plane was shot down nearly 7 years ago. families of the victims are bracing themselves to hear painful details in

court. a tree for each of the people who never returned the memorial sight next, his people airport has $298.00 trees and total. 3 of them are dedicated to pete flukes, family. he lost his brother, his sister in law, and their son on board flight mh 17. they left 2 daughters who did go with her mom only those 2 young daughters at the at the time. and so yeah, i had to tell the daughters that their father and mother and brother died and i had to tell my parents who were in the hospital at the time. so that was very shocking. yeah. pete fluked chairs a foundation, bringing together thousands of next of kin. he says the image, 17 disaster header,

real impact on all of dirt society where the, the bodies were repair created. the whole dutch nation was, was, was watching it on television and just terrible. but this was also very, very beautiful, but there was so much compression among such people like m a 17 took off here at people airport and never reach the spinal destination in malaysia. now after years of investigations, a court here in the netherlands determined to find out what exactly happened on that fateful day in 2014 and also who is responsible at the center of this inquiry are the remnants of the bowing. triple 7 here being viewed by the court. a massive jigsaw puzzle that was piece back together in a dutch military base. the crash site 7 years ago, or 298 on board,

the plane were killed when it was blown out of the sky over a war zone and eastern ukraine. evidence points to a book, anti aircraft system, which was moved from russia into rebel territory controlled by pro russian separatists. these 4 men will stand trial. they remain at large, allegedly protected by russia. those were presenting the victims family, say this doesn't make the case any less important. war has alarm also in time. can take 5 can take 10 years, maybe 15 years. and mister put in and his regime will not always be in power. so maybe if there's a shift in government and if there will be shipped from policy. also there will be a shifting policy in this file. so they will have no rest. the suspects, i'm sure that people look on the other hand says he doesn't care that much whether the suspects go to jail. he just wants the truth to be spoken. i think it's

important that we know what the role of the russia if they had the role, what the role of the russia federation was not only push the button, but also who was in the, in responsible for all for all what happened. so this can take years and even 7 years after mh 17 crashed, he's determined to see this through until the end government health officials in the united states have approved the 1st new drug for alzheimer's disease in nearly 20 years. it's the only treatment regulators say can likely treat the causes of that disease rather than the symptoms. but the approval is controversial with some experts saying there's not enough firm evidence of real benefits for all timers patients. while we're joined now by jeffrey l cummings, a professor of brain science at the university of nevada, las vegas and also i'm

a researcher and leader of clinical trials. professor cummings, welcome to d w. i want to start by asking you how big of a breakthrough is this new drug? but thank you, having for having me on the program and let me just say this is big, big, big. we have been waiting since 2003, both in the u. s. and in europe for a new drug, for all timers disease, this is a breakthrough. it's also a breakthrough because as you mentioned in the opening, this is a disease that actually targets the underlying disease process itself. right, well how is it that it took nearly 20 years for us to get to this point? i think there are 3 reasons, really one we haven't really understood the biology very well so we needed to understand it better. we needed that and

and we needed the biomarkers to show us that the drugs were working near such an important died to do in clinical trials. as always, those 3 things i think that's added up to make adequate amount of success. all right, we slightly, i just, there is a bit of an issue there with the line. unfortunately, i want to ask you if there is that also there's been a lot of controversy over whether, whether the clinical evidence proves to drug works. what's your opinion on that? well, i think the advocacy or the effectiveness data are pretty convincing. it is true that the program was somewhat irregular. one trial was negative as positive. but when you look at the trial, the patients who got the dose that was affective in the positive trial also did very well. so we think there was an explanation for that unusual shut about

revisions. the biomarkers went exactly the way that we thought they should go, and there's a shudder of other compounds that are buried like i do. can a man that also she help affective mesh in terms of treating patient and flowing the disease. all right, we're going to leave it there. jeffrey cummings, professor of brain science at the university of nevada. las vegas. thank you. thank you. right, let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. the leader of nigerian militant islam is group focus around is data according to a rival group. bu, bu, back car shake. how it kills himself by detonating an explosive device while fleeing fighters of islamic state, west african province. the group claims experts say that death could end the violent rivalry between the groups in pakistan more than 40 people are dead after

2 express trains collided. please say one of the friends the railed, and then the other slammed into it. several people were trapped for hours in the wreckage before rescuers could freedom russian opposition figure elect thing of only has been discharged from a prison hospital and returned to jail upon the scene. here in court was hospitalized in april. after going on hunger strike in serving 2 and a half years for embezzlement. the case supporters court politically motivated israel parliament is to vote to approve a new government by june 14th. the parliamentary speaker has said, centrist opposition, leader, yard lap. it has been, has brought together a multi party coalition to unsafe prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he's been in office 12 years here in germany, chancellor, anglo michael's conservative party is celebrating after staving off a challenge from the far right alternative for germany and a key regional election. the cd you one more than

a 3rd of the vote. the balance beings are being seen as the last test of public opinion before september is national elections. the sun shines brightly on the c d . u headquarters in berlin. the results from the saxony unhealthy elections has given the parties. chancellor candidate army law should a boost in confidence even though it wasn't his own victory launch, it thinks it will strengthen the conservatives. voters have shown a clear preference for his party to the far right. he said he is the c d. u, as a bulwark against extremism, this most revered and these. and we will consistently continue this centrist course . that's what i stand for as party chairman and candidate for chancellor clayton kiner. how's the last one? the 2nd, the unhealthy elections. the state premier sees the root of his success in his cooperation with the social democrats and greens. this is that we're sending a clear signal. we will distance ourselves from the f d and stick to our centers policies. so we can form a government with

a clear voter mandate. this was our recipe for success with the f t fail to make a big leap forward. despite strong poll numbers, they finished 2nd far behind the conservatives. the right wing party, which is considered an extremist group and sex me, unhook still garnered more than 20 percent of the vote using we are a party of the people in sex in the unheard of course. we want to be popular nationwide and build on the election results from 2017. that's our goal for the national elections. it's not a good time for the left leaning parties. the social democrats popularity dropped even lower. the greens nationwide surge has come to a halt for the time being after a meager gain and sex me unheard. not even 6 percent of the vote. a warning signal ahead of the general election as team jersey launches go, it's caused something of a controversy. ukraine's new shirts for the european football championship of not

gone, gone them well in russia, because they feature a map of ukraine that includes crimea. this was the big unveiling look closely and you'll see crimea as part of the market. i'm flying without anger. russia, which unexplored parents in 2014 and considered it part of its territory. tournament organizer, us approved design, is internationally recognized as part of ukraine. or joining us for more on this story is mark meadows from the w sport. i mark welcome. and now i just want to ask why is this a direct provocation, or is this a direct provocation by ukraine? yes and no, i think mainly actually seemed the ukrainian players and ukrainian found to try and bond them together. a bit of a rallying cry for the, for the tournament to get the place to actually play for the shirt. yes, you can say it's nationalistic, but often in sport, people use these sorts of ideas. it's also about glory to ukraine,

embroidered on the back, the british and us embassies, and give a totally behind this. because as far as that concerned, crimea is part of ukraine. they're saying yet that's fine. obviously the russians are not happy. russian foreign ministry spokeswoman said it was a desperate gesture. but then again, we are just talking about a bit of embroidery as ukrainians would probably say. right now the european football championship starts on friday. what happens if russia and ukraine and having to play a match against each other? well, the wafer have been very clever to keep them apart when the draw was made, it was made clear that they could not be in the same group and they've devised it. so that they kind of meet in the last 16. i don't actually think russia and ukraine will get beyond the last 16. but if it was to happen, there is a chance they might meet in a quarter final in munich. i think you will do everything to try and avoid that. there's also a chance that ukraine, if they go through have to play a quarter final in st. petersburg. now again, i think you would try and change things. if that was the case,

we'll have to wait and see the kremlin trying to play down these tensions. they think sporty sport, and we must rise above inciting hatred between russians and ukrainians. but by putting out that statement that sort of having a little dig at the ukranian for using this ship. so watch this space, watch this space, and i'm sure you'll be keeping a close eye on us. alright, well mark meadows from deed of use for thanks for bringing the stuff stores right. well, spain will be without their captain for at least their 1st match of the arrows after and their captain tested positive for covert. 19 said he gets will now have to isolate for 10 days, ruling him out of his country's 02020 opener against sweden on june 14th, the rest of the spain squad tested negative for the virus, but they won't now play in what was meant to be their final warm of much against lithuania, tomorrow, spain's under 21 team will take their place instead. right, you're up to date for now. next up is steven personally with business. you're

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a global ship shortage is put the brakes. the car industry. welcome to the show. i'm sitting barely in berlin. el salvador could become the 1st country in the world to make bitcoin legal tender. president ny bouquet le announcing he will propose that bill to the countries congress this week of salvatore has a high poverty rate and very low public spending on health and welfare. for example, many salvadorans are dependent and set on remittances from family living abroad. money transfers that make crypto currency look attractive. el salvador, the president, pick the perfect place to unveil his country's crypto plans. the bitcoin trade show in miami. lots of visitors were hoping to hear good news about bitcoin and crypto currency. president naive kilo's, pre recorded video message was created, especially for the trade fair and was well received. i will send to congress a bill that will make bit going a legal tender and in the short them this will generate jobs and help provide financial inclusion to thousands. i said the formal economy,

70 percent of el salvador inhabitants don't have a bank account. low income groups in particular rely on family members working abroad to send money home. this often involves significant fees and time. bitcoin transfers can be done inside a few minutes and inexpensively according to president bouquet le. but there are risks like volatility. the value of one big coin skyrocketed this year to over $64500.00 before plummeting. by more than 40 percent, el salvador doesn't actually have its own currency. it uses the u. s. dollar, and it will continue to do so along with bitcoin or a christy plots when he w business joins me for more on this. christy, the c l salvador is a poor nation. what does this idea to bring in bitcoin is legal to tender? was that mean for normal salvador? and do we know? yeah, hi steven. so, i mean, as we heard in the video,

what el salvador is doing with the economic situation there is that about a quarter of salvadorans live actually outside of the country. and a lot of these people send money back home money that they've earned abroad. now this money accounts for around 20 percent of el salvatore's g d p. i'm so very significant amount and what the president hopes to accomplish by adopting bitcoin as legal tender is to cut down on the time it takes on the costs. this takes, i'm currently, it's the case that send that money. a lot of people have to go to money transfer services. they might have to pick the money up physically, often there's fees as much as 10 percent or even higher. so by using bitcoin and cutting all those out of the country stamps to regain a lot of a lot of that loss value. now on the other hand, is the infrastructure there for regular people out of it or to buy food to pay rent with bitcoin. i mean, it's certainly not there right now, so the question will be whether this,

this will develop quickly enough for to be of use for them. because you've been looking at this and sort of measuring the pros and cons here. do we know which side outweighs which? what can you tell us here? yeah, right. well either you mentioned, you know, there is the, the economic gains about the country's fans stamps to when on the other, on the other hand, bitcoin is towards the volatile. this is, this is really not a quality that, that you want in, in a money that you are going to use on, on a widespread basis. i mean, people need to know that when they go to pay their mortgage or to pay a tuition fee, that their money is going to be worth what they expected to be worth. and, you know, we saw bitcoin rising as high as $65000.00 or this year. now dropping $25000.00 and below that in just a few months. so that's really big con. and that's something that is going to have to be watched going forward. we know the crypt currency exchange took off

a lot of countries this past year, especially african countries where there may be weaker currencies. to what extent are they watching? what's going on in el salvador? will that be tempting for them to follow suit? i would say a lot of people are going to be very interested in what's going on there. i mean, countries like nigeria, for example, that's a top 3 country in terms of people using bitcoin, they're up there with the us and russia. so of course, a lot of people are going to be keen to see an adoption like that. that's, that's fair for any, any person living in a country where the financial system is, is unstable. now that being said, a lot of the african governments, the last thing they want is a more decentralized financial system. that's exactly what a docking bitcoin would be giving them. so i think we're going to be expecting pushback on, on a government level still there for awhile. all right, we'll keep our eyes on it. chrissy plots once you've got the business. thank you. thanks. staying in africa, the south african sugar industry claims to have shared up 210000 jobs. the last

almost $100000000.00 euros and profits after $2800.00 introduction of a sugar tax on soft drinks. now it's the 1st touch tax and subsaharan africa. the aim being to reduce the sugar intake of consumers on that measure, it's been a success, but it's left businesses with a sour taste in their mouths. a liter of most sugary self drink contains upwards of 90 grams of sugar and with the average south african consuming to cannes of the stuff the day. the government introduced subsaharan africa, the 1st sugar tax. since its inception, in 2018 studies show that sugar intake from these beverages has been cut in half with interruption of sugar is lost about 30 percent of our revenue. which has led us to expand our lawns and look at other avenues to make money. when we have to groceries and the packaging to survive, to just keep up with the song as it's really destroyed the both the

health promotion levies. it was called, was crafted as a means to halt, excessive sugar intake in a country where over a quarter of the population is a beast. results have been promising, as consumers take it upon themselves to stop guzzling sugary drinks. a good drink monday, i'm trying not to drink soft drinks that much anymore. there's a lot of sugar in it. instead i'm drinking water these days. and soft drinks are very expensive as well. for every liter and sugary soft drink sold, 11 percent of the value is now paid in tax to the government. that put strain on the sugar sector, which employs over 350000 people. for the industry, there's been lots of losses cells. volumes have declined. job losses have come through and that's not great for the economy, but if you could come inside is positive because come in to achieve this goal of

reducing the amount of caution but consumed by individual the health sector can look forward to a real dividend in lower costs as the health is use related to access sugar intake like diabetes, to, and heart disease full for the guy if necessary in south africa at the center of these is over consumption of show that since the implementation of the show that the genes text in 2018 we as being positive out of more people drinking less and less of sugar, which is a positive be in the long term prevention of for b. c. t. and business like us hots disease stroke. i by 10 she and diabetes. but it's a bitter pill to swallow for those whose livelihoods are now and the threat. we understand the implications of sugar consumption and a lot of this, all those things are obese at the moment. but at the same time, it's as if the government's dictating what we should consume in order. we should

not, which leaves no room for the person's personal freedom and choice. south south africa, the sugar industry has successfully lobbied neighboring governments to prevent similar taxes from being implemented there. let's take a look now some of the other business stories making headlines. chinese state shipping company, costco wants to acquire a stake in germany's largest port in hamburg. companies and talks with the port operators take a steak of up to 40 percent and one of the large container terminals there. if the 2 parties come to an agreement, costco ships would give preferential treatment at the port. china's important group, their fastest patients in years in may, mostly because of searching commodity prices such as colon steel exports, on the other hand, rows by less than expected because of delays at ports in southern china. primary shipping hub frances competition regulator has fine google 220000000 euros for abusing its dominant market position for placing online at 3 media groups. how

to use google of having a monopoly over online ad sales. the decision is the latest move by european authorities to take cover stances against us, tech jones, or the world's largest automotive supplier opened a new plant in resident on monday for semiconductors bosses. 1000000000 euro billed out will help pump out more of the tiny components, which have become critical for the auto industry and increasingly in short supply, due to growing demand during the crone of ours pandemic. the massive shortfalls are pushing prices up, hitting bottom lines and even spring government intervention. the german government for example, invested in the drugs and plant which begins production next month. but bosh is far from loan and building out. as the chip shortage vice down more companies are racing to expand production. for a physicist, y'all can render connect. quality control is up next. when it comes to chips,

it's all about the tiny details. a single chips no larger than a finger, now contains several 1000000000 transistors. the science behind it is amazing. can i'm. so if we can check individual transistors, if we suspect there's a defect, we can find a specific transistor among 5000000000 them, cut it, analyze it closely, and find the cause of the defect. tens of thousands of silicon wafers packed in boxes are moving through the production sites of global foundries. europe's largest ship, producer, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. once ordered, it can take up to 3 months to produce a chip. some of the factory machinery costs as much as an aircraft and we see sustained, high customer demand. the plant is already fully booked this year and to a large extent, next year, we need to invest so we can offer our customers more products and technology

ships are scarce all over the world. it's a good time to invest. global foundries wants to double production at its german site. nearby, there's an infinity and plant the company is the global leader in the production of vehicle chips. here to there are plans to expand in income in the coming 4 to 5 years and finney in one vesta 1000000000 euros to expand this site. the world's largest automotive supplier boss has also invested heavily spending a 1000000000 euros on a new factory. the region around the city of traced and has become the hub of europe semiconductor industry. every 2nd european ship is made here where the leading european region, but globally we still have a lot to do to stay competitive and honest with mr. young. but the race is tough, it's not over and it's a global race. asia in the u. s. are well ahead in this race. europe now wants to

combine its forces to catch up or that the for me and the dw business team here in berlin. as always, you can find out more about these and other business stories online, w dot com slash business, and seem deadly watching the news . the fight against the corolla virus pandemic. how has the rate of infection in developing? what does the latest research information and contact the corona virus off the 19th national next on p w. track in the clutches of human traffickers. countless children, india are working as in house blame their only chance is to be rescued in

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