as we take on the world, we're all about the story that matter to you. the police, my we are here is actually on fire. for mines in the me. a warm welcome to a brand new edition of focus on europe. my name is liz show, thanks for joining us today. for many women from west africa, the dream of coming to europe often and in a nightmare. more than 10000 young women from nigeria fled to europe.

many of them ended up in the hands of human traffickers, according to un estimates up to 80 percent of nigerian women who crossed the mediterranean, a force into prostitution by their fellow countrymen. this man who calls himself david knows a lot about this dark business. 10 years ago, he was a member of the nigerian mafia earning money through human trafficking and forest prostitution. but then he quit. and since then his life has been endangered. our reporter met david in italy, where the nigerian mafia is gaining more and more influence the town of custom tournament. once a tourist resort is now a mafia stronghold, a place where sheer violence rules. it's nighttime on an industrial estate, young as we can, prostitutes and looking for clients. you can see similar themes on streets across

decently. most of the women from nigeria, the u. n. says that up to 80 percent of them are victims of human traffic is. that was her fate to will call her juliet. the nigerian woman tells us that she arrived here in a refugee boat 4 years ago and fell into the hands of the nigerian mafia. the faith we go, like, are you ready to pay the money or not? and guesses no, i'm tired. i don't want to do this walk anymore and continue to be go. no food, no water. the log, the gold inside the room for 4 days on the phone call. ha. so also they are heartless. in running, we meet a man will call david, he tells us that he was a member of the nigerian mafia for many years, but left after witnessing the murder of a woman forced into prostitution,

they cut the person into pieces, then they package it. so for example, were 10 people that know of the dead body, you carry one kilo, i carry one, she, lo, he carries one key level. everybody will dispose of it. you will never trace the person . you can never have the person again, the person is missing, just gone, listen, go. one of the song hall of the night jury and mafia is the southern italian town of castell toner. often the young women are under the control of other nigerians so called madams who pimp them out. experts estimate that criminal networks and hundreds of millions of years with forced prostitution. julia tells us that she managed to escape and find safety in this women's shelter. almost all the women here used to be prostitutes like her. they came to europe because they could no longer enjoy the poverty back home. you being a youth and you're living 9 julia already did or though you're living for

you, i did because there is no hope for the youths, the little ones that are even communal. there is nothing human traffic is exploit that desperation. they lose women with false promises, often financing their long journeys across the desert and the mediterranean. once they are in europe, the young women at told that they have tens of thousands of years of debt that they have to work to repay. sergio navarro is well acquainted with these tactics. he acts as an advisor to the italian parliament's anti mafia commission, offering his expertise on nigerian organized crime and its ties to the italian mafia. nigeria murphy, its dangers. my day deal with drug trafficking, prostitution, mailing internet, scott card credit pro,

much controlled the economy or back to feet, who is in the public administration in political labels is the value, matthew. so we're more dangerous yet visible in the street in the south strategic plane made by the mafia. so let's out sir, se the crime. they are the bad guys. the ad on the street, we have nbc ball, because the main goal of mafia is to be quite silent. like the italian mafia, the nigerian crime network is divided into different syndicates or secret society, according to form a member david. they now operate throughout europe, and their methods are increasingly brutal. david says he still has contexts in the scene who feed him information. however, i have a video. if i show you the video, he will cry for what, what happened to a girl child forced to do?

the prostitution was because she refused to do the prostitution. the criminals can literally get away with murder. because most of the nigerian women are illegal migrants. most of most of them are ghosts. they're not registered, nobody knows about them. the government doesn't know anything about them. they're here. they don't have documents or anything. so if they die, it's very difficult for the government to know that this person is missing. juliet now has an official residence permit and she has found a job in a restaurant, but her life is far from normal. she is constantly sexually harassed by men. the disgusting oh my god. yeah, terrible. you see they start going and come in. they'll start getting that really gets me annoyed if they will bring got morning. it will be short. like what is 20 euro so i cannot say down in the guarding

piece without being interrupted. that's your walking. oh, i want to sleep with you for me. this gusting, juliet wants to put the nightmare that she suffered behind her, but she knows that other women from nigeria will continue to end up in street prostitution here to satisfy the demand for cheap sex. she says, this is not the better life in europe that she once dreamed of police attacking protesters. prison sentences for members are be positioned like alex sina volney and russian citizens who take a critical sense are seeing their freedoms. car tailed when the country hold parliamentary elections, the full president put in his party intends to win clear victory. so he's silencing critics ahead of the vote. the editors of the students magazine doctor in moscow

are experiencing the repression themselves. they stand for a different kind of russia with different values, and they are determined not to be intimidated. the, these 2 are getting married in moscow today. both of them wearing a dress. the students say they want to make a statement for tolerance, love, and freedom. the couple and many of their guests, right, for the critical moscow student magazine doctor, including you could tell you know, model the 25 year old has been an editor for the online platform for 2 years. and she says this wedding has raised her spirit at the moment. it seems like everyone have each other, the government teeth. and there is political repression everywhere. sit here, there is love everywhere, and that's inclusion. but there's a serious reason for the joyous celebration. the couple is marrying so they can't

be forced to testify against each other in court. that tyler gave it, and 3 other dogs had journalists, have been accused of inciting minors to take part in unauthorized anti crumbling protests. an investigation is ongoing. for months now, they have only been allowed to leave their homes for 2 hours a day. they could face up to 3 years in prison just and you know, to be honest, i didn't understand what danger the authorities seen if you didn't magazine. but i guess the must be something after all we have managed to build up and i just really strong free thinking people. it's probably enough that we have had a sort of cross roots initiative with very horizontal structures and without hierarchies, which give me something strange, incomprehensible, and scary for the or thursday afternoon. or earlier this year, docs are reported about russia. white protests in support of arrested opposition. politician alixia. now by me, it criticized russian university for pressuring students to stay home and not take

part in demonstration. like other media outlets stokes. and then faced police searches and arrests students and young people came out in solidarity with the journalists. but pressure on the critical media is growing across russia. several media outlets have been declared foreign agents. meanwhile, at an economic forum in june, vladimir putin had only praise for the state of freedom of speech. stoker, no said you, we have so many news channels in russia. so many internet channels got so many different opinions. in the media, you hear such a critical opinion, it's topics and assessments of the government as well as of yours truly bless you. i don't think such harsh criticism exists in many countries to work and all these journalists are just continuing their work. nothing is happening to them. the same

place. where does he katerina maroka is visiting someone who would disagree with that. why g mail new york in is one of 4 journalists from the student magazine doctor who could face present with since april. he has been under defacto house arrest. the 26 year old isn't allowed to use the internet and can only leave his house for 2 hours a day. he has to wear an electronic ankle monitor. it was already clear that this steam roll was rolling over more and more people putting pressure on them and that at some point it would get to the fluid donor will come down. when this whole thing started in april, the trees were still bare and i thought, oh well i guess i'll just sit inside then. but then you see that it's spring. and of course you just want to be outside. for the mirror lives with his mother, a rush and human rights organization has designated him and the other 3 docs that journalists with ankle tags as political prisoners. he katina is trying to keep

them involved in the work of the magazine. let me get it back. no, that's the good news. no, any of us could have ended up in that lay the fact that they got lucky i was just a coincidence. press to the question. yeah. i know it could have just as easily been. mean the situation was my daughter because i didn't know that the only thing we can do is to support them somehow despite the political pressure around 30 students currently, right for doc. so since the police search, they haven't had an office, mostly they discuss their work online. they say that is usually safer. the official . so when the police searched our office, i thought a lot about why i'm so scared. but i'm not leaving. i came to the conclusion that it doesn't really matter what job i do. if the people at the top one to prosecute us, they will, no matter what our plane, i'm jealous that's become a crime in russia. everything you do everything you publish seed by the authorities

as an attack or threat discrimination, l g b t q. i writes corruption. the students reporting hardly toes the official line. today they're taking new photos since the criminal case against them, the magazine has gained a lot of new readers. that gives you katina hope. i just got to the fire that busy journalist. your work isn't going out. i mean, i don't want to cross journalism in russia of my list completely them there are no other magazines or media elements left where i feel free, then we'll just have to start a new one. criminal with that will probably also be closed. undeclared, for an age, but that's just the reality. reality you know, says the journalist said talk. so want to faith. they say all those who dare to be critical in russia have to make sure to stick together. i

we now take you to northwest in spain, where my normal amanda's is back on a pilgrimage, because we can then make for him and hundreds of thousands of others to take a break from best spiritual wanderings. now he's returned to the camino the santiago or way of saint james. the root is the place for him to get in tune with himself, andrew flit, but it's not so much about which of the paths he takes because in the end they all lead to santiago. they accomplish tele its 6 am in my normal hand on this is already on the road. it says 99th time walking the way of saint james. this time, the 65 year old wants to walk from lid it to the catholic pilgrimage sight of santiago to accomplish stella in 3 days in this light booth singing these colors. when you are at home in your city,

your village, inside, you don't feel all this was lost and took them or you don't receive it. even if even here you can enjoy real life. the world then that he doesn't get home on the. my know is a lawyer from sub i down a city near barcelona. he made his 1st pilgrimage 24 years ago to get back into shape after a neon operation. the religious side of the camino is foreign to him. yet they are with us. yes, yes. i'm an atheist. thank god, the, the walking gives me a lot, but nothing religious. it gives me physical and mental strengths, and a love of life. got not there. they read in finished at manolo has his pilgrim passport, stamped to prove he was here. he needs to walk at least a 100 kilometers on the route to get his certificate for compost, stella. good morning. can i get the pilgrim stamp here?

for over a 1000 years, people from around the world have been making the pilgrimage to spain can leave the region to the shrine of saint james and santiago since the one $900.00 seventy's, it's been something of a cult. the locals have grown used to the visitors. it looks better with the pilgrims life, he has changed if he does more tourism watson in the beginning, they weren't welcome. when people saw them, as people with no money who would just in use and any of our thing, i want to start over today, they're an academic factor in the field instead of region. the status, at least that was the case until the corona virus pandemic quarter. closures and lock downs meant fewer pilgrims visiting hostels and restaurants with now pub owners like popular lopez are slowly trying to get back on their feet. you know, it's important that the pilgrims that coming back and it gives us

a good feeling and helps us forget the past year with that and you give us all the minimum has already covered 65 kilometers, stopping at a hospital overnight. he's more than halfway there, but his feet are store. it's a struggle. last year he was hit hard by a coby infection and he's still feeling some of the effects. and the go button mozilla. the i recovered from covered left the hospital. but it was as though something was missing, a better method that i will. e. well, the federal government has now to be able to return to the camino de santiago despite the virus and all the difficulties. its like having a 2nd life is this. it will be after 3 days, he has reached santiago, the destination of all pilgrims on the way of saint james. all the

no that has made it for the 99th time. you go to accomplish stella in latin with the cathedral stand. pick them. we're not really, you know, and now he wants to greet an old friend, so to speak. here, saint james is said to be buried. standing face to face with the saint is enough to make even an atheist like manolo feel devout. the secret of either in the circle of life closes with death matter when time wrote afraid of its only thing and i'm no stranger to it. and in fact, when it approaches me, i want to meet it in a place that gives me life. in the middle of, when my time comes again, i want to die on camino de santiago new camino diablo. but not just yet. for

now, my know is already planning his next pilgrimage. his 100 will be a very special one. it's no secret that these are immensely important to life on earth. they carry poland from flower to flower and by doing so secure our food supplies. but in recent years, more and more b colonies have died away in france, their numbers have gone down by a staggering 30 percent due to pesticides, pests and mono cultures. beekeeper is really is citing this negative trim. he love his bees, but he never thought that other people would show quite so much interest in his insect friends. the beekeepers yet better had it be high speed in february. he's determined to never let that happen again. i was eating, when i saw on my phone,

someone taking away might be hives in a wheelbarrow to protect his livelihood. he's in those cameras in all his behind. so as soon as there is movement, photo sent to his phone, the fest in february cause the many precious bi colonies damage amounting 220000 euros. the last one. it's not just the hives that vanish when they stolen, but they're living creatures. and of course, all the work you put into them when you come off. she has been a beekeeper for 12 years here. 35 kilometers south west of paris. he now has a 1000 b hives and he raises extra robust bees. the attendant and monk when a we specially bred our queens and male bees. drones is to be resistant to problems such as borrow am i the problem on that just happened? that was his bees. i real quick to face his danger,

but either will be population is declining. 30 percent of the colonies in france died off recently souffle, off the basis suffering from climate war mainly. for instance, this year fly with blossoms too early. and then they froze over again. and new kinds of parasites from asia are also making the be lower than the manager on the prices for these have skyrocketed because so many b colonies, a falling gale. we meet an official from the national union of french be keeping the theft is a huge issue. 617. the highest have already been reported. failing in front this year. of 50 percent from the same time last year. no. on the one hand, you have people who want to maintain their stock without putting into much work on the other. you've got people who take advantage of the fact that hives are easily accessible to make money. other possibilities long. alexandra gray is

a beekeeper hill. it's 50 kilometers north west of paris. he too was robbed, and the thief was never caught. he was to make sure this never happens again and has a plan to protect his 200 b hives. consulting. i don't know the a who makes gps track is that a place in the hive to track would be you could exam movement even if there is any movement i can see on my cell phone, where my hybrid it stolen. i have a link that i can send directly to the police, so they can track the theme, like when you go to a device cost, 17 years the be however, gps track has a new and highly coveted. several 100 highs are already being monitored. we haven't developed this product to request a beekeeper contact yet they contacted us and we adapted our logistics and industry products to be hi, shipping the bed,

many cases of beef that remain unsolved. and even when the thief, the court, the punishments are relatively mild. we meet again. thanks to the fighters. the person who stole his hive could be convicted. it was a neighbor rule. when they do, we are really happy that we were able to track down the thief, and this one go unpunished. in equal star office. she wants to focus on the future . the weather is looking better and that these high season is beginning for a missed call in serbia. it's always the right season to visit one, the special place for 50 years. he's been going to a rock in the middle of the green river. it's an amazing beautiful location, but it's also a place with a bitter past. every day, lily and her own our mission. take a boat over the drain,

a river into their very own little world. the the cabin perched in the middle of the river was a crazy teenage idea, mika, and 4 of his friends built it on the rock near the border town of buying a boston 7 times in total of chloe. we have in, in 2011 in the you know, the and the 1st one in $1958.00. it's a never ending labor of love. it started out as the shanty where the boys could get out in party. and each time the river destroyed the cabin, they built it back up again. serbs are persistent, says mister, even when flood waters come up to here. and there, inventive, these hinges are designed to protect the cabin in the future. mission can simply hold up the walls and take out the furniture and then be mail out that way there's

no resistance to the water and it can flow through the cabin like through a tunnel. so we hope the structure will remain intact, be at this level, and then you might think the cabin is fragile, but it's been an enduring element in mission test. like when you get sloppy descended into war in the 1990 s everything changed? mission trip took on our jobs and headed to mexico to avoid being drafted his cabin got through the conflict unscathed, unlike the people. in august, so very many mothers and serbs were good friends before the war. the people, whenever the problem just politics and politic, the world was started by the politicians, not the people with the war came. still, it matters now. mistrust of the authorities is common in this region and

it's typical for people to maintain a place as a retreat. me stay just happens to have a very special one. ah, ah, that brings us to the end of today's show, catch us next week for more stories from across europe, until then take care and goodbye. the the, me the the,

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starts july 1st on dw, the the news . this is the w news lived from berlin trials begin for several vocal critics. of the government had been rowse, we speak with the exact opposite leader, atlanta taken off about her husband's trial. he's accused of inciting civil unrest for his role as an opposition figure to longtime vida alex on the look of shank. also coming off you lead us gather in brussels for a meeting,

overshadowed by ral over hungary. i knew l g b t q lot, some 16. you leaders have condemned it by congress prime minister to all the defense the legislation and says he will not repeal it. ah, i'm going to have as well come to the program. and we start in the bed room where several activists being tried in court for protesting against the state, including pollution, video, blog and leading opposition figure sarah. so you can ascii, he is one of 6 people facing charges, including and fighting social hatred and organizing mass disorder. so you can ask, he was arrested last year, he made public his willingness to challenge. alexander lucas shameka in last year's presidential election is going to ask his wife's wed donna took over his election

campaign support and say she won the vote and not look shanker, lead into months of protests in better route. but more than that, let's now speak to atlanta to oscar wife of say, the and self of human rights activists and petition she lives in exile at the moment in the videos that were in yet. what are your comments on the trial against your husband today? you know, i can't call it trial because it's fake trial, said judge, since the prosecutors, that's why they made this process called this trial is going on, not in the court, but in the prison. and no, and look, no diplomatic. no relative snow must need to wear, allows into discord from low, but it could see how my husband and the other boats go prisoners of strong and low to inspire other people with the base rent. but we know that then not innocent and

to protect the, in the sense in behind the boss. what do you know about the current state of your husband? how's he doing in his physical state. of course not there would because he is in jail for more than one year already, but his moral state is good. he knows that she didn't do anything against law and she understand that he's changed for nothing and she's grave. he is strong and to protect himself. this trial, what outcome do you expect here? in all the so called judge can give to my husbands and the other people as many years as they want 1527. it doesn't matter. what matters is to how release all political prisoners and not let them see

it as much as they could see. just how to release all well, the europe and union and post wide ranging economic sanctions on the bellows today . do you think this will help your husband or other imprison the opposition? figures like romano protest which you know, all their responsibility to fall for changes to the rose lights on bills themselves . but in such a situation, when in such level repressions and builders, they have very small window of opportunity inside dollars. but people use every inch of this to fight on the grounds about the fightin and the european union. we are really grateful to your opinion and you say in other democrats conscious that they are protecting, let's say i was to try for builds a new democratic builders. and in the since august we tried to many

ways how to deploy medical appeal to the regime by but we went and factions is maybe the most powerful leverage to put pressure on their resume to make them understand that democratic countries always us and they will fight to alongside with the sense for rule flow against violence. and the sanction of course, can have impact the decisions that made in the regime. and we want dialer who want to go through the region about future elections. but before these old school prisoners have to be released, and i think sanctions can help you said that the, that this is a case for the vision for civil society and bella rues to sort this out. do you think the opposition is strong enough?

so as a position is the majority builder. since now the us from the millions of people who want changes we have and again, we have very huge level of repressions and violence inside bills. but people are not given up. people are united as never before. and the people are continuing to 5 people in unite in the truck to write themselves in striking committee it's we have very good sportsmen, movement, medical movements. so people understand what they are fighting for and the democratically doesn't democratic activities. united around one a new elections. susan oscar, thank you very much. thank you. let's have a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today.

and these 10 canyon soldiers have been killed in a helicopter crash on the outskirts of the capitol nairobi. several others were injured. they were on their way to the training exercise. when the shop went down. police officials said a total of $23.00 soldiers were on board. hundreds of unmarked graves have been found in the canadian town of mario evolves as capital and near a former catholic boarding school is related in a string of shopping discoveries at this youth schools for indigenous children across the country. they have revived calls on the catholic church to apologize for its history of abuse. the 1st nation children in canada, european union leaders coming together in brussels for a summer's tension flare over hungarian law that several you countries say target members of the l g. b. teach you community 16 european leaders have signed a joint lesson condemning the law, which bands content deemed to promote homosexuality or transsexuality to children.

the you hands announced legal action against hungry calling. the law of violation of fundamental rights and other content item on the agenda is a proposal by germany and france to hold a summit with russian president vladimir putin to improve the blocks lead relations with moscow under his prime minister, vic, to obe, and has been facing mounting pressure to repeal the controversial law seem to target the l g b g q community. despite this taking questions from reporters ahead of the summer, he starts to defend it. i'm a freedom park during the community surgeon. homosexuality was punished and i fought for their freedom in the rights. so i am defending the rights of the whole sexual guys, but the slope is not about that. it's about the right of the kids and the parents to accept yourself being a what my moves difficult thing. so accept it myself, how to say to me, i've heard and to hear now that it is because maybe i watched something on tv when

i was younger, is unacceptable. and to mix a pedophilia corner, dressy homosexuality if it's unacceptable. so we will have to discuss and to, to say, not again, we have to discuss in future. we have to discuss now. and to, to say that it's unacceptable. it's, it's, it's even so stuff that we have to, to say that we are going to court. it's about co values of european union to be able to be different in the union. i'm on the soil as not bring any w kristina barble available in brussels. barbara, the us threatening to take legal action against hungry will this overshadow the summit? yeah. does because it really sort of has dominated the debate till now and it will till tomorrow maybe. and during dinner we heard this will be openly discussed among european leaders. this step by the hungarian prime minister, who for years has been demolishing hungary democracy step by step press. freedom of freedom of signs of freedom off and independence of the judiciary has,

it seems all of a sudden gone one step too far because for years that you has watched this and commented here and there, but not done much to stop it. and now it seems, there is real anger among european top politicians saying this is enough. you stop right here. so it would be interesting to know how this is what is said during this dinner. bad doors are close, nobody in there hungry, the prime minister has said she will not go back and he will not walk back on the law. it has to be seen. he has made about turns in the past. maybe he will again, but germany and france now want to resume direct souls with russia. and how is this likely to go down with the other members days at the summer? it doesn't go down very well at all with many eastern european states. the yang and prime minister, for instance, is said, this is like trying to talk to the bear and ask him not to steal honey. any more,

please. it's not going to be very fruitful. and so many countries who don't believe in any change of behavior on the side of the mill putin. he, they think that he is still increasing his aggressive stance versus europe and the rest of the world. and so in gauging him in top level talks would just sort of validate his position and validate him as rushes lead a sort of prancing around on the world stage. that is something many european leaders do not want miracle end. the french president in manuel mac wrong, see, seeing things more from a practical practical perspective. they say, if we want something from him, we have to talk to him. and we have to sort of do it in the direct manner and try to engage him. so those, it's more or less like 2 against the rest of the european union. so there is no great appetite for that at all. w stop or vigilant brussels for us. thank you.

barbara. in hong kong, the biggest and most outspoken pro democracy newspaper, apple daily has shut down its own a say that was forced to stop publishing off the authorities, use powerful news, national security laws to seize the papers, assets and arrest several of its editors. not a normal way to end the work day, but these journalists wave to a crowd of people who chant keep fighting. i don't think they've just sent the last edition of the popular apple daily to print off to the media outlet was forced to close down. what followed was long lines of people eager to snap up a copy of the last edition inside. it says, the paper has been a victim of tyranny coming out so that i know that today

will be the last day of capital daily. why? i feel very sad because i know they will never be such a paper, but there is to say the truth and death too, in depth investigative reports. hold on. very shocking. you. within 2 weeks, the authorities could use this national security law to dismantle a media company. i'm worried i your, i believe the worst is yet to com. roommates and i apple daily is known for its racy celebrity gossip. but in more recent years, it stood out in hong kong media as an ally of the pro democracy movement. it's china, critical coverage attracted the attention of the authorities. and when new national security laws were recently passed the new powers we used to obstruct the papers operations. assets were frozen. officers were rated and executive arrested, including the papers, founder, jamie law,

who has been in jail since last december. the china accuses the paper of colluding with foreign powers. young kong is a society ruled by law, not a paradise where law does not exist and freedom of the press is not a cod of impunity. and there is no extra legal right to people who are anti china and quote, disruption in hong kong. the but the papers closure is seen as the silencing of one of the last pro democracy voices in hong kong. at china continues to tighten its grip on the city called sports now and the euro 2020. where germany's through to the late last 16. but just barely surviving was, was billed as the group of death, wednesdays, all across the game against hunger. you have fans on the edge of the seats. germany

was on the verge of elimination by liam. whilst waiting minutes of the match when he's bored to secure the 2 to draw just enough to advance the knockout round against england and send a hungry packet. the historic rivals will face off in london on tuesday. i think from the news team coming up next, tell the world bank plans to speed up cobit 19 vaccination in africa. janelle madonna, is that w bit? ah, what interest? the global economy? our portfolio g w business beyond. here's a closer look at the project. our mission. to analyze the

fight for market dominance versus west with d w. business beyond on you 2 different languages. we fight for different things. that's fine. but we all pick up for freedom, freedom of speech, and freedom of press, giving freedom of voice, global news that matters. d. w, made for mines. ah, the introducing the world's newest airlines, how sensible is it to start carrier in the middle of a global pandemic? we ask the ceo of play from iceland. also on the show, south african banks hesitate to lend to struggling entrepreneurs private finance outfits are stepping in to fill the void. corona virus cases are rising

in africa and made a slow vaccination roll out. we talked to the president of the world bank about plans to speed up a vaccine deployment. this is the w business. i'm janelle de la unwelcome, launching a new airline during pandemic that has weighed heavily on the travel sector is not ideal, but that hasn't stopped the people behind play. the you iceland, carriers 1st flight took off earlier today to london. seen here getting a water salute as it departed from reykjavik, please initial network features several european routes from the i find a capital and it has plans to eventually fly trying to atlantic to start up budget airline is seeking to raise $35000000.00 from a listing on a small stock market in iceland. now this new carrier play begins operating flights to european destinations. barrick or johnson is the ceo of play

and he joins us now. so here's the obvious question, of course, why would you start operating a new airline now in the middle of a global pandemic? well, i think that if you would look at the market condition, you would seen at this point in time is probably the best time point to start an ellen for a very, very long time. the market demand is growing. there's an abundance of new and suitable aircraft to be leased in on a very favorite terms. and also the demand for, for travel in europe is skyrocketing and the next weeks and months. so if you're well fronted like we are, this is the perfect time so, so we know what we're doing. so you say there is no time like the present, but the nordic airline, of course, of the northern airline industry, excuse me, is notoriously tough. we still remember wow,

air going out of business 2 years ago. that's a budget airline from iceland like yours. and that was without a panoramic. you consider yourself kind of a reboot of well air. we have some dna from low air, but i think it's also to do with the fact that these kinds of airlines were mostly underfunded. and, and we, you mentioned our i p o the today, but we have previously raised $50000000.00 us dollars also. so we, you know, have close to $800000000.00 us dollars in new equity with know that, and that's a huge game changer. so if you have a strategy and you know what you're doing, and you have a controlled stat, we don't want to be the biggest airline in the world. we're not going to go into long haul. like while we're flying to lay that we're flying to india from iceland, we will, we will stick to our core business and i think we'll be ok. now you've been highlighting

the financing that you've gotten. you're saying you're well funded. you also have said you have plans to eventually fly trans atlantic going all that you said how quickly will you be able to expand in today's challenging environment? i think you have, have been a very good point because we are not in any hurry. we want to build our ground very securely and our infrastructure in the company, and then we will launch the us opperation next spring when we have securely secured our base. so we are no hurry to take the big staff or we're growing too fast and losing control of a growth. we just want to do it in a measured stack in a, in a where a tier and sensible strategy step by step. if he does that. thank you very much, very yonce, and there he is, the ceo of play. now as the economic fall out from the pandemic continues south african entrepreneurs are struggling,

while the government pledge to guarantee bank loans to them to the tune of $12000000000.00. the banks themselves have been hesitant. private financial service providers have stepped into the breach. the pandemic kind of resulting economic crisis has wiped out 40 percent africa, small to medium sized businesses. but efforts to rebuild have inspired one entrepreneur or a financial institution might say, risk own, and coal mostly is innovation and potentially and looked at all business model is one that ends the challenge for space where the traditional banks have failed to help small businesses. we not only give you guys access to funding, we also give them operational support. this initiative moves beyond simply grunting alone and couldn't be actively partners with business owners from the big picture to day to day. anything from managing cash flow to meeting deadlines. i call it people call the what do we need to buy to buy company? yeah. how many people use

it pays off for both parties and co most cost is 20 percent of a projects profit. fortunately for the friends cannot help me find me upon my business. fortunately, i met one of me and also supporting me financially and i'm leaving a bit of my independence. however, the partnership with the benefits, i wouldn't have my business without and in 2020 the sit african government implemented a 12000000000 euro covert 1900 loan guarantees game with the countries big banks. but after a year, only $1000000000.00 has been distributed as banks are wary of taking on clients they deem to risky. the balance between being prudent and being a restrictive. what the sold off can bend, the deed was being very prudent. because at the end of the day,

the loans have to be repaid. and you do not want customers who have an sustainable debt. in comes the wealth management has already funded 16 entrepreneurs to the tune of 1000000 euros in 3 months. protecting 234 jobs in the process. we're looking to deliver innovative financing structures for small enterprises across the country because of banking sector and the government are not doing that. and it's important for us to do that because the country needs to grow with its aim of scaling up to 10000000 euros by the end of 2021 initiatives like this offer away for businesses and the set african economy to rebound stronger than before. to kenya, now, where are the international monetary fund has approved $470000000.00 in immediate support to the government? the funds are part of a $2340000000.00 packaged approved in april to be disbursed over several years

while the i m f. expect growth in the country to pick up this year. it warned that uncertainty and panoramic related pressures would persist until vaccinations are widely available. now the slow vaccination rollout has meant that kenya and many other african countries are seeing a sharp rise in corona, virus infections in response african finance ministers. and the world bank group has pledged to fast track vaccine distribution on the continent to avoid a 3rd wave. the african unions target is to vaccinate 60 percent of the continents population by 2022. the world bank wants to help with resources to allow countries to purchase and deploy vaccines for up to 400000000 people across africa. the world bank has made $12000000000.00 in financing available to help distribute vaccines in 50 countries, 2 thirds of which are in africa. for more, i'm joined by the president of the world bank group, david mel pass. welcome to the program. so can you tell me why has it taken so long

for other countries to pitch in when it comes to the african vaccination effort? these are huge, complex problems. we have to remember that the vaccines only started becoming available at the beginning of the year. and most of the vaccines went to the advanced economies themselves, even down to younger people in those economies. so there hasn't been a system to make available the vaccines to the, to the developing countries. so i'm very pleased with our announcement this week. we've entered partnership with a bad at the applicant vaccine alliance that will that, and they're getting the 1st doses that are coming in. so we're very pleased to be able to finance those and finance not only the purchase of the vaccine but also the deployment. so this is the steps that people really need to do in order to get

shots in arms. now you've mentioned deployment, that's also something you've highlighted in your statement that it's important to ensure that purchasing vaccines actually results in vaccinations. how much of a problem has that been getting jobs into arms? it's been a big problem because there hasn't been up process to match the available vaccines to the countries that want that particular vaccine. you know, there's been a differentiation in the world in the types of vaccines that, that individual countries want. so what we've done at the world bank is base our base, our funding and our program on, on what the countries want. and that, that, in that way, you reduce the reduced a waste. you get some countries want astrazeneca, some countries want johnson and johnson someone, pfizer, that's a, that's a complicated matching process. and that's, that's what we're, we're, what we're doing now. this african partnership is very good because there's already

been an identification by the countries of what they want. and now there's a delivery schedule. the hardest thing has been getting delivery schedules into the developing countries. and so this would be the 1st of this matching process. now or also at the stage of the pandemic where the rise of the delta variant is causing concerned in many countries. how worried are you that ever more transmissible corona, various variance might outpace be already slow vaccination in africa? it's a grave concern, not just in africa, but in latin america and, and also in asia. and so the, i think the urgency is to get as many people vaccinated as possible. that's why this matching process is so important and has to be pushed along that, that we need to think in terms of billions of vaccinations in order to then

reduce that the creation of those variance. now what should change in order to accelerate heard immunity on the continent? it's very important that there not be hesitancy in getting vaccinated, especially the people that are vulnerable. so that tends to be the older, the older population. we need to have as much penetration as possible. that means that communication efforts. so the world bank financing that's available also is, is not just for deployment, but also for the countries can use the money to best get the job done. oftentimes that's going to be encouraging people with regard to the vaccines that are, that are arriving. another thing that we're doing is increasing the supply of vaccine. so i'm, i'm, we're, we're very close to announcements of the,

of the consortium with, with south africa that will, that will make more doses available. david mal pass. he is the president of the world bank group. thank you very much for your time today. thank you. that's it for me and the d. w versus team for me, or you can always go to d, w dot com slash business. thank you so much for watching the news . the against the corona virus pandemic now has the rate of infection in developing what measures are being taken. what does the latest research say? information in context, ah,

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