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today may go down in history as the official start to the end of the uncle of miracle error, the german chancellor was in brussels for what will most likely be her very last european union summit. after 16 years in power, miracle is stepping down. this coming september, the physicist turned politician will soon rank is one of europe's most respected states women. now today the dutch prime minister praised miracles, saying when she speaks everyone listens and also puts down there. i phone's medical reminded her colleagues that when she came to power, no one had even heard of an iphone. i broke off in berlin. this is the day the me and taught to believe that when i became chancello that my phone had been invented

the way to be stopped on the summit. i think this summer will send important signal. so the financial crisis we will have tough talks today was year the can't say we can't handle this. that's why i always say we can do this design commission. i appreciate you always paying by the rules. and duncan, the also coming up shocking testimony from brittany spears, the pop star telling your california judge how her father and others used her. a court ordered conservative ship to abuse her britain. these fans are listed for her to say that she was forced on medication against her will. that she force on her birth control. and she wanted to have a baby, and her conservators were not allow her to remove the birth control to have her own child. that is insanity. we didn't even know it went to the as fans. we knew

something was unusual. but this is next level to our viewers on p b. s. in the united states into all of you around the world. welcome. we begin the day with a warning from the german chancellor as her time in power begins approaching its end today. uncle americal address the german parliament and said that germany as well as all of europe or on thin ice in their battle against the corona virus, especially now that the delta variant is expected to be responsible for almost all cases in the european union by august medical is urging germany and all you countries to adopt a common policy on quarantining people arriving from high risk areas. macro delivered today. what may very well be her last speech to parliament as head of government after 16 years in german chancellor. medical plans to step down in september when the country holds its next general election. but berlin was not the

only city to see a final miracle moment today. she was also in brussels for what is also likely to be her final european union summit. she's attended dozens over the years, the summits and the world where they've changed dramatically since medical 1st became german chancellor in 2005. we take a look back at a liter named miracle and the summits that she attended, offended and even master. this is how it all began. winter 2000 and fife, newly elected chancellor. uncle michael, arriving at her 1st european summit in brussels. we're happy to this talk to europe in summit and we will do everything to get the best results, whether there will be an agreement we cannot tell today. this became her brother's motto for the next 16 years. more often than not navigating the disaster of the day

1st to hit the 2008 financial crisis. what started out in new york with soon tearing through europe's economies. one town, ladies and gentlemen, we are meeting at the right moment for the summit because i think it will sent important signals for the financial crisis. the olson con, easier said than done. some thought the chancellor was out of her depths. but when in 2014 russian kings started rolling and crime in east, in ukraine, until america showed her matter, brokering fire some min. so and i have already in many communicated their results. this is a glimmer of hope. no more. and no, let me go. the meanwhile griggs were taking to the st. hearing the country's economic collapse. we will have tough talks today and there will be no

agreement at any price. i know there are stretch all night negotiations brought success. greece was kept in the agreement but the 2015 refugee crisis and europe borders. so you saw the derek splinter in breath of the chancellor headed clear message under the face of a great challenge. it cannot happen that europe says we cannot handle that. that would be wrong. that's why i always say we can manage that is there were other battles breaks it, budget tourists know the tedium, sometimes overwhelming. and lots of diplomatic greetings and kisses to endure more or less welcome. until the horrors of the coven, $900.00 crisis separated leaders for the 1st time mega. the last big fight was brokering a deal on the blocks enormous recovery fund. good morgan. today we are entering the

day of negotiations and it will be decisive. but we could also not reach an agreement today when the deal finally came on, the american must have felt her work. here was done this pre pandemic family. so to may remind her of happy times, leaders are likely to feel quite lost without her. as the chancellor gets ready to take her last steps, leaving the european stage. joining me now as a woman who burned the midnight oil many a night covering miracle, and all of those many e u. summit barbara, the visa join me from brussels. good evening to you barbara. that was an excellent story. by the way, it almost makes you emotional, you know, when, when you look back on everything that has happened. when you look back on those 16 years with miracle in german chancellor and making her mark on the

e. u. what stands out to you? what really stands out, i think friend is this enormous development she has made when she came into office and she appeared and rustled, you know, fresh phased and bouncy as we saw her in that very 1st picture there. and everybody said i, you know, cool. making calls, girl, she can do this. well, she's not really a good european. she comes from the, she does know anything about it and she has no visions. and then suddenly she didn't have visions, but she had something else. she developed incredible stamina to keep this european union together and it was somehow like it, like a good shepherd's will keep the herd together. that really seemed to have been her main goals, who are all these years. and she also became the european union for most crisis managers. we've seen a few of these crazy. i mean, it really came hard and fast and sometimes you felt,

but hardly had you stumbled out of one and some are covered together. compromise. then the union was falling into the next disaster, long, long nights and long days. and she, i counted the summons and i came up to a 100 that she spent in europe. that is a lot of time in life. you say she was tough on greece during the euro crisis, many would say she was too tough. she was firm, but fair with the u. k. during breaks it talks and many of not forgiven her for allowing wouldn't 1000000 migrants to inter germany back in 2015. if you take her out of the equation for the past 16 years. barbara, what kind of european union would we have today? quite a different one because she really became the center of gravity in the you and they said she kept things together. so rather likely, greece really would have been catapulted out of the euro zone bricks. it might have

become much more fractures and all the diplomatic successes that she had that was not really so much credited to her because there was a lot of work behind the scenes going on. and they probably wouldn't have had to. the whole thing might have even been blown apart in the meantime. so it would have been a very different union. so she was really instrumental. she was sort of the center of gravity for 16 years. and i mean something, barbara, who will be glad to see uncle american go maybe some of the eastern europeans because she really had become the embodiment of liberal west and democracy as she stood up to donald trump and many admired her for it. and others thought that, no, we shouldn't, we should sort of be the friend of the united states. what ever was happening on

the other side of the atlantic, maybe some smaller countries, who all was envious, offered successes in her influence and her political way. but that, of course, has to do with germany being the biggest century in the year. but in the end, i think she will be more mis than anything else is there will be nobody who is really going, getting ready to throw stones after her. you know, today she said that europe should pursue its own dialogue with russia and that it's, it's not enough to rely on the us to talk with. the criminal miracle has been called the 210 whisperer when she is no longer there. who in europe will have vladimir putins ear? nobody more or less. the french president, of course, is trying to, to take over this rule. but he comes from a completely different background as she understood to, to and she knew what the secret service men was in the old eastern europe. she no

way he came from and she, she knows how he functions, how his mind works. and still, she thought it was possible to do business with him and the ties of germany economy to put in a really end to russia, a really tight. so that will probably change after she's gone. we will have completely different parameters. do you think, barbara, that leaders across the european union do you think they really accepted the fact that in just a few months, this anchor of stability, the marathon miracle will no longer be there? i'll tell you a secret, so we call the organize this of the, of the summits and the diplomats behind the scenes and asked them in fact, would you tell us what you are planning for angela. america was last summit and there were flabbergasted, there was a pause and then they said, this cannot be her last summer. it's not possible. she's going to come back. and we

said, no for sure. this is going to be her last regular summit as a chancellor. and then there was very long silence on the other side of the phone. so i'll never, never say who who we talk to. but that is proved. are you found out they are just not ready for the inevitable barber they tonight? not well. what a story barbara is always. we appreciate your insights. thank you. the is this the new normal in hong kong today? it's biggest and most outspoken pro democracy newspaper. the apple daily shut down the owner say they were forced to stop publishing after authorities used the genes, new national security law 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 bought 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 apple daily. why don't 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. nothing to 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 come. 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 were used to obstruct the papers operations. assets were frozen. offices were rated and executive arrested, including the papers founder genie law who has been in jail since last december. 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 cold disruption in hong kong, the law,

but the papers closure its thing as the silencing of one of the last pro democracy voices in hong kong. at china continued to tighten its grip on the city. told me the us withdrawing or remaining troops or if ganna stand, it leads. many afghans who for years worked closely with us troops on the ground in limbo. thousands of former contractors and interpreters now fear for their lives as the taliban regains control of more territory. our corresponded oliver sell. it met one afghan man who was able to flee to the united states. now he hopes his brother can also get out before it's too late. we meet mart somewhere, new york city, a former, a contractor, an interpreter of the u. s. army. he found safety in america, fearing reprisals or does not want to be identified. his brother who is still enough, ghana stone is facing an uncertain future in the way she was. are now in

a lot of risk. there. they worked for the military. now, if, if they are left behind, the taller one will call them, it's a strength to, to check and see if your loved ones are alive or they are that you, when you, when the funding and no one answers it's, it's a big pain. america has longest war began in 2001 when it invaded afghanistan, following the attacks of 911. as the troops now leave, 800000 former contractors are being left without protection from the taliban. the u . s. promised them special immigrant visas and to relocate them while they're applications are being processed, but time is running out of them and it doesn't makes me happy to see that.

we like, i spent 11 years of hard work for the us army and then i had to wait for 4 years to get my visa back to the us government. the just fulfill your promise and gone. let people die. volunteer jeff sworn, helped off mart and other african families settle in the united states. he says the u. s. has a moral obligation to protect those who helped its troops. this is a country that is land, there's a rover on mars. and we're sitting here telling that it was a process that has to be false and we can't get 800000 human beings that whose lives are at risk of mot is lucky. he applied for his visa, early of the current rate, his brother might get his approved within 3 years long after the u. s. army has left off gas town

i. she's got a lot of talking things for her to say that she was worse on some medication against her will that she was forced to the therapy that was that she forced on her birth control and she wanted to have a baby and her conservators were not allow her to remove the birth control. nobody deserve to have everything from them. what they've worked so hard. this is not a conspiracy theory that this is real and that the woman was out of it. that is insanity in the us and around the world. fans of britney spears have come out to show their support for the pop star, who says she has been treated like a prisoner by her own father, thanks to the courts. in the hearing. wednesday spears delivered shocking testimony about how she says she has lived under the court appointed guardianship of her father, an arrangement known as conservatorship spears, told a california judge,

i just want my life back. it's been 13 years and it's enough. i am traumatized. i can't sleep, i'm so angry, it's insane, and i'm depressed. i cry every day. let's take the story now to los angeles entertainment journalists key j matthews is following what has to be one of the biggest stories of the year? it's good to see you again. k j and it's got to be hard to imagine living the way brittany spears claims that she has lived and is living one of the world's biggest stars, alleging that a legal instrument was used to inflame her. yes it's, it's still shocking. 24 hours. we heard this about 24 hours again ago here in los angeles, and i'm still surprised at the length and the details that she, she basically told the world in a 20 minute statement to the court and the judge. she said a lot of shocking things. number one that she was being prevented from having

a family by being forced to keep a method of birth control inside her that she no longer want. that at some point she was forced to be on lithium against her. we'll that she has to get their permission for the smallest thing and then her life, which has really been a living hell for the last 13 years. and she would like conservatorship to in as soon as possible. it's amazing the i u. d being forced to have that inside. that's amazing. our fans, we know they've come out and support over. and there's been some big names in the music industry as well. right? yeah, you know, this gave a lot of more ammunition to her free brittany fans. you know, they have been saying this for more than one year now that brittany was not herself . that britain was allowed to make music, not allowed to go anywhere, not allowed to live the life that she wants to live. they have been saying this all along and now to hear britain come into court and say,

what i said earlier about being happy was a lie. i miserable she was, i cry every day. she says i'm depressed and that at times she's very, very angry. so yeah, these free brittany fan, listen to that and said we knew it, we knew it all along. when this conservatorship was 1st ordered by the court k, j b. as i understand it, there was a legitimate reason and an argument to be made that it was in brittany spears, best interest at the time. of course, i mean, we all remember back in 2007 when she went to kind of a bitter divorce with her ex husband, kevin federline. and shortly after that she had a couple of mental health issues, public out breakdowns in which she shaved her head. we all remember those things, and so her father kind of swooped in and did not feel that she was really in her best state of mind. and wanted to make sure that she wasn't taken advantage of financially. so there were legitimate concerns back in 2007,

back in 2008. but we're now in 2021. i'm and it's been 13 years and she is a different woman. and she has evolved and remember, during that time period of 13 years, brittany has still put out a number of albums and it's going to tour and even had a las vegas residency. so she has worked, she hasn't worked lately in the last couple years. but in the beginning of that ca conservatorship, she was still working. i find it hard to believe though, that no one. and this is what i read today that no one told brittany spears and these 13 years that she could petition the court to end the conservative ship and she claims she had no idea really you know. 7 that is hard to believe. i heard her say that is, well, it's very hard to believe. but we have to remember brittany spears has mental health issues, which she would acknowledge herself. so whether or not which kind of medication she's on. what they may have said to her behind closed doors,

what she actually remembers, we really just don't know. and whether or not our her various lawyer says, remember, she's had different lawyers throughout the years, have actually brought her in behind closed doors and explained to her what she has the right to do and what she doesn't have the right to do. and as she has requested that she wanted to in this conservative ship many years ago, we still don't know that. but i could see that the judge was very concerned and really started to talk to britney spears attorney about the steps. and the process that he would need to go through in order for him to petition to court, to in this conservatorship case. i'm trying to imagine this happening to a star as big as brittany spears, but not a woman happening to a man. do you think that this would be allowed to happen to a male pop store? it is very hard to believe that someone as big as a brittany spears. if she were a male who see this happening to her in hollywood, if she were not

a woman is quite hard to believe. i mean, they have really had their thumb on her for, for quite some time and, and really almost very barbaric. you know, if what she's alleging is true, she really just not has, has not had any kind of control of her life. and which really troubling is that, you know, as she ages, she's 39 years old. i don't know when she's going to be turning 40 probably soon, but she really wants to have a family and many people understand that. obviously as you age, there may be complications with being able to have a family as you age. so i understand that time is of the essence than it is surprising to see her undergoing all this as a female and her age. yeah, we've got about a minute, less k j. i am a british media today referred to her as the former pop star, britney spears, which shocked us. we were reading that. i mean, what happens next for britain? i think right now, this is a watershed moment. we now know much more than we did at 48 hours ago about britney

spears. so the next step is to have her father respond, and probably to have her. her lawyers actually officially file a petition to terminate this conservatorship, which would probably then bring forth all parties to basically establish why they think the conservatorship should or shouldn't in. but they'll be more meetings, more hearing before decision is made. but we now know for sure that she wants it to be terminated, so it really will be up to the court. and we never know, she might have to undergo another psychiatric evaluation before that decision is late. well, if something does happen, we'll be calling on you t. j matthews. in los angeles, there's always t j. thank you. thank you. of the day is almost done. the conversation continues online. you'll find us on twitter either w news. you follow me at brent golf tv and remember whatever happens between now and then, tomorrow is another day. we'll see you then everybody who's

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i was secret might be discover new adventures in 360 degree and explore fascinating world heritage site. the v w world heritage is 360 now me as covert cases spiral upward and new warnings resound. people in many parts of the world find themselves wondering if the summer respite we'd hoped for could come to an abrupt end. all thanks to a new and especially adaptable strain. first identified in india. it's known as the delta variant and is significantly more contagious than previously thought. after completely overwhelming india's health care system and causing mass suffering and

death, the very end to spread to more than 80 countries. vaccines should stop it from spreading, but it's a race against time. and with many countries already return to normalcy. re imposing rules could be difficult. corona mutation, how deadly is delta the use? welcome to to the point. it's a pleasure to welcome our guests to be escort isn't a p to me, they've just from the charity in lynn. and he says, the best way to counter the delta variant is to intensify the vaccination campaign and engage in more target surveillance rather than panic mongering. and it's a pleasure to welcome benjamin over his group, or he is a dw colleague from chili. and she believes the worrying developments in chile

should be a warning sign for those who pledge to reopen fast. as vaccination campaigns gather steam. and we're very glad to have back on the program and kick a look at pud. yeah, she is a d. w correspondent based in delhi. and she is convinced we need to rely on scientific expertise along with rigorous safety measures. if we want to present surprise of more dangerous, very young. so let me begin by asking you, dr. correct? you know, we've got sunny days here in berlin. we've got bomb the evenings, plummeting infection rates. things have been looking pretty good. and now i find myself thinking, are we going back to where we were at the end of last year? are we really seeing a dramatic risk of another spike? i know you say we shouldn't be doing panic mongering, but how dangerous is it?

well, 1st of all, we should enjoy who had noticed tuition, and this is that the numbers are going down. so the infection rate is really on a, on a really wouldn't the record low, but it's really reassuring. yes, the pandemic situation is not over. there is a risk that we see a potential increase in the fall again, however, we have to look in more detail. so p c r, test positive doesn't mean there's a consequence, doesn't mean that if i have a positive test result, i can spread a gift of virus to someone else. we need other informations really tell that also you may get mild symptoms if you've actually made it, but may not get severe disease. so we have to look a little bit more careful. while than saying just p c r test positive, which will go up. very likely in the fall. so it depends on the setting on the region of the country. the number of people estimated whether this is a true risk or not. we should be respectful. we should be on alerts to really watch the situation closely. but to really now i think what may have happened or what will happen in the fall. i think it's a little bit too early to,

to be alarmed in the way that we are having panic when they go to cater. because you said in your statement that we need to rely on scientific expertise. and in fact, india is working to sequence thousands of samples at the moment. so what do we know so far about why the delta variant is so dangerous and whether it or new mutations like delta plus could elude existing vaccines. what india has done is for this game as compared to what happened in the last we've in april and the, the have classified the delta v into the concern. so that means there is evidence going on in the tracking of, you know, these cases. but what induced a lack is a lot of research into why the delta, very and leading to so many somewhat hospitalized vision. and the research is not happening because the focus has now completely shifted from listening to experts,

focusing more on, you know, administrative stuff like, you know, doing oxygen, you know, imposing, locked down because, you know, you cannot afford to have another, you know, leave. so that's been the issue at that day, but what me to understand is the delta variant when it will expand its, you know, will reach more people more vulnerable populations because it gives that commission read the like really low. thank you very much and we're going to come back to that in just a moment. so one place where the vaccination rate has been very high. if your country benjamin chill a, in fact the more than 78 percent of the population has now been vaccinated. 162 percent twice and yet a new wave of infection is washing over chilly. why? what are the scientists they are saying? the scientists are saying that they warrant the politicians or took the decisions on one side have chilly with an incredible vaccine campaigned you just mentioned

the numbers when we have kids with for example, israel countries will have had a very successful and very quick vaccine roller. but on the other side, is you politicians taking decisions like in lifting mobility, giving people the chance to go from one place to another, even if they had both vaccines having this dynamic current teams that mean that you're living in the city in one place, you can move freely and in the other ones you have to be isolated at home. and of course, if there's a lot of mobility, even if you have a lot of people, a lot of the high percentage of the population that have been vaccinated, they will not be efficient. and then you will have high numbers, like the ones that we're seeing now, and chill is entering winter now. so the numbers are expected to continue increasing, strengthening, and getting the hospital salt in a read difficult situation that they don't have capacities. and many of this intensive care units anymore. thank you very much. let me ask you, toby, of course, what lessons can we learn from it? surely i think many of us in, in fact in your opening statement,

you also talk about the need to intensify the vaccination campaign. and i think many of us thought that if we did that and it has intensified here in germany now, for example, that the likelihood of dangerous new mutations would fall in apparently that's not the case. actually. i don't think that the likelihood the very and develops is falling, but the likelihood that people get sick or spread the virus so, so that's something different. so the development of ariens will continue on the global level for sure. as many people get infected and that's more people get infected, there will be a very and in that specific setting, which then it's superior to other variance. which does not mean that you take that virus and put it in another setting that it will act in the same way. so we have to really carefully look at the data, collect the right data, carefully see how the dynamic changes in terms of number of people's estimated number of people getting sick number of people testing positive and what it means

for their respective setting. so it's important to not just look at one number, we have to look the totality of the time that makes it waste before we make decisions. but we have to be careful and honored to we did not say ok, things are over and communicate that know things are not over, fix can come back. but the question is how? so from what i'm hearing, we have to remain vigilant. even if we get close to that holy grail of her community. yes, but her community is not a specific number. it's dynamic depending on the likelihood of the virus breaths. this will affect the cutoff of the so called photo unity. so we have to be on alert, but without being panicking is specifically in germany on the global level. again, many countries never had the chance to get one person vaccinated because i don't have any vaccines available. so far we come back to that later i believe. so it's really important to understand the situation and to have a surveillance system that actually works. and we're looking at the right numbers. one other very quick follow up question many people and surely were vaccinated with

the chinese vaccine with sign of fun. does the fact that infection rates are rising reflect defects in that vaccine? no, i think even if you've executed with any vaccine you can test positive. the question is, what does it mean you really getting sick and i'm not familiar with the numbers in in she lives. so it's not just looking at testing positive because that likelihood exist even after beyond tag or madonna or seneca. so is so i don't think it's a question of quality of the vaccine that has been given out and chilling benjamin . do you want to weigh in on that point? no, i agree. told me, and i think what's important is not just the vaccination, but the crisis communication to say not going to panic and the delta various coming, i mean l stories and she said hasn't reached the country yet, but that's let's see. it's only a matter of time, right? but it's to say, the pen demik is not over, the numbers are rising,

and we cannot just rely on the vaccines to say, if we vaccinate amount of people in the country that they, the cases will go down because that's not the case. then let's talk a little bit more about precautions and, and also take another look at travel because of course we are now moving into summer. and many people have been hoping to have a semblance at least of vacation. so on q to in india, the religious festival come, bella is often blamed for having been a super spreader in the late winter, early spring. to what extent was travel implicated in that terrible search that we did see in india and have people change their attitudes in regard to travel? i would say in terms of traveling in the state, there has been a reduction. people are actually more than aware of a scared, especially with the rising number of bits of but what we need to understand is that

when public transport it's already started opening up and play in big cities like being the, the bank looted. so like, so you know, last month, so we have the see public transport opening up as the, there is a taken public transport and in a country which over a 1000000000 people it's, they difficult to socially distance. so it's very necessary for the government. i rating that, you know, you'll have to maintain social distance and you have to wear mosque, you know, you have to get back to me that, and i think the, the issue that's happening right now is that people are becoming very confident that they've got the 1st jobs, they're probably, you know, beef but, but that's not, that's not true. you know, so you have, we have to be very careful in terms of the city in the state transport. thank you very much. and in fact, benjamin, i've seen reports that into a apparently during the holidays between december and february, there was quite a bit of travel by people between their 1st and their 2nd vaccine. when apparently

they did not have full resistance yet. so travel implicated. there's, well, i gather, yeah, there was even a holiday permit where you could go to the beach and visit families as well. so it's also the death, the contradiction on one side saying you have to take care. but on the other side, it's possible to get this permit, and people who have now the to vaccines are able even to move it mobility pass and the scientific world says, well, we don't need now is to increase mobility. so that's, of course is also something that should be discussed about not just traveling in the country, but also trying to get out of the country. in fact, when it comes to mobility, the british government has also been banned for not for it been criticized for not banding travel from india as early as needed. and we need only look at the u. k. now to see how infectious delta is the new variant is now almost exclusively responsible for a surging infection rate. that prompted authorities to postpone the long promise lifting of lockdown restrictions. and it's causing worry elsewhere as well.

great britain responded to the delta cobit variant with a massive vaccination campaign. even though the country has the highest vaccination rate in europe, the delta variant is spreading throughout the country like wildfire. the outbreak started in scotland before spreading all over britain. london was a hotspot in the lockdown. reopening in england had been delayed. portugal had turned to more drastic measures. residents of the capital, lisbon are prohibited from leaving the city on the weekend. the police even patrol the exit ramps in april the country had the lowest inspection rate in europe. the delta v areas may have come in by a britain. british tourist and portugal weren't required to corn came like in other european countries. and these images are from europe, full beer garden impact bars as well as both stadiums. so the euro 2020 championship in europe heading into that next wave without

a plan dr. code. what's your answer to that? last question is the situation in the u. k. in portugal, a wakeup call for all of europe. should we be doing things differently? if you believe depend, let me get over it. yes, there should be a wake up call that that things can, can change quickly. it is and remains it, and that makes it a way should we have to be careful. in traveling, the virus itself doesn't travel in need for host humans or animals in this case humans. so if humans travel, we can test concurrently when all this and we have to implement this will be extremely careful to not running into the next week. then the lesson, your opening statement, you didn't advocate a new blanket locked down. you said we need targeted surveillance. in fact, at the height of the 2nd and 3rd wave, it became very difficult for authorities to track infection change. there were simply too many cases has that change. now that infection rates here,

at least in germany, are falling right now. there should be possible again, we should try everything to maintain that level that we can trace and track and then really know what's happening. but also we need information about how likely it is that the person can spread the virus. so it is another valued citibank, for example, that we need to take into account that, that person travel, what profession has that person so that we really understand the situation rather than saying everyone locked on. because i think that's not a good solution that we have to learn better over the last month. hopefully. thank you very much. and let me ask benjamin, because you of course, are based here in germany. and i know that this new lockdown in lisbon, in the postponement of lifting of measures in britain, they do have a lot of people here worried. on the other hand, people are just getting used to this new normal things seemed so. so good and relaxed you think that it's going to be very hard for people here to accept if new restrictions do in fact have to be put into play. i think it will be difficult if i

compare the situation. germany with the situation in chile was this back and forth . so we have to current team then the situation is getting better.