or why? because no one should have to flee. make up your own mind. d. w. made for mines. ah, ah ah, this is dw news. why? from berlin? as german leaders consider tightening corona virus rules. the country's public health agency urges radical steps. robert coffee institute calls for immediate and maximum contact restrictions. as the omicron variant, we've set the r k i said the curbs should remain in place until mid january. also

coming up on the show in the united states, omicron has become the dominant variant. people line up to get tested in washington . authorities say it now accounts for almost 3 quarters of all new infections. plus, poland draws up plans requiring doctors to report all pregnancies to the state activists . call it a further step to control women's bodies in a country where nearly all abortions are already banned. ah. hello, i'm claire richardson, a warm welcome to the show. germany's public health agency, the robert hawk institute is calling for radical stats against the omicron variant of the corona virus. it says the country should impose maximum contact restrictions beginning immediately. germany's leaders are meeting to day to plot their response

to the variance. current of virus infections here have risen through much of the autumn peaking at over $70000.00 to per day in late november. and since dipped to about $50000.00 cases in recent days. but that is expected to change fast. here is a look at infection rates in other countries where omicron is spreading rapidly. the u. k has hit it highest number ever with 800 people per 100000 infected over the last 7 days. the weekly rate and denmark has risen even higher to more and a 1000. the netherlands is below $600.00 and germany's infection rate just over $300.00. but as we've heard, that is expected to rise quickly. the range of measures are on the table here in germany, including limiting social contacts, even for those who are fully vaccinated or recovered from coven 19. preparing for alma chron, germany is rushing to get a vaccine booster shot to its critical workers,

like these firefighters and hamburg before the new cove at 19 variant becomes dominant. here, while daily cases are sinking across the country, experts warn the dreaded wave could arrive just after christmas and both and their schnell, his excellency, it's a rapid exponential increase. i talk in quantum if you take the conservative estimate that cases double every 3 days or what scientists and britain are recording every 2 days. and if i don't know that you only need a pocket calculator to see that that i can streamline fast is bombs and make sure while vaccines are the 1st line of defense. germany's government is preparing new restrictions for as early as next week, even for the fully vaccinated. like to self not bind to that we will have further restrictions on private contacts. so we're well prepared for the spread of the new virus mutation all over europe was them? oh, it's a huge, wild and novel pals fight it. what the new curves will look like is unclear. that

still needs to be discussed with the leaders of germany states. but it seems, everything is on the table is global vendors push data. but if experts, predictions are confirmed and what we're seeing in neighboring countries continues the allied, and we can't rule out a general lockdown, including everything from businesses to education, to private gathering. hm. to yet nice malibu season. for starters, that will likely mean canceled new year's eve parties. and those making fitness resolutions for 2022 might have to postpone hitting the gym until the arm across wave is over. so let's get straight across to our chief clinical correspondent, melinda crane in berlin. linda, an urgent recommendation from germany's institute for infectious diseases to cut social contacts. or do you think the government is going to take notice? indeed, the institute is calling for maximum restrictions and says they should be imposed immediately and continue into mid january. now,

this does in fact conform to the warning that we have just heard from the expert group that is now advising the new german government. it also has said that only crime is a high risk threat to fully vaccinated people, as well as those who have recovered from coven 19 and says that we are entering a quote unquote new dimension of the pandemic. but all of this absolutely presents a dilemma for the new government because in fact, and you mentioned this at the outset of the program, infection rates here in germany are relatively low, certainly compared to where they were at the end of november, early december. essentially, we are in the calm waters between 2 waves with the high wave that was caused by the delta variate, the seating at the moment, and the 5th wave caused by only chron not yet fully hitting, but all of the experts are in agreement. we are heading into that wave and it's going to basically present a situation where we may have up to

a 100000 new infections every day, vastly straining, intensive care capacity and, and set essential services. so against that backdrop, the federal government is meeting today with regional leaders to talk about what to do. the health minister had promised that there will be no new lockdown prior to christmas. and therefore, it is going to be very difficult to walk back that talk and try to mitigate that rather bleak picture that you just painted for us to. we know what kind of specific measures we could be expecting from the government. well, we know that the federal and regional politicians are expected to debate a paper that had recommended limits on social contacts beginning on the 28th. so after christmas. and it basically would mandate that even vaccinated people not meet with more than 10 people, whether it's indoors or outdoors,

and that non vaccinated people should not meet with more than 2 people or so recommendations that bars and larger celebrations not occur. and certainly here in berlin, we're hearing that bars and clubs will shut down. but again, all of that is up for debate at this meeting this afternoon. and linda, germany's new government was worn in at just a 2 weeks ago. this must be a huge challenge for chancellor schultz and his new health minister. absolutely, the new health minister, of course, does not have much a political experience. he did serve in the bonus tag, but he has not actually served in an executive position such as the one he holds now. but he has a very renowned and very experienced epidemiologist, which of course will stand him in good stead. none the less. this is once again a one of these situations where the science can diverge from the politics. what is

definitely clear is that both the federal and state governments need to be drawing up emergency plans for how to handle interruptions, not only within the intensive care units of hospitals, but also police fire brigades, electricity, water supplies. all of them could see real difficulties if infection levels are so high that many, many reporters at workers are no longer able to report for work. melinda crane, with that shilling outlook, thank you very much for joining us. in the united states, omar kron is now with the dominant variant by far accounting for 73 percent of all infections. just a week ago, the figure was at 12 percent in new york virus cases are surging just ahead of holiday season gatherings. oh oh oh, 0 one huh. oh, this is just

a test. new year's eve in times square has not come early, but the or microwave has hit the u. s. sooner than many experts expected. nearby and new yorkers lie enough to get tested with christmas just days away, and cases surging. many are worried. definitely feels like that 1st wave of the pandemic without anxiety, all these long lines are on the city. people getting tested, exams are getting cancelled for people in grad school like myself. so i kind of feel like that early parent that had him, we didn't really know was happening. i think we've all been affected as a new yorker. we're trying to take every single promotion that we can um got dull vax boosted regular testing. i am plenty of travel for the holidays, but depending on the result of this test, i'll probably say brittany are back. americas took pandemic advisor and he found she though, had a hopeful message for those worried about the holidays in you can go the extra mile and get tested before you have a family gathering or

a group get test the day before or the day of getting together but vaccinated and boosted people, one of the family members of vaccinated should feel very comfortable in getting together and enjoying a holiday meal or a holiday. get together president joe biden plans to address the rapid rise in corona virus case as later on tuesday. but he's already made it clear with some of the blame lies for those who choose to remain and vaccinated. he'll issue a stark warning and make clear and vaccinate individuals will continue to drive hospitalizations and deaths. that is not trying to scare people or maybe it is trying to make clear to people in the country what the risks are here of not being vaccinated. despite the worsening situation in times square, some people were still in a festive mood bath. this might be the last time new yorkers see these lights in person. the mass still hasn't decided if new year's celebrations here. we'll go

ahead. earlier we spoke with a professor, peter and hong from the university of california, san francisco. and he explained how omar kron cases in the united states have skyrocketed. but then a week this virus is speeding ahead and forward like no other variance before. and if you think about 2 weeks ago, it was one percent. so it tells us really 2 things. first of all, that probably gentlemen, sequencing lags what the cases really are in the community. and secondly, once you get enough people infected in a community, it's like little current of virus bombs going off. the increase is really exponential. it started off in the east coast really because of a lot of contact with the u. k. and with southern african countries. there are direct lights from dr berg, for example, to new york, new jersey, d. c. it's not as prevalent maybe in california yet, although it's increasing authorizations are not that high compared to the east

coast, but it's spreading westward. so i see a big sweep. i see a potentially unprepared hospital systems for this deluge. so let's take a look at some other developments in this. pandemic thailand is reinstating mandatory florentine for foreign visitors following concerns over the home across variance. visitors will now have to undergo a hotel quarantine which ranges between $7.10 days. also, new zealand has postponed opening its borders. quarantine free travel is now possible for new zealanders only from the end of february onward. foreign visitors are currently not allowed in and in the neighboring australia. infection rates have searched with the state of new south wales reporting 3000 new cases on tuesday alone. the australian government has been reluctant to impose new restrictions. those bring you up to speed and now on some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. the aftermath of last week's powerful typhoon in the

philippines was still being felt on tuesday, as local officials pleaded for aid. japan and china announced they would send power generators, water, and food. although the philippines government still hasn't appealed for international health, typhoon ry killed at least 375 people and over 50 others are still missing. malaysia's prime minister ismael salary yackel has admitted that the official responds to flooding was slow. the government effaced criticism from opposition politicians. after at least 14 people, died during torrential rains last weekend. rescuers are still bringing people from flooded areas to safety. tens of thousands are now living in emergency shelters. japan has executed prisoners for the 1st time in 2 years. the 3 inmates were put to death at the tokyo detention house and had been convicted of multiple murders. and there is wides of war for capital punishment among people in japan,

despite criticism from human rights groups. mo, poland has one of these strictest abortion laws in europe. banning the procedure in albany. few cases, how the government wants to go even further by creating a legal register of all pregnancies. d w is alexandra phenomena reports on an issue that often pits individual women against hospitals and the police. claudia kuth doke 26 years old on to a pu new. earlier this year, she decided to and an unwanted pregnancy, using abortion pills. she ordered on the internet for one looked with ala. i went to a hospital just to confirm that i am not pregnant anymore. all tell us about wednesday or i was brutally examined, though, on the doctor didn't providing any medical information. instead, she scared me saying the state prosecutor needed to know that she would report me to the authorities about those washy, jonathan washing despite pool and sneered total ban on abortion,

women who terminate pregnancies cannot be prosecuted under polish law. that however, didn't prevent the police from interrogating her a claudia coast oak tells me, oh sam. okay. says look what we asked and they wanted to know how the pills were delivered out what the package looked like. so i'm open. i had to give them the names of all my friends who knew i had an abortion not no idea what that was for help. also. last year, a court ruled that abortion in poland is only permitted in cases of rape or incest, or when the mother's life is threatened, thousands took to the streets in protest with the intact until $911.00 dos come with. one of them is the reproductive rights activists says that the results of the new law amounts to torture is found on the horse. it means that polish women are forced to carry pregnancy with fetuses that have no rain that have no call if they are in distance outside of their body. we have lethal har hart failures. it's just

impossible to describe how it feels like to be able to enroll into date. as of january, the government also plans to introduce a centralized register were pregnancies and miscarriages are reported. prochoice activists fear this data base could be used to cause legal problems for women who use abortion pills or find other ways to an to pregnancy, pos shit or shapes key is the gynecologist in which he says the concerns about the register are justified as the data is available anyway, but he also says he is fed up with the issue being politicized in poland, if jelly bush with her we as doctors would like to be left alone by politicians. we want them to start using us for their purposes or both sides of doing it all. piazza or chef ski fears the restrictive abortion the rules in poland will have floss, think consequences. first could be the boys who those children. there are women with who now are afraid to get pregnant. so she is a joe day think,

what am i going to do when i find out my thetis has an illness or gene damage your school. so that's why they decide not to get pregnant at all. so that is the lack of mothers against every natal examinations because they fear the results above a wrinkle. but the debate in poland continues with pro life activists demanding father restrictions and criminal charges against people selling abortion pills. the activists who sell the pills or any money on that, and this is what we want to stop, we want to stop this business of ah, business of deaf. you could say claudia could still cannot come to terms with what's going on in poland. she's hoping for a political change soon. otherwise she says she is going to leave the country. and in ethiopia, the te gray people's liberation front, the t p l f says it will withdraw from several regions it had captured in the last

few months. the withdrawal could mark a turning point and a possible step towards a ceasefire. after 13 months of brutal war, ethiopia government says the tpr last announcement is a cover up tactic for its recent military setbacks. ethiopia has been engaged in civil war for over a year, which has killed a tens of thousands of people and displaced millions. well, both sides in this conflict have been accused of atrocities with reports of rape and gender based violence being used against girls as young as sex. that yield in human rights commission has launched an investigation. and their commissioner for women's and children's rights is miss graham gassett, who joins me now from i disobey bye. thank you so much for taking the time to come onto the show a what have your investigations found here. thank you very much, claire and as non to a many we have and launch it a joint investigation with the un office of the high commissioner in their covering

in the early days off the conflict. how wish already disclosed a different forms of gender based violence including sexual violence like rape, sexual all enslavement pregnancy on in the like. i committed against our women and goals, but also our further investigations in other parts of the country that are affected by the conflict such as the i'm horror, region and are, are old. so it shows a similar findings and warning patterns all gender beats violence being committed by different practicing wolves in the conflict i what are the effects of such a gender based violence as so we have seen break as, as one of the prominent forms of gender based finance but also as i said,

6 different forms of sexual assault forces, pregnancy enslavement i'm an old so be beyond their sexual finance that i have not to we have seen also the gender impacts of other violations. for example, how much the lack of access to basic services have affected particularly and disproportionate. the women and girls awe from access to sexual report active hell's too old? so i access to different support for survivors of gender based whiteness because of destruction, of different forms of infrastructure that were in place. so our reports in and our investigation has given particular attention to these gender dimension of the conflict to throw all the different pieces. and recently, also following the withdrawn with the p and forces, we are gaining more access to pipe zachary, okay,

height and we are deploying an investigation mission that would be in the probing into also the gender dimensions of the conflict. and then there was a few more about that as well. if i may just jump in because it's not just the t peel off that is preventing access. we know the government has been boring at journalists and other external observers from certain areas of the country. and how can your commission, or indeed any international team of investigators actually guarantee impartiality under these conditions. and it is indeed a very important question and a port. charlotte is an important element of human rights investigation. and as you can imagine, it is difficult to guarantee 100 percent impartiality when you work in a very politically, a polarized context. but i mean, what we can speak off is about our working methods and how a beast we try out. we try our best by employing an a very

qualified investigation team that this trained well trained on methods off into m human rights investigations. and we're using our own so internationally accepted human rights investigation methodology. and we are from time to time. and so, and our reflecting on our working made her send and so our, our, our teams engagement in, in december suggestion. so, and yes, we hear critiques of, from different parties about our work. and it's natural to have a question about the impartiality of such forces and we acknowledge and we understand. but we do our based also to employ unimportant, paul, we do appreciate your work in into this important topic. we are gonna have to leave the interview there. i'm afraid, but muskrat, gas at commissioner for women's and children's rights at the independent, ethiopian human rights commission. thanks so much again for coming on the show. you

must bring you up to speed on some other world news headlines at this hour turkey's president wretched tie erewhon has launched a series of policies to prop up it's ailing currency, the lira the government has promised to compensate. lira denominated bank account holders for drops in the value of the currency. the last few months, the lira has declined dramatically against the us dollar. bought, recovered slightly after government health was announced. a south african court has granted former president jacob zoom. i'll leave to appeal against a ruling that he must return to prison. he was released from jail early on medical parole to undergo surgery. zima is serving a 15 month sentence for contempt of court, after ignoring instructions to participate in a corruption inquiry. berlin has a new mer social democrat, francisco give i has been elected by the cities parliament as the 1st female head of the german capital. if i previously served as germany's federal minister for

family affairs and she went to berlin's local election for mer in september, now santa's team of reindeer might be some of our favorite christmas characters, but life for their real life counterparts is far less magical ranger. herders are struggling with the problem of climate change which threatens their livelihood and their livestock when an o leila and just the corral, her reindeer are getting excited. that's because only that brings food pay or tweaks of ib they don't like it as much as slightly. but they, it helps them to survive the reindeer need, the extra help for years winter has brought more rain. when rain falls on snow, it freezes, locking in like in and other plants. the animals are unable to smell the food or dig for it, and warm a winters aren't the only problem. oh so somers are getting ah,

warmer and reindeer is not very good handling heat air it cannot sweat so ah, it very easily overheat and leaf might get hot. summers might kill another friend. at a climate summit in glasgow this past november, walt leaders agreed to fight climate change and keep global warming under one and a half degrees. but that doesn't reflect the situation north of the arctic circle. the north, essentially the temperatures. those going faster is not la garza $1.00 is or it would be a threshold there shouldn't be or crossed. but i mean, here we're going to go beyond that. i mean, there are some projections that they even talked about 3 degrees. there would mean incredibly tough conditions for reindeer, who are still an important part of the economy in finland. they are kept for their

meat and milk, but their fur hides and even the antlers and hoofs are also used usually for clothes and tools, but hurting the animals in warmer conditions as expensive. you can see the economic profitability behind there so much because you have to put a lot of money in there compared to nano situation that the radio it leaves out there in the way though to finding its own whitening its own fault. and you have the key with your no people usually call they'll where they have the economic profitability don't get they living. but for some her nurse there's also optimism. i'm hopeful bit reindeer hurting because we have lasted so far and think we have a good future future in heard of us, but oh, the use needs to be more active politically. you're watching dw news before we go. here's a reminder of the top story. we're following for you. germany's public health

agency, the robert coff institute is calling for maximum and immediate contact restrictions in the country. and as the highly contagious over on variant of the crone of virus sweeps and political leaders are needing today to set out germany's response to the new variance. as in his update at this hour, don't forget, there is always more on our website at w dot com. right? checks out on social media at cal units. i'm clare richardson in berlin from in the entire team working behind the scenes. thanks so much for joining us. ah ah, with

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untouched by the civil war, discovered by just a few tourists. the forgotten paradise. so cool. cool. so next on d, w o, well, go to the dark side where intelligence agencies are pulling the strings. there was a before 911 and an after 911. he says after $911.00, the clubs came off where organized cry rules. every genuine use a global network of companies, banks, and operators. we will provide those services to anyone operation in the criminal economy. where conglomerates make their own laws. they

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this low back visit is are on their way to a cave. few tourists come here. the island is part of yemen, so it's not so surprising. but the civil war that has raged for years on the mainland is far away. the united arab emirates launched the 1st direct flights here in 2021. it's a 2 hour flight. so coach or lies directly off the horn of africa, about 400 kilometers from the yemen. he mainland ether, our guide, he is having a travel agency and he's doing some podcast about traveling. so he and he's from co worker. talk about circle track and when they prepare the strip, i decided i really wanna go because it's so strange destination. and because of the war in yemen, it's very that the chance that you will come here again later it's very, very low. or if the situation will be better and more tourist will come,

the country will definitely change. so to, to see that at this moment it's really amazing. right? so culture is really far away from almost everything. while war is raging in yemen, the island is a peaceful haven. a safe place to go on vacation. caves are not something completely new for the slovak tourists. slovakia has many of them, but the visitors are nevertheless deeply impressed. it's the biggest cave i've ever seen. it's really impressive. beautiful over, stella can i? it's and stalagmites honestly. very, very impressive. hawk, a cave is 2.5 kilometers long. the many stalagmites and stalactites are not just

beautiful. they are of great scientific interest. they are an index for climate change. louis alice hawkins, it's even better as on the pictures of the imagine before coming here, the drivers, the guides and the cooks are very happy that tourists have returned to the island. for many years. the coach was practically cut off from the rest of the world because of the war in yemen. one of them, we are proud that tourists are coming here again, and that we have work men and we hope that more 2 groups will come

a lot more work of, of surprisingly, nature, conservationist ahmed, a div agrees it is okay. he says, as long as the tourists camp outdoors that minimizes the ecological footprint, what he doesn't agree with on the holiday homes, that the immorality is a building in the middle of protected areas. for example, here by the coast close to the capital had d bu. he sees this as fraudulent on 2 accounts that normally em, any gemini law dictates that you cannot build within 300 meters of the coast. and foreigners are not permitted to buy land. and the buyer is from here originally said bill it, but he has american citizenship. like i couldn't see it. he used his brother to get

around that oil and leave and he now keith had been and that is just one example. ahmed, a dave says that the purchases old follow the same pattern. there is a lot of demand for real estate by the see here, an entire vacation complex is springing up. the faces of immorality rulers depicted at the entrance. the real estate investors do not attempt to hide what they're doing. legal. i'm a leslie and don't visit the people who are building here come from abroad. they are emerald, east or soco trees, with moratti's citizenship, leave it. there are also kuwaitis east. they buy via middleman nest said these people have all bought land through local inhabitants, and that the hint,

good luck that i don't think more than is a gardener. the environmental activist is worried that the island is being bought out. he's particularly concerned by the growth of saudi arabia's influence in recent years. had the blue is the capital of the main island, psycho tra, and the rest of the archipelago. here you can see how the u. a and saudi arabia of vying for influence. fighting to become the dominant power with displays of generosity, the emirates pay the salaries of the municipal officials while saudi arabia builds one school after the other. all of them identical this pow a game is even more apparent on the coast outside had dba. on the right, a yamini school funded by ever darby's caliph, a foundation,

and directly opposite on the left. saudi arabia has also built a new school at this words, i check point. there are 3 marashi flags and only one yamini flag. the power relations a quite evidence in the foothills of the had g, a mountains which reach 1500 meters at their highest point amid a d bronze, a nursery. hello. hello. you've been here. the environmental activist tries to care for the islands natural heritage. his son and his sister help him the other thing, but it's a herculean task. unique endemic species plans that a native only here are endangered.

in this, in it. since the 19 ninety's, there's been a drop in rainfall. the climate here has changed. this should be the rainy season and then was september is over on october is drawing to a close shot, but no rain has. com. you can the chat. actually, the vision with the family don't receive any financial support for their endeavors and they are unlikely to get any in times of war. nature is not seen as a priority. save for his relatives. the conservationist is alone in his struggle to save the islands, iconic dragons, blood tree at what level would regulate the this is the dragon's blood tree in the circuitry language that we call it, the tree of the blood of the 2 brothers around of the heaven with that how i let

sabelle me here we have planted 7000 of dragons blood trees. we had the alice and so the saplings can be planted out in dick some regent and reproduce the molecular villette. you think so? ah ah ah ah, ah ah, ah, ah ah,

ah sir coaches fine, sandy beaches have a caribbean flay the white sands are a magnet for tourists island to save. you haven't been to kellen caea. you haven't seen a co truck for people here. the sea, with its plentiful fish stalks is the most important source of nutrition. the islands, 80000 inhabitants fish to meet their needs. international fish inflates. don't come here. not yet. at least. i with many fishing boats bear the inscription, the saudi development and reconstruction program for yemen. more proof of how the

rich neighboring states, a trying to win influence. fishing is closely bound up with local identity. instead of playing with toy, cause children here play with home may toys, but ah, the fishes take turn, putting out to sea, 2 boats go out for 2 hours, and then they rotate the idea. every one should equally benefit from the seas. riches fishes, solomon. and mohammed are going fishing with

with half way to the fishing grounds, they come across maison salon. he has set out without his father. mohammed isn't surprised. the boy is known throughout the village with that. i like working of the sea. i like catching fish. i live here, live at the see with the boy is taking a big risk. the waters here are treacherous. so that wasn't all that was needed. one boat has already sunk here. some even died. we were able to save a bunch of them in a

solomon and aids just a few minutes to catch the 1st of ish, there is still enough to go round, even if still the man now faces more competition or for a for this up with the saudis. have brought us books. anyone who didn't have a boat, got one from them. another company. the immorality is held close to us and they brought us electricity, water, natural gas, and gasoline. and anyone who i think gets flown to the united arab emirates. well, i love them both, but especially the moratti's because they work with us most i got

a message thought to my life is changing on to culture. some people are worried about these new forms of dependency, but no one is willing to speak openly about it. for the last few days, the sea has been stormy, and the fishes were unable to put out to sea. within seconds, his catch is snapped up. with an up, it's gone in the flesh. people take it out of my hands. we fish, they buy more than a snow. oh, i wonder he wasn't far away from the beaches up in the mountains. you can find the coaches, iconic dragons, blood trees. oh

i hear the tree stands in the middle of a nameless village. the houses are in good condition. above them flies the flag of the united arab emirates with the village elder sod. mohammed is fine with that little lever to so i mean, it was called good at their moratti's spilled. said them then does yeah, good. we sometimes for these houses, we thank them to for the medical care. let's go, let's go long. you thank people who do good about the net. good, the money to get the net good to was. yeah. if you didn't know what would be an act of ingratitude to god the most quoted image, but a message got along with

life has improved, says thought mohammed seems not i can assure you now, i know we used to live here with the sheep and the cows i will cardona as we sat and slaughtered our animals here, you can get it so you know, you know, we did everything here. we do, and now couldn't amelia, i'm with her neck. no wonder that the u. e has won the hearts of the locals by donating these horns. alabama ahmed is meeting friend and fellow activists. mohammed al capone. the hood of sees a colleague far off, but he doesn't reach for a phone line to tell them anything.

oh. 2 2 2 2 2 2 yeah, i know that i got to read how yeah. yeah, but i am. yeah, i did. yeah. i got the goats are very far away. they're on the other side of the valley where the goats are very, very far away. and i remember let's have lunch and then go look, you know, we don't have time. we're in a hurry like i can send my greetings mohammed l. okay. bonnie: cause he's 60 goats and 10 cows with particular sounds. c 6 other heard is have their own specific calls all the animals would get mixed up otherwise. oh yeah. 000000000 yeah, i am here on the plateau. there are practically no dragon's blood trees left anymore

. it used to look quite different. oh, as an animal lad, with that, our grandfathers told us that there was an entire forest of dragons blood trees here. but that has gone. they have died off water. now there's just one tree here, the other their name. again, there are just a few dotted about. they are in danger of extinction. i'll show killing doubt. whether unless la la la la la la la or the man, nobody. scientists have told us that it's due to climate change. i have a minute here, laminate that the le let them in. now over there always used to be rain here, visa, minor la and there were no goat water lombard with wasa. marvin, i'm alamba rain at all times of the year them, but ah,

ah, the goods are a problem in psycho tra they eat the young, dragon's blood trees, causing them to die off. i only the older ones survive because their leaves are beyond the goats reach. people here say the trees can live for a 1000 years. in april or may, the harvest starts. the red resin from the trunks of the dragon's blood tree is used to produce cosmetics. the resin is used in nail polish and lipstick. o reforestation is urgently needed. the dragon's blood tree is in danger of going extinct activist amanda dave could use help above all money to help protect the trees. but he doesn't expect that from the u. i. e l l merely martine m. moratti's aren't up on this subject line as was to sleep. we need specialists business with

business. people aren't like scientists and emerald tce are business people business? oh, i think it. mohammed elk ebony knows that he and his gods are part of the problem. that's why the herder is trying to grow dragons blood trees with his son. is my ill. lou? ah, the idea that i had the go or like chain smokers, 11 america madman, they're addicted to the tree, a killer. i figured i'd the i'm home and he had the ama highly di maggie. we built a wall to keep them out now, but they just jump on to it and come inside and eat the plant lovable. i got them and we'll get to get out the door. the garden without good in the future is may, you won't be tending the trees any more. he has received a stipend from the u. e. he's going to study computer science in the egyptian city

of alexandria. his view of the emirates involvement here is widely shared because he had the kind of government, fortunately before the emerald east came here, sir. katra was a forgotten island. i get, i get 5 years have passed and we're now in a quite different position, little than what we can study abroad. we couldn't before last one and now we have electricity. things are developing. there are roads and hospitals show what a fiduciary fear, haddock, if it gives you 2 feet, then me feet total caught fish as the huff him such fear. ah, ah, for ton of selim new is the expert on the islands medicinal plants. he is also worried

about the endangered species in global comparison, psychiatric is recognized as being particularly rich in bio diversity. also in terms of medicinal plants, many are endemic to the archipelago. like you phobia are buskey law. for example. he is harvesting it's valuable sap to create a medicine for digestive problems. then the supply knife would cut the arteries of the tree and create a problem voice. but a stone only creates a tiny wound that enables me to treat the tree sparingly for the sake of myself and others, and to protect nature will above. yeah,

this is another popular plant. the healer says that it can even help couples to have children and that the algal element, again, when they set this plant remedies in fertility in men and women who wanna help them . and they said, when men don't have enough sperm or their sperm are too weak. and when women have a problem with her ovaries or hormones, this plant is very effective at the she gets her dea, lemme a saudi m radi company offered me 63 percent of the profit to see what the rest for them to what to say about that i think, but they wanted the hatton rights to a little game at the elephant. i'm and i turned them down to chef dish to ya. here . one out of the then a pharmaceutical company from the gulf clearly has the coach or in its sides.

i activist, i'm in a deep is accompanying his son. aysa to a soccer match in the islands youth league. the 17 year old is the coach of the tigers. i bought with the ha, ha ha ha ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha ha. both players and audience are male. girls and women are not welcome. society here is conservative. the pitch is typical for the island, stony and dusty car. for many boys here, soccer is all they have in terms of free time or entertainment. so cobra is still disconnected from the world at lodge. she back in the internet here isn't good what i need sick much like in other countries. so people here are still just as addicted

as people abroad album would mean alan nessie butler the internet when it is working is so bad that they can't even watch a soccer match on youtube. it's no wonder that even a youth league game is a highlight of the week that i live in and visit any of that. and that the, the island doesn't have some things. will. those things are basically like internet and the telephone network, the missouri, there are places that don't have any internet. it'll ask them with a telephone, not out in the gallery with another american, missouri. it's different in the capital than the neighboring villages and remote places. that's why the t i just play sports, but they allow, wow, that again, you can only find inside of the capital. here we don't have any sort of they play, sports will hang out together and have up again about a allah again to vienna gazette to ship via saudi arabia. and the united arab

emirates are investing in the island, but not in its internet infrastructure. it is almost impossible for young people to get access to information or to communicate via social media. is that an oversight on the part of the gulf states or intentional? ahmed, a deep believes the gulf states are acting out a strategic interests. the activist has arranged to meet up with his son aysa to eat on the beach. he says, abu dhabi and riyadh both want to consolidate their influence in the waters off east africa. he's under no illusions. he knows he must pursue his projects himself . yet he sees no alternative to the current situation past and present governments in yemen have done almost nothing in comparison with the m as in alan. emma, we are isolated from the rest of the world. they'll finish the credit,

but thank god the u. a. he came to psycho tra, in 2016 at physical address. we didn't have a government denies union and god sent us the emerald east, lana medical alert. first of all, they built a hospital and helped people here with jeff. my son was sick when t. something was wrong with his heart. he couldn't get up in the morning. i didn't miss so they took him to the emory and cured him to come monday. thank god. oh kind for somebody. make almond hanging. if the moratti's hadn't come here in one or 2, we would have been worse off than the somalis. for example, let's get to lynette. no one can deny that things are better now. so again, the maddening got it. okay. it's above all, it's quiet here. says the environmentalist, the war is far away and that's what matters most with

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