montana, moby detention ever since. it was open human rights activists. are you guantanamo is where the u. s. lost its moral authority. the infamous prison has violated the geneva convention for 20 years. why has it still not been closed today on the day? ah ah ah, this is deal be news live from berlin and all mc kron tidal wave headed for europe . the world health organization predicts that half of europe europe's population

could become infected with the corona virus variant. by the end of this winter. also coming up the fast spreading, alma kron is out pacing israel's, if it's to give a thought vaccine to its residence and is growing frustration among israelis. we frequently changing restrictions and the un coals of the world to help the people of afghanistan never before has the you when asked for so much money and never before has the threat of humanitarian disaster been so great. ah, i'm jared re. thank you very much for your company. we start this shy with the dye, a warning from the world health organization and europe's pandemic future. the w i chose predicted over half of all europeans will become infected with the on the

chrome variant of the corona virus. by the end of winter. he is more of what the w i chose europe, director hands. kruger had to say 50 of the 50 countries in europe and central asia have no reported cases of ami chrome. it is quickly becoming the dominant virus in western europe and this no spreading into the balkans. at this rate, the institute for health metrics and evaluation forecasts that more than 50 percent of the population in region will be infected with a microphone in the next $6.00 to $8.00. let's go to washington, d. c and speak to epidemiologist, doctor eric phi golding, doctor, it's great to have you back on t w with her today that more than half of europeans will likely get infected with on the chrome in the next 6 to 8 weeks. what should people here do with the stipend,

like that? do they just need to sit back and accept the inevitable? why think, sitting back and doing nothing is actually really risky. what they need to go out and get the booster. what they need to do is where and 95 for f, a p 2 f, a t p 3 mass. what they need to do is ventilate their building, their school office. what they need to do is disinfect the air anywhere the gather filters. what they need to do is test and prepare the test and in potentially, according teen, if others around them are positive, what they need to do is stop transmission because even if slightly milder, which is not milder by that much, the overwhelming exponential increase was thick and and then more people were hostile, as we've seen in the u. k, the u. s. and even south africa where south africa is already running 30 percent

excess debt over their normal $3000.00 excess deaths per week in the last 4 we. so december got is what is the head of overwhelming hospitals and therefore if you have other conditions, you don't want to get sick. so the best way is the slow transmission as much as you can stay safe. interest mentioned there will be many, many more people in hospitals. what's that going to mean for health systems? here in europe? i think it's going to overwhelm health systems in europe, just like your own grooming completely overwhelming health systems and hospitals in the u. s. i think people do or have been misled by the it's mild oh misinformation too much. it's only slightly milder, but it's been short increase. will definitely send way more people to the hospital if you have to go to hospital work car accident on heart attack, stroke cancer,

you may not get the chair that you need because the hospitals are full and therefore other diseases may also see excess. yes. and this is why, you know, not getting infected and we're at least spreading out. the curator fraction to a longer period is so much of course the flattening the curve we talked about in 2020. we have to do that again. world many other people will be hurt not just absolutely. it's a very serious wanting their epidemiologist. doctor eric 5 will ding in washington d. c. thank you very much for your time. will israel is among the places seeing record new cases of cove at 19 residents, they could get a full fax nation before anyone else in the world. but now the fast spreading on the kron appears to be out pacing the government strategy, d w's. tanya kramer reports from television the line for a cove at 19 test is long at this official center in tel aviv with the on

a cron variant spreading fast, free p c r test. so now reserved for people over 60 and they're high with grapes. everybody else is required to take an hour to can test 1st with ever changing rules . patience is running low properly and basically the rules change on a daily basis. there is a joke, the if you refresh the news on the news page, then you get different restrictions and different rules. mostly more kids could feels like a circus. i mean, if the council, the p c r, test, the nurses, do the antiques and testing at home and cleanser kids back to school for now we have to stand here. we can't work on it. we have to just stay at home, been called bomb shamble bite. israel made an early bass on it's rapid vaccination campaign in october. is it successfully slow down the del to waive by administering a 3rd booster shots. but now the country is struggling with the micron variant. i

we're talking are very on that is spreading very fast then commission period is about 2 days, not 7 days as used to be. so this is why many of the epidemiological measure saw, especially testing and breaking chain of transmission are much less efficient. ah right now, much of israel's covert strategy has been focused on vaccination. over $4300000.00 israelis have taken the 3rd booster shots less than half of the population of roughly $9400000.00. since last week, the country has begun to roll out the 4th booster for people over 60 medical staff and other high risk groups. ok. each time we boost we fortify our immune response. we deepen the immune memory and enhance our ability to cope more efficiently with the fiery inst that already

challenging us. and those that will unfortunately, will emerge as it's still unclear how hospitals will cope during this 5th wave as a hill of hospital in tel aviv family. dr laura azurie takes us to the cove at 19 wards. not every badge is occupied right now, but numbers of severely ill patients are increasing daily, and majority are unvaccinated. 2 or have underlying health conditions quote unquote, on a convention at the moment some of our patients are vaccinated and some are not so funny. every one hospitalized has underlying health conditions. and i am harsh and she me kidney conditions or diabetes. but again, the vaccinations are very important and very effective for him. how shall be many lim thought after so many waves of this disease?

there's a sense of experience routine on this wards. and now newly authorized drugs can be given to patients early on. still after 2 years, it's not just hard for doctors and nurses to keep up. but for every one struggling with the new uncertainty that's replicating along with this latest variant. let's get around up of some other world headlines now. north korean state media says leader kim jong own over saw the successful taste of a hypersonic missile. the report comes a day after authorities in south korea and japan detected the suspected launch, which drew condemnation from around the world. according to north korea, it was its 2nd test over hypersonic missile in less than a week. nearly 3 quarters of a 1000000 people are without power in corners are, is after a fire damage to power lines on the city's outs. goods. argentina's capital is going through a summer heat wave, with temperatures reaching 39 degrees celsius. electricity demand is soaring,

as people turn to air conditioners for relief. the light american author and civil rights activist maya angelou has become the 1st black woman to feature on a us coin. the new quote, a dollar depicts angelou with arms raised and a bird in flight behind her images. inspired by her poetry, miss angela died in 2014, at the age of 86. the united nations has asked the international community for $4400000000.00 for help to help afghanistan. it's the un largest ever humanity humanitarian appeal for any country, but it's come with the dia wanting to this is a stock, an absolutely a central stock up measure that we are putting in front of the interest route today . without this being funded, there will be a future. we need this to be done,

otherwise they will, they will be outflow. there will be suffering. but in truth, the suffering is already there. to say more than half of afghanistan's nearly 40000000 people are facing acute hunger in places like in north west in afghanistan, years of drought have already added to food shortages. in addition, people have no cash to live their daily lives. and as we are about to see in the following report, this has forced some to consider the unthinkable, like selling off their children to survive. with farmer walks across his parched land. these once fertile fields in afghanistan begged his province a now dry and barren. 2 years of drought have left farmers destitute and force many to abandon the region. bordering the there's no rain, there's drought,

almost everyone in this village has left for iran. on. for those who remain limited, aid from the red crisen is a vice lifeline. local speak of time to and there was ample rain and snow here but ever frequent dry spells have made water a scarce commodity. the economic crisis following the television takeover has any worse than the already dire situation. and the new provincial rule is say, there's no money to help the, to the we weren't prepared for the situation because the previous government left us with nothing. here with the parts and all that. and from an economic perspective, we have nothing to offer either. so we're trying to help 3 aid groups. we just, we've had meetings with them and told them about the problems here. so we did so

many people now living camps for the internally displaced like this one outside the provincial capital. homeless and pushed to the edge of starvation some here returning to desperate measures. these parents say they're at the point of selling their 8 year old son for food. when they're watching the children want bread, but don't have any. i'm helpless and have no option other than to sell him to someone else. without them we would then we will us and we really and i carry with the gentleman with us. it's oblique choice now facing this poverty stricken family who like many others, have become casualties of drought and conflict. the european union has paid tribute to alida david, says soley rose to prominence as a journalist before entering politics. he served as president of the european parliament from 2019 until his death from illness on tuesday. he was 65 years old.

he you flags at half mast. and a minute of silence for the late european parliament president david saw solely a politician, respected across party lines appointed in 2019 cecily served alongside commission president lucila on the lion. he was one of italy's most prominent t v journalist until he left to enter politics and she 1009. the corona virus pandemic dominated his time in office. the president of parliament addressing an almost empty chamber eagle, mid shyly for sa, solely europe's institutions needed strengthening to address rising populism. europe must restore and reaffirm its own values such a part of our identity. and it must do so to remain credible to our citizens and the rest of the world. european commission, president from the ally and paid tribute to him. dave, it's a saudi was

a man of deep face and strong convictions. everyone loved his smile and his kindness we need done. you stop multi is politician. rebecca met sola is now the parliament's acting speaker on twitter. she wrote so sorely had dedicated his life to making the world a better fare, replace on the written notice, and you're not able to call and you're up to date here. anti w news coming up next is the documentary on growing polarization and disinformation around the world. maybe you can stay up to date on our website, d, w dot com and on instagram and twitter to handle there is at dw news. i'm jarrett re, thank you for watching interest the global economy our portfolio.