germany is lagging behind when it comes to digitalisation while more than 90 percent of people in finland denmark the netherlands and sweden use online banking services just 55 percent of germans do below the e.u. average. that's amazing considering how many brick and mortar bank branches have closed down in germany well to each their own in many parts of asia people have a very different attitude towards the internet thais spend a huge amount of time online every day do they worry their data could be used against them what renie. was was 1000 friends on my facebook had him on that lot though mike and his book were really love facebook because everybody. was on them i post photos of my girlfriend and my dog. because in the facebook evolution worth of buddhist teaching. i had a chance 1000 facebook friends thought. at least i am on an island and not. eagerly at a social media event that. bangkok has more facebook profiles than inhabitants thais spend more time on the internet than any other people in the world an average of 9 hours and 38 minutes every day. few seem to be concerned about protectin

the country's ranking highest for press freedom remain in scandinavia denmark finland and norway . denmark has become the 1st year pin country to reopen its schools children up to the age of 12 returning to the classroom they are required to follow strict hygiene and social distancing rules and the world is watching denmark closely could it be a model for taking pupils out of the locked out for about a week now thomas back has once again been bringing his 7 year old daughter to school here in copenhagen things are getting back to normal but you know august my daughter actually wanted to go to school last saturday she was so happy to see her friends again and to be in class but it was no there are only 7 children in her group yes you know we were evacuated. that's so the children can keep a 2 meter distance from one another in the classroom they used to be 20 students in the class but now there are only 9 at most so we see here the schools are not in store for you know our school which is quite big compared with all those cars and a market for we can see that we need a lot more space

denmark, finland, and norway. brent: question for you. do you wear a face mask when you go outside? more german states are making face coverings compulsory for public activities and the demand for masks is soaring. many companies, both big and small, are now producing fabric face masks, ones you can wash and reuse everyday. >> repurposing skills for shifting demand. this children's clothing shop in berlin has switched fashion for face masks. and it is proving good for business, as more german states make face coverings mandatory. the orders have been flooding in. >> at the moment, it is our core business. and i assume we will keep producing masks for a while. we have prepared for that by ordering more materials and a wide range of fabrics. >> as well as private households, the shop now supplies physiotherapists, traders, and some medical staff such as midwives. but this small enterprise is struggling to keep up with demand. >> we currently have a delivery time of 20 working days, which is of course quite long. so we are trying to find individual solutions. >> and sales show no sign

finland. and denmark which also imposed lockdowns their economies will shrink by 6 percent and finland add 6 a half percent and so back to your question brad it does not appear that sweden is actually doing any better r t correspondent saya tab hunter thank you for keeping us up to date. and as a reminder you can always find the latest news and information regarding the crowd of our son portable t.v.'s coronavirus tracker time now for a quick break but hang here because when we return we have discussed the impact of the pandemic on different sectors but our sports very limits of the world of ours will take a deep dive into the subject and as we go to break are the numbers at the close. you. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic development only loosely i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very. time to sit down and talk. seemed wrong. rules just don't call. me you get to shape out these days become educated and engaged with equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apa

austria, finland, and denmark have begun a tentative path to normality. at eu headquarters, the commission president wants the european union to set the pace. she warns in the borderless member area, the piecemeal strategy will undermine mundane tasks. peopleo not want to have moving from one member state to the next to use this opportunity. it is important that the coordination between neighboring an excellent is one. good neighbors speak with each other. >> in spain, the number of new deaths fell on sunday. the country still has one of the toughest lockdowns in the eu. in the first parliamentary session singed -- since controls were imposed, there was a debate about exit strategy. >> 47 million spaniards have been confined with no hope other than two more weeks of lockdown because you are incapable of carrying out a plan four masked testing. -- mass testing. >> the confinement measures are working because we began with a daily infection rate of 35%. today we are at 3%. that is a consequence of increasing the number of kits. measures are saving lives and

less freedom for mine in scandinavia denmark finland i'm no way. out of portal so short of the philippines has dropped 2 places to $136.00 out of $150.00 countries and someone who knows what that means is journalist and author mario who's had several run ins with the government he joins me now from manila maria have a good to have you on the program what is it like being a journalist in the philippines now. i think the 1st thing is that the world seems like it's never going to be the same again where it are 6 weeks of lockdown and their. president to take aside an emergency powers laud march 24th that gives them tremendous power work including an insertion that essentially could allow with swords to jail or anyone for a month or 2 months and find them about 20000 dollars i mean you're somebody who has experience with this don't you i mean that i've lost on i think you have what 7 cases and if that's a correct count against you from the philippine government i mean are you afraid that the philippines government is using the coronavirus crisis to gai

the country's ranking highest for press freedom remain in scandinavia denmark finland and norway . or joining me tonight is on the bill she's a mexican journalist and author she's known for her investigative journalism into mexican drug trafficking and into. the alleged collusion between government officials and drug lords on the bill it's good to see you again you have received death threats and you had to leave mexico for your own safety do you know what's behind these threats yes was the mexican government in particularly our decline man cold connecticut c l u a now that we asked this chief of the police in mexico and now for tonight that he seen jail he was arrested last year and see him getting it you're. working with this now. your home country mexico remains latin america's most dangerous country for journalists why is president on the base manuel lopez obrador his government on able to break the cycle of violence and impunity in mexico. i think it says many reasons but i well i will tell you 31 is because no one cares about journalists in may he did throwing that oh i even

the country's ranking highest for press freedom remain in scandinavia denmark finland and norway . are some sports news now we're going to go to italy one of the countries hardest hit by the pandemic for the story of 2 young tennis players they were challenged by their coach to find a way to stay in shape during the lockdown or they hit the roof tops i mean they really hit the roof tops their efforts have now gone viral take a look. on one side of the street 11 year old kerala is itching to go. on the other side 13 year old victoria is getting there working her way to the rooftop of her apartment building. once there a pause it's raining. carroll has been hitting the ball on her indoor court she is ready. and now so is victoria serious social distancing but stay clear of the camera guy for another day and walk down another rooftop to rooftop practice to get my thoughts since then it's playing tennis so much carolyn my neighbor my close friend and my classmate we decided to try to play from one building to another i think i. was. i never thought we'd manage to play it but it is so m

the country's ranking highest for press freedom remain in scandinavia denmark finland and norway . little for sport now in football spanish side barcelona will sell the naming rights to its stadium for the 1st time in its history to raise money for the fight against corona virus also known as camp is one of the most iconic stadiums of all football and has held its name since opening in 1957. charitable foundation will be tossed out finding a sponsor for the stadium spain has been one of the worst affected countries by the pandemic. this is. when you're up to date a quick reminder that you can get news and features of around the clock that's on our website www dot com and on our app we're on twitter at the news from myself and the scene of the topics. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and. our corona. special and next on do you w.

the country's ranking highest for press freedom remain in scandinavia denmark finland and norway . in football spanish side also know will sell the naming rights to its stadium for the 1st time in its history to raise money for the fight against corona virus also known as camp is one of the most iconic stadiums of all football and has held its name since opening in 1957 a club's charitable foundation will be tossed with finding a sponsor for the stadium spain has been one of the worst affected countries by the pen demick. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you the 7 german state of the bay area has cancelled the october face of the earth faced of all over the current virus event attracts more than 6000000 visitors every year old boys she say is the response on tejan is too high. this is the derby and here is a quick reminder that you can get news and features around the clock on our website at all brought to twitter at the daily news i'm christine one but it's been great having your company see an extract. for you there i'm david. corn amateur. hour printers in 3 b

of when and how to consider lifting those restrictions is problematic italy's spain austria finland and denmark have this week begun the tentative path to normality but key you headquarters in brussels the commission president wants the european union to set the pace and she warned that in the union's borderless member area that piecemeal strategy will undermine even monday in tasks we will not want to have people moving from one member state to the next member state to use the shopping opportunity and therefore it is very important that the coordination between neighboring member states is an excellent one good neighbors speak with each other in spain the number of new deaths fell slightly again on weapons day and some sectors are reopening but the country still has one of the toughest lock downs in the e.u. and in the 1st parliamentary session since controls were 1st imposed there was a heated debate about exit strategy they're going to see them you know this by 37000000 spaniards have been confined for a month without any hope other than 2 more weeks of lockdown because you are incapable of

remain in scandinavia denmark finland and no way. i'm joined now by truck from the 100 and civil liberties union in budapest better to have welcome a hungry has lived to rankings and the boss john is now the worst in your country for press freedom according to reporters without borders how freely can journalists live and work in hungary well if you look at journalists operating in hungary and editorial offices operating in hungary they are not in constant fear of being imprisoned or it's sad but at. the doing their job as a watchdog. the state and the government is getting harder and harder year by year there are economy burdens and there are avenues of burdens may have to slide back when they wish to report on current issues and in hungary it's very difficult for journalists to get proper information out of governmental bodies or state offices and they are often physically excluded from the places where day should report from for example the parliament building or refugee camps in hungary now in the middle of these buttons as you de

of when and how to consider lifting those restrictions is problematic italy's spain austria finland and denmark have this week begun the tentative path to normality at e.u. headquarters in brussels the commission president wants the european union to set the pace and she warned that in the union's borderless member area that piecemeal strategy will undermine even monday night tasks we will not want to have people moving from one member state to the next member state to use the shopping opportunity and therefore it is very important that the coordination between neighboring member states is an excellent one good neighbors speak with each other in spain the number of new deaths fell slightly again on weapons day and some sectors are reopening but the country still has one of the toughest lock downs in the e.u. and in the 1st parliamentary session since controls were 1st imposed there was a heated debate about exit strategy they said to me you know this by 37000000 spaniards have been confined for a month without any hope other than 2 more weeks of lockdown because you are incapable of carrying ou

the country's ranking highest for press freedom remain in scandinavia denmark finland and norway. you're watching news coming up. how do you mean with. them musicians look for alternative ways of making money during the pandemic as concerts are cancelled and live performances stay bad and. now the number of protests against coronavirus quarantine measures continues to grow around the world demonstrators are voicing their anger over a lockdown mischa's in the united states and lockdown demonstrations which started last week have continued protesters some carrying guns gathered in harrisburg pennsylvania demanding the state reopen businesses they accused. exaggerating the impact of the coronavirus on the health care system similar protests have been held across the country. for more i'm joined by the reporter chilled out right ok chill so the obvious process raney just about corona virus so is there more to this here or there attracting a very mixed crowd of discontent people some worried about their jobs and their businesses but among the signs you see be you wave at the demonstrat

the country's ranking highest for press freedom remain in scandinavia denmark finland and norway. and joining me now from nairobi is what is sub-saharan africa representative from the committee for the protection option just have a more just give us a sense of how your region has fared in this latest index. thank you very much for having me just to begin with i use the pronoun she. in south africa which we've seen is that we already had about the the freedom of journalist and the safety of being exacerbated at this moment when governments are legitimately all it just makes me using more flaws to control the movement of people to control what people say publicly in an effort to co-opt the spread of convicting team so just to be a little bit more specific what we've seen is that governments are cracking down stronger by alleging that journalists of bloggers are publishing false news we've seen examples of this in somalia where journalists was arrested just last week on allegations of post soon false news online in ethiopia right now another journalist also faces similar allegations

the country's ranking highest for press freedom remain in scandinavia denmark finland and norway . a question for you do you wear a face mask when you go outside more german states are making face coverings compulsory for public activities and the demand for mass is sort many companies both big and small are now producing fabric facemasks ones you can wash and use every day. repurchasing skills for shifting demand this children's clothing shop in berlin has switched fashion to face masks and it's proving good for business as more german states make face coverings mandatory the orders have been flooding in it won't matter because if you wreck at the moment it's our core business and i assume that will keep producing mosques for a while we've prepared for that by ordering more materials and a wide range of fabrics. as well as private households the shop now supplies physiotherapists trade is and some medical stuff such as midwives about this small enterprise is struggling to keep up with demand. we currently have a delivery time of 20 working days which is of course quite known so we

the country's ranking highest for press freedom remain in scandinavia denmark finland and norway. right let's speak about press freedom with side except in a rainy and academic an author and outspoken critic of the hard liners in iran and winner of the freedom of speech award and 28 he joins us from tehran sadek thank you for being with us we've seen that iran has slipped another 3 places down to 173 on a list of 180 countries does that surprise you. that it with off that that it was born in your. view germany i must say i haven't selves he changes ideas for the rule or. or for wars. in iraq of course all or myself many many right there's your earliest ready academics like you. and. writing for. a better climate. for iranian writers for the for the freedom to express to seeing. different from home. from the government of course we have difficulties health problems but we are surviving and i really can't say stationed in iran has i swore sent you think anything anything i would like to say there has been some improvement ca's their new chief justice who has come on to the iranian s

so if we're looking at iceland, taiwan, germany, new zealand, finland, norway, denmark, they all haveemale leaders. so an interesting piece in forbes that sort of spells out that that may not be a coincidence. what do you think it is about female style of leadership that was able to fight this in a way that so many other countries, from the united states to china, to the uk hasn't? >> well, i think the leaders of those countries would be the first to say that it's early days. so i think we start there, that they have had early successes in terms of testing and prevention and also each of the leaders you mentioned brings a combination of compassion and rigor, i think, to the way that they've engaged the public, fact-based, science-based early. but also really showing empathy and showing -- and speaking to the humanity of what's at stake here in the crisis. some of the qualities that they've exhibited are qualities that women all around the world are exhibiting. studies show empathy and ability to put expertise over ego perhaps more frequently than others. again, valuing of the importan

denmark, norway and finland, things are not quiuite so good r sweden. wass go back to that toll i telling about, 233 people dying per million in sweden. if you look at denmark, that is only 75 people. dedenmark has been under lockdon sincnce the 11th o of march. 3838 is the figugure in norway d 36 in vineland.d. that is up to three to four times more peoeople dying per millllion in swedenn thanther scandidinavian c countries. on that numbmber you can say sweden's decision was not the right thing to do. one other thing which is very important to note is that the swedish are saying that there decisision will make p people -- decision will make people more e resilient to the .idisease and boost herd immuniy people w who have been infected with coronavavirus for put up a barrieier to prevent more infections from happening at the question is what will the final death toll be in sweden when they arrive at that? that is something we don't know the answer to. we will have to see. >> time will tell. we will see what happens. -- has died in the city of mumbai. the

of when and how to consider lifting those restrictions is problematic italy's spain austria finland and denmark have this week begun the tentative path to normality but key you headquarters in brussels commission president wants the european union to set the pace and she warned that in the union's borderless member area that piecemeal strategy will undermine even monday in tasks we will not want to have people moving from one member state to the next member state to use the shopping opportunity and therefore it is very important that the coordination between neighboring member states is an excellent one good neighbors speak with each other in spain the number of new deaths fell slightly again on weapons day and some sectors are reopening but the country still has one of the toughest lockdowns in the view and in the 1st parliamentary session since controls were 1st imposed there was a heated debate about exit strategy they said to me you know this by 37000000 spaniards have been confined for a month without any hope other than 2 more weeks of lockdown because you are incapable of carrying out a

an emergency denmark norway finland coming to net zero. relatively quickly and in the- a democratic primary in which all of the candidates are competing with one another to be more ambitious on climate change now considering that no pledge to reduce emissions in the history of climate change has ever been fulfilled it's reasonable to be skeptical of some of these sort of empty promises and yet the fact that the governments are making them. is i think we all sign of some proper. i think it reflects in addition to the changing. landscape the fact that t there is a new economic conventionalal wisdom. it is to be the case the communist believe that action on climate change was. too expensive to be worth it. they said the attacks are going to be relatively small and we're better off just growing however we can grow. but that's really changed over the last few years and now almost every economist would tell you. will be better off we act faster rather than slower. i think that's the reason why we're just getting this policy change. but as you no

four weeks ago sweden had the same number of cases in the population as did denmark, finland and norway, but that the same time those -- at the same time those countries had much more stringent distancing recommendations in place. people are saying, it works not to have to do that, although sweden was doing a number of things. and then about a month ago all of a sudden, the case numbers increased dramatically in sweden, and over the course of the last month, that has been a real challenge. one thing to be mindful of is with this disease, just wait a week or two, and we will see what happens. two months ago, singapore was seen as the absolute model response plan in that they had through contact testing and tracing stopped the spread of the virus in singapore. it would have been a very, very large outbreak in their migrant workers which are still part of the general population. one of the challenges we have is keeping this virus suppressed is every hour, everyy minute priority. it does not mean if you let up i, it will not come back tomorrow and that is what we are concerned about in the

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denmark, for example. they actually had a pretty hard time for northern europe. here's finland, well below denmark, doing pretty well. here's norway, sweden's closest neighbor. for good measure, here's iceland, which has been so aggressive particularly with testing. but there's sweden up top with the largest death toll of any of its similar countries. and that is the result of their approach that fox news and conservative media has been hyping for weeks now, which is that they did very little of a lockdown. i mean it's very appealing, right, in an ideological sense that sweden decided we don't need to lock everything down. let's keep it all loose. but it turns out the virus doesn't care how cool that sounds. our friends in conservative media are neverthele theless in with this idea. and so with the helter skelter encouragement of president trump, we've now got red state governors all over our country saying, you know what? screw it. let's tear the lid off. the swedes did it. it was great. i keep hearing in conservative media how everybody has been overreacting and you don't rea

denmark, for example. they actually had a pretty hard time for northern europe. here's finland. well below denmark. doing pretty well. here is norway. sweden's closest neighbor. here is iceland. which has been so aggressively, so aggressive, but there's sweden up top, with the largest death toll, of any of the similar countries. and that is the results of their approach, that fox news and conservative media has been hyping for weeks now, which is that they did very little of a lockdown. i mean it's very appealing, right? in an ideological sense, that sweden decided we don't need to lock everything down. let's keep it all loose. but it turns out the virus doesn't care how cool that sounds. our friends in conservative media are nevertheless in love with the idea that this is no big deal, that you can definitely reopen everything as soon as you don't feel like dealing with all of this stuff anymore. and so with the healthier skelter encouragement of president trump, we've now got red state governors all over our country, saying you know what, screw it, let's tear the lid off, the swedes did it, it was

you compare the deaths in sweden to the deaths in denmark, finland, and norway. you hate to say it, but the deaths are substantially higher in sweden because they have used it as an example. brazil is very high if you look at what has gone on graphically. very straight up. mine, a great man, the president of brazil. when they say hurt in sweden, the bars you can't go to, certain areas you can't go to. a lot of people are saying, the prime minister doesn't have to say stay in. they aren't leaving. wast's not quite what reported but the number of deaths are tremendous in sweden compared to countries where they did strong lockdowns. we were discussing before that was a very big difference. go "herd" asdn't you understand it. but they are being very smart. they are not going out. are some? , i guess. reporter: i missed in the interruption -- are you suggesting you may have some evidence that this was not a naturally occurring virus? pres. trump: we are going to see where it is and where it comes from. you have theories from the lab, the bats, the bat couldn't have be

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