A handful and it may be time to say goodbye to plastic as scientists turned to find logical materials to make things like headphones. On corn aspen thanks for joining us europe is preparing for a corona virus lockdown spains Prime MinisterPedro Sanchez is due to address the nation shortly he is expected to announce tight restrictions on Movement Across the nation following a sharp increase in the number of infections there meanwhile across europe orders are closing sporting events are being canceled and businesses are shutting their doors as People Get Ready to wait out the pandemic at home italy is still the hardest hit where 250. 00 people died in just a single day but beyond the human cost fears are now growing that many of europes cultural institutions wont withstand weeks or even months of shutdown. Italy remains under a nationwide lockdown and the effects of social distancing are plain to see. The people square all but deserted. Empty canals also in venice normally overrun by tourists in the streets of venice are now being decontaminated. In bulgaria as elsewhere people are lining up to stock up on supplies should they have to isolate themselves but in many supermarkets shelves or bare. In spain the government is set to declare a 2 week state of emergency and announce increased measures to control the covert 19 outbreak already famous tourist sites like barcelonas landmarks i get out of familiar basilica have been closed off. France has also ordered closures of cultural and Tourist Attractions both the eiffel tower and the Louvre Museum are closed to the public. But for the citys few remaining tourists at least one typical parisian attraction remained open the moulin rouge was open for business friday night but only to celebrate its last night before to closing its doors. With a view to said if you dont see difficult we know that from monday schools will be closed so well stay at home i have 3 children so im work from home starting monday i think tonight well have a good night because its the last of the business that doesnt yet. Germany is also wrapping up its defenses closing schools and many public facilities and as of tuesday billings world famous nightlife will grind to a halt as bars and clubs will also be closed many of the clubs dont know how theyre going to survive the loss of business the closures will bring. Weve never experienced such a big threat to the cultural scene its possible that by the end of this crisis a large part of the culture for which. Berlin is known and thanks to which many people feel good in berlin will disappear. As. Well many of europes main cultural attractions are funded by taxpayer money but lynnes clubs are funded by their patrons who are now staying at home. Are joining me now in studio a lemo talkie from sports to look at how this pandemic is affecting the sports world sort of here in germany the bundesliga finally deciding to suspend the season but it took them a while to make that choice right to it i think the German League i think for the long time they were just hoping that hey as long as no players effect that no coach is affected then no harm you know they dont have the corner i was we can continue playing and unfortunately we dont work that way and we also and then of course they will release key keen on this idea of you know which is always a chance yeah that is the literal translation of it goes games and thats because you have stadiums without any spectators and it does feel kind of eerie a bit creepy even at times and then what happened was that information emerged yes yesterday before fridays want to see it again that perhaps one of the coaches coach was showing a cronut like symptoms and thats when the when you see the panic and they decided to cancel off cancel the games but at the same time people also need to understand that white mate that the coronavirus has really turned the football world upside down really on its head because in order to plan next season you really have to sort out this seasons over things like relegation promotion the european places so its a real struggle for football right now dealing with this i mean given the struggle how war players reacting how are fans reacting to this decision thats actually one really nice positive its very refreshing a lot of the a lot of the seem to be really accepting of it they understand that football isnt everything that it can be put on them on the back burner and that right now the number one priority is peoples well being and its about containing this quote of iris well a lot of speculation as well about the fate of this years summer olympics in japan heres what the japanese Prime Minister had to say on the topic earlier today. What the more you if you believe that it was we will continue to closely cooperate with i. O. C. And of course i. O. C. Is working closely with w h s for us we would like to overcome the spread of the Infection Control the olympics asked plan but i started going to. Yes so for now the olympics going ahead as planned according to shinzo abe but i mean so many major events announcing either cancellations or postponements really the olympics is starting to look like an outlier here it is and i cant help but shake my head at what he just said i mean it seems to me that hes in a state of it didnt japanese government is almost in a state of denial and theres also an element of Wishful Thinking and i get it from their perspective obviously the government billions of dollars into these games and if they lose them if they cant so then they will be in the minus but at the same time its a huge risk hosting these games lead allowing them because you are putting lives at risk you are asking you are asking hundreds and thousands of hands and athletes to come to japan literally around the world yes yeah and thats how disease spreads thats how it is the spread as i exactly would help with the crown of ours so i dont think its really a smart idea to put peoples lives at risk and they are right now also a lot of options ideas emerging and everything and one of them is for example just like we had with football is that lets hold these events thats have these olympics but behind closed doors but of course we also learned from the n. B. A. And from football that athletes are not immune to the iras and always work exactly can hit everybody and then of course the one idea that the talk you organize a seem to be very open to right now is perhaps press ponying it but i would not rule out a cancellation because it has happened before. During world war 2 of course rival these a game scheduled to start in late july at least for now will email the jockey did of the sports thank you. Are years a look now at the latest developments with the corona virus the 2nd worst hit country in europe spain has confirmed more than 1500 new cases of the virus between friday and saturday a lone Dutch Airline kalen plans to cut up to 2000 jobs amid the Global Pandemic and u. S. President donald trump has declared a National Emergency in the United States over these fred of the coronavirus we end on some good news south korea has for the 2nd day in a row now reported more recoveries from coronavirus than it has new infections well the corona virus appears to be retreating in china thats of course where it emerged late last year the government says there were only 11 thats right 11 new cases on saturday and that for the 1st time most of them were actually imported from overseas the success of its Quarantine Program is already being touted in state propaganda. The a triumphant scenes in china this week infection rates are decreasing on friday the country proudly announced on the 8 new cases. Who hand city reported 5 new cases before the eyes of the nation the city closed the last temporary hospitals china wants to signal to the rest of the world that it has the virus under control after more than 3000 people died from it. Theyre very happy that patients finally recovered. Young gong from to han has been cornered in this apartment for 50 days in the beginning he and his family were very scared his neighborhood is still a ghost town no one is allowed to leave the house but the fear is gone. You know you cannot rewrite that some provinces are open again people can step out we hope that the intestine rate in our city rouhani is going to be 0 soon then we can finally go outside. The Chinese Government staging dance events to lighten the mood beijing is practicing normality crowds are going back to the vegetable markets in the capital after months filled with fear people are stepping out of their apartments again. So you know he just called oil its much better before there are almost no people now theyre coming back out. A month ago the streets of beijing were nearly deserted now theyre busy again giving off the impression of normality. Nevertheless its a bit better but not as good as before the epidemic may go days. That. Workers from all over the country are taking special trains to get back to the factories in china as freeing itself from its self imposed restrictions its a risky decision for the leadership in beijing workers could still carry the virus with them the shoot from the interest will get Key Industries back on track in an orderly manner. In rouhani and in the rest of the country people are celebrating the containment they want to believe and the triumph a brief check now on some of the other stories making headlines at this hour a barrage of rockets has hit a base housing u. S. And other Coalition Troops north of baghdad Officials Say at least 3 Coalition Troops and 2 iraqi soldiers were wounded there is no word on responsibility so far camp thomas was already the target of an attack this week that killed 2 americans and one british soldier bill gates has stepped down from microsofts board of directors to focus on philanthropy gates cofounded microsoft in 1975 he was the c. E. O. Until 2000 the billionaire plans to spend more time now on his foundation tackling issues like Global Health and education. Or climate activists have been taking aim at plastic its made from fossil fuels and is a major source of pollution in the oceans but its also extremely versatile it can be shaped and molded into any number of products so what could possibly replace it while scientists in finland think they may have an answer and it could be music to environmentalists years. This the term bio based economy has been a catchphrase for decades now but products have remained few and far between especially in the area of electronics at the v t t Technical Research center in finland the scientists decided to demonstrate how far the field has come with the sort of biotech headphones unlike plastic the materials and them were sourced not from fossil resources but from living organisms. Using our by reactors we can produce lots of different molecules polymers. But from kerry of course we can make for example saying that expired a seal or by a plastic precursors or even by a polymers. Headphones prototype is made from 6 different biotech materials they include a bio plastic produced by yeast a leather substitute made from a fungus and a bio synthetic sound transmission element derived from that synthetic spider silk the researchers designed the headphones to try to raise awareness for greener production processes. With thought it was a great opportunity to combine different materials no one had done it before actually to bring on the seafront microbes to into the development of electronic devices. Of course the electrical components inside the bio based headphones still have to be made of conventional materials but as we work on ways to leave oil in the ground replacing most of the plastic in products like this with bio engineered alternatives is at least a small step towards a more sustainable future. Youre watching the news live from berlin stay tuned a history of Human Trafficking thats coming up next in dog film but we leave you now with some heart warming moments from italy people there are confined to their homes because of this coronavirus long down but entire neighborhoods are raising their voices to fill the empty streets with a bit of music to listen. Oh. Oh. Oh oh oh. Oh oh oh oh. Please. I. Believe you. Me. I. Was. 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