For the surge in new corona virus infections well go live to belgrade and. The german chancellor said her aims for the European Union is germany takes over the presidency of the European Council her main goal is to contain and recover from the pandemic and a grim warning from the United Nations half a 1000000 people could die from aids because of coded 19 of the pandemic means that many each of the patients are not getting the medicines they need to stay aloft. Im going off to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all the around the world welcome we start tonight with breaking news the Prime Minister of the ivory coast ahmed do going. As doc at the age of. 61. Bali was also the ruling partys candidate for the president ial election coming up in october his death throws that race into disarray but the cause of death has not yet been released but going to live ali had just received medical treatment for a heart condition in france. Well for more now im joined here at the big table by my colleague w. Reporter. So what do these death mean for the ivory coast tonight yeah its a big shock 5 rickles suddenly because he was only in march so i declared being the president ial candidate for the ruling potting as you said earlier they elected him coming up this year in october. Tomorrow and so all these. Him as a chemical evidence a candidate is because. President s in 2010 has only 2 only 5 years one term and there was a big movement all over africa to restrict these long time standing president s so he said he couldnt go another time and. He is one of his closest allies so that was his decision that he be president and all these nice planning is now has exploded just today in he has had Health Problems we know that he was in france for medical treatment what more do we know about his condition if this was kind of extraordinary because ivory coast no one normally all the block but he got a special permit to go out so he. Has undergone heart surgery transplant 8 years ago but he said everything was fine and he was only going to france for a check for medical control by the head to put in some sense but he only returned last week being Good Condition taking his full responsible to say im fit i want to go there i want to be our next president and so he got. On well today. Meeting and then he went to hospital and diet a couple of minutes later people usually dont expect someone to die from a condition a heart condition that requires stents thats something people get all the time now it could. Result now in a new political crisis in the ivory coast. It can be like this because the country is really deeply divided that being a civil war which the ivory people call a little bit too nice a crease evil and so ivory crisis but it was like a sort of people died and was facing between the north and the south and then also sakta in the south back wall and then there were also some International Forces interfering in 2011 everything finished when i was transferred to i. C. C. You have been convicted there but now he was acquitted but now this appeal so that his partys insist Party Members may but perhaps see that sounds in the long term long standing president what does not there theres a sort of a powell way kill him so there might be a time that clashes. Come up so everything depends now if theres a quick decision on what will happen next who would definitely be watching what happens in the next hours guillen from again you please should be reporting thank you antigovernment rallies have stilled serbias capital bill gray for the 2nd day with protesters angry over what they see as the governments mishandling of the pandemic after its surge included 19 cases after a peaceful march in the day time protests have turned violent for a 2nd night with demonstrators throwing flares and bottles at police in riot gear now president alexander she appears to have bowed to public pressure and backtracked on his decision to reintroduce a curfew this weekend critics say the sharp spike in infections was caused by a series of politically motivated decisions by luci. The rocks flares tear gas this is what the capital of serbia looks like on tuesday night. Thousands of protesters took to the streets and the situation quickly got out of hand the of the of the a group of them tried to enter the Parliament Building and the Police Responded with tear gas and their batons in the scuffles finally ended as the sun was coming up i am dozens of people were injured who was who said serbian president alexander had announced that a weekend curfew could be imposed in belgrade but after tuesdays protests he has now backtracked on those plans in a city that. In recent weeks the corona virus has been spreading quickly in serbia. There are long lines of people outside Testing Centers hospitals are overcrowded the new wave of corona virus infections has put an additional strain on the already stretched health care system. This is not just about belgrade and belgrades patients it is also about patients being sent here from all over serbia. In april serbia imposed one of the worlds strictest lockdowns despite this the government pushed ahead with plans for junes parliamentary election. During the Campaign Officials declared victory over the coronavirus and normal life resumed without any restrictions. The opposition boycotted the poll and turnout was low. But his party won by a landslide. Since the election frustration with the government has been growing as it became clear the Coronavirus Crisis is far from over deflected blame onto the public stupid. No excuse and i meant to put it into it was our decision to relax the measures but if i wanted to be mean i could remind you that it happened on your insistence that. The people were banging pots and pans saying it was time to end my dictatorship saying i was using restrictions on movement and curfews to make normal life impossible please excuse not to. Most pitch in and out of those you know the moment serbias initial success in controlling the virus has now gone up in smoke and the protesters say is responsible. Are going to cross over now to our correspondent he drove since harry who is following the protests in a serbian capital forced into a good evening to you what we looks like youre standing in the middle of a protest right now tell us whats going on where you walk. Yeah this story with same like last night they had no shot but im cynthia i guess its going on in many streets of belgrade there in front of the parliament but also in small streets the police is fighting to spread the crowd but things change since last 23 hours especially and its of serbia are here right now trying to take over the control of the process where peace will tilt. In the evening but then that this the stoke the fence and throw stones on the police who has had to intervene but you know help us understand whats going on there are people angry and becoming violent because of this new lockdown or is there Something Else going on. Well i have mixed feelings about what is going on because we have nationalistic groups also people say they are not happy with the reggie marseilles on the roof just calling him you know ray also cracked a precedent who has been leading for 8 years to serbia but took over the control of media and Everything Else in this country so they started because of come of it but they say now they are unhappy with the situation we know the president has blamed foreign agents when he calls them for this. Does he mean what does he mean when he says foreign agents he didnt specify in rich countries he amount about it but he said that any chance and the secret Service System the region are trying to thats civilized serbia before the negotiations with kosovo although in this press conference he said that he will inform this government but he didnt want to answer to a question of progovernment journalists asking. Citizens of montenegro and russia but he said that this a clearly political contest and not against his governance and are you hearing that drugs that there is concern that maybe russia has some type of hand in this chaos this violence that were seeing. Well better than lets just stick claire today in the in a press conference that he announced the people that theres going to be pressure because of course i will also theres many countries that down the line so that the law up in the east 8 that some weeks ago during a meeting with the had the Russian Diplomats it said again rob dont let these expecting that more pressure on serbia because a recognition off the independence of course yeah thats right to involve the situation with no end in sight corresponded a drugs to ferry reporting tonight from belgrade enjoy thank you. Lets take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world that china has opened a new National Security office in hong kong a week after beijing imposed a controversial new security law in the territory the Security Office is across from Victoria Park a site often used for prodemocracy demonstrations boeing has several claims relating to the crash of one of its 737 max jets in indonesia 2 years ago the u. S. Plane maker has not disclosed the amount of the compensation the crash was followed by another in ethiopia and led to the grounding of all 737 matches here in europe german chancellor Angela Merkel has called on the European Union to unite if it wants to emerge stronger from its greatest ever challenge the coronavirus tandem it merkel was in brussels today to mark the beginning of germanys 6 month presidency of the European Council she was in brussels with the European Union in crisis mode. The masks hand gestures and rather awkward head nodding have taken the place of handshakes german chancellor Angela Merkels 1st trip abroad since the corona Virus Outbreak was marked by new pandemic etiquette as you have confronts an unprecedented threat already over 100000 european lives have been lost to the virus and alongside growing debt and unemployment the continent to seeing a marked rise in populism. This in for the pandemic cant be fought with lies and dissent from asian human nor with hatred and agitation the fact of 9 populism is being shown its limits. Use of the top priority of the german presidency is to ensure that europe emerges from the crisis united by just short term stabilisation of europe will not be enough we also want to europe that offers hope in a while but us has no. Merkel supports the e. U. Commissions proposed joint Recovery Fund of 750000000000 euros to provide financial help especially to the southern European Countries that have been hardest hit the Commission President formally the longest serving member of merkels cabinet feels that such radical steps are necessary we have entered the worst recession since almost 100 years but she faces opposition from the frugal for austria denmark the netherlands and sweden they are reluctant to give away money without Strings Attached merkel insisted that a compromise was necessary and sooner rather than later the mines on the seriousness are common goal is to find an agreement as soon as possible because the depth of the konami slump urges us to hurry there is no time to lose otherwise the weakest will suffer. I very much hope that we can reach an agreement this summer by long and the negotiations beginning in the coming weeks will determine the Economic Future of europe. The Coronavirus Crisis could become deadly for hiv patients who rely on lifesaving drugs its estimated that nearly 40000000 people across the world are living with hiv although there is no cure for the disease that causes aids antiretroviral medication helps to manage and control it but the covidien 1000 pandemic is interrupting pharmaceutical supply chains which deliver h. I. B. Medications and there is also a 2nd threat here hiv patients are often scared to go to the hospital for fear of catching the coronavirus w. s adrian cree she reports tonight from south africa. Tempi would have preferred not to come to the clinic today because of the corona virus and to avoid questions from neighbors temby is not her real name she prefers to remain anonymous i knew she is h. L. V. Positive and wants to make sure her one year old daughter does not become infected. In my family no. No. Because they like to go from a little bit build a job to some romance not project that closed you dont know your future husband to you after all. So you dont need to charge for. One in 5 mothers in khayelitsha township is age i be positive a few years ago 2 out of every 5 children also had the virus but now the chances of being passed on the birth are less than 5 percent south africa has made significant progress of the fight against hiv the government pays for the medicines and aid agencies like Doctors Without Borders spoke with Education Programs in normal times a group of mothers with h i. V. Meteo once a month of the crisis means the meetings have been cancelled. To gain from the groups a chance discussing with p. Is giving time to discuss the difference in the internet that so now that the group says. It is really affected postnatal clubs the medics know how the mothers on a one to one basis hiv is still a serious problem here. The hospital is much emptier than usual because of covered 19 many patients void hospitals and therefore dont have access to their medication experts believe this could have a Strong Negative impact on a chevy aids but also with tuberculosis patients in the future. Knows her medication significantly increases her own life expectancy. That in the future age i. V. In corona will no longer be a danger to a daughter. Of a more now im joined by dr paul volcker doing one of the worlds authorities on a hiv aids talked of overeating lead pioneering work into the 1st treatments for hiv he joins me tonight from San Francisco dr its good to have you on the program you know we saw there in that report that hiv patients are avoiding going to the hospital to get medication and treatment because they are afraid of catching the corona virus are age hiv patients are they at greater risk when it comes to covert 19 weve worried a lot about the possibility that hiv infected people would be at greater risk or have worse outcomes we havent seen much of it yet but i still think that as we see people with hiv with very damaged immune systems that they will almost certainly have a worse outcome but in terms of accessing medical care absolutely right people with all sorts of medical conditions including h o b are avoiding medical systems because of her fear of the corona virus i know that you are participating and the International Aids Conference thats taking place right now at same place online because of the pant pandemic how worried is the hiv Research Community about the corona virus getting in the way of age hiv treatments. Oh i think were were quite concerned i mean obviously we have to respond to the pen demick no question on the other hand hiv is in a very fragile situation it takes a lot of effort it takes a coordinated effort globally to respond to the t. V. Crisis and the more people are necessarily diverted and the more resources are diverted the more we think that hiv programs are at risk and were already starting to see people not going for a t. V. Testing to learn if theyre if theyre positive or negative again because of the concern about the coronavirus dr is this a problem or seeing more in poor countries i mean is this something that were seeing and the europe in europe and in the United States are people also not going to the to the doctor or the hospital for fear of catching coronavirus i suspect its its happening everywhere were learning so much about whats happening with the growth of errors because the epidemic is is so new we have here in the west we have the ability to connect with patients by phone or by video so in some cases that can be decreased obviously thats not so available in rural areas of africa we worry a lot about people that have to travel for their h. L. V. Care not just not being able to do it anymore because the restrictions the world has been living with hiv aids for decades now and we still do not have an h i v vaccine should we be confident that we can roll out a Coronavirus Vaccine within a matter of months i mean are the coronavirus n h i. V. In terms of a vaccine are they comparable. No. I think fortunately theyre probably not comparable hiv has been a very difficult virus to create a vaccine where we just have been very unable to do it for a lot of reasons coronavirus i think should be simpler but we shouldnt be we shouldnt brag about it till we have it because there are viruses dengue fever for example where its been very challenging to form of the next scene so i think it should go easier should go faster but i just dont think we should we should count on until we actually have it and you know ok dr paul opening joining us tonight from San Francisco dr we appreciate your time and if it was and your work thank you thank you very much well the u. S. Electric car maker tesla is building a major new factory just outside of berlin some see it as a boost for the local economy is expected to create thousands of new jobs and put the area back on the map after years of decline but some locals object to test those plans they complain that the company is failing to address concerns over the environment. If if if ice in question located 40 kilometers southeast of the german capital berlin here include how you did that tesla wants to begin producing electric vehicles by the middle of next year construction of the plant that to employ some 10000 people is a ready well underway. The multibillion euro investment is new zick to the ears of. Who envisions renewal in the long forgotten region. This is an Incredible Opportunity for the region and we need to see says young people who emigrated may be tempted to come back because of the jobs on offer but this is a good chance for us to entice young families who might have moved to states like 1st or bavaria. Getting in touch with tesla isnt easy the company did not respond to an interview requests from d. W. Many environmentalists are furious that the electric giant has pressed ahead with construction despite not having the final green light to do so. Other concerns include the vast quantity of water the factory will consume while tesla has promised to address that issue activists like nadine and spend a lot of my ass say it doesnt go far enough to take some 370 objections to the factory has been submitted but the coronavirus means there wont be a public hearing until september which will happen to us is how criticism is accepted at all the people who speak out against the project dont get a listen to this will be sure many people who are really involved and want to contribute but they just get ignored we need citizens to be in the fall we need transparency and democracy but we really need our politicians to take our resources and protected areas seriously and to put their foot down when needs be its the turn of gloom hide where the factory will be located has a plan and inhabitants tesla could draw a further 10000. 00 to the region some locals fear this will mean more traffic and less on spoils nature. Others like out michael are excited he regularly flies his drone over the construction site hes fascinated by whats going on. As mind as he does this and take in my view this is a very forward looking company. Where nothis rocketing the market with 500000 electric cars supposed to hit the market here it will encourage other companies to embrace electric mobility and get things moving. Too big he posts his drone footage on twitter giving both those for and against the project a birds eye view of whats going on. Or People Living on the frontlines of the war in Eastern Ukraine are also battling deadly force fires the blazes started earlier this week and have been ghost villages in a zone where separate just backed by. Many locals say they do not believe the fires started by. Flames feels by high temperatures and fast winds that consume most of this do it in Eastern Ukraine robbing a new record of everything they own. She with social reflexive of fire flying in the air would like im barred meant not just here fire seem to jump from place to place. Hundreds of firefighters and rescue crews rushed to save villagers and their homes at 1st they successfully battle the blazes back but the flames returned resuscitated by gust of wind. It happened quickly we saw fire in the distance jumping from one patch to another changing direction then moving closer it became dark as night i knew handsfree gen has been a risky place to go for years because it is partially under the control of progress and separatist this village is just kilometers from frontline fighting between the separatists and Ukrainian Forces the local governor says he believes arson is to blame with the fires out of the present lot in new zealand ski came to survey the damage and to lend his support. But i want to express my condolences to all the families all those who have lost loved ones because of these fires. 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