Of beijings clampdown on religion and spirituality as it pushes for a revival of communist ideology. And in bolivia people are dying in their cars from covert 19 because over whelmed hospitals are turning them away we have a special report. Im brian thomas good to have you with us today here in germany children have started going back to school just as coronavirus cases are on the rise its the 1st time many have been in a classroom since march but the experience is not the same a reporter visited one school in the city of rostock in northern germany to see how children there are adjusting. Finally back where they wanted to be in the school yard with all of their friends for the 1st time in 5 months these children from John FranklinPrimary School in rust up can play together without a mask and without daring to social distancing rules. Even hugs are allowed although not recommended. And specify its better now because we are allowed to sit next to each other again and we can see all our friends again no. One is i i find it great because we can see all of our friends again and also our classmates and teachers. Its even my sisters very 1st day at school so thats really exciting to destroy turk. Just like this class all 11000000 german pupils are supposed to return to a daily School Routine in the next couple of weeks a great for lee for their parents as well but playing and learning so close to each other every day comes with a certain risk of infection that to make some teachers uneasy. As of course were anxious its not just school it goes beyond that. Im thinking about my family my grandmother is 91. 00 you dont want to be a carrier plus i have to be extra careful as my child has asked me are. All of pasta with coded 1000 infections rising again in germany parents have mixed feelings about the new start to go this is a mother do this theres a degree of uncertainty you dont know where people have been on holiday. Im glad its starting up again the last 6 months have been exhausting. Comes to the. Good normally and i could see that. Distancing. Keeping the kids at home even longer isnt an option for the School Teacher should be the goal is really. Porton for the children and their families as well i think schools can restart despite the rising cases. For the most part everyone is trying to keep a distance even though some hugs just inevitable for the kids they hope to be able to continue their school year as normally as possible. And our Political Correspondent daniel shays is here to talk about that search for normality in german schools good morning to you emmanuelle. What do people in germany think of schools in the country opening again with children like we saw in that report not wearing masks. Well but i know we just sold out in the report it comes was mixed feelings and it really depends on where you live in germany in regions that are most affected by the pandemic stick to rules we apply in schools for example mosques are not mandatory in mecca vote west and from iran now it was cool to reopen schools reopened yesterday but they will be mandatory in various mecklenburg western palmer was the least effective region in germany but the very hour was one of the west affected by the pandemic so opinions of the trade according to german infection rates are up again whats the foldback plan in the event of a severe outbreak will be back to home schooling. Well that different scenarios in place and its also depends again where in germany an outbreak would happen for example in mecklenburg west and schools were in charge of organizing school grads into college so if 2 was a maximum of a couple of 100 students and should an infection occur this would end up possible to isolate on the a section of the school and not the entire school in the very however an entire school would be closed with this learning being implemented and in case of a 2nd wave of infections all schools with the close and all classes would be moved into this thats lending the menu as a result of coal theres a push for liberalizing home schooling laws in germany remains illegal here could we see modernizing education become part of pandemic control efforts well the best that could be a reshuffling of cards in terms of Education Culture keep in mind that many teachers werent trained for example to be Distance Learning teachers and theres also a cost that comes with that they need to be trained and a cost for children and the parents to acquire the relevant material for online classes and the federal government blocked millions in funds for children to get the digital equipment for example and this led to a whole we thinking of the School Structure and you mentioned the question of home schooling lines ive definitely moving but thats a new situation for everyone for schools for children for parents and for society as a whole to rethink a traditional model of education there certainly is a lot of that going on right now many well thanks very much for coming in today thank you its good to be found some of the other stories making the news at this hour is the point is military to enforce stricter lock down rules that have come into place in the state of victoria people found to be breaching isolation of workers will now be facing fines as high as 14000. 00 u. S. Dollars. North korea appears to be making progress developing Nuclear Weapons according to a classified report by experts monitoring un sanctions they say the country is likely to have created Small Nuclear devices to fit into the warheads of its Ballistic Missiles to spain now where former King Juan Carlos was reported to have abruptly left the countrys departure comes amidst the scandal over alleged illegal payments linked to a rail project in saudi arabia and a letter to his son King Philippe the former monarch said he was leaving spain so they could work unhindered by the charges against his father. The news rocks by juan carlos the former spanish king is going into exile its not been announced where hes heading he says hes done so to protect the money from scandal but his decision his outrage many spaniards. This is really bad he should pay the money back. On it i think if. Its a heist he decision he should stay and defend himself in court like the rest of us. Prosecutors have long been investigating kwan colace the monarchy is facing accusations he took a kickback from saudi arabia when Spanish Companies won a contract to build around the way between mecca and medina and then the kings former lover could its a sign of it can stein is suspected to have received the broad money spanish journalists were given late types with helping to hide the some. You know. The king made a fortune especially in the United Arab Emirates and the gulf states and also saudi arabia. He kept it gifts and nations and then he set up an elaborate financial structure to conceal that money. Save me about a bill is. That republicans have been capitalizing on the royal scandal by organizing protests against the royal family theyre hoping spaniards have had enough. Of the corruption doesnt just involve a few bad apples demonstrating against the money he has a corrupt system of innocence and they want to. Punk carlos allegedly continued to finance a lavish lifestyle with the laundered money after he abdicated the throne he could still face charges of the matter but now hes put a little distance between himself and son King Philippe and between himself and prosecutors for the very latest were joined by correspondent jaime of alaskas dates you make the tell us why the former monarch has made apparently such a dramatic decision. Well we know that decision was taken together with hughes as son head of a state and the 6th and also with the Prime Minister better santa than it does decision was taken actually at need july. Was a move over to try to save the institution as a whole because of their private scandals regarding the private life of one gun laws but he made a we know that he left the country already on sunday but we dont know exactly about you know hes whereabouts on there and the press has found his presence reporting that he might be at the moment the Dominican Republic or has a ring been any confirmation of that that he has gone to the Dominican Republic and why would he choose that location. Yeah not not not an official confirmation yet this is something that the Spanish Press is reporting also for example this press saying that he might relocate finally nestorian. In portugal but right now what we are seeing in the press here in spain is that he might have gone to the domanick and republic you would stay he would be hosted by their funk who would stanley. Stronger prominent family with interest in super cane and also they have some hospitality complexes and he should he would stay according to these reports in a complex in the Dominican Republic at least temporarily we dont know if he will stay there for long or not but aside said theres not any official confirmation regarding the hughes whereabouts following the end of the Franco Regime especially in the early eightys juan carlos was was a unifying figure for the country what is this Development Mean for the royal family and its role in spain. Yeah definitely the middle was one of the most prominent figures in it spain and was able to glue to gether. Divided to spain but that spending is becoming more and more poor in the coming years and also the figure of speech medo has been questioned lately stronger than done done ever special because of those the scandals saying allegations regarding the corruption of the citys fighting to. Get as much distance as he can from. His father and son his people of course these divided regard and legacy that one kind of the middle class you know the role that he played in. Arrival. At the mo kristie here. In spain spain is divided even in side of the government all the more spiky just parts of the Coalition Government has already requested that we should you know loopy about our system but the Prime Minister by the subject says its not time for and he dition a crisis were already in a holes and economic crisis here in spain that sounds like some good advice from the Prime Minister i mean thanks very much for that today. Thank you its to china now and following beijings crackdown on Chinas Muslim minority it is now its many buddhists who become targets for communist Party Leaders buddhist temples have been closed services of the shut down some temples have even been demolished completely in a program has been launched to destroy hundreds of statues of buddha the destruction of the giant guan yang buddha has drawn International Condemnation its in the planning stages right now that destruction as we hear from did abuse the tears building. Meaning is a devout buddhist view is not his real name hes afraid of repercussions in his hometown see on buddhists have come under pressure from the government since they started protesting against the destruction of the buddhist sites in the outskirts of her city the 3 face statue of. The d. T. Of mercy in chinese buddhism is bound for demolition. Suddenly the government fenced the statue off they are doing works inside but they havent informed society about the reasons for the destruction. This is left us buddhists and those who worship the goddess of wanting inside and outside china quite bewildered. The 3 faced in and image ace and monastery were built in 2002 when a company donated the giant statue to the Buddhist Community made of white jade quickly gained fame. I am trying to take a look at the site the statue is located in a mountainous region about an hours drive from the city center. The decision to build a statue in these mountains was not a coincidence it isnt has a long history in. This area is Something Like the cradle of chinese buddhism many of the buddhist classics with 1st translated from sanskrit into chinese in monasteries located in this area we approached the statue where security guards up posted at their roadside stopping and taking pictures of the demolition is strictly prohibited the government does not want these images to spread on social media we can only feel them out of the car window. It is unclear how far the demolition has already gone activists have written to the government and complained on social media over the conservation of the statue of buddhist associations as far as malaysia have protested against its demolition to no avail. C. N. N. Is an ancient capital of china tourists from all over the world come to see its Historic Sites including its buddhist heritage but in recent years the government has pushed for a revival of communist ideology even inside dot untempered the world famous buddhist heritage the sign reminds visitors to uphold socialist values. Not only on buddhism but also on christianity and islam the Chinese Government is exercising immense pressure on religion and compared to the latter to buddhism is treated even more leniently. The government considers it to be more in line with their norms but ive witnessed that pressure on buddhist temples myself and their activity is increasing. And the pace is picking up as well temples have been forced to cancel religious events monasteries have had some of the buildings demolished experts estimate that the 3 face is just one of up to 800. 00 statues that have been destroyed. Lets bring in the reporter who put that together for us Mathias Sperling joining us from beijing good day to you mathias a very disturbing report in a lot of ways why is this push coming now to destroy these outward symbols of chinas ancient spiritual heritage its buddhist urge you know these statues these some experts estimate 800 statues that have been destroyed in recently years theyre mostly statues that have been newly erected in the past 2030 years when the country was moving towards a more liberal. Attitude on religions on this has been completely reversed and these symbols of spirituality of buddhist spirituality but also christian and muslim symbols have been removed in recent years as a push to reestablish the dominance of communist ideology and the ideological power of the parties so this is something thats ancient buddhist heritage that is protected and as weve also seen that is exists as as as Cultural Heritage but displays of religious spiritualism are being driven out of the public view now we heard from one member of the british faithful in your report there he was talking about the massive pressure thats also on the countrys muslim and christians right now can you tell us something about that. Yes there is there are huge compay against religion and targeting several religions islam is targeted in a campaign in western china in the region of sin jungle where ethnic minorities are forcefully being assimilated and religion as a part of their cultural identity is suppressed is nearly forbidding for them to practice religion there is also pressure on other muslim groups that are less ethnically distinct that the pressure is lower but they have also been some of their mosques for example destroyed or most that were built in oriental architecture had to be remodeled into something chinese and churches had their crosses removed christian ancient Christian Communities there have been a few regions where we have a traditional Christian Society some villages have been christian they are under huge pressure is newly founded churches are under huge pressure pastors have been arrested and so on and so on all this is a push to establish the ideological rule of the communist party and christianity and islam are targeted harder than buddhism one has to say that because theyre seen as foreign religions and they also open the window for for example extra activities of missionaries this is something the communist party has feared for a long time but it targets religion as being religion and it is thats a very much for bringing us up to date on this broad crackdown on on virtually all spiritual practices and looks like in china thanks very much. In bolivia the Health Care System there has been overwhelmed by the current virus pandemic most of the more than 80000 factions are in the capital a pause for hospitals laboratories and Funeral Homes or close to the verge of collapse in just 5 days police there collected more than 140 bodies from the streets. In this car a 68 year old man has died as a result of covert 19 he never made it to hospital just a few hours earlier a friend and Family Members had tried to get him help at 5 medical centers but they were denied. Because all the hospitals are full we were sent to the hospitals in la porte dadda and in court to whom he stopped breathing when we were underway and thats why were here the dead mans sister says her goodbyes while the police examine the corpse. And officer hands over that death certificate since the coroner hasnt turned up the officer says people arent just dying in their cars theyre also dying on the street and at home hospitals are at breaking point and its becoming harder to access treatment but even little even while searching for help people often go from one hospital to the other some of them die in their cars are Department Records deaths that occur in private vehicles and on Public Transportation but out of this if you go bolivias currently in the Community Transmission phase santa cruz la paz and cochabamba are the worst affected regions the average age of death is about 75. 00 with more men dying than women. Rebeccas father died in his home because no hospital in an alto would admit him. And we can do is bury him thats all we can do my fathers no longer with me. The stories of being shuttled from hospital to hospital are repeated every day during the pandemic and theres no end in sight cemeteries are almost full and funeral parlors have run out of coffins. This man complains that he had to say goodbye to a Family Member in a particularly painful way. They simply put him in an improvised box you cant even barter with them about the price saying youre willing to pay for better but there is nothing else better than an annoying. Family members arent even allowed to enter cemeteries and they have to say their final goodbyes from a far touching flowers at the 1st session of cars bringing in the bodies for burial and every day police pick up an average of 70 bodies from the streets 85 percent of them infected with cold at 19. For more on this very difficult situation bolivia were joined by our gave us from our latin american desk is just back from the region nice to see you again. These are some harrowing images were seeing in that report can you tell us about the regional differences in whats happening. Well as far as we know and according to official figures the cases and the deaths are happening mainly in the 2 most populous cities which are some crews and which is adjacent to la paz but the thing that were seeing here is the total collapse not only of the Health System but also testing and statistics so the truth is that we dont really know whats going on you have the impression that there are mold more fatalities in the urban regions and not so much in the regional parts of the country but the truth is that the situation is unfolding very quickly up until a few months ago we had the impression that the libya was actually doing quite well with a groan of ours crisis and now the truth is coming up are there economic or class differences and whos dying is it mainly the poor or are the rich in the well off affected as well well as in every other country especially in latin america there are differences of course in what regard to access to the Health System of course those who are privileged have more access and they can even pay to get access to a hospital for example this is happening throughout the continent but the truth is that this is has been spread to such a broad amount of the population that you cant really tell where theres a concrete difference in class in this case one of the approaches that the libyans are taking is the turning to chlorine dioxide really its a toxic disinfectant whats the government saying is have been trying to clamp down on that well the official position is that you should definitely not take chlorine dioxide this is also has been the government has been urging people not to do that but you have the opposition lets not forget that believe it has a political conflict right now and the Opposition Party is has just passed legislation they have majority in congress to produce and to sell chlorine dioxide to the people saying in a very populist move you know we are here for you we are giving you a quick and cheap solution to the problem and the government cannot provide you with proper medication and with proper measures so this is a very big problem and lets not forget also that bolivia has. Tradition of indigenous populations that tend to accept alternative medicine in general which can be very effective for some diseases but of course not for coronavirus whats whats behind it is specific to bolivia the collapse of the Health Care System well the easy answer is a spending bill of yes spends about 450. 00 per capita in health care compare that to more than 2000. 00 per capita in countries like cuba or chile to give you an example of both left and right and they other problem is the coverage people do not have that much access to health care but the more complex problem here is probably that corona virus is about prevention too and bolivia is a country with more than 30 official languages having a campaign to tell people to wear a mask to stay home or to wash their hands is not as easy as it is in a country where you hand only have to do it in spanish for example and on top of that you have general as we just mentioned disbelief if you will in Traditional Medicine that is also a very big problem ok obviously great to see you back in berlin again thanks so much for coming in on this today thats all we have time for at this hour this is news live from berlin im brian thomas of the entire team thanks for being. 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