A volley has questioning the fate of north stream a pipeline project its designed to bring russian gas to europe by germany its called a 90 percent complete. The vast north rim 2 project has already cost 8000000000 euros german chancellor Angela Merkel has been a loyal defender of the project even as political ties between moscow and berlin have to tear erasers german industry is heavily invested in the project as are other european allies thats what made the government response to a question about the fate of north stream so remarkable. The chancellor also believes that its wrong to rule anything out for german Opposition Party the greens stopping the pipeline is about more than russia. Use of hope line by this pipeline is dividing europe its environmentally senseless and oversized and in terms of Security Policy its wrong. There was positive news from Berlin Charity hospital when kremlin critic he was brought out of his coma but german russian relations looks set to remain tense. Lets go over to colorado financial correspondent in frankfurt carette ken germany afford to ditch or a bat in this project. In terms of Energy Security there is no problem for germany germany would be able to cover its needs of natural gas with or without the pipeline as russia or gas from the russian gas supplier has a fundamental interest to continue selling gas to germany and western europe they have basically nothing else to sell so without stream to delivery off the gas would continue to happen via ukraine and poland it would be a bit more complicated more costly but its very unlikely that germany you know would be sitting in the cold in winter the political price for abandoning this is a very different matter this is a huge Infrastructure Project which has been in the making for many years many decades even it has all the Legal Paperwork it went through a very tedious political process to give this up now would really be a throwback for europe for the European Unions ability to manage business cross border and with different business interests i guess though the message here is that dialogue with putin doesnt have a fraud. Thats true but would making the gas business more difficult cause mr putin to be more inclined for meaningful dialogue remember we have the sanctions in place against russia have they made putin you know more willing to take responsible Political Action i think many people in the Business World think that these you know hard core approach this cold war pro choice putin has not been working and should be reconsidered going to get your analysis correct booze in the forests in frankfurt. Now some of the other business stories making news south africas economy shrunk by a massive 51 percent in the 2nd quarter the period when the law was strictest mining and Manufacturing Activity filled even further the nations deeper situation continues. The japanese economy shrank by an annual rate of 28 percent in the 2nd quarter pushing the country further into its worst recession since the 2nd world war coronavirus restrictions have largely been lifted since then but the economic recovery has been sluggish according to early done for july and august. China has announced a plan to set Global Standards on dr security in an effort to counter u. S. Moves to ostracize chinese take Initiative Comes amid rising tensions between the 2 on trade and Security Issues especially in the technology sector. And former latvian prime minister. Is the new european commissioner for trade he replaces phil hogan who resigned after breaking pandemic rules in his native violent. Germanys powerful concepts meet the chancellor today to discuss state subsidies they want help in driving out the pandemic and modernizing but the comic is also one support for the gas guzzlers and diesels that has the drivers of clean it take up in arms politicians say its digitization where help is needed. Its folks factions bread and butter model so when the new gulf was hit with Software Problems it was a massive headache for the german carmaker it stopped deliveries and recalled all the cars that had already been sold but now v. W. Says its all systems go and thats something the entire german Auto Industry is hoping for it experienced a steep fall in sales during the lockdown months of march april and may but that has now been reversed by july the number of orders had returned to just 2. 4 percent below februarys levels and with production lines up and running again those orders are rapidly being fulfilled even if july sales are still about 8 percent below preplan demick levels. It looks as if germanys all too industry has bounced back rapidly from the Coronavirus Crisis but analysts say the sectors transition to electric cars will cost thousands of jobs especially among suppliers the 2. 00 biggest global parts makers are german bosch and continental and their tens of thousands of jobs are in danger german engineering has long been a selling point for smooth refined combustion engines but germany might not have such a tradition to build on when it comes to electric cars or software. Joins us the writings been on the wall for a long time digitization immobility and nothing new and look at the meteoric rise of tesla now the german comic is a holding out their hands to state support why should they be awarded money for realizing so late in the game that they needed to most nights. Good morning from cologne i would say its very important to consider that we have not one Automotive Industry but several clusters which are very different in their positioning and in their challenges and depending on which Cluster Company belongs to it its very important to find the specific help it needs because we have several also have several challenges we have the short run challenge due to corona we have a medium run challenge to an economic downturn on the global car market and we have a long run challenge with the technologic technological transition and unfortunately all these challenges combine especially on the small and Medium Sized Companies and therefore we should concentrate on helping these companies should they be given should that cluster of car makers be given aid for the dirty diesels and gas guzzlers the old tech. If you are aiming for an economic boost we have to say that. Or helping conventional technology is needed because if you focus on electric vehicles these production lines under full power while. A lot of production is centered on the conventional power train therefore if you want a short Term Economic boost you have to consider. Helping see it sell it help to help selling conventional cost what about the long term though i know 800000 jobs are at stake here but whatever happened through germany the land of ideas. We have to say that specially the Automotive Industry is still very competitive in terms of. Research and development but certainly the International Competitors especially from asia and the u. S. Tesla for example are not sleeping and will be a challenge to keep the strong position we have especially if we see that the german Automotive Industry is through the premium sector the competition never sleeps does that economist or suppose there for us thank you very much thank you is an embarrassment the new berlin airport 9 years late and a real money pit lets just hope they get it right this time we checked out the latest test run its 103400 volunteers are happy to finally get inside the new terminal even if the coronavirus demands a bit of separation but the miserable microbe cant stop this lot enjoying a day trying out berlin brandenburg airport in fact on aircraft im hooked on travelling so im not going to miss a chance like. Ive learned a lot to know the original plans made in 1965 and see whats left of them and how its all supposed to work. Since july a total of 9000 volunteers have been testing the airports facilities twice a week the bags all have different weights to make the test as realistic as possible and thats where the problems start for some. Dont take that bag where you just put it back weve taken one piece of baggage that is a piece of baggage. Thats true. Even the tiniest floors are being looked at now when a days trials are over the extras can volunteer their verdict on it all the opening is planned for the end of october even if the coronavirus could easily scupper it. I was using an extreme slump in passenger numbers down to about 25 percent obviously from an economic point of view thats extremely bad. In terms of going operational having fewer passengers makes some things easier of course but that could all be brought to nothing inside a day or 2. Tests include a Traffic Accident and Emergency Services response and the Airport Authority is happy with todays performance even if its still work in progress things are improving all the time and the extras. So far so good except with the bulky baggage the check in lady said go right to both your baggage count and there wasnt accepting anything so off to the left through the whole terminal and all in real time check in and Security Control is all rather slow. And. An airport with extremely long ways to warp will be warning our passengers will be better off in sneakers than in high heels. Its been a long way and taken many years to get to this point but in only 8 weeks time. Im the 1st aircraft should be departing from a brand new airport. And if you fly. Business with a. Pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and. Next on w. Those soon. To be. Discovered. Subscribe to the documentary on you tube. Beethoven injustice did you did do. 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Some of the reactions have been angry demonstrations against coronavirus restrictions have drawn tens of thousands of protesters into the streets 8 months into the pandemic we understand that people are tired and yearn to get on with their lives with a vaccine likely still months away peoples desire to return to normality and the growing backlash against restrictions is becoming a major risk. After months of the pan. Demick its probably no surprise that many of us are feeling sick of getting sick in belgium people all returning to school and work after the summer break the number of new daily cases that is falling but the country has one of europes highest death rates nevertheless a study into speaking region flung this time to more than half the population shows 70 percent of people no longer support the restrictive measures aimed at slowing the spread of the virus i reporter teri schultz sent this report from brussels. The covered 19 infection rate is declining in belgium but kovac 19 fatigue is growing so many months of isolation so many masks for me its like something really oppressive t. Bo who doesnt want to give his last name despises social distancing and defies the rule to wear a mask in downtown brussels if i fire into if i go into metro ok but if i walk alone in the street no no that is really too much and tivo is hardly alone in his opposition michael for stratton who represents the protest group virus madness says no one should have to follow restrictions except to the most vulnerable how many people would die if we would not take any measures at all at the moment we dont know if you have no idea new Research Shows just one in 3 people surveyed in the dutch speaking part of belgium still supports the Safety Measures thats down from more than 80 percent in march when the pandemic 1st hit here university of ghent professor Martin Feldstein who led the study blames poor official communication for the dramatic drop in motivation he says its been a wake up call for authorities to pay more attention to people state of mind i dont think we have sufficiently been informing people on the consequences of their behavior for them to take a wise decision and. Now that summers over everyones back from holidays more likely to be in enclosed places at work and school it could be a toxic coronavirus cocktail were quite worried leading belgian virologist stephen vang says experts are stealing for a potential september surge he nonetheless agrees people should be given more information about actions and consequences and then more autonomy so people can have some freedom to choose what they think is appropriate for their situation and they can adapt their behavior but are people so sick of restrictions by now they wont follow them believes most do comply but distinctive i dont obey them too strictly because its very difficult to do but i try anyway they command i feel much safer wearing it we we must do it all together but skepticism is clearly growing in recent days open letters have been published in belgian media signed by hundreds of experts including doctors scientists and researchers suggesting the strict measures should be reviewed to see if theyre stopping the virus or just the vitality of every day life. Masks well as speak to naomi rogers who is professor in the history of medicine at yale should we be surprised that people are starting to feel tired of the masks and the restrictions. You know i really think we should be. I think that. As someone whos also living through this as well and as a historian out. I see all around me a sense that people have responded pretty seriously on the basis that this was some kind of disaster so for a disaster you know youre hunkered down you you for guidance and somehow there was an implicit bargain that it would end many parents for example extraordinarily hard with their children. Restricting their movement teaching them online hoping assuming that. The order that all the schools would be open and everything would go back to normal and its been a real shock when that is simply not show its like you say theres this bargain was and that if we did as we were told that we would get an early end to this pandemic and its not turned out that way for people you mention youre a historian of diseases is there a historical precedence for this is fatigue people getting tired of trying to protect themselves. Oh actually during the 1918 pandemic. And we dont know it as much about the experience of people during tend to mix as we really short but its very clear that people were so anxious to actually to be able to celebrate their return. World war one. Veterans and finally at the end of what we now know was the 1st wave of the pen to make they were parades in history everybody was delighted and it was also a feeling that depending make had ended but in fact that wasnt true and then there was. A real sense of anger and frustration when influence a real mood as a major willed wide problem a 2nd time in just a couple of months after that so we do know that they have been historical precedents both the hour and here of waves and also the experience of living through them if you put in place and because they want this to come to an end but. What does an end to look like how can we say when this pandemic is over. Thats such an interesting question and i have to say that in my experience ive written about it demick sent our widely about others historians just didnt seem to really problematize to question it seems to me to actually quite a complicated idea what isnt and who is it whos calling it in and when does it feel like an end and in particular for example living here in the United States i noticed that. During the summer theres been a lot of cool for the simply to be the end that everybody should be able to go back to restaurants and bars. Go swimming in lakes and the sea just return to an ordinary happy summer time so they just want to say so this is the end thats where we are now lets just pretend thats exactly who theyre calling it the end. And this is being as you can imagine this. Resulted in great frustration by Many Public Health experts who say well but it but it isnt the end and people who werent people in essence are saying we have been relatively compliant we have to listen to the science and you dont know when and. And i think that there is i mean i dont know whether its so much a question of communication i think thats probably one issue but i think theres also a wider sense among the general public and really Many Public Health experts as well which is that they dont know that they dont really have a good sense some of what the induced can look like or how to more confidently predict it and when your experts real when you realize the experts dont know. That becomes an even greater. Motivation for just saying well maybe i i can decide when it isnt thats the problem nobody knows well at least this interview is now listen and thank you naomi rogers from the school of medicine its been great to get your insights youre very welcome thank you for having me. Now have you got questions youd like to ask us about the coronavirus well get in contact on how you tube channel and as science correspondent Derrick Williams will do his best. What country has lost the most Health Care Workers. This question came in a while ago and i wanted to answer that but i couldnt find reliable data now we have some a new report released by Amnesty International last week revealed how the pandemic has taken a very heavy toll on on frontline medical staff all over the world in the last 8 months in all its said that at least 7000 Health Care Workers have been killed by code red nights on worldwide since the pandemic began and we know that hundreds of thousands more have been infected with the disease while while making efforts to contain it and to treat patients the report said that over half of all confirmed deaths among medical staff had occurred in just 4 countries mexico the United States brazil and india thats not really a surprise those 4 countries also represent more than half of all confirmed cases of covert 19 a worldwide so so to answer your question mexico is the country that so far seems to have lost the most Health Care Workers to the pandemic and its lost them at a much higher rate in proportion to its number of confirmed cases than in other countries one analysis said Health Care Workers there were 4 times more likely to die of the disease than their counterparts in the u. 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