You h. O. About the state of health in the Central African republic. We meet the sound artist using poetry and song to explore how colonial power was brought western sexism to her birth country cameroon. And im presuming to welcome to news africa thousands of people in senegal as capital death call home after a stroll at the weekend brought nearly a years worth of rainfall in a single day this is video from a densely populated suburbs off to cause some residents had to be evacuated by canoe local media reports that at least 4 people have died in the flooding across the country the government has come under fire for its response to the disaster. Homes a swamps. And these sandbags havent been much help. Flooding has become a fact of life for families here and far deeper than this water is the frustration which keeps rising even as the flooding subsides in this stack a neighborhood people feel theyve been forgotten and ignored for years. Since 2012 the state comes in makes promises but unfortunately we still dont have proper pipelines and drainage thats why the water cant train weve had demonstrations weve done everything said the state has us so that it will come and help us its really hard to believe. Its almost a decade since senegals government launched a 1000000000 euro plan to combat flooding this latest disaster has seen critics questioning whats happened to the funds former Prime Minister abdul him by slammed the countrys leaders on twitter right saying but who are we kidding the floods plan has been intentionally abandoned the 750000000000 would never spent flooding ceased to be a priority after i left the government. The priority here is simply survival or senegals president s well wishes tweeted after the disastrous weekend and not enough many feel his promise to launch an Emergency Response is too little too late and with more rain forecast this week the worst of this flooding could be yet to come. An extra is from the Central African republic where a peace accord signed 18 months ago as brought some response to the war torn country but after 4 decades of conflict and violence many institutions are in dire shape health care is one of them the nation has one of the worlds highest rates of infant and Maternal Mortality ill be talking to the w h os director for the cia are offered this report from a Maternity Hospital in the city off. The delivery room in the maternity section of the old because people in global in the far east of the Central African republic this part of the hospital is nearly abundant only on trains run on qualified Health Workers and he. Is the middle whos never received formal training as a midwife but shes been delivering babies for the past 18 years yes about 4 mic on size from good driver has a midwife because the state hasnt sent any here yet on why youre inside. Cant believe from women at home to go they can im up on these bricks well laid down here to deliver their babies. Who the Maternity Ward is in an advanced stage of dilapidation the bridge in this part of the country is very high among girls as young as 13 women give but here we did it delivery materials the risk of contamination is very hard. Deplores the situation there from our pollution well who are women mostly give birth at night theres no night in this delivery of him anywhere in the hospital i turn on the light on my phone during the birth. Im a mother myself i do this job because i dont want to see women suffering and giving birth just anywhere near it out who shared their pocket. Many trains filled work as a scared to come to this part of the country because of insecurity in the region on the other side of the hospital compound is the surgery. The operation table is damaged there is no equipment or medicine available its a local who is also self trained in the supra for Machine Vision im not a trained surgeon but i operate on patients because theres no specialist. Since i started this job some patients have died either in the resuscitation room in the wards or in the neighborhoods or schools and for these young ones i cant remember the number of deaths because its been so long i cant see my people die like that you know thats why i do surgeries simple question. See the Central Government here in bank you can meet the needs of found out about populations in many parts of the country like in and work us are looking to fill the gap to assist these sections of the hospital in emergencies right working for district to reestablish itself in the area. And im now joined by doc says they were involved in and out of the w h o he is from the organizations the c. A. A. Our Office Welcome to day doesnt use africa so weve seen just an example of how dire the Health Care Situation is in one particular city in the Central African republic but give us a sense of just how bad the Health Care System is in the country and the w. H. O. Presence so close are going to the public has one of the most. The worst place in the world that has the highest Maternal Mortality the full 5 Child Mortality on the 5 fatalities that means that you know less than. A little out of 1000 children the form only. Mind im good would reach to a 5th birthday less than mine. And it has a very unsufficient mumble felt professional across the country this affected by a long lasting military and political conflict doesnt ration is very the doctor finds it and that in the report reaches and we soul and trained people while performing surgeries. Is there an effort from the w. H. O. Side to increase the number of medical professionals in the country. Yes there is were supporting the facto theel fredricka of sciences in bunky the problem is that a large proportion of. Being killed a Central African republic pays for emergency relief funding and those type of funding doesnt support the long Term Investments in Health Systems that you would need for Training Health professionals who to think you know to train the medical doctor you need at least 6 years to train a midwife you need a year and a half to 3 years the pens which which level you want to have and these are long terms and of the usually many parent emergency funding im not willing to give. An aussie talks and how much of the state of the health side of health care in the country is tied to the political situation situation and what needs to happen from from wage. While it is very dependent because without peace without frankly if you cannot implement any programs for example right in the same project so the. Vaccination team was taken hostage by one of the groups so the military conflict very much affects the possibility to live to deliver Health Care Services including sub space ship basic programs so this man is a program ok if that stops as ever and fun as. He is from the Central AfricanRepublic Office thank you. Now. Explores what it means to be at home in both africa and europe she was a child when she 1st cameroon to chamouni korea has spent both countries now her music reflects their intertwined histories. Sound art meets slam poetry and you had me but also is a tale of heartbreak and camera. Mounted and crying all the same time. The kind of trip. She says women in africa used to have more respect before european colonisers brought their sexism going on in the heart such an impact also people mentality they were purposely raising also the culture of the people stumbling over imaginary of a black man of attention 1st century. I couldnt swallow my pride i trust. In africa as a woman need to step back and not say so much but just be smiling and cooking and helping those structures i was not used so. There was 10 when she 1st left cameroon for germany one of camerons former colonizers. Mother moved with her and her brothers to pursue a ph d. At a german university. Here it was a dream less. Child white culture is. Everywhere its the norm its the standard so when you know as a 10 year old that youre going to europe its like the show. But as the only black girl experience not just racism but. How to explain africanness to europeans she felt even her mothers generation lost be answers. Back to cameroon singing in english french and german. There. Was. That kind of music she says couldnt keep up with the energy of cameroon. She went electronic and experimental style she still creates and now as a mother in berlin. Germany. More with people who are like germany did. It and that. The legacy of colonialism is written into berlins african quarter. Many african. Live here in boulder comes here for cameron and for. These days she says shes more at ease navigating her complex identity. What i discovered. Is not that important its ok. To. Not mourn and uncertainty while enjoying the journey to may be called the closer to work. And thats where well leave a proper again today as always you can find all stories on our website at b. W. Dot com forward slash africa for also on twitter and on facebook told next time. Its a blank will be our fighters want to start families to become farmers or engineers everyone of them as a planet. So nothing is done the children who have always been the way and those that will follow are part of a new kind of. They could be the future of. Granting opportunities global news that matters d. W. Made mines. What secrets lie behind us will. Discover new adventures in 360 degree. And explore fascinating World Heritage sites. World heritage 316 clear now. Welcome to the show butlins opera houses are cautiously reopening with strict time jean and distancing regulations and well find out how that works for an opulent offer of production and also coming up. German photographer and is a veteran on the worlds conflict zones most recent work looking up effects of Climate Change in subsaharan africa. And we pay a visit to russia sign up for landing in the land whose gallery is in a list address for hire new original contemporary design. Well 6 months after theaters concert halls all present and cinemas were shut down ad hoc by the coronavirus pandemic there are hopeful signs that culture will prevail opera houses in vienna and here in berlin have held their season premieres and for berlins deutsche opar meant an extraordinary performance for extraordinary times. The joy kicks off the new season not with grand opera but with the groundbreaking simponi project which director mary eve seen your whole interweaves beethovens 7th symphony was less much changed jazz music dancers and life video she would like the experiences of female refugees on the way to europe. Its a fiction. But at the same time its really kind of documentary fiction the contemporary individual fates of refugees as representative of the nightmare faced by tens of thousands the story of a move from senegal who survived the dangerous crossing of the mediterranean sea. She faces insecurity fear hunger and physical violence the dancers transform the traumatic ordeal into a breathtaking choreography. Its then so because a scene thats the bodies of these women its treating as an object so i wanted then so because they are always body too to see me. I think its a month. But at the same times of physical persecution. For me was the best way to show. Baby john was originally meant to debut in the french city of max but the current virus pandemic put the project on hold the premiere of the dog show on pack involves major restrictions only 450. 00 of around 2000 seats can be occupied audience members must be one meter 50 apart and the 90 minute show has no break so that therefore you can remain empty for. In this piece the orchestra is on stage. With a human to begin with that now applying the distancing will always each string player has to have their own music stand i think that would not have been possible in the orchestra pit but it is possible on our large stage. It takes some getting used to because there further apart but it works because we have wolves at the back so the sound is reflected into the auditorium but its a constellation weve never had before you sue coronavirus. If you want to beat him to. Baby door makes effective use of limited possibilities hard hitting music and theater production with a deep be humanitarian message. And Adrian Kennedy with after that performance last night out the door open your 1st night back at the opera adrian how was that why it was a very special occasion for performers and audience alike it felt a little bit exclusively for an occupied seats left and right very strange really the orchestra performance got a special approval beginning before even started the show successfully juxtaposed. With this intense. Tinge music from the quartets and that worked remarkably well with this brilliantly acted and danced refugee story at the end got big applause from the relatively small corona audience whole audience there was a starting to the season but not an opera press a and yet they want to go ahead with a brand new production of wagners ring cycle thats a pretty big deal that is a big deal and its the. First new ring cycle from the torch will for 34 years the famous time tunnel ring from goods friedrichs premiered in 1904 most last performed in 20 something a new ring is they want seen a generation challenge for any opera house and this one has been touted as a ring for the 21st century it will be directed by steph and her hind and its been on hold because of the current virus pandemic but now with a bow he is almost ready and could premiere as soon as september 27th ok and true to form for wagner obviously its a marathon op problem with at least 2 breaks in a massive orchestra how is that supposed to actually work in times of corona difficult but the story has been working together with a husband and wife team of opera loving doctors whove been for my 3 freak ovitz testing every morning when they get the green light rehearsals go ahead at noon this process will now be applied to the musicians who will have to be in the pits because its a big orchestra for wagner and the latest news is that in berlin the distance between audience members may be reduced to one metre the minimum distance just in time for the premiere so thats good news too but so i say we have to wait and see nothing is certain ok so the vacuum is actually the 2nd opera in the ring cycle what happened to the language that was actually supposed to be out in june we should get see that next year deutsche oper actually did put on a production of rheingold but this was a special minimalistic rheingold 990. 00 production for 22. 00 musicians and was performed in the open now on top of the opera house car park ok so obviously dr opal just itching to get back to performing opera thanks very much for bringing us that story and well look forward to that cutie at thanks very much a. J. And a kennedy. Well another slice of reality this time in black and white comes from photographer andy spiegel whose work in the middle east and the balkans has appeared in publications like Time Magazine and the new yorker and now over the years his photos have more than witness to the effects of Climate Change on war torn regions like his most recent project in africa region. Looks. Like chad in africa for thousands of years people have lived from fishing and farming. But this is actually the scene of one of the worlds greatest natural catastrophes 20 years ago the lake had already lost 90 percent of its water mass now Climate Change and extreme weather events are frightening the livelihoods of some 50000000 people. German photographer and the spirit is documented in this situation. Is our late few 1000000 people live in the sorrow region over the next years and decades their livelihoods will disappear they need to go somewhere they will go somewhere the question is where. We are has seen firsthand how the Climate Crisis has led to conflict war anneke and terrorism. Stream whether events are on the rise harvests have been damaged or destroyed and large areas of the like are no longer accessible. The twinned ling resources are no longer enough to sustain the population and are fiercely fought over villages have been burnt to the ground. And the spirit has worked in syria afghanistan and in the balkans he uses a wide angle lens forcing him to get close to his subjects spira has photographed local farmers of warlords and islam extremists he understands the connections between hunger war and religious extremism around lake chad. Horan comes across the lake at night recruiting men and of course the offer of 500. 00 a month and a kalashnikov is attractive for someone who sees the entire livelihood disappearing. Speed. Has traveled to nigeria where the conflict between nomadic herders and settled to farming communities has been escalating for years its considered one of the bloodiest civil conflicts in the world spira a company of muslim fulani herders driving their cattle south during the dry season but with grazing lands diminishing conflict was inevitable the herds fed on the farmers fields the pharmacist shot the cattle and in revenge the nomads burnt their villages both sides feel they are right. Reform straight off we heard the story of the christian farming communities to. That was in this village called that was attacked by the fulani and completely destroyed dozens of people were massacred. Over 1000000 people from around lake chad are currently displaced due to hunger war and extremist terror. And the spirit photographs bear witness to the devastating effects of this kind of violence. Well to say that she has an eye for good design is really something of an understatement thats because. 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The local official solution to only have been carried out with the open group of blood to me a person whose books you can see a russian dissident tells d. W. B. Order to poison the next nail alexina valmy came straight from the top and other activists say poison is just one tactic the kremlin uses against its enemies. And sudan declares a state of emergency because of floods more than 100 people have died and thousands are homeless the rising nile river is also threatening to ancient royalty here and. Im sumi so misconducts great to have you with us we start in belarus and some dramatic developments in the mystery about what has happened to leading opposition figure Maria Kolesnik of. She went missing on monday sparking intense speculation about her whereabouts. Hes released at these pictures they said they detained kolesnik about why she was trying to escape across the border into ukraine now 2 opposition members who were with her in that car have spoken out providing some new details. And lets go right to our correspondent Nick Connelly whos standing by for us in the capital minsk hi nic so what is new here what did these 2 leaders have to say. What extraordinary stories emerging from here today from those 2 other people in the car with the go today the 2 who did make it rain. Stayed back in they tell a story of being detained being questioned for a long time. Allegedly to questioned by the k. G. B. The Security Service here in paris to 12 hours then driven to the border in vans where they were then to change into one of the mens private cars and drive over to ukraine this was to be to look like an attempt to flee they were given their passports back at which point many years ago rips up a passport and jumps out of the car window the doors of being blocked and refuses to leave expect into detention to shore fate to further detention the k. G. B. Agents according to these this this account not prepared for what was about to happen then tried to block the other 2 men on the call from driving to train and revealing the story they put their fit feet on the accelerator and drive past getting to the ukrainian post just in time an extraordinary story and one that fits with a Bigger Picture here of the belarusian government trying to force opposition figures trying to give them the option to leave trying to show them to claim that they are not committed to this country and to get them out the country rather than keeping them in detention here. Nic that is indeed a really dramatic story so what is the governments account. This morning we had a mass of conflicting stories on state media basically trying to cast these people as spoiled middle class. Really committed to these protests who had basically played the scene when the going got tough and that was something that various government channels. Have tried to push that wasnt very convincing to many people here given the fact that so many opposition figures have been basically deported from their own country in recent days we heard from speaking to russian journalists he said that they had tried to flee and that decision. By the arrest. Was the right one i think this looks. To be. Secret Service Operation and they tried to cover up and failed to do so as you said a number of opposition activists have been forced to leave the country. For their own safety as this weekend the opposition. That the government is making good on its promise to crack down and to really get rid of any serious organized opposition activity there are 2 main leaders of the opposition council. One of them being. The nobel prize money writer so that really gives you a sense of how many people have been forced to leave the country but these parts of why did this is not about political structures. Individuals. Residents of individual parts of me so i think by putting 1020 or even a few 100 people in jail these protests are going to end in terms of. Reporting from. Now moscow has summoned the german ambassador over statements by the German Government about the poisoning of russian Opposition Leader election of only berlin has warned that it could end its support for the 10000000000 euro nord stream to pipeline which is set to russian gas deliveries to europe if russia fails to investigate the case on monday involving awoke from a medically induced coma in a berlin hospital german doctors say there is unequivocal evidence he was poisoned with a soviet era nerve agent. Well the case has parallels with that of another russian opposition figure who was poisoned 2 years ago and he says the use of novacek indicates that about his poisoning goes all the way to the top of the w. Moscow correspondent yury were shadow reports. Fighting for it but 2 years ago the activist was left fighting for his life struck down by a poison his situation was similar to that of alexina valmy but unlike novell me there were no signs of the nerve agent. Restartable as you know my poisoning wasnt as bad as his i was able to recover more quickly i was already able to speak in the 2nd week of recovery but navi chalk is an extremely strong point and it doesnt make a difference that you want to hurt someone or kill them. Chalk is perfect for committing murder. And the corby way its. Like never only seal off was treated the berlin shari terry hospital. No one could confidently identify the substance that have been given to him his symptoms prompted the doctors to suspect poisoning but with novell me versus the law says there is no doubt. Supports. The fact that nobody caught what used clearly points to the russian president and by get this one thing is only secret agents have access to this specific poison and where you get this operation could only have been carried out with the other group of blood to me appear to be business with all right were going to put the. Other opposition figures have been targeted with less deadly means among them is the independent politician dmitri good cough one year ago he was barred from standing in the Moscow City Council elections and jailed for 36 days. When he was just another i mean a. An independent local politician a prominent figure in the mass protests in moscow one year ago. She still faces charges for participating in demonstrations. That dog of the lets put it in an authoritarian country in a dictatorship this began when Vladimir Putin was voted into office with thousands. Of human rights arent part of the equation here freedom and justice dont exist here you can be jailed every time you called for people to join a protest. In the face of intimidation play out of a seal off refuses to stay silent since his recovery he has become politically active in moscow again and that despite the fact that he has a young daughter just to work me. I want my friends my family and my daughter to live in a wonderful country without putin and his disgusting system that im sure we can achieve this goal. Until the plot of a seal off wont let his daughter go out a little knowledge of every morning hes on the walk to school. To australian journalists have returned home from china after being caught in a 5 day diplomatic standoff between the 2 countries Michael Smith of the Australian Financial review and bill burton olds from public broadcaster a. B. C. Were forced to take shelter in Australian Diplomatic Missions after their homes were raided before they left china they were questioned by chinese authorities about the strangely in a t. V. Anchor working for Chinese State t. V. It was feared that they could be arrested smith and birtles were the last 2 representatives of australian Mainstream Media in china. And earlier we spoke to bill birtles one of the 2 journalists who left china and we asked him to outline to us the events that led to him returning to australia. This was a very unexpected situation just as i was preparing to break the story of the other of the time to stray and chung like last monday my bosses here in sydney received a call from a stray is our Affairs Department saying we have good reason to think that i and another journalist in shanghai need to get out quickly and for the 1st couple of days its pretty hard to get flights with code so while arrangements were vain my we were also questioning where those devices coming from you know being journalists were pretty cynical and we want some details but on wednesday night it became clear it meet nice when 6 state Security Police plus a translator turned up on my doorstep the most curious thing was they werent there to detain me they were there to tell me that im involved in a National Security case and therefore im not allowed to leave the country but they said you still have freedom of movement you still are free to go around and do your duty or whatever your business. Said we will call you the next day and we need to chasse and this sort of. Diplomatic situation where of course i went to the strain embassy and said whats your advice what do you think my rights are and i said we think you should stay here for your safety. Slots in sudan are continuing to threaten communities and important historical sites as the nile swells to record levels authorities are pumping the water out to try to save the ancient ruins the narrow and newry which are 2 of sudans most important archaeological sites the flooding has killed more than 100 people and left thousands homeless sudanese authorities have to clear the 3 month state of emergency. Lets get more on the humanitarian situation now with john roshan nairobi he oversees the red cross and red crescent efforts in sudan hi john give us an idea of how bad the situation is. Situation is quite alarming we have been following distance june and the rains have started in july. And the latest we have is that 16 out of 18 states are affected just the sheer volume of water and as you say that. Information is only coming in now because its so it packed it so much and it is so many states are being involved so were only getting the picture is only now coming i mean probably get a real figure over the next few weeks but houses have been destroyed to be destroyed. You know large parts of infrastructure and to do whats the extent of this we you know over the next few months just to put it in context this is a country thats in transition i mean its a Transitional Government being confronted with acute humanitarian needs and ongoing economic crisis internal conflict and of identical on top of it so overstretching and so capacities so were extremely concerned the impact of this flooding we have on an already very very overstretched humanitarian situation john i imagine that all of this makes it very difficult to access the people who are most affected so how are you providing assistance. Well obviously we federation we are a Membership Organization we work with our National Bodies which units to sudanese red crescent and they have branches and many of the states. You know. Their state and they. Have been ours from day one as 1st responders because theyre from the community and theyve been working tirelessly in a very complex environment because its not only now what its very dangerous because obviously. You know theres flooding and. Theyre also been battling the last several months in trying to evacuate people and. Trying to keep people whove lost their homes so disses president. You know many new factors in which. To operate in this new environment john just very briefly if you can the nile does burst its banks this year the waters even threatening param and so what is made in this flooding so destructive. When of course i mean we talk about it this is this is climate impacts this is this is these are what we call its Climate Change. The rains are coming. You know good more frequent and there is less chance to cover the disasters i mean lets put it in context i mean i covered all of east africa not just sudan since last year many countries surrounding sudan. Have been having heavy rains and theyre having very similar situation and now its. So. This is just we get down to. Ok what well have to leave it there john john overseeing the red cross and red crescent efforts in sudan thank you so much for joining us. Thank you thank you very much. And thank you for watching to get the news. Im secure in the fire were not hard and in the end is a me you are not a lot of the year and more we will send you back. Are you familiar with this. With the smugglers with lions and. Whats your story. d with numbers and women especially in victims of violence in. Take part and send us your story your train all with to understand this new culture. Oh you are not a visitor nothing yet you want to become sitting. In for migrants your platform for reliable information. A punch in the gut as what south africa is calling new g. D. P. Figures the economy shrinking 16 percent between the 1st and 2nd quarters as the coronavirus lockdowns dramatically worse than an already difficult Business Environment well talk to our correspondent in capetown. Also on the show the german car at a strip kills to berlin for help during a demand slump where with the money go well have the latest. And berlins new International Airport sets of open next month following years of the latest and billions of euros an unplanned spending will check out the latest test run. Both welcome to the show im super busy and its good to have you with us. Africa is calling it the pandemic quarter a 16 percent contraction in the economy in the 2nd in the 2nd quarter of the year thats a whopping minus 51 percent annual rate of growth to be sure every economy has suffered a shocking quarter this year but south africas problems run deeper than just run a virus lockdowns take a look. So that begins are happy they can finally go back to work do some shopping or have a coffee in a restaurant again since the end of march south africa has undergone one of the strictest lockdowns in the world which calls most Economic Activity to cease now the government has lifted some of the toughest restrictions but business is finding it hard to pick up again almost all sectors suffered during the pandemic with mining and construction declined in the most. The South African economy had already been suffering for some time the decline in g. D. P. From april to june this year is its 4th quarterly contraction in a row on its largest on record. On a list say the Global Impact of the pandemic coupled with the recent return of power cuts by ailing state utility eskom would hamper an economic recovery for costs are that it will take south africa a very long time to get back to preplan demick levels. All right and for more on this im joined by correspondent ellis fun from cape town good to see you minus 51 percent is a pretty big number youre there tell me what does this actually look like what is the economic reality of life there. Well what i see me here in cape town is a lot of restaurants closing. These closing Hotels Closing because one of the other sectors that has been hits a lot is tourism and western cape may be where i am the province is relying a lot interest and lot of me people making a living out of that and although a lot of restrictions have been eased and we are not seeing International Travel is back theyre not allowed to theres not International Flights possible so so thats not a sector that is bad hits and while now we see that of course in the Mining Sector is its going back a little bit to business as usual and production is up again i think that is another sector that will be hit for very long time that which is a major issue for south africa or the lack of air travel there hues of course for tourism like you said what kind of response has the government had so far to the economy and how the lock downs have taken place. There is a massive rescue package from the government 26000000000. 00 u. S. Dollars and that rescue package is meant for business is its also meant for food parcels it was also meant for buying and protective equipment for the hospitals and also for emergency Monthly Payments for people who got employed at the big issue there though is that theres been lots of corruption with that package and they are investigating 100 cases of corruption now and not just employers that were pocketing the money that was meant for the employees but also not of the mint corruption and so a lot of people weeks time is due to government governments and their Family Friends that got 10. 00 nerds that were increasing prices so yeah the people are very fed up with that because although it seems like government might be trying on paper and i had to rescue some of the businesses and the people here from the dire situation lots is going into our pockets so people are very upset about that all right so sour mood there in south africa at the moment ellis fund for us in cape town thank you or lets go to some of the other business stories making global headlines the japanese economy shrank by an annualized rate of 28 percent in the 2nd quarter pushing the country further into its worst recession since the 2nd world war coronavirus restrictions have since been largely lifted but the economic recovery has remained sluggish that according to early data for july and august. Australian regulators say they will examine competition between apples and Googles App Stores and the sharing of data to also look into Price Transparency the country has lately taken a tough stance on u. S. Tech giants a new government plan calls on facebook and google to pay for news that its sources locally. Right back to berlin where german carmakers are scheduled to meet the chancellor today to discuss government help and demand has plummeted in recent months to the pandemic and sales are only likely to return slowly berlin is more interested in the future that is the Newest Technology because its investment heavy and disruptive to the labor force and german auto makers are already behind for this auto buyer wants to go electric the demand for ecommerce has grown rapidly in germany so its time for a test drive. The states bonus was just the kick that made me want to say im going to do this. But it will take months before he can sit in his own electric car the boom has led to long waiting times german industry switched to late and other countries are ahead. International competitiveness especially from asia and the us. For example im not sleeping and its a little be a challenge to keep strong position we have especially if he sees that the german Automotive Industry thrives through the premium sector critics accuse german makers of not german Economic Growth but with the boom in electric traction germany risks becoming a blur in the Rearview Mirror thats the dire warning from the German Economic Institute and it says even if german makers put their foot down jobs will be lost because electric motors are far less complex but the trend is clear while new registrations for diesel and gasoline vehicles in august fell by a 5th compared to last year the numbers for electric cars rose by 6 percent. Or a sting in germany berlins new airport is not so new it was actually supposed to open 8 years ago before managers revealed significant problems its sense turned into a money pit and a National Embarrassment now theres hope it could actually open weve got to take a look inside. 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. Port been cooped up because im hooked on aircraft im hooked on traveling so im not going to miss a chance like this. Ive flown a lot and know the original plans made in 1965 lets 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. This is. 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 the bulky baggage caroms 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. An airport with extremely long ways to warp will be warning our passengers theyll 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 to craft should be posting from berlins brand new airport. All right we hope this time it works out over to ireland now a country that might be famous for its pubs but is currently the only nation in europe where the majority of bars remain closed thousands of jobs have been lost during the almost 6 month long shutdown gastro pub have been allowed to reopen but socalled wet hubs dont serve food or shut. This 19th century pub is famed for its live music it has attracted celebrity visitors from near and far including bono sundra bullock and Clint Eastwood but everything is quiet now no one can visit its a wet pub that doesnt serve food and has to remain shut the owner says the pubs already lost 70 percent of turnover its been extremely tall financially. For rainy days that well its going to run dry i know the minute the popular circes pub in dublin has been allowed to reopen its kitchen is busy and its implementing safety restrictions so does the owner of this pub understand the governments logic no no no no i dont think. People come in and having dinner. On a drink is different people going into a weapon and having a drink over the same period of time with a safe social distancing dont it should be able to work for those guys as well irelands government has unveiled a range of grants but pub owners have dismissed them as inadequate a road map for reopening pubs is expected later this month but for some Small Businesses it could be too late. Alright and finally for those who cant get no satisfaction tomorrow sees the launch of a Rolling Stones store on carnaby street thats the 1960 s. Fashion capital of london called r s number 9 the stores a partnership between the legendary rock band and universal musics merchandising our fans can pick up everything from sweaters to Water Bottles with the Rolling Stones tong logo singer mick jaggers praised the Stores Location in the soho district where the band 1st started all the way back in 1062. And thats it for me and the Business Team thanks for watching for. Kickoff of the taking a clear stance against racism. How important is it. We talk to a soccer referee a close cousin. And a professional basketball player. They are taking action against hate on and off the court and soccer. Should go for. The 60 minutes d w. Ws crime fighters are back with africas most successful radio drama series continues the whole episode are Available Online and of course you can share and discuss on w. Africas face for other social media platforms. Tune in now. This is deja news africa on the program today senegals government is at a fire over its handling of the devastating floods large swathes of the country are on the water to offer to increase a dent in rainfall people whose livelihoods have been destroyed save the government has been snow to act. And youre looking at a Maternity Ward with many women have to get but will be talking to the deputy h. O. About the state of health in the Central African republic