Richard the german chancellor Angela Merkel she had high hopes for the summit that was originally planned for today and can she still achieve them. Yeah its very unlikely that shes going to achieve what she wanted today but its good to think about what this day was meant to be september the 14th they were supposed to be not meeting by Video Conference like this there was supposed to be. A real in person summit between the entire e. U. And china taking place in the german city of lights with all of the leaders of the e. U. Countries present now that was supposed to be a kind of crowning achievement where they would sit down and actually sign this investment treaty that was the german hope that that would be one of the highlights of germanys current presidency of the European Union and we see it hasnt come to that a tour and they seem very far apart as weve just heard from georg and that really is just shining an entirely new light on germanys entire approach to relations with china that these ideas georg mentioned change through trade is not really happening and you get a sense the german side is still grappling with ok well if thats not working what do we do theyve been talking recently about setting up a new approach to asia focusing on whats called the indopacific so the widening their focus from this quite narrow and tight sort of mercantile focus on china and thinking about the much wider region ranging from india in the west all the way to the Pacific Ocean but thats really just at the very start of things and i think theres a bit of a scramble here in berlin to kind of sorts out what is their approach to this region what is their approach to this country that is behaving so aggressively and yet is still so important for the German Economy and just picking up the point with gary hog so one of the situation where as ever with the e. U. Its a complicated picture we have the Foreign Policy chief joseph demanding unity in deals with china but we have 27 different conflicting interests who are all sort of represented in the room. Look at when when richard says economically so important thats exactly the point that is theres a number of their stunts of bilateral cooperation agreements from e. U. Nations with china because it is economically so so important but those havent really paid off for instance paul garia italy poland are still waiting for the big Chinese Investment they have been promised now combine that with the frustration of come french and German Companies about Market Access and you have the foundation of frustration on the part of the European Union and that is why burrell has also said that so far our approach to use approach has been a little naive and that is why he hopes that a more realistic common cohesive approach is now to follow through talking to you thank you both go matus in brussels to richard walker. Now lets take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world bites down to the Parent Company of a Popular Video sharing tic toc says it has chosen oracle as its new u. S. Technology partner though it wont sell the app part with its source code a u. S. President trump has threatened to ban tech talk unless its chinese Parent Company sells its u. S. Business. David cameron has become the 5th former british Prime Minister to speak out against the new British Government bill attempting to override the president Withdrawal Agreement the u. K. Of the European Union signed the agreement this year and the new post greggs it will go before the u. K. Parliament on monday. The a user has added its voice to an International Outcry over the execution of iranian wrestler naveed after cari Iranian State media reported his execution on saturday he was convicted of stabbing a Security Guard to death during antigovernment protests in 2018 this sort of car his family say he confessed to the crime under torture and later retracted the statement. Well paula roosters about gania who was portrayed as a hero in a hollywood movie about rwandas 994 genocide has been charged with terrorism appeared in court for the 1st time in kigali on monday following his arrest his family said the charges against him a politically motivated claim he was kidnapped from dubai. And yes he has been elected the new leader of japans governing liberal Democratic Party paving the way for him to become the countrys next Prime Minister the 71 year old a previously held position of chief cabinet secretary government spokesman and key advisor to outgoing Prime Minister. Last month mr japans longest serving Prime Minister announced that he would resign because of health problems. Well there are your shoes you have your shoes you just heat a sugar will inherit some tough challenges including the coronavirus and japans ailing economy the country was already in recession before the pandemic hit and part of its economic troubles relate to its rapidly aging and dwindling population in just 5 years a 3rd of the population will be 5565. 00 or over and that means japan is running out of work as new laws were introduced these year Encouraging Companies to raise the retirement age to 70. At 72 tadashi sato is already well past usual retirement age but a recent change to the law in japan is attempting to encourage companies to keep employees on much longer. I had imagined that a person at the age of 72 was someone quite old but once i reached that age myself i realized that it wasnt a case if you like im in my fiftys im doing my best to keep up with young people with. Aging japan is in desperate need of more workers to sustain is soaring Social Security costs from next spring Japanese Companies will be required to make an effort to employ workers until age 70 satchels company is taking that even further. From where but here we have many elderly customers although we have a lot of young staff i think it is quite preferred for those customers if they are served by staff of a similar age to them. Such as says he still enjoys working and would like to use his expertise to help his younger colleagues for him and many other aging workers in japan this move is a step and the right direction. For the United States where President Trump is due to visit california on monday to meet heads of Emergency Services whove been supervising efforts to battle the president and wildfires there is a dry windy conditions the fed dozens of blazes across california oregon and Washington State at least 35 people have been killed in officials a warning that could be more fatalities the Washington Bureau chief in this poll reports from Northern California where thousands of people are returning to was left of their homes and scenes of utter devastation. Nothing but destruction this is all that is left on the 5 acres of farmland in Northern California where sorrow hawkins and her husband have created a Little Paradise over the last 17 years to go only 4 hours before everything was destroyed left are only shards of memories programmed mothers good china items they collected over decades the fire was coming across short grass it was coming across dirt there was no place that we knew for sure would be safe here in this barn several lost all her 17 baby goats to the flames we didnt have time to hook up the trailer. We didnt know that we were in any kind of danger no fires ever move this fast out here. You know and when we came back the next day. Ill never forget seeing burned bodies in the barnyard people like sarah who are living in this part of the world are used to wildfires but they have never experienced Something Like this year multiple mega fires burning millions of acres have been destroyed millions of residents have to live in talk seek air the whole west coast seems on fire some climate experts say Climate Change is smacking california in its face. In claremont we speak with the director of environmental analysis Charlie Miller human beings are driving Climate Change theyre driving it because in fact were in cars in Southern California and elsewhere that were pumping up we went in to be air thats heating up a planet and the atmosphere and so when the fire started burning there actually burning of the result of our own actions. Several hawkings is not willing to give in and is already building a new barn knowing that the next fire might take everything away again. Its time for a couple lines of sport will start in tennis with us just dont like tim who has won the u. S. Open mens singles for the 1st time after beating germanys i think its fair to have both players were looking for their 1st grand slam title tim came back from 2 sets down to win the match and i face set tiebreaker the 1st time in 71 years a player has won a title after losing the 1st 2 sets. Just time to take a look at some Mountain Biking here in germany not actually in the mountains but in an abandoned quarry after months away from the sport because of coronavirus restrictions thought tyler riders from across europe got together to practice socially distance tricks in a radically transform setting competitors managed a couple of firsts in the competition including the 1st ever backflip boss spent a cliffhanger. This is the w. Coming up next in news asia Afghan Government negotiators a press for a cease fire with the taliban as peace talks began in doha over the weekend. The backs Companies Pushing for seniors to work past to retire. Holidaying at home in the middle of a pandemic in south korea shows the way to make the most of coronavirus restrictions. There a strategy will have those stories on morning news asia in just a moment ill be back at the top of the out for dinner. Coast kerosene. Is there an alternative to this climate. Researchers in switzerland are producing a Carbon Neutral version at a solar mini refinery sunlight air and water are turned into counseling. The amounts are small but that could change. Their lives need to make flying more i honestly frankly tomorrow to coach in 60 minutes on d w. A there im david and this is a Climate Change sex. Happiness increase book. This is the fun for you. Will get smarter for free to go over your books on you to. Move. Beethoven and invent jazz did you did do. It is it is about a 16 month old might be the fruit of rotten luck. So many romance of stolen beethoven. 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Glad you could join us march away to talks between the taliban and the Afghan Government began over the weekend in doha with the question of a ceasefire hanging over the delegates the Afghan Government is pressing for a template he halted violence possibly in exchange for more prisoners being released the militant group has reiterated its longstanding view that the country should be run according to islamic law how does that square with the rights of women and minorities and a democratic form of government is as yet unclear he wants more on the talks so far. All eyes are on. The wealthy qatari capital is the stage for historic peace talks between the taliban and the Afghan Government. The stakes the high. Expectations. We have been waiting. For this moment to get after us to talk to each other were ready to help or prepare to help if help is needed. Also ready to help u. S. Secretary of state mike payout he wants u. S. Troops out of afghanistan and former enemies to play nice. We urge you to make decisions to move away from the violence in the correct approach of peace and development and prosperity. Here do to preserve and to build a better for the social economic political games that are here mr cheap in the past 20 years. But it hasnt been all gains in afghanistan almost 2 decades after the u. S. Led invasion the economys in tatters millions have been pushed into poverty and violence still claims dozens of lives every day. Government delegates in doha hoping a truce will bring an end to it and create lasting peace in the future. We are here with good intentions to realize durable peace and engage in sincere negotiations and debates in order to reach a comprehensive settlement between the 2 sides are the other side says its committed to the talks for the sake of the Afghan People we want to give them this assurance that with full honesty we continued the afghan peace negotiation and we tried that. For peace and quality we will keep the ground in afghanistan. For now it appears the parties are headed in the right direction. But exceeding peace in afghanistan will require much more than about the commitment. We read from a afghan President Hamid karzai speaking exclusively to d. W. Has said that he was certain the taliban would respect the progress of womens rights and freedom of speech made in the country in the past 2 decades these are these are fundamental rights in any. Were doing society in any society that looks forward for progress. And. Better in light of men and better days these these are fundamental rights without these rights you cannot have a Prosperous Society or a. Society thats progressing of these rights the right to education for Afghan People for children especially specially that i to education for our daughters who is in afghanistan is a fundamental that we cannot compromise on and im sure the taliban are also recognize and work to promote so will be the same software from. Joins me now for more and the same good to see you how many karzai sounding confident that the taliban will recognize the rights of women and minorities other grounds for that optimism. Well the covert ministrations of can government wants to keep the current political system and the achievements of the last 19 years including womens rights civil rights and a not well functioning democracy but at least the African Republic but this democratic constitution afghanistan is now in danger and its really symbolizes the progress that has been made in the last 19 years but it is not accepted by the taliban even my company or secretary of state of the United States on friday on his way to doha which is incidentally september 11th 2020 says that the u. S. Does not want to interfere and implement the western system in afghanistan where this sounds like a concession to the insurgents who want to implement as they sent a pua in total islamic system that this is whats waged in the form a spokesman of the cult office in an interview with kabul news t. V. Said on saturday and the taliban mean sharia law about it and the interpretation of that religious law could be seen in afghanistan from 1906 to 2001 no everybody just hopes that the taliban could have changed but this is only a hope. Meanwhile the taliban attacks on the ground appear to be continuing with our weekend violence in condos and copies of provinces how committed is the taliban toward duction and violence in the country. Or violence is the only real essence of the taliban have at their disposal and they have to of this leverage was enough to challenge the United States and the International Community so the Afghan Government faces huge military pressure and a lot of trouble by the insurgents that lead to a proxy war against the current political system that is backed by the west it is a similar situation like in 1809 when the soviets left and their region that was backed by them collapsed in 1902 we all know that this was the end of afghanistan as a functioning state no maybe a similar situation as arisan let us hope that there will be a negotiation solution otherwise another civil war could break out which would be terrible as ordinary afghans are really hopeful and want the nearly 20 years old and in total 40 years old conflict to end. For the time being. Thank you so much for joining us. Is all but assured to be japans next Prime Minister after winning the ruling partys leadership race known as the right hand man and spokesman to retiring Prime Minister shinzo are. Some tough challenges containing the right in japans ailing economy the country was already in recession before the pandemic hit bottom japans economic troubles demographic the population is aging and shrinking fast by 20251 in 3 people are expected to be 65. 00 or older and that means japan is running out of lawmakers passed bills earlier this year are pushing companies to let employees work until age 70 and keep their golden years profitable at 72 tadashi suttle its already well past you should retirement age but a recent change to the law in japan is attempting to encourage companies to keep employees on much longer. Do you want to. Imagine that a person at the age of 72 was someone quite old but once i reached that age myself i realized that it wasnt a case i feel like im in my fiftys im doing my best to keep up with young people. Aging japan is in desperate need of more workers to sustain soaring Social Security costs from next spring Japanese Companies will be required to make an effort to employ workers until age 70 satchels company is taking that even further. Someone will probably have many elderly customers although we have a lot of young staff i think it is quite preferred for those elderly customers if they are served by staff of a similar age to them. Sutter says he still enjoys working and would like to use a 6 parties to help his younger colleagues for him and many other aging workers in japan this move is a step in the right direction coronavirus lock down the various points around the world halted International Travel and dreams of that get a vacation for many but in south korea some used to travel restrictions as an opportunity to holiday at home a staycation every bit as glamorous and expensive as the real thing. Finally of occasion at home for this couple when young not a problem on their revamped their apartment into dream holiday destinations. This is a nephilim styled kitchen. Then this is a body style the bedroom. Tare thick and this is our home why in style the living room. So very. Like many came here or joan and yoon so can mean had to change their vacation plans this year thats hanging on every time we are there this time last year we were in the philippines done learning and qualm and had planned more trips for this summer with our children. Then our then their halls when we cant go anywhere abroad due to the coronavirus. Its absurd. South koreans are among the worlds top 10 tourism spenders but with dream destinations out of reach theyve turned their attention back home the number of houses getting a remodel has increased by 200 percent these 2 have set up a camp in the living room a replacement for a trip to new york but they still paid a pretty penny to go and at home a bit more than 7000. 00 euros. If the social distancing routes a race to stage 3 from the current 2 we may not be able to even travel within the country or do Outdoor Camping i think a stick asian or home camping is safe and do it at this time for. Camping forgotten and still food kids a true adventure and good to go there for me are my friends seem to be just playing games all day at home but its really nice that our family is doing something special. Happily home camping while putting down a picnic mat and playing a campfire video. While critical i think it will also be good to have him draw trees on the wall we are not call your mental block here. Why look far afield when home looks so good. Thats a bit of a theres more ended up a dot com forward slash reliever now with images of. As delegates discussed its future. Are back tomorrow. Combating the pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and news. 19 special next on d w. Every journey begins with the 1st step and every language the 1st word can include. Germany. Why not. Its simple. And free. Speak german. Parts of latin america are finding a new normal amid the pandemic 1. But tragedy remains a reality for many. Brazilians seen the highest number of corona virus cases in the region officials there say the virus is under control and are even closing temporary hospitals like this one. But more than 130000 people have died during the pandemic so far in brazil why has it been a hotbed for the virus. The pandemic is also putting the squeeze on latin american livelihoods and governments to help their citizens make ends meet. Welcome to georgia fellows covert 900. 00 special im Stephen Beers in berlin its good to have you with us and we begin with a look at brazil where a lack of government response has devastated the most vulnerable groups in particular those living paycheck to paycheck often in the informal economy left to try and fill in the gap or community groups. People angry about president bills and the rules right wing politics about exclusion and racism about the many call that 19 deaths and about the fact that nothing is being done about it in this country the protests are led by alto football fans of the corinthian football. There. Every fatter day the fans cook meals to help the poorest people those who have been hit hard by the pandemic today alone they will distribute 1000 meals on the city streets they deliver the food packages in their private cars they head for the center of sao paolo in the home. Of yours. For these Homeless People the free meal is a blessing with its rice pastel and sausage they have only been homeless for a few weeks they could no longer pay their rent due to the Coronavirus Crisis brazils new poor. The government should come out of its palaces and see with its own eyes what is happening in this country. Brazils president who usually appears without a mask continues to downplay the coronavirus risk he has been criticized for not always publishing the number of victims. The number of unreported cases is especially high in the favelas so in Rio De Janeiro residents have started their own count. Many victims of the virus when called by the Health Authorities we have a few examples of that among our circle of friends the volunteers talk to their neighbors and note the case of. Part of the unreported number. Here wolf over to god theres some call that 9000 cases here. Some survive others dont. With the help of numerous for velo residents the volunteers compile they only lists for their poor district. They also collect data on sick people via whatsapp something the city council does not do. So in the movie since the appeared the government is conspicuous in its absence we always have to reinvent ourselves and break new ground. As other football fans in sao paolo hear under highway bridge at 10 pm go where hardly any others would set foot. Cars drive across the bridge above or down below families in new. Of build a place to live they too are among the pandemics mute for. This family brought a Kitchen Cupboard a bed and a stove from their rented apartment just a few weeks ago now they can only hope for better times and that was important help or not stop. Looking for the story behind on my brother during the crisis i could no longer pay my rent my wife and i became unemployed we have 3. 00 children so our only option was to come here i built the shelter myself that i was regarded. With poverty comes fear of the virus and of being left behind during the pandemic. And im joined now by america blog field shes director of the institute for latin american studies and hamburg which is where shes joining us from rick its good to have you on the show the lack of government help for brazils poor during so much of this pandemic has that been by design or by omission. Well i mean actually the brazilian government overall hasnt been completely on attentive to the needs of the poor. And thats been actually not by the design of the executive government but the opposition back in late march so right after the pandemic started the opposition and Civil Society came together and pushed through emergency cash assistance and the government did not veto it and thats a result actually about one 3rd of the brazilian population currently receives emergency cash assistance from the government which is the highest level of any latin American Country however of course it doesnt need all basic needs well its relatively sufficient enough to buy food it doesnt necessarily cover rents and such and so still people for example in sao paulo who lose their jobs are still in dire economic straits so there is a social protection floor in brazil but of course it doesnt mitigate all the devastating effects of the economic crisis and this is being pushed through by the opposition rather than the government what have we seen covert really take off in latin america seems like a comparison to some other regions there is a bit more of a case this really took off and still things have been pretty bad in countries like brazil. Policies or what do you see. Well im not an epidemiologist but i can tell you this that part of me and humans are vectors of transmission and so social distancing measures have really helped to mitigate the spread of the virus however if you implement social distancing you absolutely have to also especially important countries make sure their families have the means to feed themselves while they stay at home and in countries that cant do that you cant expect people to stay at home a starve or watch their kids go hungry or not go out on the streets and try to make an income and so thats one of the key challenges that latin american countries as well as all developing countries have had is how to make sure that people can actually adhere to the social distancing measures and in a region with very high levels of informality in the workforce about half of the workforce is employed informally and you know if they lose their jobs from one day to the next that means their income disappears so you need to get help to them very very fast and that was a significant challenge in pretty much every single letter American Country except that had a Strong SocialProtection System going into the crisis perhaps more comparable to what you see in germany. And they were able to get that assistance to people but otherwise it was a real challenge and that was one of the factors that made it very hard to tamp down on the virus as well what we see when we look at these countries Health Care Systems as well we know that with other regions thats also been a challenge is elaborated or Health Care Systems that have been investment invested in rather. Overall yes because one of the key characteristics of latin america is the tremendously high levels of Socio Economic inequality and so you have an underfunded Public Health sector that to the majority of the population and then you have a better resource private Health Care Sector however neither were prepared to can try and a pandemic of this magnitude and now you see the result. Is interesting in that piece seeing how the Community Comes out on one hand the football clubs on the other hand some volunteers in the favelas im guessing that might be nice but perhaps not enough to really make so much of a difference when youre talking about a pandemic thats correct i mean Civil Society help these always important but if youre dealing with a shock such as a pandemic you solute we have to have a state that is prepared to confront these kinds of social risks and unfortunately most latin american countries. That week stay capacity has come to the floor with this crisis and many governments are recognizing that now and seeking to invest more in it i want to ask you before we go about believe it has the highest mortality rate in the world from coven still any reason for that. Well i think the factors that i mentioned. Pru is a country with very high levels of informality 80 percent of the workforce is informal and so when the pandemic hit they depended on the Informal Sector for their income and the social distancing was quite brutal and they couldnt sustain it at the same time the government had a really hard time reaching the entire population and still in august 5 months later many people were still waiting for for cash assistance help from the government so in those kinds of circumstances its very very hard to effectively implement social distancing measures add to that simply lots of People Living in pretty bad Housing Conditions in urban slums where social distancing is very difficult some people dont even have fridges so they cant prepare for example meals for an entire week they have to go out every day and buy food around my field director of the american studies and humber thank you very much. And now its time for your questions to our science correspondent derrick williams. How long does an asymptomatic person or one who has overcome covered 19 remain a possible source of infection. Regardless of whether you have symptoms or if youre asymptomatic if youve been diagnosed with coke at 19 its important not to leave isolation until your local Health Authority says you no longer pose a danger to others and its recommended guidelines the w. H. O. Says that on average positive patients who show symptoms could be infectious for up to 10 days after symptoms 1st appear it also says patients should wait at least that long plus 3 days after theyre symptom free without any medication so a person with an average case of coke at 19 if there is such a thing should isolate a minimum of 13 days for asymptomatic people the w. H. O. Recommendation is to isolate for at least 10 days since your last positive test various national Health Authorities have interpreted those recommendations in different ways there is no 0 risk scenario but as a rule of thumb people who test positive whether theyre their symptomatic or asymptomatic are no viewed as being no longer infectious after 2 weeks. And thats all from this covert 1000 special you can find out more online at d w dot com as always thanks for watching. Kerosene. Is there an alternative to this climate killer researchers in switzerland are producing a Carbon Neutral version at a solar mini refinery sunlight air and water are turned into kerosene. The amounts are small but that could change. Airlines need to make flying more entire mentally friendly to hold it. Down 30 minutes on d w. 9 gemini if. At any time 5 am he plays music. Video in the back yet i dont like the cut of songs to sing along to you just a combo from super man c. T. O. 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