Plus even the ghost dont want to get covert 19 theyre providing an updated socially distance to welcome to those visiting their Haunted House. Im melissa chan welcome to news asia its great to have you with us protests in thailand have entered their 2nd month activists feel the military dominates too much of the government and that the country has slid further and further away from democracy whats different this time from previous protests over the years has also been the call to reform the countrys monarchy while the people protest by gere along corn has reportedly spent much of the pandemic at a luxury hotel in southern germany protesters want to limit the kings power his finances and they want to have the right to criticize him something they cant do under thailands strict laws at the moment. A tribute to democracy ripped away and disappeared a whodunnit near bangkoks royal palace. Less than 24 hours earlier protest leaders had installed this plaque engraved with the message thailand belongs to the people. Authorities say theyre pressing charges over this bold challenge to the thai king on paper thailand has a Constitutional Monarchy but criticism d often leads to prison now the taboo has been broken and the call is out for limits on royal power. We are not demanding an end to the monarchy. We want reform with good intentions that would keep the monarchy graciously above the people under democratic rule. And their demands for reform dont stop there the protesters want the military backed Prime Minister prior to note to step down you elections and a new constitution. I am here to protest the government and authoritarian regime theyre both part of whats wrong with it that the one. That is the 1st of all thanks to me because people know this deal or any more. Protesters marched their demands to the Kings Privy Council police blocked the way but agreed to deliver the letter. Now to keep up pressure organizers are calling for a boycott of the bank where the king is the largest shareholder and a general strike next month a bid to tap into the power the people already have. Joining us is john jr simba consumer a political scientist with the institute of Asian Studies actual long core and university gender it seems as if the protests are picking up momentum is that your sense and where do you think its going well definitely i think the protests are getting bigger and bigger by the day and i think that the political time is on their side and the are going to have and have the protests in october and i think it will gather more people and are people protesting more against the military or more against the monarchy and why it is difficult to differentiate between the 2. I would put it this way that this is this region and people are protesting against these 3 to you and i think. The issue of the winner he has because of a group with in the mens and so and that was and there are several groups and i think in the next protests and Different Groups will take charge and probably they would change the topic of discussion so well see how the topic which is this month. One thing im wondering about is whether these protests are different from any of the protests weve seen over the past decade in thailand are they different. I mean if you put this protest in the context of for example the red and yellow shirts in the past 2 years they are definitely different they what they want is to shift system they do not want to try to really reforms any superficial they want. The change of the system and they think they have become more. In the sense and compromising but also very patient as they know that this is a long struggle and it will not they were not a shift their goal is in the terms of changing the system but so they are ready to wear for a long long struggle so that what they want to do is change the system give us some context in terms of how conditions in thailand got to where they are today that people are on the streets. Well i mean you know natural. Society has changed but the political system has not shifted to accommodate that and right now we are seeing the clash between parts of the society that want to go forward and the other part of society that want to stay the same and preserve the status quo and so i think this is the bottom line of the whole conflict and in the past weve seen tit for tat protests between supporters of the old ideas and supporters of the new ideas and right now this is supporters of the new ideas so im not sure if there will be in time has completely shifted to the supporters of the new idea if not then we may see a no that will be nice ition of supporters of the ideas. 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I dont know about you but i find japanese horror films the scariest in the genre so you wont see me at this experience in tokyo any time soon even if theyve made it a socially distance one for covert times. Though the coded pandemic hasnt moved into a Zombie Apocalypse this is live into tame it courtesy of take your scared squad and its a Haunted House with a plot twist its a drive through experience. Just get very good as we started this driving because we cant get close to customers or the traditional Haunted House. Now we got even closer because theres only a window between us its way closer than before but standing nose to nose many customers say theyve never been so close before they. Chose to do it yourself or use. Those stories and hold it hels as a popular in japan especially in the summer months. But in times of social distancing if youre looking for live action horror this is the only game in town. The 30 minute performance isnt in your face feel a fist in the comfort of your own vehicle. Was when customers used to run cars they dont need to get out of the middle they enjoy the show and then go home with their car straight afterwards. Its a novel format but the pen to make is forcing Entertainment Industry to innovate to reach paying customers. And most are leaving this Haunted House happy especially after the cost of zombies oh plane the blood of the windshields. Thats it for now check out our other stories on t w dot com for its asia or on facebook and twitter well see you tomorrow thank you for watching and goodbye. Combating the pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and news. Hour carona update. From the 19 special next on d w. Ws crime fighters are back to africa is most successful radio drama series continues this season the stories focus on hate speech prevention to sustainable charcoal production. All of the sos are Available Online and of course you can share and discuss on africas Facebook Page and other social media platforms. Crime fighters tune in no. Waste piling up disposable protective equipment Plastic Packaging. And actually that been a hope that the slowdown in the World Economy would be good for the planet traffic almost stopped completely. Cruise ships were stranded in port and the just to pollution was rich. But the pandemic has had negative consequences for the environment to the world was already drowning under a sea of Plastic Waste but a pandemic has made the situation worse. Can stay in the environment for up to 450 years it takes that long before they turn into invisible micro plastic so this issue is quite serious. As the human toll of the coronavirus mounts and the World Economy struggles to adjust to the new normal the wider impact on the environment is only now starting to become apparent. The Global Medical emergency has presented an opportunity to check on the health of the planet as controversial new lockdown measures kick in in the capital madrid is a report from space. Leon ill be getting is pulling Plastic Waste from the river segura near the spanish city of alicante theres heaps of garbage everywhere. The focus of the problem is that plastic is very light so its easy swept up by the wind and flows down rivers where it ends up in the sea when i was. Really honest says spains Plastic Waste problem has gotten worse since march when the corona Virus Outbreak began. In the middle of everythings got west since the pandemic started using less disposable Plastic Packaging but now spanish people are buying even more plastic wrapped items because theyre scared of getting infected disposable plastic gloves a common in supermarkets of their lights an easily swept away. The pandemic has led to a waste crisis now even environmentally Conscious Consumers feel safer buying plastic wrapped products. Here 200 kilometers further south near the city of i met the spanish farmers are growing bell peppers and melons under vast plastic sheets. Some of them disposable old sheets illegally but catching the culprits is tricky. We managed to find a former farmer who was willing to talk about the problems. He was in growing crops is their livelihood images like these tarnish their image a few farmers are ruining everyones image. And his colleagues from the Marine ConservationOrganization Study what happens to Plastic Waste in the sea. They take samples to have them checked for tiny plastic particles. You dont mean these substances are toxic. They are poisonous Chemical Products that break down in the sea shouldnt only be concerned about plastic bags floating around. Tiny plastic particles you can only see under a microscope or even more dangerous. Team have their latest sample examined at all well. And they find yet more plastic particles. The plastic purses through the food chain through fish and ends of your body is too much you also absorb it through our skin when we swim. Were basically contaminating yourself. Plastic waste in the sea poses a Serious Health risk to humans and animals alike. Thats why lily and i began to spend so much time cleaning up. She says the pandemic shouldnt serve as an excuse for us to produce even more garbage she says protecting the environment also keeps us hoping. That the cause of the 2 are connected to them and if we destroy the environment we also endanger our own health we are seeing this now during coronavirus pandemic that were not thinking ahead and not protecting the environment and not treating animals like we should not the European Union wants to cut back on Single Use Plastics but these days due to the pandemic the very opposite is happening. It takes some 500 years for these materials to decompose so theyll be with us for generations. So lets speak to young pay to share. Of the institute for applied ecology here in berlin thanks a lot for joining us so we saw in our report people are choosing Plastic Packaging for their food because they think its safer given the pandemic i mean is there a danger that this pandemic is making our day to day lives less ecologically sustainable. Well 1st of all thanks for having me on the show it of course youre right that people restrooms Small Businesses with a lot of custom interfaces and use more disposables now than they used to directly before the denecke that theres of course also another part of the story and that is that we saw a lot in steel a lot of changes of patterns of behavior and consumption that actually moved towards new sustainability starting with food in germany for example the consumption of regionally and you can logically produced food has increased during the pun demick of beneficial for the environment we saw lots of changes in mood ability patterns less business trips less commuting to work more home office some of those probably will be maintained after the pandemic and of course due to lock downs which is not a positive thing for the economy and for the humans but nevertheless consumption production went down and therefore also energy use raw material use and therefore it was something less stress on the environment went down so overall i would say its more the opposite that we didnt see batons change in the way that our environmentally more destructive although disposable to probably one point where it did yes last in terms of individual behavior but by the way can we say that this pandemic has been good or bad for the environment. I think that rest still to be seen in the immediate effect as i said consumption production went down there was no at travel for some time many factories went on on leave pretty much put their people on leave didnt work and so it was like a pause for the environment for the stress on the environment in most areas and but is it it is with a pause button if you push play again then the question is whether the situation will be different so that depends a lot on whether companies and governments will rethink their Business Models or their investment support and change things for example in fashion weve heard from some companies saying they do too resilience questions of the value chain will move away from fast fashion in faster than is nothing else than disposable fashion and therefore and to tremendous to the environment if you look at how much water cotton for example needs and a t. Shirt so the question will be how many actors in the economy and from the government side will change their way of doing business here in terms of governance as they say to get economies going again what sort of things should they be bearing in mind. Well 1st of all its totally understandable that they have to look at easing the burden for particularly the social disadvantage socially disadvantaged and that the pandemic and the lock on bring about the same time now taking money for recovery packages they should look into where they invest and there of course they should invest in more sustainable technologies we have a lot of transitions in the Energy Sector and the transport sector and the Agricultural Sector in the building sector we need to move to a circular economy in all of these areas it would be helpful and oriented towards the future if governments use their money to support Business Models of the future that means electric fields for example in the transport sector that means thinking about how to encourage me for pushing of homes and developing more sustainable Construction Materials that means to move in the average altschul sector away from quantity to quality and all these are things that they should incorporate into and we cover a package is many do more so than in financial crisis about 10 years ago but still not enough if you compare how much money goes into clearly environmentally Beneficial Investments compared to the classical. Business models then it is not enough given the urgency that we have in all those sectors. Shammal from they occur institute for applied ecology thanks a lot for joining us and now for one of your questions to our science correspondent eric williams. How hopeful lest the drug interferon be when it comes to fighting covered 19. Interferons are proteins produced by the immune system that play a key role in communication in the body during a viral infection they they warn cells that an invader is on the loose giving them time to to ramp up additional defenses and theres evidence that one reason covert 19 can turn so serious is that sars could have to seems to suppress interferon production in some way early in the infection process the immune system is corrent islay complicated and the best description of it ive heard compares the many complex interactions between different molecules and cells to a ball of spaghetti so its hard to nail down exactly whats going on but this is fission that interferon production is being turned off thats led researchers to look at whether giving interferons to patients there a pew to clean might lessen co but 1980 back in july a British Company testing inhaled doses of an interferon called interferon beta reported in a small scale study that that giving it to early stage patients cut their chances of developing severe breathing difficulties dramatically and it significantly reduced their hospital stays the company is now in further testing with the compound other Research Indicates that the timing when exactly the signalling protein is administered that that could play a very key role in how the body reacts to treatment with it so so to answer the question researchers are quite hopeful that interferon bedo will prove as a. 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