Of larger than 5 people. Im good to have you with Us European UnionForeign Ministers have failed to agree on sagans against leaders in bell the rubes and thats because e. U. Member states vetoed the move today the European Union had identified 40 officials that it blames for violence against antigovernment protesters and for electoral fraud during last months president ial election in belarus exiled Opposition Leader. Made an impassioned plea before e. U. Lawmakers to act the sanctions deadlock means that a final decision is now up to National Leaders at an e. U. Summit later this week. Shes on the story for us in brussels give it to you barbara the only thing stopping the e. U. From imposing sanctions on. A small Island Country known as cyprus how is that possible its quite simple actually its something that you wouldnt expect to happen in Foreign Policy but cyprus decided to blackmail the European Union they decided to simply take the whole e. U. Council of Foreign Ministers hostage to their own wish that at the same time as their ascensions against better rose there must be sanctions against turkey we know that for some months cyprus has been complaining and of course they have a lot of support in the European Union for that complained that turkey is showing aggression in the Eastern Mediterranean they are drilling drilling actions going on in front of the coast of cyprus looking for gas an oil and all this accompanied by iran the bellicose rhetoric and so cyprus said well we need to put a stop to that so if we have sanctions against better rules we have to have things sanctions against turkey at the same time now these things have absolutely no connection but this small island nation decided to make that connection and at the end we have something in the European Council off of Foreign Ministers that looks like bankruptcy or maybe paralysis whatever you choose the barber you were the 1st conference earlier today with but. What was her message to the European Union. She had spoken to the Foreign Ministers before she knew that it wouldnt come to those sanctions so she was very mild in her verdict upon this endless desiring the e. U. Has shown i mean this is 6 weeks since the elections of one and 6 weeks since the elections and belarus and other than strong talk nothing has absolutely happened on the european level so she said yes she understands that european leaders need to be careful in their decisions back she hoped they could be more they could be more brave so she was disappointed at the end of the day this breakfast meeting methven the best part of the day for her but she also asked for support for the opposition particularly Financial Support they should figure out ways to pay money to the opposition and representatives of this opposition and not sort of go through official channels so sort of go by the bypass the regime in minsk and try to support a particular opponent had suggested that there should be a huge about a 1000000000 euros a huge package to support. In its battle against the gushing. Well the story forward in brussels tonight or be thank you. Heres a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world mollies ruling military junta has appointed former defense minister by now do as interim president to lead the country to new elections a coup last month overthrew president Abraham Carr Kate but the into has been under intense pressure from its west african neighbors to return cowher to civilians italys a right wing Opposition Leader but they also being the has failed to achieve a breakthrough in Regional Elections conceding defeat in the left wing basket of tuscany where he campaigned heavily exit polls indicate that the center Left Democratic Party has held on to 3 regions in a boost for italys fragile governing coalition. Has announced further cutbacks on flights and personnel due to the coronavirus pandemic currently at least 150. 00 planes are due to be junked and the company is mourning that it will likely be forced to eliminate more than the previously announced 22000 jobs over the next 5 years. In the german city of munich is this stepping up measures to contain the spread of the new corona virus infection after becoming one of the countrys main hotspots authorities in the bavarian capital say that they will make wearing face masks compulsory in parts of the city center theyve also announced further restrictions to public and private gatherings infections in munich have been reaching over 55. 00 per 100000 residents in the past week exceeding the limit of 50 cent by Public Health authorities the new measures are due to come into effect on thursday unless the level of infection drops in the meantime. Lets bring in our Political Correspondent simon young hes on the story for worse here in berlin good evening to you simon unique and snapping back restrictions as weve just heard are they the 1st step towards what could be a new lockdown. Well they could be you know definitely tightening is going on in munich as you say the 7 day infection number is creeping up its now higher than in any other major german city its going up and in hamburg cologne and berlin as well but munich has got a serious problem right now and one of the things that the officials there are saying is that theres no clear focus to these infections certain makes it very difficult to do effective Contact Tracing of the infected people so theyre limiting the number of people who can make saying no more than 5 people in a family group really can can meet theyre also cutting down the number of people who are able to attend events like weddings and so on and enforcing mosques face mosques in in some Public Places and theyre announcing that you know if those measures on to effect if they may well spread the bans elsewhere theres a lot of worry just now with this being the time normally of october fast the big bear festival thats been canceled some people saying well theyre going to take it indoors the authorities saying thats a really bad idea a good way to spread the virus and spread the virus and spread some cheer im sure they would say the countrys Health Minister here in germany has announced that theres going to be a new coronavirus strategy for the country what do we know about that. Yeah he said hes focusing on a couple of things for instance opening special what hes calling fever surgeries special Opening Times for 4 clinics to say you know if youve got corona symptoms or suspected coronas symptoms respiratory problems come to those clinics wronger than mixing in doctors waiting rooms with the general public you may have come in for some other reason theyre also talking about rolling out a big program of quick tests to do saliva test particularly in care homes where they might be able to get a result in just 20 minutes and that they say should really help to protect. The elderly over the winter season so the Health Minister saying that germany is well placed to deal with corona at the moment but there is worry because a lot of germanys neighboring countries are seeing much higher infection rates and of course that could spill over here as well so i mean stand by for just a moment with rising infection numbers and alderman winter ahead there also worries now about how schools in germany will cope with the situation are they now better prepared for digital schooling from home take a look. Pencils a shop and books are out and students are back in the classrooms but it seems not much of the Digital Learning put in place during lockdown has survived here at the phillips causeless school in berlin. Teacher says many of the challenges involved in Digital Learning remain. The foundational problems are still there a lot of parents dont understand technology a lot of families dont have internet or Digital Technology at home but the schools are much better prepared so we are able to have clouds and Messenger Services and email that is all. In accordance with Data Protection laws which was not the case before the corona crisis has made schools realise how much still needs to be done and in most classrooms teaches and students still refuse and on tools and learning materials to change that the German Government has put aside 5000000000 curios to digitalize the classroom money desperately needed says coprincipal sure nuff said when looking at his equipment this is. It is definitely the case that teachers and parents are investing their own private resources to digitalize this of course staff and initiatives by the state but that always comes with a lot of. Which we see now as well with the current funding so in the end you have to make sure you take all that you can get rid of one can come. Until now only one of over 1200 students at this school has received a tablet financed by the state students our way of how slowly things are moving and want to see change. Theres room for improvement in the digitalisation of those schools to say the least and theres not enough equipment for all students it was not enough to make proper home schooling possible. But some students think that they are now better prepared in case of another look down. A month from us went under not at the beginning it was new for all of us the system the Computers Working at home now i think that while better than the 1st time. But the ideal classroom that can switch effortlessly from the school to each students room and from mains that distant goal. Yes not easy for the teachers is not easy for the students simon we understand german chancellor Angela Merkel she is holding a summit on how schooling during the pandemic can be improved one of the most important topics on the table well right education here in germany is the responsibility of the 16 individual states but this meeting is to see what the Central Government can do to help those states and hes not just about the challenges with Digital Learning with better wife eye on laptops for some of the kids as weve seen there its also things like ventilation which is a big problem in changing School Buildings in some cases Technical Solutions like filters and theres a shortage even of individual desks for some classrooms so theres a lot of things that schools need to do and probably they need some financial help to do it for the money so i mean young on the story for us here in berlin simon thank you. 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Hour corona update. Code 19 special next on d w. Small acts can inspire change the people making it possible go africa fantastic right. Join them as they set out to save the environment learn from one another and Work Together for a better future. Many cars do you all for tuning in keep going to africa. On d. W. Waste piling up disposable protective equipment Plastic Packaging. Initially 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 adjust your pollution was reaching. But the pandemic has had negative consequences for the environment to the world was already drowning under 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 easily 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 way 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 so common in supermarkets so 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 im at the spanish farmers are growing bell peppers and melons under vast plastic sheets. Some of them dispose of old sheets illegally but catching the culprits is tricky. We managed to find a former farmer who was willing to talk about the problems. Even growing crops is their livelihood images like these tarnish their image for a few farmers are ruining everyones image. And his colleagues from the Marine Conservation organization to study what happens to Plastic Waste in the sea. They take samples to have them checked for tiny plastic particles. These substances are toxic. They are poisonous Chemical Products that break down in the sea should not only be concerned about plastic bags floating around. The tiny plastic particles you can only see under a microscope or even more dangerous. Team have their latest sample examined it all out. And they find yet more plastic particles. This plastic passes 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 this was one of the 2 well connected so i mean that 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. Lets speak to young pay to share more 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 condemning but theres of course all to 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 more sustainability starting with food in germany for example the consumption of regionally and ecologically produced food has increased during the pandemic of beneficial for the environment we saw lots of changes some 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 with stress on the environment went down so overall i would say its more the opposite that we didnt see batons change in the way and that our environmentally more destructive although disposable to probably one point where it did yes thats 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 what is it it is with a pause button if you push play again and 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 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 of 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 their 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 we pushing of homes and developing more sustainable Construction Materials that means to move in the average altschul sector away from quantity to quality 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. Shanel from the institute for applied ecology thanks a lot for joining us and now one of your questions to our science correspondent eric williams. How hopeful as 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 cove 2 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 therapeutically might lessen code 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 a compound other Research Indicates that the timing when exactly these 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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