Stand by but ill tell you what ill tell you what somebody has got to do something about anti for and the left because this is not a right of them is there is a levy. It kept on an edifying spectacle in which donald trump people over his policy blindspots and his competitor joe biden papered over his each pair managed in this era of formalization t. He was the consensus where knowing when to say. Some lowlights there for you from a chaotic or president ial debate lets take you now to washington to our correspondent there my estimate or my out one of the most talked about moments is that last exchange that we just have broadcast in our report president something basically declining not basically declining to use the opportunity to condemn white nationalists groups. Yeah well this is a president to now really misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity to condemn White Supremacy weve seen his his aides and his proxies all over u. S. Media this morning and last night trying to clean up what he said walk it back a bit but it really tells you all you need to know that white supremacist groups are incredibly happy with what theyve heard last night now this is a president who has occasionally in the past condemned White Supremacy when pestered to do so his most infamous moment of course being after the attacks in charlottesville in 2017 when a white supremacist rammed his car into a group of protesters killing someone the president said oh there are very fine people on both sides so you know this really lays out what is coming out for the u. S. Election now this is a president who has repeatedly refused to disavow or disown anyone who supports him even if those people are neo nazis no my of the evening was filled with. Surreal moments in another surreal moment was a simple question about voting. Yes so biden traditionally as is tradition put forward that yes he would accept the results of the election no matter what that result is both candidates it should be noted try to play down expectations that we would know the night of november 3rd what the result of the election is there are many reasons why we might not know for several weeks i do think its notable that both sides are taking that stance however trump when asked the same question did not directly answer at all and instead told his supporters to go to the polls and watch now the whole watching is a thing both parties do it however to be a poll watcher you have to be trained and you have to probably in most states as per the law are only allowed to do poll watching in the precinct where you are registered to vote you cannot just show up and stare that is voter intimidation and that is illegal and. How bruising has this debate been for burns candidates. Im going to say very there were really no winners in what happened last night biden did come across looking better than was expected but whats interesting is that his expectations were already very low as per the president the president himself was downplaying bidens abilities trying to paint him as doctoring a little an easy on his feet trump came on very hot very aggressive and even if you look at headlines coming out a very right leaning media in the us today everyone has agreed that this was a mess dilute biggest losers were voters no one really learned anything from this in conclusion in my ear this was the 1st of 3 planned debates are they going to go ahead with the other 2 were going by what we saw yesterday. Well so far it looks like at the Bottom Campaign has already come out and said that yes there are 2 more debates we will be attending them and nothing from the trump side so far my state of reporting for you from washington thank you. Lets say now but some of the other stories making our world headlines wildfires ravaging the world famous wine regions in the u. S. State of california have spread rapidly and claimed 3 lives tens of thousands of residents have been evacuated in sonoma and napa valley 2 of californias most celebrated wineries also been destroyed in the blaze. Belgium has a new government after almost a year and a half of negotiations the flemish liberal leader and former finance minister alexander to crow will lead the 7 Party Coalition as prime minister. And former ally do you see Rupert Stadler has appeared in a munich court were making him the 1st person to Face Criminal Charges in germany over to diesel gate scandal stadler and 3 other defendants are accused of fraud falsifying documents and misleading advertising. Authorities and others have suspended the countrys main independent news outlet for 3 months on the websites their coverage of newer than 7 weeks of protests against the russian government frequently went viral the outlet now says it intends to continue cooperating. French president and im michael has condemned comments by turkey on the latest flare up in the caucasus as quote reckless and dangerous all this after turkey voice its support for azerbaijans efforts to take back control of nagorno from armenian separatist International Calls for both sides to work towards a diplomatic solution have so far gone unheeded. This mans heart has been shelled beyond recognition. It now resembles a number of obviously 1000000000 homes in the disputed nagornokarabakh region you know you everything is broken well what else can i say. Officially the separatist region lies within as a by shon but it has been under the control of Ethnic Armenian forces backed by the amenia and government since 1994 fighting has now also spread well beyond the borders of the contested xyron like in this bordering town in azerbaijan and is threatening to spill into an all out war. Despite the growing death toll both military and civilian neither are mania nor azerbaijan appears ready to take steps towards pace or to pull no its very hard to talk about negotiations when specific military operations are underway. It is especially concerned about the alleged involvement of turkey which it claims has begun aiding its ally as i by shown. There is no evidence of turkeys involvement in the conflict and there is no such need that Azerbaijani Army is sufficiently prepared to ensure the protection of its people and its territory we were not on. Both sides have accused the other of initiating the latest hostilities attacking civilian targets and obstructing negotiations the clashes have continued into a 4th day despite International Calls for a cease fire. French president emanuel macron is planning to hold discussions with both russia and the u. S. On ways to end the conflict in. Maine while both armenia and azerbaijan continue to see their citizens q 2 and list in the military and join the battlefield. So much for suze now for you and in tennis Serino Williams has been forced to withdraw from the french open in paris with an achilles tendon injury while the williams was to amy to win a record equalling 24 grand slam title she pulled out of the tournament just before her 2nd round match today saying she was struggling to walk on the 31st suffered a flare up of the injury at the u. S. Open earlier this month by in munich to take on runs in the german super cup in just over an hour while the game between the been as the champions and runners up was meant to happen before the League Season but the coronavirus destruction pushed it back and it comes at a time when both clubs are licking their wounds. By and munich a bidding for a 5th trophy this year in the super cup against dortmund but the otherwise all conquering bavarians are smarting they suffered a shock for one defeat at hoffenheim in their 2nd bonus the game at the weekend the roy son name is also out of the super cup through injury and i want to do for him is often high and did very well they kept things very tight so we didnt have the same punch that we usually have we have to move on from that game and concentrate on dortmund unlike every other match desperate to win it is yours and of 2 for just given the good news for byron is that dortmund also surprisingly lost on saturday going down to let out. A young dog when team showed their inexperience at times and could have wily captain marco royce back in the line up against di and. Dozens of 171819 years of age the fact they dont play at their best every week is normal we have to have patience and we have to find the right blend the coach must find the right mix we have total confidence firepower on top and of not won a trophy since lifting the super cup last year beating who else but by earn another scalp in this years edition for the black and yellow rose will mean 2 defeats on the balance for bion for the 1st time since december. Brazil football star neymar owes an eye watering 34600000 euros in taxes from his time in spain playing for barcelona according to official documents while the who cares sasha afford it was more than anyone else on the list of the missiles of names issued by the Spanish Tax Office he is the latest in a long line of Football Players including leno messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to fall foul of the spanish tax system. And are right in now for you of our top story this hour u. S. President ial candidate joe biden has described president dont trust performance in last nights televised debate as a National Embarrassment a series of interruptions and personal insults dominated the discussion touching on the coronavirus to the economy and race relations. To every news africa is up next hour with the latest on the trial the finisterra couple got the man accused of funding the london genocide thats coming up in just a moment in time no to get you could stay up to date for getting us out on the line if you dont duck call cordell how did you go you can also follow us on instagram and twitter our handle is at do w. News only iraq on behalf of all of us here thank you for spending this part of it in. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. And what are scientists learning. Background information and. Our corona. Coated 19 special next on t. W. Every day counts for us and for planet. Google ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation. How do we make cities scream. How can we protect habitats. We can make a difference to. The lying to us the environmental series in 2002 w. The fury of the fires he will straight to the fall of war. That is why today i am calling for the new media global cease fire in all corners of the world. Millions of people according more zones the un says thats preventing an Effective Response to the outbreak. Of dog hospital country to see. The virus spreads when tens of millions flee violence in africa the middle east and asia. In march the u. N. Secretary general called for a global ceasefire. Warring parties i say pull back from those feelings put aside mistrust and then he was it to silence the guns stop the activity and the airstrikes. But the world responded by piling more weapons and starting new conflicts. The pandemic is set to spark famine riots instability and civil war. The coronavirus says we can governments and Security Forces thats allowed some rebel groups to flourish they mostly face the same restrictions their costs are also rising but they pass them on to those caught in the territories they hold still as. Tchiowa reports the response isnt that different to that of some governments. This hurt is on its way to the biggest got to market in the Central African republic. Here in some 42 kilometers from the capital bangui where the hurts are sold for traders in this country it means moving from areas that are controlled by a different groups the coronavirus pandemic is an additional problem the straightest complain that many groups have taken advantage of this Health Crisis by living huge taxes on them you know. We face so many difficulties in transporting our cattle from cagayan room to the market armed groups attack our shepherds. Before coronavirus the rebels asked each of our heads men to pay between the end. No theyve increased defeats almost 125 euros. They demand so much money for taxes and were all discouraged i. Live in bangalore hasnt changed much for most people it is almost impossible to determine who is infected with the coronavirus or not bring the rainy season people have the flu or malaria and that in a country where poverty is more torrijos. It is estimated that about 71 percent of the population live below the international 40 line men and women are fighting every day to get food on the table so there is little progress in the country we need. A young activist he specially criticizes the governments money meant of the pandemic. We were in a country where we no longer understand anything and the beginning of the coup one of i was we were told that with all of the nation state the government had received over 1000. 00 would be a problem the taste was free for instance and now we have to pay for the taste. Who can pay that its an unbearable situation for Central Africans. In addition to the security on Economic Impact of the cotton up on the mic in the Central African republic. 4000 1 800 confirmed cases and in the midst of all these measures put in place by the authorities the fight against the spiral of the respected in public places. Just one example of how rebel groups are ruining peoples livelihoods and how some governments are failing to keep promises lets bring in the dow hes director of the gigger institute for African Affairs has the coronavirus lead to more conflict or unrest in africa. Oh thats a very good question would be yes and no has been limited increase in terms of wines what can be called socalled code 19 disorder this is mainly when people try it because of the access to to nutrition and so on and all the days political repression by government authorities on the latter you know launched a while and has not really a priest at least thats not what the number tell us what we believe is that massive ones can have can happen in the future but only after a period of when can they shouldnt especially when economic consequences get really really really bad and theres poor management of the result what will picking up on those restrictions youve said there are certain kinds of conflict that pandemic restrictions are more likely to aggravate what sort of conflicts. Especially at the beginning you have you know people are reacting directly to what the government for instance if we have locked down you know restriction social distancing you know people might not be happy with that because they they feel they can you know get food on the table as it was mentioned in. Their report before and that of course has happened for instance south africa where there was a d quite you know Strict Lockdown on the other hand people might be scared that they are exposed to our east over. Open faction for instance like in cote divoire wynette Testing Center was destroyed because people who. Have this kind of wild and you know limited in terms intensity all the forms a while its almost likely to happen. In a more distant future and under unfavorable circumstances one specific rishta could be one Economic Conditions become really bad that long or all minorities especially migrants might become scapegoats i think south africa could be an example of that also in conflicts you have a risk of escalation but again the numbers do not show a strawman increase as of yet and we should point out here of course that the pandemic has tame some conflicts. Yes indeed it has although i would be a little bit cautious with regard to that as well of course generally i think the true source does have you know kind of power to bring people together because they are the Common Thread and they rally around the flag you know those stick together out of protesting against this effect you know waynes off the right and you have seen it also in the report that some of the people get more and more just as far do you see that are on the world politically a more concrete example of over the changing ethic of the pandemic was in cameroon we have assessed session as conflict in language form part of it and one rebel group has announced a ceasefire explicitly mentioning the condemning as a reason and as we speak now. I dont have very very good information but the government is a good league negotiating with the rebels so im not exactly expecting that the pandemic will see over the conflict but theres a little over 2 to it so how do you get the balance right containing a virus knocking down an economy and preventing conflict. And actually thats a thats an excellent question maybe thats the one trillion. Dollar question in trying to put put it this way because it doesnt exactly you know the key challenge on the one hand you know you know keeping the bar is a debate and im on the other hand you know avoid that you home the economy so lot that the medicine will be worse that you know than the disease so and unfortunately you know you want to restrict the wires we have to we have to. Take measures that harm the economy and you know what 11 idea i have in this regard is that you know africa was it later by the by the virus and that of course of the unity that africa can learn from other countries how do the right way it is well have to leave it there thank you very much for being on the show today yeah thank you so much youre welcome. And time to answer your questions on the coronavirus heres our science correspondent eric williams. Why is vitamin d. Not being promoted more since that is the evidence that its deficiency compromises the immune system. Theres been an ongoing discussion in the medical Research Community for many months now about whether or not vitamin d. Or more precisely vitamin d. Deficiency could be playing a role in covert 19 outcomes lots of people dont get enough sunlight to produce sufficient amounts of it themselves which is why claims have multiplied that supplements of vitamin d. Help against sars co 2 theres clear evidence the micronutrient is important to healthy immune system function in other words to how susceptible you are to infection in general a recent study from the university of chicago went a step further looking at patient records the Research Team they are discovered what they claim is a clear retrospective link between vitamin d. Deficiency in patients and covert 19 brits. The problem is is that to prove it we still have to carry out what are called randomized trials where were we monitor people getting enough of the vitamin and those with known deficiencies and then track the groups to see what happens over time whether there are differences in how many people in the cohorts contrives kovan 19 and if they do how severe it is another issue though is if vitamin d. Really does prove to be an effective preventive measure what doses of it should people take taken in excessive amounts as a supplement that can cause kelsie on to build up in your blood and can can even cause organ damage so. There are potential dangers along with the upsides but but in general the experts agree that taking a supplement in safe amounts recommended in National Guidelines cant hurt your health and it might help especially if you have a known vitamin d. Deficiency. Finally in his general audience on wednesday pope francis said we need to heal the world from the suffering highlighted by the pandemic he said the corona virus has exposed the great inequality the brains in the world the inequality of goods Health Care Technology and education the pontiff called for policies that reward participation care and generosity rather than indifference exploitation and special interests saying a fair and Equitable Society is a healthier one. Put imaginary less so we will be able to regenerate society and not return to socalled normality because this normality was sick also before the pandemic alert the premier that up on the mia the normality of injustice inequality and environmental degradation. Thanks for joining me for this kind of 1000 special and then fizzle and see you next on. And on demand. Language courses. Video and audio. Sector. Every journey begins with the 1st step and every language the 1st word im looking for coaxing germany to cut. Why not come with. Us its simple line on your mobile and free. T. W z e learning course speak german made easy. News africa coming up on the program a defeat for africas most wanted fugitive. Financier of the wonder genocide will face trial in terms of after a french court rejected his appeal to be tried in france instead ill be joined by the chief prosecutor. And. 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