A tale harrowing stories of arbitrary arrests torture and killings by the Syrian Secret Police 2 officials believed to be part of president assads regime are currently on trial in germany these are some of the victims families in front of a court in corbins a visual to remember those who were disappeared or killed in syria its the 1st time suspected perpetrators are standing trial to face charges of crimes against humanity the principle of going to wrestle jurisdiction allows prosecution to take place in germany even though the crimes against humanity were committed in syria. And is one of those who are closely following the Court Proceedings she is one of the countless syrians will families have fallen victim to the civil war thats why she left her home country and fled to germany and now she has hope for long awaited justice. Mahmud in her apartment in the german capital berlin the opponent of the regime in syria lives here on her own in exile this is she this is my husband. Says 2012 hes been missing disappearing in a prison run by the syrian secret service. Just like her son my here. Theyve been mediators for the opposition and have been on their way back from outside syria when the protests against the regime in syria started. Selling air to. Them and i called our son my hair after they arrived at the airport in damascus he said were getting into the car now and will be home soon please set the table that. The father was husband and son never got back home. The Syrian Secret Services crimes are cruel these photos from inside syrian prisons were leaked in 2013 victims of torture photographed by a military policeman who managed to get them out of the country. Today the photos are important evidence against assads torturers in europe the authorities were investigating them when they made a discovery and 2018 secret Service Members have allegedly come to europe from syria the skies this refugees one of them is this man and where are the alleged head of the department and the secret service he and another suspected secret Service Member have been on trial in germany since april its the 1st trial ever for crimes against humanity committed by members of the assad regime. From as a darwish a Syrian Opposition where the trial is a historic step towards more justice. In the cities darwish was there for the start of the trial he lives in exile in europe to. Example. When youre talking just. When we are talking we will. Process all of these. For us. The 1st. Earth and. You know. When the trial started syrians opposed to the regime came together outside the Court Building to the man that asserted be brought to trial. Assad himself denies any responsibility for wrongdoing. But the evidence against the Syrian Regime is overwhelming. Its kept here at this secret location in western europe. William wiley used to work for the United Nations investigating human rights abuses for human courts in former yugoslavia and rwanda he heads the commission for International Justice and accountability and gathers evidence against assads regime. Basically. What you have in this room are materials generated by the Security Intelligence structures of sure the military structures of syria and the party or political structures of syria at the top level and the government level. Records and files of the Syrian Regime cleaned examined and archived especially for the investigating authorities and courts in europe. Wiley and other investigators are financially supported by european governments when the war in yugoslavia ended in the 9. The International Tribunal was missing many important files to prevent this from happening again the commission secured smuggled over 800000 documents out of the case of the syrian civil war. Why he is convinced that it will be enough to prove the syrian leaderships responsibility for human rights abuses. As this fatwa mountain living in exile in berlin. And if i could end up as a no no and i think justice will take its course and she did upon and im happy when i see that those people should the prisoners and i know what thats like ive had that experience myself so therefore i want to be very happy if those responsible for true chewing men and women are punished to get pass out we are caught up in the film at night biggest dream is to see the leadership being brought to justice for. Him to pass out. Mahmoud hopes that one day all the crimes of assads regime will come to light including her husbands and her sons fate. London is not just the capital of the u. K. Its also the countrys traffic jam capital last year drivers in london spends nearly a 150 hours stuck in traffic thats 150 hours of people being idle and thats wasted time has cost the city billions now of course the streets of london are much emptier because many people are working from home and that has given way to bikers we met one of them and he is calling for a bicycle revolution on the streets of his city. I dislike most in london us to be quite confident. When you work with the road like this if youre a competent cyclist is not really much of a problem but you have to be going that more or less the speed of the traffic on your presence on the road has to be quite strong for. Philip collins and rides his bike everywhere he cycle some 20000 kilometers e. M. Not texan its own son and his family are pleased that more and more londoners are discovering the joys of site. That will cycling enthusiast from the time when Young Children grow that bikes to school. Theres still something of an audit seen on t. V. That happen could soon change. In schools by playing dancing get people cycling. The next generation i think the definitely be more confident on the buy and personally think they should just go ahead and close 50 percent. Sidestreets just close the lid cause dont need to go on 50 percent so give us access to everybody on clothes as much as possible. Those kinds of demands get londons taxi drivers will riled up the citys cabbies are among cyclists graces critics. Who dont are psychos get rid of all the ghetto recycles all the buses. Go in and then misses the traffic at the moment is terrible subvocal using. Drugs or whatever making more cycle lanes is just going to make the traffic even worse study joyous because half the people who saw it took a moment dont know the high white collars and the small percentage that theyre not high like cars. I did to. Service should be some sort of a test for cyclists and yet londons in a city is currently swollen. With bicycles. As the quran the crisis in a new an age of mobility. Cyclists now have some powerful supporters behind them theyll be a huge amount of planning going into helping people to get to work other than by mass transit and this will be i hope i never but my room for one of the former secretary of transport i would agree this is should be a new golden age for cycling but they must act fast when commuters return on mass it wont be enough buses or trains to accommodate them and to take it to social distancing missions if even a small percentage of these commute to start using cars instead london will be fixed with 10 children. The temptation to get into medical will be very very strong and understandable so i think weve got a short window of time to reach out to both the politicians and to the public at large to say there is a better word of to this. Than is the city londons financial district is leading the way. Down during the day access is restricted to passes and bikes only. And sidewalks are being widened to give pedestrians more room. And in some residential districts streets are being clueless to street traffic drivers are having to find other bricks. Oh. Well this just in these few weeks there is an amazing opportunity to connect a lot of the unconnected parts and to get the local councils on board to get the local roles facing the nation for cycling and says stop this car centric universe it was. During the corona crisis london feels a bit more like bike friendly amsterdam. Philip jones and his family hope it will stay that way. As this new golden age for cycling seems almost too good to be traded. Do you like oysters i have to admit its not a huge fan but if you are then you surely know what a costly delicacy they are well in france this delicacy now needs its own security detail as he lives have also come to realize their value they break into farms and steal the oysters to sell them later for a profit its a huge loss for oyster farmers like nicole that no name hes now hoping that the local police can help protect his precious smallest. Its Early Morning this is the bait off a name on the french brittany coast. No name is an oyster farmer he loves working here but for months hes been extremely worried because thieves have been stealing the precious molluscs. If the tide is out we come here in the mornings to check if everything is all right. Soon he spots a basket that has been cut open again oyster thieves have struck its a major financial loss it takes 3 years until the oyster can be sold until then they need to be carefully tended to. Weeks ago nicholas says 3 and a half tons of oysters were stolen in one night. And thats. 60. 7 or 8000 euros and they stole 250 of them will. Last year many tons of oysters were stolen across france and the situation seems to be getting worse and once the valuable mollusks have been taken theyre impossible to trace back. Some coastal towns have now set up a special police force like here in london monday as. A main job is to prevent oyster. We go one patrol every morning noon and all that sort of night i mean yeah. They use drones to keep an eye on the coast hoping to catch oyster thieves red handed. So far theyve proven elusive the thieves seem to know their way around the oyster farms and so usually all the special police force can do is act when its already too late. Then look at the. Other and if. We have to look at. Sending such a big load of stolen oysters keep ploy. Only people from within the trade are capable to do so says nick. Hes convinced the thieves are from the area. Nobody else has the local knowledge and tools necessary to collect the baskets from the bay. Thinking of all kinds of people who. Have a suspicion but no proof it could also turn out to be one of my friends. Could experience a bit of disappointment. Another problem is that an increasing number of oysters are catching a disease during farming the rare virus was previously found only in warmer waters. In the town of anarchy theres a market every saturday. Neys oysters are extremely popular and he doesnt have to wait long for customers. Full of very healthy very pure like the sea and also a bit nutty. These oysters have an extraordinary taste that we are particularly fond of. The oysters are sold out before noon. Like so often he says he could have sold a lot more if it werent for the oyster thieves in his view their crimes are an forgivable. I know your yes weve also had to go to jail but wed never ever think of robbing neighbors. From its not nice. To sleep. In the ne now hopes that the police can finally catch the thieves but the odds are against him. Despite intensive investigations very few oyster thieves have been caught for decades thousands of people were disenfranchised or abused by the state even the Young Children were torn from their parents well the spirit allegation that they didnt conform to social norms. Is one of the many victims now fighting for compensation the atrocities he suffered as a child still haunts him to this day. The swiss authorities took him away from his mother put him in a home and locked him away. At age 6 voter was placed in foster care with a parish couple who abused him. By hair a lot and beat me he would lock me in the basement or in the broom closet. Amas beggar is still traumatized by his experiences to this day he struggles to set foot in a church. The 64 year old set up a small museum in the basement of the Community Center of his village of fair outdoor which makes 10 jubal how this was state condemned him. Around 60000 people in switzerland were submitted to socalled administrative care by the can tunnel authorities because they were judged to be socially different the practice continued until 981 people including his mother were put in prisons like this one him a spare was born here in 1957. Before moved because my name i suspect that my mother was administratively cared for because she was expecting and illegitimate child. Wasnt told and thats what they did at the time. They put such mothers away they didnt fit into swiss society. Well thats right. People deemed as being work shy drinkers or of having loose morals were taken to prison without trial to foster families or to a psychiatric ward there they were to be reeducated. By a system that had stripped them of their rights and excluded them from society. Historians like wars garamond confirmed that these people were not criminals conducted research for this was government as part of an independent commission of inquiry. By. In the case of those receiving administrative care it was usually not a matter of criminal offenses but simply a way of life that did not conform to social norms and. Stories like voter emmitsburg years have cast a shadow over swiss history there are around 650. 00 prisons and other institutions in switzerland in which children and young adults were imprisoned exploited and in many cases severely mistreated. Or was locked up for hours on end at his foster parents house he was forced to clean and work in the garden and fields he didnt accompany us to the house as he suffered a panic attack when he tried to visit a few years ago. For of the how it was so strange i hid in a bush like an animal i really felt that this was the end. When he was 11 the parish couple took him to the psychiatric clinic in minsk telling him there the boys plight worsened near the illegally constans the hospital director tested psychiatric medication on him in the 1960 s. And seventys. This time for all i know is that i felt a lot of north korea through and just generally bad and lousy. And every now and again id also have Something Like a seizure fall becomes a. The boy does not seem to tolerate tougher new well and we believe that the unpleasant symptoms he is showing are side effects of this medication. It makes my skin crawl. And i ask myself why they did that. Imma spare is fighting to have what happened to him and others forced into administrate of care publicly recognized. My hope is that Something Like this never happens again and also that this whole chapter of switzerlands cost goes into the history books. And other victims have already received a small sum from the swiss government but he insists that his fight is not just about the money we now take you to a roma settlements in eastern bulgaria the roma are a Minority Group that has been marginalized for decades many roma grow up in poverty with no formal education the Poor Health Care services and this small future prospects its particularly tough on children they often cant make it out without outside help. The roma settlement in sleeve and is called. Which means hope. But there is little sign of hope here. The people are poor. 25000 roma live in this ghetto its one of the largest and most kariya here a lot of the street prevails dimiter have never lets his 12 year old daughter mariana out of the house alone its too dangerous girls live in constant danger of being kidnapped Child Marriage is common no lasting according to our tradition girls get married when theyre 12 or 13 and then they have children but i dont want to live like that. Since her mother left them mariana lives alone with her blind father hes constantly worried that he wont be able to protect his daughter. I have a dream to get out of this ghetto theres no future here in the dish to. Marry on his cello helps distractor she practices for hours every day shes able to leave the ghetto with her instrument 3 times a week into another world. Into your good world. The famous bulgarian violinist has performed on the big stages in europe today he lives in germany but he grew up in a desert. I was just like these kids mr issues and do it tonight here in this host my father gave me my 1st violin and it was here that i started playing because abortions. Is familiar with poverty he also knows that for most roma children especially girls its difficult to escape 10 years ago he got the chance to do something about it and took it. Lord knows but my partners father died and we found an end of the look with money its not much not an either or its the folks who have children so we decided to do some scenes with the money in the room a quarter instead of that was last the my wife said you are a musician the children with your violin is. Decided to open a music school in a sisters garage with the help of donations 300 roma children have since been given the chance to learn an instrument here for mariana it was a long and hard way. The other kids teased me when i went to music class with some of the so when they heard me play in concert they apologised to me and i even proud of me with my dream is to play the cello and to teach. That to. Mary on a School Principal and says she has to study hard and to speak bulgarian well only then will she have a good chance for a musical career. Omo. They have to have at least to see great average gotten otherwise they cant develop musically. Shows his scholars the countrys most important stage the concert hall bulgaria in sofia. Mariano and her fellow students played together with the virtue of the National Symphony orchestra. Her father couldnt afford the trip to sofia but he knows that mary on his concert is a good chance for her. With Music Lessons our children dont only learn music they also experience a whole new culture which helps them to break the roman mentality of the roman traditional all that the. Nicolo tamir have wants to accompany his daughter on her journey leaving the streets and as best as he can. In the meantime what more people have decided to support mariana and her fellow musicians so we will definitely catch up with her to find out how she has been faring well thats all we have time for on todays focus on europe to say well and see you next week you. Yanks yaya you. The finds against the coronavirus pandemic. Weirdo science stand. What the new findings have researchers need. Information and background into. The corona update comes with 19 special. Monday to friday on d w. What secrets lie behind these walls. Discover new adventures in 360 degree. And explore fascinating World Heritage sites. W World Heritage 363 get me out now. This is some dope story stubborn right. Farmer from thailand. His problem tests. His credo no chemicals. And his tran was. Step. Out. Orders. The students on the past dont stop. Training successful. Such as me. Starts october 15th and g. W. This is a 15 year old girl. Being gang raped. As teacher is beating a boy for talking back and class. For the rest of the class once as. Im sure its been said by his mother. Breaking up lots. Of child sleeps in the streets because her family through her. Fear. Online bullying. Pushes a teenager over the edge. Just because you can see violence against children doesnt mean it isnt there make them visible visible opus might violence against children disappear. This is deja vu news live from berlin germanys capital is declared a coronavirus hotspot the number of cases in. A key meeting. U. S. President rejects plans for. Saying the proposal is not acceptable. Welcome to the program the german capital berlin has been declared a coronavirus hotspot after passing a critical threshold for cases that may lead to tougher restrictions germanys Disease Control agency is also warning that the spread of the virus could become uncontrollable if people dont stick to hygiene and distancing rule german chancellor Angela Merkel says she does not want a repeat of the situation in the spring when europes a large economy went into lockdown. More than a foot has a new infections in the past day thats germanys highest rate since april when the kountry was today knocked down has minister yen span warned of growing complacency in the population and called for responsible behavior good to me you are making 80000000 people cooperate the chances of the virus spreading will drop dramatically like that is the good that this pandemic is or so a character test for us as a society and we can only pass if we pull together. In recent days authorities have tightened restrictions in high risk areas such as the capital beilin from saturday on words a curfew will be imposed on bars and restaurants as germany braces for soaring cases but according to the account trees leading vajrayana g. s rest trick sions alone one suffice is not sufficient to impose its that people dont understand them so the cooperation of the population especially in the coming weeks and months to. Go over all the autumn and winter. Is probably one of the most important functions in the whole concept to intervene. With spalls School Holidays about to begin the government has called on citizens to avoid travel abroad most of germanys 16 states have also agreed to a ban on overnight stays at hotels for visitors from high risk areas in a bid to curb the surge of new infections. For more on this lets bring indeed Political Correspondent simon young some in 4000 cases in one day what are German Authorities doing to slow the number of new infections. Yeah the overall strategy remains the same as it has been to observe the hygiene and distancing rules and where increased infections are seen to impose tougher measures and local law bans in some cases weve seen that in munich were also seeing it in berlin as you mentioned the german capital has now jumped above that sort of threshold line of 50 infections per 100000 over a 7 day period so were seeing you know balls closed at night and other contact restrictions here as some states around germany have even gone so far as to say that they will impose a ban on people within the country arriving from places that have been designated hot spots using hotels so thats quite an extreme step to morrow freud a chancellor merkel will meet the mayors of 11 large cities to discuss what further measures can be taken i think large cities are increasingly being seen as a key focus of the fight against corona as you probably know angle merkel has said today that she doesnt want a repeat of the situation we had in the spring what lessons have been learned since the beginning of the outbreak. Yes and the chancellor also said the best package for the economy would be an effective fight against coronas i think a lot of lessons have been learned the horse medical authority is a much better able now to deal with the virus prints and separating patients in hospital there has been a lot of talk about ventilation airing out rooms make sure the virus doesnt spread in that way so i think theres a lot of things that the authorities are doing and will continue to do now so i mean earlier we talked to an epidemiologist at Berlin Charity hospital who said the warning of an uncontrollable outbreak in germany was unjustified not even in spring time. Hospital passage here to intensive Care Capacity it was even remotely used in germany we obviously are well aware that in some cities in italy and spain and also france and probably also u. K. The. Of there was a shortage in germany there has never been a shortage to give you a clear idea of the about 3 percent of intensive care unit capacity is used for 19 patients in berlin. So some in the main thread their hospitals are unlikely to become overwhelmed why. Well i think its as that experts say its largely to do with hospital ok passes he just to underline it in another way germany has already 30000 beds to the suitable for intensive care for cove aids patients in another 12000 that could easily be converted for their huge theres a number of intensive care units that was set up around the country many of the beds there were never used so i think thats a key point i also think were seeing an increase in infections among younger people they of course dont tend to get so severely ill so that could also help to keep down the number of hospitalizations d. W. Simon young simon much appreciated lets get you briefed on some of the other latest developments in the krona virus pandemic virus infections in the netherlands are also soaring registering over 5800. 00 cases in 24 hours more than double the number from a week ago in france new daily cases or at an all time high in hospitalizations have also jumped with more than 7500 people currently Receiving Hospital treatment for covert 19 Russian Health authorities are recommending people stay home this weekend on thursday cases in russia shot up to levels close to the peak earlier this year well many countries are now concerned about a 2nd winter wave china ease sounding a more positive note it reports its outbreak is under control beijing says it has beaten the pandemic and that it could have a vaccine ready by the end of the year still experts are urging caution. On a crowded train station yet people here are not afraid of getting infected. There are a cowardly just a couple of 100 active cases in china it has already celebrated its victory of a coveted 19. Now china wants to be the 1st country to develop a successful vaccine. These. 4 companies have vaccines in stage 3 testing some trials could be finished by the end of the year. But several 100 people have already been vaccinated since july and initially it was military and Health Personnel but now its teaches trying conductors and journalists. Have completed preclinical and on a mill test that fulfills the conditions required to approve the product. Even though in fiction numbers are currently low in china experts say the country money will experience a 2nd wave of infections in coming months after the good times of summer and autumn a fight thats briefly highlight some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour clashes have broken out in indonesias capital jakarta during a 3rd day of protests and strikes against new legislation the socalled Jobs Creation wall recruit by parliament on monday demonstrators say the law undermines workers rights and weakens environmental protections. Fresh clashes have erupted between azerbaijan and armenia in and around the disputed region. The fighting comes ahead of talks between the u. S. France and russia aimed at securing a ceasefire between the 2 former soviet republics. American writer and poet louise glick has won dis years nobel prize in literature debut collection of poetry firstborn was published in 1968 she is a Pulitzer Prize winner and a professor of English Literature at yale university. President donald trump says he will not take part in a proposed virtual debate after an announcement by organizers that next thursdays event will be held online rival joe bidens Campaign Team now says he wont be attending and will take questions from voters instead the Biden Campaign also called for the debate to be rescheduled trump told a u. S. Broadcaster that the proposed format would be a waste of time and hes planning to hold a rally instead its still unclear when the president will no longer be infectious with covert 19 for his part joe biden had said he was willing to abide by the rules set by the commission on president ial debates heres biden earlier. I made a comment about now in your response that i think theres a lot going to follow the Commission Recommendation if he goes off or if you have a rally. I dont know what. I did. Wrong i never know whats going to come out of my. Back. From washington im now joined by the reporter meyer schwager meyer my goodness so this debate now looks off who stands to benefit from it not going ahead. Who stands to benefit from it not going ahead while honestly all of the voters most of whom really did not enjoy watching the very 1st debate i mean. Trump to his credit is a master of spin he is a master of the media so no matter what happens he will find a way to spin it in his favor he if he doesnt fact not show up for the debate he will be able to spin it in such a way as i dont need these debates anymore im talking directly to you to the American People especially if he does end up holding one of these large rallies now the Biden Campaign has come out and said that they would like the debate to be rescheduled because they think and im quoting here from a spokesperson. Clearly does not want to face questions from voters about his failures on kovac and the economy biden has also said another statement that he will show up for the debate no matter what we may in fact be looking at a 2nd president ial debate that is just biden taking questions from voters which would in and of itself be quite a statement so lets lets take a step back youre and look at where the race stands after last nights Vice President ial debate how much Ground Campaign have to make gump. Well pence did his job pences job is to be the smooth smoother face on the administration he is a career politician he is there to as i said smooth over the more rough edges that trump can present make that mr asian more palatable to republicans or voters who may not like trump style and he did that he stuck on message like i said career politician he is very good at doing that however the campaign lost a lot of ground when the president was in the hospital over the weekend sick with kobe and he had a bunch of Campaign Rallies scheduled in those rallies are really the centerpiece of his campaign is what gives him his energy his for his supporters really really love them and they werent able to do that and so now they have even less time to make their case to the American People as the polls show that biden is pulling ahead in several key swing States States excuse me meanwhile meyer theres theres growing controversy online over an image apparently snapped of the Vice President celebrating after the debate early today tell us more well we should start by saying about the campaign has come out and said that the Vice President had a negative coded test today however that picture with their arms around each other without any masks on all of these high ranking d. C. Political operatives it undermines the message that the Vice President was trying to put forward just moments before that that the administration is taking has been taking this pandemic seriously that it is trying to keep people safe that it cares about the American People and then you see people doing exactly which what they should not be doing which is being close together not social just and saying during a pandemic when that is required well ive said this before we will likely see it again later with her finger on the pulse of a highly extraordinary Political Campaign this year thank you miles. A reminder of the top stories were following for you germanys capital has now been designated a grow virus in the last 7 days berlin has reported more than 50 cases of the virus for every 100000 people the city could now face tougher long down measures. U. S. President donald trump has rejected plans for a virtual 2nd debate with rival joe biden saying the proposal is not acceptable bidens Campaign Said he would take questions directly from voters instead and called for the debate to beat reschedule. To watching news from. Next my colleague stephen beautifully as rules of Business News more news for me at the top of the hour and dont forget you can always get the latest news and information around the clock on our web site thats. C c. Every day. For us and for our. Legal ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation. How do we make cities screen or how can we protect animals and their habitats what to do with just. We can make a difference by choosing reforestation over the forest recycling paper disposable Smart New Solutions oberstein said you know this is truly unique and we know that their uniqueness is what our wows us to live and survive gluten why do the importer mental soup global 3000 on t w. Business. Women in africa face plenty of challenges and adding to the look of the difficulties and opportunities facing the continents Women Entrepreneurs. Also want to show indonesian workers in the streets they say new legislation favors investors at the expense of labor rights and the environment. And new york is struggling to get back on its feet after a difficult walk down in the spring the workers there are determined to keep the city running. The show on souvenirs the in berlin its good to have you with us the bendix a challenge for women around the world theyve been more likely to face layoffs or stop working to take care of children or the elderly thats also true in kenya where business run by women for women is struggling to get through the pandemic. Once upon a time because the worry was synonymous with hope the Jewelry Company was set up in 1975 the idea to give vulnerable think all mothers a job and free medical care it was a successful model the shop especially popular with tourists who once flocked to purchase the handmade creations. But kovac 19 has ended it all lack of food for all and a drop in order is have forced bosses to layoff the vast majority of cars the restart usually we have to convert that place single mothers locking the factory but right now we have only thought 5 min walking so we must know we depend on 2 or its but right now we are struggling to get or does the mint in the that place single mothers. For the women who remain times are tough. Bathwater tierra has 4 children to take care of shes also got loans that are rapidly accumulating interest. To. Its become difficult to feed and clothe our children. And away from home oh i dont need to be agreed to. Stories like this are playing out across kenya unemployment in the country has doubled to 10 percent from for pandemic struck in march the spread of the virus an unhappy reminder that even fairy tale like projects such as can vary arent guaranteed a happy ending. Im joined now by you to health month shes spokeswoman for Women Entrepreneurs in germany and africa you its good to have you on the show we often hear the pandemic is a real challenge for women in particular when it comes to their work lives because of responsibilities that are often put on them or traditionally placed on them at home is that the same in africa from what you know. It definitely is i mean working and getting a decent living for the families is a challenge in africa even though in times of know this but now its getting even more difficult because of course its the women thats on the jobs that are least hates that are working in the households in kitchens and everything and those are the people that are laid off 1st plus the businesses that they have they cannot do anymore if theyre not an absolute house its a unit we just saw a story about an entrepreneur in africa in kenya with remarkable business for women shes a woman obviously how is the environment for Women Entrepreneurs in places like kenya and other african countries outside of the pandemic i should say before the pandemic. Yeah so i mean whats up you know from our Network Women into printers if brady is that its even more difficult to get specially the financing and to get acknowledged as the female business entrepreneur because theres no theres no idea that women have knowledge of doing business into household into the family maybe a little bit to farming so if theyre not accompanied by a men prefer really their house and then theres theres no financing available for them plus the legal situation in many countries is very difficult if women are not allowed to hold land titles and such because and how are they going to have collaterals for their financing of their business at the same time we do see high rates of Women Entrepreneurs in africa especially relative some other western European Countries i would say you and i would talk about this earlier what do we see. Well and the amazing thing is that into premiership in monk women in on the continent is so much higher than anywhere else in the world you see like 24 percent of the young businesses saying up to 42 months and being led by women on the continent whereas in europe we only have 6 percent so thats why i think that we should really start learning from that in different areas spirit of African Women all right you have health month spokeswoman for Women Entrepreneurs in germany in africa thank you very much for joining us. Earl is that a brief look now at some of the other business stories making headlines. The World Trade Organization is set to be led by a woman for the 1st time ever after gerry an economist and a goes. And south koreas trade minister youll be on hey become the final 2 candidates in the running the new boss will face the challenge of restoring order to the crisis hit body. The World Bank Says the coronavirus pandemic is expected to drive a 3. 3 percent contraction in subsaharan african economies and could push 40000000 africans there into extreme poverty the washington based lender added that the subs the hard region also see some of the most destructive impacts of global warming. Samsung earned more than 10000000000. 00 in the last quarter a jump of almost 60 percent from a year earlier that according to the Korean Electronics maker the chip orders from huawei propped up sales of the chinese smartphone makers efforts to build stockpiles ahead of u. S. Sanctions in mid september. And to indonesia now were demonstrations against a controversial new labor law have turned violent with protesters clashing against police the new legislation cuts Corporate Tax rates and slashes regulations and it was rushed through parliament on monday critics fear the new law favors investors at the expense of workers for. Long live labor the cry. Is in the grip of protest for days angry workers have been down in their tos and choking up streets across the country this mans pluck hart says hes missing his waiting to be there. Theyre furious about a new law that they see strips away their rights and the environment at risk. We will continue making demands because it determines our lives if needed we will go to the city hall again to morrow. President your call we do too says the sweeping reforms are necessary to create jobs lou investment and revive the economy after a rough year. But the measure sparked a 3 day strike that saw revolting factory workers march in defiance. There were ugly seems to as Police Clashed with demonstrators. And in the capital jakarta officers used tear gas to disperse crowds a police van was ransacked in the violence. More than 20 arrests were made and in one case an officer assaulted a man being detained. The police van was traveling to pick up the protesters whom we had ended when it was making a u. Turn on this street on the protesters suddenly attacked the car there were hundreds of them they ransacked and flipped the car the police warned them to stop the action but they ignored us. Here. And this may just be the beginning of the controversial bill has not yet been published in fool. And now to new york where Small Businesses are fighting for survival after an especially rough outbreak in spring from cabbies to retailers Real Estate Brokers everyone is feeling the sting. 5th avenue a symbol of new yorks prosperity looks abound and big retail chains are considering giving up its just not worth it restaurants and small stores are struggling to survive there are more and more Homeless People on the streets. And the job is no longer worthwhile for yellow cabs either only about a quarter of the taxis are still on the streets cathy victor is behind the wheel for the 1st time in 5 months even told by quitting his yellow cab entirely. Many of us will not work and right now most of us are not working i mean just so much coming back to. The usually i know for a 5 day working like the same like 1416 hours every day to make ends meet. Jennys toy store was closed for 2 and a half months sales have been drastically down since she reopened just 5 percent of what they were before that way too little to cover her horrendous rent like all new yorkers jenny has very clear political opinions shes a big fan of Vice President ial candidate Camila Harris and she blames mismanagement of the coronavirus epidemic by trump for the economic crisis but one of trump is reelected i dont know. If its a scary really really scary thought this is the south will have a revolution i think. I hope but i hope. Some of the Office Towers downtown have only 10 percent occupancy more and more companies are cutting back on office space right now there are 26 percent more vacancies in the Residential Market than last year prices for bigger apartments especially are down 10 to 15 percent. Even in prime locations like central park realtor kathy is doing great business she thinks its a strong market for investors. A 3000000. 00 this apartment is a real bargain. And says. If you believe in the long term value of new york city yes it may be you know rough couple of years but if you can hold it for 510 years youre going to do very well. So business is good for the rich though it means disaster for people who already were having a hard time before the pandemic but new york wouldnt be new york if it could be beaten that easily and i think this virus is not going to stop new yorkers and they are city would leave its glory again im a new yorker. You know we dont give up. We dont you know come with those when youre tough. Despite everything the spirit of new york the metropolis the coronavirus really went to town on seems im broken. All right from new york to iceland where one man is battling to clear the streets of the capital reykjavik from discarded chewing gum 7 year old son has cleaned up over 15000 pieces of chewing gum from the city streets in the past 11 weeks he says its rewarding to wipe the sticky blobs away his project is sponsored by local companies and wish people would stop and think before gobbling the gum out in city streets. There you have it thats it for me and of the Business Team here in berlin you want to check out more to look for us on the dot com slash business facebook and twitter as well thanks for watching. W. s crime fighters are back africas most successful radio drama series continues all of us oceans are Available Online and of course you can share and discuss song w. 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