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The more countries share information the better we can call already made the response we are not diverted me one more so if the patient comes in the emergency room we have to transfer him and through another oath to. Support. My secret when you have only one very unpleasant thing called a thing then you have to choose which one you have to time in the service is wrong we are together. Because we are in the same boat. Also on the day i with just days to go until the u. S. President ial election its not just americans depending on the results well take a look at a Womens Health center in kenya whose funding was cut by President Trump we used to provide pretty. Free information we had on him but provide them. Today because we dont get them anymore for free. These are for their most cases they report when theyre pregnant when theyre not ready for their pregnancies so this forces some of them to deliver or for them to know how absurd proportion. Are welcome to the day well europes coronavirus caseload topped more than 1300000 last week according to the World Health Organization and its hospitals are filling up the e. U. Held a video summit on thursday to discuss closer coordination of the blocks efforts to fight the pandemic among the items agreed were 228000000 euros to fund patient transfers across National Borders and countries with more cases of make it handle to those with spare i. C. U. Capacity also agreed was the need to coordinate a test in trace systems and the pulling of coronavirus data e. U. Commission presenters who were found alive spelled out the situation after the meeting i think it is enough to say that it is very serious numbers of cases are raising numbers of hospitalization are rising number sudden death of death are rising not as fast fortunately because we understand better today how to treat covered patients and how to deal with the disease but the spread of the virus will overwhelm our Health Care Systems if we do not act urgently. So lets take a closer look at this with a fresh metoos an Award Winning science journalist based here in berlin welcome to the w. How bad is it with the war what we heard sort of on the lie and theyre saying its bad but were its almost too bad how bad do you think it is. Well i think it really depends on you know what you what you want to compare us to i mean it is very clear that we are in a situation where the numbers you know cases rising very fast we have a rise in hospitalizations and deaths so from the spring the idea was always to try and people to help system from basically come from overloading and failing that you know some countries may not even manage to do that i think a lot of countries still have the opportunity to turn things around and manage that but even you know even failing that it is a really serious situation if you count not just the best but if you remember you know the long term consequences of this for many many patients also unclear so i think it is high time to act and now 8 months into this pandemic a European Union has. Put together this idea of a coordinated action to deal with a pandemic well what do you make of what youve been hearing of it. What you think the noises that were hearing are the right ones i mean clearly you know more coordination helps. But i also think you know in the end we do have different situations in Different Countries and you know in the end you have to fight the fires locally by the on the ground you know in in the hospitals but also in. Senior care homes and just in the communities so its i think the idea or you know i mean it is important to coordinate it on the european level especially i think it is important to kind of agree on a strategy because theres a danger that you know some countries try to really keep the numbers down in the other countries dont do that and we have Free Movement in Europe Clearly thats going to be a problem so i think the structure needs to be there are a common strategy but then of course in the end the efforts have to be done on the local level not even a national one so while europe is sort of getting itself into a panic we have china saying well were open for business now what can we learn from the chinese handing of the crisis just under 91000 cases they say unless some 5000 deaths compared for instance to the situation in the usa. You know i think in the in the early days of the that we could have learned a lot and i think you know we will have to take a very serious look at some point to understand why we didnt you know early on understand some of the lessons that were emerging from china quite quite early and at this juncture the question is a little bit i think what we can learn you know is there really something we can learn from china that we cant learn from our own experiences in spring and im not so sure about that and the reason is really you know china clearly you know has had a good strategy and i think there are things that are possible in china that just wouldnt be possible in europe so they they managed to act really early and i think that is something that we shouldve realized sooner but i also think europe does need to find its own strategy i think it helps much more to look at south korea or japan and you know that have kind of a more similar structure and have had some of it they had a 2nd wave and things like that but they just managed to take care of the much earlier and with much less stringent measures so i do wish we would talk more about japan and less about sweden to be honest ok looking ahead i wonder if the next set of serious headaches isnt going to be more about who in which countries i get the vaccine when it arrives lets hear from the German Health minister yes on a calling on the soul to play nicely so important to me to make clear from the beginning that all 27 Member States no matter our big they are small they are the g. P. S. And all the participants and get. Those just from the very beginning of course new to the commission size so much i find most important by the way it is made clear from the be in bed we will wait for it it will try its triumphs face 3 results before there will be an approval so cal Cooper Schmidt this is massive focus everybodys waiting for i vaccine to be developed but we actually seem to be making a lot of progress on treating covert patients as well. I think there is the size here also that a vaccine is just going to take care of things and the truth is until we get the results from the vaccine we dont really know that and of course itll take a long time to to produce enough doses to really fascinated enough people and then the vaccine has to have a certain effect is the. To even have an effect on you know on the on the on the societal level now with treatment i think thats kind of been talked about less but of course when we can really treat serious cases and maybe even you know try to prevent serious infections in people who have mild infections that is a big that is a big change for us the biggest breakthrough in a way that weve had was realizing that thats the methadone thats the recovery trial in the u. K. That found out that extra methods on you know can reduce deaths in the last less patients and severe this across those patients by more than a 3rd so that is one reason that we see a slightly you know slow up tick in the in the deaths now than we did in spring is that we have learned better how to treat this disease and the the other thing that is around the corner i redid the monoclonal antibodies now that is the drug that most experts from the beginning were kind of you dont pin the highest hopes on you have to remember that in the 1st phase of the pandemic people said ok lets take whatevers on the shelf thats trends we purposed this drug lets take things like hydrochloric weight and other drugs looking of the return of here that are not meant to treat the disease but maybe you know were lucky and we find something that works but were now getting into the 2nd phase where drugs that were developed especially to stop this particular virus are going through the Clinical Phase especially the phase 3 trials and hopefully early next year we will have some that actually work and that could make a big difference as a glimmer of hope out that thank you for joining us i cant cook fish much science journalist affectionate and. Thank you. Belgium is the basis European Countries to announce that new restrictions are nonessential shops will close as the country battles a surgeon covered 19 infections hospitals all struggling to cope the number of patients in hospitals with 19 has outstripped the 1st wave in april doctors and is under enormous pressure to keep the caste system running. This used to be the Recovery Room for patients whove had surgery now it serves as a makeshift intensive care unit for Corporate Banking patients on life support hospitals of the belgian province of lea is are now the epicenter of europes 2nd wave and struggling to keep up we are not able to admit one new patient anymore so if a patient comes in the emergency room with a 3 we have to run through. Both of them will be old for 4th devo tells us his team is not only short of beds but also personnel one in 5 nurses in the region have tested positive for the virus themselves but the pressure is so high that those who dont have symptoms continue to work under strict safety precautions doctors and nurses here are working tirelessly to take care of covert 900 patients some of them are even infected themselves but despite all efforts the Health Care System here in belgium has reached its breaking point as the overall number of infections continues to rise the actual number of infections is likely to be higher than the official figures across town at least as University Hospital testing is ongoing. I cant smell or taste any more and i have a headache. Because after the medics here can conduct 280 tests every day but these tests are strictly for those who have a doctors prescription family members friends or coworkers who have been in close contact with them but dont show any symptoms. Cannot get a test for a moment as a moment we have so many positive cases the problem is there are far too many contact persons given the huge number of people who have symptoms wed be unable to test them as well as all the people theyve been in contact with at least not with the amount of tests we have currently if we had more tests we probably could back in the covert ward doctor duvall fears the lax handling of the crisis in summer will put him and his colleagues in a very difficult position very soon when you have only one birth and then people think that you have to choose between the team but which one you would have. No doctor want to do thats one thing its like you know we are not doctors who do that kind of thing we are doctor to treat patients with which patient treating germany has started to take patients from belgian hospitals with infections expected to continue to rise here in the coming weeks the medical staff already at their limit who need all the help they can get. To kenya where Health Care Workers providing Family Planning services and keeping a close eye on the u. S. President ial election and donald trump the United States reinstated a ban on foreign aid for abortions and says the mass if the duction in service is offered by these clinics struggling to stay open. Records from nairobi for freedom kenzie getting pregnant was a disaster she was studying at a Secretarial College the Bright Future she was working for suddenly seemed threatened. And i had no. Was thinking great. Im not going. To and he used. A lucky break she was referred to the no my clinic she underwent an abortion and now feels she has control thanks to contraceptive implants. Plus the dignity to distract me indication its. Not bad in sticking out of the hole is a good of a lot of things in my future. But the clinic is and the threat decisions made a world away from here slashed its funding us President Donald Trump reinstated the mexico city policy restricting funding for going to his ations which provide abortions or anything related to them it made life in many towns like here in melinda on the kenyan caused more dangerous for women and girls were used to provide free for me planning free information we had on it would provide for me to live in really today because we dont get them in the mall for free these are for the most goes as they have a point when theyre pregnant when theyre not ready for their pregnancies so this forces some of them to deliver or for them to. A safe abortion. Runs the been all my clinic that helped frieda the cuts forced her to cancel an Outreach Program helping 15000. 00 other girls and women in rural areas that have had included cancer screenings and age i. V. Treatment she dips into her own personal finances so that what is left can keep running a priority is to protect girls and women from unsafe abortions. If i dont do the im afraid the next liberal the next possible to do it the wrong way that close in that store and the young man in. The threat of financial punishment for having anything to do with abortions is affecting Kenyas National Health Policies says county Reproductive Health coordinator Kenneth Miller reading in maine that our constitution gives it to be president s to secure the productive we have resorted to to not falling or constitution because of fear. The choice of the u. S. President not only decide whether kenya can follow its constitution kiffin says the man who ends up sitting in the white house could mean life or death for patients who would wish the somebody else sits on that seat somebody would understand is a human being in need of that flu and that is a human being simply because theres no information given to her why is this possible deaths of that share didnt reassure of a god is going to have the information and theyre going to be gripped lawyers great doctors great mothers in the future because they will have information to prolong their life lets get more on this from doubly washington correspondents and recent misconduct welcome sir mix tell us more about this mexico city policy that we heard about in the report. I fell yet so the mexico city policy this was essentially the brainchild of president reagan in 1984 and what this policy did is it said that if youre an ngo and you want to access federal funding youll have to agree to neither performant nor actively promote abortion as a method of Family Planning in other nations and was actually named after a u. N. Population conference that took place that same year in mexico city and its actually been revoked and reinstated a few times since then most recently in 2017 by President Trump and his administration has actually expanded this policy to include groups that dont perform abortions themselves but support ones that do and critics say this is essentially a gag order it prevents Many Organizations from providing key services in the Reproductive Health sphere in Family Planning and feel thats precisely what we saw in that report of that ngo and kenya hit by the wide ranging implications of this policy so clearly a difference in approach between democrats and republicans on this. Absolutely i mean i said you know its been revoked and reinstated if you times that actually happen every time theres been someone new in the white house since 1904 so president clinton revoked it president george w. Bush reinstated or president obama revoked it and now a republican president President Trump reinstated it and what that tells us is one n. G. O. S really have to live with a good deal of uncertainty in terms of planning their services they have to look at whats happening politically and too it really underscores the fact that abortion is an issue that has remained a bedrock of conservative politics for many years and the access to abortion has been really an important issue for democrats also for many years regardless of who is in the white house so we have here instance where the decisions made by the American People directly affect the lives of women sauza is of miles away not getting much mention in the campaign. No its not at all phil and you know you have to say that this election season really has centered exclusively around domestic issues in a covert 1000 here the economy a Racial Justice issues but i do have to say that abortion is an important issue for Many American voters there was a survey here conducted by the Polling Institute gallup over the summer that showed that nearly half of all americans think abortion is an important issue for this election and we cant forget that this is an issue thats been thrust back into the spotlight after the passing of the Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsberg who was an advocate of the constitutional right to abortion well she has been replaced as we know by a very conservative Catholic Justice any county barrett and there are fears that there might be an effort to overturn roe v wade this is the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in america so it certainly is an issue in this county in this election season filled but entirely in a domestic context so we brought a Foreign Policy to as we know with President Trump stuns when it comes to multilateral engagement what role would be u. S. Play in the world if joe biden well acted. Well i think we certainly with President Joe Biden would see a return to multilateralism filled out its clear that we would see an affirmation of the importance of this post war world order this shared security insured value system with european allies we know that joe biden wants to seek a common approach with european allies on iran and russia that he would return to the Paris Climate Accord support nato hes also said that he would reverse President Trump decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization so all of that points to more multilateralism however some things have changed over the last 4 years and we would look to president possible President Joe Biden to take a tougher line on china as President Trump has particularly on trade and intellectual property so some things would be different but some things might also stay the same thank you for that service so much to come to washington. Now to engeland where businesses and local councils have stepped in to help feed hungry children of the autumn holidays after the National Government decided against extending a scheme to help families in poverty and linda is the only nation in the u. K. Where the government said it would not help out a nationwide their campaigns been launched to provide free lunches led by an unlikely figure had shot a child Charlotte Charleston pill as male. Feeding englands hungry this pub and bakery it just tears the hundreds of businesses across the country offering kids free meals over the october School Holidays africa a family a piece of fruit and i pulled some 1400000 kids across england came free lunches during term time for many is that only hot meal a day during the holidays vulnerable families often struggle to put food on the table mohammed is one of dozens of parents who come to the bakery this week for free meals he has 5 children at home it will really hurt it was really hard for some but. They are helping us its very good. This london district has one of the highest Child Poverty rates in the country and the economic toll of cave in 1000 is only making life harder were just saying weve all with our children we provide how many they need we had one lady also launches the other day we didnt ask any more questions we just gave her a no there isnt a lot of vulnerable families here and we see them coming into the shop and it was it was a really easy decision for us to make to do it and just wanting to give back to the community they have been amazing to us throughout. And supporting us saying we wanted to help support them this free Meals Campaign is down to one man 22 year old Manchester United in england footballer tends National Hero marcus rash that he relied on Free School Meals as a child himself and is now at the center of a high Profile Campaign lobbying government to keep kids fed during the k. That crisis bowing to pressure the government offered families food found has over the summer but last Week Parliament voted against extending the scheme prompting rushford to share stories of individuals offering free lunches that set off a tidal wave of businesses and local councils also stepping in to help. So this is fresh air london one of 28 warehouses across the u. K. Since partnering with rushford Food Distribution Charity Fashion is seen a surge in support this week alone theyve regis tribute does not feed for 2200000 meals but they warning the impact of cove it could see even more kids at risk over the winter as we start to see the impact of people losing their jobs. More and more people are reaching out to food banks and the local community for the 1st time in many cases so over the next few months we see demand for our Services Increasing thanks to charities like this one and the markets crash that Campaign Many kids have been fed this School Holiday that may otherwise have gone hungry but with coronavirus cases climbing and the next School Holidays just weeks away theres growing pressure on the government to do more. To buy is elwood was one of hundreds of m. P. s in the governing conservative party today against the extension of Free School Meals he says the government has increased welfare support since the start of the pandemic. With public anger building hes now urging the government to think again. This generation of kids have been impacted have had their lives affected in a ways not seen for generations we should go to thing we can to provide support get us through the christmas of a plan to make sure that the holidays work and then we can consider the longer term changes in the spring. The stage is now set for another battle over the christmas and easter holidays but without a government you turn this nation Wide Community of businesses say theyre standing at the ready. And that was the day as end of the conversation continues online on twitter at b. W. News a leave you with these images a Big International space station which has been inhabited by International Criminals for 20 years. And i would probably go out. To the point that strong opinions clear positions international perspectives. 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Im for gayle welcome to the program a strong earthquake has struck in the at gnc causing extensive damage in greece and turkey with orses in turkey say more than a dozen people are dead and more than 400 injured the trauma struck off the aegean coast to the epicenter just north of the greek island of sam aust several buildings in the turkish resort city of izmir were brought to the ground rescue efforts are expected to continue through the night. I mean this woman was almost buried alive down to come rescue workers are racing to free her from the rubble of a collapsed building one of many that came crashing down in this turkish resort city on friday. Night i thought the ground had shattered you can think in that moment all you can do is try to get out everything was collapsing around us luckily our building stayed intact but we were really panicked and managed to get out at the last minute. The earth shook for at least 25 seconds according to some witnesses after the quake struck deep in the ground beneath a jillion saying. It was followed by 67 aftershocks with the premise felt as far away as athens and bogey area. The fire was in my shop talking with someone it felt like we were on a road everything started shaking while i was watching our building shaking i saw this Building Collapse and. A small scale tsunami flooded the streets in some districts sending debris inland and causing further damage. To. The greek island of sam us also has suffered casualties damage and flooding with the foreign leaders of both nations pledging to help one another. Seismologists have warned that potentially powerful aftershocks should be expected for several weeks to come. While the dublin correspondent dorian jones is in turkey and sent us this assessment. Turkeys 3rd largest city is mir was devastated by a powerful quake that struck in the Late Afternoon local time the powerful quake caused a mini tsunami to inundate the coastal parts of the city while the powerful quake also resulted in 17 buildings totally collapsing rescue workers are now continuing to work from the rubble a painstaking and difficult job to find survivors believed to be trapped in buildings that one 3rd are home those efforts are now being supported by a rescue team from across the country and the turkish president richard type heard one said that nothing will be spared in efforts to help is near turkey does have a long experience of dealing with deadly earthquakes in 1909 a provincial city close to its stamboul so 700000 People Killed in that devastating quake the expertise that has been developed in dealing with powerful quakes is now being put to you to use in izmir turkey is now bracing itself for many days of rescue operations to continue in the hope of finding survivors believed to be trapped in the rubble a ray of hope on diplomatic side turkeys neighbor greece which also was hit by the quake craik its Prime Minister korea cost me starkeys spoke to turkish president heard 1. 00 placing support and saying this is the time to stand together the 2 countries have at the moment do have high tensions over territorial disputes but the quake at least for now has seen an end to those tensions and a place to Work Together if joran just. Wont take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world at least 6 people have died and dozens more are missing after heavy rains triggered a landslide in el salvador the president has sent in the military to help the search and rescue operation. Tanzanias president or john mcafee has been reelected to miss. Second term the National Electoral Commission Says he won 84 percent of the vote but his main rival has rejected the results amid allegations of widespread fraud and intimidation in the new zealand has voted to give terminally ill adults who are experiencing unbearable suffering the choice to end their own lives a 65 percent of voters in a referendum approve the new law for people with less than 6 months to live if 2 doctors approved. Belgium is to further tighten its lock down rules from monday as it struggles with the highest corona virus infection rate in the e. U. One essential shops will close and theyll be strict limits on social contacts authorities are warning the Health System is on the verge of collapse. To france for police have arrested a 2nd suspect in connection with thursdays knife attack in nice investigators believe the man was in contact with the assailant who killed 3 people at the citys not to down basilica the 3rd islamist attack in france in 2 months the countrys interior minister says france is being targeted for its staunch defense of Free Expression and secularism and warn that more such attacks on french soil are likely. Nice is a city in mourning. For some the shock and pain of thursdays attack is difficult to bear. Thats because they want to speed makes me really sad because im from nice work 50 meters down the road and it could have been my mother my aunt were dealing with crazy people and want to impose their awful rules on us you know very well it isnt why should we get. That. We need to come together to say this isnt possible we want peace but we cant continue like this this is just not acceptable. That. The 3 victims among them Church Worker vanstone look are the latest in an ever growing list of people murdered in islam is to tax on french soil. Responded by increasing Police Numbers while the foreign minister sent a message to french citizens worldwide every day mr the. Threat is also very serious are brought messages of hate online can quickly turn into real violence and weve decided to take all of the necessary measures to ensure the security of our interests and our acts pots. Weve given instructions to our ambassadors to reinforce security measures with the security. Of french prosecutors believe the suspect is a tune asean national who arrived in the e. U. In september via the italian island of lampedusa his family said he never showed signs of Extremism Police are warning citizens to be extra vigilant these are desperate times for a country in lockdown due to the pandemic for some its their faith whatever it may be thats getting them through. Abortion rights activists in poland have converged on the capital of warsaw after a week of mass demonstrations as you can see from these images there was a heavy Police Presence as protesters defied coronavirus restrictions to take to the streets angry about last weeks Court Decision richard bans abortions in cases where the fetus has congenital defects leaving poland with a near total ban on terminations remain in the country can now only legally terminate a pregnancy in the case of rape or incest or if their lives are in danger. Join correspondent caught in the polish capital was so welcome and they are there for 8 days of protests now what do demonstrators hope to achieve. Well they dont really have 3 kids in monster for 8 days now we see them using very Strong Language to basically tell the ruling party law and justice to leaf however the protests face part has published some demands earlier this week they were pretty broad those so one of them is for example to implement human rights again in poland another is to dismiss the government and another is to have independent courts again. So now that the court has those that she passed this ruling just does that issue and there are is there more to come. So the Prime Minister much more of yes he said today that he would like to implement a madmans to the abortion law as soon as possible basically the courts ruling is not yet it will be binding at the moment it will be published and when its published its not necessary to change the law or to introduce a new law but by changing the law or by implementing an amendment there can be more specific ation on when abortion is legal or illegal. Right so that this is your house and house and its not going to go away soon im now this is this protest has happened despite government appeals for the people to stay at home because of the coronavirus pandemic what a protest to saying about that so the poet purchases mostly say that the government has provoked them to go to the streets so its not their fault its the governments fault too tragic thats what they say like this and times like these and you can see that people are not comfortable in the streets everyone is Wearing Masks but obviously theres a lot of people and contact is to stocks to be avoided. And this is generally a contentious issue there in poland or something a problem to this latest change. Im sorry what what prompted this course of action about abortion. Rights so basically this is how its into presents for all the summer the Government Coalition had a lot of struggle and it is seen as a political decision the court as we said before is not really considered independent anymore and its seen as as basically a present for the idea largest in the government the very far right idea lodges right a living of course us in warsaw thank you so much. Ownerships a woman is blazing a trail in mens football pfizer is making her mark as a coach at a club in gazer the city more widely known as the home of the pyramids may soon also become famous for its groundbreaking football team. Is a modern icon in a city known for the ancient in egyptian mens football or beast. Dont the League Pyramid but one thing makes them stand note their coach. First it was hard because boys arent used to having a girl coach them well. Its often said that leaders must command rather than demand respect c. V. Should be enough to ensure that shes a former National Team captain and the 1st egyptian coach male or female to attain the premier skills coaching certification from the english premier league. Think that because a woman is training them they dont have to take it seriously but then they realize that they will learn something and develop their skills. Success for in this great football experiment which surely encourage more women to give it a shot. And how about some soothing brush strokes to take your mind off the coronavirus a pandemic this vivid landscape by british artist David Hockney is on display before an ocean view sam is painting in nicoles kanya and in los angeles is expected to face to fetch 30000000 euros its been a busy year for sales of works for the 83 year by the 83 year old whos now britains most expensive living asas. And ive got you know a good d. W. 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President ial election draws ever closer tensions are running high in the Business Community some retailers say theyre moving to protect themselves from any under arrest. Also want to show their frowns post the word early loss of more than a 1000000000 euros and warns of even worse to come as rising coronavirus cases bring even more travel curbs. Also berlins new International Airport is finally opening tomorrow but with a pandemic suffocating air travel is now telling its pilot trainees to find other jobs. This is the w. Business im joined now thanks for joining us. Is spreading ahead of next weeks u. S. President ial elections companies fear outbreaks of violence in the event challenger joe biden unseating donald trump retailers on streets like 5th avenue in new york city are making contingency plans jewelry chains if any and a High End Department store chain nordstrom are boarding up their windows and case of trouble to giant retailer walmart initial initially removed ammunition and firearms from this plays out its u. S. Dorris citing civil unrest in some areas that had since started returning them but nerves are clearly jangled. Our financial correspondent joins us from new york younes what are you hearing are Companies Really expecting unrest or are they just merely covering their bases in the event of. Well clearly i mean they want to play safe and to a certain degree that might be understandable i came to the country at the end of the ninetys when bill clinton was still president and i have to say i have not seen the country that divided as weve seen it right now ever during those 20 plus years said by the way i mean i covered the president make and also some on wrist that we saw earlier this year from all over the place and ive seen the results from the looting for example also that we saw in new york a saw it is clearly a possibility that there might be some unrest on tuesday and then by the way i did talk to a lady at a gas station recently in south jersey and she was saying that shes just hoping the election to be done and over with so that we can go back to normal also meaning that the pen demick will be gone by then so well the political spectrum it is a pretty wild in those days and a lot of things seem to be possible in the night from tuesday to wednesday. We certainly all want things to go back to normal thats certainly true now markets also had a tough week do you think this is in any way perhaps related to the uncertainty of the Upcoming Elections. I would say saw him interestingly enough usually the a trading days before an election are at least historically good days so that is clearly not the case in this year. Just in this past week were down by a volatile and 6 and a half percent oil prices for the month of october last a 10 percent and i would say yes investors are just im shying at the risk and they want to have political a collaborative but the sell off was not only because of the Upcoming Elections we also had a new. Record cases just yesterday here in the United States on top of it we have earnings from Big Tech Companies that look pretty good at the 1st glance but there were some tiny little mistakes but it misses in those numbers thats why stocks like amazon and apple of facebook sold off by a good 5 to 6 percent in the fridays session alone but overall yes i would say there is a high degree of uncertainty and nobody can tell for sure if we will have a clear victor on a wednesday and that does make investors nervous at this point. Thank you. For us. Europes largest economies rebounded sharply from dramatic 2nd quarter downturns but that progress is now threatened by a new round of locked out its figures released thursday showing germany with growth of 8. 2 percent in the 3rd quarter the French Economy expanded by 18 percent good news for both economies but hardly a full recovery considering the staggering losses earlier in the spring now both countries are again forcing business forcing business closures in response to a wave of new infections. Now to some of the other Global Business stories making news. It was a massive data breach that may have affected 340000000 customers of the Marriott Hotel chain and expensive data breach to get a privacy watchdog has fined marriott 18400000 pounds the incident included personal information such as passport numbers. The u. S. Government has agreed to extradite these 2 americans to japan to face charges related to former neeson chairman carlos cohens flight from justice the 2 men are accused of helping go and flee to lebanon by packing him into a large musical equipment box a u. S. Court is reviewing the extradition order. Few industries have been as affected by the pandemic as the passenger aviation sector governments around the world have tried propping up their flag carriers with billions in aid based on the figures airlines like air france have now posted theyre going to continue to need more. The Northern Hemisphere summer months and normally the best time of year for Airline Revenues for this year is being richard from scale and carried almost 70 percent fewer passengers then in august Coronavirus Travel restrictions began to tighten again. During a 3rd quarter the french Dutch Airline sales collapsed by 2 thirds leaving at nursing a loss of over a 1000000000 euros the competition didnt fare any better between july and september British Airways parent i agee piled up an operating loss of 1300000000. 00 japans flag carrier Japan Airlines lost over 3 quarters of a 1000000000 euros during the summer months of terms is also struggling its 3rd quarter loss was slightly over one and a quarter 1000000000 euros airlines are all shedding stuff and grounding entire fleet and with no real improvement in sight theyre bracing for an especially miserable winter. Which brings us to our next story that misery from tons of may yet claim another casualty its in how if Flight Academy once a steady supply of recruits for the flight deck of the Training Centers future it now hangs in the balance. Soaring frees a bird over a picturesque scenery lucas hiram has often looked at these images of the last ounce of Pilot Training program in the u. S. Technically the 22 year old should be sitting in the cockpit himself right now a year ago he began following his dream of becoming a pilot says european Flight Academy and braman. But instead of flying a plane hes packing moving boxes with his girlfriend in march looked on suspended the Training Program around 700 young people are now in limbo. He says ok. First they said the program would continue in may then in september then in january next year. Because the outlook is so uncertain ive run out of time we have to give up this apartment as we cant pay the rent anymore. For us this means that this chapter for us in braman where i was in Flight Training and my girlfriend was studying that chapter is closed for now as ive been at this germanys Largest Airline is on life support because of the coronavirus pandemic and have to be rescued by 9000000000 euro bailout package. At least half of the jets are still grounded. Head of the love tons of Flight School is stefan cannon shot he says the Airline Already has a surplus of 1000 pilots. For its under board is that if we havent got our offer and were quite open with the students about this is that the outlook for future pilots is very very bad right now theyre of 2 to the pandemic the Economic Situation of love tonsil is very bad every month were losing 500000000. 00 euros and its our responsibility to tell the students this very openly and honestly with. The flight students were advised to hold their training otherwise they would owe 80000 euros after graduation without the usual job guarantee. Lucass father is speechless at how things have gone hes been a lot on suppliers himself for 32 years. Not a card its almost like coercion so youre saying if i stop sign this terminations then everything is fine. But if i really want to fulfill my dreams and this Company Wants a pile of money from me i dont like it its unfair. Regardless lucas is determined to realize his dream job even if right now hes not sure how to do it. The mill heard from the ceiling for those who Say Something to us like if you start training again youll be the ones we take or at least our test scores will be recognized and. But this guarantee is not materialized the coronavirus pandemic has dashed another set of dreams the dream of flying for these student pilots. Now given all the troubles in the aviation sector it may be a strange time to open a new airport but the opening of berlin brandenburg International Airport is already 9 years late its finally happening on saturday the project was initially estimated to cost 1700000000. 00 euros but the final bill is over 3 times that amount to the airport was designed for 27000000. 00 and will visitors over the grand opening in the middle of the Global Pandemic its estimated the new airport will operate at only 20 percent capacity next month. And finally the pandemic has cast a shadow over this years Halloween Party in copenhagen skipping the Amusement Park the location would normally welcome 20000 people to its annual celebration but this year only 6000 visitors will be allowed in and theyll have to walk along a one way route but rising to the challenge of social distancing to billys ghostly actors have come up with new ways to scare visitors jumping out and using props to prod and push them around. Thanks for watching. To the point strong opinions clear positions international perspectives. Cortines priority along seem to be restoring russia as a Global Player but despite mounting tensions in the neighborhood hes showing surprising inertia as he lost his touch russias explosive from tears are topic on to the point. To point. Up in 60 minutes on d w. How does a virus spread. Why do we panic and when well. 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