A whales tail the rotterdam tribe had no passengers on board its not know why it overshot the tracks. Hollywood star johnny depps lost hes libel battle with a british tabloid newspaper that said he was a wife beater after being caught in london a rule that the allegations were substantially true. To the publisher of the sun that he do so exwife. And imprisoned Saudi Arabian womens rights activist. Through has begun a new Hunger Strike to protest the conditions of detention according to family the 31 year old is one of at least a dozen womens rights sats of ists who were arrested in 2018 during a crackdown on dissent weeks before saudi arabia lift its ban on female drivers Rights Groups say shes been subjected to abuse during detention including electric shocks flunkie and sexual assault. We can speak with her sister lena local whos here in berlin welcome to t. W. Im your sisters been in detention for 2 years now what she charged with. Its almost 3 years now so there have been different periods at the beginning she was in prison for 10 months without any charges and only newspaper sensitive dissemination campaign saying that she was a Foreign Agent then after 10 months when she. Started again for the charges and then basically all that well to add to this and so its written on light that they accused her of the president speaking to International Conferences to talk about the human rights situation in saudi arabia of being incompetent story journalist with Amnesty International so really her official charges are her activism and they accused her of that. And people outside of saudi arabia that it sounds odd but you can be charged with what sounds like legal activity so in saudi arabia that sort of activity is again so low that the charges dont even state in the legal basis so they just actually heard it and its you know its that everything that has been done from the beginning is eagle no christians or has been respected jane was disappeared basically during the 1st months of her imprisonment she was put enough unofficial prison where she was being tortured by saudi official this one of them is that he was a crown prince and b. S. Is right and man and so everything from the beginning has been made with without any. Legal basis so even the charges basically dont state. Faces the accused of her activism well of course of the crown prince is not here to speak for himself so we dont know whether those on occasions of torture or not how did you hear that she had been tortured. So the 1st is its when my parents jane they clearly saw that she was being tortured but you didnt didnt tell them anything she would only say its because you know the air conditioning is too cold or that dish sometimes deprive this keep that because she was. Scared basically of telling them and then after the casualty case and that weve read reports on these unofficial prisons. Basically torture says its used by parents bake jane to. Tell them to eat and then visit after visit started telling them that she was being electrocuted sidelines that she was doing what your boy did logs and she sewed them precise and they were burnt with bruises because of it. Dont know why the no women in saudi arabia were granted the right to drive just off to your sister was to tight so devout mock a real change in womens rights just sort of table crossing window dressing. I think the only positive influence and the real one is. The rate today for women but this is only because women have fought for it for years and actually the period in which jayne was arrested last week when the campaign was at its highest everyone was asking for it and simplicity couldnt accept anymore that women are not able to drive but this ng is now saudi arabia is really becoming a police state there is no place for Civil Society whatsoever and they had to imprison any critique dementing voice and they just took all the merits of these women at have been fighting for for years well thank you so much for joining us. Thank you very much. On to mexico where the day of the dead festival is normally cause for National Celebration and remembrance but the countrys reeling from more than 90000. 00 coronavirus deaths so this year usually vibrant parades have been canceled or god virtual ceremonies and cemeteries a bag of have been told to close means that for many mexicans they usually common festive event has become a lonely experience. For maria del Rosario Martinez this day of the dead is especially poignant her husband a doctor who cared for some of mexicos poorest died at the height of the countrys pandemic falling victim himself. In keeping with tradition maria decorate with some of his favorite things. In your cup in secular 3 decades one i never thought that i would have to place an order to from my husband. So thats according to traditions and beliefs hes going to come and hes going to be here with us. Hes going to be happy. That. When president Lopez Obrador dedicated the festival to the victims of corporate 19 there was none of the lavish parades impact Public Events normally a short sheeted with a holiday. It set the tone for a nation grieving in isolation an acute gonzalez among them her family has been devastated by the virus. And you know this here in one look at me all this year i decided to get involved in making the altar of for 3 very special people. Very very good will my grandmother who was the one who taught us this tradition. My brother and lastly from my father. And there where some call me to celebrations in the capitals worst district performers danced under a fool moon well families paid tribute to their dead. And let 2300. 00 candles one for each of covert nineteens victims. Only coronavirus pandemic has forced many sporting events to be held up behind closed doors or to be postponed 2020 tokyo and im picks japan is now carrying out a high tech studies to see how they can make it safe across to return a large scale sporting events a baseball stadium in yokohama was turned into a testing ground for 3 days with 28000 people in attendance. The Yokohama Base stars have 2 goals to win games and to try to get the upper hand on coronavirus the fact that their stadium was on one day almost 90 percent full is the result of a technological home run and also thanks to almost 28000. 00 test subjects. Motueka. Feel a bit uneasy about it however having a lot of fans certainly helps the players on this and its pretty those who take part in the testing get a 35 Percent Discount on their tickets as well as having 2 apps kick in the National Corona app is mandatory as is a 2nd one from a private provider which inquires about your health 10 days prior to the game and 14 days after. We stay in contact with the olympic organizers theyre very interested in the data we send it to them without names were doing everything to ensure that the games will take place next year when because it will make up the. Monitoring devices are placed in the stands to measure a lot of people a lot of cheering and a lot of Carbon Dioxide add to that wind intensity and velocity and experts can already figure out where fan density is too high making the dangerous spread of the virus possible and at the stadium crowding is also an issue for washrooms but a Digital Guide post will show you the way sending you a chat function via infrared waves radio and t. V. All in real time. So its a delicate thing and i mean weve installed the guideposts at 39 locations at toilets kiosks and shops so if you have to do something then just look at the map to see where theres a line up and then maybe go to another location the japanese are very conscientious about wearing face masks however those who may be potential visitors to the Olympic Games and think they dont have to take part in such measures may still be reminded thanks to our High Performance facial recognition system. Of the news in all of our software doesnt. Visitors it also sees how long you stay somewhere and whether youre wearing a face mask and if youre not security personnel could be alerted all the status serves to lower the risk of the spread of coronavirus or thought youd see that. They say the technology is reliable that just might make the olympics doable despite the pandemic at this stadium medals will also be up for grabs and baseball and softball and just thinking of that really inspires the fans. Well before i go through rio minutes world famous city much of picchu on sunday after 7 months of closure because of the pandemic reopening of the inca stone citadel was celebrated with a slight ceremony following strict social distancing batches of course and in front of only 30 percent of its normal visitor. This is due to leaders lie from berlin just time to remind you off the top story this hour german chancellor Angela Merkel has been defending her countrys latest coronavirus knocked out which began today she told a News Conference the restrictions were necessary to protect the German Health system the number of coronavirus patients in intensive care units has doubled over the last 10 days. News asia with melissa china is up next ill be back at the top of the hour the day. Good. Treasure lies hidden deep under the earths surface. One that is vital for human. Groundwater. The damage to scientists who know about it. Is our most important thinking water resource in danger now but we get to the bottom of the source. Object. In 60 minutes on d w. What secrets lie behind these walls to. Discover new adventures in 360 degree. And explore fascinating World Heritage sites of the kooky w World Heritage 368 get me out now. Early. Oh the more. I can actually do crozier a war zone love. Em those wars swallow or. Lose lol birds lose. For the word. For. Our appearance. Youre watching t w news asia coming up today the worlds strongest typhoon this year hits the philippines when people have barely recovered from the big storm last week we take a closer look at typhoon go news path of destruction. Plus protest in bangladesh pakistan and other muslim majority countries continue why so many governments have spoken out against france. Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us at least 16 people are dead and thousands of homes destroyed as of monday evening local time in the philippines officials continue to assess the damage typhoon goni is one of the strongest storms to make landfall there in years bringing winds of up to 200 kilometers an hour to parts of the country it mostly missed to the capital of manila but still hundreds of thousands of people have had to evacuate not just from the storm but from subsequent mudslides and floods. For a country hit on average 20 times each year by typhoons goni was the most powerful to strike the philippines this year. Rooftops were torn away debris flying everywhere as water rushed in one from the sea or downhill from mountainsides. Wind gusts reached above 300 Kilometers Per Hour and in some towns the red cross said up to 80 percent of the homes were destroyed. Goni rival typhoon haiyan which in 2013 killed more than 6000 people. But this time there were warnings and preparation. And mass evacuations. We have that in a way that you know evacuated because its better to be safe since i cant walk id have to crawl to get out but if i could walk i prefer to stay in our place alone. Even my own im afraid because my mothers house is already weak and was about to get crushed. The early warnings and preparations put coast guard and other emergency rescuers in position to help residents stranded by rising floodwaters. The storm at one point was one of the most powerful ever recorded but its strength dissipated as it moved across the island of luzon home to more than 2000000 people accounting for 2 thirds of the filipino economy 50000. 00 homes here were without power as goni moved out to the South China Sea. Direction vietnam still packing heavy rains. Ahead of goldies landfall the country was still reeling from typhoon which killed 22. 00 people next up though filipinos already know another storm that sunny is gaining strength in the Pacific Ocean as it approaches their country. Those who are put into shelters to keep them safe from the last storm wonder if there is even cause to return home before the next. This is election week in the United States indeed only news asia will be taking a closer look at the impact of developments there and how it be changed relations in the asia region sticking with the philippines president has praised philippine president rod rico to tara his controversial drug war in the past a fight that human rights activists say includes extrajudicial killings now to terror tape has not always responded in kind and has often played the u. S. Against china for example hes opted not to challenge beijings encroachments in the South China Sea i spoke to aries a rude guy from the university of the philippines and i asked him how differently abiding administration might respond to tara his drug war and whether it matters if america speaks out about human rights. It would matter i think for the Turkey Administration because it has somehow been protected from a lot of the criticisms about its war on drugs i do think that there will be some. Crunch that the administration of the tear it will feel i think that some of the opposition its senators for example would get more an audience from a by an administration then would be Trump Administration and that would in a way undermine. The tear gas ministrations existing legitimacy as far as the war on drugs is concerned. Now detect he has walked this interesting line between the u. S. And china why do you think that is well the this supposed edging approach of the to tara the administration is in order to benefit from both superpowers as they intensify competition in the region and with the philippines as a key state in this ongoing rivalry between the 2 major powers however that the terror the administration doesnt seem to be consistent in its hedging approach as it has not only skew would be leaning off the country towards more of china but in fact has made certain measures or certain who has completely undermined one of the longest standing alliances of the United States in the asia pacific. Yeah it is a very Important Alliance the philippines is the only u. S. Treaty ally in the Southeast Asia that means they would support each other in war but earlier this year even considered withdrawing permission for the u. S. To hold war games in the philippines and conduct joint exercises how much has this military relationship in weekend. The the military relationship between the philippines in the us have not been i would say radically affected however the deterrent administration did initiate the process of the abrogation of the visiting forces agreement but that was before depend demick we we now know that the this process is being suspended and i do think that. The prospects of pushing through are very little given the recognition of the tear it administration on the importance of the us and its all in response in dealing with the pandemic. Last question how closely are filipinos watching the u. S. Election. Theres always a a fascination cold war say the former colonizer of the philippine stay United States terms of the elections is also something to do with the big Filipino Community in the United States with a lot of their relatives still in the filipino hold but we do know that a lot of filipinos do register to vote and i do think that theyve theyve voted traditionally as republican. Ever just like other asian. Groups but i do think there might be a change in this particular election cycle. Thank you. At least 50000 people have rallied in bangladeshs capital of dhaka against french president emanuel microns defense of freedom of speech in his country including the right to criticize islam a list of demands from protesters included calling for a boycott of french products is the latest in a series of anti france demonstrations across the muslim world over the past 2 weeks ever since the beheading of a french teacher in paris for showing cartoons of the prophet mohammed in a lesson about freedom of expression rallies have also taken place in lebannon turkey and over the weekend in pakistan here are some opinions from the streets of karachi but were here today to protest this number 4 there are marks by the president by the Prime Minister of france. Is absolutely unacceptable to hurt the sentiments of millions of muslims across the world in the name of freedom of speech especially when you dont grant the same leniency on discussions on other topics like the whole of us and other despicable things. We ask our government to move ahead with the expulsion of the french ambassador and to announce a boycott of all french products. France will realize and regret after all this what it has done and what it has achieved we will not tolerate the bashing of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him. This is the message of the entire muslim nation which asks the french Prime Minister to apologize for his insolence. And to take firm action against those who denigrate our Prophet Muhammad. Peace be upon him to shun it. For more we have t. W. Shammal sham sham all youve weighed in on this with an opinion piece on our website tell us more. Well melissa there is a sensitive bush is a sensitive issue or a majority of muslims around the world in france and else so i argue that the french government needs to take it very carefully and the same guy i said i wrote that leaders like go on and by the stance current. It sounds weird when the lecture marker all over secularism because the rights of the minorities in their own countries are. Pretty bad. The minorities are persecuted on a regular basis the rent or dollar in the higher lecture mocker are on secularism its ridiculous its outrageous its absurd so that is my argument that it becomes a political issue for leaders like our go on and on and other people politicians and leaders in the muslim majority countries that was the crux of the argument in my opinion piece but. It looks as if pakistan sees this as an opportunity to score political points whats in my kinds call. Well in iran what happened what is happening at the moment is there is a Mass Movement against its government opposition rallies that are big across the country so what can ascribe to do here is divert attention from the domestic issues do with the issue of islamophobia and the rest all additions in pakistan here is this abuse this time and again. But what is important here to understand that a car needs to focus on focus and generally what has been happening in pakistan against the minorities just recently a christian girl the 30 Year Old Girl was kidnapped of course legal what you do slum and then a matter of 45 you know what. The government does anything about so much argument is that you know when the conduct of this lot of the rescue needs to look at it internally he has no right to guard about islamophobia in the west because most of those in europe are leery are having a much better situation in europe in pakistan minorities are persecuted on a regular basis so one has no right to talk about this issue secondly hes trying to divert attention from the Opposition Movement which is at the moment taking place against government channel shands thank you. Thats it for now be sure to check out our other stories on dot com forward slash asia or on facebook and twitter we leave you with pictures of more of the devastation from the philippines well see you next time thanks for watching it by. Combating the pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and. Our corona update. 19 special next on d w. 6 to go beyond yes. As we take. All of the stories that matter to you. Really. Never. Mind. Herd immunity. Its usually achieved with a vaccine like for polio but in the fight against covered some countries gambled on natural herd immunity they allowed infection to spread claiming it would minimize hum and protect the economy. Most Scientists Say its dangerous and may not even work. It also reinforces to me just how morally unconscious unquenchable and unfeasible the socalled natural heart he meant her team unity strategy is not only would it lead to millions more unnecessary does it would also lead to a significant number of people facing a long road to full recovery. And its the most fun brutal whod be hardest hit. You may remember the footage of mass graves in may now spurs ill the false promise of herd immunity or is there some truth to the strategy well talk to our science correspondent about it in a moment to an expert 1st the even more important question of how long a minute he actually lasts. As the covert 19 pandemic took hold scientists knew a vaccine would be the best protection against the virus but there was still the hope that those recovering would be immune as is the case with viruses like smallpox or polio when a 33 year old man in hong kong tested positive for a 2nd time those hopes were ruined. Some people might ask. After you recover. Before but now its after your 1st infection theres always a chance youll get infected again. In their Research Paper the team at the university of hong kong says the 2nd infection was a different strain of the virus and that the patient was asymptomatic the study examines how often people whove had covert 19 are immune to new infections. These questions have implications for Vaccine Development and decisions about returning to work school and social activities as many countries in europe and around the world went into lockdown earlier this year sweden went against the tide opting not to confine its population schools and restaurants remained open in the hope that infected people would become immune allowing them to continue their lives as normal and ultimately slowing the spread of the virus. Swedens infection rate and death per 1000000. The worst in europe and yet testing showed the country still fell a long way short of the infection rate which would create herd immunity. The w. H. O. Says that until the world has readily available vaccines the virus will continue to inflict significant changes on our lives. As a planet as a global population are close to levels of immunity required to stop this disease. And we need to focus on what we can actually do not to suppress transmission and not live in whole herd immunity been our salvation right now that is not a solution thats on the solution we should be looking to for. And the immunity picture is looking increasingly complicated in the southern german town of. A study by germanys robert institute found that 40 percent of participants who had tested positive for the corona virus before the study began no longer had immune a globe in g. Antibodies the most common type of antibody. The Robert Koch Institute is already conducting several regional studies as researchers around the world continue their work to create viable vaccines. Lets have a look at your questions now from our you tube channel is there at williams. What are the risks of the focused protection of price point out in the Great Barrington declaration. Since the very earliest days of this pandemic there have been those who believe that our responses to covert 19 so the lock downs and all the other measures that they have actually caused more damage than the disease itself and they believe that we need to look for other options even without access to a vaccine since really wide scale infection would be at least theoretically a pathway to what we want which is herd immunity the concept laid out in the highly controversial declaration that you mention was proposed several weeks ago by 3 scientists from the u. S. And britain and its been signed by others it says that we need to only focus on protecting groups that it classifies as vulnerable especially the elderly and urges a return to normal life immediately for everyone else that means basically not trying to limit infections among those that it says are at minimal risk of death so what would be the dangers of going down that path there are some pretty major ones in the big flaw in the declarations reasoning a lot of experts say is the fundamental assumption that that people who appear to gain at least some immunity after surviving that disease will keep that immunity for extended periods. Weve already seen some cases of people who have gotten coated 19 a 2nd time though there are so far theyve thankfully been few and far between them still the coming months could see many many more another big question how exactly would you go about protecting vulnerable populations effectively in societies where the virus is basically raging unchecked is that even possible and an aspects that the declaration doesnt address at all is the potential long term damage that covert 19 could do to many younger people even those who survive then of course at least some people who arent classified as vulnerable will turn out to be very vulnerable took over 1000. 00 after all and theyll die from it potentially even millions of people worldwide and people who wouldnt have died if social distancing measures remained in force until effective vaccines are available. Lets talk more about immunity with Valentino Gallo shes a neuro if you did me all just at the university of corning in the netherlands whats your take on the Great Barrington declaration. Right dan thank you very much for the invite so 1st of all i think the declaration. Is pointing towards a scientific divide which is not entirely that in fact its about a few scientists coming from very prestigious. Organizations that have put forth these idea claiming that there is a divide between scientists but its just that they are. Against the rest of the scientists which are more competent. Suggesting different types of approaches to their great rant and to the situation of we call it. In addition to these so they can they claim that they more to be. Patient with the factor that downs with it will bring a lot of such an inequalities and willing creases you know what it is in population however the way they suggest 200. 00 these are so the focus protection under the increase even more of the social inequalities if this is not coupled with really a funding for protecting people who need to be shielded so if people from the poorest state of their population have shilled because they suffer from some quarter bt for example or because they. Are over a certain age but they cant because they need to choose between you know renting their job and show think peace is not every are optional and it will increase even more to the bites became popular and we were seeing pictures there of the now see in brazil where it went terribly wrong and you mention the word protecting from from what ive read should we use the term protection rather than immunity i mean thats quite important isnt it. It is very important and its a its a subtle distinction but important and its the way scientists communicate with the rest of the war to so we use a herd immunity for saying that when a proportion of the population is actually new in from a condition than the rest of the population are prevented to get the condition from a normal social to social contact but in fact theyre not you know but they are protected because they are they are still vulnerable protected by the fact that other people are immune and whats happening president is proving that herd immunity for natural infection is might be no working because their time coming now back saying that in fact that infection is again a break on the rice and in fact normally. Usually. If they only just heard unities only achieved the flu vaccination and not naturally and we have no idea if this is. Even by a bull option and preliminary data we are seeing now. In fact to go against these idea staying with brazil what about brazils experience with physics of ours. Experience was busy covering us had a different distribution because a particular spread that having being a backs were Borne Disease but secret is spread in a suburb of populations of lower socioeconomic status because where the scientists of a city or of this suburbs could be montagne the mosquitoes was not breathing and so the infection could be avoided while you know other context where he was impossible to prevent the breeding of the mosquitoes and their faction went wild and in fact is a large straight off the population but this is a completely different type of approach because the in this case what should be prevented was the mosquito rather than the interpersonal infection as in the case what about the path that sweden took did the government get it so wrong. Well sweden is a nice example in europe because the spite of having a not very dense population and young people relation and strong system weakness very high mortality you know every search i conducted by the end of june 20 twentieths where that ranked as a 5th european country for mortality accounting for the it structure of the population there belgium u. K. Spain and ireland overtaking italy who was heavily hit by the by date converts 19 and 20 dollars thank you very much. Thank you very much i will have to leave it there im bent as all on earth any other developments from the wires go to our website e. W. Dot com slash code 19 public. Treasure lies hidden deep under the earths surface. Monitors and vital for human. Groundwater. But how much to scientists know about it. And is our most important thinking water resource and james. We get to the bottom of the source object. In 30 minutes on d w. It was the 1st International Tribunal in history. 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