Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us more than a 1000 migrants from pakistan bangladesh and afghanistan during westward across the continent for better opportunities has ended up in the town of the lead in bosnia border in croatia its an entry point into the European Union and it has become a hub for these travelers and many of them do not have adequate shelter he has this report. From far away the woods on the outskirts of bosnia has been. Peaceful. But beneath the foliage a crisis is unfolding here hundreds of suffocation refugees and migrants spend their nights and shacks made of plastic sheets. We are staying here in the cold at the time of the coronavirus pandemic lileks food and other basic needs to survive here the e. U. Should help us. Jill dougherty refugees living in the improvised jungle camp fear a harsh winter already the temperature is less than 2 degrees celsius in the mornings the migrants used twins to make a fire and stay warm but there will be snow fall soon and the cold will make living in the huts impossible. Gambit dog a good book they dont let us stay in the i. O. M. Is migrant camp nearby if i manage to enter somehow they check at midnight and send us out even if its raining or hold out or do what i think of. The migrant shelter known as made our camp is run by the International Organization for migration or i. O. M. And is only a few 100 meters away from the forest. Migrants there have better facilities including proper beds to sleep in and regular mealtimes. But the camp can only accommodate a limited number of refugees. Because you cant really see the kind of thing we have already in full with the capacity but also outside of the camp there is another socalled wildcat and improvise camp where around they come the people are. There so why are over there that they dont have access to food to medical treatment or medical care or also to go and if i can do that they need Something Like sleeping bags blankets and set up when the work you know the i am wants to open another camp in the area to accommodate refugees living in the woods but locals reject the idea they often protest in front of them if not camp demanding that it be closed journalists have been barred from covering the protest was able to say we dont want any more migrants and really what we want this to be moved away from our town because it has crossed all limits our streets are full of migrants now for seconds its us and i want it to be done at the. Meanwhile. More and more refugees are trying to cross the border between bosnia and croatia in an attempt to reach their ultimate destination the European Union even though they are often stopped at the border and pushed back they hope to make it across one day. Running as. The reporter behind this story do we know what usually ends up happening to these migrants at this town do they then surely make their way into the. Migrants or try to get a place in di you him scam. To survive the winter season some of them not even considering going to the same set on by the u. N. Organization in bosnia where there are they still thomas spaces left however most of them are they still trying to cross the border to begin. European union i met some migrants who have to cross the border 215 times but fate some of them already even beaten brutally by the Border Police and to go to intrude very badly but they havent given up hope. That hes still trying to cross the border out of going about this sea of johns and some human traffickers and dangerous journey to do you in exchange off to 4000 euros from if you see their often taken to the border if yeah in groups by boss off that theyre bad to cross the border by walking through forests that migrants only pay when they successfully make that with 2 countries like france and. Even truly if you off them managed to get to the you whats your sense of the expectations the migrants had versus the reality of what they found themselves facing i mean did you sense that they regretted their decision to travel. Some of them told us that they were not. Difficult because of the route and it was a wrong decision off of living human traffickers so who lured bam into taking these challenging johnny off reaching do you that cost each of them 182000. 00 euros and monts as they had to contrarious including eat on all men god he and agrees they could have done Something Else in their homeland with this and monk and time so some migrants to do declared their decision. And as a result of their regret did you get a sense that there were people who plan to actually just go back home well i dont program 4050 and migrants who want to return to their own countries however they dont want to be done mainly because the money they have all it is spent on the journey was taken as long as from various sources if you dont know they might not be able to bear the loans which would make their life even more complicated than now but. Somehow gives them hope that one day they might be able to read to you. Thank you. For almost 4 years ago in outgoing president barack obama warned incoming President Donald Trump that his biggest Foreign Policy challenge would be managing north korea where do things stand well there has been no war and no detonation of a nuclear bomb but pyongyang continues to flex its muscle most recently with a military parade celebrating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Workers Party a spectacle including new long range ballistic missiles. Joining us from seoul is kelly who is managing editor of n. K. News dot org kelly whats your report card on how President Trump has handled north korea do you think the region is more or less dangerous now than 4 years ago. You know thats a really hard question to answer i think as you know at the beginning of 2017 for and sense things were starting to look pretty scary on the Korean Peninsula granted a lot of those tensions were ramped up by president himself you know his term has been extremely unconventional in terms of how the United States has dealt with north korea and there are people that really support summitry that hes done with north Korean Leader kim jong un and 202019 and there are people who say that he should have never met with the north Korean Leader without some kind of preconditions in the 1st place but now we know were a little over a year or so. Chop met with kim jong un and february 29th no i saw you walked out of that meeting and the chip countries have not really made any meaningful progress since so i would say its pretty hard to assess childs progress but near the latter half of his term it hasnt been so great what our next steps youd like to see from the u. S. Government when it comes to dealing with pyongyang on the nuclear issue. You know i think no matter who gets elected in the coming days or weeks the next president of the United States really needs to have a clear plan and path forward with north korea ive been speaking with a number of experts and so has the rest of our journalist safa and again you know this and we hear everything from you know the United States should consider some kind of preconditions before meeting with chemical and. Spell out step by step verifiable denuclearization more specifically so north korea knows what has to be working well and there are people that also argue that at this point with everything that north korea has done in terms of concessions to the United States the u. S. Should at least consider a partial lifting of economic sanctions against the country im quite frankly what ive been hearing again again in washington and in seoul is that the United States is working on negotiations but theyre not willing to give much up on their end of the negotiation so from what im hearing it seems like the next president or if chuck gets another 4 years should really consider the real give and take process if were going to work towards getting north korea to dismantle its Nuclear Facilities its. Less thank you. Many of us used to have stuffed toys when we were small kids and sometimes these cuddly animals happen to accompany their owners for many years even into their adulthood but what do we do if these beloved toys start to fall apart if youre in japan you can now bring them to a special toy clinic. The sheep is not in good shape 18 years have passed since she met her own a cuttle her skin has become tattered and she needs a specialized treatment thats when a toy clinic like this one in tokyo comes into play. I have always slept with you john at home so i would really feel as if i had lost all my memories if she were to disappear i would feel lonely. Needs to be reconstituted from scratch. Getting a good bath is just the very 1st step. The shop owner started this business 4 years ago after she discovered that many of her customers at a coffee alteration shop were deeply attached to a cuddly toys me or cause i had clients who care for their stuff toys like family i wanted to treat each of the toys with good care so that they can be with the family for a long time. But obviously. The repair costs around 800. 00 euros. But cattle says the high price is worth it. I know what it is a new book but a part of the memory is still in her for me shes just the same baby that i met 18 years ago. With treatments like this the clinic hasnt just restored the toys form but also memories which have made the toys so special and irreplaceable. Thats it for now be sure to check out our other stories and e. W. Dot com for slash asia or on facebook and twitter we leave you with pictures out of sri lanka where more than 100 whales have been stranded on a beach the government has launched a rescue operation involving the navy and with locals pitching yet most of the whales has been saved thanks for watching well see you next time and good buy. The fight against the corona virus pandemic. Has the rate of infection in developing what does the latest research say. Information and context the coronavirus update 19 special. On t w. Tofik is for me. Is for. The children is for health. Beethoven is for. Beethoven is for every one. Of the beethoven 21. 00 of. The 50th anniversary on d w. The 2nd wave is crashing over europe and intensive Care Capacity is close to breaking point. Germany could hit its limit next month france and switzerland my crack by midmonth. Belgium could overrun capacity this week or next. What seemed like huge investments to expand Hospital Capacity now look totally inadequate. Warning bells should have been ringing in early july after the spring lock downs were east but only a few recognized the vibrations that heralded a tsunami of new cases. The experts warned us and for many countries the 2nd wave is already more savage than the 1st Health Systems of running at a limit in parts of eastern and western europe in belgium doctors and nurses struggling to keep up the incidence of coronavirus cases there is the highest in europe at 3956. 00 per 100000 people. This used to be the Recovery Room for patients whove had surgery now it serves as a makeshift intensive care unit for cope with 1000 patients on life support hospitals in the belgian province of liers are no the epicenter of europes 2nd wave and struggling to keep up we are not. Anymore so if a patient comes in the emergency room with a 3 we have to transfer to another of. The flemish both of them will be also 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 on a strict safety precautions doctors and nurses here are working tirelessly. 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. After medics year 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 them or as the 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 dr 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 bet and 10 people out of a thing for the same bit you have to choose between the team but which one you. Know doctor want to do thats one thing its like you know we all know book those who do that kind of thing were all booked up to treat patients the truth which patient treatment in 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 will need all the help they can get. So you want to is with the same goals of the hospital and who decide what sort of capacity does germany have to take on patients from other countries right now. Well we have an everetts nearly twice as much as you bet spectacular tat and the rest of europe and caribbean germany are on 75 percent of the german ice you bet. So there is still a place room to move and we could take patients especially in. Regions in germany from other European Countries but they are regions also in germany where the free capacity is below 10 percent and intensive care patients have to be moved to other hospitals and that binds intensive care physicians which is a very scots resource so when you think of pre capacities you have to keep in mind that the peak i. C. U. Utilization would be 2 weeks after infections have peaks and there they havent yet so theres still a marathon to go with when could they be. Well nobody knows. It depends on how good the people. Bind themselves to the things. To stop being close together and to wear masks and stuff like that we have a new high. Value today in germany too with 20000 new infections this day how practical is that flying around coated patients from one hospital or country to the next. Its not very practical especially when they anticipate it so you have to plan that in advance and try to bring patients who are not thats thats of the ill who havent been on ventilation yet so its not easy to plan that because patients we know that its not good for patients being ventilated and they have to be brought on in the long term the stuff shortages we hear about in belgium and the netherlands theyve seen no sing homes and hospitals aust doctors and nurses to keep working if they tested positive but a symptom matic is that saith i think that should only be done in a worst Case Scenario because the my r t of i. C. U. Patients still do not have called it but other serious diseases and when these patients contracted by iris from tech to stat they are grave dangers so you have to keep in mind s. Up to the magic people that doesnt mean they are healthy so we think to prevent this and all staff has to say l c and get a quick l. C. And this is very important because if you have to let these people work with the virus its really not sick why then is the e. U. Not coordinating a concerted a joint approach where we see countries helping out each other but not everything having to be dealt with on a bilateral level well we could have that done that. Methods lets say with the corona happy we could have done that from the beginning altogether. We didnt do that i dont know why would have been better i think so yes how foreseeable was all of this. The 2nd wave was clearly foreseeable people travel they socialized they enjoyed themselves and the sun and we have tried to do as much as we could by building and buying respirators by training people. Especially i. C. U. Nurses. In all and all in europe a scarce resource and it takes 2 years training on top of the regular nurses training so kind of we have to work with what weve got and we have now in germany especially we have its very important to take away paperwork from them so that they we need can spend all that time. With the patients and the other thing we could do is childcare you know to improve childcare and hospitals so especially during off hours what about high risk groups what else can be done to protect them so that they dont end up in intensive care in the hospitals. Its you have to reduce osha contect use of as a p 2 must possibly end it gen tests possibly but these measures make only sense when used together one is no substitute for the other and when you when we are talking about isolating risk groups we have to be and mind that. That in germany. In the number order for germany at around 20 percent due to the demographics and due to the illnesses of population belong to a risk group so targeting only risk groups with a color on astro city will not work so sunny on a pleasure having you on the show today thank you very much thank you have a good day. If you want to hear more about europes fight against code 19 in belgium you can download our weekly polkas science unscripted train travel to the corona hotspot of the edge to bring you the latest time for our science correspondent derek will you look into your questions on the coronavirus keep sending them in on our you tube channel. What impact is the parent to make having on the hunger crisis. Predictably qubit 19 is making it a lot worse according to the United NationsWorld Food Program which is the organization that was awarded this years Nobel Peace Prize the number of people worldwide who suffer from crisis level hunger could almost double by the end of this year it also says that the region hit hardest so far is latin america thats followed by central and Southern Africa and an oxfam estimates that if we dont do more to limit the social and Economic Impact of the virus up to 12000 people a day could soon be dying from the effects of undernourishment just to compare even on the very worst days for mortality so far in the pandemic there have never been more than 10000. 00 deaths attributed to the virus in 24 hours i think that the most this year as aspect of this crisis is that with the exception of a few countries food is actually available in many of the places that are suffering most famine isnt being only driven by a lack of food but also by the simple fact that people no longer have the means to buy it the hunger crisis isnt only expanding rapidly because of disruptions in supply chains although thats certainly contributing to the problem its also due to dropping income many of the worlds most vulnerable the poor who simply. Cant afford to buy food for themselves and their families anymore and the crisis isnt just limited to regions that faced problems before the pandemic began covert 19 it is now also impacting Food Security for people and middle and high Income Countries from from india to brazil to the us. Turk williams there for any other developments on the virus for 12 website if you tell me dot com slash code 90. 1 continent. 700000000 people. With their own personal stories. Explored every day life for. What europeans fear. And what they hoped for. Some kissling there were. 90 minutes on d w. It was the 1st International Tribunal in history. Bloomberg trials. 75 years ago high ranking officers of the nazi regime judging by the allied forces. Were the 1st criminals to be held accountable for their crimes for. Now i am im. Going through dont care if you use the phrase your. Our 2 part series the 3rd reich the talk starts nov 12th on d w. Why did this person lose his home. There on. 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