A new interim president its 3rd head of state in just a week. Francisco sagacity will leave the country until a president ial election next year. There have been mass protests across the country since the impeachment, a popular former president. My team to scatter Central America is reeling after being battered by a hurricane. For the 2nd time in less than 2 weeks. Some 40000 people in nicaragua have been evacuated into shelters. Iowa made landfall in the northeast of the country with winds of more than 260 kilometers per hour. Iowa comes shortly after the region was hit by hurricane ekta. This is d. W. News from berlin. Follow us on twitter and instagram at news, or visit our website, w dot com for more on the all, the corona virus is spreading like never before in the u. S. , and here in europe hospitalizations in france and america, patients with coke at 19 are at a record high despite Promising Bank seems the short term future looks grim and unless radical steps are taken. Now, today, austria begin a nationwide lockdown for almost 3 weeks. Practically, everyone will do just 2 things. Stay home and then be tested for the virus. Im burnt off in berlin. This is the day were going through challenging times. We had a terrorist attack on Lehigh Corona virus infection, right. And that is just because 3, unfortunately has the highest infection rates in europe at the moment. 500. 00 cases per 100 patent inhabitants will get all of this. So we decided to act decisively and implemented a short, sharp, 2nd drug for 2 and a half weeks today. I think it makes sense because we dont know how the situation will develop if we do nothing that we need to see it. Also coming up in his new memoir, a promise to land, a former u. S. President barack obama opens up about his relationships with other leaders, such as german chancellor Angela Merkel and his friendship with president elect joe biden. I was thrilled, hes become a brother, a genuinely good friend, kamel as one of my earliest supporters when i 1st launched my presidency. So i personally invested in them. I think this gives us a chance get back to the competent, caring government that we so badly need and to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and to all of you around the world. Welcome. We begin the day with austrias new strategy to squash the coronavirus and to salvage christmas. Today, the country began its 2nd nationwide lockdown after a partial lockdown proved unsuccessful. In reducing the number of new infections for almost 3 weeks, people will only leave their homes if their jobs are deemed essential or if they need to exercise, buy groceries or buy medicine. Thats it. For as much as it is strict austrias lockdown is also ambitious. It is supposed to slow the spread of the virus significantly and be followed by a Mass Testing Program. The goal to test everyone, all 8800000. 00 people in the country. So much of austrias lock down depends on public cooperation, and that is true everywhere when everyone is not on board. The consequences are the tragic scenes now playing out in the United States, the austrian Prime Minister has issued one urgent request to his nation. Dont meet anyone. Viennas commercial district was full of people on monday night. Locals want to shop before the lockdown since only Grocery Stores and pharmacies can remain open during the next 3 weeks. Home goods and electronics are especially sought after right now. Oh man, im so im, im looking for a camera for you learning for my son so that he can take part in live online lessons and show it does that is what im looking for. Everything that i need. I dont know how long the lockdown will last, supposedly until december 6th, apart from shops and restaurants, schools and Daycare Centers are also closed from tuesday. But here in vienna, many establishments offer childcare for kids with working parents or those who cant take part in online classes at home. She was with me the whole time during the 1st lockdown. Sometimes i had to have a zoom conference and she was sad. The entire time, shes an only child, rishi doesnt have anyone else our busiest and since you have there are exceptions to the current curfew. People who must work in person, visit a doctor or buy groceries mainly, their homes going for walks and exercising outdoors is permitted, but only with social distancing. And there might be more signs of life outside than there once during this springs lockdown. Because this time, playgrounds and parks are staying open, this partial walk, the walk to steroids you can say when you look out your window and you can you tell the difference . I certainly cant today, things are very tranquil when the lockdown came into effect. Things did shut right down and the contrast to yesterday was amazing because the lock them was announced on saturday. So everybody got ready for monday and stormed the stores. There were lines out the door. Everybody wearing face masks, so it immediately became apparent why the lockdown was necessary. Markdowns work are not popular, but its what was required when people were left to their own devices. The infection rates were off the charts. And were still seeing the effects of that. Nearly 6000. 00 infections just over the past 24 hours. Intensive intensive Treatment Centers and hospitals are in danger of being overrun. I think australia has about 522 beds left, switzerland, the capacity today. It needs to be stop. The government plans to also test the entire population. When this lockdown is finished, talk to me a little bit about the logistics here. Amid this sounds like a job for the military. If austria were to follow the slovakian model, it would indeed require the military testing more than 8000000. 00. People would be a monumental task. But chancellor of the boston courts is going to convene a meeting of experts tomorrow morning at the chancellor. And even ahead of that meeting, whats now coming out is that what is more likely is that some sort of targeted testing will be pursued. What they didnt, slovakia was they use these antigen tests which are not very accurate. And theyre not really meant to test populations where youre going to have a lot of people testing negative. Its good to prove that people were positive, but it doesnt accomplish what you need to accomplish to find out where you have clusters and why they built. The big mystery in austria is why the in infections started to increase the rapidly in some areas. So this Mass Testing Program will be clarified after this big meeting tomorrow, whether austria pursues a slovakian model is yet to be seen, but probably not likely. Ok, correspondent steve shade with the latest tonight from vienna. Steve, as always, thank you. Are going to stay in austria now id like to welcome by rolling just norbert to the program. Dr. Novotny, its good to have you with the partial walk down. Did not bring down the number of new infections in your medical opinion. Is this total walked down for the next 2 and a half 3 weeks. Is that the right solution . First of all, believe an inch while these pulses last hour or almost 2 weeks now, at least not hold new infections and we see some decline in you know, the last 2 days. So im pretty sure the complete lockdown the hard knocks on your in the upcoming 20 days. It should burke at the hall in other places like that idea or the netherlands, belgium, or republic. There are a number of other countries which successfully hardtalk successfully. And as we heard, thats not necessary, but i think theyll manage to got a hold of it all as if the public about it in the i. C. U. What about after the walk down . We understand that austria wants to test the entire population for the virus. Do you know, maybe you could explain to us, will these tests before the presence of antibodies or will these tests before the actual presence of the virus . You know, i think the idea is in design a few days to test for vitals. In order to find these are still infected in order to you know, the last 2 weeks before christmas for shopping at that with, you know, an awful lot of police during that time. I think probably been the population or im more thing. Certain groups of people, for example, because one is definitely down and im too sick and on the 7th and spangles into schools, open a school for the people aged 14 to 18 and think that he just didnt make sense. And some other doctor, no burden of ought to be joining us tonight from austria. Dr. We appreciate your time in your insights tonight. Thank you both have a good night. I was thrilled. Hes become a brother, a genuinely good friend. Com was one of my earliest supporters when i 1st launched my presidency, so im personally invested in them. I think this gives us a chance to get back to the kind of competent, caring government that we so badly need. And every president has been held to a different standard relative to this president. I think donald trump breached so many norms. A basic assumptions about what a president should or should not do. That you cant come up with a comparable set of behaviors in the past. Those kinds of things, which in some ways we became numb to over the last several years. I think that its the stuff that can be fixed and joe and comma will set a different tone. We are now seeing in the middle of a pandemic, the consequences of not having a Good Public Health infrastructure. Because no matter how good your Health Insurance is, if everybody around you is getting sick, then youre at risk as well. And that was former us president barack obama talking about americas Coronavirus Crisis and the president and Vice President elect. And he says, will rescue the country. Obama is talking a lot this week to kick off the publication of his new memoir entitled a promised land. The book with more than a 1000 pages covers the years 2009 through 2011 includes key moments during his tenure, such as the arab spring uprisings in the arab world. And the fallout from the 2008 Global Financial crisis. It features many leaders who are still in office today, switches, america. Heres a taste of what obama writes about. The german chancellor. The more ive gotten to know uncle america, the more ive come to like her, i found her steady, honest, intellectually rigorous and instinctually kind. But she was also conservative by temperament, not to mention a savvy politician who knew her constituency. And whenever i suggested to her that germany needed to set an example by spending more on infrastructure or tax cuts, she politely but firmly pushed back yob iraq. I think maybe thats not the best approach for us. She would say her face pulling into a slight frown as if id suggested something a little told it is rare to read such a candid and well written account of a european leader by a former us president. To take advantage of this tonight, weve invited jeff rocca, president of the American Institute for contemporary german studies at Johns Hopkins in washington, d. C. Jeff has worked in the u. S. State department, the white house, and here in berlin at the u. S. Embassy, geoff, its good to have you on the program tonight. I hope youve had a chance to glance at the passages about the german chancellor. What surprised you most in obamas description of her and of their relationship . Well, thanks for having me on brant. I think what you see in that passage is the complexity of the american obama relationship. It, you know, we think about when barack Obama Left Office and the warm close relationship that they exhibited. But it didnt start out that way. You know, it started off with barack obama having campaigned in berlin during the 2008 president ial election, which merkel was not very enthusiastic about. And it also started off with very strong differences of opinion between the United States and germany, about the fiscal stimulus that came after the financial crisis of 2008200918, few other issues as well. So what you see here is that it took some time for the, you know, intellectually strong and very distinct personalities to find their working relationship and to make it a productive one. You know, we know that by the end of his tenure, we could say that obama was even enchanted by the german chancellor. He was not in chanted by the french president sarkozy. This is what he writes about him. What sarkozy lacked in ideological consistency. He made up for in boldness, charm and manic energy. Indeed, conversations with sarkozy or by turns amusing and exasperating his hands in perpetual motion. His chest thrust out like a bantam cox. His primary barely disguised interest was to be at the center of the action and take credit for whatever it was that might be worth taking credit for. As much as i appreciated the fact that sor cozy had embrace my Campaign Early on, it wasnt hard to tell which of the 2 european leaders would prove to be the more reliable partner. Jeff obama is calling the french president there a fair weather friend. Thats not the nicest compliment you can give someone. Can you tell us . Is that how the state department viewed sarkozy at the time . Well, i dont think we would look at it that way. I think, you know, like many other french president s, and indeed, if you look at the french diplomatic tradition, air france is interested in action and in shaping the environment around them. And their sarkozy is not any different from his predecessors. Or you might also say from emanuel macro today. And i think in my experience as a diplomat, he that you know you have this balance in europe. On the one hand, you have often ambitious french leaders who are trying to get something done to make something happen. And you have a certain caution and circumspect approach by, by germans who either are worried about footing the bill or perhaps there are concerned about how theyre very different Public Opinion will accept the idea of ambitious action in which germany is a part so. So i think for an american leader like obama, you need to have a bit of both. You need to have someone likes our cozy. Who wants to see things happen and who wants to be part of it. But you also need someone like on america who is able to take a long view and can have a sustainable policy that is going to, you know, see that she can stick to for a long longer period. You mention policy obama also did against part of his book to the euro crisis, and he is, hes not calling to germany and france when he describes their treatment of greece. This is what he writes as the debate about greece, heated up public discussions inside some of the original e. U. Countries would sometimes veer beyond disapproval of the greek governments policies and venture into a broader indictment of the greek people. Or as i dove, or here one e. U. Official of undetermined origin. Tell another, well i was washing my hands in a g. 8 summit lavatory. They dont. I think that we dont think that they like us. I notice that they merkel and sarkozy rarely mention that german and french banks were some of greeces biggest lenders, or that much of the greeks accumulated debt had been racked up by buying german and french exports. Facts that might have made clear to voters why saving the greeks from default amounted to saving their own bakes and industries. Thats rather scathing, and i would say your average observer would not have picked up on obamas disapproval of the german and french approach. Would you agree with that . Well, over time there have been disagreements, and the one that youve just described is a good example. But there have been, there have been others. And obama, early in his presidency, was concerned about, you know, we dont remember it much now, but about the trade deficit and about germanys export driven economic model. So this is, this is a consistent theme that the more progressive li, oriented Obama Administration at times took a very different view of the International Economic priorities. And its especially the recovery plans that would be most effective if you think take into consideration the financial crisis that marked the start of obamas term that he inherited from president bush. And then what, what we saw even more starkly, during the eurozone crisis, a few years after that. So i think that, you know, this is, you know, the difference if we compared to the last 3 or 4 years, is that the german american and the European American relationship in those times was imbedded in a larger, shared purpose. And the fundamental understanding that we were hoping to go in the same direction, even if we chose different paths. And thats why you could have disagreements about specifics. But without it calling the fundamentals of the relationship into question. Are i just right, the president of the American Institute for contemporary german studies . Jeff, its great to have you on the show tonight. We appreciate your insights as well. Thank you for real pleasure. Thanks. It was one of the biggest jewel heist singerman, ie, the green vote breakin in the city of dresden one year ago. Now theres been a breakthrough. In the case. Police have arrested 3 suspects in a massive operation here in berlin, but they say they have not found any trace of the 1000000000 euros worth of precious gems that were stole. It was the pride of prestons green vault, 18th century jewelry of immeasurable worth. Items that once were worn by german kings and queens us but since a smash and grab burglary a year ago, it has been no trace of them. But there could be of the thieves in berlin, more than 1600. 00 officers from around the country, raided several apartments, taking laptops, potential evidence, and arresting 3 suspects for 2 of the arrested suspects. The judge in charge has issued an arrest warrant the 3rd suspect, who will still be brought before the judge. The Prosecutors Office in dressed in expects an arrest warrant there as well. The police have also launched an International Search for 2 additional suspects. All of them have been identified as german citizens who belong to the socalled criminal clan, seen organized Crime Networks whose members are mainly of middle eastern origin. Geminis capital bolin has become a stronghold for them in recent years. And the challenge for police in prosecuting this the jury heist is the 2nd high profile robbery in germany. In 2017, a 100 kilogram gold coin was stolen from a berlin museum. The theft to the same criminal clan that is now in the focus of investigations around, dressed in green belt and my colleagues gone from v. W. Arts and culture is here to talk about this. I mean, really, this heist itself was spectacular. Oh yeah. It is like something out of a movie. I mean, this is almost exactly a year ago, november of last year, early in the morning in dresden. And what the thieves did is 1st, they set fire to electricity junction point, so that the power be cut off on the block so that those street lights were out. And they went to ground floor of this museum, tore the the bars off a window ground floor window went through with an x. Straight to a display case of the jury and smashed that. Grab the jewels and got out there within 5 minutes. It was too late. They were already gone. Their getaway car was found later not far from, from, from the site burned out. And they took jewels with them that are worth a 1000000000. 1000000000 euros is the, is the guesstimate that they, that they put out there. But really, i mean, to talk about these, this is this, this, this treasury, this is from the strong 18th century saxon leader. This treasury is the equivalent of the British Crown jewels. I mean, its the prices, the, the, the cultural value, the, the financial value is priceless. And thats why its been so important the police to try and catch these people and to try if they can to find these jewels because they cant be replaced. Theres no way that this is not the 1st big Museum Robbery that weve seen in germany. And police are telling us that there is a connection, maybe 2 previous ones. Yes, seems a direct connection because one of the people who was arrested today for the green belt robbery has already been convicted of another robbery. Other happened in 2007. This one was mentioned in the piece, this huge gold coin that was stolen from another german. You see him 300 kilogram coin worth across the 4000000. 00. That was the police think was, was taken, melted down and then sold off one of the people who was arrested for that. He was sentenced in february, but he was out on bail pending appeal. And he was then picked up this morning and that is the fear here is that once these jewels are stolen they will never be seen again. Yeah, i mean, this is, people said last year when the robbery happened, our experts said these pieces are so famous. They couldnt be sold legally, they probably would be sold illegally. The fear is that they were the pieces were just broken down, maybe cut, cut and then and then and sold off. There are some small hope that maybe some havent been, they could be recovered. But those, those hopes seem to be getting smaller by the day since we were there always got thank you. Well, the day is almost done, but the conversation continues online. Youll find us on twitter either g w news or you can follow me at brant galts t. V. Every member, whatever happens between now and then. Tomorrow is another dick well see of the never, but meaning, hand in hand seen for china, self declared Climate Change. Trailblazer is what counts. And if the o 2 balances the minor detail in order to guarantee work during the pandemic, many projects have been approved without an ecological Impact Assessment just doesnt add up. So how does a more global 3 times next on t w mean one can change something. That is what . Hi diane. Yes. But im a person not should come to soon as i find a solution, i go for. The former minister of ecology knows this was with me for a station house in a coal mine turned into silt move the next 5 years. Fortunately, shes not watching in a day, is more support for a 16 year olds g. W. Give us your country the will make you rich. Oil will provide you with jobs. The oil will take good care of you. Message and the fever took hold on the west coast of qana in 2007. The stars made big promises, but years later, reality looks very different. The good Drinking Water shortage. High unemployment. The dumbest dream is black gold starts december 4th on d. W. Welcome to global street, thousands. Can Nature Conservation officer tax breaks, new opportunities right now. Finance minister in south africa in she new z. O. A. , find out how local fishermen of fighting an Invasive Species, a crop but 1st we had to china. Despite the lessons of the pandemic, climate protection still takes a backseat to Economic Growth as when the Coronavirus Crisis began. Early this year, much of the world went into lockdown. Factory production of stalled ships, remains docked at craft with around daves imports and exports shrank. Finally, nature could take a breather. According to one study in the 1st half of this year, Carbon Dioxide emissions sank almost 9 percent. Thats around 1500000000. 00 times. The pandemic has offered us a chance to rethink Global Economics to put climate protection above profit. Say father, theres been little sign of any real change of fridays for future demonstration in shanghai at the end of september, just for young people have dared to turn up 17 year old, organize the protest. She wants to see political action. China is the worlds biggest c o 2, producer of all the coal mines during the biggest crime in human history. Od and we believe that mon was here with us, and maybe it was time i had to resort to just only way to deal with the current crisis. Always only been here for a few minutes before the police show up and tell her to move, but shes not one to give up that easily. And now looks for another place to hold a demonstration that evening. Right now the governments primary focus appears to be on Economic Growth. Climate protection has slipped far down. The agenda. Steel and cement production are especially harmful to the environment. But since the corona virus outbreak, the Construction Industry has been a major driver of the economy. The idea that you cant have too much investment jamie railroads for both stadiums, Industrial Parks breeches. It sounds a bit absurd because most, most gone through these struggle to invest enough in these kind of things for structure. But china, for the last 10 years, has no investment as a way to deliver very high being g. D. P. Growth numbers. This Production Facility is a testament to the economic stimulus package announced in may at the worlds 3rd largest Construction Machinery maker staff work almost around the clock. A new vehicle rolls off the Assembly Line here every 25 minutes. Its hoped the boom in construction will create jobs. New projects have been given fast track approval and in some 21000 projects and environmental Impact Assessment wasnt carried out. Coronavirus induced markdowns and falling exports have left many people relieved to have any kind of job. So its all good, we can build roads and were able to work and be you know, how could we be on that happening . We have work and can earn money. China has also been building new coal fired power plants. Many such projects are build as part of an effort to combat poverty. The country currently has at least 25 coal powered facilities in the pipeline. This, despite the fact that existing plants are working at only 50 percent capacity, this is nothing to do with electricity demand. Because every which is pushing forward with any kind of structural project that creates g. D. P. And creates jobs fired power plants are just a part of a bigger stimulus package that as be rolled out for us reporting is not made easy when the Police Follow our every move in the end, they forbid us from filming. As a result, we cant find out how the locals feel about the expansion of the power plant. Its a sensitive topic. China doesnt want to be associated with fossil fuels, but on the contrary, its eager to be seen as a leader in renewables where we will call on all countries to put in an address to the u. N. General Assembly Chinese president xi jinping, pledged to make the country climate neutral by 2016. A goal that Environmental Protection groups like greenpeace believe is attainable. Despite the current construction boom, china is also the worlds biggest investor and solar energy. But goals for 2060 are and now for 17 year old away home. Evening demonstration ends with her being brought into the Police Station where she was forced to write a statement condemning her actions in china, criticizing the government is to boo we humans are not alone in reacting to Climate Change. Animals up to temperature changes have always had a huge impact on wildlife. Seasonal changes keep millions of animals around the globe in constant movement. Huge every year around the world. Huge numbers of animals migrate to other parts of the us. Scientists estimate between 8. 10 species a migrate every in water, only around or in the skies. They make mammals, all fish, but also insects, amphibians, reptiles, and even minute creatures such as plankton and the say. Some species like ilsa and salmon only migrate twice in my lifetime. Once after birth and again for mating. Eels from europe makes up is to florida and the sawgrass o. C. To school. Some of them take up to 3 years to get that other species take off each year for distant lands like migratory birds, for example. When it gets too cold for them in Central Europe and food is in short, supply stores had to woomera regions in the south the drive to embark on a High Risk Energy draining journey very straight from one species to another. Monarch butterflies achieve an amazing feat with some of them traveling up to 3600 kilometers. They navigate using the position of the sun and the earths magnetic field. That is, the arctic tundra holds the record. It travels between the north and south pole covering around 80000 kilometers a year. Most species prefer not to travel, a liar. Before setting off, they gather in huge flop, so hurts the can be up to 1000000. 00 strong. Traveling as a group has its advantages. It provides protection from attack and from hungry predators. Migratory birds like the save energy by flying in formation. In thai ecosystems become ops, with out on the moon migration. Salmon swim from the sea into fresh well to streams and rivers for the purpose of mating. Up the spawning that bodies decompose, providing a rich source of nitrogen fertilizer for trees and plants. Alaskas forest couldnt survive without the salmon. They provide 80 percent of the nitrogen but Climate Change is affecting migrates. We behave the changes when this news says the atlantic cold is being pushed further north as the ocean water heats up. On the other hand, the waltons, theyve been able to expound their habitats hundreds of kilometers further to the north pole. Just like the pizza, which is native to southern and southeastern europe, it can now be found frog and other new comers of causing problems. The asian tiger, most dandy fever to europe, a disease that can be life threatening to humans. As more fish need north and south words, the tropics are losing some species. This truckin biodiversity caused by Climate Change is also having an economic impact. By the middle of this century, Southeast Asia will how far fewer fish than before and migrate. Its also changing that many storks im no longer flying to africa for the winter, stopping in spain instead of those that were considered my great in previous decades, such as bad, some startling thing around natural wildlife. Migration is one thing. But what about when animals migrate unnaturally . On aircraft or boats, for example, as goods make their way around the planet in our globalised world, europe has around 12000 nonnative, species of plants and animals. Some of these have proliferated take the macoun, formally found only in north america. Ricans are now common in europe and japan, some Invasive Species pose a threat to native wildlife, and a tough to get under control. Fisherman, out before dawn, plying their trade in the gulf of god, there is. The bay on tunisias east coast is around a 100 kilometers long. In recent times, the fishermen have had to stray ever further from the coast to catch fish. Going about darkness. Ive been a fisherman for 38 years. A lot has changed in that time. 20 years ago, we used to catch loads of prawns. But in recent years, there have been repeated events that have reduced our catch. The latest problem was the blue crab. They wiped out everything. The 1st blue crabs was spotted here at the end of 2014. Its a species that was previously unknown in tunisia. The numbers increased rapidly, and within 8 months the crabs had become a real menace. They would cut the fishing nets, eat the fish, and develop anything else they could find. They became such a problem that the fishermen nicknamed them, di. Yes. After than a tourist militant group, islamic state, the blue crab is native to the in their pacific region. They came here by the red sea and the suez canal. Like most of the roughly 1000 nonnative species that have reached the mediterranean because of Climate Change, the waters here are now also woman up to support tropical species. Mohammed national team, brad di, has decades studying the migrate repass ins in the mediterranean. Were especially interested in learning about Invasive Species because they threaten the biodiversity of all our sea jr. And its a phenomenon that were seeing increasingly in the mediterranean. The scientists estimate that a new nonnative species appears roughly every 9 days for that significant decrease our own food at in asia is National Institute of Marine Sciences and technology. Also been a dela and her team are studying the blue crabs. The scientists are keen to learn more about this destructive species. How fast do the crabs grow . How quickly do they reproduce . And how do they impact other species when they arrive in a new area . To help answer these questions, theyre analyzing the contents of the crab stomachs. How they are blue crab is an extremely verey, should species. And even the crabs are basically insatiable, will feed on all kinds of prey. France for example, but theyll also itself full of padds like squid, and they would normally fish, and they prey on the fish that live in the gulf, of course, and for the fishing industry. But the blue crab could also pose a threat to another much larger marine animal. The sea turtle the mediterranean is home to 3 species of turtle, all of which are endangered. They gather in the gulf of god, best to feed and to spend the winter to the north. Korea island is an important nesting ground for the log ahead turtle, which lays its eggs at just a few sites on the island. Throughout the entire mediterranean, the number of nesting places has dropped rapidly with the animals being disturbed by bright lights and tourists. When they 1st had the babies way, just 20 grams without a hard outer shell, theyre completely defenseless. Only one in a 1000 survives many get eaten by fish and crabs and now of