little features including a flu shot. how will climate change affect us and our children. w dot com slash water. when it comes to vaccinating israel is the world champion. no other country has an ocular had more of its people. life can be good once you've had the jets. a different story in the israeli occupied palestinian territories the 1st donor shipments have only just arrived from kovacs. and infection rates are especially high in the poor and densely populated parts of the west bank and gaza. like anywhere in the world. one official says thousands of gazans have failed to turn up for their vaccine preferring to wait and see the palestinian laborers who work in israel have been getting a job on your credit reports that there was a vaccination center at an israeli checkpoint between the west bank town of bethlehem and jerusalem here only palestinians are holding a permit to work in israel or in settlements are vaccinated by israeli authorities . as a young person and a palestinian i can take the vaccine but at the same time i think of my father and mother who didn't get it yet i'll feel better when all of my family members have been vaccinated. rather like. israel ams to vaccinate about 100000 workers who cross over from the occupied west bank to israel every day the country has faced criticism abroad and at home for not providing vaccines to more of the palestinian population. maybe not this israel's interest is clear in order to open the economy and return to normal we need everyone who is moving around inside israeli borders to be vaccinated and safe. but in the israeli occupied west bank ordinary people are still waiting for a broader vaccination roll out in ramallah nurse each off as only a few in biol stude minister to her fellow medical colleagues the modernity vaccines were part of a one time delivery by israel a small amount but still seen as a relief for those having to deal closely with patients. and. we as doctors and nurses are on the front line and i hope that everybody will get vaccinated like this means that we will be protected and have the capability to move on and fight the disease. had a lot of the palestinian authority has received 62000 current. virus vaccine doses through the w h o's kovacs program providing jobs for lower income countries in february $10000.00 doses of the sputnik vaccine arrived from the russian government however the palestinian authority has come under criticism for the delay in starting a wider vaccination drive. the situation is deteriorating in palestine but also as in several countries around the world as a result of the late arrival of the vaccines the discrepancy in administering the vaccines does not bode well and bringing the end of the pandemic any closer. to. 2000 doses of the sputnik vaccines were sent from ramallah to the hamas controlled gaza strip after israel approved the transfer the blockaded territory also received about 60000 vaccine doses from the united arab emirates for a population of 2000000 and its crucial infection rates in the west bank have soared in recent weeks in this private hospital on the outskirts of ramallah medical staff have seen a sharp influx of serious covered 1000 cases attributed to virus variants. in the. days ago the corona ward was awful empty and we were emptying that department suddenly the numbers started to increase huge numbers started coming to the hospital. restrictions were tight and once again in the west bank recently a curfew on weekends and night was already in place to curb the pandemic while the wait for more vaccines continues. is a palestinian and senior analyst at the palestinian. just how is the situation right now. the situation in the west bank and gaza is really really really dire and sections are increasing every day in their thousands the hospitals really are a full capacity and on really able to take anymore patients and and so there is a lockdown in an attempt to confront the star situation but what's even more tragic is that even though there is a lockdown and everything is closed by listing ins are without what they're without possibility of running money being able to pay for basic food and rent their on any sort of social security measures in place so the situation really is as dire as it has been reported i guess that makes it even more important that these vaccines get through to the palestinians what is the problem in your opinion. yeah and so whilst all health systems around the world are struggling you know palestine isn't necessarily an exception in that case what has to be remembered is that the west bank and gaza confronting the pandemic from a reality of israeli military occupation and this has completely weakened the ability of the palestinian authorities in the west bank and gaza to respond effectively to the virus and i think it's very important that the context of a minute choke patient is is understood what's happened over the decades that israel has deliberately disrupted palestinian medical capabilities meaning that they don't even meet the basic standards this includes you know tight restrictions on imports meaning that there is a constant shortage in equipment in medications in gaza for example gaza constantly operates 0 stock meaning that there's less than a month's supply and in addition to that israel places severe restrictions on palestinians so even if they cannot receive medical care within the west bengal gaza and they want to receive medical care elsewhere they really are at the mercy of the israelis regime as to whether they receive permits so this context prepared them it was already incredibly challenging and so you can see that the the added disaster of coves it has only made that situation a 100 times worse you're a what about the palestinian authority taking responsibility for vaccinating its people. so the posting authority is not a representative body was created after the also because really as a service provider as an interim government in waiting for a palestinian state a palestinian state has never come to fruition and so it's this is it's a sort of a limbo body and they've really not been able to deal with the pandemic effectively not only because of the israeli occupation because but because they completely do not have the resources to do so they are totally out of money they are dealing with an already depleted health care system and so really what they have the strategies that they've been putting in place is on an off lockdowns and hoping that you know the vaccine will come soon and it hasn't will to talking about resources and the vaccine we have seen this week so shipment of callbacks vaccines how significant is that. yes over the last few days there has been this reports of this kovacs shipment coming in. but you know it's a very very small batch it's only about i think about 64000 doses and we're talking with talking about a population of 5000000 so it's really really minute we've had more reports there are supposed to be at least another $100000.00 coming across from china but this is just really is a really take bits for a very very vulnerable population and there is a very stark reality going on that whilst the palestinian population isn't being vaccinated and that the israeli population is now over 50 percent vaccinated well israel backtracked on those plans to sell so it was vaccine abroad what are things looking like now what's the way ahead do you think. i think the way ahead the only way ahead is for israel to provide the vaccine to the people they occupies the palestinian people and i think the international community has to place a huge amount of pressure on israel to fulfill those obligations because at the end of the day there isn't any way a border between israel and palestine israel subsumes palestine occupies palestine there isn't a border and the virus doesn't recognize the border so at the very least it's in israel's own interests to vaccinate the palestinian population or a worry thank you very much for being on the show today a senior analyst at the palestinian policy network. thank you for having me. and it's that part of the show when derek williams answers your questions on the coronavirus. how likely you to catch cave in 1000 outside for example from someone running by. for me one of the most striking aspects of this pandemic is the amount of research that's gone into trying to answer seemingly simple questions like this which turn out to actually be pretty incredibly complex i mean who would have guessed even a year ago that we'd have gotten so obsessed with the highly abstract world of terrorists all distribution physics both in closed rooms and outside back to the question though we we now know that while it certainly might be possible to catch covert 19 outdoors it's much much less likely than it is indoors in poorly ventilated spaces where people spend extended periods of time that's because unlike outdoors aerosols accumulate in enclosed spaces and increase the chance that you might inhale enough of what an infected person has exhaled to catch the disease so though that's an amount i'd like to know by the way that we we still don't know with any certainty in general the consensus seems to be that in addition to the indoors outdoors aspect of the equation and the other factors that play major roles in infection are how long exposure lasts how close an infected person comes to you and the amount of time that you're around them the w.h.o. only recommends 6 and outdoor settings where physical distancing can't be maintained like crowds and not for people doing. intense physical activity that's because pretty much all the indicators point to the conclusion that the jogger panting by you in the park just doesn't really present that big of a ritz. thanks for watching stay safe and see you again soon. too only. 3 or not too well. what about assuring economy instead. of a change in thinking is changing the economy to create something new. or the economics magazine 3 in germany. next. to the point during opinions clear positions of international perspectives on. the arctic ice cap is melting away making it easier to exploit the region's huge reserves of natural resources 3 major powers the us china and russia a vine for the biggest possible sham of the cake sour explosive is that rivalry. to the point that doesn't mean 60 minutes on d w. by 2050 more than half the world will be living with limited water resources we haven't had to think about our water or worry about. i think that era is over this is the crisis of our time it's affinity. like any other financial we live in a community for there's gold it's cool it's cool water used to be free and the world is changing the most important commodity you need is to be free from. a. city or commodity starts march 22nd on d w. so bring on that's pretty much all we can do until the world's been vaccinated the pandemic continues to pound economies companies and individuals at the moment the coronaviruses still winning the race by taking it one hurdle at a time a lot of patience and perseverance and a dash of creativity could just get you to the finish line topic today on made confronting the crisis i've been physical and great to have you along. it all really depends upon where you're sitting on your perspective because in the regular business world you're told success doesn't come without failure any successful entrepreneur will have gone bankrupt or flopped in their 1st attempts to get a company up and running in this special case the great lock down a heap of old folding at the same time it's unprecedented but it means that everyone's in the same boat and it will be the business people who can pick themselves back up again. does this is one of the places we used to work in before the pandemic. we used to clean one vent venue's cups for the tar lots of conferences and concerts here was the end because of the pandemic there's nothing going on now it hit my company hard part i didn't just clean venues but offices as well even when you make a final thought are not so much to be was. people started working from home offices didn't have to be cleaned from one day to the next 100 of them all. it's not like i did anything wrong. my business was going well i had a good team good staff so in the beginning there were times it felt like a bitter pill to swallow. and in the beginning i didn't feel i had the energy to do much about it and. but i'm not someone to give up easily i confer to get up and fight especially as everything had been going so well. and then suddenly you're confronted with something like that even height. you have to seize the initiative so i decided to concentrate on industrial climbing and think the advice on it's fun a cool job done you work in the open air in a team with one or 2 others and we could still do it without restrictions. and frankly. you work with the same team on a regular basis. and then you hang out with them after work as well it's not like any other job it's a different kind of relationship where you depend on your colleagues think this leave much of your life is in their hands it's the most important thing is to make sure nobody and none of the equipment takes a fall and act like a fool to. do a partner check you're totally concentrated and the adrenaline surges it's all part of the job it's amazing fun it's incredibly intense it stops the headphones which is possible from just one feed. this year is all about mobile phone masts we have lots of work the mobile phone industry is going to be a major issue in the next few years what with 5 g. and all the areas in germany that still don't have fast internet i see of lot of potential here and a great future. for them to. see you put in selling things. we were in north east germany and we're building a 45 meter mast. or. my team of industrial. climbers are assembling the segments and bolting them together all i'm. saying is we're going to video shoot for the musician junkie cat and we're involved in ensuring safety we're up really high income. and he's going to position himself on the corner he's going to sit there it's a dangerous place to be so he definitely has to wear safety harness and be secured by us industrial climbers so that it all goes well. your blood will stay here until it's around and we've all come down from the roof in one piece. and the object of my dreams is the berlin t.v. tower i think every climber would like a gig on the television tower it must be amazing to work at such a great height maybe one day i will. well not everyone can turn a disaster into something amazing but it doesn't help when you're up against the maze of iraq or see in some countries it's next young business woman accuses the german government of a shoddy job handing out financial aid during a crisis she says has been wholly organized and slow to arrive i've stopped counting the number of places that are simply out of pocket and i've had to shut up the shops germany's association of young entrepreneurs is calling on the government to set out a clear exit strategy from the current restrictions on doing business. on february the 16th during germany's 2nd block down young entrepreneurs gathered outside the economics ministry in berlin to demonstrate not your typical protesters but they're worried that finance minister is putting their family businesses at risk is this tent city if you're in time in a lot of family businesses are truly at breaking point and mr schultze promised swift financial aid with minimal paperwork which. has utterly failed to materialize as well just. just i mean a new mom you know income it's a lot of family businesses have used up their capital reserves and are still waiting for financial aid to wind down given all the uncertainty about how the government is dealing with the crisis and all the arbitrary decisions that are being made the association of young entrepreneurs decided it was time to take to the streets and demonstrate. you shot it in this neighborhood just yet. during the lockdown city centers across germany have been deserted all kinds of businesses are hurting and feel that they have been abandoned by the government. even though the government's financial aid package in response to the pandemic looks pretty huge by february it had made 85000000000 euros vailable to companies isn't that enough. but in human and human for the association of young entrepreneurs represents more than 6 and a half 1000 family businesses in a broad range of sectors climate change when i'm constantly taking calls from worried business people who don't know how to keep paying their overheads that it isn't easy to close they've used up the capital reserves. and i think the financial aid just isn't arriving. a lot of businesses are about to go on. and it's the government's fault because it's failed to cut the red tape and act swiftly. and had . in a survey conducted by the german association for small and medium sized businesses 60 percent of those asked said that they had applying for financial aid from the government but of those 7 out of 10 said the application process involves bureaucratic hurdles and there was a consensus that the worst is yet to come. in on the ultimate lease someone is going to have to pay the massive bill that the crisis is bringing up and that will be us the next generation needed a new unit will hit all businesses and our employees that's why we need to get our priorities straight and decide how our taxes should be spent. we need to invest in the future and not in the past you want and we have to invest in innovation education infrastructure that's what we need to focus on if we want to avoid saddling coming generations with a mountain of debt. crisis is about masking the weaknesses of free market ideology a key myth of capitalism is that free markets and small government a key to progress and prosperity but as we've seen businesses are collapsing in the pandemic and governments the taking center stage so is the political economy in need of a major overhaul it could be time to rethink economics. since the 1970 s. western economic theory has been dominated by the idea that the principle of supply and demand regulates the market. 18th century scottish economist adam smith use the term invisible hand to describe how beneficial it konami outcomes could be generated by individuals acting out of self interest. economic noble laureate. one higher postulated in 1944 that any kind of state interference in a free market economy was the road to serfdom for high it is seen as the godfather of neo liberalism. but how's that theory fairing in the real world of the pandemic that the economy isn't in any way self healing it's on life support funded by hundreds of billions of state debt there's no talk of privatization financial survival is all that counts. supply chains have been devastated as borders were closed or travel restricted. toilet paper shortages were followed by shortages of noodles medical face masks and protective clothing and even the production of vaccines that the world so desperately needs is only gradually being ramped up hospitals are short of intensive care beds and there are too few i.c.u. staff even in rich countries and why because it was all only ever about profit efficiency and cost cutting self-regulation all self healing no longer possible the coronavirus has also exacerbated inequality worldwide within 9 months the world's 1000 richest billionaires reprove the losses they made as a result of the pandemic the world's poorest will need over a decade to return to prepare demick levels so how can economies recover from covert 19 there are plenty of ideas regionalization instead of globalization cooperation instead of competence. and universal basic income rather than performance related pay. capita stake replace free markets well extremes on never healthy competition does well with things like shoes champagne or luxury watches but not so much when it comes to universal health care. it takes a healthy balance between state and market like the dualism of yin and yang the best medicine economies. or one of the best things during this crisis is having move so much of our work lives online are having to commute every day being able to access everything at the touch of a button taking calls and joining meetings from my bicycle while doing the gardening or baking a cake i hold the task of but not everyone around the globe is connected to the net 40 percent of the population is still offline that's a lot. waiting waiting and waiting jack mahinda has a really lousy internet connection he lives in suck a in the democratic republic of the congo. sometime you can send only to get wait much more and the boats can take given they did. the documentary filmmaker doesn't have time for this his european clients need his files now but jack has to cross over into the neighboring country to send them through wonders digital infrastructure is much better it's a 4 hour journey just to upload a few photos or to cross the border to board members going through just through put into. words to suit. the world economic forum's global risks report warns that countries with patchy internet access could fall behind economically the internet is a necessity to any place you know what it was and it was communities to top into where that is education systems that they do not have access to or healthcare systems that they would otherwise have no access to. cultural markets or because of projects that they have no access to but the digital divide is enormous and if you're on the wrong side of it he'll be did night is opportunities the key element in the digital divide is internet access 40 percent of the world's population is still offline in some african countries it's up to 80 percent. in other places it's less about access to technology it's about knowledge of technology and there's a kind of concept especially in a lot of technological the distressful technology driven in the streets of the earth. and that's about understanding how technology works. really have for searches reckon that by 202550 percent of work will be done by humans and 50 percent by machines in many cases signed by signs but there's also a digital divide in the industrialized world was in a lot of. the lockdowns used by the lockdowns which we've had worldwide have unleashed an immense surge of digitalisation which i believe will be a lasting one go with. this search will continue in the post pandemic era as well and will involve a complete reshuffle distribution and reevaluation of starting work processes for tithing and annoyed with reaction from. our experts millions of jobs could soon be history research is saying more will be created but they'll be different types of jobs all together the problem 60 percent of the world's population work in the so-called informal sector with no contract or further training opportunities what kind of a future did play have in a digital world. so for example if you work in the big economy you may actually not be working for a company you may be working for an application now because should that distributes work that you may respond to maybe you are a taxi driver or maybe you're a food delivery service person so so those kind of situations are you being controlled by the it could be or it can work out that people are almost like slaves to the algorithm if you don't get up to speed you'll be left behind because the digital divide is widening. the tourism industry is only just starting to pick up again in some parts of the world as case numbers subside and restrictions but the damage has been done spain is a popular holiday destination for europeans but places like the seaside resort of benidorm have been turned into ghost towns on the costa blanca tourism normally accounts for a 3rd of economic output and the busy easter season looks set to fail. benidorm on the costa blanca is the stronghold of mass tourism in space. that used to clock up over 16000000 overnight stays put here in hotels for cation apartments and campsites on a normal summer's day around 40000 visitors would throng the beaches. but these record numbers are now a thing of the past the pandemic has hit spain's largest beach resort with full force. almost all of the nearly 200 hotels in benidorm are closed. for a fair who stared business as almost ground to a halt. normally his hotel would have around 75 percent occupancy at this time of year. but recently there were more employees than guests in his hotel he can only dream of state aid like in germany. spain is devoting only 3 percent of its g.d.p. to helping businesses that significantly less than the e.u. average and that needs to change because spain can't function without its tourism industry it's the main engine of job creation employing 20 percent of all workers in the country. closed know and many cafes on the sea front have shut down even though authorities have allowed at least outdoor terraces to open. or going to see it is afraid that she too could lose her job. some 15000 jobs in the region's tourism industry are in jeopardy. tens of thousands have been on short time work for months and can barely survive on it. it's out of your wages in the industry a precarious all over spain meaning white stuff down around 1200 euros in. short time work is only 70 percent of income so what's left over and rents here are very expensive about $500.00 to $600.00 euros a month on average. in the center of benidorm the streets of being disinfected normally this is the party mild especially for people with british tourists now there's blue instead of fiesta. most of the stores are closed not because of the lockdown but for lack of customers . tomasetti of us sells ham. he spends most of the day alone in his shop. he sells more much and dies on line now which is the only thing keeping him afloat. which are quite a few stores bars and restaurants are closing permanently because they can't keep going many people started businesses in benidorm invested 50 or 100000 euros now they're having to give it all up because the landlords aren't willing to reduce the commercial rents. at. least. worked his way up from chef to restaurant and. he's had no income for months now and he's worried that benidorm is about to see a wave of bankruptcies. the vulture funds and other affluent people will take advantage of this to buy it knock down prices what we have built with a lot of effort. has. made the situation is really difficult and the time will come when we'll be out on the street watching our life's work become smoke and mirrors. anything. the only ray of hope for. benidorm is that there's been talk of possibly easing travel restrictions from the u.k. in mid may. it will likely take years for the resort to recover from the coronavirus crisis. and of course it's not just in spain hotel a catering industry has been hit hard all over the world here in berlin restaurants and cafes have either been forced to close or a during take away only many businesses are on the verge of collapse a few brace berliners have actually opened new businesses in the middle of the crisis despite all the wrists. kirillov i leased a hotel during the pandemic most of her rooms are empty. no one's checking in today told the henning has just opened the restaurant but he has no guests. prices brings opportunities and as a team we want to seize the moment. and we can keep this up much longer. having her own hotel was a dream come true for kira noise and she enjoys chatting to the few guests that come. despite the pandemic lloyd took the plunge and invested a lot of money. but her hotel's occupancy rate is now just 12 percent. we didn't expect things to be this and of course we're unsure we're worried about what the future will bring. life partner patrick went into the business together. is now in the middle of the crisis we will support for each other i think on our own each of us would probably have given up already. had. together they put several 100000 euros into giving the hotel interior a make over they used all their savings some money from the family to. tiger heading was thrilled when he was able to rent the restaurant long dreamed of in downtown. and even though he has no guests right now and only takeaway orders are allowed for him it's a huge stroke of luck. this is an opportunity if you look at the place i was just nowhere else like it and. when you get that chance you have to grab it before you can do anything else. in the kitchen only opens at lunch time from thursday to sunday the other days they just do what they can. yeah. we've got to know each other in this time and you know what it makes each other take we're also with the processes involved in the business and the point of sale system accounting etc it's all been a slow introduction. they're doing in the basement tell me how parties. can even gave up a well paid job as a manager in real estate to pursue his restaurant dream. now he's living off his savings. but i'm back to the coronavirus into our calculations we also took it into account during contract negotiations and 60 owners accommodated this extremely well they 100 of 9 demick clause in our contract. you sign a contract for 10 years at heart but you know things are hard for $23.00 or maybe 4 months at the beginning of the blink of an eye compared to that 10 year contract to do continue on. is also optimistic for now. we have no regrets about taking this step this crisis in particular has brought us closer as a team we've grown together and taken the hurdles together is a good start. one of their regular guests popped by recently with a surprise and. we were there during a difficult time for his wants and now that we're not doing so well with a covert crisis he suddenly appeared at the reception and handed us a box containing little gifts. and a donation of 2000 euros. and $5000.00 or one of our that was really a lot of money for him it was very generous and we were just incredibly touched i was moved to tears that someone could be so kind at a time like this and want to support us. aunts. 'd caroline and her partner say they can hold out until april but after that they may well have to give up on their dreams. i think they would have to throw the towel that depends on their own initiative and the support they get that's all for made today. to the point. clear position the international perspective such as the arctic ice cap is melting away making it easier to exploit the region choo-choo service of natural resources 3 major powers the us china and russia are vying for the biggest possible sham of the cake so how explosive is their rivalry. to the point to the tune of 30 minutes on t.w. . change comes to the happy bhutan via the meanest is a basic rise in. the country has long stood against the forces of globalization but the modern world is trickling in. smartphones business ideas and very new trains with that. conservative millions on t.w. . more than a 1000 years ago europe witnesses a huge construction boom. christianity for the established itself. both religious and secular leaders or eager to display their power. to trace began to. create the tallest biggest and the most beautiful structures this is how massive churches are created. cultures the feed rolls starts april 12th on d. w. . when we take steps to restore a forest we play a part in something much bigger. when making a better world for our health and for the health for future generations. by replanting and managing our forests a standard way we create new spaces where plants and animals comprise become an economic activity that brings work and improves life so we make a real impact on climate change improve the quality of. and we bring the food we eat i'm going to have the tree we create a comfy environment for our children to grow in its methods who'd like to take action let's restore our forests and create a factory in china. this is news and these are top stories several european union countries say they are resuming astra zeneca vaccinations after the e m a the european medicines agency said the vaccine is safe and highly effective after a review the agency concluded that the vaccine was not associated with an overall.