The german language. This keeps me up and they go but uniquely to interrupt its the same you want to know their story the lights are fighting and reliable information for margarets. Case loads have been lower than forecast but the pandemic is hitting africas economy hard disrupting tourism and other crucial sectors. With work at a standstill for many theres less money for food and shelter here in the Lavender Hill section of cape town volunteers are ever present to feed the homeless and children. Fictions are on the rise and lives are becoming more precarious. The pandemic meanwhile rages occur. The african continent cases in algeria and egypt are on the decline but theyre taking up in morocco and tunisia. What would another wave of covert 1000. 00 mean for region already so hard hit. And welcome to door to those codes in 1900. 11 its good to have you with us 3000000 people in south africa have lost their work because of the pandemic and as a result many have lost their homes correspon
Because everything just have been because of this coverage there were lost jobs there with nothing for us to my me anything and thats why we have to take that one to me. So laker shows us the makeshift heart where she lives with her boyfriend and 3 children. This place is too small of one bed so we have the children are going to sleep you see my house is also leaking. I dont have anything to solve at the moment i dont have money but. The family pays no rentier but the land doesnt belong to them. People are setting up their shacks all over the place here a lot of construction happening and many here are saying they dont have a choice because they cant afford to pay rent any longer but the city on the other hand says these illegal and invasions are causing huge problems city officials tell us there have been more than 30 new locations with massive land occupations in just the last 6 weeks law and order are in danger cape town lost 300. 00 hectares of land in the last year what ever the l
Drier weather sparking several new pleases. While Climate Change poses those obvious challenges to human life its only one of a number of factors proving devastating to animal and plant life figures from the World Wide Fund for nature show in numbers a decrease by how much 70 percent of the animal populations theyve been tracking over the last 40 years. The cotton topped tamarin the white rhinoceros. Lions all in danger the situation is also a grim for many other species. The same goes for much plant life which is rapidly losing its diversity. About 1000000 species face possible extinctions amphibians mammals coral reefs are also heavily affected. There are many reasons for this the worlds population has doubled in the last 50 years increasing consumption. More and more land is required for agriculture while resources like water and forests are being depleted. And even if its to combat deforestation increase too much logging is still going on im disturbed natural areas are hard to find
Africa reopens in schools that despite rising run a virus cases but with many schools lacking even the most basic facilities there are fears they could become breeding grounds for the covert virus. Im brian thomas good to have you with us today u. S. President donald trump has signed an executive order ending hong kongs special trade privileges he also announced sanctions against officials and banks involved in beijings crackdown on civil rights in the territory china has condemned the move and says it will impose sanctions on u. S. Individuals in turn well go live to hong kong after this report. In other escalation of tensions between the u. S. And china. Trump took actions against china in retaliation for its recent moves on hong kong he authorized sanctions on banks and officials involved in imposing a tough new security law that effectively terminates the semi autonomous territories unique status to the side legislation and an executive order to hold china accountable for its oppre
A song all come to concede roll in on. A 1000000 good craft welcome to the program eve leaders are meeting for a 2nd day to break a deadlock on a contentious economic Recovery Plan European Council president show me show offered a revised proposal for the fund which would help countries worst affected by the coronavirus pandemic a german chancellor Angela Merkel is chairing the summit as germany currently holds the e. U. Use rotating president and supports a generous financial response Member States however are divided on how much of the 750000000000 euros earmarked for the recovery package should be given out as grants and how much as loans to be paid back. Were joined now by our correspondent Marina Strauss shes in brussels marina a new proposal put forward this morning what we know about it. Michelles plan is really to break the deadlock been experiencing yesterday on the 1st day of the summit so as it looks like at the moment the overall sound of the recovery package wont change bu