Is now red only the parts of Northern Europe and at least still with low infection rates so the coroner pandemic has europe in the its grip and we have now 10000000 cases in europe alone according to the World Health Organization all right so part of it as you reference to is to do with people becoming more complacent now as xander was reporting germany has accepted patients from belgium because it still has capacity its i. C. U. Capacity is still good how are you members in general working together and is there an in you wide approach to this pandemic. Admitting peasant patients in other hospitals across borders this is a regional approach the e. U. As such has no central register for intensive care units as ministers are trying to set up such a thing but the cooperation on the you level is fairly low just a simple example there is no common passenger locator form as of now 8 months after the makers started and so the Health Ministers are not concentrating on the future and the future
Melissa chan welcome to d. W. New asia thank you for joining us thailand is facing another weekend of antigovernment protests and demonstrators have been Holding Daily rallies to with tens of thousands of people turning out the activists have 3 demands theyre calling for the Prime Minister to step down for a reform of the constitution and a reform of the monarchy theyve been keeping momentum up with some inventive events such as this a terrible fashion show held earlier in the week meant as a criticism of the elites and is specially of the royal familys tast well. Joining us now to what kind of fellow who has been out on the streets over the past few months and a critic of the government since his University Days you know what i remember the protests earlier this summer and then to see people still out now why do you think this movement has gained momentum i think that. You would not have been given moment because of the fairly Economic Situation is thailand the government condon manag
Melissa chan welcome to asia thank you for joining us thailand is facing another weekend of antigovernment protests and demonstrators have been Holding Daily rallies to with tens of thousands of people turning out the activists have 3 demands theyre calling for the Prime Minister to step down for a reform of the constitution and a reform of the monarchy theyve been keeping momentum up with some inventive events such as this a terrible fashion show held earlier in the week meant as a criticism of the elites and especially of the royal familys fast well. Joining us now to what kind of fellow who has been out on the streets over the past few months and a critic of the government since his University Days you know what i remember the protests earlier this summer and then to see people still out now why do you think this movement has gained momentum i think that. You would not have been given moment because of their fellow Economic Situation is thailand to column and kind in manage the econ
The Charity Samaritans is being criticised for entering into a year Long Partnership with a gambling company. Staff at Paddy Power Betfair, chose samaritans as their charity of the year and are supporting it through fundraising, corporate donations and volunteering. Critics say samaritans shouldnt work with the gambling industry. Dan whitworth, from radio 4s money box programme, has more. If you are sat in the pub, you can tell a guy who is an alcoholic. Lets be honest, you can tell if a guy is on drugs. The man sat in the corner on his phone is gambling his life away and nobody knows because it is such a hidden thing. Critics, including relatives of people with gambling problems who took their own lives, say samaritans is risking its well earned reputation by working with Paddy Power Betfair, adding it should stop taking the compa nys money. The mp, carolyn harris, who chairs the all Party Parliamentary group on gambling related harm, says she is shocked by the deal. She calls it dist
At the vatican this morning that hed been stuck in an elevator for 25 minutes and had to freed by firefighters. Apparently there had been a power outage as he was making his way up in the lift. Now its time for a look at the weather with ben. Hello. It is the first day of september. The first day of autumn as far as meteorologists are concerned and so it seems apt that there is quite a cool fail that there is quite a cool feel to our weather today. Sunshine at times, but also some showers, some of which will be heavy and thundery. The showers most plentiful across scotland, Northern Ireland, the north of england, in fact, a band of cloud will bring more general showery rain into Northern Ireland later in the afternoon. Further south, not as many showers, more dry weather as well, some sunshine with highs of 13 20d. Through this evening and tonight we see the showers crossing Northern Ireland, passing into scotland on the north of england. Showers elsewhere tending to fade away and with