cancers. and there are many stories. make up your mind. made for mines. the fate of thousands of airline workers rests in the hands of the u.s. congress tens of thousands of u.s. airline employees out put on unpaid leave as washington remains in deadlock over the stimulus also coming up south africa is open to international travelers again but auto rison business travelers kid into this is coming. it's just starting to emerge from a strict coronavirus rocky ground. and is losing its technological edge thousands of ideas specialists have pledged to ukraine to escape the violence at home. but i'm pretty new business on morning joe johns in berlin good to have you with us u.s. carriers american airlines and united airlines have said they will put a combined 32000 workers on unpaid leave starting thursday after a government payroll support program expired at midnight republicans and democrats this week making a last ditch effort to a bipartisan stimulus package that could include support for the airline industry but divisions between the 2 sides remain. vacant airport check in counters half empty planes this is the state of the travel industry and the wake of the coronavirus travel restrictions have dealt a major blow to u.s. airlines and to the workers they employ tens of thousands of u.s. airline employees who are put on unpaid leave thursday as washington our means and over help for the industry. i mean i don't know how to feel right now do i feel sad i feel scared i feel angry and frustrated there are so many emotions that are holding through my veins and through the veins of you know $8000.00 other american airlines flight attendants to trumpet ministration has proposed $20000000000.00 in support for airlines it would extend a government program that's been helping pay employees salaries publicans and democrats remain far apart on the size of a broader stimulus package that would also include help for millions of laid off workers and state and local governments. to keep people in this state of worry and uncertainty is just cruel and so this is got to get done both in terms of just human kindness but also in terms of the reality that the funding and the requirements to keep people on the job and to do noneconomic things that the earliest can't support right now with only 15 percent revenue in the middle of this crisis. a real deadline that's why there is a real deadline that we're facing right now the airline employees are still holding on to hope that their furloughs will be brief. american airlines and united say they will reverse the leaves if it bailout is approved. of for more on that story i'm joined by ends caught our financial market correspondent in new york what are the chances then for a new coronavirus stimulus package any time soon. well more a clearly is needed and not just in the aviation industry i'm spending standing in front of a local movie theater in brooklyn actually i started reporting from here early on in spring when the crisis struck and all movie theaters got closed the place is still closed as you might see see you on the other side and this i that was the science they put up in march i would say and it's still on there so we still haven't reached the other side of the pandemic and small businesses and also unemployed people clearly need aid but at the moment the proposal from democrats that's on the table in the house and the amount of $2.00 trillion dollars will very likely not make it through senate senator majority leader mitch mcconnell hinted that he will not approve this proposal so more initial negotiations would need to be done so it can still take some time before we might see an agreement in congress oh i'd well as you put it i mean a lot of the 1st sectors are hot it is the namaz entertainment industry of course but has the president think that the economy supply in terms of consumer spending manufacturing jobs i believe new data has been out today. definitely it was the change of the months we're getting tons of data much more tomorrow especially also on friday. jeffrey 4th earth will be the last jobs report before the presidential election so the figures that we've got to show some improvement there when it comes to consumer spending when it comes to the manufacturing industry but growth is slowing so that's what we've see and what we've seen in the past couple of weeks yes we are still starting to recover from the big drops that we saw especially in the 2nd quarter but growth is slowing so we get mixed signs from those economic reports and ideas caught in new york thank you so much. to south africa now it's reopening of international travel got off to a somewhat underwhelming starts on thursday traffic was minimal at major airports following a decision to bog visitors from high risk countries but after a 6 month travel ban there was plenty of celebration among travelers and those who work in the tourist industry he say to increase reports from cape town. the water salute is a cheerful airport tradition to celebrate the 1st arrival of an airline at an airport or the retirement of a studio pilots today the whole city and cape town is celebrating the 1st international plane is landing here again in cape town up to a 6 month break just to show you how this year full and important it is for the country have a look at dozens of journalists who came here to cover that. life back home and to leave the super excited so most of all. that was the moment this is a place like this we understand that on the 1st international flights. it was mainly south africans who came back here but they haven't been able to come back home for 6 months now but tourism industry is of course hoping that in the next days more and more tourists will come back because the industry has been suffering a lots in the past 6 months according to the south african tourism business pound so more than 1000000 tourism related shops where impacted by the coronavirus pandemic and this is of course something that the people working at the airport also failed for example the taxi operators were almost out of business during that time i love you my wife is going to say oh it's not true again it's my 1st day to be here. it was a disaster because it is our savior no. room for 2 food steamed. persian. persian and it is not likely that things will get back to normal here anytime soon also because tourists from high risk countries are still not allowed to come here that includes the u.s. the united kingdom and the netherlands all countries that usually make up a huge share of international travelers that visit south africa international travelers for for leisure. and because they spend more entertaining to stay longer and of course the effect of the travel restrictions is to choke off key source markets including the u.k. the usa and france and that will have a negative effect on the tourism and hospitality sector and slow down i think the prospects of economic recovery in the western cape and it's precisely for that reason that we think that the travel restrictions imposed by national government needs to be revisited the government says it will review the list of high risk countries every 2 weeks now last year the international airport in cape town had more than 10000000 arrivals. but this year the management hopes that in the beginning there were 20 percent of capacity and hopefully by the end of 2020 if there was 50 percent. it was reported by the. the political crisis in belarus threatens the country's sector which accounts for some 6 percent of g.d.p. since demonstrations against the authoritarian leader alexander lukashenko began in august thousands of belorussian tech workers have fled to ukraine for the opportunity to work in safety. but demonstration against the regime in minsk but this one is in kiev that's where max car leave scheme now does his protesting the 30 year old head of software testing at a technology firm requested the transfer to the ukrainian capital following a brutal encounter with bella rusian security forces. they took me aside threw me on my knees began to kick me and beat me with truncheons and i covered my body with my hands to protect me from their feet. they started shouting slogans like what do you want more freedom do you want change and i said guys i'm going home i have a cat and a dog at home what do you want from me. the more you know. he's not alone ukraine counts 2080 workers from belarus among recent arrivals after the country loosened immigration restrictions it's not just the violence they're escaping but the growing disruptions to the internet to kiev government is eager to have them it's even working with a local tech firm s. pro to recruit i.t. workers from bella reuss there are a lot of candidates to buy t. work was thriving in bella reuss accounting for 5 percent of bellary xeon exports. alrighty it was that when the internet goes down in bella ruse our people get on a plane and an hour later we meet them at kiev airport and bring them to the office they don't have to do anything they just come sit down and work on their projects you know at the very beginning we didn't offer any jobs but we're receiving more and more applications and people are asking about jobs because it looks like some businesses and i.t. companies have shut down unfortunately. currently have ski is one of the fortunate ones part of an industry where he can work almost anywhere. and he is a reminder of the top story with. tens of thousands of u.s. airline employees have been put on unpaid leave us washington remains in deadlock over health care for the industry. as a business update at this hour for me and the team and berlin as always thanks for keeping us company stay safe. conflicts you don't hear a lot about again your feast days for more than 2 months file sharing compounds financial corruption and see government demonstrations by just this week from socio disbelief so such a minister from social clubs 5 years she contributed to the job it's mistreating its most vulnerable she should get to the right so. slick so for 60 minutes. i'm not often out of the jam i just sometimes i am but i'm still laughing when. the german thinks deep into the german culture of looking at the stereotypes bequests in here thinking she's a country that i don't. need it seems ridiculous drama. it's cold out there. i'm rachel join me to meet the germans on the w. . post every 2 seconds the person is forced to flee their home. the consequences of the disastrous our documentary series displaced to picture dramatic humanitarian crises around the. world good thing we don't have time to think i didn't go to university to kill people. paying people here for their cars and their future so they seek refuge abroad but what will become of course who stay behind it's a. battle my husband went to peru because of the crisis i wanted if he hadn't gone there we would have died of hunger i'm going to want to know. just starts october 16th don't you. believe this is news africa coming up on the program a big birthday and also everybody is saying a bracing nigeria is marking 60 years of independence to date these protesters who refer to themselves as concerned by gerry and say there is little cause for their twitter hash tag revolution now has been trending in the country. hello i'm christine one day it's good to have your company nigeria's president mohamed hari has called for national healing as the west african giant 60 years of independence from british colonial rule officials say abrasions was scaled down due to the current virus pandemic but more notably there were anti-government demonstrations in a number of cities nigeria is currently experiencing deep economic and security challenges state of new cars funded by the fall as this report. nigeria is turning 60 but if you look at it state you'll find more reasons to be concerned than to celebrate 6 decades ago when this country declared independence it had a population of 45000000 people today more than 200000000 people live in nigeria a country that is fragmented along ethnic and religious lines a country that is battling terrorism and violence over lack of food and axes to basic infrastructure millions here live in extreme poverty and that number is expected to rise due to increasing food gasoline and electricity prices more and more people will be pushed into a life without a future the divide between rich and poor is deepening nigeria is far from unity and the politicians in power are losing credibility as they are unable to stop rampant corruption and bring much needed peace and stability so what to nigerians think about their country's birthday. is independence day a day to celebrate many to go on. with. good progress toward the political. issues in the area of. this present. to. me that are not making those. poor out these are the opinions of just a few people of course but they represent the experience of millions here in nigeria a country that still has a choice between becoming a failed state oh turning things around before it's too late. and so for more reflection on nigeria at $67.00 vice and nathan john onto the program he is a nigerian oftenest special interest and lawyer whose story. you have twice been shortlisted for the cain prize for african rising welcome to the news africa i guess it's made to start off with one of your latest books that is that's waiting 19 released becoming nigerian a guy what is it to be a nigerian i guess in 2020 or to be a larger than 2020 it must be very complicated for a lot going to specially for those living in nigeria for those living outside it is to always have to explain why things are so complicated and so i think we're engaged in this. you know between pride of country are you frustration with all of the terrible things that are going on which most of which are preventable yeah i mean it's talk about those terrible things because it looks like nigeria has has has all the ingredients right to make the perfect dish natural resources and the people of nigeria a massive resource there you see a lot of investment into the country for instance that ican value bosses who feel they need to set up shop in your country but it just doesn't make sense why this country appears to be punching below its weight what would be your assessment of the reason for that. meanwhile while i would agree with the premise of this question i would also say that it has the same ingredients that make it very likely that the current state of affairs exists so for example the same things natural resources we know the shameless resource costs. that that makes countries that are developing with huge amounts of resources trapped in a cycle of dependency. then we also have politicians who are trapped by this dependency. have a crutch to hold on to so what i'd spoil diamonds all of that so this of course makes for what i would call a lazy political climate where people know that whatever they do there will always be diamonds to sell there will always be the oil itself i mean even that itself is is in doubt these days because of course as we know resources are finite they're not. they're not an endless supply right however one of the things i think that makes nigeria what it is is this unfortunate mix of history. and of of the nature of the country and the fact that we have not agreed on on a structure that works for all so if it produces the kind of politicians that are. rent seeking you know opportunists who operate in. with such reckless abandon and have no consequences for them because there are no consequences for politically an action. or all or criminal behavior the stings position right. there i did i do want to come in there because i mean a lot of people out will point out that they divided the country between the rich and the pla because of course the number of poor people in nigeria is growing at a very alarming rate in fact this country took over india as the single country with the most amount of political in it but then you have a lot of wealth in nigeria as well and so that's one divide of the ad that is the divide between between the northern the south what can you tell us i know that you are and know that at yes. this north south divide has always existed i mean since the birth of country so it's not a new situation it only is exacerbated by the fact that we have a particularly responsible set of political leaders. who have thrown all caution to the wind and who operate in a manner. as to suggest that it is trying to worsen tensions to to stoke fires that already exists so for example between the north and the south we've always had resource sharing issues we've always had the issue of who takes walked in this political structure we've also had the issue of splitting appointments and all of that now the current i would call them the current regime. does not do what traditional politicians do which is try to appease both sides this government is just completely insensitive and they just don't care to just say so for example it's very interesting i was just going to look at a tweet from the president this morning where he says democracy the world over time pursuing in my jericho denies a power of the people however if some constituencies choose to bargain off their power they should be prepared for a denial of their rights now this is a statement on independence day by the president of the country referring to some constituencies basically saying i really don't care if you are not prepared to back me politically then be prepared to lose your rights. i mean he says this. in a way that is even uncommon for even the worst of niger and politicians niger politicians are known for making you know. paying lip service to things like unity and oneness and under independence all presidents even the worst of them even dictators are well known to make rallying speeches that said mia was real unified and all of this president however has lowered the bar even for niger habitations i don't think able to treat things like if course its constituency is just a bargain off that power which is to give power to some of the rallies they should be prepared for the denial of their rights and that's one of the problems that we face now in it didn't i really really wish we had on time but we will have to leave it there and i thank you so much for just adding hill for us to help us on i'd a stab at nigeria at 60 that is the thing john thank you. perhaps no place demonstrates the rapid change nigeria scene and the. 1000000 inhabitants means there are challenges in terms of sanitation and traffic problems that local singer songwriter seamy has drawn on in her many albums she took us on her. legals economic center of nigeria and one of the biggest cities in the world more than 18000000 people call the pocket like apple just the home traffic that's what league is notorious for league asylums economic sense i can only be reached by if you can just that bridges it typically goshen spends up to 5 i was in rush hour traffic every day i think that was because the city blood drives you drive me anyway drive down. but even if things aren't handed to you the week there you have to buy them so i don't think any of you could. even believe that we're here i like. that they've had wealthy people from work because you have to be that way and nigerian seamy is gradually becoming the superstar that lead you one came within a short time 1000000 clicks on you tube was in. the team and business is tough especially for younger women sometimes i don't even know they don't even know that they're infected just being with us something we expect and want to expect because you're a woman and there's a way to treat you because you're a winner and sometimes you just have to put your foot down because otherwise you're going to get leave. to your island is one of the most exclusive places in the city on the location of one of the 1st hard rock cafe is on the continent the ideal spot for some downtown and of course don't forget the spots of syria a typical nigerian snack with plenty of pepper. you know separate is a part of our culture so it's not spicy is a strong lesson bread where i mean as simple like a lot of happened there's also there's not spices not right no spice not right. you know you can't really explain latest. you just have to feel things and the best way to feel it is through music the city inspired had many songs including this one there was a pigeon and your band's song which is mighty language but i'm going to you know explain to you just by me what a funky audience but. there. was . nothing else that isn't it. and on that knowledge will leave you with a chance i'll feel a got suspended now i'll see you next time a back. to. the boss and says of what i used to need to keep a day about other people both for over a mention home the 4th time flew for the most recently that the columbia letter that was the bottom of the valley that an awesome dragon was one of those called the heart the true years. on. every day counts for us and for our planet. global ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we reach see the screen. how can we protect habitats. to move to france on the lines of environmental series of the 3000. dollars. welcome to our culture russian musicians have been performing to help the opposition. but it wasn't easy more about that in a minute also coming up. in our series on the 990 s. revisited this country becomes more multicultural but also terrible racist attacks . and if you've missed hearing live music recently how about your own personal concerts. but we begin in moscow where several popular russian artists that of put on a concert in support of the opposition. which has been protesting the outcome of the presidential elections there since august the kremlin is seen as one of president bush and co's stormchaser supporters so perhaps not surprisingly the russian musicians found it difficult to stage their concerts in moscow. and to prison tear down all the walls a musical message from moscow to the people of minsk in neighboring bellerose. anybody calling themselves the partisan party a number of russian rock stars are showing solidarity with the thousands of televisions who have taken to the streets to challenge president alexander pushing . to ban from mario is one of the acts that have lent support their song is about courageous women who saved the world a clear reference to the women's protests in meds. as one of the. what's going on in bella ruse concerns us as well because i have to think day and night about it and also see how people are brutally beaten by the police there as a humanist as a peaceful and intelligent person i feel real pain when i see this with the least now boys. will man look doesn't actually see himself as a political singer his music is a mix of soft rock and melodic pop still he didn't hesitate to sign up for the solidarity concert. it was of originally meant to take place in a moscow club but organizers received anonymous calls threatening to close down the club. after other possible venues also cancelled the musicians were forced to move the concert to the independent t.v. channel dodged such intimidation is by no means isolated. in russia. isn't a bit of these anonymous threats need not necessarily come from the secret service often it's activists among what you might call concerned citizens in our country where self-censorship is stronger than proper censorship intimidation works very well. let's remember this is. the suppression of alternative views means that almost 2 thirds of the population believe the protests and are orchestrated by the west and provoked by foreign intelligence agencies the idea of the west as the enemy is widespread in russia but . sooner or later all the bloody regimes come to an end for me the protests and bella roots are a mirror into the future in the mirror i see that one day this will be possible in our country as well but i think the confrontation here will be even harder because . what was originally planned as a small concert in a moscow club for a few 100 people will now reach a lot more people via television organizers say the partisan party continues. my colleague. to give us some background on this story age and 1st of all are russians really interested in what's going on about iraq yes they are many russians of course. is a sizable russian minority in the country and there's about a half a 1000000 people of. dissent in russia so they do pay attention and they do what's happened they look at the process with. admiration because they are hoping for reforms in the country and is there much protest music in russia yes there's a growing saying but musicians do face problems if they touch on. the political this usually takes the form of canceled concerts popular bands like ice sheet have been affected gigs are often canceled after local protests many believe are incited by kremlin intervention they provoked a video to i speak song deaf no more showing them in front of the seats of the russian government and on the shoulders of riot police has received more than 50000000 views all that's a lot of views even in russia that worries the crime yes they fear that all this could inspire a ufo test movement in 28 seeing putin caused quite a step by saying that some rap music is based on 3 pillars sex drugs and protests he insists that he was most worried about the drugs aspect but we can see him in this clip saying quite openly in the kremlin meeting that if this kind of music cannot be stopped we have to lead and directs it properly or schoolie interesting obviously we'll hear more about that the coming weeks adrian kennedy thank you very much for your insights on the protest music sea in russia. saturday is the 30th anniversary of german reunification and this week we've been looking back at the defining decade afterwards the 1990s when a society changed so much there were so many positive developments in this newly real nicely country which brought lots of people here in germany then became much more multicultural sadly there was a negative side to this appalling racism reared its ugly head. in the early 1990 s. germany was shaken by a series of violent anti foreigner attacks included incidents and. in mon where 3 turkish women died in an arson attack. and in rostock where a mob rioted for several days attacking vietnamese guest workers all watched by police and applauded by neighbors these images of anti foreigner hate in germany went around the world sparking disbelief both at home and abroad. it's reached a climax and now it's murder being carried out openly and there's the silent army silent perpetrators who just stand by and help what happened. here is later a powerful feature film has based on the events in rostock it again poses the question of how things could have got to that point how could the euphoria of reunification turn into such hatred. while the skinheads and right wing extremists made trouble in reunify germany. there was another hotly debated social movement multi culti referring to a peaceful coexistence of different cultures as in furtherance quotes by district court diversity has long been a reality. sammy to valis grew up here the comedian was born in iran and. family moved to germany when he was 4 years old he likes quite. moved with a multicultural society i live in that part of the city and it's wonderful i want that element i would say germany is on its way to being a multicultural society. in his stage shows back then as now develops incorporates influences from around the world that's one of the things that's made him well known and successful including on german t.v. . was. we caught up with him 26 years later he no longer lives in quite speck but in another part of berlin he was shocked by this in a phobia of the ninety's. of course that was frightening i had never been aware of it to that massive extent i did face a lot of hostility at school because i clearly looked different from the others but that stopped when i started getting involved in the comedy scene in combination with living in berlin. for lynn's multicultural community got its own radio program in 1994 featuring world music video modes he could he got off to an improvised start but was deeply loved by its listeners out of provincial ality into the metropolis. this city is definitely multicultural and we need a radio station of our own. station or is silly to violence was one of these most devoted listeners he still has one foot in each of his cultures and. i was able to observe the germans through the eyes of in a rainy and look at the iranians as a german i can't say i've ever felt 100 percent at home here this kind of. germany maybe even more diverse today than it was in the 1990 s. but racism. as much of a problem as it was back then. i'm gonna miss that me. did. you do something. good. now since the corona pandemic started live music has suffered and this is something that i personally miss a great deal music is food for the soul and live music is like a mission on star mail if you know what i mean but created by nature and his a wonderful scheme where you can experience live music very personally and help support. in this difficult time for them. i shared a long deep wordless. that's how all $1.00 to $1.00 concert like this one a cloak in order to be in germany began. 10 minutes for an intense encounter a tremendous experience and then you look into this person's eyes for what feels like such a long time and then just let yourself sink into the music that follows it's totally unlike hearing an orchestra or a regular concert constat be somehow there's the situation at that moment where you feel like i'm playing a little concert just for you and you try to really put everything you have into had the what if as a month i'm going to start. everything and almost everywhere flutist stephanie vinca and her team came up with the idea last year specifically for the abbey and then came cove it. with the situation that the opportunities to perform in public disappeared in the spring it was clear to us that we wanted to do it again and not just in our little enclave in the middle of nowhere and. we wanted to take the idea out into the world that. now thousands of $1.00 to $1.00 concerts are being held worldwide from australia. to switzerland the analogue idea has spread digitally was very beautiful you don't usually get to be so close the project is continuing and has raised well over $100000.00 euros to support freelance musicians. my producer tells me it really is a unique and wonderful experience so try and support it finally the argentinian cartoonist queen has died aged 88 he created must follow the spanish speaking world's equivalent of peanuts all charlie brown. was an inquisitive and quick witted go who was delighted children and adults alike so. it's the 1960 s. so take a look thanks to queen on. the . conflict zone you don't hear a lot about seeing in europe these days but for more than 2 months fall feria be compulsed fancy corruption and government demonstrations my guest this week from sofia to speed so such a minister and social culture survives she continues a sudden adjustment fitness teachings most vulnerable people they should it's human rights over. conflict so for $32.00. we can see them. sometimes sense none. of what connects people is stronger than what separates them. is some strong fiction be told. we celebrated the 30th anniversary of germany's real unification playmaking. 30 t.w. . were all set. to go beyond the pale obvious. that we're on live. as we take on the world. we're all about the stories that matter to you country. what ever it takes to get. w. made for mines. been tough it is for me. it's for. being told it is for him beethoven. and beethoven is for. beethoven is for every. day to have been 2020. 150th anniversary here on d w. this is the w. news and these are our top stories european commission president as the fun to line says the e.u. has launched legal action against britain for violating the breaks that withdrawal agreement move comes after the u.k. government missed and a huge deadline to scrap a bill that would override parts of the divorce deal. a late is in brussels for a summit turkey is top of the agenda g. 2 would stand off with grace.

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