Ukraines underfunded Health Care System stretched to breaking point by the pandemic. With that firsthand account from a doctor whos kind of covert 19 and is back at work fighting to give others the best possible government says protesters who set fire to the countrys Congress Building are guilty of terrorist acts. The demonstrators are furious about cuts to education and health care in the latest batch. I mean the business leader, all eyes were on mine strike up his side, paid for the bush visit on trash day. Im good. How the office, welcome to the program 3 prominent hong kong activists have been detained after pleading guilty to that involvement in last years proto ocracy program. Protests joshua warm ivan, lamb and agnes chao are all expecting jail terms for inciting and organizing an authorised assembly. The charges are related so a protest outside of Police Headquarters in june of last year on punts prodemocracy movement has faulted since beijing imposed a sweeping National Securi
A look at the u. S. Election map we certainly see that so far neither president on a trump nor his democratic challenger joe biden have clinched the necessary 270. 00 Electoral College votes which are needed to win trump has defied pollsters expectations by hanging on to several battleground states the sheer number of postal votes in states like pennsylvania means that. While we may not know the full outcome for days of course both candidates trying to reach 270 Electoral College delegates for now it appears biden is ahead but that could all change as key states begin to announce their results so that is the state of the race right now not surprisingly the share markets were on edge as results from the u. S. President ial election proved closer than polls had predicted the main european bourses in frankfurt paris and london were slightly lower. On investors fact it in a drawer out and to be to fight ahead safe havens like bones roses donald trump called foul play and the dollar also ga
Is some good news local booksellers are thriving right now in germany pandemic really is a page turner. And welcome to the show im Stephen Beard in berlin its good to have you with us and we begin in germany where the pen dimmock is leaving a deeper imprint on the economy than previously thought thats according to a new joint report published by the countrys leading Economic Research institutes theyve downgraded projections made earlier in the year forecasting now that the German Economy will shrink by 5. 4 percent and 20. Thats more than a percentage point worse than the earlier projections but they also predict a slow recovery compared to prior forecasts infection rates are rising again in germany meeting to new business restrictions. And one of the authors of that report joins me now stefan crudes is head of the Forecasting Division at the kill institute for the World Economy stuff and its good to have you with us. First obvious question what is driving this report what is driving t
Whos to say out the gate that new ideas are not needed in our debate and finally i want to echo needas concluding words about people , its about democracy and id introduce the term resiliency. To kind of complete the thought that i opened earlier. One of the most exhaustively written about and i think also exhausting in effectiveness policy lanes is that of punishing bad guys. We have been in search for a quartercentury or more of tools that will work to punish bad guys, whether that bad guy Vladimir Putin or al qaeda and we go back and forth between overuse of sanctions and overuse of diplomatic finger wagging and what is enormously refreshing and if i may say so fundamentally george s kennan about what nina has written is that it is selfcritical about the way that we are not resilient in the face of challenges that are going to be there whether theres a Vladimir Putin behind them or there isnt so i find that very refreshing. Its an unfortunate description of an unfortunate reality bu
Your story you are trying in all with to understand this new culture. You are nothing visitor nothing yet you want to become a citizen. In for migrants your platform for reliable information. Welcome to g. W. Business ive been facilis coming up is out all options open the poisoning of russian Opposition Leader lets say the valmy has germany way up economic sanctions against russia and leads their joint pipeline project no stranger to in the. European Central Banks chief says the coronavirus downturn less severe than fear but admits the recovery will be slow. And known for its lavish tales of romance and witchcraft no. Enjoys a real life drama losing millions of dollars as the pandemic turns the industry on its head. Again for us all and lets do business the German Government says its looking at the entire set of instruments they could use in taking action against moscow over the poisoning of russian Opposition Leader alexina bally chancellor Angela Merkel spokesman has underlined that