And europe or one state that governments are using the Current Crisis and aiming to crackdown on the media across the globe but also an activist through this fighting to make sure that reporters can operate freely in Subsaharan Africa. Hello im christine want to welcome to the program the southern german state off the varia has canceled feel tobit face be a fist of all because of the coronavirus the event attracts more than 6000000 visitors every year for a shes feared allowing it to go ahead would need to a spike in infections. But no crowded party tents giant mugs of beer or packed out parades. Germanys biggest festival has the. Canceled for the 1st time since world war 2. Large events are currently banned in germany until the end of august october 1st was supposed to start on september 19th but Officials Say the risk of infection during the coronavirus pandemic is just too high 2. Which is painful for us its a great pity because with many things this is not a normal year and this is going to be a year without the 1st. Piece. About 6000000. 00 visitors flock to the october fest every year crowding the Festival Grounds but also the host city munich. The cancellation of the event is not only said news for the city it also means big financial losses. As to the value of 1500000000 euros for munich and many people profit from it its not just those that have told professed like to be hosts fairground workers or souvenir shops its also Hotels Restaurants retail trade and taxi drivers to. Talk to. People in munich now face a year without their beloved festival. But this isnt hasnt come as a shock. When ronson if. Im really sad but it was expected. If people come from all over the world we cant host a party like this one. If its a college maybe its a great decision i have such respect for our state leadership the way theyre handling things. October fest will be back again next year and then well enjoy it all the more. I see you say. And so begins the countdown until 2021 with the next october 1st will hopefully take place. Has been following the story for us in new nick we asked him why this is such a difficult moment for some in the city. Well absolutely it is because you have to understand that for the city of munich and for the people who live here you know if this is much more than just another huge party its got a really long tradition its been around for more than 200 years and its something thats deeply ingrained into the d. N. A. Of this city and on top of that its also say the image of not only munich and the very a but also to a certain degree all germany really all around the world if you ask anyone anywhere what they associate with germany one of the 1st answers that you always get is going to be the a total says so its usually popular around the world in the city and the the people here in the city munich theyre proud of that theyre proud of the fact that their city is home to such a famous and popular festival in force now that is sad that this year all those visitors from around the world cant cant come here cant take it and cant take part due to profess that this huge festival is not going to happen best and heartache they lets have another look now at other krone vice news singapore has extended its lockdown until june 1st this after the city states will a sharp rise again in the number of cases austria says it will allow restaurants bars and cafes as well as some schools and churches to reopen starting may 15th or will be subject to safety restrictions and before the end of the week its new will announce plans for the gradual loosening off its lockdown measures starting may 4th the World Health Organization has warned that rushing to ease restrictions will increase the risk of a resurgence of the disease now the collapse in american crude prices has sent shock waves around the world pushing stock markets into losses and driving down at the Commodity Prices oil markets are now in uncharted territory demand has fallen and foster then produces can shut off they wells with Storage Space running out of oil is becoming more of a burden there on the will than an asset. When its planes arent flying and its roads are all but empty the u. S. Can at least lay claim to one thing we certainly have plenty of oil in fact far too much of it the president tried to calm nerves after the value of u. S. Crude went negative for the 1st time ever on monday at one point reaching minus 40. 00 a barrel in a month or so go a little bit its at 25 and 20 8. 00 or so its largely a financial squeeze and they did get squeezed with a boil traders who found themselves on monday under heavy pressure to sell off their crude futures in the rising cost of holding the oil in the u. S. Is dwindling Storage Facilities means keeping it is becoming too expensive. Theres so little space for it left the u. S. Government is planning to fill up its own reserves. I think we have 75000000000 gallons right now capacity thats a lot its weve been building it up over a period but thats all about 75000000000 barrels. So were going to get either ask for permission to buy it or well store it one way or the other it will be full but what is most needed is a return in demand brought by restart to the u. S. Economy then the oil that continues to be pumped unbroken pace can actually have enough places to go so lets bring in our wall street correspondent in score say hey and so the market is awash in oil what does this mean for consumers and i think youre going to say when you get free phillips at the gas station. Well actually i thought about calling my oil company and offering them that they can. Fill up my tanks full for you but i think thats not going to happen and also with gas stations you will see pressure on the price of gas actually it is already ready happening so yes the consumers to a certain degree it will feel some impact but i do not expect that you will get gas or oil for free say as i hear a lot about you know Storage Space are running out of that and demand something why havent these oil grayness just stop producing the oil already its not that easy and the problem is if you stop the wells if you stop production at the welds if you want to reopen them off the wall its that they actually can be quite tricky so thats why they are hesitant and also what we shouldnt forget those wild movements was the price of oil its not just because of supply. And demand but its also a whole Financial Markets how trading works so the difference between the june contract them to make contracts and stuff like that that also played a crucial role why we had this dramatic drop and historic drop in the price of oil. We now expect said rotha bankruptcys from the small american shale printing says they have been some or evil. Pretty its pretty likely that we will see the you all know the other a bankruptcy case and how many remains to be seen i mean u. S. President donald trump is so we care school requesting some funds to help the oil industry of it but just imagine a couple of years ago those oil giants here in the United States were the most powerful companies on the planet and now basically they have to be safe to buy the government and if the u. S. President donald trump is saying 75000000 barrels in a Strategic Reserves yes that is a lot but before the crisis it the u. S. Was producing 1230000000 barrels a day so also all the real those reserves could fill up quite quickly and yes i mean the industry had been in huge depths initially the frank years even before the crisis hit so i wouldnt be surprised at all to see more bankruptcies thats. Our financial correspondent daniel thank you. Now heres a look at other stories making headlines around the world u. S. President donald trump says hell temporarily suspend all immigration by signing an executive order to save the action was in response to the coronavirus outbreak and to protect jobs more than 22000000 americans have applied for Unemployment Benefits in the past month because of the pandemic lockdowns just. Doesnt have to in floods in eastern congo say some 75000 people are also homeless after heavy rain storms treated flash floods and landslides roads and bridges across the affected region have also suffered severe damage. South korea and china have cost also on reports that north Korean Leader kim jong un is gravely ill after heart surgery that they the 6 year old missed a key states in abrasion vast weeks sparking speculation about his health. The media watchdog Reporters Without Borders fears the coronavirus pandemic could pose a threat stip press freedom around the globe the warning comes as the group publishes its annual press Freedom Index its a list of countries right according to how freely their media are allowed to operate throughout the day were speaking to International Activists and journalists to find out about the situation in their countries but 1st heres a look at how different nations are fairing. At the bottom of the table are eritrea turkmenistan and north korea Reporters Without Borders classified the lack of prince freedom in those countries as very serious sudan is also in that category but last years mass protests the lead to the ousting of president Omar Al Bashir has resulted in stronger democratic structures and reduced restrictions for journalists as a result the country ranks 16 points higher on the index than last year in countries that made similar. Improvements include malaysia any theo pia. While poor ratings and given to the West African States have been enough fell 17 places and haiti down 21. The caribbean nation is struggling with an ongoing political crisis and violent protests in the past year journalists there were repeatedly attacked one was killed. The United States ranks at 45th place this year after 2 years of decline the situation has slightly improved over the last year but Reporters Without Borders cite the u. S. As a warrior example of hatred incited against journalists by electing politicians with verbal and physical attacks against reporters alarmingly frequent terms of germany ranks 11th place also 2 places from last year the main reason for this is a decline in the numbers of attacks against journalists but Reporters Without Borders say this still concern for the protection of journalistic sources. The countrys ranking highest for press freedom remain in scandinavia denmark finland and norway. And joining me now from nairobi is what is Subsaharan Africa representative from the committee for the protection option just have a more just give us a sense of how your region has fared in this latest index. Thank you very much for having me just to begin with i use the pronoun she. In south africa which weve seen is that we already had about the the freedom of journalist and the safety of being exacerbated at this moment when governments are legitimately all it just makes me using more flaws to control the movement of people to control what people say publicly in an effort to coopt the spread of convicting team so just to be a little bit more specific what weve seen is that governments are cracking down stronger by alleging that journalists of bloggers are publishing false news weve seen examples of this in somalia where journalists was arrested just last week on allegations of post soon false news online in ethiopia right now another journalist also faces similar allegations weve also seen weve also seen attacks physical attacks on journalists who are trying to go out and report the news that a time when movement is movement is restricted or entire cities and lockdowns for example weve seen this in ghana weve seen this in my very i was security personnel out briefly. They have assaulted journalists we are currently investigating a spate of attacks in uganda where at least 7 john that is what assaulted or harassed between march 18th and april 1 in connection to the coverage of coverage 19 all right so a pretty bleak picture in terms of you know some of the developments around the corner i spend there but just going back to the index itself have there been any positive changes in terms of how countries fairing before the current a virus that happened. So just to clarify that i cannot comment directly on aricept index because our guys asian the committee to protect journalists wasnt involved in that i actually searched but if i were to speak on what weve seen in our region before and after we have seen instances where journalists who were previously detained were released because governments are concerned about congestion in prison for example that theres a journalist in ethiopia who was released we are also seeing governments attempting to provide frequent and up to date information on the spread of the coronavirus which is good for access to information but at the same time as i said this is coded by loans by other. Way to measures that we have been were seeing being taken against john and so for example though john is that we. Protect john it is. Found had been detained in ethiopia last year even though he was released we have hundreds of other journalists up and arrested and even though some governments are trying to provide frequent and up to date access to information weve received reports from elsewhere for example in somalia that don imus are not getting the kind of information that they need to report on covered 19 in a timely manner all right well thought came from the committee for the protection of journalists thank you thank you so much. And youre watching the tipping is coming up. The. Musicians look for alternative way to make money during the pandemic as concerts are cancelled and Live Performances stay back and. Could a long used drug be a potential weapon against coronavirus. Car a queen of drugs have boosted or have been boosted as a game changer by u. S. President donald trump and president. Brazil but doctors arent so sure some patients stricken with covert 19 have improved after taking the drug but after a recent Study Suggests the medication could lead to heart problems is there a medicine that fights coronavirus some politicians are convinced that hydroxy chloroquine is a miracle cure used for decades to treat malaria some believe it also works for covert. Brazilian president. Also believes that hydroxy chloroquine works either. There is no coronavirus vaccination or highly effective medicine but i still think hard drugs is quite effective itll make the bars disappear quickly. U. S. President donald trump also believes hydroxy chloroquine is the key to beating the pandemic. But Health Experts warn of considerable risks. Hydroxyl toward queen can help but not in the initial phase of a covert 19 infection. It can only help if the patient is already in a Critical Condition but if its used in the beginning phase it can cause heart problems or even be fatal. A study quoted in the New York Times says the same there have been deadly complications during testing in the brazilian city of monaulos their 11 out of 81 corona virus patients who had taken a related drug chloroquine died of irregular heart rates scientists are urging caution saying the malaria medicine needs to be thoroughly tested and approved that was also the view of both in our us Health Minister but the brazilian president fired him partly due to their disagreement over the drug just basics so were seeing huge amounts of people being infected with a new virus we experts are still very doubtful over the years sure of the proper medicine but stupid politicians think they know the truth here is the debate over hydroxy clear a queen is being driven by politics and not Public Health thats not a good sign in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. And joining me for more on this is energy and kaiser she is a journalist in Rio De Janeiro hello to energy and why is president also pushing for the u. S. Off and to malaria drugs to treat of a diety. You know for both so not oh hes really trying to minimize the risk that covert 19 presents to brazil you know both or not of the economy is hugely important to him so hes really taken the stance that you know people need to be going back to work and this you know he called coronavirus just a little fluid and you know he takes the stance that like it. That the drug means that theres a solution and that theres really no problem here so another big part of that is that donald trump has interests corkey and you know both so not only takes a lot of tips from Donald Trumps playbook he wants to sort of appear as antiestablishment saying that the w. H. O. Is over exaggerating this threat so you know its both a combination of that he wants to minimize the threat and also sort of likes to you know follow Donald Trumps a political playbook. And the other thing is at present say as he once the social Isolation Mission is to end this week does he have support of the brazilian people. No he really doesnt actually only 18 percent of brazilians in a recent poll said that they were against the stay at home orders really the large majority of people are in favor of staying at home his Health Minister who was fired recently who had been advocating for the stay at home where he was incredibly popular the governors in brazil are also issuing stay at home orders so those who dont is really becoming pretty isolated politically you know both from his supporters and from his fellow politicians because he is calling for brazil to sort of go back to work so its definitely lost him a lot of you know some more center his supporters that helped him get elected and you know a lot of the political allies that he has so hes definitely hes making up a pretty risky bet by trying to reopen brazil so soon. Just tell us about that automation is that i hasten in cities like railway you watch people to to the slush restrictive missions yeah recent poll has said that around 60 percent of brazilians are you know following the rules which currently are that you should be staying at home you can only go out to the Grocery Store the pharmacy and you are allowed to take walks 60 percent brazilians are following that around 18 percent are doing a full lockdown not leaving the house for anything so you know a good portion of the population is taking this quite seriously and listening to the guidelines from that obviates show and from governors and are staying at home tests and it has a chance to stand reedition here. Now one industry that has been hit hard by the pandemic its music concert centers have been cancelled and their prospects for life performances in the future also look like in the u. K. A platform originally used for booking artists is now offering is asians and alternative way of making money back at last reports from london. Savannah hunted down here actually hope youre right there in south africa this is a special music message not for an arc here in london. A light hearted video message for some doctors composed and performed by musician tamuli. How are you going to help me with. Being a musical messenger is the new day job for tom. I fly all kinds of weddings and events all over the u. K. And europe. So it tends to be mostly my weakens completely for less work full time joke obviously in this situation theyve all been disposed to account so its gone are the days of live gigs where tom could perform at parties on greek islands or indian weddings. His income has vanished overnight spring and summer are usually the busiest time of the year for musicians like him but music and theater venues across the world remain firmly shut and with nobody knowing how long this will last musicians have been coming up with a plan b. Personalized music a messages the web said on corps leads them with clients allowing them to earn money and to do what they enjoy most of all to perform. Music is one of the u. K. s best exports and the u. K. Music industry is enormous so to see it all within the space of one who needs to go from beginning to almost nothing has been has been extremely difficult for everyone in the Music Industry we didnt want to sit and mourn the loss of life performance we wanted to sort of turn our heads to a solution and think what can we do right now to help musicians our money from home. To make it service even more attractive encore donates a small amount of its earnings on each message to the British NationalHealth Service ive performed songs for patients suffering with current or past so. Ive even performed at someones Virtual Party or. Its really good. So far several 100 messages have been sent all over the world for musicians like tom morley this means that they can now pay their rent. Im certainly not feeling positive all the time myself at the moment. But it gives me a focus yeah great Great Channel positivity into every day. And to show how truly adept a body is tom gives a very special performance in german. Kiss in the bar. Bar is there. Anything is there. To miss by made it. And a reminder of the top story were following for you here on. These 7 german stage top of area has canceled the october face to be a festival over the world the paris event attracts more than 6000000. 00 visitors every. Day the risk of contagion is too high. 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