Police in france have searched dozens of homes belonging to suspected islamised militants the rates are in connection with last weeks beheading of a teacher in paris a suspect was shot dead shortly after by police the victim some of that party had used cartoons of the muslim Prophet Muhammad to teach students about freedom of expression on sunday people across france took to the streets to honor his memory. Thousands of people came to the plaster lab eprom bleak in paris to show their solidarity with slain teacher Samuel Patton it was here where large groups also gathered following the 2015 Charlie Hebdo attacks. But today people want signs saying just we are saying no or i am a teacher. Many came here to grieve but also to protest they felt compelled to speak out in support of the teacher and freedom of speech. The level before were here to defend the republic liberty equality for turnitin and secularism but it was not just in paris communities came together across the country to remember the 47 year old teacher. Where they said secularism must be the Unshakable Foundation of our society that is what allows us to live together we will not allow it to be attacked. But that. We will continue our work when the school year and classes resume we will return to teach without fear because it is not students who committed this crime but it was a young person who obviously was not a student and failed to understand anything as the. Party was on his way home from school when he was attacked. Shortly after police surrounded the suspect and ordered him to drop his weapon. Authorities say they opened fire on the suspect after he attacked police. Francis said to hold further National Tributes for the victims in the coming days. Martin jacques is u. W. News is their religious Affairs Correspondent and earlier my colleague asked him if france is officially a secular country how does that then factor into the public discussion surrounding this horrifying murder. You know with the idea of lacy day the form of security so maybe its not a perfect translation really but they usually see differ the french has a lot to do with protecting the state from really just seems to and so i mean were in we think of a secular recent in the us what we think of is you know this stage essentially protecting religion from essentially the force of politics this is somewhat inverted so one of the things that were just hearing in the report and i think that are actually very important and were going to continue hearing as we go along he said there has to be a fence. Of the basis of secularism through the country precisely because this is the type of politics of violence that you know we have seen in religion through history state east in charge of trying to stop attacks are weighing and vote counting is still underway and bolivias president ial election but exit polling suggests that leftist candidate luis r. C. Has won olivia was deeply divided ahead of the election that pitted our say and his nearest political rival carlos mesa well our say is a close ally of the former bolivian president evo morales to step down last year and fled into exile after winning a disputed 4th term in office. Early celebrations of an as yet unofficial when it was we have recovered democracy. And recovered hard. d it is. The socialist party of former bolivian president ever morales seems to be on the brink of returning to power morales himself was not allowed to participate in the elections but supported his partys campaign from abroad he was quick to claim victory for his former finance minister louis r. Say. We recover the homeland we will recover stability and progress we will recover with peace. Morales has been in exile in argentina ever since last years disputed election in which he sought a 4th term in office after 14 years in power. Allegations of fraud sparked weeks of violent protests that left 36 dead and hundreds wounded. The Election Results were know and morales fled the country. This year observers from International Organizations kept a close eye on the election process with no signs of foul play if confirmed by the official tally a new leftist president in the poor and to nation could be seen as a popular rebuke of the u. S. Backed conservatives that have taken over power since last year. The u. S. Election is in just 15 days and a Record Number of people have already cast their ballots in early voting but in some areas the large early turnout and technical glitches have let alone waiting lives and that has sparked a controversy in states like georgia over whether the officials are actively trying to make it harder for some people to vote to give you some some scada as more. Voting its the foundation of any democracy everything is being done to make sure all eligible voters have their say or is that i came here to georgia to find out about something that Voting Rights groups say is a real problem Voter Suppression purposely making it harder for some people to cast their ballot now georgia has a history of keeping africanamericans from the polls activists say it is still happening. Things heated up in 2013 when the Supreme Court gave states the power to change election laws and they no longer have to prove the changes they made did not discriminate. States like these took action that republicans say make sure that no one can vote illegally democrats say they are unfairly target minorities they introduced stricter voter identification last they purged inactive voters from registries and across the south hundreds of polling places closed these people manage to get to the voting station but for others who dont have a car to get around in the millions who dont have official i. D. It is difficult the protections can be barriers and they more often affect black and immigrant communities we are in the land of Voter Suppression where the secretary of States Office backed by the legislature embraced by the governor are figuring out how do we stop the demographic change that is happening in georgia. Early voting in this years president ial election people stand in line for hours but is this really Voter Suppression. This idea that theres Voter Suppression going on today is just a myth or a long wire its because people are making the mistake of voting early rather than voting on election day when there are many bad people or polling places open money a mitchell will be voting early the stationery designer says it took her 4 hours to vote in the primary election in june she fears longer lines on november 3rd and shes not going to risk missing her chance to vote its my right the constitution says i have a right to vote people die for that and i dont take that lightly. You know i can only imagine sorry people seeing other folks being able to cast a vote. And for them want to be told theyre not human and to to be told that whatever you think whatever you want your community it doesnt matter. I reflect on that sorry. And thats why i stood there. She is not alone in her determination important that we show that we deserve equal rights just like everyone else and thats why United States of america is the country it is you know democracy everyone has a vote theres a lot of things going on in the country and if we dont speak out its going to continue to get worse. That sentiment has sparked a Record Number of americans to turn out early to vote. Some sums on their reporting there from the studio george up next the measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus have affected the lives of billions of people around the world on National Long downs restrictions on movement and shop closures have had a huge Economic Impact and the kenyan capital nairobi of course people there are dependent on sorting garbage to make a living but the pandemic has sharply cut the amount of garbage arriving at landfills a look now at how kenyas most Vulnerable People are struggling to survive. But it will get worse they say one mans trash is another mans treasure and for thousands in nairobi this dump site is a source of income. But the pandemic is affecting business at east africas largest landfill. But what about a lot of a lot of trash from outside the country would end up here from the airport but now we hardly get any and yes we would also get some waste food to feed our livestock but theres not enough weapons here these are much of a not enough waste their income is mainly made by taking paper plastic and metal to recycling facilities for cash. But now they collect just a fraction of what they used to. People here want restrictions eased so business can return to normal. What goes it goes up many shops in the city that we would source trash from are closed weve been negatively affected we have children to feed i have 5 kids and i can hardly feed them. Because. Its an informal economy which many have come to rely on. This dump site the last hope for nairobis poorest. Of. The doesnt for us so next up is most such chan with digital you can use a shower while arakan program on behalf of all of us thank you for spending this part of the day. Problematic powering libyan batteries we use this precious research. For almost everything in the 21st century but supplies are limited mining is harmful to the environment and recycling is complex and expensive how can lithium use become more effective and environmentally friendly to quote it. In 60 minutes on d w. The 2020 us election on g. W. Here in Atlanta Georgia were looking at an issue that Voting Rights groups say is the biggest problem Voter Suppression making it harder for some people to vote in which many georgia is already casting their ballots the stakes are high. We have that story for you today and you know you see. Why subscribe to d. W. Books you meet your favorite writer sometimes the story calls me. You have to respond to those are your books 12. It was the 1st International Tribunal in history. The number of trials. 75 years ago high ranking officers of the nazi regime of where you judge him by the allied forces. Were the 1st war criminals to be held accountable for their crime spree to. Come as a bit of a power come on. Going rudolph pair of years right sure. That our 2 part series the 3rd right the dog starts nov 12th on d w. Youre watching news asia coming up on the program theres been more massive protests in thailand this tast weekend wheres the movement headed and can achieve what it set out to do. To get the Prime Minister to step down and to see reform of the monarchy. Plus behind north koreas propaganda of the horror of being detained in a dictatorship a Human Rights Organization provides a detailed description of the level of violence for anyone caught up in its legal system. And japans plan against the daily show how a Major Construction project has helped lead floodwaters. Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us prodemocracy protesters have again defied a Government Order aimed at preventing demonstrations 20000 people gathered in the streets of bangkok on sunday for a peaceful rally where they demanded political change it comes as thailands king returns to the country after months of unrest. 4 days of defiance tired prodemocracy protesters have been maintaining the momentum despite a ban on gatherings of over 4 people. We are here to. Take a span of what we believe in. About their constitution. And also about the government after thailand and i think they find this going to be a country before wow. But mostly student power would movement has been leading unrest in thailand since july for the last 4 days has seen an escalation. On friday police used Water Cannons unsuccessfully dispersing the demonstrators many protesters were also arrested. By arresting the protest leaders would be deterred somehow but instead we felt even more desperate wondering how dare they treat us like this should be a negotiation with us or other peaceful means because we have different views they now say 20 mile later us that was they knew how many white now are. The movement is demanding democratic reform of thai society where the government and monarchy have dominant powers. Theyve been calling for the resignation of Prime Minister preached chant. He took power in a 2014 military coup and went on to tighten his grip on power in elections last year. You can say that the government is trying its best to compromise were asking for a few things dont do anything wrong dont damage government or peoples property and the most important thing is to avoid conflict within the protestors. Channel she added that his government must protect the monarchy referencing the prodemocracy movements demands of change when it comes to how the royal family operates thats challenging it to do in thai society where criticizing the role family can lead to hefty penalties. Or long corn is being criticised for his excessive lost style and for spending a lot of his time at a Luxury Resort in southern germany. Hes recently returned to thailand but as yet to comment on the protests. The protesters have vowed to continue their defiance with gatherings planned all over the country. North koreas weak legal system one thats more ruled by might and not rule of law means a pretrial detention and investigation system that is arbitrary and inhumane thats no surprise but the latest Human Rights Watch report documents this in detail including with interviews with North Koreans formally detained who talk about torture and rape. Joining us is Phil RobertsonDeputy Director of Human Rights Watch is Asia Division with more information phil tell us more about your findings. Well what we found is there is a real yawning gap between what the north korean government system in terms of laws and actual criminal procedure says and what actually happens the reality is that people can be arrested for almost any reason that pretrial detention is a system where there are systematic torture and abuse people or you know for instance forced to remain sitting in a in a fixed position a stress position for as many as 7 to 8 and sometimes 13 to 16 hours a day and if they move if they do anything to shift their weight they face beatings and abuse you have a situation where the. Authorities can arrest people without any sort of evidence and that they then can proceed through a process that is completely without access to lawyers without access to families that ultimately results in confessions and possible prosecutions the only good outcome about the situation is that because of the changes on the ground of the Economic System and north korea where there are people now with these are sort of shadow markets these gray markets that it is possible to bribe the police and prosecutors to get out of the worst that might be in store for people held in the system many people might be listening to this and wonder is there a legal system in north korea. Well there is actually a fairly detailed legal system i mean the laws themselves fail to meet International Human rights standards in a number of key areas you know for instance theres no judicial review for detention so once the police have you they can hold you for as long as theyd like but the reality is that there is also a process where youre supposed to have warrants to arrest youre supposed to have various different permissions to investigate there are procedures to be followed but the authorities including the former officials who we interviewed who have you know left the country told us that thats really never happens so for instance. Torture through beatings kicking hitting with sticks and other abuses is Standard Operating Procedure 1 against people who are being held in detention but the system itself says that any sort of admission any of of evidence that has been coerced is completely illegal and that evidence should not stand so again you know theres a its interesting to theres been very Little Research about what the actual formal process is so supposed to be in north korea and that is one of the contributions as reported is that there is a system its just not being followed so yes indeed north korea is a totalitarian state with probably the worlds worst human rights record and we know this so why is it important to document this and what can the world really do to hold anyone accountable. Well its important to fill in the gaps of our understanding about the Human Rights Violations that are happening in north korea its important to recognize that not everybody is determined to be an enemy of the state sent on a one way ticket to the mountains and the political prison camps where very few people ever return from there is a low a lower level process of this criminal Justice System that is in fact anything but just and so its important that we fill in the gaps we give voice to what is happening to ordinary people in north korea you know people who for instance may have been caught trying to leave the country or or smuggling goods or caught with a chinese mobile phone or you know any of these day to day infractions that really lead lendu into a difficult situation but in terms of accountability this is really something that the International Community has to work on i mean we need more pressure from the u. N. We need action at the u. N. General assembly we need Action Human Rights Council we need action at the u. N. Security council and so far we have not been seeing that Phil Robertson thank you. Pakistani Customs Officials have seized 74. 00 falcons during raids against smugglers in the Southern City of karachi the birds all belong to endanger species were illegally trafficked from afghanistan and were destined to be sold for high prices in arab countries. Dozens of endangered falcons their heads hidden under leather hoods smuggled for the status they can for police said these birds were being taken from afghanistan to arab states when pakistani Customs Officials got word they swooped down on an upscale neighborhood in the port city of karachi 2 people were arrested traffickers catch feltons in the mountainous area along pakistans border with afghanistan they sell them to rich buyers in the gulf states there the birds are trained to hunt a prestige purchase for the privileged few. That there are 74. 00 birds in total we estimate their value at around 200000000. 00 rupees thats well over a 1000000. 00 after the paperwork is completed the birds are supposed to be released back into their natural habitat. In japan Climate Change has brought more frequent and damaging storms increasing the risk of flooding in response engineers have built the Worlds Largest flood water diversion facility just north of tokyo its so cavernous in some parts it could submerge the statue of liberty. It looks like a cathedral or an ancient temple but this majestic structure isnt a religious try and its an important defense against flooding in the greater tokyo area. In this region when we have to rental rains we often have bad flooding. Our streets and houses underwater even if it isnt a typhoon lets say the structure was built with the aim of diverting floodwater. Goodness that. Because okabe underground flood protection tank is the largest facility of its kind in the world supported by 500 tons pillars the Main Reservoir catches excess water from storms and typhoons which is eventually pumped into a nearby river. Its a true feat of engineering designed to save lives and livelihoods taking off. When we compare the situation before and after this reservoir was created if the number of houses damaged by floods has decreased by 90 percent. Japan is used to heavy rains especially during typhoon season which runs from may to october but experts say storms and floods are becoming more frequent and destructive because of Global Warming or. A plan already has a climate which has a lot of rain and as prone to floods now we face the risk of even more flooding or because we are experiencing much heavier rains. Our. Government is preparing more underground structures are being built to protect tokyo and a giant facility similar to this one is being constructed in osaka expected date of completion 2044. Just like. That play a crucial role in japans anti flooding strategy. But they wont protect everyone and with Climate Change accelerating japans impressive storm drains can only be considered one line off defense us thats it for today we leave you now with more pictures from the protests in thailand. Combating the pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Ground information and. Our corona. Special next on. 3 counts for us and for our planet. Ideas to bring you more conservation. How to make see the screen. How can we protect how to. Get to france. Good morning to you as the environmental series of little 3000. The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the divisions in our societies. Time and again we see the economic background effects the likelihood of one catching cold 19 people from less wealthy communities are more likely to have jobs the put them in harms way. Working from home meanwhile is mostly the preserve of white collar employees or members of society to the face more risk of exposure living in tight quarters and finding distance a luxury. Existing Health Problems also make the coronavirus more dangerous to the poorer parts of society. So what can be done to close the gap how can we ensure that everyone has the same chance of escaping the virus. Welcome to the edge of ellis cose 1000 special im Stephen Beardsley in berlin good to have you with us work housing preexisting Health Conditions all play a role in our exposure to the corona virus as well as our vulnerability to the illness that develops from it thats what experts say its also the lived experience of many in the pandemics hardest hit neighborhoods take a look. At peny. And his friend are looking for a curry if the one that belongs to their friend danny he may have died of corona virus has doesnt know for certain but downey is one of 41 friends that hes lost in the past 6 months all except one are black. For words. Because you know. Pesca is a popular figure in the north london borough of hiring the 62 year old pensioner worked as a lecturer at the nearby university and does volunteer work where he can for example at a food charity for those in need he says hes seen how the black asian minority ethnic are being community has been especially affected by the pandemic. Disproportionately in terms of numbers and thats why. A report in june by Britains Department of Health Reasons for the many deaths among ethnic minorities as in the sponsible workers in hospitals food markets are taxi drivers theyre more exposed to the virus also Housing Conditions are often cramped risk factors such as diabetes or being overweight are also more widespread the chairman of the council of the British Medical Association is familiar with what has kept his experiencing and warns that the deaths will continue with the 2nd wave. And the government in any nation to protect its population protect those that work lack of any action plan the lack of any implementation of clear recommendations that were made in june is extremely concerning. Cant find his friends grave only close family members were allowed to attend his funeral. Hasnt been able to say goodbye to any of his 41 friends whove died. The report mentions some of the risk factors facing poor communities during the pandemic tighter quarters preexisting Health Conditions and front line jobs a closer look at that last factor jobs fiza breakdown of job categories by the percentage of employees who can work remotely based on a study from the o. E. C. D. At the top. Business administration with a whopping 3 quarters of workers able to stay home roughly in the middle teaching professionals and down at the very bottom also jobs are considered low skilled like sanitation and cleaning now there are a mere one percent of workers able to do it from home and even thats hard to imagine. And im joined now by Ricardo Espinosa hes a policy analyst at the o. E. C. D. Center for skills and paris ricardos good to have you with us is it fair to say that the better educated you are the more likely you are to be off the front lines you know absolutely so where we found that theres a lot of evidence showing that when it comes to tell you reach. Those who are theres a higher level of skills say for example those who have a Tertiary Education degree tomorrow much more likely to be able to work from home so. You know we see decent Risk Research about these issues and not only that we also try to how kind of trees to all rip. Your part of the skills divide between those who can afford to stay home those who cant perhaps theres already a skills divide before the pandemic wasnt there. Absolutely so weve been hearing about the risk of automation or long time right so people are going to gradually be machines now the problem is that this pandemic might even accelerate this trend so you think of commons up to this and then try to automate as many jobs in order to protect themselves. Against crisis like this or a potential out there and then in the future so any but context it is very likely that those jobs are currently performed by people who as a lower level skills are likely to be automated 1st so in that sense i think that you have to map it and then it most people will probably. Occur even much more than those with as high level skills so widening the gap between hire and. What is the potential for retraining those who might be replaced by automated workers as you said. Yeah absolutely so i think this is going to be a center agent so i think you have to distinguish between the long term and the short term i think the short term theres the scope of governance or economies to implement certain policies 1st of all to retain as many jobs possible but also. To promote example. In managerial practices to share in i dont so Management Practices you know to allow workers to work from problems but it is a long term this will not be possible without thinking of this charity to abseil and resteal the opposition so thats why in strengthening our learning system in general movie at the center of the debate and countries are working on and passing these large recovery bills right now have you seen any effort to already begin this conversation at least in the funding for some of this retraining or is it too early. Simply countries are reaching out to each personal to help to help i think the 1st episode help identify those were theirs and i think i will research once in that direction its important for us to add it to other workers. High risk in the west were able to identify its a church to target the right incentives right measures were those. So you know this is actually a trend that weve seen over the past month or so countries are wary about this wasnt a very short term theyre looking at retaining as many jobs as possible but once the been any sort of theyd say next i mean well see countries doing more and more to strengthen their out of the system and theyre really worried about this and this is something we should do in the coming years can we say that people will always be needed for those frontline jobs those those working with their hands kind of jobs that cant really be automator telework out of a movie so that there will be many jobs will not be automated right so i think it will be a transitional its a beach can take and 1520 years to move here which we will need a lot of many of this sort of management but the question is what do we do with this so i think we have to guarantee that these people are able to return and say we took that replaces but also we need to be able to believe you are able to move to a situation where they can move so thats why at skilling and risk killing iron crane skills to move to different positions example will be at the center of the debate and press up in 3 countries to to achieve all right a crisis that still developing right now of course some long term questions are correspond with o. E. C. D. Breaking down for us thank you very much. Right now its time for your questions the part of the show where our sort of science correspondent Eric Williams and theres the questions you posed to our you tube channel over to you derek. How long is the incubation period for kovac 19. 1 of the reasons this virus turned into such a big problem so quickly was not just that its pretty contagious the corona virus that causes sars for example seems to be just as contagious as sars co 2 with if not even a little more so but that epidemic petered out and the pathogen basically disappeared after around 6 months so so why didnt the same happen with this virus well to answer that we have to look at their respective incubation period stats the amount of time that passes between the moment of infection and the time when a patient begins to show symptoms so in other words the moment when you know that person is sick in both Diseases HealthAuthorities Say the incubation period is similar ranging from between 2. 14 days and with an average of about 5 days the interesting thing though is not the length of the incubation period but what happens during it with sars patients generally hit their peak infectious period after they had begun to show symptoms and they didnt really seem to pass the virus along to others during the incubation period when they were unaware that they were carrying the pathogen so we were able to contain that virus effectively with isolation and quarantine in measures and thats a key difference between it and source code too with covert 19 Research Shows that patients are contagious or maybe even most contagious in the last couple of days of their incubate period so before they begin to show symptoms themselves and experts say those few critical days are one of the big reasons that will be unable to get to over 1000 under control without a vaccine. For science correspondent williams there and dont forget that you can post your questions to derek on our you tube channel and if youd like to keep up with the latest developments on the coronavirus to subscribe to our newsletter just log on to com slash krone newsletter. And finally when we end with some good news rare pink dolphins are making a comeback in the waters between hong kong and macau after Ferry Service was suspended due to the pandemic Scientists Say the dolphins population has fallen by 70 to 80 percent in the past 15 years and one of the worlds most industrialized estuaries this year their numbers a bounce back as the pandemic means less disturbance to their habitat researchers say numbers are up by a 3rd in the area since march. All right richard of good news there thank you for watching our covert 1000 special thats it for me and the team here for more content dedicated to the pandemic. Virus im Stephen Beard in berlin thanks for watching. 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Be told for is for the beethoven 2020 the 250th anniversary near. The beach. This is it a reduced lie from berlin a nother ceasefire shattered in the caucasus communities torn apart as armenia and azerbaijan blink each other for more fighting over the disputed region of nagornokarabakh the weekend truce meant to put an end to 3 weeks of escalating violence which just killed hundreds of people will get you more from our 1st album to all the ground also coming up. Soon 40000000 thats the Staggering Number of confirmed covert 900 cases across the globe to