hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm rich preston. china is seeing a sharp rise in positive covid cases, just 10 days after suddenly easing its strict lockdown measures following a wave of protests, with the capital beijing being one of the worst affected areas. in china's largest city, shanghai, officials have ordered most of its schools to take classes online. our reporter, ijoema ndukwe reports. cars bearing the dead line the driveway of this crematorium assigned for covid—19 deaths. it is among dozens

of such facilities across the capital, beijing, struggling to meet a spike in demand days after china began to relax its pandemic protocols. workers and drivers at funeral homes have been calling in sick, as the disease spreads across the city, adding to a shortage of labour. the number of covid cases has not been confirmed, but according to an informal survey by chinese search engine baidu, 70% of beijing, a city of 22 million people, is infected. they stopped counting asymptomatic cases, there has also been a transition to use of antigen tests which are not associated with the laboratory, they are being done at home so just like the issues we've been having in the united states and globally, when you switch to antigen tests you don't have that situational awareness so our best bet is going to be understanding what is

happening in the hospitals. meanwhile, in china's largest city, shanghai, officials have ordered most schools to take classes online as covid cases soar. nurseries and childcare centres will close from monday, according to the education bureau. the authorities have stepped up vaccinations, including the option of inhalable boosters to speed up distribution. however, a past emphasis on lockdowns, rather than vaccinations, means that older people are at risk. sufficiently vaccinated is the question, and unfortunately that is a relatively low percentage, particularly with elderly people. and, you know, to understand why, i think in the time of severe lockdowns, we have had nearly three years of china being severely locked down and that was the containment measure, so people had a sort of false sense of security. there are concerns that china's health infrastructure is not equipped to deal with the rapid rise in patients.

analysts say chaos and confusion have followed the country's abrupt decision to drop its controversial zero covid policy. and it is still unclear how authorities will get to grips with this current surge in infections. ijoema ndukwe, bbc news. let's look at some other stories in brief. in iran, the well known film actress taraneh alidoosti has been arrested, as anti—government protests continue into a fourth month. an iranian news agency said ms alidoosti, who's best known for her starring role in the oscar winning iranian film, the salesman, was detained for publishing what it called false and distorted content and inciting chaos. ms alidoosti publicly condemned the first execution of a protester earlier this month. in north africa, tunisia's main opposition parties have called on the president to resign. that's after under 9% of people voted in an election for a new national assembly. the new assembly was part of a series of political changes made by president kais saied which his critics denounced as a coup. the opposition coalition says he's lost any legitimacy to govern.

in south america, peru's embattled new president, dina boluarte, has ruled out resigning, saying doing so would not solve the political crisis in the country, sparked by the impeachment of her predecessor, pedro castillo. she's also asked for congress to pass legislation to bring forward an election as a way to stop the ongoing protests that have so far claimed more than 20 lives. police in germany say they've recovered some of the precious items stolen during the country's biggest ever art heist three years ago. it happened at the green vault museum in the eastern city of dresden. authorities say they had a breakthrough in the investigation. gareth barlow reports: it was the robbery that shocked germany back in 2019 as masked men forced their way into the green vault museum inside dresden castle, and left with priceless pieces from the collection of the saxon ruler augustus the strong.

to get to the jewels they had started a fire nearby to cause a power outage then cut through iron bars to get inside the museum. the lost treasure included a diamond encrusted sword and a series of 18th century pins and necklaces. local police vowed get the jewels back but despite translation: what is the chance . of finding this treasure again? i we showed ourselves always decidedly optimistic but now i can be honest, it was a bit of a fib. the longer the investigation lasted, the more our confidence melted. therefore we are very happy to be here right now. and right now the whole case has flipped with police saying most of the items have been recovered in berlin, but not all of them, after information came to light during an ongoing trial. around a0 people were thought to be part of the heist with six members of a known crime syndicate facing charges for it currently. details of the deal made with prosecutors were kept secret but a total of 31 items are now on their way back

to dresden where they will be examined by experts to confirm their authenticity and where security are sure to be confirming some new security measures. you are watching bbc news. and now, nobel minds. a discussion between the winners of nobel laureates at the royal palace in stockholm about their discoveries and achievements. hello, i'm than a badawi, welcome to nobel minds from the library of the royal palace in stockholm. this is nobel laureates have been brought together for the first time in discussion on television, we will be hearing about their groundbreaking contributions. we also have an audience and we are delighted to be joined we also have an audience and we are delighted to bejoined by their royal highnesses, crown

princess as well as family and friends of the laureates and students from stockholm. laureates, it's absolutely terrific to be with all of you, congratulations to you all, so happy for this wonderful occasion to be with all of you. i think we should give them a round of applause. applause now, i'm going to start off by going around the table very, very quickly to basically get an idea of what winning the nobel prize means to you. douglas diamond, you are one of the economics laureates. efi

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