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this is a new news. festival and a song overshadowed by the specter of covert 90 all obama. muslims break their fast for the last time for this for the month of the traditional celebrations also coming up on the show. us president donald trump trades accusations over the coronavirus pandemic with chinese leader
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xi jinping has ties between the 2 men and their countries become even more strained . and in week 2 of the going to sleep his return from a forced break to show their heads above the rest of dispatching frankford the stars are aligned for the 2nd place or. the next vice or welcome to the program muslims around the world have begun celebrating a somber eat the annual festival that marks the end of ramadan. his grand mosque would ordinarily be packed with worshippers but this year it was almost empty in indonesia the world's largest muslim majority nation people prayed in the open air and they have been taking to the streets and because on the in the on the outskirts
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of the capital jakarta. but the coronavirus pandemic means no prayers at the mosque for the faithful no family reunions and no meal together to celebrate the end of fasting. filmed at this time last year this is what dhaka in bangladesh normally looks like in preparation for aid. now measures introduced to curb the coronavirus have left it unrecognizable from the normally we see many customers coming in ahead of aid but this year there are far fewer we've opened our shop for the last 4 days and sold nothing. more than 400 reported deaths and 30000 and factions prompted the country to extend its lockdown restrictions until the end of man. confined to their homes many will find a 3 day holiday a very different experience this year. as there is a nation wind and we can't do our aid shopping because markets are closed we have donated the money for aid related expenses to the poll. was. even in
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europe where some countries have begun to ease restrictions faced preparations have been hindered by rules that prevent large gatherings. i think this will be a sad byrom for me because no one will come to visit and i will spend a learned but i will buy groceries and cook everything just as i always do and i will send what i make to my loved ones to enjoy it hard. for strictures are not most determined to celebrate the end of a long month of fasting with plenty of comfort food. time now to take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. protests have been taking place in hong kong after china sparked outrage with a proposed new security law for the territory the plan has angered pro-democracy campaigners hundreds of them have gathered in a central shopping district where they have been met by riot police and tear gas.
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despite the threat posed by code 19 americans have been heading to the beach to celebrate memorial day weekend the holiday marks the unofficial start of summer in the united states president donald trump celebrated with his 1st round of golf since the 10 demick broke out. in china the director of the would hand institute of g. has dismissed as pure fabrication and speculation by u.s. president donald trump that the covert 900 virus could have been leaked from the lab there is often referred to the pathogen as the china virus even before the corona virus pandemic relations between washington and beijing were tense because of trade issues but now the relationship between the world's 2 largest economies has turned even colder. the world through most powerful men are at loggerheads over the pandemic there's no love lost between she and trump and it's not just passing it's terrible picture of relations between beijing and washington. i think that the
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u.s. china relationship is worse than it has been at any time since the tiananmen massacre of june 1989 and it is really in rapid freefall i don't know where the bottom actually is and i think as we go into the election season into the in the united states that this relationship is going to further deteriorate and the fox news interview at the beginning of my president trumps it it wasn't his crisis management skills but it cost tens of thousands of american lives. it came from china it should have been stopped it got a bit stopped on the spot they chose not to do it or something up and either that was incompetence or they didn't do it for some reason and we'll have to find out what that reason was but she shouldn't wasn't taking the criticism lying down getting back with a dose of national pride at the people's congress that was echoed by an online film
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from trying to state run press. we discovered a new virus it's dangerous. where it portrays china as actions as prudence and the u.s. as our game implying the u.s. coronavirus crisis was homegrown trumps response with a storm of tweets denying that china had adequately warned the us and the queues in beijing of launching a propaganda attack he dubbed the virus a plague from china and said it was quote world wide killing but it was in washington suspect that a call and calculated strategy is behind trump's apparent outburst american attitudes toward china as several recent polls have shown are very negative and trending even more negative and so i think that trump's campaign strategists are counting on the fact that bashing china will be popular and will when president trump thoughts and the republicans are fearful the geo political power dynamics are
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shifting and not to their advantage the international order as we have known it for 30 years is breaking. now imperialist china seeks to remake the world in its own image and to bin the global economy to its own will anger then in washington over the pandemic but also plenty of fear that china could soon knock the u.s. up the top spot as the world's superpower. social distancing is critical when it comes to preventing the spread of the corona virus when people are forced to live together in makeshift accommodations that may be impossible or as are now emerging about the danger the virus could spread in refugee camps in bangladesh where hundreds of thousands over hinge of muslims had fled from neighboring are. the coupon refugee camp in bangladesh home to more than 850000 who fled persecution in neighboring me and maher. is one of them he lives with 13 family members in 2 small rooms. the.
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room is very small if i had a big house perhaps we could survive coronavirus but staying here is very difficult everything is broken. and that makes even basic hygiene a challenge toilets washer areas and clean water in the camp are few and far between with as many as $70000.00 people per square kilometer keeping distance is next to impossible yet it's necessary authorities sealed off the camp in april fearing the worst of covert 19 hit the camp but the virus has made its way in nonetheless the 1st case was reported about a week ago the man is now being treated at a local health center officials say and 6 of his family members are in quarantine awaiting results aid organizations say they're trying to prepare training personnel and setting up isolation and treatment centers with up to 700 beds and 10
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ventilators. since receiving the 1st case a rapid investigation team has been set up with the government under the guidance of the world health organization we've started treating the identify patients and doing contact tracing. through them and if that has not been. given the camp's overcrowding it lack of resources in a country where a 5th of the population lives in poverty those efforts might not be enough officials fear an outbreak here not only threatens those in the camps but also the nearly half 1000000 people who live around it. let's have a quick look now at some of the other coronavirus developments more than 5300000 people have been infected globally and almost 350000 have died from the disease that's according to the johns hopkins university in the united states china has announced 3 new infections after reporting yesterday for the 1st time since it
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started gathering data in january of this year india plans to organize special trains to get at least 3600000 migrant workers stranded by the pandemic lockdown back home as fresh coronavirus cases in the country hit a daily high and in the u.s. new york has reported its lowest covert 900 death toll in weeks its total of $84.00 deaths on friday was the 1st time the daily toll has dipped below $100.00 since march. and we turn to germany's bundesliga football now the 1st major sports league in the world to return to play after a 4 score and a virus break this is the 2nd week of matches played virtually empty stadiums one constant in all of this rain atop the league standings at home on saturday they were tested by frankfurt but emerged unscathed ready for next week's big match against 2nd place dortmund here's more.
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welcomed frankfurt to munich the lack of atmosphere didn't hinder the action. cross to put the champions 160 minutes. then went from provided. by a veteran forward is enjoying his most productive season. this. time. if frankfurt were hoping for a change in fortunes after the break they were left disappointed within a minute of the restart robert leaven dusky made it 3 nil with his 27th goal of the season but it wasn't quite game over yet. pounced on a loose ball to cut by its lead in the 52nd minute and 3 minutes later he scored again to make it 3 to frankfurt we're back in the game thanks to their sense a half. but the visitors just couldn't help themselves when alfonso davies made it
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for 2 to buy and plenty to gel some finance as his poor touch. and then hinted again made by in victory safe the defenders bumbling attempt to control the ball so him diverted into his own net fight to the final score and league leaders by an edge and closer to another title. and leverkusen travelled to mention glad back with hopes of taking over 3rd place from the home club as is the new normal in fashion or sports around the world to match was also played for an empty stadium or at least a stadium devoid of real people. there were no fans at brasier park but club back at least had some cardboard supporters to make it feel like home for the visit of later couzin and the inform parents after scoring twice last weekend the wunderkind was at it again here. with just 6 minutes of the contest gone
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habits latched on to corinne bell robbie's pass and produced a delicate finish to put leverkusen and head. the hosts struggled to create chances but did cause leverkusen keeper lucas for debt ski some trouble in the 41st minute the finish stopper did just enough to keep his team ahead going into half time and make sure the away fans were smiling at the break. but then packs of them young sensation marcus to level the schools. later couzens the fence gave the forward too much space $11.00 after 51 minutes. but then disaster struck when nico event he took out battle robbie in the box. penalty to live accuser who else but haven't struck the spot kick to make it to one and
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later cruising confirmed their victory with 10 minutes to go spent benda found the kona somewhat for 2 it's late via his shoulder the $31.00 win moves leverkusen into about club whose title challenge is now surely. and here's a look at all the bundesliga results so far this weekend. new nick hold the top spot after that convincing win over frankfurt dortmund is still firmly in 2nd place after beating will spur as you heard leverkusen beat and she's back to take over 3rd place braman defeated freiburg patter born in hoffenheim drew on friday dominated the berlin darby against and there are 3 matches to come on sunday an alligator that escaped from berlin zoo at the height of the 2nd world war and was later brought to russia has died in moscow at the age of $84.00 the animal named saturn hatched in the united states around $936.00 and was taken to germany
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allied forces that destroyed the berlin zoo's aquarium in a bombing run in november 1940 through but the alligator survived after the war red army soldiers took saturn to moscow where he was jokingly referred to as the last german prisoner of. you're watching the news don't forget you can get all the latest news on our website that stood up to come on nick spicer factual watch. 7 into a symphony.

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