this is deja vu news live from berlin north korea violently escalates tensions with the southern neighbor south korean officials say that pyongyang has blown up a liaison office near the 2 countries heavily militarized border we'll go live to seoul for the very latest also coming up. to us president trump confirms he is slashing u.s. troop numbers in germany the president says he's acting because for lent has been paying its fair share of nato defense spending will explore the possible fallout from the pull out. and germany rolls out its voluntary coronavirus tracking and

tracing how effective it is being. plus of venice is reopening its canals and landmarks to international tourism but despite the sharp drop off inters cash after months of lockdown not everyone is welcoming their return. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us today south korea has accused the north of blowing up a joint leaves own office near the border between those 2 countries the office seen here when it was opened 20 teen handles enter korean relations is situated in the town of k. song that's just north of the border the explosion comes as tensions between the 2 sides escalate over a leafleting campaign going yang is furious at seoul's failure to stop activists

from air dropping propaganda over the border into the north. ok let's get up to date on this breaking news story from correspondent frank smith joining us from south korea's capital seoul good day to you frank what's the latest what caused this incident well this is really an escalation of what had been kind of an ongoing campaign from north korea to protest against the leaflet leaning that you mentioned the flying of balloons across the border by a couple of n.g.o.s one led by. who i interviewed recently and one led by buck junko his brother who sends north korea rice in baubles 2 by the ocean currents periodically these 2 activists north korean defectors routinely do

this to get the message to north koreans that they would like to see them rise up against what they see as a corrupt kim dynasty in north korea of course this is infuriated the north with kim the old young leader kim jong un's brother issuing this statement just on saturday night she says before long a tragic scene of the useless north south jointly as an office completely collapsed would be seen so we did have some warning that this explosion would take place so all of this the pushing the tensions we've seen rising over the past few days. yes that's correct and it's not likely to die down soon as i mentioned i spoke with the leaders of the these 2 n.g.o.s box on how i can vote jungle both of them say they're going to continue with their campaigns despite the efforts of the south

korean government to prevent them with police trying to block their roads to their access points to fly these leaflets and rice and messages into north korea so it's possible we could see an escalation of tension here on the korean peninsula some some of the latest threats that that we've been seeing from north korea have been attributed to kim jong she's the sister of north korean leader of course kim jong un what do you make of that well that's very correct it is important to take a look at this it's kind of the rise of commune junk if we remember just a month or 2 ago when the rumors about kim jong un's grave illness and possible death had come out that proved to be false actually we were talking about who might be the next leader of north korea and of course kim year old young was front and center i interviewed experts here in the south korean capital at that time and they

said if we see propaganda out of north korea praising kim yong jong putting their forward as a spokesperson of north korea then the game for the throne would be over and kim you'll join would be the presumptive heir to the leadership of north korea and that's very possible that we're seeing now frank so thanks very much for that from seoul today south korea. or germany has rolled out its official app to fight the spread of covert guide as knology can send warnings to users if they've been in close contact with anyone confirmed to have the virus the government hopes that this will help shorten faction change the up is voluntary we'll talk about some of the data privacy concerns after this report. the demo version of germany's coronavirus tracing app was unveiled in late may it has a simple design and it's easy to use the app was developed by german software giant

s.a.p.t. gether with deutsche telekom the firms were only commissioned to create it in early may until then the german government had planned to use technology that would have put user data on to central servers critics warn that the system was not secure and too vulnerable to hackers so berlind switched to a decentralized solution now users remain anonymous and the encrypted data is wiped from their smartphones after 2 weeks. the covert app uses bluetooth to determine which other smart phones are in the vicinity and for how long if an app user tests positive for the corona virus other users who were in longer contact with that person get a warning message. some experts say that around $50000000.00 people in germany would have to use the app for it to be really useful in the fight against the virus . we also have to make it clear to people that we're not going to suddenly get rid

of the virus through this app it's just one approach of many that can at least help thin out the chain of infection if not actually interrupt it and the question could this is the logo of the official german coded tracing app starting today it can be installed on i o s an android mobile phones. so the app is now available but will people be using it and what about the security concerns as d.w. discovered there is a lot of uncertainty out there and a desire for a lot more information. and it's just this whole corona virus thing seems very strange to be so i wouldn't be interested in the app for security reasons. and it's too much surveillance. on them we haven't fully thought it through we don't have enough information about it yet we saw it on the news once we find out more about it we'll see if it makes sense or not shown. up the simplest.

thing to know yeah if it works i think i'd definitely download it because if it's useful why not. many just want to see how it works in other countries like china and then i feel uncomfortable about it but i don't really know the work so i can't really judge it. on it. if that's like instagram a snapchat you use all my data anyway so it's the same thing. i don't have enter not access on my cell phone so i can't use it with all of this what it is now a days you never know if people are passing on your data it could be a benefit that i wanted also amounts to surveillance especially if everyone has to have it. let's bring you up to date now with a round up of some of the other developments in the pandemic there are now more than 8000000 confirmed cases worldwide some 437000 people have died that's

according to a tally by the john hopkins university in the us new zealand says it has 2 new cases of covert ending a 24 day run of no new infections the cases are 2 women who travel to the country from the u.k. china has reimposed some travel restrictions in the capital beijing as it battles to contain a new outbreak there there were 40 new coronavirus cases reported tuesday more than half of them in beijing. and thailand has reported no new infections or deaths marking 22 successive days without a domestic transmission all recent cases have been found among thais in quarantine who've returned from abroad and india has been easing its coronavirus restrictions allowing migrant workers to make their way home but for those returning to the state of west bengal well they've escaped the pandemic only to face the aftermath of a major cycle own. fault travel to the district of whole rock in west bank all their

locals describe the huge drought challenges they're facing right now. celebrations on the mean source of lush question of whose livelihood. joining weddings and festivals his work is in high demand in new delhi but hero back in his village in west bengal is clue b. area he does not know if he will even said this piece. last month shabu fled the lockdown in india's capital after months without any status he said $1300.00 other artisans also to turn to this small village with him almost one man from every family here. with the light on destroyed business were craftsman laborers if we don't embroider we go hungry. there was social distancing before we got on the train but inside it was completely crowded and then 50 of us were put

into a bus for 35 people see that but i love it and this is not pretty funny to them on that i. asked how since of migrants were making their way to west bengal psyche on m fun was wrecking havoc on their villages. the massive storm hit a week before musharraf said god arrived from delhi the damage to his home is significant his brother who lives in olympia says they had never seen anything like it the family says they are willing to work hard but there is nothing to do when he gets a big order sircar hires as many as 20 men from the area to help them complete it now none of them have owned a single rupee for more than 2 months. the thoughts are with the government has given us some free rice but what are we supposed to do with just that there are no

budged no oil. that's on an open destroyed our homes. we got no help there either. locals have had to tap into their savings and gone off jewelry to carry out repairs on order of the willage was without electricity for 12 days after the storm the exodus of migrants from india cities has exposed their heavy reliance on these workers but even in villages like this one the crisis is raising questions about age old patterns of migration these men grew up learning how to embroider but a pandemic and the cyclonic do not help the sale of luxury goods there is a common demand bringing to work here. if the government could help them set up export networks and fair be they said nor one would want to leave their homes and families behind as our guns are who we need enough to do here so we don't have to

migrate we want to stay in our city we get no respect in the cities anyway i'm outta here look kind of it is we're stuck at home with work and we're struggling to make ends meet. the government needs to give us work here during the lockdown to. fearing another drop down people here are unwilling to the done to the cities even in this damaged state the security of home is difficult to forgo. president doll trump says the u.s. will be slashing the number of american troops in germany by nearly 10000 from current levels of about 35000 died the move to what he called berlin's failure to meet its nato spending commitments the move has shaken the nato military alliance and germany which serves as a base for many of the us troops who deployed to iraq and afghanistan. for 70 years

tens of thousands of american troops have been stationed in germany for europe their presence at bases like spangdahlem garron torah peace for the us and expression of its military might. on monday donald trump confirmed he would be withdrawing almost 10000 of them leaving 25000 behind he blamed bare lens failure to meet its need to spending commitments have a serious and germany's delinquent they've been delinquent for years and they only billions of dollars and they have to pay it so we're protecting germany and it delinquent that doesn't make sense like nation the u.s. military presence in germany was a regional a a bulwark against the soviet threat during the cold war and continues to be a deterrent against potential russian aggression trump decision threatens to further strain the relationship between the 2 allies. germany since its serenity since 1900 is

a very strong partner and we would like to be handled all saw even and with the united states this is not the way you treat your close partners. u.s. presidents have long called for germany to increase defense spending but some suspect the latest decision is a reaction to german chancellor angela merkel who refused to attend the g. 7 summit that was to be hosted by the u.s. president later this month all trump seems to see. not anybody else his systemic rival. is there for the. personality does matter is this is also part of a neo isolationist policy so explicit about the individuals although. individuals do matter it is a new self definition of what the american interest seems to be. it's not clear if

trump will be able to push through the troop withdrawal which faces stiff opposition in congress even members of his own party opposed the plan. for more on this we're joined by alexander graff lamb store if he's a german parliamentarian the opposition business free for democrats and overseas foreign affairs for the party's parliamentary group thanks so much for coming in on this islam story your party is committed thank you to a strong u.s. ties what does the withdrawal of about a 3rd of america's 35000 troops here say to you about the state of german american relations. well the state of german american relations is not very good we've heard that just a minute ago and as a matter of fact of course president trump sees until america as a very different kind of leader and the. matter declined to attend his g 7 meeting later in the year i think the point was has come

for the united states to take this decision it's a blow to our bilateral erasers that there's absolutely no doubt about that ok now you've criticized american administrations push for multilateralism to cope with unilateral american policy decisions like this one with washington not consulting berlin on this move is only machall in the end right that germany needs to look for new mutual defense arrangements it's very good that you should ask that because as a better effect we are very strong proponents of multilateralism that we regret it very much when the united states left the paris accord left unesco 'd left the w.h.o. are about to leave it leaving behind the arms control treaties so as a matter of fact this is a point on which we support chancellor merkel's government we would just like to

see more success here and a more determined attitude on the part of the german government when it comes to strengthening international organizations because when america act to kate as a leader inside these organizations china may take over may want to take over and it's something that we as germans and europeans have to counter how do you avoid that how do you avoid china moving into the vacuum that american you know lateral islam could possibly create. by developing a very strong european foreign policy and that is something that's sorely missing as a matter of fact and that's why we criticize the german government as an opposition party we believe that there should be much closer cooperation between germany and france the other large member states of the european union but the european union as a whole as well should develop a foreign policy worthy of that name and then translate more that inside into international organizations most prominently obviously the united nations ok does

that mean that nato is becoming irrelevant for germany you know nato still is our security alliance of last resort and let's not forget 25000 american soldiers are bounds to stay my military context tell me that the corporation or the military professional level. 'd very well to this to this day and the political level as we've just discussed here we see difficulties developing the military still cooperates very closely alexander graf lambs dorf is ever great to see you thanks so much for coming in for us today thank you we have some breaking news coming in the indian army has said that 3 of its soldiers have been killed in a border clash with chinese troops and there been casualties on both sides china's foreign ministry accused in troops of crossing the disputed border twice on monday and provoking and attacking chinese personnel the 2 sides have been locked in

a standoff in the western himalayas for weeks now that's all we have about the story at the moment we'll have more details as they come in. let's get you up to date on some of the other stories in the headlines right now 2 suspected right wing extremists are due to stand trial in connection with the killing of a regional conservative politician paul to look over shot at his home a year ago he was a supporter of chancellor merkel's decision to allow hundreds of thousands of migrants into germany in 2015. the u.s. food and drug administration has revoked its emergency use authorization for her drugs a clear queenan to treat covered 19 the agency says the latest research shows the drug is not affected effective in treating the disease we have some german football news now byron munich are just one win away from capturing their 8th straight win this league title players are training in the rain ahead of today tuesday's match adverted braman by and have won their last 10 league games and are 7 points clear

of 2nd place bird dortmund but relegation threatened braman is expected to put up a fight meanwhile byron could find it difficult to celebrating their title due to the covert 1000 social distancing rules we have on my side of it in a city that i stop we won't become champions if we reach our goal then of course we will try to set up rates while conforming to the rules to fight on line and it could be money by and have weaknesses that few teams have discovered dortmund have to some extent found them that was an even match a lot of found them but to be fair robert levin boskin thomas mother will be back and they have a lot of experience in shaping the offense this season they will be challenges but we have an idea as to how we will approach this guy and be ready to speed i mean boy was mentioned no other club in bonus league history has secured the crown as often as byron munich they've won the last 7 but this league titles last time

a club other than byron became german champion well that was dortmund and that though was 8 years ago under who else the former coach you're going to. venice has been reopening its can owls and landmarks to foreign visitors is a vital step forward for a city so dependent on its tourism industry but with more than $300.00 visit a year for each and every inhabitant many of the nations are now rethinking about how they can learn from the past to safeguard their city's future. venice is legendary waterways without the masses a rare commodity here gondoliers are slowly returning to the city's canals but so far only a few visitors have indulged themselves. usually packed with tourists at this time of the year piazza san marcos seems almost deserted after the coronavirus crisis brought the city to a near standstill venice is gradually opening up to visitors again. but not

everyone is looking forward to the return of the masses jane demo still sees this as an opportunity for a much needed change she has been advocating for a more sustainable form of tourism one that doesn't put the future of the city at risk the problem with venice is that it's in a strain me fred belak it system and and you can't just do anything you like to venice it needs to be. treated carefully otherwise there won't be any venice left in the future and we need to be responsible about. legacy than this and think about what venice has given to us other people have a right to get that too she tells us venice has a unique way of life that is threatening to disappear jane the most who wants to risk to engage with the city again spending more time in restaurants and museums

and not rushing through in a few hours. the city's population has dropped from 175000 after world war 2 to just above 50000 inhabitants now a fraction of the roughly 30000000 visitors who come here every year critics say venice has been suffering from over tourism for too long and has driven out residents were simply made the city unlivable for them the coronavirus crisis now has given venice a break from cruise ships and daytrippers but for an economy almost entirely depending on tourism reinventing itself poses a great challenge though the last months without guests were difficult for a nickel to nottle he still imagines a different future for his city the co-author of the upscale hotel once his guests to enjoy a slow as he calls it true venetian experience the huge throngs of tourists in the streets could be reduced through better regulation if. there are days with too many people that work is because.

of the events of the cd because. they're bored in the. same period of the festival of the scene and the thing. the opening of. unity and i mean. we should do. more to organize it. in the 6 months. while many agree venice needs to change the way it handles its visitors the city's tourism counsellor wants to further assess the situation before applying any dress. measures. this is not the museum and. we don't. you know some campaign there are a city in the ward i don't think so many many people speak about the. tourists now there are 50 really almost 30000000 on song that's not true i want to count i

will know how many people. every day and i know for resident and activist jane the most oh just empty words right now that doesn't seem to be political will at all i think the politicians are too focused on making money out of venice in the short time and by thinking in that way that kind of killing the goose that lays the golden egg with travel restrictions now being lifted all over europe the nations should not take too long to decide what kind of future they see for their city. let's get you a minder of our top stories this hour south korea says north korea has blown up a liaison office near the 2 countries heavily most prized for the north a previously expressed anger at activists in the south droppings propaganda

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