this is deja news live from berlin germany tries to stem a mass corona virus outbreak as more than 1500 slaughterhouse workers test positive for the virus calls are growing for the facilities owners to be held accountable for failing to enforce physical distancing rules. and the e.u. demands an end to what it calls and on balance trade relationship with china after the latest talks as beijing moved any closer to what brussels wants. to.

i'm told me a lot of welcome to the program thousands of people are in quarantine in the district of goods a slow in northern north western germany with schools and daycare centers closed because of a new corona virus outbreak this latest hot spot centers on a meat processing plant run by the german company tiniest more than 1500 workers have tested positive for the virus a local officials say they called a wide a lockdown. activity has ceased at the term use meat packing plant in low. road in town a frantic effort is underway mobile teams are testing factory workers 19 over $1500.00 have tested positive so far. 6500 workers and family members have been sent into corinth teen fenced in their reliant on food deliveries to their

living quarters many are eastern europeans who work long shifts and live in cramped conditions the turn his factory has turned the city of snow into a coronavirus hotspot. local officials are ruling out a much wider lockdown. coming. for i could see this happening. it's a different situation compared to yesterday. our mobile teams discovered some additional positive cases. 360000 residents would be affected by a lockdown there also calls for extensive testing. the entire population has to be tested very quickly there's no point in waiting a week for the results while we allow the virus to spread further than had this was vital that i did the outbreak has sent national infection rates soaring after cases

declined dramatically in recent weeks fears are growing but hotspots like these could have a wider impact. the report has this update. here in the region of goods as low authorities are using targeted quarantining to avoid a regional lockdown that's why residents on this side of the street are free to come and go as they please while over here they're living under total lockdown now these buildings house several 100 migrant workers mostly from romania and bulgaria who work for the slaughterhouse turn yes and now they are behind a fence with no entrance only police and health care workers come and go health care workers are going door to door to try to test everyone for cobra 19 but society here was divided long before this fence went up and that's because a lot of the residents here many from romania have little to no contact with their german neighbors and biologists say that this segregation could have contributed to the outbreak that's because the workers are working 10 to 12 hours a day in

a factory and coming back to these cramped living conditions and now the victim of an outbreak in their community they're isolated more than ever before. so let's bring you up to speed with some of the developments in the pandemic the world health organization says the number of global coronavirus infections has topped 9000000 north and south america accountable than half of the new cases in brazil the virus has all killed more than $51000.00 people with over a 1000000 cases in total the w.h.o. says actual case numbers probably much higher that the death toll in the us has risen above 120000 according to the latest figures from the johns hopkins university and this comes as health officials one of an alarming surge in cases in the country's west and south. e.u. leaders of expressed great concerns about china's proposed national security law for hong kong the 2 sides met in a virtual summit on monday to seek agreement on

a trade and investment deal that europe hopes will help its companies compete in china cooperation on climate change on the iran nuclear deal were also on the agenda but talks have been overshadowed by concerns over human rights in hong kong . chief international editor richard walker is in brussels and here's his take on whether european leaders are any closer to getting what they want from china the presidents of both european council and the european commission to part in a press conference after those talks and they were pretty clear that the 2 sides remain very very far apart on a large number of issues and it's really is exposing the tough time that europe is having in really trying to calibrate a coherent stance towards china as china gets more and more powerful more and more assertive on the world stage now the thing is that europe wants

better relations with china particularly on the area of trade and it really wants to find progress on this investment deal that they were talking about today but that investment deal has been years in the making already the negotiations on that go back fully 7 years and the 2 sides had said that this would be the year where they make a breakthrough but the implication from the 2 presidents today was that they remain very far apart that china still needs to make a lot of concessions and the picture on human rights is getting bleaker by the year from machine jang in china's northwest down to hong kong in the south the imposition of this national security law seen by human rights groups as a grave threat to freedoms in hong kong so the european union is confronted with this kind of reality that it is struggling to get what it wants from china either on relating to its interests in trade or to its values in freedom and democracy.

it is richard walker in brussels now let's take a closer look at the proposed security law in hong kong beijing insists it's needed to ensure order critics though say it will crush freedoms as well especially free speech as well as the city's autonomy from mainland china. explains why from hong kong. just ring up as an empress to knock hong kong's leader carry them in attendance a flattering palestrina played a unique hope one of the host of headliner the oldest satirical show in the city. today the team is framing the final episode of the 31 year old program produced by at hong kong's public broadcaster has always been bowed in its criticism of the turd tories top leader but now it's been suspended due to allegation of insulting the police. headliner is has indicator of hong kong's

liberties if you can assist him is the authorities are tolerant to learn to accept good sense whether in public institutions or otherwise it manifest how the climate has changed. her how hard it. is closure has intensified concern over hong kong's remaining freedoms especially when beijing is pushing for a new security law for a city the law what m. powwow home calls chief executive to definite judges to hear relevant cases state security agencies in hong kong what also exercised jurisdiction over a small number of special cases but as to how the law criminal law is suppression inclusion where foreign forces know the tower has to be made public so far. nevertheless my cost him a member of china's top legislature dismisses fear off speech crimes i was assured by the beijing leadership. would be drawn in

a way that is balanced so in other words if an individual would just make a comment and won't constitute an offense if they repeatedly say the same thing in a manner that would cause others to follow. gaging to beliefs then that's a different matter. but if i'm on the web basically it'll be the night that a celebrity like me. might have to wait. so she how also publishes commentaries on various platforms has worried that media workers will be among the 1st to fall victim to the new law. the biggest threat is that beijing can draw the line our bitterly opposed and the chilling effect and excessive rates censorship of the press will only be able to

follow the official narratives and he government movement it's problematic to have a security law without democracy because there are no checks and balances to death or of his power. what a headline though we will turn to those screens will be subject to a review authorized by the government but as china's new security law looms over the city i don't see how and many others and not optimistic. we're going to as well take a look at some other stories making news around the world much of the arctic circle is experiencing a record breaking heat wave a town of the one yes inside very a recorded a an all time high of 38 degrees celsius over the weekend siberia has seen unseasonably high temperatures this year leading to sizable wild. german payments wire cod says 1900000000 euros reported missing from its accounts may not exist to

philippine banks supposedly holding the money say wire card was never their client shares of wild card which is listed on the blue chip dax index of seeing a frantic sell off the c.e.o. has resigned. saudi arabia says it will go ahead with the annual religious pilgrimage to mecca but with coronavirus restrictions the hajj traditionally attracts roughly $2000000.00 muslims globally for 5 intense days of worship this year only muslims living in saudi arabia will be allowed to attend. nascar drivers put on a display of solidarity for the sport's only african-american competitor after someone placed the news in bubble wallace's stall over the weekend races of the geico 500 stood up against the racist act by escorting his car to the starting line wallace has made news for getting confederate flags banned from nascar events. archeologists in the u.k. say they discovered

a major prehistoric underground monument near stonehenge the site contains huge shafts forming a circle more than 2 kilometers across which is believed to have been dug more than 4000 years ago research is hoped the find will still shed light on and origins of stonehenge itself. german chancellor angela merkel has condemned as a horror and a night of rioting and looting in the southern german city of stuttgart interior minister horse to see how far went there on monday to support local officials after the weekend of rest left shop windows smashed and 19 police officers injured 25 people have been arrested. interior minister horst zee who for visited stuttgart city center with both the state premiers and the mayor at his side. they wanted to show strength and solidarity with local police in the aftermath of the weekend riots. those the i hope the perpetrators have been

found. and that speedy and harsh sentences will be handed down. 2 of the used seats through. shopkeepers already suffering from the pandemic lockdown had to sweep up glass shards. the cost of the damage is in the millions sockless here got a knock at the last thing we need in these difficult times is for young men to initiate an orgy of violence for no reason at all no sign of. police are at pains to determine what led to this night of violence. following a single drug check by police young men joined forces to riot in stuttgart from saturday night into the early hours of sunday morning. all they seem to have in common was a hatred of police and a desire to broadcast their violent acts online 25 suspects have been arrested so far. in the event unites them is

a hatred of the police that we have been observing across germany during the last few weeks and months. they acted on the spur of the moment to live out the violence that has been brewing inside of them all. this social worker says there's no excuse for what happened for weeks he and his colleagues have watched the frustration of local youth build to the boiling point. this is mission building and this is not about immigrants it's a matter of whether or not these young men can see any future what can they do with their lives where can they go from here in. 7 of the accused were brought before a judge today a warrant has been issued for a 16 year old for attempted murder he is accused of kicking a student in the head for criticizing the riots. a famous spanish opera house has reopened after being closed for months with a special concert or plants. concert halls celebrate at the end of spain's state of

emergency with a piece called the course at the moment the event was the idea of a conceptual artist who said he'd use the lockdown to get in touch with. the capacity crowd of more than 2000 plants was not required to observe. is a cold distance. you're watching news the headlines come back at the top of the hour. on middle and i'm good welcome to the 2nd season of all my good friends. the planet on the brink of disaster we did long in-depth interviews with experts about one question how to change the set up to live in france.