thank you still only $0.03. this is d.w. dues coming to you live from berlin battling a new break of the coronavirus in germany regional leaders consider re-imposing along down after a surge in cases of a meat packing factory in the west of the country also coming up a record breaking heat wave in the arctic circle a town in siberia sees the highest temperature ever recorded there wildfires are

scorching the region. and the bonus league gives new t.v. deal points to a dip in the market chris force fraud was the 1st big sports broadcasting contract to be sold since the pandemic to get. low on terry martin welcome to the program health experts in germany are warning that a new cluster of corona virus cases in the western state of north rhine-westphalia has the potential to spread if action is not taken the warning comes after more than $1500.00 workers of a slaughterhouse near good as though tested positive for cope at 19 so far regional leaders have resisted calls to reintroduce water restrictions. police medics and even the fire department have descended on the town of rate of eden brook to help stem

a wave of corona virus infections over 1500 employees from the chinese meat packing plant have tested positive for covert 19 many of them foreign workers from eastern europe who live and work in dire conditions. local activist in a butch neider has been protesting the situation for years she takes us to a building where 13 romanian factory employees lived until recently. as it's only 10 days 14 days at most since they left this place inside a pungent smell greets us mold covers the walls many of the eastern european meat workers live in such dismal conditions most locals were aware of the situation but said nothing in the bush neither was different even organizing protests. for his mouth we demonstrated in front of this house in december 28th this house is

notorious andre not his real name worked at the tunnies plant for 2 years for a subcontractor experion the worst thing about it was the working hours we began it one in the afternoon and finished at 1 in the morning. plus you can do all we mop that. overtime work was not paid andre has since quit. after the corona virus outbreak at the tourney's plant authorities fear the virus will spread to the rest of the city's population and maybe even beyond me i'm worried and it feels like we're losing control of the situation we don't know what is going to happen next. it's frightening how the corona virus has swept into our area we're afraid they'll close everything down here. the thought of it since i'm it's unbelievable frightening scary.

residents fear that restrictions will be reintroduced locally with shops being forced to close for a 2 week period. the tunnies meat packing plant has already shut down the pandemic has exposed problems that in a butch meter has been trying to draw attention to for years but only now are authorities paying serious attention to the meat workers' plate. and. its innovative eating book where that break is underway i mean how confident are authorities there they can contain itself frank. the mood has definitely changed today yesterday the authorities were still saying that they were confident that they get avoid a regional lockdown but this morning the district administrator said that it it now seems like a lockdown is looming so that's a change of mood here and that's because several cases a number of cases have been detected in the general population they won't say how

many because they're worried about cross county but that does mean that the virus may be spreading outside the tight knit community that is currently under lockdown suggest to recap authorities put the entire workforce of this. slaughterhouse under strict quarantine and were hoping that the virus would stay among them a lot of attention was put on not on the condition of the people who are now sick 1500 of them at the last count but rather on whether or not this virus was spread to the general population and now there's some evidence that this is happening so the workers from the plant the work the plant that's been affected by they are break they've been put under quarantine but what other measures are being taken to get this under control. that's right the quantum for them is very strict police have surrounded buildings where many of them live in collective housing units and medic medical units are going door to door to try to test every single person who's

under quarantine and that is quite strict as i said but there are also a lot of people under south koreans and a lot of. slaughterhouse workers who are self quarantining within the city and that's a little bit more complicated more police have been brought in from outside this district as well as more medics we talked to some people some medics who were doing tests yesterday who said they didn't even know this region they didn't know the streets and how to get around they've come from other places to help out here a lot of german attention has been put on this region they've brought in translators to translate because a lot of these workers a romanian both caring and don't speak any german at all which complicates the situation schools are under lockdown but authorities are now worried that the system is not airtight this help break down has drawn attention to substandard conditions for workers in germany's meat packing industry what are the chances of those conditions improving after this well germany might be known for some international viewers as having strong working standards

a good collective bargaining a strong union but unions but the meat packing industry the slaughterhouse industry is definitely an exception to that a lot of attention has come to sub sub contracting which means that the meat industry is using companies from outside of germany in order to get cheap later labored to keep meat cheap the german government has now said that cannot work anymore that some contracting will now be illegal for the meat industry but that won't come into effect until january and a lot of politicians are saying that in the meantime they need stronger regulations to prevent this from happening at another slaughterhouse in germany i mean thank you very much for bringing us up to date that was. innovative. well let's bring you up to date now with some other developments in the pandemic the world health organization says the number of global coronavirus infections has topped 9000000 north and south america account for more than half of new cases india's struggling

hospital system started to buckle under the weight of new croak over $1000.00 cases country reports more infections per day than any country besides the united states and brazil and spanish authorities have reimposed blocked all measures in some northeastern cities after new clusters of infections emerged this within days of spain lifting a nationwide state of emergency. temperatures in the arctic circle have hit their highest level since records began with a town in siberia reaching certain 8 degrees celsius over the weekend the record breaking heat wave has also left the region scrambling to contain several wildfires this is very in siberia almost 5000 kilometers north east of moscow people here are used to extreme weather conditions the town is known for having the world why does temperature range with winter lows of nearly minus 70 degrees celsius and summer

temperatures often above 30 even so the record heat registered to students has caught everyone by surprise. a unit on the 20th of june 2020 we registered a temperature of class of $38.00 degrees celsius this is considered to be another normal temperature for this place. much of siberia has seen unseasonably high temperatures this year the use copernicus climate change service warned they had sort of 10 degrees above normal in may. rising heat across the arctic has led to widespread wildfires in the soccer republic where very is located more than 275000 hectares are burning according to local authorities the heat wave is also causing permafrost or permanently frozen soil to thaw at a faster pace in late may the arctic saw one of its worst environmental disasters

in decades as a huge fuel reservoir that rested on thawing permafrost sank into a lake near the city of nori alaska unleashing $21000.00 tonnes of diesel into local rivers cleanup is still underway and environmental groups warn it could take at least 10 years for biodiversity in the area to recover temperature records are being broken all around the world as a consequence of climate change but the arctic is warming faster than anywhere else and for the town of their car younes the latest record is further proof that the clock is ticking. other stories from around the world stay china has successfully put the final satellite of its new navigation network into orbit the chinese bedo system is designed to rival the us g.p.s. is well as europe's galileo system a 10 $1000000000.00 project has been in development since the 1990 s.

. saudi arabia will go ahead with the annual religious pilgrimage to mecca but with coronavirus restrictions they traditionally attract $2000000.00 muslims from around the world for 5 intensive days of worship this year only muslims living in saudi arabia will be allowed to attend. in the u.s. nascar racing teams have made a show of support for bubba wallace the only full time african-american driver on the circuit this after a noose was found in his garage wallace made news for getting confederate flags long associated with slavery banned from nascar events. and the german football the d.f.l. has accepted a lower price from domestic broadcasters for the rights to screen the bonus league from 2021 the top 2 leagues will earn $60000000.00 euros less per season for. how much is football post pandemic or rather how much all broadcasters willing to

pay back cash makes up the majority of the budget for the 36 clubs competing in the bundesliga and bundesliga 21100000000 euros will be divided up between them every season those are the terms of the new deal starting in 2021 and last in 4 seasons. again this is i believe that this is a good result considering the times but even outside of this context. it gives the league security until 2025 and i am certain that this deal we have reached will stand up to all other deals from other leagues in the coming one of 2 years it's he said give me a seamless and. it's the 1st time in almost 20 years that the bundesliga parent company couldn't secure a rise in t.v. money but that's largely due to cove it $19.00 with empty stadia no atmosphere and

no clear end in sight for the. strictures placed on football matches. the entire system surrounding football will change following the coronavirus pandemic in one such area of change will be the financial conditions they will be adjusted downwards in all aspects calling in i don't belong. for german fans who currently can't watch their teams live in the grounds not much else will change the matches will continue to be available albeit without their vocal support in the stands. and finally a famous spanish opera house has reopened after being closed for months with a special concert for plants the event was the idea of a conceptual artist who said he spent a lot getting in touch with nature. a concert inspired by the strength and beauty of nature resilient in the midst of a pandemic. as spain comes back to life after

a 3 month lockdown leafy guest fill seats at barcelona's ellis aoe opera house. i watched what was going on in nature during the pandemic i heard many more birds singing and south of plants in my garden were growing faster without a doubt i thought that maybe i could not relate in a much more intimate way with people and nature were not on center stage a street corner tete place puccini's the chrysanthemums before a crowd of more than 2000 potted plants it's a full house but there's no coronavirus restriction required. the music says the man behind the concert is his way to communicate with nature. to tell them what we've gone through during this time in the shape of music a language through which they could be influenced it was obvious it was almost like

a recreate him. after the curtain comes down the end or plants will go to a clinic there barcelona as a symbolic thank you to health care workers everywhere. for. what were the plans for. listen if you're watching news i'm terry martin i'll be back the top next hour with more thanks for. the for. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news.