this is news coming to you live from battling in the coronavirus in germany regional leaders decide to reimpose folk along after a surge in cases of meat packing factory in the west of the country also coming up . is the hardest hit country in the middle east in terms of coronavirus so why do so many iranians appear to have lost their fear of the virus and is this preparing the ground for a lethal 2nd wave. plus sham transactions and almost 2000000000 euros missing as

the scandal around financial service provider wired technique deepens the firm's former c.e.o. marcus brown has been arrested. following good to have you with us nearly 400000 people are being forced into a new lockdown in the german state of north rhine-westphalia this comes after health experts here in germany are warning that a new cluster of corona virus cases have the potential to spread if action isn't taken more than 1500 workers at a slaughterhouse near good as low tested positive for the virus. well germany's robot called institute for infectious diseases now says the country's coronavirus reproduction rate is $2.00 meaning every active case in texas almost 3 people it was under $101.00 less than

a week ago our correspondent nina followed that briefing nina will come to the health institute numbers in just a moment but 1st the head of the regional government there in north rhine-westphalia where that big outbreak has happened he's been speaking tell us more about what he had say well i mean last said from anglo-american conservative pods he has just announced that in that local district that is linked to that outbreak at the meat processing plant and those same lock down measures will be introduced again as they were introduced in monson those measures will be in place until the end of june just to make sure that that outbreak is contained and that the virus doesn't spread any further into other regions potentially and in detail that means that pubs will be closed again cinemas will be closed again and people will no longer be able to exercise sports indoors now that outbreak at the meat

packing plants is quite severe it's influencing the end is it influencing the infection rate for germany as a whole. the short answer is yes that press briefing that we saw earlier by the country's leading public health agency the robert costa institute. in that press briefing they showed us the curve of new infections in the country and the president of the institute actually said that the overall number of infections has been on a steady decline since the peak numbers in spring the president also stressed that the measures were overall as successful here in germany but then last week there was a peak in that number and that also led to the representation rate in germany shooting up from under one to almost 3 and you have to keep in mind that that means that one infected person on average now in fact infects almost another 3 people and so of course that does sound drastic but then the president stressed that you have to

keep in mind that the overall numbers are still low never having said that he also said that the risk is still here and that it's vital to contain any local outbreak so our authorities confident that they can indeed contain this outbreak i wouldn't call them confident i would say that the pressure is on them now of course germany's coronavirus strategy has been one where a lot of responsibility has been left with the regions and with the regional authorities that was a successful strategy because it left them a lot of flexibility but it also leaves them a lot of responsibility and now with that step that we've just heard from the conservative leader of that region in all fairness failure i mean last said of course it means that the authorities are very aware that there is a high risk that we could see the beginning of a 2nd wave if those local outbreaks are not contained you know thank you much that

was political correspondent nina. erath has struggled to contain the spread of the corona virus nearly 10000 people have died there from. highest number in the middle east number started to fall in early may but recent weeks of seen an increase in the number of new infections and experts say the operate still hasn't peaked as trouble reports many ordinary people are failing to heed the warnings. to ron's metro's not toria 3 crowded for safety at the pen demick face masks are mandatory here as well as physical distancing among travelers. in a city with lots of regulations already covered 19 has added even more to the mix. but as with the other rules to ronnie's have adopted a rather relaxed attitude. there are signs that you should

not enter without wearing a face mask and in some stations they don't let people enter without one but people don't observe this in the metro when it's crowded they go in and sit next to each other. all over the capital every day life is returning to business as usual after 4 months iranians seem to have lost any fear of the virus. things are almost as normal as if there were no problem at all i've seen many people who don't care anymore at the beginning there was strict but no they're not they don't know any rules at all. we have many sick and deaf people because people don't obey the rules they don't listen they don't keep distance they even kiss each other. and covert 19 is making a comeback over the past week has reported more than 2000 new infections every day experts like to see say the country is in the midst of

a 2nd wave. it's bigger even bigger than the 1st but not as severe as the 1st one maybe because. it is being prepared for the situation. with the disease but it's. for now to iran's hospitals able to cope and while the sanctions imposed by the u.s. make it difficult to import medical equipment they have also decreased the country's dependency on imported goods so unlike many other countries iran never ran out of protective equipment because it's produced in iran still dr ali horizontal sea is concerned he fears this limit republic's international isolation could make it difficult to get a hold of a potential vaccine. so to avoid the spread of the disease he's contribution to a channel on instagram that informs iranians about covert 19 but as far as we have

not educated enough people maybe some just you know taking some more strict decisions about and restrictions in some some places but orange. that is something most people in tehran fred of vendors are still trying to recover from the weeks of lockdown and spring which made their already bad economic situation even worse. and decide on that. sales have plummeted. maybe for example checks have bounced and now they have piled up at this point by the outside and in general it's a terrible situation now you know whether how we are. on basis or that. it's not likely to change anytime soon iran's government has wanted citizens they will probably have to live with the virus for

a long time. take a look at a couple of other stories making headlines around the world today north korea has reinstalled huge loudspeakers designed to blast propaganda cross the border into south korea the sound systems were taken down after the 2 sides signed an accord in 2018 but tensions have risen dramatically in recent weeks. and china has successfully put the final satellite of its new navigation network into orbit the chinese bedo system is designed to rival the us on g.p.s. as well as europe's galileo system the $10000000000.00 project has been in development since the 1990 s. . temperatures in the arctic circle have hit their highest level since records began with a tone in siberia reaching $38.00 degrees celsius over the weekend the record breaking heat wave has also left the region scrambling to contain severe wildfires

. beach vibes in siberia very young and the arctic circle is known for having the world's widest temperature range used to some of the coldest winters on the planet locals welcomed the current heat wave. the temperatures climbing up to 38 degrees celsius every day our family comes here to swim and they gonna river. everything is great it's exactly what we need for summer though it's been years in the us we didn't expect this at all we usually don't have heat until july. but to experts siberia's unseasonably high temperatures are cause for concern rising heat across the arctic has led to widespread wildfires in the soccer republic where beryl young is located local authorities say more than 275000 hectors are

burning. the heat wave is also causing permafrost or permanently frozen soil to fall at a faster pace in late may the arctic saw one of its worst environmental disasters in decades when thawing soil caused the collapse of a huge fuel reservoir near the city of neville's spilling 21000 tons of diesel into local reverse. temperature records are being broken all around the world but scientists warn the arctic is warming much faster than anywhere else. the former c.e.o. of german financial platform wire card marcus brown has been arrested the move comes after the company said it believed accounts thought to contain nearly 2000000000 euros probably did not exist the financial services provider process is

electronic payments for online businesses and has been a shooting star in the market its shares have dropped though by more than 80 percent in recent days since rumors of sham transactions surfaced in the company was unable to pilots annual report. before let's go to our financial correspondent chelsea delaney in frankfurt chelsea bring us up to speed here what's the latest on wire card was definitely a fast moving story but what we've heard so far this morning is that marcus brown did turn himself and to the munich prosecutors office yesterday they have been investigating him and other executives at the company for several weeks but initially they were just looking at these very specific press releases that they had the company had a release that they were looking into. misstatements and those press releases they've clearly widened the investigation are now really looking at every part of the business now so they they are they have brought him in on suspected charges of

market manipulation and inflating revenue at the company so that's really getting to the core of what wire card does it's a much bigger and much more severe charge than just sort of lying in a press release they are still going to be looking at other people at the company and while there are other executives who had been part of that initial investigation who also could be facing charges coming forward. it purse to peer jealousy that 2000000000 euros had gone missing from the accounts of wire car but no it seems the money was never there to begin with do we know what's really going on there yet i don't think anybody really knows what's going on at this point it's a very complicated and complex set of financial results and potential and potentially inflated results here what what a wire cart has been facing allegations out for over

a year now is that it was inflating in making misstatements about the level of business that was doing with his overseas partners so that's really at the heart of these allegations and the $2000000000.00 euros does appear to be linked to the broader pattern of fraudulent statements at the company about where it went if it ever existed these are still questions that we're going to have to be answered as these investigations play out chelsea thank you so much steve w.'s chelsea delaney from the business talking to us from frankfurt there. and this is t w news just a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you this hour nearly 400000 people are being forced into a new look down in the german state of north rhine-westphalia this comes after more than 1500 people tested positive for the virus out of a slaughterhouse near the city of new jerusalem.

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