please. this is steve harvey news live from berlin lockdown restrictions already imposed in an area of germany often a surge in cases at a small house in the west of the country hundreds of thousands of people are affected by the militias local leaders say the police will use force if locals refuse to comply also coming up the world's number one tennis player novak djokovic

has tested positive for close at 19 the news follows criticism of his decision to host a tennis tournament during the pandemic. and american troops will be leaving germany what does that mean for the future of nato we have an exclusive interview with the secretary general against children but. that's a heat wave hit siberia people are enjoying the sunshine but the higher temperatures in the arctic circle are also causing forest fires and other disasters . and i'm christine want to welcome to the program we will get to those stories in a moment but 1st some breaking news coming in a powerful earthquake has struck southern mexico the trauma had an initial magnitude off 7.4. and was centered on the pacific coast in the state of. there are

no reports of injuries so far or damage but the quake was felt far to the north in the capital mexico city where hundreds of people fled into the streets of course we'll have more on the story as we get it now let's turn to a major setback for germany's fight against kovac 19 authorities have ordered new doc downs in 2 areas in the west of the country the decision was made off to a search in corona virus cases at a meat packing plant in the state of north rhine-westphalia more than $1500.00 workers test of positive the areas covered by the new restrictions include the district's off goods israel and veyron golf more than 600000 people are back and unlocked all. the districts are good to slow unfound and off a back undercurrent of virus restrictions until the end of june residents in the

western german districts can only have contact with their own household just weeks after restrictions were eased schools pope's cafes museums and gyms will all close again. we will now for the 1st time in germany return the whole region to looked on the ashes that were in place a few weeks ago months before. going to. the decision came after more than 1500 workers at suny a slaughterhouse tested positive for it 19 die a living conditions are being blamed for the quick spread employees living here moved out just 2 weeks ago. the specific situation with the geographical spread of the locations and also the international nature of the tenuous workforce mean that this outbreak is a potentially enormous pandemic risk similar cluster infections have also sprung up in housing blocks and go to men in central germany clashes broke out between

quarantined residents and police. district has also been affected confining society's most vulnerable to cramped living spaces as a result the hotspots have caused the reproduction rate in germany to skyrocket to 2.76 but while the overall number of new cases remains low the robot cock institute for public health ses concern is limited to viruses did in our country and if we give the chance to spread and we take this opportunity which we can see in the current outbreaks from. elsewhere in germany the slow return to normalcy can be deceiving with most of the country enjoying the summer weather but the lock down and grew to slow is a reminder that the cove in 1900 is far from over with a bumpy ride still ahead. and joining us now. on it i mean is see if he is in bielefeld that's near the city hall which is now

under lockdown as all bordering off the district of hell i mean so what does the new docks out in the round good exactly mean for the people. well that means christine that playgrounds theaters museums cinemas will all be closed fitness studios as well but this does not mean that any travel restrictions are in place although the state premier warn people to stay home if they had to so life is going to be put back under lockdown but that doesn't mean people can't come and go out of these 2 districts that i mentioned. and just let us look more about why the regional government has taken these measures now they've said that these are preventative measures now even though 1500 people have tested positive in the group has no district the vast majority of those are slaughterhouse workers who have been under quarantine for several days now only a little over 2020 cases have been reported among the general public but this is

germany's most populous state and the state premiers said that they wanted to put stricter measures in place to prevent this from spreading now they still have to do tests to see how many people really do have the virus a coven 19 within the area but for now they are still optimistic that they have it under control. you were actually in the area when the lockdown was announced how did people react. there was a collective sigh of disappointment and seemed when the news broke we were sitting at a coffee shop and we talked to the people there and here's what they had to say. of course this is the right course of action but it's a scandal that mr turn yes would allow this rubbish to happen it could have been stopped sooner you're. pressing we were slowly starting to loosen up and now we're having to backtrack because of the. let's call

them circumstances it's counterproductive for the whole industry the people in charge those responsible could have handled this differently it's a shame. thank you. for. joining us has made fools of us who claims to have tested the stuff and told the public that only 2 workers were infected and that was not true and the whole thing with viagra is also a scandal in my personal opinion i just wanted to stall so he could get rid of illegal and off the books workers. so a lot of frustrated people we're hearing over there. they're taking their anger out on the turn is meat packing plant the chief executive but also local authorities but in general this outbreak is just drawing attention to these substandard conditions for workers in germany's processing industry indeed now that we have

a nother outbreak of cases at a separate meat processing plant what are the chances. that conditions improve after this just from what you've been hearing from. as you mentioned this seems to be a general problem at slaughterhouses not just in germany but around the world as well and as you mentioned just today we heard that 23 people tested positive at a slaughterhouse in this housing from a different company so slaughterhouses have really come under scrutiny especially 10 years with this major outbreak the german government has already passed a law preventing slaughterhouses from using contract labor subcontractors from other companies outside of germany who can provide cheap labor to keep the price of meat down but critics within the government are pushing for stronger measures to really find a way to stop this from happening now because the law would only come into effect in january that would be a slow process but some people are saying hey this is a crisis we're in the middle of an outbreak and we need to do something now to make

sure that slaughterhouses are not the source of the next wave i. mean as safe and be the felt reporting for us the f.s.a. view. thank you. now as we just mentioned in a separate development 1000 cases have been reported at a house in germany this one in feed to house and braman according to local officials 23 out of 50 workers they have tested positive for the $1000.00 employees will also tested. tennis star novak djokovic has tested positive for 19 the news follows widespread criticism of his decision to host a tennis tournament this month at which a number of high profile is contracted the virus the 1st wave of the 12 which took place in serbia attracted more the whole 1000 fans and ended with players dancing together in a night club. and joining us for more on the story is next now from sports hey max

this is hold a bit bizarre what exactly was this tournament and how was of age involved djokovic basically was the organizers it was a charity event they have been no a.t.p. no official tennis tournament since february so this was an attempt to sort of get the ball rolling as it were but it was spread of 2 different locations belgrade in serbia and then in croatia and in croatia they had eased lock down measures you mentioned the night club where players were spotted partying in will here they were even playing basketball together with a local basketball seems so a real disaster for players in total have tested positive along with djokovic shots grigor dimitrov on a college and victor troy and it's a real blemish on sports returning to i mean we've just been showing pitches where you can see people and interacting nobody's way mosques no social distancing is taking place what was the reaction to one of this well joke of it for instance

himself has come out with a long ranging apology and he has also tested positive along with his wife his children have tested negative he said that they had good intentions with this tournament and believed that the conditions for it to take place had been met and that kerry also play who didn't attend he said this was a boneheaded decision he's a player who's had his fair share of criticism in the past for said this really takes the cake he's never done anything this irresponsible or stupid as he calls it andy murray meanwhile who's currently hosting the battle of the brits. which is a tennis tournament taking place today in britain behind closed doors he says this is a real lesson for them and martina navratilova says there's a clear pattern here and she questions what's going to happen with the u.s. open and french open which are due to start in august and september respectively and you did mention a few of the pay is that have also tested positive alongside djokovic but can we

expect more people to test positive after this i think so i mean we haven't heard back from all players who've tested negative or positive so there's a real chance obviously with them now getting tested that we will have more cases that remains to be seen. that's makes that next mail sports thank you. now in look at the other stories from around the world russia's president vladimir putin has proposed an income tax hike to help cover the costs of the coronavirus pandemic and of the planned wealthy russians would see a 2 percent tax increase that will be from 13 to 15 percent beginning in january it would be russia's 1st move away from the flat tax rate that was introduced in 2001 . and north korea has 3 installed huge loudspeakers designed to blast propaganda cross the border into south korea the sound systems were taken down off to the 2 sides side then according to 2018 but tensions have risen dramatically in recent

weeks. the former c.e.o. of german financial platform marcus brown has been granted bail for 5000000 viewers up to his a raise from monday this off to the company said it believed the columns to contain nearly 2000000000 did not exist shares have dropped more than 18 percent. you're watching news still to come saga has come to early in parts of siberia but while some are making the most of the unusually high temperature is evidence of being forced to deal with the disaster is that the heat wave is and on the office of. donald trump's decision to pull nearly a 3rd of u.s. troops out of germany is still making waves within nato the us president confirmed last week that the us military will cut its deployment to $25000.00 troops now that

would sell to reduction of almost $10000.00 troops germany has the biggest contingent of american troops in europe including important bases for ongoing combat missions it's a major concern for nature and not the only challenge currently facing the airlines . and i'm now joined by nato secretary general against a little bit from the organizations headquarters in brussels mrs dole but good to see you i have a lot of like to talk to you about today but i just want to start with what all the biggest security threats to be mitch in this pandemic what you have seen during the pandemic is that the security threats and challenges we had before the pandemic they are still there the terrorist threats. their consequences of the rise of china the more assertive russia with the aggressive actions against ukraine or just the fact that we also see new cyber threats all districts are are still there if

anything they're just even militant challenging doing the pandemic right and therefore we need to continue to invest in our security and we need to make sure that we are. not choosing between security tests or or health threats we need to be able to deal with both of them at the same time ok so there's no question they have that a strong nato is needed at this time and that's something that you're saying but is this being undermined by internal squabbling and what looks like the posts it off self interest by some allies. well there are differences between nato allies that has always been differences binny between nato allies but. nato is the most successful alliance in history because we have been able to overcome these differences and old was to unite around our core toss to protect and defend the childer and the main reason for doing that is not to provoke a conflict but it's to prevent war prevent conflict so as long as we stand together

all our lives are safe and secure and the pursuit of peace i mean mrs albright you talk about provoking they just last week we were listening to the president of the united states calling germany delinquent because it's not meeting its defense spending target is that a way that you would use what you say the germans are being delinquent. i value germany most of it is strong on important. german is now actually investing significantly more in the fans germany has added 4 percent to the fence but just over the last years and germany has plans in place to to increase by 80 percent over a decade that is significant and it also helps to the total nato defense spending which us. increased by a $130000000000.00 over the last 4 years. generals are basically rolled

in by leading france is the group in the end in the baltic countries and in the day no generals lead a nation in uniform in afghanistan then of course we expect germany to do even more . and expect all of us to make good on the pledge to invest 2 percent of g.d.p. only talking about germany during even mall but i wondered if that also involves more leadership from bin at a time when the leadership that we would normally have from washington doesn't come from a us administration that way doesn't believe in multilateralism do you expect more leadership from bill and mr. the world the needs more german leadership the nato needs german leadership are all in need germany to play an even more important role because germany's is the largest economy in in europe germany largest defense budget within

the european union the 3rd in nato after not the kingdom and united states so of course germany to sleep is something we welcome but that's paul all of the nato family and not being part of a multilateral institution like nato and in uncertain times we need strong multilateral institutions like for instance neighboring and germany. is playing. an important role in the us mrs dalton but as of course you would know is making good on its threats to pull troops from germany today members of congress have actually appealed to the present of the united states to reconsider that decision they say that moving troops out of germany would play into the hads off russia and china do you agree with that. i spoke with president trump before he made the announcement of his intention of reducing the number of u.s.

troops in germany by 9500 troops. what i stoled the president is that you as a presence in europe is important for nato it's important for europe but it's also important for the united states peace and stability in europe adds to the security of north america and rules out remember the u.s. presence in germany and europe it's not only about protecting your tip but also about projecting power of the united states beyond europe into the middle east into the into africa on afghanistan and elsewhere so so so i strongly believe that we should be together stand together and we had nato defense minister meeting last week and the secretary of the united states made it clear that no final decision has been taken when it comes to the timelines on the implication implementation of a plan so the president and the united states. will consult with.

allies science it also won't be and we have a little time is this also the united states states committed to european security right everything that was done by but from wages sitting is a base that those troops remain in germany. well it's a bilateral arrangements between the united states and germany and what we have seen over the last year is actually that the united states has increased their presence in europe with more troops more exercises more people stationed equipment now the present 1000 ounces. of addiction i think is important you know consult all the way forward to also make sure that the u.s. stays committed and that's also what the secretary. said very clearly clearly at the nato defense ministers meeting last week all right that's all we have time for at i'm afraid that is there to secretary general talking to us from brussels thank

you thank you so much. now a town in siberia has recorded a record high temperature as a heat wave hits the region many local residents have welcomed the development but the unusual with a is also bringing serious problems. 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 temperature is climbing up to $38.00 degrees celsius every day our family comes here to swim and they don a river. so everything is great it's exactly what we need for summer the listeners in on those 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 very young is located local authorities say more than 275000 hectares are burning. the heatwave 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 a fuel reservoir collapsed near nor lisc spilling 21000 tons of diesel into local rivers and accident blamed in part on melting permafrost. temperature records are being broken all around the world but scientists warn the arctic is warming much faster than anywhere else. for more on this we're joined now by martin stand-alone

he's a climate scientist at the danish meteorological in stitches in copenhagen welcome to you why is this siberia heatwaves different. well if you have had heat waves in siberia quite often during the last year this one is different from the other ones because you have actually had much above average temperatures for parts for the 6 months no end in may it was much much warmer than anything we have observed before the last regions that are 10 degrees above the average 19 if you want to consult intent so that's very unusual. yeah and this is standalone a diesel oil spill a large lake in being in the russian officers as we just seen in the report what impact incidents like this have on the climate. actually not so much

comment on the effect on climate but it can say something about my expertise which is permafrost so it is very probable that this incident has. been caused by decondition of permafrost and in these regions everybody puts the foundations of holism pipelines and so on into the permafrost. then the whole thing becomes unstable and such a contain all. may simply collapse it's also possible that this was just material but it's probable is a more forest of the decay of permafrost has played a role and interesting to your point that out we also talking about a pace at that's very sort of stasis popular. why should a heat wave may be such a huge concern. said the beginning of the arctic.

times as fast no if you look at these regions in siberia. if you look into it you said the. soul is something in the most a way that's probably not that dramatic i should also point out that. permafrost decay is something. so. tomorrow but. if temperature rise and dress so if you go for the west for example into the region of north we have as a stimulus bill. that's. so warm. the dk from the surface. and. with the poor 1st disappears into the ground as i said foundations become unstable that's something which is even more important is

one of the 1st is a p.s. there's a. side of me saying under the permafrost but just the eyes so i suppose as a p.s. then this. could be reduced to the atmosphere which have potentially catastrophic consequences. ok so the pandemic related. to massive drop off c o 2 emissions well why does this have any positive impact and what can be done to stop the warming. yeah unfortunately have to say even though the emissions have to crucify shoppy the concentration has not actually what happens is that you can send traces of greenhouse gases which is what is important is increasing a little bit slower than it otherwise would have done. in terms of emissions we broke some of the level of 2006 so it's not really something which is fundamentally different. the easy increase in concentration in the atmosphere

is a little bit slower than it which are wise i mean so we are seeing is that the boss sometime maybe rightly must say that they thank you for a metric be shaded that's model stable climate scientists in copenhagen think of an . watching news i'll be back at the top of the hour with join if you count.

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