democracy a good global structure your 1st on t w. this is steve every news live from berlin lockdown restrictions already imposed in parts of germany off to a surge in coronavirus cases at a small house in the west of the country hundreds of thousands of people are affected by the measures and local leaders say police will use force if locals refuse to comply also coming up the u.s. plans to withdraw its troops from germany what does that mean for the future of nato we speak with secretary general against bolton. plus

a heat wave hit siberia people are enjoying the sunshine back to higher temperatures in the arctic circle also causing forest fires and other disasters. hello i'm christine want to welcome to the program in a major setback for germany's fight against kovac 19 all fours he's have ordered new lock downs in 2 areas in the western stage off north rhine-westphalia the areas covered by the new restrictions include the districts of good to small and far north the decision was made off to a surge in corona virus cases at a meat packing plant where at least $1500.00 work has have tested positive. means more than 600000 people on. well back and

a lockdown. the districts are good to slow and fat 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 popes cafes museums and gyms will all close again the we will now for the 1st time in germany return the whole region to the locked on the ashes that were in place a few weeks ago. before. the decision came after more than 1500 workers attorney 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 quarantines residents and police. district has also been affected confining society's most vulnerable to cramped living spaces as a result the hot spots 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. 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 good to slow is a reminder that the cove in 1900 is far from over with a bumpy ride still ahead. and joining us now is

correspondent 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. i mean so what does the new docks out in and around goodness will 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 of 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 know more about why the regional government has taken these measures and l. 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 $2520.00 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 are 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. that over the 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 yeah. it's interesting we were slowly

starting to loosen up and now we're having to backtrack because of these let's call them circumstances it's counterproductive for the whole industry the people in church those responsible could have handled this differently it's a shame yes. shot of. 10 years has made fools of us who claims to have tested it and told the public that only 2 workers were infected and that was not true and the whole thing with the address is also a scandal in my personal opinion i just want to start 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 plants the chief executive but also local. but in

general this outbreak is just drawing attention to these substandard conditions in germany's meat processing industry indeed now that we have the 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 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 with this major outbreak the german government has already passed a law preventing slaughterhouses from using contract labor. here's 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 right that stephen is i mean is safe and b. the felt reporting for us there. and as we've just mentioned me in a separate development yet more covert 1000 cases have been reported and they have assault a house in germany this one in philadelphia may have braman according to local officials 23 out of 50 because they have tested positive for the $1500.00 employees will also be tested. now here there are some other developments or other here are some other developments in the pandemic the u.s. government's top infectious disease expert and he felt she says the u.s. is seeing disturbing surge of infections in several large states including florida

and texas in an address to congress he warned everyone should be effaced mosques and avoid crowds and the british prime minister boris johnson has unveiled a major easing off england's coronavirus walk down saying the country has seen a decline in the number off new infections a brazilian federal judge has ordered president to weigh a face mask when he is out the wars in the capital brasilia the president has sought to downplay the crisis despite the viruses rapid spread in brazil and saudi arabia has announced a dress ticks kale bag off the annual harsh tradition strictly have to be $1000.00 pogroms who are already in the country. donald trump's decision to pull nearly a 3rd of the u.s. troops out of germany is still making waves within nato the u.s. president on family last week that the u.s. will cut its military deployment 225000 troops that's almost $10000.00 troops being produced in germany hosts the biggest on tensioned off of american troops in europe

including important bases for ongoing combat missions it's a major concern for nato and not the only challenge actually facing the alliance. and there we spoke to nato secretary general dan stoltenberg at austin if the alliance needs to look to berlin for more leadership at a time when the us is pursuing moral isolationists on the seas the world needs more german leadership and nato needs german leadership we all need germany to play. even more important role because the german is is the largest economy in in europe germany largest defense budget within the european union the 3rd in nato after not the kingdom under not it states so of course the german leadership is something we we welcome but that's paul all of the nato family and that's that's that's being part of a multilateral institution like nato and uncertain times we need strong multilateral

institutions like for instance one right on germany. is playing. an important role in. that was the nato secretary general speaking over there to the news now a look at the stories from around the world a german federal court has ruled against facebook in an antitrust case the court said the company was abusing its market position to force uses to shave data from the facebook own services like whatsapp and instagram. the former chief executive officer of the german financial platform wire caught the c.e.o. from has been granted bail of $5000000.00 euros off to his a wrist on monday it's off to the company's say they believe the council to contain nearly 2000000000 euros probably did not exist shares have dropped more than 80 percent. a powerful earthquake has struck southern mexico triggering a tsunami alert and knocking out power in some areas the magnitude $7.00 quake was

centered on the pacific coast in the state of. media say at least one person has been killed north korea has reinstalled huge loudspeakers designed to cross propaganda across the border into south korea the sound systems with taken down off the 2 sides signed an accord in 2018 but tensions have risen dramatically and in recent weeks the. temperature is in the arctic circle has hit an all time high with record breaking hot with a in siberia in once i've been in town it's causing serious problems including forest fires now that hasn't stopped residents from taking full advantage of the sunshine but they know conditions all fall from normal. 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. 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 were there where young is located local authorities say more than 275000 hectares 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 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. some split now excuse me in 10 a strong novak djokovic chest just a positive for covert 19 the news follows widespread criticism off the soap's decision to host a tennis tournament earlier this month at which a number of high profile players contracted the virus the 1st leg of the tour which took place in serbia tracks of more than $4000.00 fans and end of may is dancing together in a nightclub. and this is news here's a reminder of our top story hundreds of thousands of people are now living under

a new lockdowns in the western german state all told fibrous fadia off to more than 1500 people have to supposed to for the current at a slaughterhouse near the city of go to school. and you're watching the news will be back at the top of the hour that's a full gale thanks for joining us in the meantime you can visit our web site that's steve have you. learned which of course is. video or. anytime anywhere. w.