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but everyone has the right to. everyone has the right to say. this is a deed of news of live from berlin lock down restrictions reimposed in germany or like a major corona virus outbreak at a slaughterhouse hundreds of thousands of people of the countries northwest are affected local leaders say police will use force to ensure compliance if needed also on the program iran is the country hardest hit by the coronavirus in the
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middle east but complacency has set in clearing the way for a new wave of infections. of the world needs more leadership from germany that's the word from the nato secretary general following u.s. plans to cut the number of american troops here. i'm told me a lobby well welcome to the program more than 600000 people are now back on the lockdown in the west and german state of north on 1st failure of florida's reimpose restrictions on the districts of goods a slow and variant of after more than $1500.00 workers at a meat packing plant tested positive for corona virus. the districts are good to slow unfastened off a back undercurrent of virus restrictions until the end of june residents in the west in german districts can only have contact with their own household just weeks
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after restrictions were eased schools pubs cafes museums and gyms will all close ago. we will now for the 1st time in germany return a whole region to the lock 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 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 10 years' work force mean that this outbreak is a potentially enormous pandemic risk similar cluster infections have also sprung up in housing blocks and get even in central germany clashes broke out between
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quarantined 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 committee see evening 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. here of course. has been speaking to people affected by the new lockout. when the state premier here in north rhine-westphalia announced
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a new lockdown residents were angry not angry at the state premier but at clements tenuous he's the chief executive of the meat corporation the way they see it this new lockdown didn't come because they had broken social distancing measures to party or to visit their grandparents but because turn yes in its quest for cheap meat forced several 1000 migrant workers to work and live in cramped and unhygenic conditions i spoke to many people in good to low and it's clear that tony is reputation has taken a hit now the german government has known about the risks of an outbreak in slaughterhouses across germany for many weeks this is not the 1st nor is it the latest outbreak in a german slaughterhouse the government has taken some action they've passed a law that says slaughterhouses can no longer use outsourced subcontracted labor which they say will bring more transparency into the industry but that law won't take effect until january and there's critical voices within the government who are
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urging action now to address the unhygenic conditions in slaughterhouses across germany. tennis world number one novak djokovic has tested positive for corona virus the news follows a widespread criticism of the serbs decision to host a tennis tournament this month after which 4 players tested positive for the virus the 1st leg of the tour in serbia attracted more than $4000.00 fans and ended with players dancing together in a my club. another country struggling to contain the pandemic is iran where nearly 10000 people have died from cove and 19 the highest official figure in the middle east case numbers started to fall in early may but recent weeks have seen a wave of new infections as people disregard the warnings from experts that the outbreak has not pete the trees are trouble reports from teheran.
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tehran's metro is notoriously crowd it for safety at the pender make facemask a mandatory year as well as physical distancing among travellers. 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 they were strict but now they're not
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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 regan ron has reported more than 2000 new infections every day. experts like to see say the country is in the midst of a 2nd wave. bigger even bigger than the 1st but. the 1st maybe because the. situation. for now to iran's hospitals able to cope and the sanctions imposed by the u.s. make it difficult to import medical equipment they have also decreased the
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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 tool sea is concerned he fears this republic's international isolation could make it difficult to get a hold of a potential vaccine. so to avoid a further spread of the disease he's contribution to a channel on instagram that informs iranians about covert 19 but as for as we have not educated enough people maybe just you know taking some more strict decisions and restrictions incentives some places would work. that is something most people in tehran spas are afraid of then those are still trying to recover from the weeks of lockdown and spring which made their already bad economic situation even worse. the.
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sales have plummeted. for example checks have bounced and now they have piled up. in general it's a terrible situation now you know. 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. here are some of the developments in the pandemic the u.s. government's top expert on infectious disease says the u.s. is seeing a disturbing surge of infections in several large states including florida and texas the e.u. may ban travelers from the u.s. as well as brazil and russia from entering the block as it prepares to reopen its external borders that's according to the new york times and brazil federal judge has ordered president jailed bolzan are told to wear a face mask while outdoors in the capital brasilia the country's death toll from
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cover 19 is over 50000. england is set to ease its coronavirus restrictions and choose their prime minister boris johnson announced that museums restaurants and pubs will reopen on july 4th after months of lockdown the rest of the u.k. is keeping current restrictions in place for now. and the pubs empty streets something unimaginable for you case pint lovers became a reality in late march due to coronavirus restrictions brits were no longer allowed to indulge in one of their favorite pastimes but now england not the rest of the u.k. is taking steps towards business as usual. the house. that we were also reopened with straws and pipes. almost metallic she. will be limited to table service and our gardens will encourage minimal staff
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and customer contact. this new guidance produces physical distancing broods from 2 meters to one meter plus that will make it possible for even smaller pubs and restaurants to welcome customers again i think a meter is fine if the business isn't everything really so i think they've got it just right. others consider it a bit too early days to ease for strict. suppose they've got to do something and. if it goes back up it's going to be a lot like it so that doesn't. enjoying pines on new precautions will soon be the new norm in england. donald trump's decision to pull nearly a 3rd of american troops out of germany is still causing a stir within nato u.s. president confirmed last week that america will cut its military deployment 225000 reduction of almost 10000 germany currently holds the biggest contingent of
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american troops in europe including important bases for ongoing comp. admissions the decision is a major concern for nato as the u.s. pursues a more isolationist foreign policy. spoke with nato secretary-general yan stoltenberg and he said it's time for germany to take on a larger role in global affairs the role needed needs more german leadership nato needs german leadership are all in need germany to play. even more important role because germany is is the largest economy in. europe germany now has the largest offense budget within the european union the 3rd in nato after not the kingdom under knighted states so of course the german leadership is something we we welcome but that's part of the nato family and that's being part of a multilateral institution like nato and in uncertain times we need strong
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multilateral institutions like for instance nato and germany. is playing. an important role in. well let's take a look at some other news stories from around the world officials say at least 2 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake struck southern mexico a magnitude 7.4 events centered on the pacific coast in the state of will have it knocked out power in some areas but damage was mostly minor pavements wobbled hundreds of kilometers away in mexico city. in the u.s. state of georgia a funeral has been held for a shot brooks a black man who was fatally shot during an encounter with atlanta police this month was shot less than 3 weeks after the killing of george floyd whose death in police custody touched off nationwide protests. u.s. investigators say nascar's only black dr a bubble wallace was not the target of
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a racist hate crime after a noose was found hanging in his garage stall in a statement the f.b.i. says there was evidence the news had been in the stall before it was an assigned to wallace. votes are being counted in malawi in a rerun of last year's presidential election the supreme court nala 5 president peter metallica's victory because of evidence of vote tampering this makes malawi the 2nd african country to avoid a presidential election result because of irregularities kenya did this in 2017. a d w's explains what's at stake. president which erica is seeking a 2nd 5 year term interest but political pundits say it's too close to call he faces the main well positioned challenger lossless jacquier who leads a grand alliance aren't little known whiny this is the fist time in the lobby where we now are pointing to rove must have at least 50 percent plus one orbital to
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register the votes the election in iran comes after the crucial court decided in february 2 are now the $2940.00 massive irregularities that decision or that the supreme court of appeal copperhill last month of the administration has been dogged by allegations of corruption disrespecting the rule of rule and poor governance. is according to recent savvy tipped when the president said. that's it for now be back of the top of the out with a summary of the top stories. staying up today don't miss our highlights. program. w dot com highlights. that 77 percent clapping are younger than $65.00. that's me and me.
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