i mean fascinating days to look at me. the secret of mona lisa starts july 3rd on t.w. . this is the w. news live from berlin more than half a 1000000 germans find themselves back under lockdown health officials conduct mass testing in west german towns links to the corona virus outbreak the new restrictions have led to clashes with wire fences and police used to enforce restrictions also coming up. russia marks a special victory day with

a display of military muscle pushing aside pandemic concerns that have delayed the parade last month we look at what a public vote on constitutional reforms tomorrow has to do is today celebration. cost the earth trembles in mexico a strong earthquake in the country's south since citizens fleeing for safety as the ground shifts in east that. is welcome to the program health officials in the german state of north rhine-westphalia are conducting mass coronavirus testing and have reimposed lockdown measures on more than 640000 people the decision follows a major spike in virus infections at a meat processing plant in the region some $1500.00 workers of the 10 year slaughterhouse after us that's positive for covert 90 germany also faces fresh

outbreaks in other cities just as the summer travel season gets into full swing. waiting for a coronavirus test in. come friday summer vacation begins here in north rhine-westphalia it's germany's most densely populated state and a negative test could be a ticket to paradise. you basically we're here to try and save our holiday. we would really like to go to ideally with a negative task result that we can present at the border if it wanted to prove we don't have corona. the mass testing comes after a massive corona virus outbreak at tunis slaughterhouse where more than 1500 workers have contract and corporate 19 dire living conditions are being blamed for the quick spread employees living here moved out just 2 weeks ago. a 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 getting in in central germany clashes broke out between quarantine residents and police balance noise district has also been affected confining society's most vulnerable to crunch living space as a result the hotspots have caused the reproduction rate in germany to skyrocket to 2.76 but because the overall number of new cases remains low public health officials see concern is limited but. still in our country and if we give the chance to spread then we'll take that opportunity which we can see in the current outbreaks. elsewhere in germany the slow return to normality can be deceiving with most of the country enjoying the summer weather but the lock down in law is a reminder that the covert $1000.00 pandemic is far from over with

a bumpy ride ahead. well he. has been covering the lock down in just a little he gave us an update on the situation that right the building behind me is actually a community college but school is not in session they've turned this into a makeshift coronavirus testing center the authorities announced that everybody and due to slow can get tested for free but this is the only center they provided and as you can see a massive line has formed here it starts around the corner several 100 meters and then continues down the street for another several 100 meters countless people in line can't even see the end from where i'm standing we've talked to several families we talked to one family who was at the beginning of the line and they said they came out here at 7 in the morning and there was already several 100 people standing there they had heard the announcement that they could get tested for free so they came out here as early as possible and they're still worried that they're

not going to get to the end of the line and as for people who are all the way at the back the question really remains is there enough capacity here to test up to 200000 people who live in this district. i mean this is a localized outbreak but it's captured the whole country's attention how are people reacting elsewhere. well that's exactly why so many people want to get tested because several german states have basically closed their borders to vacationers from this district now summer vacation begins next week a lot of people in line here want to go on holiday and bavaria for example and whole stein mecklenburg west pomerania have all said that visitors from this district are not welcome in some areas though if you provide a negative coronavirus test then you can stay at hotels for example in the area austria is also among one of the countries that has been vacationers from. good to

slow district and bottom dollar district so a lot of people standing in line here want to get their negative test so that tomorrow saturday. and next week they can go on their vacations i understand there's also a similar smaller outbreak on the way a poultry plant in the northwest of germany tell us more about that. that's right in this house and that's northwest of here a separate outbreak at a poultry plant has been 23 people have tested positive but that's only out of 50 people who were tested so that plant is going to test all of its $1100.00 workers but this really just brings a slaughterhouses into the spotlight german authorities had known about the dangers for a while they passed a law to ban outsourcing of labor so that they can bring this more under control have a little bit more insight into how workers are being treated there but there's other voices demanding that some action be taken now this poultry plant even though they

have positive cases they've isolated them and they're continuing the work but some people are demanding that this really comes under focus here that somebody does something about the spreading of viruses of slaughterhouses so that a situation like this can be avoided. in the thank you. and here are some other developments in the pandemic deaths in that new america and the caribbean exceed 100000 australia recorded its 1st virus related fatality in a month after an 80 year old man died in the state of victoria the e.u. may ban travelers from the u.s. president and russia when it reopens its external borders according to the new york times and tokyo says it expects a large number of new cases after a virus cluster was discovered in an office building that. the united states is also seeing a new surge of corona virus infections across large parts of the country that's

according to the top u.s. infectious disease expert he says the next 2 weeks will be critical to the country's ability to manage the new cases is warning comes as political polarization competes for attention with public health advice. us president donald trump was back on stage on wednesday eager to secure the support of voters in arizona no topic was taboo even if it included racist slurs got all different names. was catching. coronavirus right. kung fu. covert 19 is now infected more than 2300000 people in the u.s. and killed more than 120000 trump said the numbers were the result of the testing we're testing show much we're now up to 27500000 tests when you have all those test you have more cases so the discovers that there are more carriers we

want to do testing they want to do everything but they use it to make us look bad he was speaking as arizona texas and nevada set single day records for new cases on choose day while other states including louisiana and south carolina have also reported barring surges senior health officials have confirmed widespread testing will continue and it's in my knowledge none of us have ever been told to slow down on testing that just is a fact in fact we will be doing more testing as you've heard from admiral gerard not only testing to specifically identify people in the identify isolating contact trace but also much more surveillance state governments have also begun to ramp up other precautions washington will soon join so. states including california in requiring people to wear facial coverings in public as the economy reopens but

testing remains a primary defense against the virus with u.s. experts saying the current number of tests would need to be doubled to control the spread of this brain my he's the spokesman for the world health organization in geneva surgeon cases in many u.s. states u.s. president on trump says it's because the u.s. is testing so much is that true. but of course when you test you see what this school you know so if you test more you would normally also find more but the u.s. is accounting for quarter of the world's cases so we have now just reached 9000000 pieces worldwide. short of 500000 that's and again the u.s. is accounting for acquired ses both cases. so i think it's great that's good and ramping up the surveillance and following up with the contacts and isolating sectors people aren't signing possible contracts that is

a good thing. and it's it's good that the administration does all this way more accelerated way and what we have seen before and if we see one more cases that's to be expected but of course the major goal here is to find excuses mental fight it because right now there's still leading the world and this is also compared with other sheep country so it's a lot larger populations so. let's just say yes. as we saw donald trump is holding large complaint events in moscow today there's a huge show was a huge parade and europeans are looking forward to some of occasion season how concerned is the w. and show that countries are returning to normal activities. but there's a there's a big. gamble but a little tradeoff here and we need to go back to some sort of law my ality in order also to have the physical and the mental stability to be sports bands locations

weekends out even exults mingling that's all and what for us as human beings but at the same time it's very important to understand safe and possible safe as possible shouldn't be nice or insanity versus safety and should be all together the same when you can it should be livelihoods and lives so let's put it all in a safe way and i felt and in germany actually just on this weekend it was very interesting to see people wearing masks all over the place is what everybody does but it's very very much in force and that's a that's a good thing so as long as you're suspect the rules meeting where you can't avoid physical contact where your mask and where it's recommended of course and also the hand hygiene whenever you've been around people and have been touching items that's an important thing and if you do this then you're safe and then the national travel of course is another big question which everybody has on their mind what else but that has to be a risk evaluation of every individual country with

a destination to go to some of these the nations i will be safer than others and then again the pen is also on the way in case but how of one of checks being done or controls and else times how do all to ellen's act how do beaches and so on not console how do restaurants behave that's that's a huge questions and that cannot be one answer to that it has to be an individual risk assessment which of course the national or local authorities after talking about individuals yesterday and judge in brazil ordered president table so naro to stop wearing a mosque in public does the coronavirus showing the difficulty when public health becomes politicized. very much so and i think we've seen in the recent past and the right recent models that especially countries which have. politicized polarized society have not been doing so great in the fight against those countries

which are much more stable as a society that doesn't have to be a political unity that can be discrete and is not a political left as normal democracy but when countries are all arise and politicized they have been not so well so the virus is pointing out weaknesses in society also on the political level and that's an interesting it's to discover it's in the. resentment from the world health organization in geneva thank you. you're watching the news still to come and you highway in cairo has turned this man's dream apartment into a night and many residents are asking how did this project get the green light. time for the other news stories making headlines around the world french pharmaceutical companies are no feet expects approval for a covert 19 vaccine in the 1st half of next year so no fees program is $1.00 of doesn't spring ting to deliver

a vaccine to help end the coronavirus pandemic. a massive cloud of dust from the sahara desert is blanketing the caribbean where such a high density of dust hasn't been seen in half a century health experts on the dust could exacerbate respiratory conditions including covert 19 telling people to stay indoors. heavy rain and storms have led to severe flooding in parts annulling the seasonal flooding until the rain stops. at least 6 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake in southern mexico flooding until the rain stops. at least 6 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake in southern mexico the epicenter of the quake was located near the pacific coast in the state of the haka the tremors knocked out power and cracked walls shifting pavement could be felt hundreds of kilometers away in mexico

city. standing on shaky ground and feeling the earth swaying beneath one's feet. shock waves from a powerful earthquake rocked towns and cities across mexico to a halt. residents flooded the streets seeking safety on shifting pavement. here full of it to put the seat it was very strong i had never felt such a strong earthquake only in 1905 today's earthquake felt very very strong we were so afraid she said to us and it was pretty severe and with covert 1000 you think what's next. hospitals were affected too but while medical staff and patients

were evacuated those suffering from the coronavirus remained isolated inside. i felt how the bed was moving i was sleeping and then i saw how the curtains everything was moving. the quake hit at a time when mexico is a ready reeling from the coronavirus pandemic which has claimed more than 22000 lives so far latin america 2nd highest toll. but the tremors effects could have been much worse mexico's president and nouns that the country's infrastructure suffered no serious damage but he warns citizens to remain cautious. in a huge move after the strong 7.5 earthquake there have been 147 aftershocks. so they recommend that we remain alert and attentive in

this. but while feeling the aftershocks some mexicans preferred appealing to ohio power. russia's president vladimir putin says the world owes the former soviet union a debt of gratitude for its contribution to the defeat of nazi germany and world war 2 he was speaking at a major military parade in moscow marking 75 years since the end of the war arrivals originally scheduled for may 9th was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic the kremlin dismissed criticism that it is irresponsible to go ahead with it now saying infections in moscow are the climate. correspondent is standing by for us moscow's red square where the parade took place today really why did president putin decide to go ahead with this parade now despite. all the

risk to public health. well 1st of all this is the 75th anniversary this year is the 75th anniversary of the soviet victory in world war 2 and that's a hugely important event for russians and for vladimir putin as well and we saw this bombastic parade here today including foreign troops from former soviet states and from china from india we saw tanks crossing red square artillery flyovers of this really big parade. but also this big bombastic parade that i'm talking about house and national importance this year as well because tomorrow a vote kicks off on constitutional amendments here in russia which could keep flooding there putin himself in power as president for 2 more terms so until 2036 if that if that amendment if those amendments are passed

so in some ways the kremlin i think with this parade is trying to create a patriotic atmosphere ahead of that vote i wouldn't think of holding such a massive event during the coronavirus upon. well there were there were mixed feelings among the people that i spoke to here today on the one hand people say you know we're in the middle of a pandemic until just recently we were supposed to be self isolating and now suddenly there's this parade in in moscow and in many cities across the country people are saying that they think that it's not safe but a lot of the people i spoke to said this parade has to happen even though it was postponed because of the pandemic that they were saying that victory day is really sacred to them that's the word that many people here use after all an estimated 27000000 soviet citizens were killed during world war 2 which is known as the great

patriotic war here so every family kind of has a story to tell and vladimir putin today also in his speech talked about the huge weight that the soviet people had to carry. did you see any measures being taken good to show that this parade doesn't spark a new crew of ours holds court. well according to reports the soldiers the troops marching across red square today were under strict control they had their temperatures measures measured to ensure that they didn't have the coronavirus the veterans and the viewers in the stands watching the parade were socially distanced so there was space between them people were wearing masks but of course having 14000 troops marching through the center of moscow that is a huge risk but it seems that that's a risk that the kremlin is willing to take especially ahead of the all important vote which kicks off tomorrow. been reporting from moscow's red square for us thank

you. egypt now a group of resident in the capital cairo are fighting against construction that will bring hundreds of thousands of cars just outside their front doors the government says the new highway is necessary to improve life in the crowded city the apartments were built illegally attorneys and neighbors say the government's in the wrong. they've been is certainly unusual but it's not something allah fahim can enjoy the government is building a fool lane highway overpass just 50 centimeters from his balcony. scene 750000 cars and trucks will be whizzing past his home every day the 55 year old jokes about opening a snack bar in reality it's no laughing matter. pursued b.s.

i find it depressing they didn't give us any warning they started building without informing me. it's hit me really hard i was into the middle of the morgue the concrete monstrosity cuts right through a residential quarter of cairo a middle class area home to doctors lawyers and office workers and a few small shops. they started building in september the highway is designed to connect the south of the capital with the north it's a prestige project for the government but most residents had no idea it was coming they bought their apartments for up to 50000 euros in egypt that are not. in the soil my apartment is now under the overpass it's cut off my sunlight and my air it's made the apartment practically worthless and i've got 2 kids in kindergarten and primary school soon they'll have to breathe in exhaust fumes and

be exposed to constant horn honking every day that will kill them but no one seems to care about the health life or future of the children the well head how long that will how when all is a issue for me as a player cairo is a crowded and congested city endless traffic jams are the order of the day in the mega metropolis building projects like the new highway amend to bring relief the government says individual interests must take a backseat. but ways events are not giving up easily. some a is representing $150.00 plaintiffs from the area and he's putting up a fight with one of the adults it's not fair and it's on acceptable we're going to see the government the amount they're offering in compensation is totally inadequate and the balcony used to be his favorite place quiet with a nice view soon on a fact he will have to seek sanctuary from the onslaught of traffic enduros.

now if you like may have a fear of heights you might want to look away now as we bring you some of the dest of 5 feats of swiss acrobats freddy knock and his troops a 55 year old set 3 new world records on tuesday as an walks and unicycle sometimes blindfolded a long cable suspended more than 175 meters from the ground in the beautiful mountains of southwest switzerland his fellow acrobats joined in with a range of jaw dropping tricks and stomach lurching stunts. deafened enough for me this is the w. news here's a reminder of all the top story at this hour mass testing is underway in the german state of north rhine-westphalia authorities to reintroduce strict lockdown measures in 2 districts that after a major spike in infections at

a meat processing plant. and russia marks 75 years since the end of world war 2 with a military parade in moscow the celebrations were postponed from a huge of the pandemic the casualty figures play now goes ahead on the eve of a voter extent president putin's term limited. that's it for now for me on the news team being back at the top of the hour with an update thanks for watching.

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