this is the w. news live from berlin poland votes in a presidential election that's widely being seen as a test for democracy it's the 1st presidential poll in the e.u. since the coronavirus outbreak the rightwing incumbent is finding for a 2nd term but he faces an unexpectedly strong challenge from the liberal mayor of more songs also coming up in the u.s. confirm coronavirus cases top 2 and a half 1000000 florida is among the hardest hit states the spike in infection is

causing many newly reopened businesses to shut down again. and the golden goal or on the bluntest league final match day with teams fighting for survival and for champions league qualification we have the highlights and analysis of the league's last games. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us polish voters are casting ballots in a closely fought presidential poll the incumbent andre do dome who is backed by the right wing populist government is up against a field of candidates but his main challenger is the liberal mayor of warsaw dude has been campaigning on a deeply conservative social agenda which often included radical and homophobic statements. in southern poland is one of many small towns that president is

visiting during his election campaign. family tradition religion those are the issues and values he hopes will win over voters in this speech he warns that what he calls l g b t ideology will undermine the traditional family and above all twist children's morals surprised my parents' generation fought for 40 years to remove communist ideology from the education system so that our children are not forced fed it anymore now it's no longer allowed to brainwash young people or indoctrinate children or soldiers in the army our parents did not fight this fight to prepare the way for another new ideology an ideology even more destructive for humanity just about a vehicle until recently slogans like these were the preserve of polish nationalists now the nationalists have their own candidate and fear that do to with his radical

language maybe siphoning off their voters. but it is good that the president raised this issue during the election campaign but unfortunately the p.i.a.'s government did nothing over the last 5 years to stop this ideological offensive against poland we are a christian country and people have to respect this that's why right now there is a rather aggressive policy to strengthen these morals. susie under fears that intolerance towards the l g b t community will increase if due to is reelected she is from italy but has lived in warsaw for 20 years and feels at home here although she has been verbally and physically attacked a few times because of her sexual orientation. she was horrified by do does statement. shocked me because his statement was very radical. the president had never gone that far before. as

a homosexual person in poland i feel threatened. in that all the false 50 under is is thinking about leaving poland but 1st she wants to wait for the election results and there is hope to does opponent in the presidential race is warsaw mayor kosky he's campaigning for gay rights he's signed an l g b t charter that outlaws discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation he has spoken out publicly against such polarization dulcet your state we are fed up with the current government trying to set people against each other. those in power are constantly trying to divide us and everyone who disagrees with this power must live in fear we are fed up with it. these words saw demonstrators also want change so they are supporting the liberal candidate as president of the republic très koskie would not be able to stop the plans of the national conservative government

completely but he could veto unconstitutional laws and thus keep the government in check. let's get a check now of some of the other stories making news this hour the former malawian opposition leader lazarus where has been sworn in as president after winning the rerun election with more than 50 percent of the vote the initial poll in may have 2019 was discredited and its result overturned due to mass fraud. severe flooding caused by torrential rains has killed at least 3 people in southwestern china 2 of the victims died after their vehicles fell into a river in sheesh one province authorities have evacuated more than 7000 people from their homes. there's a glowing alarm in the u.s. as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases tops 2500000 that's according to johns hopkins university the state of florida has reported

a record daily increase of nearly 10000 new cases and 4 other states are also reporting record spikes infections are surging and a handful of southern and western states that made an aggressive push to lift lockdowns. florida is reeling from coronavirus cases but the state's famous beaches have been full in recent days leading miami mayor carlos gomez to shut his city's shores to the public as we continue to see more covert 1000 positive test results among young adults and rising hospitalizations i've decided that the only prudent thing to do is to crack down on recreational activities that put our community at high risk. critics say many of the new hot spots were reopened too early by governors many of them republicans eager to jump start local economies. now those states are having to shut down businesses again these bar

owners feel a sense of with lavish. thank you make money you know what i call tina marie deborah daniel erica and tell those bar owners they can't work now all my bartenders and cooks cannot work certainly. we didn't think we were at that point where we were. southern states had low caseload earlier this year while democrats led new york and new jersey were experiencing thousands of coronavirus related deaths each day several states quarantine measures in place for travelers from the northeast now new york has instituted its quarantine plan for travelers from the new hot spots and with its own case loads remaining low new york city is going ahead with reopening. it's not just a question of democratic or republican leadership however heavily democratic

california has also see a surge in cases several counties around san francisco are now questioning their own reopening plans with some putting them on hold until further notice. and there are concerns here in europe as people who've been cooped up in their respective cities are now flocking to coastal retreats for their summer vacations authorities in germany had to close the roads to popular baltic sea resorts on saturday to stop new arrivals as hordes of vacationers crowd of the beaches their tourism officials fear they could become covert 1000 hotspots if the tourists are not careful. the belgium however is trying to get ahead of the problem authorities there have developed innovative ways to welcome vacationers while keeping them safe. towns along belgium's almost 100 kilometer long north sea coast have turned to technology for crowd control on their beaches city dwellers can consult an app before leaving

home to find a resort that still got space on its hands the crowd barometer uses colors to indicate how crowded different destinations are. also dark green means no crowds light green means sociable yellow means it's busy and orange that it's very busy every coastal zone is included on the app anonymous data is collected from mobile phones to do the counting but that's not all a network of $250.00 smart cameras along the coast will calculate the influx of people each day. it's a service that we want to give to vacation is to tell them listen we're doing everything we can to inform you you have tools you can consult before coming here to the coast. because you see from kuwait me. so in belgium you can go to the beach with a fair degree of certainty that the sea air you're inhaling really will be fresh

and not the stale breath have some stranger sunbathing way too close saturday was the final match day of the bundesliga season with the title decided the big battle was for 4th place champions league qualification the spot was birth to mention bloodbath to lose as they played head to berlin meanwhile 5th place leverkusen hope that a glass box slip up could help them win. live occurs and began the afternoon with arguably their best player on the bench it's made way so it was up to kevin folland to strike the right told. that he did just 2 minutes in in the a look at deflection setting him up for a cool finish and his tentacle of the season. but for later crews and there was soon bad news from gladbach where the horse got off the mark on 70 minutes it was

known as hofmann lost to muster good work from below and below to make it one mill which is hopeless game student. it looked like liver cruzan had turned up the heat on blood back in the 2nd half. foot fall and was denied a 2nd on 67 minutes when the video assistant referee spotted a foal in the build up. 10 minutes later and got back the hosts had 4th place so when i was at the press of them a little easier the nerves. was. discovered a consolation go through captaincy got to be said bitch playing perhaps his last game for the club. because the result filtered through to live accusing the disappointment was stark but they can comfort themselves with europe a league qualification after a decent campaign. got back meanwhile celebrated their champions league

spot as well as anyone could expect in an empty stadium. and talking us through the action of the season's final match day is only talking from get over his forehead so in my hello to you all right so tell us what there was even to play for on match day $34.00 did anybody care anymore if there was so much to play for and that piece just kind of scratch touched on the surface of it and that was of course the champions league spot but aside from the champions league spots we still have the europa league places to fight for and of course at the very bottom of the table it was all about survival i'm talking about relegation this was all about who stays up and who will go down and even these guys right here behind me even by and nick you know they also have something at stake and for them it was reaching 100 goals which they did thanks to thomas something that they hadn't done since 1972 it's all plenty plenty to play for but of course the bigger focus was the relegation battle all right alina so tell us how did this relegation saga play out it was so dramatic

i mean you had brought a broom and dissolved off both of them so desperate to one tell. and that final relegation spot i call it sweet 16 and braman of course they needed a win and i've never seen them play the way that they did yesterday this is a team that struggled to score all season and all over i mean they only had a handful of goals that they had scored at home until that point and then all of a sudden yesterday they ended up beating caught on $6.00 to $1.00 but of course they didn't do it alone because they also have to hope that there's a loose and guess what happened doesn't often lose because you know in berlin ended up beating it beating them. 3 nil so that means bye bye for a deserved off and vertebrae and of course they're not done yet all right so lots of drama vera and what about in the top 4 i mean which teams are going to be playing champions league football joining by in munich and daughter one to our now

see. and hear too it was a very tight battle for 4th place between a. and b. of a coups and both of them won at the end both of them one day at their respective matches but. end up with 65 points and live oak was in with 63 so that means leverkusen have to settle for a europa league spot and i might as well here also point out a give a shout out to hoffenheim because thanks to andre come of it i mean this is a completely different team with him on it and he ended up spanking but once he had thought more and with 4 goals and because of that now they've europa leaks fought so yeah it was a lot of exciting it was a really great final day to watch yesterday now only my mean it's clear this was a very strange and to the bundesliga season because of the coronavirus pandemic no spectators the been as they go was the 1st league to even come back to play what do

you make of it just quickly thumbs up thumbs down was it i would say thumbs up so the atmosphere of course didn't suffer because as we see right here we didn't have any fans but at the.