from a glimpse of the law to their final resting place the russian. w documentary. played the bass. player. the bad. this is e.w. news a live from berlin polls have closed in poland as voters choose a president and an election seen as a test for democracy the right wing incumbent on jay dude is fighting for a 2nd term he came out on top but will have to face a challenge from the liberal marrow of warsaw in a runoff also coming up on the show in the u.s. confirmed coronavirus cases top 2 and

a half 1000000 florida is among the hardest hit states despite infections is causing many newly reopened businesses to shut down again. and the italian city that bore the brunt of the pandemic when it 1st hit europe honors the victims they're going to house what it calls a requiem concert trim member of the city's debt. i'm claire richards and welcome to the show exit polls in poland's presidential election show incumbent on jay due to winning the 1st round with nearly 42 percent of the vote falling short of an absolute majority needed to win outright the candidate backed by the ruling law and justice party has run a combative campaign promoting conservative values he caused controversy by focusing on what he called the spread of l.g.b. to. ideology in the traditionally catholic country to his opponent in the likely

runoff vote is worse than mare. who garnered just over 30 percent of the vote he's from the centrist civic platform party his campaign pledge was to heal the rifts in poland's divided society and repair ties with brussels. well g.w. correspondent monica has been covering election day in poland here's her assessment of the outcome of the 1st round of voting the very high turnout shows how important this election is for poles there are a long queues outside the polling stations all day long with people willing to wait for hours in the heat this election is a clash of 2 different worlds of values the incumbent conservative president under you do the wants to defend the traditional values and to protect poland from the western liberalism he supports the government's reforms who have been heavily criticised by the european union many poles worried that they no longer live in

a constitutional state they hope that the liberal mayor of warsaw and the main opposition candidate. could block a part of the government's reforms his victory and the power among the poli of the ruling law and justice party and would be the 1st major change in polish politics in 5 years. that was do w. correspondents monica survives got reported for us from warsaw well let's go now to some other stories making the news at this hour early results in france's municipal elections show voters have punished president emanuel maccollins party with the green party seizing control in several major cities like leone and bordeaux paris is socialist mare. looks set to stay in power turnout was historically low amid persistent fears of coronavirus contagion. police have arrested dozens of protesters in hong kong after a silent demonstration against new national security laws critics say the laws

would limit the city's existing rights and freedoms chinese lawmakers are expected to pass them up by the end of the month. 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 sichuan province authorities have evacuated more than 7000 people from their home. well the former malawian opposition leader. has been sworn in as president after winning a rerun election with more than 58 percent of the vote the initial poll in may 2019 was discredited and its results overturned because of election fraud. well the number of corona virus cases worldwide has surpassed the 10000000 mark and the u.s. is still one of the worst affected countries cases there have topped 2 and a half 1000000 florida has reported a record daily increase of nearly 10000 new cases and 4 other states have also seen

record spikes infections are surging in southern and western states that lifted lockdowns early. they've been battling the coronavirus around the clock but us medical professionals are at their limits in the state of texas alone nearly 6000 new cases were confirmed in just one day despite the rising infections vice president my parents went to this baptist church and alice to speak to hunters and the congregation even though the total number of covert 1000 cases has surged about 2 and a half 1000000 remains optimistic with the american people should know is that because of the leadership that president trump has provided because of the extraordinary innovation that we have brought to this task we are we're in a much better place to respond to these outbreaks than we were 4 months ago but criticism of the government's crisis management is growing louder in part due

to images like these before donald trump's rally in tulsa his campaign ordered the removal of thousands of social distancing stickers from arena seats his rival joe biden said his response to the pandemic would have been very different i would go back to making sure that everybody had mass that you had p.p.d. lined up we have been making sure we stockpile all the things that we need that we don't have now but what they we do know these make a gigantic difference as usual president trump didn't wear a mask while golfing over the weekend. italy has honored its many coronavirus victims with a concert in the hard hit city of barack obama on sunday the concert and evening requiem was held in the city's cemetery which has become a somber symbol for the region images of military trucks transporting hundreds of caskets out of the long party region shocked people around the world the concert took place one day after it only registered only 8 over $1000.00 deaths the lowest

a daily tally in nearly 4 months. earlier we spoke to journalists in italy and asked her why this moment was so important for the region i think it's like what you mentioned about the fact that those images that were broadcast around the world of those trucks carrying those coffins people who had succumbed to call 1000 there wasn't enough space in the local said the tree or you to bury the residents from that town and that gave you still now got this great quick mass of opposition by being to tell you the composer time he did he said by the way he said they did open the vault and so his music instead be played in front of the 7th street italian president said john zarrella in there. on the event to get there with some 300 or so years of the different towns in the province of bit clearly

the entire province suffered tremendous loss as you mentioned the number of deaths very significant some at the end of march you were just at some 500 percent high in what is normal in terms of a 5 average. terms of the number of deaths expected in that region so really a moment today to honor those victims the families of course with the loss. that was correspondence. the lombardy region where bargo is located it took the brunt of the 1st wave of the pandemic in europe with tens of thousands of deaths now people are asking how it could have happened in one of europe's richest regions a reporter went to back to look for answers. images that are hard to forget military trucks loaded with coffins. doctors and nurses as frontline fighters in an overloaded hospital.

which travel to battle a city that is still in mourning 1st stop the old town usually a tourist hot spot here we meet. a community worker things have calmed down now unlike the south of the crisis. but you know the jordanian after a few days some of us started breaking down emotionally they were sobbing like babies but it was partly the pressure but also because we were dealing with people who had seen 2 or 3 of their family members die one after the other with. during october bi-lo was among the founders of superbad and initiative to help those who couldn't help themselves 200 volunteers joined him they delivered food and medicines to cover 1000 patients relief for our suffering city people are grieving for the loss of last months but they're also beginning to ask

questions they want to know why their region number d. which is one of the richest in italy was so hard hit stefan of course grandfather died in a care home he's now collecting the stories of other covert 19 victims we just want to know the truth we want to know if it was addressed before or if there is someone with a high level of power in the authorities not the doctor or sort of nurses that have the possibility to contain this feeling or even to avoid fusco and others say the worst affected parts of the region should have been closed down at an early stage they criticize the region's far right president in milan for putting profits. for people to see that before we find out who is responsible we have to understand whether or not we made mistakes from the region's point a few i think we try to give all possible answers and take all possible preventions

at a time when we were confronting an extraordinary situation at a time when nobody knew much about the virus. from back in bed again we'll get to a bio says the citizens will have to take things into their own hands his initiative superbad again will start organizing concerts to support local artists. confident that over time his city will manage to recover but that optimism a stamp and by the fear of a 2nd wave of infections. well after the bundesliga wrapped up its season on saturday it was the german 2nd tears turned on sunday i mean abilify els had already secured top spot and promotion last week and now step darts now join the turnings of a top flight after one season away but highly highland hamburg were vying for 3rd place as the chance to go up via

a play off. despite having nothing to play for host spinner filled field of the full strength side against titan haim who needed a win to avoid being caught by hamburg after 40 minutes league top score of 5 in chlor scored his 21st of the season and hiding behind fell further behind 3 minutes later as on today as for double delete. in the 2nd half the 2nd tier champions sealed a 3 nil victory so haydn haim have to hope how borg have once again dropped the bull as they have done on so many high pressure occasions. hamburg playing in white julie obliged scoring an own goal to give the house in the lead after 13 minutes things got worse when kevin b. thems made it 2 nil to the visitors leaving coach less than impressed. his side continued to fight and scored from the spot in the 2nd tough through

captain aaron hunt's hamburg we're now aware that hiding behind with 3 nil down. but they imploded at the end of the match for some tires and scored 3 goals in 7 minutes to comp off a 5 warm win that sees how missed out on promotion for 2nd year running. that means hiding behind will now face talk to your side bring them in a playoff to decide who will be in the bundesliga next season meanwhile hosts celebrated their 2nd division title with as much gusto as they could muster in front of an empty stadium. john carlos one of 2 american olympians who famously gave the black power salute on the podium at the 1968 mexico games has called on the international olympic committee to abolish its anti protest roll carlos along with a group of other american athletes sent a letter to the i.o.c.

on saturday the 75 year old sprinter who won bronze at the mexico games was banned after raising his fist protest of inequality. and now a dramatic rescue off the coast of sicily an italian wildlife conservation group spotted this creature in trouble an exhausted young sperm whale and 10 goals in fishing nets trying desperately to free itself. a team of coast guard divers painstakingly cut the net to release the whale the whole operation it took over 2 hours the local conservation group that found the whale believed that the nets came from illegal fishing boats it was a lucky escape for the mammal and the team are now scanning the ocean waves hoping for a glimpse of the creature to check if he is safe. this is deja vu news and here's a reminder of our top story at this hour exit polls in poland's presidential election show incumbent m j do winning the 1st round with nearly 42 percent of the

vote his main challenger. has garnered just over. 30 percent both fell short of an absolute majority needed to win outright mean the votes will go to a runoff. there watching the don't forget to get all the latest on our website dot com you can follow us on twitter and instagram too attitude of the in is i'm sorry richardson in berlin and thanks so much for joining us. on the. global corona crisis you can find more information online in fact e.w. dot com and on t.w. social media channels.

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