managed by from part. of the. above. this is the w. news the live up from burlesque polls have closed in poland as voters choose a president now action is seen as a test for democracy the right wing incumbent on jay duda is fighting for a 2nd term he came out on top of the law have to face a challenge from the liberal man of warsaw in iraq also coming up. in the u.s. confirmed coronavirus case is a top 2 and a half 1000000 florida is among the hardest hit states despite going in factions is

causing many newly reopened businesses to shut down again. malawi's opposition leader lazarus chocola has been sworn in as the country's new president whereas the 58 percent of votes in a rerun election after the original poll was discredited due to mass fraud. time claire richardson welcome to the show exit polls and poland's presidential election showing come and unjaded up winning the 1st round with nearly 42 percent of the vote but 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 calls the spread of l.g.b. . the ideology in the traditionally catholic country. does opponent in the likely

runoff vote is worse than marriage as kosky who garnered just over 30 percent of the vote he's from the centrist civic platform party and his campaign pledge was to feel the rest of poland's divided society as a pair 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 would end the power among the policy of the ruling law and justice party and would be the 1st major change in polish politics in 5 years. about was d.w. correspondent monica reporting for us for more saw let's go now to some other stories making news at this hour early results in france's municipal elections and show voters have punished president and monroe micron's party with the green party seizing control in several major cities paris is socialist mare and go look set to stay in power turnout was historically low amid persistent fears of the current virus. police have arrested dozens of protesters in hong kong after a silent a demonstration against new national security laws critics say the laws would

eliminate the city's existing rights and freedoms chinese lawmakers are expected to pass them by the end of the month. severe flooding caused by torrential rains has killed at least 3 people in the 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 homes. lawmakers in the u.s. state of mississippi cheered after they voted to remove a confederate symbol from the state flag the blue cross and white stars emblem it was used by the southern states that supported slavery in the american civil war it's the latest symbol of racism to be removed after a month of protests against racial injustice. well the number of confirmed coronavirus 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 in the state of florida has reported a record daily increase of nearly 10000 new cases in 4 other states have also seen record spikes infections are surging in southern and western states that lifted their 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 mike pence went to this baptist church in dallas to speak to hunters and the congregation even though the total number of covert 1000 cases has surged about 2 and a half 1000000 pence remains optimistic what 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 people lined up we have been making sure we stockpile all the things that we need that we don't have now the one thing we do know these must make a gigantic difference as usual president trump didn't wear a mask while golfing over the weekend. played only honored its many coronavirus victims with a concert in the hard hit city of baghdad on sunday. oh it was. their concert an evening requiem was

held in the city's cemetery has become a somber symbol for the region images of military trucks transporting hundreds of caskets out of the lombardi region shocks people around the world the concert took place one day after italy registered only 8 over $1000.00 deaths the lowest of daley's heights how the nearly 4 months. and the lombardy region where bag a mo 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 all could have happened in one of europe's richest regions our reporter went to barack obama to look for answers. images that are hard to forget military trucks loaded with coffins. doctors and nurses as frontline fighters and overloaded hospital. which travel

to battle a city that is still in mourning for stuff 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 a point at which you know the ga me 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. cheering octal bailo 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 suffering city people and 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 proof we want to know if it was addressed before or if there is 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 will kyoto bio

says the citizens will have to take things into their own hands his initiative super better will now start organizing concerts to support local artists through bio is confident that over time his city will manage to recover but that optimism is stump and by the fear of a 2nd wave of infections well malawian opposition leader lazarus chakra has been sworn in as the country's new president after winning over 58 percent of the vote the initial vote in may 29 scene was discredited due to voter fraud is the 1st time an overturned a vote in an african country has led to the defeat of an incumbent leader. 3 way but that was a solidly which way she was. madness chakram

accepted the challenge ahead his victory is being hailed as a triumph for democracy in africa. the tough. question the trick. we all must point out. but this is the time john writes from schlumberger. to make out dream come true. he had been confirmed as a winner just and was earning it not so do much it reversed in a function for the incumbent. continue to rico was seeking a 2nd 5 year term. he criticised the election rerun calling it flu would predict pealed for peace a very good employee. but i feel mine to move on we've moved to rica's namor reelection in may 29000 triggered months of the

timelines violent protests in on peaceful mally in february the constitutional court unanimously overturned the results it cited widespread fraud including lease of correction fluid to tamper with results sheets the ruling made menow is just the 2nd african country south of this horror to have a presidential coa nulled off to kenya in 2017 but he is the only opposition candidate who has gone on to win a rerun last was check where a cooled his victory a win for democracy and justice that would allow the nation to reset but 1st the former evangelical preacher will need to unify the country after months of political up and go. well our reporter in malawi elves and cigar. sends us this round up of the situation from the capital a long way president. has a huge task to ensure that malawians are united from these phrases presidential

elections it is if you get into that malawians are voted on tribe or on the regional lines that is the local votes from the south and rejoin the country has bought a lot of votes from central and northern regions. on the same time loves us so where are you supposed to go pull this one party is that a formula for me the alliance that of made here we come to think that the president of the republic of malawi. well 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 rule john 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 of the mexico games was banned after raising his fist to protest inequality. and finally a dramatic rescue off the coast of sicily an italian wildlife conservation group

a spotted this creature in trouble an exhausted young sperm whale entangled in fishing nets trying desperately to free itself a team of coast guard divers painstakingly cut the net to release the whale in an operation the last in more than 2 hours the group that found the whale believed that the nets came up from illegal fishing boats it was a lucky escape and the team are now standing the ocean waves hoping for a glimpse to see if the mammal is safe. this is news and here's a reminder of our top story at this hour. i'd say polls in poland presidential elections show incumbent i'm jaded after winning the 1st round. nearly 42 percent of the vote his main challenger wars are merit. garnered just over 30 percent both so short of an absolute majority needed to win outright meaning the folks will go

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