this is the w.'s line from berlin americans get ready for the summer's biggest holiday weekend as the number of coronavirus cases continues to soar many people are choosing to stay at home but plenty of others want to celebrate the 4th of july holiday without restrictions on their freedom to have fun also on the program. 2 former leaders of amnesty international in turkey are sentenced to jail on terror charges we'll hear from a german activist cleared in the same trial was arrested sparked a diplomatic row between turkey and germany.

welcome to the program we start in the united states where the run up to the 4th of july independence day weekend has seen a record number of new corona virus infections on thursday alone 55000 new cases were registered here's a look at data showing the daily tally of new cases every day since the beginning of the u.s. outbreak rising steadily at 1st the curve then flattened from the end of april to mid june but as lock down restrictions eased new infections shot up again those startling statistics mean this weekend's independence day celebrations are being scaled back as officials urge caution at public and private gatherings washington bureau chief in his fall has been to ocean city in maryland to guard the

mood. for many americans this is the 1st time out of 2 months. they are hungry for fun and some. want to celebrate this 4th of july weekend as they normally do i'd like to keep moving on do the fireworks continue no malice as much as we can moving back to normalcy is what we'd like to do and i think if you take the right for cautions there's nothing to be scared they don't want your party to know what you enjoy yourself but you have you know how many thousands in a group one at protests how to deal with the pandemic is highly politicized some fear that the restrictions are taking away their personal freedom of those just seeing the responsibility. i expect here in our community in maryland that because it's tor season now that these cases are going to come back as people do not socially distance or where there are mass while visiting our beaches i don't think president will do anything i think he will continue to say it's a hoax and not believe in the science that is there causing so many cases and. this

lack of guidance creates a turn them off for business owners between health concerns and remaining competitive. once in the bar and grill in the 5th generation. we want to know where i'm at but if they don't know where i'm at we can't tell them where i'm at because if they're right to wear a mask or not i don't feel safe with them around at night when i'm at you know that quiet where i am. yeah i would rather that where. you can make it you can make it a law that you know we have to wear it if it's recommended and if there are safety in our health then you know i need to make it where you know you get fined $500.00 if you don't harm. the united states are facing a new record high of with 19 infections little would you know here at the boardwalk in ocean city maryland the majority of the people is not wearing

a mask they tell us we are here to fun we want to celebrate we are done with this why was the business owners obviously do have a different approach they fear that after the weakened they will face a new wave which will lead to a new locked on and that would bring them to their knees in 2 weeks' time we will know whether the right steps were taken people celebrated this unprecedented fortune to live in a responsible way or the worst fears of the next wave. to come true. for more on this i'm joined now by eric cycle being an epidemiologist with the harvard school of public health joining us from washington they say mr feit old saying we've seen a dramatic rise in cases in recent days should americans sit this weekend celebrations out. well it's really hard to tell americans voice when the most popular vacations and holidays but they need to be more careful outdoors

distancing and everyone needs to wear masks so if you do all these kind of things you can still enjoy yourself but unfortunately a lot of americans are not doing things the president himself is holding an early 4th of july fireworks display at mount rushmore tonight thousands are expected to attend and many worry that this might turn into a super spreader event what's your take on these last gatherings well if it's outdoors it's less risky than some of his previous indoor rallies but the keeping is mask wearing prevalence is his rally actually has a lot of highly dense seating together so if you have highly dense seating you need to wear masks and it's not that difficult and doesn't hinge on human rights human rights in one way but it will actually stop there because we can prevent the super spreading events that's the key goal for seeing a spike in cases just as locked down measures are in other countries have lifted

their restrictions and still been able to keep the virus at bay what is gone wrong in the u.s. if this really was mainly about wearing masks this is a combination of rate opening truth fast in and of too aggressively and not wearing masks just to distancing that when you tell people that visit are open people are gather again and the problem is did keeping distances especially indoors in bars and restaurants is just not a realistic scenario and compounded merican around mask wearing in the sun belt and some things are really really low and all together creates this confluence where the spreading is just will continue what measure is what you recommend going forward. i mean really mandatory. in also says state governors to stop blocking the mandates of local counties and states if you

know how they're going. to these mandates will be critical and also we potentially need peace quarantine measures for people traveling between states u.s. is very porous and there's many borders but we need to. mask remember it's in there and she measures as much as possible eric by holding up the harvard school of public health thank you for your insights that take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world brazil's president variables in iraq has used his veto power to water down legislation requiring the wearing a face masks the populist leader remove provisions that would have made masks mandatory in businesses and searches nationwide brazil has the world's 2nd most coronavirus infections and deaths. the remains of 24 resistance fighters have been welcomed home to algeria in a solemn military ceremony the men were killed in the 19th century while fighting

against french colonial rule their skulls have been kept in a french museum. british prime minister boris johnson has set out a list of 59 countries from where travelers can enter england starting on july 10th without having to go into quarantine countries like the u.s. sweden and brazil are not on the list. a court in istanbul sentenced a former leader of rights group amnesty international to 6 years in prison the very ticked against hunger kill its on terror charges brought an end to what critics say was a politically motivated trial targeting opposition activists the court sentenced 3 other turkish defendants to prison and acquitted 7 term an activist was one of those who escaped a jail sentence is arrest in istanbul 3 years ago triggered a crisis in relations between germany and turkey.

spoke with paper and asked him what he makes of today's verdict well we would have expected. or all 11 of us this would have been a good foundation for human rights in turkey we saw the opposite 4 of those receiving jail sentences we hope that we can go into the appeal court with it so that sentences will be legally binding very soon. still i'm happy about my will it also gives me the energy to know campaign for the left over for it to be created the german activist must speaking to us earlier there we also asked his lawyer who was at the trial in istanbul about the significance of the verdicts. well the missionaries for all of these human rights defenders and they could be united group and together they have tried to prevent human rights violations and to support human rights advocates the associations or

foundations and they were punished because of this activity because lawyers we've been working on the files for 3 years and dozens what we saw in the files and when you look at the human rights violations that these people have been subjected to in the past through their arrest and violation of their own basic rights this verdict of course goes no way towards making things right. and football the german cup final takes place here and berlin on saturday with leverkusen facing bar in munich the game would normally bring tens of thousands of fans to the german capital but the pandemic means that this year will see a rather subdued affair make champions fire and have a chance of securing a double live meanwhile are seeking the 2nd german cup triumph in their history. berlin's olympic stadium the fans this year because of the pandemic. the

city itself will also be without the usual throngs of football fanatics. who have heard. it's a bittersweet final for many not least for the members of the only fun club in the german capital they rarely miss an away game the most loyal have backed by our for over 30 years. played in berlin which they seldom did except in the bundesliga we were always in the stadium. when you've got the chance again after 27 years to be in the final and to win the cup. leverkusen beat. to win their only german cup in 1993 with kiersten scored the winner in a one nil victory and the striking stalwart hopes for an end to the trophy drought for a club the tories for its ability to snatch 2nd place from the jaws of 1st. could or should have lifted one or 2 trophies. we were in the final twice when you factor

in the last league championship we should have won. the current team is desperate for a 2nd german cup captain last bender left that in no doubt. this year we have the chance and the ambition we'll approach it hungrily tomorrow so that we can finally bring a trophy back to live for crews and again this weekend into the blue school at least there should be some up this fear of the cops presentation was the brand new system makes its debut at the olympic stadium. the death of george floyd in police custody has sparked an ongoing conversation about racial injustice in the united states and around the globe now fed ex has called on the washington redskins american football team to change their name the shipping giant is a key sponsor of the n.f.l. franchise and has the naming rights to the stadium but it's under pressure from

investors the team name is seen by many as a racial slur against native americans who have been advocating change for many years now but redskins owner dan snyder has previously said he refuses to rename the franchise despite any offense. archaeologists and mexico say they found some of the best preserved remains of human activity for more than 10000 years ago but they didn't just pick them up on a typical excavation site they've had to go underwater with divers to explore caves in the yucatan peninsula that were flooded by rising sea levels thousands of years ago. a labyrinth of flooded caves with extremely tight passages and rough rock formations rising seas filled them with water thousands of years ago but even before then these caves would have been dangerous to go into over the last

15 years archeologists have been finding signs of human life deep inside the caves gave up fire pits stone tools and human bones. what's really remarkable about the sites is. preservation this is incredibly rare in archaeology to find evidence for human activity that's. and this well preserved. why were people venturing into such unwelcoming places the recent discovery of an okra mine in the caves provides a clue or a big mint derives from clay giving yellows and reds was prized by early peoples in the americas it was used for things like cave paintings and burial ceremony as. archaeologists believe that color was so precious that 12000 years ago people were willing to brave the dangerous maze of caverns just to get a hold of it. if you're watching the news from berlin don't

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