did you ever think that. this is deja news line from berlin tensions escalate between washington and beijing u.s. officials and to the chinese consulate in houston texas up to forcing it to close made accusations of espionage china retaliates shutting down an american consulate in the western city of trump also coming up thousands demonstrate in budapest by media freedom not the dozens of journalists and hungry is my new site resigned in protest at the sacking of the editor in chief. ban

a big surprise for reindeer herd is in siberia when i pull the remains of a long extinct woolly mammoth out of the water or. i'm rebecca written as welcome to the program u.s. officials have entered the chinese consulate in houston texas after diplomatic staff there complied with an order from the trumpet ministration to shut down the u.s. says the consulate was a hub for espionage and intellectual property theft china denies the charges and has retaliated by ordering the american consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu to close a spat has brought already tense relations between the 2 countries to their lowest point in decades. ahead exit in houston.

annis officials who seen packing on friday they were forced to evacuate the consulate within 72 hours a deadline set by the trumpet ministration. holding documents in 2 vehicles the exit was welcomed by anti communist party protest is. this a cell or cell when you're finishing the friday morning to everyone has a bank a meeting of the razing when you come here to watch. your celebrating me i make sure. the u.s. says the consulate was a nest of spies trying to steal intellectual property including data from medical facilities in texas after the last diplomats to passionate the area was cordoned off and u.s. officials were seen forcing entry into the building. in a tit for tat move china has ordered the closure of the u.s. consulate in the south western city of change to. china's foreign ministry called

the retaliation legitimate and necessary accusing the us stuff is of interfering in the country's internal affairs villagers in the current situation in china u.s. relations just not what china wants and the u.s. is completely responsible for all of this the cold war era style tension between the 2 countries has been rising for some time often sparring over trade technology and more recently the coronavirus usually very outspoken on china the u.s. president has yet to comment on this latest escalation. around 3000 protesters have marched through central budapest in support of journalists at hungary's most read news site index dot h.-u. thousands of journalists have now resigned in protest over the sacking of its editor in chief earlier this week his dismissal has raised concern that prime

minister viktor all bands nationalist government is intensifying its effort to muzzle critical voices. the new site trusted by millions of hungary and is no more so thousands march to the prime minister's office with this message. that we are together we believe in free press. we've reached a point now where getting access to real information is in real danger as well as its very existence. in court about the overall. honestly regardless of the website the reason why i came to demonstrate is that another independent news portal has fallen victim to the government but i really don't like that and that's why i came i don't think there's any free press left. for the protests followed an early a walkout on friday when more than 80 journalists the vast majority of the newsroom

quit index. to back off was the case. our editor in chief was fired this week and while i don't want to speak on behalf of all of us for me this was the red line i cannot work there anymore. from the point of pulled out of the phone. before he got sacked editor in chief settled stall had warned the site was in grave danger after a pro businessman purchase control of the site's ad sales hungary's foreign sex trade denies the government poses a threat to press freedom because well tell me a concrete case when could it. liston hungry or not right what they thought. index is just the latest of several hunger area news outlets to fall under control of government allies raising fears here that it won't be the last.

3. was free. turkey's highest of fear it has hosted muslim friday prayers for the 1st time in more than 80 years is stamboul landmark was built 1500 years ago as a christian cathedral before becoming a mosque and then a museum 2 weeks ago president erdogan issued a controversial decree returning it its use to a mosque. or. a rule or holy. prayers led by a president on a friday that will become unforgettable in turkey thousands of muslims gathered in worship for the 1st time in 86 years. oh i see iconic buildings journey through time from orthodox christian cathedral to muslim mosque to museum. for many here and historic wrong has been

righted. buffalonian and though i'm not a gun player so we have been waiting for higher sophia to open as a mosque for decades for decades we said that the chains will break and hyacinth here will reopen the young i mean that was why this remains a museum so this kind of atmosphere would not have been possible it doesn't mean much for the people abroad and i think the important thing is what the people of turkey want were happy that he has. but everyone critics in turkey see the conversion as a political ploy to score points with his conservative base. and the move has sparked dismay among christian leaders and some western countries that this one time symbol of christian and muslim unity may become a source of religious divide that. german authorities are offering free corona virus testing to incoming travelers on

the spot testing will be available for people coming from covert 19 hotspots people traveling traveling from low risk areas will also be offered tests but at the bar trees away from airports it's part of an effort to avoid a 2nd wave of infections. touched down in berlin after a summer holiday far fewer germans the normal yet taking their vacations abroad the joy of returning home is as strong as ever but can people be sure they haven't picked up the coronavirus on their travels. now the hell thought origins in germany have taken the decision to offer free virus testing. the amortized doesn't touch the health ministers of the states together with the federal health minister have today greed that people returning from risk areas should be tested at airports we intend to establish testing facilities at relevant airports. secondly we have

decided that we want to reach not only those from risk areas but also those coming from elsewhere so we agreed to pay the costs of the testing for travelers as. they hadn't eyes and in frankfurt germany is largest airport is already offering tests for a free under the new plan people arriving from the 130 countries seen as at risk can be tested directly on arrival checks will also be beefed up at sea ports and on land borders the tests will be voluntary at 1st and people from corona affected areas will continue to be asked to quarantine at home for 14 days germans love to travel and those starting to get the travel bug again but with these tourists arriving from the popular spanish island of new york or be willing to take a test yes certainly personal safety reasons that would be the most important thing . we think sure i think so. if you had to go into quarantine.

them you now have to go. i wouldn't really want to people have responsibility for themselves and people are very careful about their behavior. carona infection rates in germany remain low at the moment a big part of keeping it that way after the holiday season will be persuading travelers to take advantage of testing. let's turn up some other stories making news around the world the u.s. has recorded and of a 1000 deaths from covert 19 for the 4th day in a row truck driven by a spike in infections in arizona florida and other states but a top white house health advisor on the pandemic says the states are past the worst and has schools to reopen. the regional government of catalonia in spain has ordered the closure of nightclubs and discos and event holes across the northeastern region following a surge in cases of coronavirus barely

a month after spain ended its months long state of emergency a new order will come into effect today and remain in force to 2 weeks. $83.00 migrants from camps in greece have arrived in germany a flight carrying the families including 18 sick children landed in the german city of castle the transfer as part of a bigger plan to bring vulnerable children from overcrowded camps on the greek islands to the e.u. states. wildfires are continuing to spread north of the arctic circle the u.n. weather agency has warned that temperatures in the russian region of siberia with 10 degrees celsius above average last year the hate wave has not only fanned devastating fires it's also contributed to a depletion of sea ice. and staying in siberia a fascinating find for a group of reindeer herders who have discovered the remains of an ancient woolly

mammoth russian scientists are now working to retrieve the rest of the skeleton which appears to be remarkably well preserved. constantia hadn't expected this he set out to catch fish but instead the fishermen on the peninsula in syberia put something quite different out there so i was tugging on a skull the whole day from morning till evening then i started poking around in the ground with the stick and i saw more bones. these bones turned out to be quite a sensation they were the remains of a woolly mammoth this species has been largely extinct for over 10000 years the mammoths were larger than today's elephants and weighed up to 5 tonnes researchers were quickly called in and recovered several more bones pieces of a prehistoric puzzle for more than a decade no one in this region has discovered such a well preserved mammoth all of wits about you we don't even know yet what else is in the water there are definitely more remains but we are not yet sure whether it's

an entire or partial skeleton. in the next few days scientists plan to bring special tools to this remote region in the north of russia they hope that in the mud at the bottom of the lake they will find more mammoth remains. so for now in baseball fans in the u.s. finally have something to cheer about after a long delay because of a pandemic that major league baseball season has finally started but like pretty much all sports around the globe that every start of a season no fans will be allowed. this is professional baseball now so is this. and this. definitely nothing to roar about. sure it's still just a practice for these detroit tigers at comerica park but game day will look about the same no fans are allowed this year and that hurts the game and the economy

a report from the commissioner's office of the m.l. b. estimates that each game without fans will generate a loss of the equivalent of 550000 euros and a minimum loss over the entire season of at least $72000000.00 euros per team not to mention all the nearby businesses that will suffer because they depend so much on the so-called foot traffic offense walking on route to the stadiums most of the 30 m. l.b. teams have urban ballparks stadiums where the lack of foot traffic now will have a huge impact on local vendors especially in a city like detroit which has pro baseball basketball football and hockey teams. i tell you. from the line with tiger the hockey. the pistons all. that something he used for a 3 if it's not going on. in the down something that we're just we're rolling with in we're giving our best effort but there's absolute going to businesses that

you're not going to see that some legacy business is to i'm sure that are not going to be here. the biggest hope is that the virus will be defeated and fans can come back safely now that would be a homerun for everybody. you know watching data between us we'll have more headlines at the top of the hour i'm rebecca it's. a. little sensitive guy you don't need to see a bit of the people vote for the over that's on home the 4th time for the summer for the most recent anything about. the bottom of an a that the nasa dragon as well as called the home. depot where you go on.