this is date over the news line from virgin tensions escalate between washington and phasing u.s. officials into the chinese consulate in houston texas after forcing it to close amid accusations of espionage china retaliates shutting down an american consulate in the western city of chengdu also coming out thousands demonstrate in budapest for media freedom after dozens of journalists and hungry main news site resigned in protest of the sacking of their editor in chief. and her then temple of

techno compaq in the punters thanks to the pandemic so it's clear the dance floor to make room for something a bit less boisterous. yes . i'm rebecca ritter's 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 accusations and has retaliated by ordering the american consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu to close the spat has brought already tense relations between the 2 countries to their lowest point in decades. ahead exit in houston. chinese officials were 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 phone your phone i usually try to monitor everyone is a bank a meeting of the razing when you come here to watch. your celebrating the i make sure. the u.s. says the consulate was a nest of spies trying to steal intellectual property including dollars from medical facilities in texas after the last diplomats departed 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 southwestern city of chengdu. china's foreign ministry called the

retaliation legitimate and necessary accusing the u.s. stuff is of interfering in the country's internal affairs. 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 us president has yet to comment on this latest escalation. thousands of protesters have marched through central budapest in support of journalists at hungary's most read news site index dozens of journalists have now resigned over the sacking of its editor in chief earlier this week his dismissal has raised

concerns that prime minister viktor or bands nationalist government is intensifying its if it to muzzle critical voices. a sea of solidarity lighting up central budapest thousands of hungary and standing up for press freedom which many fear is disappearing under the rule of right wing prime minister viktor orban the latest victim hungary's most retinue sight in next you seen as one of the country's last independent media that's made it a frequent target of the prime minister who once called for the fake news factory but its independence has come under threat after an ally bought control of the site at sales. the final straw came a few days ago when the site's editor and she was fired prompting more than 80 staff to resign on friday. that the 1st said. 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 lines i cannot work there anymore. from the point that the phone. shortly after south of protesters flooded the streets where they want to frame a showed real news and it's getting more and more difficult almost impossible to get that in hungry now we don't know what's happening around us because the state media isn't telling the truth. now. and honestly regardless of the website the reason why it came to demonstrate is that another independent news portal has fallen victim to the government i really don't like and that's why i came i don't think there's any free press like. hungry foreign secretary denies the government poses a threat to press freedom she reckons show me a concrete case when was a journalist in hungary not allowed to write what they thought. indexes just the latest of several hunger news outlets to fall under control of government allies

raising fears here that it won't be the last. and for more on this i'm joined by journalist justin spike in budapest justin thousands of people taking to the streets to show their support for the press more than 80 journalists from index walked out and we sing a tipping point in hungary. thank you for having me so what's happening now with the index is particularly significant because as you mentioned the index was the biggest and the most popular independent news outlet in the firing of its editor in chief was really the red line for many of these journalists because it represented such a major force in bringing credible and objective information to the people of hungary in an environment where the media is being continually shrank in the country via purchased by government friendly businesspeople and these kinds of

interventions so the protests that we saw i think shows that there is still a lot of support in a lot of hunger were credible and independent 1 news reported in hungary but i think it is surprised a lot of people the index was moved upon and in such a manner it surprised me as well what does this do to the media landscape in hungary how independent is the media then now. so as the foreign minister mentioned in your previous. journalists can write what they want there's not there's not censorship be internet. but but the environment is being continually whittled away so what happened next recently is almost a carbon of what happened to the previously largest and most popular news website which is called the same thing happened in 2014 this may be close to the

government's got close to that website in fact the same businessman who bought himself into the index just really year and then the editor in chief was fired and then there were mass walkouts so there are still a number and outlets available in hungary i happen to be contributor to one of them they're mostly all on the internet but the point is that the it's highly unbalanced a couple of years ago there was a show which which was created which subsumed basically around $500.00. different media outlets and print news. radio etc all all press to print mediums and and that is a foundation which busy is controlled directly by the government and. a matter of national interest so you have this hand over the pen and sites on one hand but then you have this 'd massive empire essentially you know from media and the other yes

certainly into to ration just in spike input in tech but a pest thanks very much. well turning now to some other stories making news around the world thousands of anti kremlin protesters have rallied in the far eastern russian city of khabarovsk it's in support of popular governor. he was detained on murder charges this month but his supporters say he's being belatedly punished for defeating a candidate from the ruling pro putin's united russia party in 2018. i hate wave and sign period has been fat fanning devastating wildfires pushing them north of the arctic circle the un where the agency warmer temperatures in the russian region were 10 degrees celsius above average last month the hate wave has also contributed to a rapid play sion of c i s z. the us is reported and up a 1000 deaths from covert 19 for the 4th day in a row driven by

a spike in infections in arizona florida and other states but a top white house health advisor on the pandemic says the state's cost the worst and has a good schools to reopen. terminal thora teas and now offering free coronavirus testing to incoming travelers on the spot testing will be available for people coming from covert 19 hotspots people traveling from lower risk areas will also be offered tests but at laboratories away from airports it comes as general thora he's warning of a 2nd wave of the pandemic the government's health institute noted a significant rise in new infections in recent days some of them they brought in from abroad. 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 their health or thorazine is in germany have taken the decision to offer free virus testing. the amortise because of 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 aizen 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 you can be thinking sure i think so. if you had to go into quarantine. and i have to go for more i wouldn't really want to people have responsibility for themselves and people are very careful about their behavior. corona 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. early and it is

a city renowned for its nightlife we have packed nightclubs providing a raucous party atmosphere i came to a stop with a coronavirus pandemic and with many clubs now fearing for their future one of the best known is finding new uses for its dance space. the bear kind the linz legendary techno club is venturing into new territory the now gutted and sunlit boiler room is hosting a sound installation. it was created by austrian artists hand strobel and. is it with this place is full of energy this place is part of a city's cultural history and we're trying to communicate with our cultural history community and the club is housed in a former power plant. since 2004 electronic music fans from across the world have been flocking here to party around the clock. i think it's.

space to be completely free. it's almost like. a prayer spirit a modern prayer space because you're listening to music as a group and you're experiencing it together and it's a place that you don't find anywhere else in the world because you have a mix of gay people straight people you know people for any kind of you know sexual preference or partying together you know so i think it's very interesting you would find this anywhere else in the world did a song. every song features a different way that the spice interacts with the sound i'll make him sound into a good sense of. this is going to go to show intervals and that's the beauty of this installation is trying to reveal that listening by itself tells a different history of the world and seeing. it for listening not for dancing and new experience for the back kinds patrons.

at a time when the future of music clubs is less than certain that their kind is finding new ways to draw in the crowds. you're watching data for the news michael okwu will bring you the headlines at next hour until then check out our web site of the dot com thanks for watching. in the height of climate change. for a closer look at what's in store for. morning news to make up for the future in the. context of the major cities to double to get insight. in terms of. how does a virus spread. why do we panic and when will all this. computer through the top accidents.