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this is the job you do to live up from berlin and millions of jobless americans could face financial ruin as congress argues over a new program virus recovery plan lawmakers in washington are divided over extending unemployment benefits set to expire at the end of the month also coming up on the show a worldwide spike in corona virus infections a promise a warning from the world health organization as europeans are trying to navigate their summer holidays to make the new normal. in russia's far east thousands of people probably in the city of comparable surprise 3rd
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a weekend angered by their draft of their regional governor he's accused of murder but supporters say the charges are politically motivated. and the pandemic means berlin's temple of techno can't pack into party goers so if there's a dance floor to make room for something less boisterous. i'm claire richards and that welcome to the show we begin in the united states where record numbers of jobless workers are facing uncertainty as they wait for congress to decide on whether to extend a boost its unemployment benefits the current coronavirus relief program expires at the end of july but republicans in the senate are divided over how much financial aid they're willing to provide. she won the fight against. coronavirus but aisha
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brown has lost her job and now bills are piling up that's why she's hoping to get the government's financial support. it would help out like with my car note in rand the whatever we need we need it for and i think they they should. pass the bill and get the checks out there to the people who really need it congress is still debating the coronavirus aid package but time is running out the weekly complementary allocation of $600.00 for the unemployed will stop this week republicans one payments linked to previous earnings but with an eye on the elections democrats are pushing for a quick agreement this is deadly serious the house is burning down in terms of the economic security of america's families and these people are settling wherever they may be this weekend some $30000000.00 people would be affected if the payments
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stop many say they will not be able to pay the rent without the extra state allowance and as the deadline looms neither party wants to see a wave of evictions. correspondent all of that has been following efforts to pass a new coronavirus relief package in washington. time is running out for millions of americans who are receiving unemployment benefits the current relief package is running out and congress republicans and the wide tolls can't agree on a new deal that wide holes wants to cut those benefits from $600.00 to $100.00 per week president trump believes that at the current level there are a disincentive for returning to work republicans of congress disagree and support higher unemployment benefits and promised a new proposal as soon as monday it's a dramatic situation however because what's at stake is that many americans might not be able to pay the rent of no deal is reached they could run into default which
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in the end my trigger a full blown financial crisis and that's a scenario that president trump has to avoid at all costs as he's trying to turn the tide politically as he is losing support of course among his voter base but democrats don't want to be held accountable for such developments either they are fully we therefore we can be carefully optimistic that a deal will be reached sooner or later but the white house republicans and democrats have to hurry up if they don't want to cause more chaos and suffering. now as. well almost 285000 new coronavirus cases were recorded at globally in the past 24 hours the highest number in a single day so far the world health organization says tighter restrictions may be needed to curb the spread in europe with many people traveling for summer holidays some european nations are introducing new measures to protect people from infection . season is in full swing and authorities across europe are trying
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to stop a 2nd wave of infections belgium is just one of the countries that have tightened the rules on masks this after a 3 year old became the youngest person to die with the virus in the country a local governor appealed to the public. it looks like many doctors keep telling me it's getting out of control so we are asking people to be even more cautious than they have to be. in catalonia and northeastern spain nightclubs and entertainment venues have been ordered to close after a surge in cases france has advised its citizens to avoid traveling to the region. asia is also experiencing a resurgence in infections vietnam reported its 1st locally transmitted case in nearly 100 days japan and south korea have reimplemented restrictions the world
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health organization has warned people everywhere to remain vigilant. we're asking everyone to treat the disease and it's about where they go what do you do and who they meet with life and death decisions because they are. but social distancing isn't always possible thousands of people are stranded in a baseball stadium in the philippines this after a plan to transport people back to their hometowns from the capital manila drew larger numbers than expected a survey released saturday shows that support for the handling of the pandemic by national governments is falling in many countries. well let's look now at some of the other developments in the coronavirus pandemic the u.k. has of broccoli taken steyn off its list of safe places to visit starting at midnight on sunday passengers arriving in britain from spain will have to self
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isolate for 2 weeks tour operator to be canceled all flights to spain following the announcement the german government says it may introduce compulsory coronavirus testing for holiday makers returning from high risk destinations that's after the number of new infections in the country hit a 2 month high and north korea has placed the city of k. song near the border with south korea under total lockdown after a person it was found suspected of covert $1000.00 symptoms if confirmed it would be the country's 1st case and now to some other stories making news around the world thousands of israelis have held protests across the country calling for prime minister benjamin netanyahu to resign the largest rally took place outside netanyahu his home in jerusalem the protests have been going on for several weeks a spark by anger over the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis and corruption charges against netanyahu. hurricane hanna has made landfall
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on the texas gulf coast lashing of the shoreline with wind speeds are reaching 145 kilometers per hour the 1st atlantic hurricane this year is threatening to bring tornadoes it to a part of the country currently facing a spike in cope with 1000 cases. 3 people were killed when a plane crashed into an apartment block in the western german town of visa the ultralight aircraft that crashed into the roof of the building setting fire to the top floor apartments investigators say a resident of the apartment was among those killed. were protesters in the city a couple of roscoe in the far east of russia have taken to the streets for a 3rd weekend in a row tens of thousands of people are calling for president vladimir putin to step down and they're demanding the release of the regional governor he was arrested earlier this month accused of ordering the murders of 2 businessmen 15 years ago
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but his supporters say the arrest is politically motivated. protesters were out in force on the streets of kabul for the 3rd week in a row despite a ban on public gatherings due to the pandemic. the arrest of the governor sergei forgo has triggered the biggest demonstrations this region seen in years the 50 year old member of the opposition liberal democratic party was detained earlier this month he's charged with ordering the murders and attempted murders of several business men 15 years ago but many here see the arrest as politically motivated retaliation for defeating president putin's favored in the 2018 gubernatorial election could be given people. i think people take to the streets because their vote in the gubernatorial election was taken away with the you wish they would but these protests are about more than the arrest of the governor it's about fighting back against what they see as president putin's
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increasingly or far tarion grip on power. with chants of freedom and putin is a thief the protests have become a battle cry of freedom freedom from the rulers sitting more than 6000 kilometers away in moscow whom they see as self-serving and out of touch. off the scent the most. sucking up all the resources from the far east and we get nothing in return this region used to be so rich people were doing so well and the production was thriving now all the big enterprises have been bought up by muscovites people in the most genuine sprawled on the it just puts them put in the appointment of a successor hasn't helped that's even though michelle dictatorial and member of the same party is full of gold was seen as an attempt by the kremlin to assuage locals anger for the few units so that the people of could have fired back saying the 39 year old outside aleck's experience and has no connection to the region.
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bangor against putin ism is rising across eastern russia and there's no sign that the protests will fizzle out as moscow hopes although police have so far left the marchers in peace moscow has a habit of coming down hard on dissent. while journalist evan gasket has been covering this story for us here's his assessment of the protests in russia's far east it's truly one of most surprising protests we've seen in years in russia in all of its 20 years the 1st protests that took place here 3 weeks ago was 40000 people a week later last saturday we saw 50000 and today estimates around as much as 90000 and to put that in perspective there's about 600000 people who live in the city of karbala so it's like 10 percent of the city is coming out to protest the main thing that the protesters have repeated day after day is that they feel that their choice was taken away they feel that even if the governor is guilty of these crimes he
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should be tried here and about if they voted for him they feel that moscow the kremlin has not taken him away for a political reason these alleged murders were 15 years ago so if they did take place they believe that the kremlin would have dug this up a long time ago and so they believe that their choice was stolen away and so at the end of the day it's about the right to a fair choice it's called a democracy it's. there's also the notion that the kremlin is hoping that this will simmer down but as we're seeing 3 weeks in it's only growing so time will have to tell whether the kremlin will decide to crackdown or not but so far they haven't. that was journalist ivan gashed wretch well berlin is a city famous for its nightlife where people can party and packed clubs all through the night that of course i came to a grinding halt with the coronavirus pandemic now one of the best known clubs in the world is finding ways it to use its dance floor.
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bare time for lindsay legendary techno clubs venturing into new territory. and sunlit boiler room is hosting a sound installation. was created by austrian arsonists promised him some. and so 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 clothes has to 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. a space to be completely free. it's almost like. a prayer or a modern prayer space because you're listening to music as a group and you're experiencing it together 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
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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 space interacts with the sound. so this is a. this is any go to show that it was and that's the beauty of this installation is trying to reveal that listening by itself tells a different history of the world than seeing does. it's for listening no for dancing and new experience for bare kinds patrons. at a time when the future of music clubs is less than certain back home is finding new ways to draw in the privates. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you jobless workers in the u.s.
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at face uncertainty as they wait for congress to decide on extending unemployment benefits the current coronavirus relief program expires at the end of july the lawmakers are divided over how much financial aid they're willing to provide. that's your news update at this hour i'm claire entered and brilliant thanks so much for watching. the volume or that's hard and in the end this is a me you're not alone just here in moore we listen to. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers who are liars and. what's your story.
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