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this is news of live from berlin growing fears of a 2nd wave of coronavirus in germany health authorities say they are worried over soaring new infection numbers they say people are letting their guard down and the consequences could be deadly also coming up. americans lined up to bid farewell from a distance to congressman john lewis personal tributes to the civil rights leader also from vice president mike pence while the president stays away. and the
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search for the british girl madeleine mccann leads police to a god and here in germany a 3 year old vanished on vacation in portugal 13 years ago. i'm told me a lot of both thanks for being with us tonight germany is bracing for a 2nd wave of the corona virus the country's leading public health institute says new infections of soared in recent days the institute blames negligence among the population for driving the surge in new cases. at least $58.00 people have tested positive for cocaine $1000.00 after attending a funeral service at this mosque in south west germany among them at least 12 children leading to school to test entire grade and a daycare center to shut down corona cases are searching again here in germany the head of the overcall institute for infectious diseases want that germans have
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become neck legit and you know it's not given it's the latest results show that the population has become less concerned about the risk that 19 and not the public's acceptance of health and safety measures such as social distancing and mask has deteriorated i would like to be very clear how this situation develops is very much in our hands smoky from costco bought into what it seems like this that have health experts sounding the alarm people in hamburg's famous red light district openly flouting social distancing rules officials have responded by introducing a temporary alcohol ban in parts of the city germany was one of the 1st european countries to return to something resembling normalcy but officials warn that the continued carelessness of a few puts those heart one freedoms at risk. i've told my interior minister if the numbers keep searching we have to re-impose tight restrictions. we
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have to make people understand that this virus is not clean around us this summer holidays have added to health officials says popular travel destinations like spain are seeing new spikes as well raising the question whether germany will have to re close its borders oh if every county was in the european union is taking responsibility i guess we can award it so if you have a local hotspots of i guess we have to fight against those local hotspots and not too close for now testing has been ramped up in germany airports in the hope that the freedom to travel won't turn into a 1st class ticket for covert to wreak further havoc on the country. earlier we spoke to our correspondent kate brady who is in one of the coronavirus hot spots in bavaria and we asked her how the germans would react if the government reimposed straight to locked on measures. well this is the big question and you have to
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remember as well that germany very lightly not only in the number of cases of 19 but also the number that's most of the extent to which there was a walk down in place here in germany we never saw measures like in neighboring france where people were only able to leave if they had a valid reason to do so and have to carry a piece of paper state that and so that could be a shock to the system if things weren't as going here in germany but of course during the summer months as well even talking to locals here today the idea that they could even face a local lockdown that that could still be a possibility that's just not something that people want to revisit right now particularly during the summer months but it still could become a reality. kate brady there reporting from the various coronavirus cases of also being rebounding in spain and that's from to germany to issue warnings against traveling to regional hotspots including the city of boston alone a it's
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a blow to the city's tours an industry which was hoping to salvage some of its business the summer. a trip to one of spain's sandy beaches much sought after a spite for many europeans after difficult months in lockdown also a breath of fresh air for the spanish tourism sector and the economy at large but spain's growing corona virus infections are throwing a wrench into the works the number of new cases has increased steadily over the last few weeks with most new infections located in the north eastern regions of catalonia and eragon the rise in cases has some european countries worried france and germany advised their citizens not to visit the most affected regions the u.k. went to step further introducing a 14 day quarantine for all people returning from the whole of spain the measure
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has many in the spanish service sector worried and has irritated the government. going to the mosque i believe the decisions taken by the united kingdom are inappropriate because there are many areas in our country where the average number of infections is lower not only than the european average more than the spanish average but also in the average of the united kingdom of. the mood of foreign tourists appears to echo the words of pedro sanchez they feel safe in spain. a friend of mine i think said it's fine for people to come here we shouldn't stay at home because of coded i'll supply. all of the more people gardening which we don't have anywhere else she's group of belief and so i'm going to try to try. to get. up to date with it
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so that you can develop ways it's safer. to just pay it off if you take that. measures. are being taken to make the country feel even safer on tuesday madrid made mass mandatory in all indoor and outdoor spaces the last mainland region in spain to do so the hope is that the stricter measures will be enough to stop a 2nd wave of corona virus in its tracks. there is a roundup of some of the stories making headlines. after rescuing some $94.00 migrants in the mediterranean sea multo is reporting that at least $65.00 of them have tested positive for the corona virus that's the single largest cluster of positive cases detected on the island since the 1st case came to light in march. the former prime minister of malaysia. has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after being found guilty of corruption the judge granted
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a delay to the sentence was the 1st of several trials trials in the job faces over the neutering of billions of dollars from a state development fund. in pakistan heavy floods inundating correctly have killed at least 5 people experts blame flooding on poorly designed development clogged drainage systems and climate change which is affecting monsoon patterns. americans of bidding farewell to congressman john lewis his coffin lies in state outside the capitol building in washington d.c. earlier u.s. lawmakers from both parties praised their veteran colleague in a solemn ceremony who is a civil rights leader and protege of dr martin luther king jr died of cancer earlier this month at the age of 80. bidding farewell to a political giant long lines of people formed outside the capitol building in
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washington d.c. as members of the public paid their respects to john lewis the 17 term congressman from georgia was a pioneer of the civil rights movement remembered for is unwavering pursuit of equality for all. who. so many of our generation nowadays need to look back and learn. how he helped to realize the ideals that this country was founded for all men are created hopefully we. will come together and continue to walk in his footsteps and carry on that mantle. those who worked side by side with john lewis paid tribute to his life and legacy on monday in the capitol rotunda. house speaker nancy pelosi remembered louis as a man revered and beloved by both sides of the political aisle. they were all john
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was a person. who also was a person of great humility always giving credit to others in the movement. john committed his life to advancing justice and understood that to build a better future we had to acknowledge the past. arriving in washington on monday representative lewis took a final tour of the u.s. capitol escorted by police his motorcade made a symbolic drive down black lives matter boulevard at a time of heightened racial tensions in the u.s. mourners lined the street to honor the late congressman. a recording of the civil rights icon was played one less time for his fellow lawmakers. one people. thank you very much. words he wanted
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the world to live by. police. into the disappearance of. the british. a 13 year trail has brought them here a garden in hanover germany. investigators may be breaking ground after. a search for. the prime suspect in her case a 43 year old german man is already in prison serving time for a separate crime. the search for mccann began in 2007 at this holiday resort. the 3 year old girl disappeared from her bed while her parents were eating dinner at
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a nearby restaurant. spend years publicizing the case urging authorities to keep looking hoping to find their daughter. finally a glint of hope investigators announced a suspect a german man who. disappeared german authorities however said they were no longer investigating the disappearance as a missing person case but. the persistence of her parents is uncommon so are the resources both private and public that have been poured into this case. they are finally writing the last chapter of the story. the great hope. international. it's already. to get this. well the idea is to create energy not by splitting atoms like
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pastiches do now but by fusing them together. for decades scientists have been trying to tap into the power of the tribes the sun nuclear fusion the hope is that it can be used to meet tomorrow's energy demands the basic science a 1000 conditions like those in the sun such as very high temperatures hydrogen atoms will fuse create helium and release a lot of energy the hydrogen could be extracted from seawater making use of practically unlimited resource. is basically the opposite of. splitting the element and that releases elegy where you end up with the products afterwards which are required to handle. a train reaction so there's no possibility for a target to run away which is what causes. scientists
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this start up in the u.k. are working on nuclear fusion one of the biggest hurdles they face is how to get more energy out of the process than they have put in. researchers in southern france are also working on fusion the international project easter is building a giant experimental reactor it seeks to use he used to cause hydrogen to fuse. the reactor design is what's called a token mark a huge hollow donuts filled with super hot hydrogen plasma that flows through a strike a ring of lightning held in place by powerful magnets. this is proved to be a major technical challenge and it still hard to predict how fusion energy can be fed into the power grid many think it could take at least 2 more decades before this problem can be solved. live from berlin don't
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