this is the abuse live from berlin europe sees an increase in coronavirus cases just as many head off for their summer vacations as europeans head for the beaches the infection rate is rising and restrictions are being reimposed to go to brussels to get an assessment of what could lie ahead also coming up. german police

think for a 2nd day as they investigate the disappearance of british toddler madeleine mccann the start still to be linked to a man dead to fight as a suspect. i'm brian thomas good to have you with us today as strong a virus cases rise in parts of europe governments are really imposing restrictions just as many people take their summer holidays europe is looking for a more coordinated response as national governments act alone to contain the virus will get some analysis after this report. it's high season for tourism in europe parisian terraces are glowing museums are open again vacationers have returned to the beaches. but with a recent rise in corona virus cases in several european hotspots governments are

putting the brakes on holiday making the u.k. reimposed a quarantine on travelers from spain after a reported cases there rose by almost 1000 on monday tourists in barcelona were not happy with the news i think steve thought they would be the place of that on the beach and see people suffering you know so no. no i'm not going to get into that that i find that very excessive i'm enjoying myself and i feel safe but they've taken every precaution. to get the outbreak under control madrid imposed a new rule mandatory masks in public. and catalonia nightclubs have been forced to close once again. belgium is also struggling with a new spike in cases the city of aunts were reinstated a curfew no one allowed outside between 11 30 pm and 6 am except for essential workers. germany fearing imported infections is requiring travelers from high

risk areas to take a coronavirus test upon arrival german authorities are not ruling out the possibility of border closures if outbreaks cannot be contained. in dozens of that's the job of politicians and the media to make it clear that the danger is not over when we don't get things right then we'll find ourselves in a 2nd wave which will also have economic consequences that's why we have to be vigilant most of your philosophy. it's clear that despite the heat of the summer the virus has not melted away but many are hoping europe has learned enough from the 1st wave to keep the virus at bay. so what lies ahead for more let's bring indeed have used that reader in brussels bad good day to you can you can you fill us in some more on the travel situation in europe at the moment are all of the e.u. borders open for movement. no the borders are not

actually all open every country has a different regime on its border in principle travel is possible but you have to fulfill some requirements but they are also bans in place for example people from luxembourg not allowed to go to germany was out quarantine also the baltic states have been to travel from romania and as you heard the germans are considering mandatory checks at the border has been people come back from the hotspot areas in europe but i have to say that if you look at the numbers from the european center of disease control this morning actually the numbers are not that high there's a tendency of a spike of infections but far away from the spikes we had in the 1st of even a pro bowl made but nevertheless people are varied and the experts here in brussels say it's not the travel as such but how people behave in the distillation and also

at home that causes the problem so there's no appetite to close borders again it's very important to bring in that type of perspective right now and what about preparedness is the e.u. better prepared today than it was back in march to contain any possible 2nd wave i agree with you we need to be very cautious about how we describe this right now. but the european commission in brussels is trying its best to coordinate the efforts of the member states make this a very helpful vet side called reopen dot edu that shows you all the restrictions on place and all the forms you have to fill out to travel from bulgaria to sweden and things like that but the member states are still the sole responsibility entities for imposing any bans or lifting or doing restrictions have and also the borders are the sole responsibility of the member states of the you

cannot do much but coordinate but there's also a sort of dodgy going on financial advise the e.u. is. taking up loans to boost the economy in europe this is the kind of things the europe can do but the rest lies at the member states where you are belgium has been seeing a spike in cases there's so threatening actually that authorities are considering imposing another complete lockdown could belgium cope with that. but the government here in belgium is threatening a lockdown but they don't really want to have a lockdown because it would be a detrimental for the economy him belgium also for tourism so they try to bring in measures that would keep distancing no easy and people are not allowed to see many people only 5 per week now and budget is hoping that this really do the trick numbers up in better but they also not as high in absolute numbers that they were

in april and may but it is very some it is a reminder that the pandemic is not over and the lies still more ahead become to fall and winter dan thanks so much for that from brussels today. oh early in the pandemic south korea was badly hit by the virus but swift action brought the infection rate down dramatically certain groups thought most likely to infect others have been subject to preventative measures and that includes students whose active social lives brings its own set of risks. young south koreans are increasingly sensitive to the potential they have to carry and infect others with coded 19 even if they are not suffering from serious symptoms these university students say they do not have the virus and they go out occasionally but behave much differently than they did before the pandemic. i have sensitive cloning so i catch a cold and have a runny nose and sneeze

a lot and these may be symptoms of company 19 it also has asked to much to cases so on afraid that others so on cathal and. south korea's concern stems from several events in which individual carriers caused large cluster outbreaks. the plight of the $81.00 shopping in entertainment district in seoul demonstrates the potential economic impact of a super spreader cluster outbreak in early may reportedly a symptomatic virus carrier visited several bars and nightclubs in the area hundreds became infected with kobe had 19 and businesses here still haven't recovered. the government is now looking to reopen some so-called high risk venues although strict antivirus measures will be enforced because when you know so we have 12 types of facility including night clubs and karaoke rooms that are

designated high risk in such a place with operator and customer will be required by law to follow prevention guidelines including keeping a visitor log musk's and practicing sort of ventilation and disinfection. the transmission of the virus by asymptomatic carriers remains a contentious issue some experts believe so-called super spreaders lied to authorities when they actually had coded 900 symptoms still such events have. generated stronger adherence to prevention and warning to all the taiwan clip incident had the biggest impact only because the pirates had almost disappeared with a little more care i thought things could get better and i hoped i could get to school next semester it was hard for me to see the current of our situation get serious again after that class the outbreak. south korea's new cases this week again dropped below 50 per day but everyone knows just one event could change the

situation dramatically now some other kroner related stories making the news today . stories are warning the cities on the verge of a large scale outbreak of impose strict new social distancing measures including limiting gatherings to people reports the government could also postpone legislative council elections there dunes tembe are a blow to pro-democracy campaigns. after rescuing some $94.00 migrants in the mediterranean malta is reporting that at least $65.00 of them have tested positive for the chronic virus that's the single largest cluster of positive cases detected on the island since the 1st case came to light months. u.s. president all trump has repeated his defense of a drugs a clerk when for treating the virus this after his son was blocked on twitter or read tweeting a post that laid out some of the drugs benefits doctors say there's still

a lack of evidence it's a fact of all testers he's working with. well here in germany police are digging up a garden for a 2nd day as part of their investigation into the disappearance of madeleine mccann the british toddler was 3 when she vanished on holiday in portugal 13 years ago despite attracting global attention this case has never been solved. a 13 year trail has brought them here a garden in hanover germany. investigators may be breaking ground after over a decade of dead ends as they search for madeleine mccann the prime suspect in her case a 43 year old german nun he's already in prison serving time for a separate crime. the search for mccann began in 2007 at this holiday resort in the algarve in portugal the 3 year old girl disappeared from her bed

while her parents were eating dinner at a nearby restaurant the mccann's spent 2 years publicizing the case urging authorities to keep looking hoping to find their daughter alive finally in june a glimmer of hope investigators in times to suspect a german man who was in the algarve when the khan disappeared german authorities however said they were no longer investigating madeleine mccann's disappearance as a missing person case but as a murder the persistence of her parents has kept this case in the headlines so have the resources both private and public investigators hope they're finally writing the last chapter of this unhappy story and stay in germany it is one month since the high flying payment service provider wire card crashed and burned after its executives admitted there was a 1900000000 euro hole its balance sheet a former c.e.o. has been accused of fraud another executive has fled to russia so the german

parliament's finance committee will be questioning senior government ministers today in the hopes of finding out more. why are card once a golden child of german finned tech now a by word for criminality and $29000.00 allegations began america in the financial times that executives were cooking the books not only did the authorities turn a blind eye they went after the reporters but the truth is that wire cards dizzying ride was too good to be true. the farm's model was to set up contracts between retailers and credit card issuers banks and online payment systems like pay pal saving retailers time and money. but why are card never around as much as they say the dead for years former c.e.o. marcus brown and at least 2 other managers manipulated the balance sheets on

a massive scale lino stand accused of fraud embezzlement and market manipulation. in the recent us. working together the suspects began negotiations on various loans and with investors well knowing that 1900000000 euros in assets a quarter of the balance sheet did not exist. in banks in germany and in japan as well as other investors were deceived by these false accounts and provided 3200000000 euros in loans due to wire cards insolvency less money as in all probability last. time. the money is gone and the firm's former chairman is on the run evading justice for years auditors and regulators didn't pay attention to suspicious activity at wire card no public prosecutors are asking themselves how this massive fraud could have remained undetected for so long. or how did that happen did obvious chelsea delaney joins us now from the frankfurt stock exchange

good morning to you chelsea look we expect from the hearings later today. it is expected to be a real grilling for for these politicians this will include the finance minister olof scholz and also the economy minister pitch altmire and this is really notable because a lot of the questioning and a lot of the criticism has really focused so far on often the banking regulator the head of the banking regulator has to has also faced questioning and parliament but this is really the 1st intense grilling of of these politicians so it will be a closed door session but we've already heard a lot of a lot of politicians sort of indicating what kind of questions they're going to be asking and it seems like the main question is when did the ministers know

what was going on at out wire cart and why did they not really have any. why why did they not change it so it what we've heard so far is that it appears that at least the finance minister knew about these allegations and february of 2019 and obviously this this has just blown up recently so i think there will be a lot of questions of why it took so long for these politicians to really to get involved and why are card blown up is the right word there are a lot of questions about the failure in government oversight in a lot of this could we see regulatory changes coming to germany's financial services sector as a result. there definitely will be there's already been a proposal from the finance minister to really reform the way. regulate so one of the problems that we saw there wire card was that there was really just to tear it system of regulation and it could really only regulate banks and because

of what wire card was which was sort of straddling the line between a bank a financial institution and a technology company and they really say that they were quite restrained constrained in what they were able to do so this what this reform would allow bof and to to take a much more investigation for a poker approach to regulation they would really be able to have a lot more oversight about the already definitely on the on the table joseph thanks so much from frankfurt well another grilling in the cards as well 4 of the biggest names in global tech are due to appear before an antitrust panel of the u.s. congress facebook's mark zuckerberg google c.e.o. there have been shy apple some cook i was on suggest bezos will be facing all makers and they'll be questioned about whether or not their platforms are monopoly this problem if they become too powerful and have they stifled the competition for

companies over a combined value of more than 5 trillion dollars. it's through the galapagos islands now they were the inspiration for charles darwin and his theory of evolution but there's growing concern about its unique wildlife every year dozens of chinese vessels fish in the seas or around this archipelago this year's wheat is bigger than ever and that's raising fears about irreparable damage to the galapagos delicate ecosystem. hammerhead shark is one of many endangered species here in the galapagos islands his lives might not be even more at risk. it's a fleet of nearly $260.00 fishing vessels mostly chinese has been spotted close to the island's protected zone their presence sparked a debate about how to protect these waters and international maritime law. there is

an urgent need to move forward in strengthening the international agreement known as the high seas treaty that will allow us to reach clear agreements on the responsible management of fisheries and international waters in the tsunami. fears of overfishing are not to fight good reason in 2017 authorities seized a chinese vessel in the galapagos marine reserve carrying 300 tons of fish. the delicate ecosystem of the collapse i guess which was an inspiration for charles darwin's theory of evolution is also a unesco world heritage sites. now more than ever the plethora of wildlife that roams these seas is dependent on international protection . now for some of the other stories making the headlines today italian media says ortiz arrested some 20 tunisian fishermen on charges of smuggling margarets to the

island of lampedusa men make up the crew of a fishing boat that brought wagons who allegedly paid for the passage to the r. . chile's president has replaced several key ministers in a bid to shore up his coalition government it's the 2nd cabinet reshuffle by presidents. in less than a year chile's economy has been hard hit by protests and fallout from coronavirus lock us. when the coronavirus and demick at the world of opera live performances were banned in the city singing stopped on stage but that's about to change as the world's thin it famous soprano and the truck go prepares for production of the cheese tossed on thursday outdoors in the biggest square in the people's italy. the note or performance of the opera tosca with the backdrop of the sea in naples sung by the greatest diva of our time

6. it's a heady mixture. it's the view that life seeking it is bringing us more even more and. it's the 1st such performance worldwide since opera houses shut down during the pandemic to bring us jacmel petunias classic the complete left carlow in favor of the fresh air it's a logistical challenge the musicians must stay socially distanced and there's no stage set with the normal grand jury singers like on a trip cool and her husband use of evils of how to perform with added intensity. it's the really forced oprah we doing cute together after quite i'm thin. hoping that this tough times will never be back. written in 1900 tosca is one of the telly

and composer pretty nice most popular works it's a major role not just for the trip but also for ludovick t.-z. as the villain. was. pure joy. he'll say. it's a no door concept that leaves us hungry for more. i think is exactly what's probably oprah's missing today to be in the center of the life in the center of the city or perrott somehow is born one scene so it comes from the street from not the new street we are back. into history. books it's not just neapolitans you can enjoy tosca a life stream on the 30th of july brings the performance of the royals.

well cancelled operas are one thing but what if you're in love but can't express in person because of travel bans some love lorn couples have started a campaign they're calling love it's not ters i'm hoping the governments will be touched by their romantic longings. oh it was you 645 wait. oh really i only wish i was actually are yes i am i watched hannah and dry and have not seen each other in person since january because of the coverage 19 travel ban they say talking to each other even several times a day doesn't make up for it i just miss her every morning and getting just but i have. her mind. i just

obviously. this is hannah and ryan in london where they met in 2017 during the university exchange they'd been visiting each other every 2 months since then but the pandemic changed everything it's been very frustrating and very hard for us to see like all these people go on vacation or just you know pull out at these bars that like all of their friends and like we would also like to get these things but like most of all we just want to see each other hanna is not the only partner forced to make dinner for one called $900.00 travel bans off no only allow married couples to unite across borders many international couples are now pressuring governments to change this they argue that love is not tourism basically a marriage is a piece of paper that proves say yes these 2 people love each other. only

because we don't have that we are basically treated less than american people like most circuitry in every bank because i do think i do feel like betrayed by makeup. so sorry i'm getting emotional i must say that it's really like her survivor i'm scared i will never be seen like we'll never be seen horribly as a couple. now you found a marriage. that is very scary. and don't want to get married yet for now hannah has to make do with texting ryan sitting in their favorite cafe in brussels a little hopeless and a little powerless you know i feel like they're like at this point like we've done everything we can do to try and like reunites. and it just. it's difficult like if they're fickle not to know when we're going to be able to

see each other again. to move to the us once the crisis is over so both can move beyond a ditch relationship all right i'll talk to you later. when i have you there. so before we go. amazon programs have begun the annual mecca saudi arabia but because of drone a virus or lockdowns this risk outgoing is being admitted to $10000.00 people and that is of course the small fraction of the over 2 and a half 1000000 people who usually travel from around the world. to attend what's considered this longest important program which i am able bodied muslims are

expected to take part at least once in their lifetime but this year only those living in saudi arabia have been allowed to join in the 5 day program. and that's between the ages of 2050 years old with no terminal illnesses and show no signs of trauma and. i am. i am.

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