the but. this is really news life for berlin democracy delayed elections in hong kong are perspiring for a year she's executive carrie lamb says a search in court of our worst cases is the reason a controversial decision deals another blow to the territory's already beleaguered pro-democracy movement also coming up as a sea of red coronavirus plunges the eurozone into the deep and shrinking the g.d.p. only 12 percent in the 2nd quarter it's the worst downturn on record plus

rejoined the manager of a clone a virus taskforce history of the city where he works is a hot spot for the disease and one of the tourist and most densely populated cities in the country. berlin's famous club scene has been silent for months because of the pandemic but frustrated rivers are defying the authorities and moving underground or rather outside. well i thank you so much for your company everyone how kong has announced that september is a legislative council elections will be postponed by one year the vote would have been hong kong's 1st since a controversial security law came into effect all at a news conference chief executive kerry lamb said

a spike in coronavirus cases was the reason behind the delay but opposition lawmakers aren't buying it q is the government of using the outbreak as a pretext to sort the pro-democracy movement. listen now to will what miss labs said at that news conference we are going to invoke emergency regulations or old intern say in. trying to be laid off in elections and certainty of course the main content often rule rendition an early structure for justice we'll give you some details make a note finally we have the support of the country because government in making that's making the reaction of someone for democracy legislator mr cockey kwok a member of the civic party if a little party that was disqualified incidentally on july 30th for taking part in the now the stone election a very good day mr klock 1st of all let's get your reaction to today's decision please. we were a piece i think the whole of also give people incentives actually looking for is

less oil you know we're looking at of changes in a composition of effects of city council all the ones we have lost all my you know the amenities of a city should be use and then secondly if i have a message or if it simply becomes full actually the room ups on that democratic you believe home office we have some trial pending we should be in final but he thinks that i'm d.c. if he is calling. give you all and all together i think the message is going to be someone else if you want to commend. the outcome of the action make sure that some kind of expected outcome of the u.s. will be cheap but helpful busy baroness you saw the message that most of the people on set your heart or all the s.c.r.

. main gottman want to be lazy and likes to make sure that they even have some you know i don't rate learn new collision. law to make sure that you know that humbles is up the next city so the p.c. on the end of the n.c.r. . mr clark you were riding the whole pro-democracy movement was riding on a wave of discontent is this decision taking the wind out of the import of moxy movement sales. yes they sent me you know after trauma of all that although when you see your luck young people has beaten chickens you caught it in the season oh it was very happy about the situation and of course they already i'm happy about the composition of the next city council now it's we never had democracy but yes people see we want to try to get the most

a lot ahead of the other this city so you know this is a result of it coming next but so at this point all those who would not be successful and we need to wait one more year we do not go you know what would happen in this city a lot of people are late me like myself being disqualified and even some of the people being. caught may be taken to court and given to the police with no hope of a lot to be had in this song or on the message and the president thought on said so many governments won't sue you not let us see the poor outcome of the election perhaps the economy so they try to buy time hoping that a song rich the knights who you know have some so called the summit of maiden to come in america hong kong won't there you 100 busses people who are not only

reciting mean and who come home oh we go a lot we don't know why but you're in front of the lexus in home all week by people who live you know and usually getting home to be able to do what is very right and so. he will i didn't mean to come and secondly mr clark i'm just going to jump in there because i am firstly i only have a very limited time available and i want to get your take very important here is the curtain falling on the one country 2 systems principle is a dead. he said that he said to me that will be one of the. people who are not these young women if you see some of those photos it was just some anymore because she said to be against the basic law against the promises made . some 3030 years ago you know. for democracy legislator

mr cockey kwok member of the civic political a party sir thank you thank you. want to tell you now about some of the other corner of ours pandemic related developments vietnam recorded its 1st coronavirus death on friday as the pandemic rebounds there while the country had previously been praised for containing the contingent on meanwhile british prime minister abhors johnson says he is putting the brakes on easing lockdown measures and will instead be imposing new were strictures on this after a new spike in corona virus infections in the u.k. and germany has that 3 northern spanish regions to its list of high risk destinations any want to arrive in from those areas will have to show a negative virus test result or well into quarantine for 2 weeks. while with the pandemic closing economies doubt it was always expected that there'd be damage but just how high the toll will be is only now becoming clear at least in europe

a stream of g.d.p. figures has shown that many economies that experience 2 years of growth are now deep into the red the euro zone as a whole is now officially in its worst ever recession after 2 disastrous quarters. cash registers are humming again across europe iconic landmarks eerily quiet and spring are alive with people once more. no one knows for sure how the pandemic will develop over the next few months but what is becoming clear is that the economic damage done in europe between april and june was of historic proportions. that was the period when strict lockdowns brought large parts of the continent's economy to a virtual standstill the data for that period is now becoming available and the news it's as bad as anything the e.u. has ever seen. it means the european economy has entered its deepest recession in

post-war history spain's economy contracted by a massive 18.5 percent that compares with a near 14 percent drop in france on a 12.4 percent fall and italy german g.d.p. fell by 10 percent. with covert 19 kids is rising again there are some fears of a 2nd lockdown. even with. the pun demick economic impact is likely to be felt for many months to come here in barcelona beach is normally full of tourists are far quieter than normal a local rise in infections is keeping travelers away. our financial correspondent in frankfurt delay me has more on the terrible 2nd quarter for your so called me. the world was braced for really stunning contractions and the european economy and the 2nd quarter but the scale of the numbers we've seen this week has just been absolutely stunning and not just here in europe but in the

united states as well the question now really is how can the economy recover from a blow this big we have already started to see some tentative signs of recovery things like consumer confidence business confidence production exports have started to improve but the big overhanging fear is the force of a 2nd wave of infections we're already seeing this play out in spain where the rising number of cases has led many european countries to advice citizens against traveling there about we'll have more pressure on to the spanish economy which already contracted 18.5 percent and the 2nd quarter but even if we do you avoid a 2nd wave of infection it will likely take years for the european economy to fully recover. and that was you w. financial correspondent in the early reporting earlier on next we want to take you to israel which has so far coped well with the corner virus demick but the city. of the night brock is a coworker hotspot is one of the most densely populated and poorest israeli cities

and home to a large ultra-orthodox population while the new spelling has set up now a task force to contain the pandemic and you don't use 10 year cramer went to see how it's getting out. most of morgan's turn is on his way to the main synagogue in the center of the neighbor back home to a largely ultra-orthodox or how to eat community the synagogue is closed because of the pandemic people have to pray outside. without marking stern who works as a lawyer manages in this free time a corona task force. this is stigma and the general public against the us for orthodox and against been able to be more formally people seem to have a demon all sick and that they are infecting people that it's evil but it's not true and i don't think there's any other community that keeps the rules as strictly

as we do maybe. over 2400 residents are currently infected with call that 19 and their new cases every day in a brac is one of the most densely populated cities in israel. yes boy. the order in the bargeman is very 20 family members share 75 square metres and one bathroom one shower one person get sick everyone will get sick putting on a simple almost many don't have internet no smartphones they can't get information online but this information on billboards. a lot of. the minister polity has now set up a so-called war room to handle the crisis this is a modern stern and his team supported by the israeli army work every day of the. week except about was some ultra orthodox communities forbid the use of modern

technologies morgan's dance team rely on them every neighborhood is monitored to help isolate people who have tested positive for the virus and we check those people who are newly infected and send them out of the city if they agree to it of course because we believe that the more cases we move out the less karuna will spread in this city or in a baby or. a family of 8 needs to be placed in quarantine in jerusalem they're taken by ambulance to one of the hotels that have been turned into quarantine centers run by the israeli military morgan stern is back on the road the virus keeps him busy all the time. it's hard it's very difficult and very demanding but it don't give up someone is watching over us. been a block is taking up the task to keep the virus from spreading further just like

the rest of the country which is in the midst of a 2nd wave of the pandemic. now here in berlin klein a virus instructions have shut down the city's fabled wild night life clubs have been closed for months and there's no sign that they might reopen anytime soon well that's got some rivers or even that some are now defying authorities and are taking the party to the city's parks on the supports contains flashing images from the start. burlington's club scene is world famous but corona is threatening its existence. clubs like this one have been empty for months. a vaccine is the only hope for many owners. we've already seen examples of brawn showing that it really doesn't work in south korea they thought they had the pandemic under

control because they had hardly any new cases then they opened the clubs and they had their 1st case in a club within the week which meant that the clubs had to be closed down again. people are itching to dance again. illegal raves have been taking place weekly in berlin's house in hyde park up to 5000 are thought to have attended one last saturday. laura was one of them she wanted to remain anonymous. you know just look around you at every football match there are at least 22 people on the field with substitutes you've got up to 30 or 40 people and they were very quick to allow that again. every day sure with restrictions but this categorical ban ignores the needs of the party community. got it and didn't. but reverse seem to be ignoring the threat of the coronavirus is job of us lying on schools. i

think the problem with a lot of people is that they can't understand why open air options are not being made available in the can often see was they don't see an infection risk because there have been numerous large events such as demonstrations with no infections because the not the scabs if you look it would appear that there is little danger of infection so i guess people say why not make it legal and if it's not made legal they do it illegally on this new league on mom come on just being mom these and for so. many club owners have asked district authorities to allow open air events they've been waiting months for a decision. for they can't be that hard to just make green spaces available where it's possible to set up a security cordon and some portable toilets people are doing it anyway months of an empty fire and fought on the mice no one owns so info. i think most of us would

cooperate if there were an official location that's cordoned off with a limit of say 50 or 100 people and you'd have to wear a mask. but with fall and cooler weather fast approaching the window of opportunity for open air events is closing and with it possibly many of the city's beloved clubs. we are paying commission has allowed french engineering giant to buy the train making division of the canadian company while the 6. 1000000000 euro acquisition will make al stone the 2nd largest railway manufacturer after china's c r r c cooperation while corporation rather approval came on condition that would divest some of its assets last year european regulators blocked attempt to buy a german engineering giant siemens over fears that the combined company would become too dominant alright maxes answer is covering this for you from brussels

max great to see you why is the commission apparently just waving through this deal that despite their initial concerns yeah you said it already this is not the 1st time that the can that the european commission is dealing with and also a merger and last year the commission blocked a deal between also means emails between because and to trust authorities were under the impression that this move would just make the company the combined company too powerful and harm competition in the block also and siemens back then weren't willing to make enough concessions and they just weren't capable of convincing you regulators now the situation is a little bit different. and have fewer overlapping sectors on one hand and on the other they were willing to go further in terms of concessions and did it come with strings attached. well also i'm has committed to

a divesting they are they will are asked to get rid of some sell off some of their own assets as well as some of them by the as assets for example production sites some of their production sites in france and in germany with a total of over a 1000 employees and some of their key technologies even likes a good signal in technologies and some of their their train models also i'm is going to get rid of a regional train model that is sold largely in france and we have to add that regional railway is one of the most profitable sectors for these are railway companies and now max as you know a year has a long been worried about competition from china how much of an edge will this give . will this merger is going to make. the 2nd largest railway company in the rolls right after their chinese chinese rival and what the european commission sees here through this merger is that there's an

opportunity for a european company to to drive innovation then you also have national leaders here in europe such as leaders of germany and france who are advertising the creation of european champions stronger larger enterprises that are able to compete at i level with international competitors in asia in in in america and. the reason for that is that the main chinese competitors already gained a foothold in europe last year by by buying a german look a mode of business so it's already pushing into the market and also has better chances to fend off these competitors if they are bigger and stronger not santa reporting for you from brussels. muslims around the world are celebrating the start of our the feast of sacrifice but for many festivities have been massively

scaled back over coronavirus concerns separate rites marking the end of the hardship pilgrimage in saudi arabia's holiest city of mecca we're also viewed it only a select few have taken part compared to the millions who usually flock there every year oh this is what mecca nuts like right now no sea of pilgrims instead only up to 10000 people already residing in the kingdom byrne allowed to participate in this year's hunch and pilgrimage for muslims that last year so about 2 and a half 1000000 people get they head from around the world the coronavirus spend demick has also cut this year's celebrations on the 1st day of the 3 day festival was shoppers in the world's most populated muslim country indonesia where device to wear mosques and maintain social distancing the country split just ministry also advised mosques to shorten prayer ceremonies yeah i think every day that they see

is very different from the previous here is because we need to follow health when we perform prayers like maintaining social distancing and we can stand close to each other we greet people another measure which i think is good is that we have to bring our own prey in materials so this is definitely different and there are a few awash of those but what i got up very much. into he's largest city is stumble the celebration also took place in the high is ophelia for the 1st time in decades that after the turkish government recently reconvert to the full my story coco fever and museum back into a mosque and an afghanistan a 3 day truce has been called between the government and the taliban just before it went into effect a car bomb killed at least 17 people the taliban denies any responsibility. a truce is only in the last 19 days and will last until the end of the muslim holiday. now the european union will not provide grants to 6 polish towns that have declared

themselves quote l g b t ideology free zones or have adopted quote family rights resolutions it's a rare financial sanction by the e.u. and one that has been condemned by the polish government let's get you more on this story now i'm being joined by do we use that publicly at least publicly to see you what exactly is an l g p t ideology free zone what are we talking about well 1st of foremost it's actually dates back to last year when over 80 villages towns and cities and even provinces in poland declared themselves basically as you said bt free ideology free zones which basically pledges not to encourage tolerance of gay people essentially what that means is it doesn't provide for avenues for members of that community to raise awareness for example of issues that they want people to know about or have you know pride parades for example there's many other issues that they don't allow for

and it's also important to even mention that there are not laws there resolutions or declarations of intent but it doesn't really take away from the fact that this is very damaging very dangerous for members of the. community and also the e.u. has also come out and said many times now that this is not something that they want to be encouraging and other member states exactly as a matter of fact they're putting where their money in the their money where their mouth is they have sanctioned what has the e.u. exactly said about this well 1st and foremost this comes back down to the e.u.'s twinning program which connects communities across europe and provides fairly modest ground so it's not really about the money we're talking more about the fact that this is a symbolic move by the e.u. the parliament in europe said actually that they were going to perhaps. increase monitoring of have you phones are distributed the and what it turns out is they have been monitoring it and let's hear what actually at the president of the e.u.

commissioners of the funder line tweeted it was a very clear and direct message she said our treaties ensure that every person in europe is free to be who they are live where they like love who they want an aim as high as they want and she'll continue to push for a union of equality but what's most interesting is actually what helena dolly said she's the e.u. commissioner for equality she was very clear in the reasons why poland wasn't given these grants she said fundamental rights must be respected by member states and state authorities this is why 620 applications involving polish authorities that adopted. free zones or family rights resolutions were rejected so the e.u. has made a very clear stance here against poland as you can probably imagine the polish government is not at all impressed and they've had some very strong words to say against this decision all right now i only have one question left i want to just know about the situation in poland for people well the l g b

t community obviously with this these declarations has been under i will say you know attack essentially and it's also poland is one of only a few trees that doesn't issue a recognize same sex civil partnerships and also there's essentially the government there have created an environment of open hostility we sold that recently in the presidential election which was wrong one by president dude it was one of the main issues that was brought up we've had top members the president himself coming out and saying that. ideology was more dangerous than communist doctrine i mean made it one of the central issues of his presidential campaign right publicly at least thank you so much for his story is greatly appreciated. all right and that does it for us up next is in good shape looking at gender medicine don't forget you can keep up with the latest and by heading to our web site visit every dot com while rock and roll it on behalf of the entire team thank you so much for spending part

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