this is the w. news live from berlin and democracy deferred elections in hong kong are to late for a year chief executive carrie lam says the search in corona virus cases does the present germany weighs in by suspending its extradition treaty with the church for . also coming up we joined a manager of a coronavirus task force in israel the city where he works as a hotspot for the disease and for the poorest and most densely populated cities in the country. it is time taking to protect our president trump threatened to ban the apple for concerns that could allow beijing to try and the dia report says the

czech chai at microsoft is in talks to brian but. to berlin spain the club scene has been silent for months because of the pandemic but frustrated ravers are to find the authorities including the underground or rather the i. am. i'm serious almost gone it's good to have you with us hong kong's legislative elections scheduled for september i've been postponed for a year she for executives kerry lam says the delay is necessary due to a surge in coronavirus cases but opposition lawmakers are not convinced they accuse the government of using the pen demick as a pretext to thwart the pro-democracy movement. hong kong's election 4 years ago it should happen again in september instead the poll has been pushed back by

a full year not how sailing at the well off but it was a very very difficult decision to perspire in the legislative council election which takes place every 4 years but it's necessary to fight off the coronavirus to protect people's health and up hold public safety we also have to ensure the election process is fair and open the up getting high piece. ironically to curb the pro-democracy protests on const chief executive has activated a rarely used nearly century old emergency power dating from the british colonial times. that allows for short term only delays to elections. why does ition to postpone the trainee train to electrical election has nothing to do with politics has nothing to do with the likely

outcome of this round of elections. dismayed by the delay the opposition is warning of a constitutional crisis. he said that he said. that one of the. people who are not us these well this is some of those well because it was this something more. against the basic law against the promises made by. some 3030 years ago. around half the 70 members of hong kong's legislative council are appointed by the beijing backed government after a year of often violent protests and the imposition of a heavily criticised security law the opposition had been optimistic. for the 1st time there were hopes of a democratic majority beijing will not let that happen and sees the rising number of coronavirus cases as an opportunity to delay the vote. let's bring in our

political correspondent simon young for more on this hi 1000 men what more can you tell us. well see me your foreign minister heiko maher said today that this decision to postpone these elections and also to disqualify a dozen opposition candidates from taking part in them was further encroachments on the basic rights of hong kong citizens including the right to free and fair elections and they said the german government is really worried about the general situation there also the arrests of democracy activists and that's why they've chosen to take this action now i should sell quite a few people here in berlin of questioned whether this is really going to make any difference some of said that in fact hong kong provides more judicial assistance to germany than the other way round and of course the german government has always said that it looks at every extradition case individually and wouldn't extradite

anyone who they thought might suffer further penalties or persecution as a result so potentially this may not change anything but opposition parties have been calling for it for a while saying beijing is in or involving itself too much in hong kong and this decision to postpone the election seems to have really pushed the government over the line right opposition parties have been pointing to is for some time the situation in hong kong why do you think the government did decide to take the thresher now. well i think we've seen a range of other countries britain australia new zealand canada i think of all cancelled their extradition agreements or suspended them the us has taken tough action germany has been trying to get a common position within the european union that's been difficult to do you know all european countries have been keen to stand up to china in the same way and i

think perhaps germany has felt well now we've got to take a stand and show that we mean business at least by this single measure relating to extradition our political correspondent simon young good to talk to you let's check in now on some developments in the corona virus pandemic vietnam recorded its 1st coronavirus death on friday as the pen demick rebounds there the country had previously been praised for containing contagion british prime minister boris johnson says he's putting the brakes on easing a lockdown measures and will instead be imposing new restrictions that's after a new spike in corona virus infections in the u.k. and germany has added 3 northern spanish regions too with list of high risk destinations anyone arriving from those areas will have to produce a negative virus test or go into quarantine for 2 weeks when the pandemic closing a condom is down it was expected that there would be damage but it is now becoming

clear how devastating the penn demick has been in europe g.d.p. numbers show that many economies that experience years of growth are now deep in the red the eurozone as a whole is now officially in its worst ever recession. 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 on the news it's as bad as anything the e.u. has ever seen it means the european economy has entered its deepest recession and 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 9000 cases rising again there are some fears of a 2nd lockdown even with. the pandemics economic impact is likely to be felt for many months to come here in barcelona beaches normally for what tourists are far quieter than normal a local rise in infections is keeping travelers away. right now to some other stories making headlines officials in portugal say at least 2 people have been killed and dozens injured after an interesting train collided with a maintenance vehicle hundreds of passengers one board when the crash occurred near the central city of the train was traveling from the capital lisbon to the northern city of braga. and british filmmaker alan parker has died at the age of $76.00

after a long illness he started his career in advertising and later shot to fame as the director of films like bugsy malone midnight express fame mississippi burning and. parker was awarded a knighthood and the bafta fellowship. now police in zimbabwe have arrested internationally acclaimed novelist safely done that and at an anti-government protest in the capital harare that end up was detained after she defied a ban on protests coinciding with the anniversary of president emerson god bless election which the opposition regard as fraudulent opposition lawmakers had called for demonstrations against corruption and the country's slumping economy let's bring in correspondent privilege most fun hitting he's in murari which is still under pen demick lockdown high privilege people were planning to protest against the government so tell us what happened today. sumi what happened today is that. the line demonstrations. failed to

take off as planned to because protesters were not allowed to assemble. the government deployed police into the neighborhoods and cities across the country there was a heavy police and army presence in similar old places so people would not go out to protest those that came out to protest we're only a few pockets that included least. done that in what was arrested while waving it along why no fire did roads in central howdy saw. people we're mostly confined indoors at home you know feel all the army and police that have been deployed on the streets and publish what is driving people on to the streets why are people frustrated. there is

a rising impatience again if the government when the new administration came in the new administration of president went under there were a lot of promises to change the fortunes of the economy but a lot of people are granted because they feel that they call on me is nowhere sunni and or saw the issues of course are absent in defend our parts and departments of government we have had ministers being i rested for just abusing corbett 19 resources right now the minister of health of west is now facing corruption charges yet indeed the opposition says that the government is actually using lockdown drills to crack down on critics is that a fair assessment there is that delicate balance between. trying to control the spread of the coronavirus and also saw

using the koran a virus. to claim down on critics so you find that yes the opposition could be justified judging from the bench that is i've been in the past few months when the love down was imposed. on the country our correspondent privileged much from haiti reporting for us thank you so much. now israel has suffered a surge and coronavirus cases in recent weeks the city have been as a hotspot it's one of the most densely populated and poorest cities in israel and home to a large ultra-orthodox population and municipality has set up a task force to contain the pandemic and i want to see how it's doing. most of morgan stern is on his way to the main synagogue in the center of been

a black home to a largely ultra orthodox or hardy the community this synagogue is closed because of the pandemic people have to pray outside. without marking stern who works as an area managers in this free time a corona task force. this is stigma and the general public against the us are also dogs and against been a. rough only people seem to have a demon all sick and that there infecting people that it's evil but it's not true 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.

boardman's for 20 family members shares 75 square meters and one bathroom one shower if one person gets sick everyone will get sick. on a simple of many don't have internet no smart phones they can get information online but this information on billboards. the minister polity has now set up a so-called war room to handle the crisis this is modern stern and his team supported by the israel. the army work every day of the week except about was some ultra orthodox communities forbid the use of modern technologies morgan stones team rely on them every neighborhood is monitored to help isolate people who have tested positive for the virus and 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. 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 martin 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 coronavirus restrictions have shut down the city's famously wild nightlife clubs have been closed for months and there is no sign that they might reopen anytime soon that's got some ravers raving mad summer now defying authorities are taking the party to

the city's parks just a warning this report contains flashing images from the stark. berlin'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 clumps and they had their 1st case in a clump within the week which meant that the clumps 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. 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. with restrictions but this categorical band ignores the needs of the party community and god intended. but reavers seem to be ignoring the threat of the coronavirus. 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 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. 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. so in full. 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. you're watching

news still to come on our show a story of births and beer we find out why drinkers in a small town in germany are getting their feathers ruffled by some unwanted visitors. but 1st in the u.s. 3 people have been charged in connection with the hacking of prominent twitter accounts 2 weeks ago prosecutors say a 17 year old from florida was the mastermind behind a hack that duped people into making bitcoin donations now it affected some of the networks most high profile accounts including that of former u.s. president barack obama democratic presidential candidate joe biden microsoft founder bill gates as well as some companies like apple and twitter said the hackers targeted some of its employees who had access to its internal systems. u.s. tech giant microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy a video app to talk meanwhile president trump is apparently preparing an executive order to force tech talks chinese owner to sell its u.s.

operations here's a look at a company that has come to embody the growing mistrust between u.s. and chinese tech giants. with a think $100000000.00 users top those itself as a digital playground but now it's turning into a box all grown between the u.s. and china. with american suspicious of its owners the be backed up may have exploded in recent years but not everyone is a fun. would you recommend that people download that up on their phones tonight tomorrow any time currently showing if you want your private information in the hands of the chinese government as part of. the struggle over digital technology is intensifying on the u.s. side facebook twitter and on the chinese site to talk on the technology giant while we also the targets of a u.s. pressure campaign cartoons lampooning the u.s.

have been spreading in chinese media this one depicting uncle sam suggesting the u.s. is threatened by competition but the official tone has been angry. dollar. while we ban is part of what he calls nations becoming clean countries which is in fact the senate him for double standards that means. the bottle may be over to talk but the war is about vying for tech supremacy at stake not just profit but power. our business correspondent yes cortez following the story for us in new york there's been talk here of the u.s. banning talks so why would microsoft want to buy it. well basically because tick talk has been quite a success story is served processing 2000000000 downloads i'm already in april it's very popular especially with the younger crowd so i older people might tend to go

on instagram or as such so but one question clearly also would be the prize to talk belongs to the chinese internet company by dan's and to talk alone might be worth about $50000000000.00 at the same time we've heard that the president is reportedly preparing an executive order against to talk what can you tell us about that. well i mean all what we in those so far is a person familiar to the matters so there's a lot we do not know but actually us president donald trump them could bend to talk in the united states but if you were to do so i mean that also could be tricky because then china could retaliate and make it more difficult for u.s. companies to access of the chinese market and what is behind that mistrust of to talk well i mean there have been charges for quite some time that the chinese

government actually might get x. is not just in the u.s. but also in the u.k. or in germany to access privacy danger of the users think was always said for example in the u.s. that all the servers are u.s. space so that they do not get access but obviously there is a suspicion so that the privacy data gets transferred to be using and so therefore to talk has been under quite some criticism skepticism from regulators and authorities for quite some time has come to new york thank you. now for a story of beer and birds the german state of bavaria is well known for its love of beer and if the men's production of the beverage but in one small town there drinkers are going thirsty and all because of a pair of feathery feet. bad. to machine gun fire. or perhaps

a mysterious laugh. have made their yearly market free journey from africa and chosen a place to nest in the small german town of varia normally it's seen as a sign of good luck chooses your roof to nest in the not for this. protected species in germany chose a rather inconvenient spot to nest to this year. we already had one last year and the roof of the brewery and the young storks when they come back they often come back to the same place so they look for a place to build their nest and they did it in the chimney of the brewery. be a production was forced to be suspended and christian needed a special craftsman to carefully move the nest so production could resume but then came the coronavirus lock down. we. had already planned that when the nest was built we would be able to raise it but when it was finished we were in full

lockdown no craftsman were available. with no trades person available christian was forced to wait as his piece starts began to run lloyd. the baby stores have since hatched it with covert restrictions slightly lifting the nest could be moved next week. a craftsman is coming next week he's going to build the elevation we hope to be able to start brewing beer in the next week but we have to wait 5 or 6 weeks until the beer is ready so around mid september so there will be a short period of time which will have to find other solutions. while b.m.r. run dry at this brewery for a few weeks the stork seem unfazed by the trouble they've caused maybe plotting

a return to the spot next year. and we have some good news for marine life in greece divers have removed 500 kilos of fishing nets that were in tangled in the wreck of a world war 2 submarines in a 5 day cleanup operation greek and dutch volunteers descended 52 meters between the islands of killfile of nia and 2nd thoughts to work on the h.m.s. perseus the british submarine sank off to follow nia in 1901 after hitting a mine of the operations organizers say millions of animals die after becoming ensnared in nylon nets each year the nets will be recycled and used to produce socks swimwear and carpets. so let's get our recapping our top story here and hong kong as chief executive kerry lamb has delayed elections planned for september for a year said the reason was a spike in coronavirus cases germany says it is suspending its extradition treaty with the territory because of the post. you can always get the news on the go

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