this is deja vu news line from berlin that democracy deferred elections in hong kong are delayed for a year chief executive carrie lamb says a surge in coronavirus cases is the reason germany weighs in by suspending its extradition treaty with the territory. also coming up we joined the manager of a coronavirus task force in israel the city where he works as a hotspot for the disease and one of the worst and most densely populated cities in the country. plus a story of burns and fear why drinkers in

a small town in germany are getting their feathers ruffled. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us hong kong's legislative elections scheduled for september have been postponed for a year chief executive carrying them says that delay is necessary due to a surge in coronavirus cases but opposition lawmakers are not convinced they accuse the government of using the pandemic 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 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. thing i be say that. 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. what does ition to postpone the trainee trente 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 that it was this

something more. against the basic law against the promises made by. some city they believe is. 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 seize 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 high 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 a further encroachment 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 and questioned whether this is really going to make a 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 valving itself to march 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 this 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 to 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

now to some of the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic vietnam recorded its 1st coronavirus death on friday as the pen demick rebounds there in the country had previously been praised for containing the contagion british prime minister boris johnson says he's putting the brakes on easing lockdown measures and will instead be imposing new restrictions that's after a new spike in corona virus cases in the u.k. and germany has added 3 northern spanish regions to its 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. with the pen demick closing a condom is down it was expected that there would be damage but it's now becoming clear how devastating the pandemic has been and 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 and a 12.4 percent fall in italy german g.d.p. fell by 10 percent. with covert $9000.00 cases rising again there are some fears of a 2nd lockdown even without the pandemics economic impact is likely to be felt for

many months to come here in barcelona beach is normally full would tourists are far quieter than normal a local rise in infections is keeping travelers away. and let's get some headlines now from around the world officials in portugal say at least 2 people have been killed and dozens injured after an intercity train collided with a maintenance vehicle hundreds of passengers were on board when the crash occurred in the central city of the train was traveling from the capital lisbon to the northern city of braga. police in zimbabwe have arrested a claim to novelists done that after she defied a ban on protests coinciding with the anniversary of president emerson meant i was election as she was detained after opposition lawmakers called for demonstrations in the capital harare against alleged state corruption and the slumping economy.

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. israel has suffered a surge in coronavirus cases in recent weeks of the city of the ny bruck is a hot spot it's one of the most densely populated and poorest cities in israel and home to a large altar orthodox population the municipality has set up a task force to contain the pandemic and it is tanya kramer went to see how it's doing. muhsin morgan's turn is on his way to the main synagogue in the center of the neighbor back home to a large ultra orthodox or how to community the synagogue is closed because of the

pandemic people have to pray outside. without marking stern who works as an aria manages in this free time a corona task force. this is stigma and the general public against the us for also dogs and against been a. rough only peoples thing to have a demon all sick and that they are 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 a commitment of all we need to be. 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 auto dealer boardman's for 20 family members shares 75 square meters

and one bathroom one shower one person get sick everyone will get sick. on a simple almost many don't have internet no smartphones they can't get information online but this information on billboards. made a lot of what all the minister palatino 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 modern stands team rely on them every neighborhood is monitored to help isolate people who have tested positive for the virus. check those people when you'll be 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 list karuna whisper it in this city want to buy you. 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. ok switching gears now to a story of beer and birds the german state of bavaria is well known for its love of beer and its immense production of the beverage but in one small town it drinkers are going thirsty and all because of a pair of feathery feeds. back a call that's like interest to machine gun fire

or perhaps a mis t.v.'s laugh these white stores have made their yearly marketing journey from africa and chosen a place to nest in the small german town of love belgian prevaricate normally it's seen as a sign of good luck a store chooses your roof to nest in but not for this brewery owner. the 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 now 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. plant it 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 it's being stopped again to run lloyd. to pay the stores have since touched it with coded 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. will be a run dry at this brewery for a few weeks the storks seem unfazed by the trouble they caused maybe plotting

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