going to. be. the world on fire starts aug 12th on the u. . is this data would be news live from bourbon and pushing back against coronavirus restrictions thousands descend on burden from across the country to demand an end to closures cancellations and social distancing measures that's despite warnings about a potential 2nd wave of new infections are coming up. it could be time off for ticked off in the u.s.

president trump says he plans to expand the app over concerns about chinese spying what will it mean for the video platform and u.s. china relations. plus we follow a coronavirus task force in israel and look at efforts to contain covert 19 in one of the country's major hotspots. i'm rebecca written welcome to the program here in germany the number of corona virus infections has soared in recent days the country's leading public health institute is warning that people are letting their god down and not observing social distancing measures ironic then that berlin is set to say its biggest demonstration against coronavirus restrictions thousands of people are gathering right now in the german capital central to go out and park for. a mass rally

demanding an end to require its related restrictions conspiracy theorists and he vacs is and right wing extremists from across the country are among those attending it comes as germany braces for a potential 2nd wave of the coronavirus. political correspondent leoni on how much time is at the protest and she joins me now leoni not a lot of mosque where behind you and surprisingly what's happening where you are. exactly you said you said it exactly right behind me behind me is one of the protesters this is an occurrence that's happened quite a bit over the past 2 hours that we've been here a very being this protest as you said it for the biggest protests against the measures imposed by the government as if you're in the seeing and you search and

cases and there is a lot of anger people and sticking to the social distancing measures of 1.5 to 2 meters they are wearing face masks and we're seeing 10000 at least 10000 people from across germany who come here in travel buses to join the demonstration the title of the demonstration as the organizers the said it is. a day of freedom the end of the pandemic and there is some chance earlier where people. loudly were singing we are the 2nd wave so a lot of people here at the protests don't seem to believe in the coronavirus potential and they are criticizing the government. right so various groups then tell us a little bit more about the kind of people that taking part in the demonstration. actually this is a really broad variety of actions and a lot of the people i've talked to do really just voice their concerns their concerns about their parents and who are in homes or bell as if you haven't seen

people for many months due to very coronaviruses frictions in pay at the measures in place a lot of them are concerned about their children they're saying we are worried 2 about where gemini is growing we want to have a safe democratic exercise our freedom of assembly exercise our freedom of expression and we have worries about where the direction is going but that is one pass and they are also criticizing the media and a lot of the people i talked to didn't want to talk to me in front of the camera because they said they were it's about us the media spinning what they what they say their arguments in. extreme. giving them that's the right things spin but we do also have to say that conspiracy theorists i talk to some of them who believe conspiracy theorists are not only in germany after us threats about the coronavirus but also across the world that extreme right organizations. mobilize their

people to come people who have compared the measure despite the government to the nazi era so there is really a wide variety of factors here bionics thanks very much for the update stay safe out there on how much and on how much medical correspondent thank you. well let's turn now to some of the other latest developments in the corona virus pandemic and number of deaths in mexico has surged past 46000 it's now poised to overtake britain as the country with the 3rd highest death toll behind brazil and the u.s. british prime minister barak's 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 infections in the u.k. and in japan the region of africa now what has declared a state of emergency people have been asked to stay at home for 2 weeks as the popular tourist destination say's a surge in new cases off artie's on the italian island of lampedusa

sounding the alarm over a surge in the number of migrants arriving on its shores the new arrivals are housed in overcrowded camps where social distancing is all but impossible and has locals worried about the possible spread of the virus and officials are warning of a far right backlash directed at the migrants their images both tourists and locals will have to give used to once again almost every day boats arrive on one producer carrying migrants from tunisia. the mayor is calling on rule in brussels for systems the situation on the island is escalating. with constant verbal attacks from all sides because of the fear of infection from migrants we want the risk of social tension here on the island we can no longer guarantee public safety. is done to be a real did. after months of lockdown a struggling economy and with little support from the government in rome many here

are worried about the growing number of migrants. it is very critical now we are not happy there are lots of tourists coming here and on top of that all the my quince what can we do maybe they bring the virus with them. the migrant camp has a capacity of a few 100 people but at the moment there are around a 1000 living here many on the island fear the one team could spread throughout the overcrowded camp the italian government has transferred $147.00 migrants to neighboring sicily it's a small relief put on lampedusa everyone is waiting for the european union to come to the rescue. let's get you up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world this hour hong kong's legislative elections show jewel for september have famed host fine for

a year chief executive kerry lam says the delay is necessary due to a surge in coronavirus cases but opposition lawmakers accuse the government of using the pandemic as a pretext to thwart the pro-democracy movement. violence has again erupted in portland oregon protesters and police clashed at the local courthouse which has become a focal point of the unrest earlier president trump tweeted that federal agents will remain in the city until local police have finished what he called a cleanup of quote anika ists an agitated. hurricane is 10 is churning through the caribbean bringing strong winds and flooding in puerto rico and someone's of the bahamas hurricane warning has been issued for parts of florida where the storm is expected to hit places today. and we stay in the u.s. where president tunnel trump says he plans to ban the chinese are in video take talk because of security concerns u.s.

officials are currently looking into the potential for to talk to be used by the chinese government as a tool for gathering intelligence. to talk with its viral dance routines and political activism videos is a favorite among teenagers worldwide. with over $2000000000.00 downloads and $17000000000.00 in revenue last year the app is extremely successful and influential but its exploding popularity has also raised red flags in the u.s. officials are investigating whether tick-tock is a threat to national security there are concerns that the data collected by the app owned by the chinese firm by dance could be accessed by beijing the company denies any connection with the chinese government but donald trump is threatening to ban b.-f. in the u.s. . well look here that we may be betting we may be doing some other things are a couple of options but a lot of things to do so we'll see what happens but we are looking at

a lot of alternatives with respect to their. reports on friday indicated that one of the alternatives being considered is an order for byte dance to give up ownership of tik tok potential buyers are reportedly already in talks to take over the apps u.s. operations including tech giant microsoft and national security review of tic talk is expected to be presented to trump in the coming days its results may further sour already deteriorating ties between the u.s. and china with tensions already running high on trade and the coronavirus pandemic cyber security concerns are now further straining relations between the 2 powers. young's course has been following the story for us from new york. there have been charges siggins to talk for quite some time that the company actually collects privacy data from their users and if you look at the user base of tick tock it's

basically a younger crowd and that's why they have been some concerns not just in the united states but also in the u.k. or in germany for instance so let's wait and see if we really any kind of deal is going to happen on one side for microsoft to talk would be clearly pretty tricked if was just recently more than $2000000000.00 loads off the tick top globally on the other side microsoft would be right in the middle between those struggling superpowers the united states and china and i'm quite certain that microsoft will think twice 2 was spent billions of dollars and then might be caught in the middle of china and the us. in school today is round has suffered a surge in coronavirus cases in recent weeks the city of been iraq is a hotspot it's one of the most densely populated and poorest cities in israel and

home to a large ultra-orthodox population i mean issa paluxy has set up a task force to contain the pandemic and database 10 ukraina when to say how it's doing. most americans turn is on his way to the main synagogue in the center often a brac home to a largely ultra-orthodox or how to the 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 also dogs and against been a block off 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 deal with the. 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 daughter you know boardman's for 20 family members shares 75 square meters and one bathroom one shower if one person gets sick everyone will get sick. and a simple of 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 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. and we took those people who were newly infected and send them out of the city if they agreed to it of course because we believe that the more cases we move out the list karuna whispered in this city or not by 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. you know watching data being used as a reminder of the top story we're following for you thousands of people are gathering in central burden to demand an end to coronavirus restrictions conspiracy theorists and have axes and right wing extremists from across the country are attending. to and i want off will have a news headlines next hour until then you can stay up to date on our web site that's d.w. dot com i'm rebecca rid of imbalance i found. my 1st by say was a sewing machine. where i come from women are balanced by this notion for women something as simple as learning how to write a bicycle isn't. since i was a little girl i want to talk about bicycle of my own but it took me years to find.