he's only going to. be. the world on fire starts aug 12th on g.w. . this is d w news live from berlin police step in to break up a protest against coronavirus restrictions in the german capital most people attending the rallies were not observing hygiene and distancing towards the event went ahead despite warnings about a potential 2nd wave of new infections in germany. also on the show it could be

time for take talks in the us president trump says he plans to ban be asked of me concerns over chinese firing what will it mean for the field platforms and 41 chinese relations to. end and russia people have been protesting in the eastern city of about off the against the detention of their governor for the 4th weekend in a row but the protests calling for his freedom to have begun to morph into demands for president vladimir putin to step down. american evenson it's good to have you with us well here in germany there's been a sharp spike in the number of new corona virus infections the country's leading public health institute is warning that people are letting down their guard and not observing social distancing measures despite the. developments in central berlin

today thousands of people were out on the streets protesting against coronavirus restrictions police were forced to break up the event after many participants ignored hygiene and distancing rules. that. free people chance this crowd during the coronavirus pandemic they say wearing a mask and appearing to restrictions is violating that freedom but it seems thousands agree the mixture of conspiracy theorists far right figures and citizens concerned by the economic effects of the law took to the streets of berlin to say the corona virus has been a false alarm. that's just plain scare tactics i don't see any danger i don't know any sick people i knew many sick people in march is vacationers there was really something going on in february and now there's no sick people anymore.

i've got a friend who is 93 she's in a care home in her room totally isolated there's no corona in our home and yet she wasn't allowed to leave her room now she's allowed to go out for a walk again but if she meets someone she has to give their address i think that's extremely high. demand is back to democracy get rid of the laws that restrict us to get rid of them are on us into slaves. hardly any of the demonstrators were wearing face masks or hearing to social distancing protocols early in police attempted to enforce distancing measures over megaphones eventually dissolving the protest and telling people to go home german politicians mostly condemned the demonstration saying that it risks harming germany's relative success or handling the outbreak. that success might just be why these people feel impatient to get back to normal life. well the 1st block you call big cases across

the country together and of thousands of people not wearing masks could jeopardize the freedoms germans are enjoying compared to many other countries but a pandemic. but with me in the studio now is d. w. political correspondent and if and how much time he was at the protest nearly you were out there for hours you told me you spoke to lots of people there what were they telling you what were their demands while oh there are a lot of different people out there now as you said we spoke to many of them some of the demands included including by the organizers who put their demands in this document before the event. calling on them that it's the end of the pandemic they called us the day of freedom they called on the german government to resign and on the state the public broadcasters of the media to also be dissolved and these were 3 demands that were echoed by many people who i spoke to at the protest and what

united them was of distrust in the government's measures and you have to remember this is kind of a paradox you said just now and a lot of people were telling me well the government was telling us we have to keep our distance and stick to all these restrictions in order for the hospitals not to be overcrowded in order for people not to die but nobody died not that many people died the hospitals are still empty so what did the government tell us in the 1st place and this is why this is the this inherent distrust in what the government is telling them and that's why you saw i saw today thousands tens of thousands of people take to the streets not appearing to the rules not adhering to the face masks and they kind of use a lot of them were telling me they see the face mask as sort of that symbol for oppression the government is forcing them to wear masks and mean we also have to remember germany has released a lot of its members a lot of its restrictions and in recent weeks which has as you said we've seen a surge in new infections so enormous amounts of distrust of the. government but

who are these people learning i mean i'm wondering because lots of people are quite grateful to the german government for its swift response to the pandemic and the measures that it implemented they're grateful that it saved lives but these people who don't believe band who are going well there also you can read is why provides of people who attended these protests today and what we can say some people were talking to me there were people who are worried about the economic consequences of a pandemic there was a bus driver from creation who told me well i haven't been able to run my business for 4 months how should i survive they have been people who are worried about their children not being able to go back to school which they have but the education system being changed worries about what this pandemic what kind of country we will achieve to children but we also have to say that rights groups have been mobilizing for this protest not only a. that's it's because of in the also the n.p.t.

compact magazine the magazine which is rights magazine that's under the observation policy it's always used for extended phobic and revisionist messages conspiracy theorist i talked to some people who believed that bill gates wanted to spread to vaccinate the whole the whole well so really these conspiracy theories that we're not only seeing in germany but also across the world for people and use this pandemic to feed into these conspiracy theories a lot of them also and just a mistake we saw. today so it's hard to say i say the majority was peaceful but i'd also say we got a lot of verbal abuse from protesters who was you were calling us liars you were calling as. so you know lying press i mean that's echoing nazi terminology is it not yes exactly. only if and how much time thank you so much for your porting and for sharing your impressions with us in the studio thank you. now u.s.

president donald trump says he plans to ban the chinese owned video app tick-tock because of security concerns u.s. officials are currently looking into whether to talk could be used by the chinese government as a tool for gathering intelligence. tick-tock 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 you know we may be betting we may be doing some other things.

but a lot of things so we'll see what happens but we are look you've had 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 have to 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. all right let's get a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world for the 6th

week in a row thousands of people have been demonstrating throughout israel against benjamin netanyahu government and its handling of the coronavirus crisis in israeli prime minister has tried to play down the unrest calling the demonstrators quote leftists and and our kids. time yahoo has come under fire for holding office while on trial for corruption. poland has marked the 76th anniversary of the start of the warsaw uprising it was the largest military insurgency of underground resistance forces in nazi occupied europe and one of the most tragic events in the country's history it's estimated that between 15018000 polish soldiers were killed in the fighting which lasted 2 months. in southern india at least 11 people have died after a heavy crane collapse at a state owned ship yard it came down a staff were conducting low testing trials of the 5 other workers were hospitalized with injuries. acclaimed author. has been freed on bail in zimbabwe

a day after being arrested at an anti-government protest 11 other people arrested on friday including a lawyer and spokeswoman for the main opposition party were also released they will return to court in september. well pleased to protect democracy and to free an opposition governor from jail have swept across the far east of russia protesters are accusing the kremlin of abusing its power by punishing a political rival while also overturning their vote for the 4th straight week people of about office have demonstrated for change. more than 6000 kilometers and 7 time zones away from the capital the people who are demanding to criminal and set things right place setting their governor free. will but unless that's not what's happening to governor is an injustice and in violation

of all conceivable human rights i can't be indifferent to this and you know what that is then you. know if you are marching for democracy but it is very fleeting for us we walk in fear that to my. morrow will be locked up for anything. to do for most of the other still busy or. the region's governors survey for call has been on a moscow jail since early july accuse of being involved in the murders of business rivals before he got into politics for all denies the charges his supporters say the arrest is delayed retaliation for his 2018 gubernatorial victory for calls opposition when with a humiliating setback for the main criminal party president putin's united russia. it was their robbing us of our choice and that election was a window that gave us a glimpse of democracy but the kremlin has closed it and we are protesting to open it again not just for us but all of russia because all of russia is in the same

situation. thousands of protesters have been demanding for god's freedom for 4 straight weeks their message is spreading across the far east region and the country at least 10 other cities have joined in solidarity including st petersburg . yes that's more than i believe or one country and we should stick together and support cover off because lots of people there are fighting for their freedom of choice and we support them in this. putin has appointed another opposition lawmaker to replace for it but the governor has earned the respect of the people back home by cutting his salary and offering new benefits they call him the people's governor and they say they won't stop fighting for football until he's free. all right from soccer news now and an england arsenal crowther season will silverware as they be chelsea have to pick up the f.a. cup in the 1st final ever played with no fans in the stadium once again p.r.

and right over my yang was the difference for arsenal equalise for the penalty spot on 28 minutes after christian pulis sick had put chelsea in front or early on and up on my anger brilliant solo goal in 67 minutes secured arsenal a 14 f.a. cup. well lewis hamilton has taken pole position at his home grand prix in britain breaking the tracks lap record twice in the process hamilton said new lap records for the silverstone circuit in the 2nd and 3rd of the 5 rounds on his way to a 7 full of the british broad tree another record in itself have alton's mercedes teammates felt terry came 2nd with red bull's fox to stop and taking their place ahead of sunday's race. you're watching d.w. news before we go a quick reminder of our top story. thousands of people have gathered in berlin to

demand an end to coronavirus restrictions organizers were forced to call off part of the of that after participants ignored 19 and distancing rules comes amid a sharp rise in the number of new corona virus infection across germany. you're up to date now on the music marrying and stealing from me and the entire team thanks for watching. in the art of climate change. for. instance. for the future. for the major cities to go to get insight. into. a meal.

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