beethoven 202250th anniversary year on do you know. this is to give you news live from berlin a state of disaster declared in the australian state of victoria after 2nd lockdown fails to contain a spike in krona virus cases we cannot along to have people visiting all those we could no longer have simply been out of. this state premiers as all outdoor activities will be curbed shopping as well and from 8 at night until 5 in the

morning nearly everyone in melbourne has to stay indoors as. u.s. president trump threatens to ban tick tock but the video apps u.s. team easy to find. out what operating on i. think that with talks for tech giant microsoft of buy ticked off now on hold what's next for one of the world's most popular apps. a michael welcome to the program a state of disaster in melbourne and all of australia's state of victoria their government declaration comes as the state struggles with a stunning resurgence of corona virus infections a range of new law down measures has been imposing clearing a nighttime curfew for the capital as well residents will only be allowed to leave

home for work medical care exercise or shopping for essential. their last moments of freedom before the curfew came into effect the new measures are the country's strictest to date melbourne is already under a 6 week lockdown but the infection numbers are still rising victoria's premier has now declared a state of disaster. we cannot longer have people visiting out as we can no longer have people simply in about for not a good reason whatsoever it is not an easy decision to mike but it is the decision that is necessary and that is war i have my duty and that's why i place will be out in force and you will be stopped and you will be asked and you will need to demonstrate that you are lawfully out and that you are not breaching that curfew the premier said people are not taking the virus seriously enough officials reported that one quarter of those who recently tested positive had violated the

lockdown rules authorities now have greater powers over melbourne's $5000000.00 residents additional restrictions for workplaces are to be announced on monday the latest stay at home order will be in effect for at least 6 weeks. for more i'm joined by andrea lesley a journalist with us really and broadcasting company corp i should say in sydney andre appreciate your joining us the 1st obvious question that strikes me is why has melbourne in particular been so badly affected compared with the rest of the country. well it's a good question because the risk of a strike the us managed to survive relatively well through most of this but not safe is at last few months but nobody has been hit pretty hot in comparison i think most people are in agreement that it's a lot to do with these quarantine hightails that brought people back into the country and. 14 days the tory made the decision probably for cost cutting reasons

to put private security firms there in front of the hotels and some stand it's one tank that sewall cotinine saying straight through the hotels back out into the community said that was the start and we've otherwise had as we heard in that report there are accusations by the premier daniel andrews that people were going to work when they shouldn't and not look after what it doing around cotinine saying and there's also lots of accusations that the h k c teacher we under-resourced 'd tore it or authorities worried this spike will spill over into other parts of the country differently i mean new south wales south to strike and queensland all of these states are holding daily press conferences multiple times a day new south wales has a number of cases that keep popping up 3rd saying i think it was in the last 24 hours south australia to the western side of the tour has also just reported

a couple more as well. there are these a strike board a lot downs that are happening constantly and already of course people are not able to travel from melbourne obituary opting to have a very good race and that's journalist andrea leslie in sydney force thank you andre thanks mom. now here in germany pandemic numbers are peaking once again as well experts fear a 2nd major wave of infections in parts of the country are reimposing tough restrictions but that didn't stop about 20000 people from descending on the capital berlin on saturday to protest those restrictions especially the use of masks police moved in to break up the march citing the lack of social distancing and face coverings. they turned out in the thousands all agreeing that the corona virus has been vastly overplayed.

here 3 people this crowd chimes their message wearing a mask and at herring 2 restrictions is violating their freedom. demand is back to democracy get rid of the laws that restrict us and get rid of the mosque that turned us into slaves that. they were people from across germany mostly those concerned by fix of the law mixed with conspiracy theorist and white figures . the police attempted to enforce distancing measures but with little effect eventually they decide the protest telling people to go home. but elsewhere in germany the virus is taking ever more seriously holidaymakers at the baltic sea can now get tested on arrival it's

voluntary and it's free and it takes only a few minutes but not many seem to be interested this is making the experts concerned. have more infections in the wider part of the population and it comes on top of the recent local flare ups. the numbers on the rise in germany and that is a very worrying signal that should not be underestimated but more and more people are being less careful and don't follow the rules now. this relaxed attitude could put the current fragile business environment in danger many german companies are balancing on the edge of bankruptcy they will not be able to survive a 2nd lock down. there is now a risk. of companies going on which could lead to a wave of bankruptcies across the country if that happens then many of our banks could also be in danger that's why we all now have to be very careful.

and take care that's what the police hand hamburger trying to tell particular was authorities are anxious to see if that street enforcement process and new ban on alcohol in a popular district will have an impact one thing is certain many germans are getting tired of following the rules. now to some of the other stories making news around the world tropical storm as has been downgraded from the horror again to a tropical storm as it churns through the caribbean it's brains on the bahamas and puerto rico and it's expected to gain more steam by the time it lands in florida that u.s. state is already reeling from the pandemic. police in jerusalem have dispersed thousands of demonstrators gathered near the home of prime minister benjamin netanyahu. were made at this latest rally calling for netanyahu his resignation

protesters condemn his handling of the covert pandemic and say he shouldn't remain in office while on trial for corruption. 2 astronauts have departed the international space station aboard a so-called dragon capsule from the california based company space x. doug hurley and bob behnken are set to be the 1st people to return from space courtesy of a private company they're due to land in the gulf of mexico on sunday. general manager for its u.s. market said the company is not planning on going anywhere that's after president donald trump announced he plans to ban the chinese own video app because of security concerns u.s. officials are currently looking into whether it's possible to could be used by the chinese government as a tool for gathering intelligence. to take quick hits viral dance routines and

political activism videos it's a favorite among teenagers worldwide but with more than $2000000000.00 in loads and $700000000000.00 in revenue last year the app is extremely successful and influential but it's exploding popularity has also raised red flags in the u.s. officials are investigating whether tech talk is a threat to national security there are concerns that the data collected by the app owned by the chinese fire by dance could be accessed by beijing the company denies any connection with the chinese government but donald trump is threatening to ban the app in the u.s. . we're looking at it we may be betting we may be doing some other things are a couple of options but a lot of things after the show we'll see what happens but we are looking at a lot of alternatives with respect to. one of those alternatives is spurred by to give up its ownership of the potential buyers are reportedly already in talks to

take over including tech giant microsoft in the face of presidential threats to u.s. assures it simply answers and audience that this is not the end. we procure outpouring of support and we want to say thank you i will play and i'm going. to create is just to express their ideas and connect with people of different backgrounds and we are so proud 1 of all the various communities that call to talk there. it's not clear if. actually has the executive power to ban the app in the u.s. but a national security review of tech talk is expected to be presented to him in the coming days. your honor is here with me now she's the social media coordinator for culture and lifestyle desk and runs the. channel there are hundreds good to see you 1st question that comes to mind is what have to talk users been doing since the

u.s. president essentially threatened to ban it altogether oh michael it's so emotional on the app right now you have to remember the tick tock of faint off tick tock they are community of their family and their livelihood i mean if you have 50000000 followers on that ad as many american ticked of us do it's a huge business and you know we just started our own tech top 10 hit d.w. it's called ball in fresh thought d.w. and fresh and we are surprised about all the interest we sparked i mean it's a very young channel and we have like over a 1000000 us so right now we feel this is where all the young people are right now and they're going to fight for the app i know my daughter uses it she can't get off it so i hope she follows through on the i will i will let her know about us you know there's been so much speculation about this but what is your belief he's behind the mistrust that the u.s. president has or at least the u.s. government might have. to talk while you know electron called tick tock chinese

spy ware and he said things they're going to pass on information to the chinese government just because to talk of chinese on the tick tock of coffee a very different about it because they say hewitt and had trump movement on tape talk very funny videos about trump trump parodies so they think it's basically a fence a ship. what would a u.s. band of tic talk mean for people outside the united states for example users here in berlin or the rest of europe it would be quite depends on what american picked up i thought going into are they going to. stay on the app because i've seen a lot of tick tocks explaining how you can change your settings to canada so it looks like you're sending your tick tocks from canada not from the states so are they going to stay on that i think going to move to a new app i've been looking i've been checking out by an app many take took us us now as well are they going to go back to instagram so it really it depends on what's going to happen there how i want to talk that's really still very big in europe i mean i don't here in germany we have 8000000 follow us so it's not going

anywhere soon in about the 15 seconds that we have left is there talk on that platform about the unthinkable that is that one us president could actually bring down to talk worldwide of course i mean i've seen people crying they're very emotional they're really worried about that but you also have to remember and remember that social media use us they don't like it if you sense of them and they really don't like it if trump's sense of them so i think they're going to find you're going to agree to go ahead of do you have used to talk channel and as. mentioned before you can find their underscore berlijn fresh really appreciate it. in sports news now former chelsea striker didier drogba has submitted his candidacy to become the next president of the ivory coast football association drug bust of former captain and the all time top scorer for the west african nation will still

require nominations from 3 professional clubs plus endorsements from special interest groups before he can officially enter the ballot on september 5th the 42 year old is one of the most celebrated and respected sports men in africa. you are watching deja news we'll be back with more headlines for you at the top of the hour you can find more information on any of our stories and much more on our web site that's you dot com i'm michael okwu in berlin and we'll see you in 45 minutes with more news. images of gaza. to studios are kind of documents lives in bygone era. and leads to those living today. they are guarding gaza's past in a box. collected memories of august 14th own t w.