this is the we would do it. it would start aug 7th on d w. news line from berlin disaster declared in the australian state of victoria after 2nd lockdown fails to contain a spike in corona virus cases. we can no longer have people visiting all those who can no longer have people who simply throw out. all outdoor activities shopping and from 8 at night until 5 in the morning nearly every male born indoors

. u.s. president trump threatens to ban tick tock but the video apps u.s. team is just fine. with talks for tech giant microsoft to buy tech talk now on hold what's next for one of the world's most popular apps. a micro thanks for joining us state of disaster in melbourne and all of australia state of victoria the government declaration comes as the state struggles with a stunning resurgence of corona virus infections a range of new lockdown measures has been imposed including a nighttime curfew for the capital in addition residents will only be allowed to

leave home for work medical care exercise or shopping for essential. their last moments of freedom before the. if you came into effect the new measures are the country 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 no 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 date and that's why 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 joined by andrei a journalist with the australian broadcasting corporation in melbourne and ray i appreciate your making the time why has melbourne in particular been so badly affected compared to the rest of the country. well it's a bit of a mystery to be honest michael it looked like the tory was on the same path as much of the rest of the country with the gradual opening up and then at the end of june also there were some allegations coming out about the hotel hunting conditions with security guards looking off to return travelers from over seems in the. allegations came out they had main some improper conduct between them even allegations of

relationships between the gods and some of the travellers also concerns about a lack of personal protective equipment and they had a few minutes of training and then this led to a spike in infections in the northern suburbs of melbourne some $36.00 suburbs with and locked down including 9 public housing tao is that had a hard look down for a few days and one of the towers then was locked down for the 9 days but the numbers continued to go up we had this stage 3 restrictions then announced for melbourne and for mitchell shah it's a local government shy around 40 kilometers north of melbourne and we then had these restrictions come in again about mandatory mosques you had to wear whenever you outside the house and as of today we've now had stage 4 restrictions announced so in about the 30 seconds we have left you're in dread i just you know you're living in melbourne right now to spike and it's happening you've seen this movie before as they say i imagine this is

a deeply emotional moment for you and your friends and neighbors what does it feel like does it feel like goodness we're doing this all over again. yeah you could definitely say that it does feel strange it's funny how quickly to become accustomed to seeing everyone wearing masks out in the straight at the shops you can get used to working from home as well i think many of us when working from home for months we just have to look out for our elderly friends and family of course and hope that the numbers go down i know that we're all watching the premier's announcements every day and hoping the numbers go down we haven't seen that yet but he's hoping it happens very soon journalists enjoy it near home in melbourne thank you and stay safe. now here in germany the number of new coronavirus cases is on the rise again and experts fear a major 2nd wave of infections parts of the country are imposing tough measures in a bid to contain the spread but on saturday about 20000 people descended on the

capital berlin to protest against those measures and coronavirus restrictions that many feel go too far. i 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 mosque and at herring 2 restrictions by leading freedom. talk demand is back to democracy get rid of the laws that restrict us and get rid of the mosque the turn us into slaves. they were people from across germany mostly those concerned by fix of the law mixed with conspiracy theorist and white figures. was. the police attempted to inforce distancing measures but with little effect eventually they to solve the

protest telling people to go home. but elsewhere in germany the virus is taken 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 more and more people are being less careful. and don't follow the rules now. this relaxed attitude could put the current french out business environment in danger many german companies are balancing on the edge of bankruptcy they will not be able

to survive a 2nd lockdown. there is now a risk of companies going on which could lead to a wave of bankruptcies across the country and 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 party go as 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 tied off following the rules. now to some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour in saudi arabia pilgrims have performed the final bites of the high by casting pebbles at 3 large columns a muslim symbol for stoning the devil the harsh pilgrimage has been drastically

impacted by the phone a virus this year only 100 programs already residing in saudi arabia were allowed to join. hundreds of acres of forest are burning in italy's a boot so region following suspected arson strong winds have been hampering firefighters efforts to contain the blaze authorities fear the fires could damage the area's electrical infrastructure. to talk to general manager for its u.s. markets the company is not planning on going anywhere that's after president donald trump announced he plans to ban the chinese own video 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 is a favorite among teenagers worldwide with more than $2000000000.00 in loads and

$17000000000.00 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 text talk is a threat to national security there are concerns that the data collected by the app owned by the chinese for by could be accessed by beijing the company denies any connection with the chinese government but donald trump is threatening to ban the in the u.s. . we're looking at it we may be betting we may be doing some other things. but a lot of things happening so 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 takes

us assures that simply answers and audience that this is not the end. of your outpouring of support and we want to say thank you i will play and i'm going. to create this to express their ideas and connect with people of different backgrounds and we are so proud of all the various communities. there. it's not clear if president trump. actually has the executive power to ban the app in the u.s. but a national security review of tech top 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 to take to channel your 100 skid 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 i think of a tick tock they are community of their family and their livelihood i mean if you have 50000000 followers on that as many american kicked us through it's a huge business and you know we just started our own tech top 10 hit d.w. it's called boiling fresh so a d w underscore berlin 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 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 us chinese owned the tick tock of coffee a very different about it because they say hewitt anti-trust movement on tech talk very funny videos that bought trump trump parodies so they fink it's basically censorship. what would a u.s. band of tick tock mean for people outside the united states for example users here in berlin or the rest of europe it really 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 just happens to canada so it looks like you're sending your picked up from canada not from the states so i think understand that i think going to move to a new app i've been looking after checking out by an app my need to talk with us now as well are they going to go back to instagram so it really it depends on what's going to happen there i want to talk with really still a very big in europe i mean alone 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 the world wide 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 i 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 fence off them so i think they're going to find you on a group to go ahead of channel and as. mentioned before you can find their underscore berlin fresh really appreciate it in sports news former chelsea striker didier drogba has submitted his candidacy to become the next president of the ivory coast football association drug a former captain and the all time top scorer for the west african nation will still require nominations from 3 professional clubs plus indorsement from special interest groups before he can officially enter the ballot on september 5th the 42

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