you see everybody in the states is very safe stay safe the police say. this is do w. news live from berlin a state of disaster is declared in the australian state of victoria that's after a 2nd lockdown fails to contain a spike in corona virus cases. which are not alone we have people visiting all those who could no longer have people simply there are the state premier says all outdoor activities will be curbed including shopping and from

a decided to 5 in the morning nearly everyone in the city of melbourne has to stay indoors also on the show poised to make space travel history to u.s. astronauts on the 1st ever private mission into space they face the final and most important part of their test flight returning to earth with a rare splash down to. america evanston a welcome we began in the australian state of victoria where a state of disaster has been declared amid a surge in corona virus infections a range of new lockdown measures has also been imposed including a nighttime curfew for the city of melbourne this comes after previous lockdown measures failed to curb a spike in new covert cases. 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 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 made it and that's why police will be out in force and you will be stopped and you will be asked then 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 residents. additional restrictions for work places are to be announced on monday the latest day at home order will be in effect for at least 6 weeks. well for more on this story i'm joined by reporter pablo foley illyria's has in the studio with me hello to you pablo so why is it that the city of melbourne in particular is seeing such spike in coronavirus cases well the health experts have put it down to a relaxation of the rules which is sort of quietly led to a level of complacency with regards to social distancing we heard as well in the report there that people have been breaking many of the rules and also by the look they set so it's sort of the perfect combination for things to go wrong and we're seeing that exactly they're also the premier. he said you know at the moment they can trace a lot of the infections they don't they come to try start of the workplace or to

their homes so that's why it's such a worrying situation. well it is so much worse than in the rest of australia how other how are people elsewhere in the country responding to the events there they're incredibly worried obviously because here we are again it's sort of like taking a giant step back and there's a lot of reaction as you can imagine on social media in particular if you hear from those who were very critical of this decision it's quite interesting actually matthew guy he's from the opposition liberal party in victoria he said 5200000 the burnings now face a curfew no lockdown ruling small business and mental health every other state is falling now mental health is something demonstrations are taking very very seriously because like i said this is a massive blow for people and then there are also those who are also blaming just the general population. just thinking back to when. just a premier in one stage 3 locked in 3 weeks ago he said if people don't do the right

thing and numbers don't go down more dams are needed and this is what has happened so it's very much this combination this perfect combination for things to go wrong so these that's why these measures are in place well pablo obviously you are also aware this is not only happening in australia here in europe are also seeing an uptick in cases we've been reporting about germany which initially had such a successful response to the coronavirus pandemic we're seeing cases on the rise is it likely that europeans maybe need to learn from what's happening in victoria their behavior you would hope so and i mean the head of germany's disease prevention agency the robert costa institute came out actually and just said that the surge in cases in recent weeks was doing to people failing to follow guidelines the same is being said in spain the same is being said in france so we really need to make sure that we abide by what the rules are and that's not go down the path of victoria indeed did have

a reporter problem fully aliased always great to talk to you thank you. well we have some more now on breaking news the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for an attack on a prison in eastern afghanistan it happened in the eastern city of jalalabad where multiple gunmen battled security forces several people are dead and dozens more are injured the attack comes a day after a senior islamic state commander was killed by afghan special forces for the latest on this developing story i'm joined now by ali latif he was a journalist in kabul so ali what is the situation on the ground right now in jalalabad. so the situation on the ground is still hectic you know there are inmates from the prison that were released some escaped some turned themselves back

into security forces and there's footage of some saying that they skate for their own protection because they have no allegiance to the so-called islamic state group or to the toll of all in or any other armed group but they just had to get out of the compound and police special forces are there but what's really important about this attack is that these so-called islamic state forces are the ones who claimed responsibility as you said earlier their intelligence director was killed. actually just yesterday near the city of jalalabad and what's most important about this attack and the fact that these forces claiming to be done or the so-called islamic state are the ones that are claiming responsibility for it is that in november 2019 on president travel tending a heart the province was which was considered a major base for these forces and said that they had essentially eliminated all of within that province and essentially in afghanistan because that was their major stronghold in the country and at the time he said you know there are only loose

fragments left who are on the run who cannot stage major attacks and now we've seen just in the last few months you know they've staged an attack on a sikh temple in kabul they stage an attack on a maternity ward also in kabul run by myself which eventually led m.s.f. to shut down that maternity ward and now again in jalalabad a city which has been a frequent target of their attacks so you know it leaves a lot of questions about the security situation in of on its own and what these so-called forces are really able to. how they're able to operate and what it means that they were supposedly eliminated in november 200-1000. and now ali just quickly if you can is the fighting still ongoing or have the security forces the afghan security forces managed to to get them to stop. several of the attackers have been killed at least 3 of the attackers have been killed so far there is no

official word of the attack having come to a complete and and of course you know these nighttime attacks are very difficult because of the fact that you know just all of this is such a densely populated city so you have to be really careful about how you conduct these operations so that you don't lead to more civilian casualties are. reporting from kabul thank you so very much for that update. all right let's turn our attention now to some of the other stories making news around the world state officials and survivors have gathered at auschwitz to mark european holocaust memorial day for cindy and roma on august 2nd 1944 german guards liquidated what was then known as the gypsy family camp killing more than 4000 men women and children and historians estimate that half a 1000000 sinton room perished in nazi occupied europe. clashes have erupted in

southern chile after police evicted indigenous push of prague protesters from a government building. the building since monday calling for lands now in the hands of forestry companies to be returned to them the protesters also want much pussy political prisoners to be allowed to rejoin their community amid the coronavirus pandemic. now 2 u.s. astronauts are set to return to earth and splash down off the coast of florida within the next few hours it will mark the end of a historic mission that saw a private company rather than a government agency sending people to space. space x. separation confirmed the space x. craft undocked from the international space station on saturday to begin its 19 hour journey back to the planet nasa astronauts bob behnken and dog doug hurley launched from cape canaveral in florida in late may becoming the 1st u.s.

astronauts in nearly a decade to fly to the i assess from u.s. soil. is keith cowing he's the editor of the space news website nasa watch dot com and also a former nasa employee good to see you keith so can you talk us through this splashdown landing that we're expecting later today just how dangerous is it. well it's not without risk used to do it all the time back in the sixties and seventies when we had a part gemini mercury in a pole spacecraft coming back to earth but then for several decades we had spatial was living like you're going so. we haven't done this for nearly half a century it's been a long time since we've done this but it's a well known keep thing that the spacecraft does and it should just go as smoothly as planned they've already had the spacecraft lay in perfectly without people on board and predecessors to it as well so it should be

a straightforward thing that everything is a little knuckle fighting right now. going on somewhere well i imagine that knuckle biting might also have to go with this storm is i yes that's closing in out of florida and out is the storm complicating things. only to the point that they have a number of lending sites on the east or west coast of florida in since the hurt of the tropical storm is coming up in the east side of florida they just go to the west into the gulf they've got plenty of locations lot of only pick this off near pensacola so they should be leaning relatively calm waters as if there is no storm just a few 100 miles away. hoping that everything does go well and they do land safely is it fair to say that this mission puts the u.s. back in a leading position in the space race. well i think we've always been leading but it certainly gives us you know the full suite of tools we now have the ability to launch our own past routes were always

a role rockets and to bring them back to earth so yeah that box could be checked now so i guess you could say were you completely back in the saddle again well i know you have been observing this mission from the very start and we'll be watching it to the very end what are your main takeaways what has been the most exciting or important things about this mission over. well one thing it shows is that up until you know this flight particular well it's always been that only a government rocket and only a government capsule or spacecraft could take you can just face it what you see here now is a spacecraft go by a contractor on a completely commercial contract able to fly government astronauts that's in space station back and there's another one boeing is doing having spacecraft that will be able to do the same thing so who's kind of gone from the year of only government airplanes can fly you so where do you where commercial airliners schemes are going now we have that happening in space so

a lot of things when you pursue science fiction. spacecraft with really logos on our budget become true and day they can't callen had there at nasa that cow thank you so very much. all right some formula one news for you now and britain's lewis hamilton has claimed a popular victory at his home grand prix at silverstone but he had to do so in extraordinary circumstances after dominating the rays from pole position the britain was on course for a win when his left tire was punctured in the final lap leaving him to limp home for the 87 victory of his career leaving him just 4 short of michelle schumacher as record red bulls must 1st stop and finish 2nd but would not have won had he not made

a late pit stop assuming victory was that of reach there are as sharp as the cleric came 3rd. and that's the latest on the w. news i'll be back with more news at the top of the hour in the meantime don't forget you can always get the latest news and information on our website just go to d w dot com and you can also follow us on twitter and instagram d w news america every steam thanks for watching. as we. are. doing. this. hour. please.

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