this is deja vu news live from berlin germany children head back to school after the summer break justice corona virus cases are on the rise the focus is on keeping children and teachers safe we'll talk about the steps to do just that also coming up. a giant statue of the buddha under threat of demolition in china after the muslims said now it appears that the buddhists are the next to suffer repression in the people's republic. and join candidate joe biden as

his running mate to beat donald trump will take a closer look at why his choice for vice president could be the most important decision of his campaign to win in november. and it appears spain's former king juan carlos has fled the country and that's the corruption from is accused of taking millions of dollars and kickbacks in a saudi arabian rail project. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us today here in germany children have started going back to school just as coronavirus cases are on the rise it is the 1st time many have been in a classroom since march but the experience is certainly not going to be the same a reporter visited one school in the city of rostock in northern germany to see how children there are adjusting. finally back where they wanted to be in the

schoolyard with all of their friends for the 1st time in 5 months these children from john brinkman primary school in rough stop can play together without a mask and without daring to social distancing roles. even hugs are allowed although not recommended. and it's best oh my it's better now because we like to sit next to each other again and we can see all our friends again you know. and it's i i find it great because we can see all of our friends again and also our classmates and teachers. it's even my sister's very 1st day at school so that's really exciting results in this choice turk. just like this class all 11000000 german pupils are supposed to return to a daily school routine in the next couple of weeks a great relief for their parents as well but playing and learning so close to each

other every day comes with a certain risk of infection that to make some teachers uneasy. as of course we're anxious it's not just school it goes beyond that. i'm thinking about my family my grandmother is $91.00 you don't want to be a carrier plus i have to be extra careful as my child has asked me a. passer with coded 1000 infections rising again in germany parents have mixed feelings about the new start to go this isn't a given that there's a degree of uncertainty you don't know where people have been on holiday. i'm glad it's starting up again the last 6 months have been exhausting. comes to the. school started normally and i could see the. distancing. keeping the kids at home even longer isn't an option for the school teacher. sure the goal is really

important for the children and their families as well i think schools can restart despite the rising cases. for the most part everyone is trying to keep a distance even though some hugs just inevitable for the kids they hope to be able to continue their school year as normally as possible. and our political correspondent daniel shays is here to talk about that search for normality in german schools good morning to you emmanuelle. what do people in germany think of schools in the country opening again it was children like we saw in that report not wearing masks. well there and we just sold out in the report it comes was mixed feelings and it really depends on where you live in germany in regions that are most affected by the pandemic is to to rules will apply in schools for example mosques are not mandatory in mecca both west and from iran out west

reopen those schools reopened yesterday but they will be mandatory in bavaria mecklenburg west and palmer and yeah it was the least effective region in germany but the very hour was one of the west affected by the pandemic so opinions a fixed rate according. infection rates are up again what's the foldback plan in the event of a severe outbreak will be back to home schooling. well there are different scenarios in place and it's also depends again where in germany an outbreak would happen for example in mecklenburg west and now schools were in charge of organizing school grads into college so if 2 was a maximum of a couple of 100 students and should an infection occur this would render possible to isolate on the a section of the school and not the entire school in the very however an entire school would be closed with this of learning being implemented and in case of a 2nd wave of infections all schools will be close and all classes would be moved into distance learning a manual as a result of coal there's

a push for liberalizing home schooling laws in germany remains illegal here could we see modernizing education become part of penn demick control efforts well there's definitely been a reshuffling of cards in terms of education culture keep in mind that many teachers weren't trained for example to be distance learning teachers and there's also a cost that comes with that they need to be trained and a cost for children and the parents to acquire the relevant material for online classes and the federal government blocked millions in phones for children to get the digital equipment for example and this led to a whole we thinking of the school structure and you mentioned the question of homeschooling lines i've definitely moving but that's a new situation for everyone for schools for children for parents and for society as a whole to rethink a traditional model of education there certainly is a lot of that going on right now emanuel thanks very much for coming in today thank you. let's get you up to date down some of the other developments in the pandemic

the world health organization has warned that there may never be what it called a silver bullet for kovan number of vaccines are in clinical trial but it's still not clear how much protection they can provide the number of cases in latin america has surpassed 5000000 it's the region hardest hit by the pandemic and australia's deploy its military to enforce new lockdown rules in the state of victoria anyone caught breaching orders to stay at home will now face big fines and mainland china and hong kong have reported fewer cases stricter measures appear to be having an effect there also in the headlines today u.s. president donald trump and his company may have engaged in quote extensive and for track to criminal conduct that's according to a new filing by a new york prosecutors trying to obtain the president's tax records the president calls a fraud investigation part of an ongoing witch hunt. hurricane is i.e.s.

has made landfall on the u.s. east coast with winds of about 140 kilometers per hour forecasters warn of storm surges dangerous winds heavy rains in parts of north and south carolina. the category one hurricane is forecast to move northward along the eastern seaboard. wells to china now and moved by the chinese government to suppress islam have been widely reported on of late but now it appears the buddhists have also become targets for the communist party's leaders temples have been forced to cancel services buildings have been demolished in hundreds of statues have been destroyed . mathias berlinger sent us this. real meaning is a devout buddhist leo is not his real name he's afraid of repercussions in his hometown see on wouldst have come under pressure from the government since they

started protesting against the destruction of the buddhist sites in the outskirts of the city a 3 phase statue of wind in the d.t. of mercy in chinese buddhism is bound for demolition. suddenly the government fenced the statue off they are doing works inside but they haven't informed society about the reasons for the destruction. this is left as buddhist and those who worship the goddess of guanine inside and outside china quite the wilderness. the 3 faced one in and allege ace and monastery were built in 2002 when a company donated the giant statue to the buddhist community made of white jade quickly gained fame. i am trying to take a look at the site the statue is located in

a mountainous region about an hour's drive from the city center. the decision to the statue in these mountains was not a coincidence it isn't has a long history in. this area is something like the cradle of chinese what isn't many of the buddhist classics with 1st translated from sanskrit into chinese in monasteries located in this area we approached the statue where security guards up posted at their roadside stopping and taking pictures of the demolition is strictly prohibited the government does not want these images to spread on social media we can only feel them out of the car window. it is unclear how far the demolition has already gone activists have written to the government and complained on social media of the conservation of the statue just as of the asians as far as malaysia have protested against its demolition to no avail.

c.n.n. is an ancient capital of china tourists from all over the world come to see its historic sites including its buddhist heritage but in recent years the government has pushed for a revival of communist ideology even inside dot untempered the world famous buddhist heritage the sign reminds visitors to uphold socialist values. not only on buddhism but also on christianity and islam the chinese government is exercising immense pressure on religion and compared to the latter to buddhism is treated even more leniently. the government considers it to be more in line with their norms but i've witnessed that pressure on buddhist temples myself and their activity is increasing. and the pace is picking up as well temples have been forced to cancel religious events monasteries have had some of the

buildings demolished experts estimate that the 3 phase is just one of up to $800.00 statues that have been destroyed years. let's bring in a reporter who put that together for us mathias bowling joining us from beijing good day to you mathias a very disturbing report in a lot of ways why is this push coming now to destroy these outward symbols of china's ancient spiritual heritage its buddhist urge you know these statues these some experts estimate 800 statues that have been destroyed in recently years they're mostly statues that have been newly erected in the past 2030 years when the country was moving towards a more liberal. attitude on religions on this has been completely reversed and these symbols of spirituality of buddhist spirituality but also christian and

muslim symbols have been removed in recent years as the push to reestablish the dominance of communist ideology and the ideological power off the party so this is something that's ancient for this heritage that is protected and and as we've also seen that that is exists as as cultural heritage but displays of religious spiritualism are being driven out of the public view now we heard from one member of the british faithful in your report there he was talking about the massive pressure that's also on the country's muslim and christians right now can you tell us something about that. yes there is there are huge compay against religion and targeting several religions

islam is targeted in a campaign in western china in the region of sin john where ethnic minorities are forcefully being assimilated and religion as a part of their cultural identity is suppressed is nearly forbidding for them to practice religion there is also pressure on other muslim groups that are less ethnically distinct and the pressure is lower but they have also been some of their mosques for example destroyed or most that were built in oriental architecture had to be remodeled into something chinese and churches had their crosses removed christian ancient christian communities there have been a few regions where we have a traditional christian society some villages have been christian they are under huge pressure is newly founded churches are under huge pressure pastors have been arrested and so on and so on all this is

a push to establish the ideological rule of the communist party and christianity and islam are targeted harder than buddhism one has to say that because they're seen as foreign religions and they also open the window for for example extra activities of missionaries this is something the communist party has feared for a long time but it targets religion as being religion and it is thanks very much for bringing us up to date on this broad crackdown on on virtually all spiritual practices it looks like in china thanks very much. well microsoft isn't talks with the chinese own video sharing app to talk to buy its u.s. business the american software giant says it wants to seal a deal by the middle of september behind that deadline are concerns that any future deals could be difficult as tensions mount between the u.s. and china. office life today would be unthinkable without microsoft word

and excel but so far the world's leading software producer hasn't had a social media hit among young people that however could be about to change. president donald trump is giving chinese own social media platform tick-tock 45 days to sell its u.s. business a chance for microsoft 2 8 3 2 2 4 8 9. tick-tock is an internationally successful social video platform that allows users to upload edit and mima 5 short clips and watch clips created by others available worldwide it's owned by chinese company by dance that's a problem for the u.s. government trump wants to curb beijing's influence in the united states along with other chinese companies by dance is under pressure but china isn't backing down. well look we call on some individuals in the u.s.

to listen carefully to the voices of the international community to provide an open and fair environment for each market and its investments in operations in the u.s. to stop politicizing economic and trade issues to stop abusing the concept of national security to promote discriminatory policies at how to. in beijing residents say they're surprised that an app has been dragged into a fight between politicians. yet i think that i think it's because the united states china relationship has really deteriorated recently. actually sound value we use many apps and software is that were developed by the us take talk has been successfully gaining many users around the world but i didn't expect that due to political reasons this could affect the economy and even add users personally damaging is it not so far microsoft successful ventures into the world of social media have. limited to linked in platform for career professionals

but this deal with tic toc could give microsoft a larger market share with younger millennialism generations ahead with pressure from the u.s. government on tech talk microsoft says it's looking to purchase the american business operations by september the 15th. to the u.s. presidential race now and democratic candidate joe biden is expected to announce his choice of running mate over the next 2 weeks back in march he committed to choosing a woman as his vice president since then dozens of names have been floated as possibilities let's take a look now at 4 top contenders for that position. one person seen as having a good chance of becoming biden's running mate is camilla harris observers say she takes lots of boxes she's a person of color something seen as crucial given the current ructions over racism in the u.s. . she's also someone the public knows well having tried to secure the democratic

nomination herself before withdrawing to support biden in march crucially she has a reputation as a fierce and competent debater. however critics fear there could be a lack of personal chemistry between her and biden something some say could be a drawback for her. senator elizabeth warren is another well known face she too for to tough campaign to become the democratic nominee. was. the one she brings experience and is biden is demanding the ability to do the job on day one but her age could work against her some also worry she could alienate republican swing voters by being too progressive and too liberal. then there is senator tommy duckworth a veteran who lost both legs during the iraq war supporters say her military credentials and her personal narrative may well appeal to conservatives frustrated

with trying. as a tie american she's also from an ethnically diverse background and hailing from the midwest some think she could also give biden the edge when it comes to battleground states such as michigan but others fear her lack of experience on the national stage could be a disadvantage. but another figure thought to be in contention is former national security adviser susan rice protector of north korea she also served as u.s. ambassador to the u.n. under the obama administration and as such has a wealth of foreign policy expertise including on russia and china. at $55.00 she's also relatively young but to try to say one chink could be that she's never run for public office. this choice sore to be perhaps the most important one in joe biden's campaign. as paul explains why wife presidential picks have been often

seen as bringing a strengths where the candidate has a weakness whether that's influence in a certain bell ground state or the ability to attract voters from different age groups mike pence for example was picked to have donald trump secured the bones from the evan jelly cols however this year's interest in the pick of the democratic candidate joe biden is and president it as everything in this year's election cycle the main reason for that is biden's age he would be 78 years old on inauguration day the oldest person ever to become the president of the united states and that means his v.p. is literally only one heartbeat away from one of the most important political jobs in the world in addition to biden is not only old but also a white man he already has announced that he will pick a woman to get the crucial suburban women vote in these times of the black lives matter movement many say he has to pick

a black woman to secure the african-american vote and with a pandemic he also needs someone who people trust to guide the states out of the economic crisis and there are the former bernie sanders supporters they do not like biden at all to win their wards he needs a candidate who stands for a more progressive agenda so this pick might be the most crucial decisions joe biden has to make during the whole election campaign. spain's former king juan carlos is reported to have abruptly left the country as departure comes amid scandal over alleged illegal payments linked to a rail project in saudi arabia and a letter to a song in philippe a former monarch said he was leaving the country so they could work unhindered by the charges. the news is rocks by. juan carlos the former

spanish king is going into exile it's not been announced where he's heading he says he's done so to protect the money from scandal but his decision his outrage many spaniards who is only this is really bad he should pay the money back. it's a heist he decision he should stay and defend himself in court like the rest of us . prosecutors have long been investigating kwan colace the monarchy is facing accusations he took a kickback from saudi arabia when spanish companies won a contract to build around the way between mecca and medina there the king's former lover and a victim stein is suspected to have received the broad money spanish journalists were given late types with helping to hide the some. the king made a fortune especially in the united arab emirates and the gulf states and also saudi

arabia. he kept it gifts and donations and then he set up an elaborate financial structure to conceal that money. to me about a better deal is. that republicans have been capitalizing on the royal scandal by organizing protests against the royal family they're hoping spaniards of had enough. of the corruption doesn't just involve a few bad apples demonstrating against the money he has a corrupt system of innocence and they want to. punk carlos allegedly continued to finance a lavish lifestyle with the laundered money after he abdicated the throne he could still face charges of the matter but now he's put a little distance between himself and sun king philippe and between himself and prosecutors norway has announced restrictions on cruises along its coast after

dozens were affected with corona virus on board a ship cruise liners bearing more than $100.00 people will be barred from norwegian ports hurtigruten was the 1st cruise line to resume operations back in june now it's facing criticism that it restarted prematurely police are investigating whether breaches of coronavirus regulations led to the outbreak on the m.s. roald amundsen the ship is not up to interim so well local authorities are scrambling to prevent the fire us from spreading. the purity of the highest priority now is to follow up on those who have tested positive and to prevent further infection. and as we know the disease has a certain incubation time so it will take a while before we understand the full consequences of break all equal sequence all the. crew and passengers were infected on 2 july cruises between the

mainland and to the occupied ago in the arctic circle or thora cheese fear the ship may have spread the virus to dozens of towns and villages along norway's coast critics say hurtigruten was too slow to inform people after the 1st case was identified the company has admitted mistakes were made a 1st offense to regulate us for insertable we have very sorry for the situation that has occurred while working intensively with the municipality together with national infection control bodies. norwegian authorities taking any chances they're closing ports to cruise ships for at least 14 days for an industry already down billions in revenue the latest outbreak is a major blow as it seeks to persuade passengers that returning to its ships is safe . time now to ride a potentially lethal 50 foot monster wave with american surfer olsen olsen is the

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