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visit interview news live from berlin the number of corner virus cases in india tops 2000000 but experts fear the true number of could be much higher as infection spiraled into densely packed megacities. here in germany health officials told so sound the alarm over a spike in infections there are fears that returning the kitchener's could bring the virus fact with them and concerns over schools reopen. also coming up lebanon's leadership faces growing anger over incompetence and corruption following the deadly blasts in the capital beirut international donors pledging aid for
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rebuilding but to demand high level reforms from what that. plus the u.s. stepped up efforts to digitally decouple from china a new executive order target social media sensation take top down to china's payment and messaging service we checked. i'm sumi so much contacts good to have you with us the number of corona virus cases in india has topped 2000000 the national caseload has doubled in less than a month health experts fear the true numbers could be even higher especially in india as densely packed mega cities where there is limited access to health care and yet restrictions are still being lifted. 2000000 cases off a deadly highly contagious virus these on all of the scenes you expect. yet india seems to have to conclude with 19 minutes trade. shopkeeper at the needle is
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keeping busy in. the business this fos lower than what it once was he is just glad to be up and running once more difficult about you know life has to start again everyone knows that we need to take precautions people know that they have to maintain social distancing because things are going to stay this way. despite the high caseload people are still finding via short instant other numbers out of every teakwood 1000 patients in india have recovered the official mortality of each is low as well and delhi has set an example in june that he pet care costs october home bend by a dramatic rise in cases bought with the draft the best thing in isolation today that it probably didn't stand that 90 percent there could be more than meets the eye in the sample survey the delhi government found that a fault of the people who tested had had the good or not by this. this would mean
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5000000 cases in delhi alone yet people seem confident. but doesn't the big one please them you have to move on and see if these basic it is within our hands only we have to take precautions and move on or noble and look at the hospitals are doing better people were getting pushed around while in line for treatment but now they're getting help there's no longer anything to be afraid of there's no problem we're doing ok. india does have the was fostered growing our great normalcy however seems to be steadily fighting its way back. that report from iceland she joins us from delhi for more on the story misha there are now more than 2000000 coronavirus cases in india and that number has jumped from 1000000 just 3 weeks ago how this happened. well that's only despite the fact that it's in that shop which i think in the indian government has committed to it
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spending what it's what it's unlawfully there is in all this unlawful sheikh dolls and it has actually thought jims and thickness and does back to access a little bit it's not just a night with it was also meant to the movements over the last 2 months we have seen more and more pockets and shops will not offices open back up and a lot more people are out and about as that is this could be part of your deal of the spread of the virus in addition india's population density is extremely high it's much trying not to give you an idea about just how high it is which is also meant that he's movement off to do months off the strip does not don't provide the seed which existed in a look at me has meant that by this is shabby it's not a level of the government also that increasing numbers could be because of increased testing that's what one section numbers as we said michaud they are rising fast yet the fatality rate is about 2 percent that is far lower compared to
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other hard hit countries like the us or brazil why is that. well there are several factors that experts are pointing out so we could be india's commission on you why i'm for indians is the fight there's a huge in and in addition to this there is a high it's also and there's a high threat and then off infections of the of this specially when you bring into question lots of countries that hype it you should let the you keep on top of the 15 percent which are today but in addition there could be also detail points. which are causing the slaughter to do it why don't you know why it is that this increase testing the proportion of deaths is becoming smaller and smaller and experts are also concerned that perhaps india's not recording all the deaths that have been caused by corona virus and to do that because what if these instead however was also true that this would only be a margin of things well the coronavirus restrictions have been a big blow to india's economy how do you think prime minister monday is likely to
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respond now that the number of cases has passed 2000000. but only the prime minister as well as other senior government ministers insistence at the size of this fight against the good although others will be along be have come out again. these 2 months laptop and destructions and the cautions actually since you've acknowledged these restrictions. however the indian government is also still standing on its dots that india and indians must learn to live the good on how does the economy cannot cannot stay shut and what and that india is instead going to focus on health. and also what was in solutions like drought and vaccine trials and dollars as well so and the is another example. committed to not imposing the strict knocked on the shalit is looking increasingly unlikely as people put that into a lot of ice and name is such as we're reporting in delhi thank you for that update
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. here watching the news still to come on our show in the wake of the deadly blasts in beirut lebanon is leadership faces growing anger over incompetence and corruption international donors pledge aid for rebuilding but demand top level reforms from within. but 1st let's take a look at some more developments in the coronavirus had that make health experts in the u.s. have projected that the number of coronavirus deaths in america could reach 300005 december 1st africa's confirmed corona virus infections have exceeded 1000000 but experts warned that the true number is likely much higher because testing rates are low officials in australia as hard hit victoria state say the infection rate has been relatively flat in the past week after mandatory mask wearing rules came into effect and the u.k. has added more countries to its quarantine list travellers returning from belgium andorra and the bahamas will now need to self isolate for 14 days. here in germany
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hundreds of students have been sent home from 2 schools in the northern state of mecklenburg western pomerania a teacher and a student have tested positive in the 1st week of the new school year health officials are now worried about a steady climb in infections the number of new cases nationwide has topped the 1000 for the 2nd consecutive day. summertime and the leavings easy. the threat of the coronavirus is waning for many in the country. i don't think about it at all not at all. one day country remember to wear your mask. but when you leave public areas it's easy to forget from your own. discipline is folding to the wayside people are letting their guard down because the threat doesn't seem so serious anymore according to the psychologists.
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stuff does people are at a point where they think of testing the limits something maybe i can take my mask off here when it's actually necessary. and other person sees that and then there's a snowball effect of people not wearing masks missed. the numbers are rising germany's public health institute has recorded more than a 1000 coronavirus cases twice this week the highest number of new infections in 3 months officials are growing concerned. in shots so how does a sweeping the virus unchecked is a marathon and a team effort we can only do it together you might see. an increasing number of clusters have emerged there's also the danger of people bringing back the virus from other countries frankfurt airport is offering free voluntary tests and
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starting this saturday returning to germany from high risk areas will be required to take a test free of charge if it's taken within 3 days. of a voice i am very aware that this is an infringement on personal freedom but i think it's a reasonable one if. those who don't get tested in time face a fine of up to 25000 euros so will there be steep fines for those who don't wear masks or practice social distancing this government official says yes it's good you're someone who's going to there are seats in germany that already have penalties in place and i have the feeling that people are becoming more aware of the importance of wearing masks but if it's necessary then tough penalties should be implemented so you'd. the carefree summer while trying to contain the virus a balancing act for germany how worried are germans about the next stage of the pen to make a new door slam tend to poll suggests not much it found that 59 percent think the
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government's current measures are adequate. let's get some analysis now with our political correspondent kate brady who is standing by for us hi kate you know we saw 20000 people in berlin last week demonstrating against the government's coronavirus research restrictions about this poll shows a clear majority still support those measures is that surprising i think that's not surprising to me if you look at some of the people that were out on the streets last week yes there were 20000 of them yes they were allowed but they are still very much a minority here in germany in a very unlikely mix of people as well who united at the weekend people from the fall left from the far right conspiracy theorists and corona deny a so certainly not a representation of the majority of germans right now but interestingly there are they all growing coldplay for the measures to be more strictly implemented even
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a political level as well several politicians now calling for a crackdown on people who violate measures in place here in germany particularly when it comes to obligatory mask wearing so we could see more personnel for example on the germany's rail networks making sure that people are indeed wearing those face masks while another restriction we've seen on thursday germany's health minister announced that travelers coming back from high risk regions will face mandatory testing let's take a look at what the survey tells us about reactions to that now the testing applies to people returning from most countries outside of the european union and 93 percent of respondents say they support that measure which kicks in on saturday so kate how is this actually going to work in practice and how will it be enforced. well the main focus 1st and foremost is on as of tomorrow as he says of sas as a anyone returning from an area the german government deems as a high risk area will have to be tested when they arrive in germany unless they
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have a negative test a typical that is no older than 48 hours and this is something that the government is not taking lightly anyone who refuses to take a test could face a fine of up to 25000 euro's and that is a debate though among the public as well right now about who should be footing the bill for these tasks particularly for people who are returning from higher risk areas where they were taking part in a necessary travel many people saying that this shouldn't be funded by the state if people have made that decision to go to a high risk area in the 1st place and said that individual people should be footing the bill instead of the big concern in schools they are starting to reopen now there are social distancing and hygiene measures in place for a lot of families are still concerned let's look at some numbers on that now 58 percent of parents with school age children so they believe schools are poorly prepared to deal with the pandemic. but at the same time he
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a lot of parents do want to see their children back in school of course so what can they expect moving forward. absolutely well there's a lot of factors to take into consideration by you on the health side one of the big questions is whether masks you should be obligatory at schools particularly during lessons in the classrooms and also on the other hand you have how well prepared schools are in terms of the education that children are going to get especially now that many of them will be in smaller groups to make sure that there will be social if the children will be socially distanced from each of the but already we're seeing how these measures of playing out we heard earlier today that 2 schools in mecklenburg western pomerania up in northern germany have already closed after a teacher tested positive a high school and child tested positive at a primary school and it seems that in the coming weeks as more and more states go back to school headlines like those could become all too familiar in the german
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press our political correspondent kate brady good to talk to you. lebanon's leadership is facing growing anger over the deadly blasts that have killed more than $150.00 people and injured thousands more shock is turning to fury authorities responded with force when protesters gathered outside parliament opponents accuse the government of corruption incompetence and failing to avert an economic meltdown . french president of mine on my call flew in to beirut promising aid from the international community but he also says there will be no blank checks and he insists there must be internal perform from the top. as the people of beirut come together to clean up the debris from tuesday's catastrophic explosion world leaders are lining up to provide aid to. french president landed in beirut addressing the anger felt by the people towards the corruption regarded as
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making the glass possible and that has plagued the country for decades he has also promised assistance. but what i can guarantee you is that this aid will be transparent it will go to the field and it will not go in the hands of the corrupt was. lebanon as a former french protectorate and the 2 countries still have close ties to de. surrounded by crowds mccraw and listen to me outrage and pleas for help chance of revolution and the regime sounded all around. here i am here today i am going to propose a new political pact this afternoon and i will come back by september 1st and if it has not been up tamed i will take responsibility for it. across and later announce the launch of an international conference in the coming days with the aim of raising funds to support the people of beirut.
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which even got to believe we are no longer able. to continue this way but in this situation people do not have enough money to continue what they started with the country cannot take it anymore but it might come since we have been fighting for 50 years in order to raise our family in these circumstances that we live in now are finished we have been working for our retirement but they finish the. job good night from my. hopes rest on an international aid effort to pull together so the residents of beirut can rebuild their homes their city and their community. let's bring in our correspondent in the lebanese capital with us now and people have been protesting near the parliament in beirut what more can you tell us about that. indeed 2 new people there was there were.
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clashes between the security forces and if that's true and anti government demonstration that took place yesterday near did it in his argument. and the security forces deployed to get on dozens of protesters who gathered around the parliament to ask the government to resign as they've been in the government is responsible for the explosion that took place on tuesday because the 2750 tons of sand when you're nitrate where you store it in a warehouse and words with no proper security measures. the reason we saw those images of the french president walking through the streets of beirut he has promised international assistance to lebanon but he's also calling on the country's leaders to launch anti-corruption reforms how is that message received. yes this morning that is a very. they took into custody 16 individuals and
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as part of an investigation into the data that supports the explosion and on the other hand they assigned an investigative that commits and they gave the committee 40 days in order to to a clean voice responsibility for this explosion and they're the central bank and through was ordered to freeze the accounts of heads of the bin use customs and they would support a fission. and on the other parents 44000 and it binion's that you can find and a 90 percent asking to play nice to have an arm under the pension and basically the next 10 years since they completely lost it shows in their own government and its ability to manage the country well it's important to mention that a lot of people are still missing i mean how is the rescue effort going. when their rescue efforts are used to progress and just said this morning to that bodies were
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found under the rubble and officials they expect death toll to rise within the next few hours as since the rescue efforts are still in progress and the minister has just announced this is the position just an hour that's $150.00 quid you can wait that's after the explosion more than $5000.00 people were injured and that and on with 300000 last completely lost their. reporting from beirut thank you now amid images of death destruction and despair in beirut one video has gone viral for capturing a few moments of beauty and peace despite all the pain. an elderly lebanese woman was filmed playing the piano surrounded by shattered glass and debris in her damaged a with apartment the 78 year old's performance of the traditional scottish folk
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song all the lang syne has been shared widely on social media as a symbol of loss but also of hope. or let's get a round up of some other news now sri lanka's ruling party led by the powerful rajapaksa brothers has won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections with a 2 thirds majority the s.l.p. party can now amend the constitution to expand powers for president got the buyout of hoxha and ensure that his older brother by him keeps his job as prime minister. thousands of young doctors in south korea have staged a one day strike and gathered in the capital seoul they are angry at government plans to expand admissions to medical schools as a way of resolving their shortage of doctors critics say that plan would nurture low quality medical schools and worsen the quality of health care. thousands of
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baby sea turtles have been released into the wild by conservationists on indonesia's island of bali beingness to raise awareness of the new to protect the endangered species the population of sea turtles has declined significantly because of poaching pollution and habitat destruction. is a trade dispute now moving into the digital world u.s. president donald trump escalated tensions with china on thursday by issuing an executive order that forces americans to stop using chinese owned apps tick-tock and we check the movie gets to talk the world's fastest growing social media site was expected the ban on we chat was not. in just 6 weeks those uploading videos like this one to mobile app to talk could find themselves on the wrong side of us watch. the u.s. has around 100000000 tick-tock users but not for much longer.
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on thursday washington issued an executive order banning u.s. transactions to tick tocks parent company the white house believes the app threatens national security saying it allows china's communist party to spy on u.s. citizens china refutes that saying the u.s. is merely upping the ante in the ongoing trade conflict with the u.s. taking national security as an excuse frequently abuses national power and unreasonably suppresses companies of other countries this is an outright hegemonic act china is firmly opposed to it the controversy centers around this company by dance based in beijing it owns numerous apps including tick-tock and residents in beijing were not happy about the american moves. because i don't agree with this move from the us it restricts the free business growth of tech talk but it also affects those american youth who like tech talk so much. it will be
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a while back i don't want to use american products anymore and i will support the chinese alternatives and economics often lions wouldn't be that way that the. recently u.s. software company microsoft expressed interest in buying tick tock from byte dance the white house says if a u.s. company bought the app the ban could be avoided the u.s. government's executive order also focuses on 10 cent holdings the chinese owner of we chat hugely popular in china the messaging and social media could soon be banned in the united states as well. as sports now in formula one the racing point team has been fined 400000 euros and docked 15 points in the constructors' championship after the sport's governing body upheld a complaint against them we know had protested at the last 3 races that racing points break ducts were a copy of those on last year's title winning mercedes car the f.i.a. has now agreed even though when the car was being designed brake ducts were not on
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the list of parts that may not be copied by other teams the decision moves racing point below 0 in the constructors' standing. football now and after the 1st leg of the champions league round of 16 took place way back in february real madrid finally visit manchester city to complete the match up the spaniards have an uphill task as they try to overturn a $21.00 deficit and they'll have to do so without one of their star players gareth bale has chosen to stay behind in spain there's more it's a rare sight these days got a bail kicking a football in real madrid colors the lesser spotted welshman didn't train with his team mates in england ahead of their clash with manchester city though and according to his manager that is purely the players' decision. i know many things have been said. but there's a respectful relationship between the club and the player. but all i will say is that he preferred not to play for the rest is between us and him. and only.
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sources close to bale say he told the don that he didn't want to travel because so often recently he knew he would be left out of the team whatever the real reason behind bill's absence a few clubs could do without a 100000000 euro signing and expect to win a game but rio are one of those despite his side being 21 up from the 1st leg city manager pep guardiola knows he is up against top quality players and a wily operator in sudan. interesting going to lose it when i think you've got one of his tactical plans covered you'll hit you with another or revert to the one that you thought he would start with so it's very very difficult to analyze me if you have one and if the former barcelona player does win the tactical battle over rio he'll take his side into the quarterfinals on the step closer to the champions league glory that city's big spending owners crave. you're watching
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