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this is the doubly new slot from birth been mandatory coronavirus tasting begins for travelers arriving in germany testing stations are open at arrival terminals and border crossings as concerns grow for the sick and why even of the pen to make changes many the new rules apply to any one of arriving from regions deemed to be high risk also coming to. the u.n. borders of an impending humanitarian disaster in lebanon following the deadly blasts that ripped through the capital i report was completely destroyed in the thirty's and now worried about maintaining food stocks. and
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a passenger plane skidded off the runway media and breaks into. it in the express flight with almost 200 people on board slid off the runway well runway while landing in the state of caracas. imagine how bookham travels arriving in germany i'm going mad the pre-testing for corona virus after a surgeon infections across the country the new rules apply to any one of arriving from regions deemed to be heart risk those who refuse the test could face fines of up to 25000 euros the need testing requirement comes as experts warn the germany could be seeing its 2nd wife of the pandemic with new cases rising to over 1000.
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well let's speak now to our correspondent conrad burns and who's at a frankfurt airport can read the phrase countries deemed to be high risk stands out he travelers returning from where exactly will be subject to these new testing rules. and so the list is very very long it's permanently updated by the german robert cock institute which is you know the national institute in charge of corona the list starts with afghanistan and its ends with the central african republic that in german you spell with azad at the beginning of course the countries with the highest factions are on this list the united states brazil russia but also a few regions out of the european union the spanish regions of gone and barcelona the belgian region of antwerp and parts of. parts of parts of romania
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where you come to germany from one of those countries countries you need testing testing as mandatory. and if you don't have a test results yet you have to go in quarantine for up to 14 days. testing in airports has been somewhat problematic in other parts of the world how will this testing work in germany. well what i can tell you is that testing here at the frankfurt airport works really really smoothly you know at the moment what you can see behind me is probably a large queue of people waiting to be tested a couple of minutes ago this queue was much longer whatever you know when you add plain scared in people have to fill out a passenger locator card which is being collected that's basically the information for the health authorities in germany to know that somebody might be
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a risk person and that they might have to screen you know with random testing whether or not the people really got tested or whether they quarantine here at the airport everything has been equipped very well many boosts. with people taking the test many people giving the passengers the necessary information and you don't have to do the testing here you can also do it with your you know general practitioner at all with health authorities where you live can represent at frankfurt airport thank you very much. to lebanon now and the united nations is warning of a humanitarian catastrophe after the massive explosions that ripped through the capital beirut on tuesday you imagine seaside they are struggling as they try to support hundreds of thousands of people in need of help the blasts destroyed the
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port in beirut which was lebanon for imported goods essential wheat and now in desperately short supply. massive quantities of grain spilled across beirut's harbor another crisis looming for the city as food supplies become more scarce rescue teams have had a hard time looking for survivors buildings are smashed together finding spaces where people may still be trapped is a race against time we did you go our experience is that people can still be found alive up to 80 hours after an explosion or an earthquake so we still have hope. 16 port workers have been detained others are under house arrest as public anger grows. protests broke out overnight following months of demonstrations against corruption and cronyism many see the explosions as the result of official
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incompetence the ammonium nitrate was stored improperly for more than 6 years it appears to have come to beirut in 2013 on a cargo ship that was seized in the port the ship's russian captain says lebanese officials were not ignorant about what they were dealing with. the authorities knew it was dangerous cargo. they should have paid the owner to take it away instead they seized the ship but. despite everything volunteers are helping build a makeshift hospital for the most desperate cases reconstructing the rest of what's been lost will be a massive undertaking. or for more we're joined by lisa has to choose with a use humanitarian eye mission in the lebanese capital isa 5 days from the blast that shook the city how is lot of people by it worse.
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so i would say what i. people are still shaking like a was a shock to everyone. so the area. destroyed there is significant that there is a residence there buildings insanity of the area. the people are. so pretty clearly from the you describe it there is much that is needed in beirut but what is a current lead that is the most urgently needed. so i think the priorities at the moment are the ongoing search and rescue operation so that still teams on the ground teams come across has been teams the medical teams in the port area and the residential area right so that is the very 1st priority. but of course with the site being destroyed in the 4th area. to get to hear it to the east of.
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the world food program hills. you know. and then our. health care situation is another mangy major concern so the blog is over it has damage and infrastructure including hospitals including health. so we know that there are 3 major hospitals in very hard and heavily damaged and that comes in a situation where the health care system was already under heavy strain give it 1000 situation and the front line workers are exhausted. from the need to monetary admission in the lebanese capital thanks for talking. to take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. u.s. president donald trump has warned about foreign interference in november's presidential election he's talked in intelligence official says russia china and
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iran will try to meddle using this information and other means to influence voters trump said he believed all 3 countries wanted him to lose. have been protests in brazil against president jaya balsa naras handling of the corona virus pandemic this is the country's death toll is the 100000 the latin america has now overtaken europe as the region with the most coronavirus ditz. in india at least i think people were killed and more than 100 injured when a passenger plane skidded off the runway in the southern city of cory code the india express flight from it was carrying 190 passengers and crew heavy monsoon rain appears to have played a part in the fresh. eye witnesses described the plane's fuselage breaking apart as it fell into a file a some 10 meters below. the boeing 737
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flight from dubai was repatriated indian citizens stranded by the coronavirus pandemic i dissolves just for passengers that had waited months to fly home and reunite with their families. among the victims were the 2 pilots as well as at least one young child but you could be put behind a child under a box on the plane as soon as i picked her up her head had serious injuries small child one and a half years old i took the child in the car if she was in the ambulance maybe she could have been saved i took her to the hospital but she died so i mean sort of with. the remaining passengers and crew rescued from the rubble are being treated at several hospitals in the city. many are in critical condition. but the. indian prime minister modi tweeted his condolences to the families of the victims. of the heavy rain has battered the area in
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recent days i may have caused the aircraft to overshoot the runway. i think still say that whilst rescue operations are over they fear the death toll could rise. obama versus getting ready to hold its most hotly contested presidential election in his and there are clear signs the government is seeking to quieten the media rights groups say several reporters have been arrested including freelance journalist alexander brokaw who reports for de wu he's been sentenced to 10 days in prison meaning he'll be able to cover the election president alexander the pushing is facing a wave of dissent of his dismissal of the covered 19 pandemic and his human rights record. my mom france and germany are calling on president lukashenko government to ensure that sunday's election is free and fair they w.
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correspondent you are shift has more on the bill of rights selection and the push for change. tens of thousands of people have come to the capital means speed recent days. she's turning incumbent president alexander lukashenko and has become the face of the opposition here. i don't want to be silent anymore i don't want to be afraid are you also tired of staying silent. but. doesn't want to be president in case she wins she has promised to release all political prisoners and then call new elections she's campaigning out of solidarity with her husband is a popular blog to give to her who wanted to run for the presidency himself but was
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not authorized. she had traveled across the country revealing abuses of power corruption and poverty and was charged with inciting popular unrest. this is completely arbitrary in our country we just eliminate the competition but i look back now to such as it is really it's unfair it shouldn't be allowed he was jailed over nothing here now they're making him into an enemy of the people it's a dictatorship. navasky isn't alone and challenging. 3 other candidates have stayed in the presidential race with. sheriff chin. parts got ya's and andree dimitry and as they all know they have virtually no chance of winning but they aren't giving up. in
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a dictatorship victory doesn't mean bringing an election victory is mobilizing society did change things because of what. believes that the people of bel-air roups are ready for a new chapter. p. . if you can show you just thank you. i can literally feel the unity of my compatriots their self-confidence and pride at finally being a people that is ready for change. i need to we could simply mean a president lukashenko has rule to the country for 26 c.m.'s and sense he's confident of victory. in sensing sic. has revealed himself to be a poor little girl who doesn't know what she's doing. and a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you this hour.
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