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a medical emergency. has nearly wiped out. and in china more than 100000 people out of vacuity as floodwaters threaten lives and. welcome to. glad you could join us all thought of cheese in south korea bowls district social distancing measures in the capital seoul and neighboring areas to fight a sudden increase in coronavirus cases the country has just its highest daily rise since march nightclubs karaoke bars and some other to establishment in seoul and the surrounding areas of incheon and young have been ordered to close theirs destructions also on gatherings of people indoors and outdoors the new measures are

meant to keep in check the growing number of cases many of which have been traced to a church congregation. a place of worship at the center of souls corona virus outbreak more than 600 cases have been connected to a site until church the church building and its surroundings are now sealed off local residents are frustrated i'm not always in but here you go if you look at what our government action came too late for us to cope with the outbreak. the government should have forcibly suppressed that church they handled this too softly that this does too much harm to residents. to mean that on to the people to critique. only days before the shutdown of certain jail its leader chunk one who organized in large rallies raising fears that the virus may have spread that to the boys for the church say the government is overreacting i think that's entirely up

to you know the government trying to expand the scope of covert 900 tests into the church with unprecedented abuse of authority. the past week has seen south korean case numbers rise to 3 digit highs only months ago the country was praise for getting the outbreak under control through testing and tracing. restrictions have now been reimposed on gatherings in seoul and its surroundings including neighboring incheon and chunky provinces museums churches nightclubs and restaurants have to close again. she groom harm your mother told it over here if we can regain control over the virus now we will have to consider raising the social distancing to level 3 and that would have a large impact on our economy and people's livelihoods south korea may be on the brink of a new coronavirus crisis with the prospect of restrictions being greedy introduced nationwide. german offer more as correspondent frank smith

from a circle frank south korean prime minister. said there was a possibility of mission wide pandemic what is the government's strategy in fighting this new outbreak. well the 1st thing they did was they raise the level of social distancing rules from level one to level 2 in a 3 level sort of system they've also banned indoor gatherings of more than 50 people banned outdoor gatherings of more than 100 people suggested that people stay home for a couple of weeks public facilities the 12 sort of high risk venue's have been shut down those are public facilities 'd as i mentioned bars and nightclubs as well they're also very aggressively conducting contact tracing of

members of that church that was involved in the demonstrations on saturday and trying to get more beds available human south korea is now over the past 5 days there are more than a 1000 new cases here. this is perhaps of the 2nd time frank that the charge finds itself of the. brick in south korea how are people responding to this. well there's been an extraordinary level of inconveniences that this resurgence in the virus is causing for example people that have made wedding reservations now are going to be charged for cancelling they made big deposits because in south korea weddings are huge occasions and people are you know engaging in online petitions calling for the government to to help individuals that are being you know facing these charges be reimbursed also schools are scrambling to implement new

coded 19 guidelines in terms of the number of students they'll accept in their classes it had been something like one 3rd of students would be attending classes and then 2 thirds if they were in outlying areas all of those now are being revisited as the country deals with this sort of growing resurgence in the cove it $900.00 pandemic here now annoyer for the charge which find that some of the center of this controversy has accused the government off the court unprecedented abuse of a thought and say what is behind that statement. june 1 whom the lead pastor of the serin jail church in northern soul has been a vocal critic of the south korean leadership in and president moon j a n he's been previously implicated in some tax fraud and illegal electioneering prior to the previous elections he labels the mungy in

government to a communist regime that he would like to see overturned any he often demonstrates against the president with thousands of people in downtown seoul calling for the ouster of mungy and this was the case just this past saturday august 15th when thousands of. church members his congregation came out to demonstrate in the south korean capital he 'd has been asked to provide a list of all those that have attended he's been accused of withholding the names of people and providing inaccurate information to the government he's also him selfe the the minister has contracted couvade 19 as well so this is an ongoing story that the government's trying to scramble to contact trace all those that may have developed cove in 1900 symptoms following this massive demonstration

that took place this past saturday frank smyth thank you so much and in time they're called on a vow to spend democrats with the country's bigger neural sex trade haad the once bustling red light district devoid of any numbers of migrant sex workers are facing an existential choice return to their villages or find another low a paid job. that tell ya it's main party street so wimpy that the high heels echoing louder than normal. 33 year old anna is transgender and a sex worker with a suddenly vanishing clientele. they come fall read legs and have some fun like a play pool table and play a game and have some dream something like that. and now everything is quiet and

everything is closed. but it's close no have war and it has lived and worked here for 11 years one of almost 30000 sex workers in a city of 110000 people and the services used to be much in demand in a good month she turned $850.00 euros now it's about $100.00 with so few clients and spends time helping in the soup kitchen for sex workers in need most of them come from villages where their families depend on the money they send from part they are. part of the lot there's no money coming in from anywhere. i work as i'm a soused and i'm not earning anything if this goes on i have to work as a saleswoman and then all learn a lot less about dumping them on the corner. in the capital bangkok a reopening of bars is being tested cautiously the workers dance with masks on while guests provide their name and phone number and have their temperature check.

for half an hour i'm happy that we could open again but i don't know if the customers will play along he said but for if we'll ever get back to where we were by. compared to many other countries thailand has been hit mildly by coronavirus the government says that's a result of the lockdown for the past weeks and months have been hard for many not least for ana. and it's still not over. this is my difficulty in my life i ever had i think maximum for me is 2 more months if not better so i can go back to live with my family but. all who are you where you for all. the freedom. the pandemic has turned life upside down here for ana who knows something about evil and change it's

a more uncertain future than ever. in trying other young to revive his visit to dangerous levels off to some of the heaviest rainfall in recent memory southwest and central regions have borne the brunt of flooding hundreds of thousands of local residents have been evacuated from low lying areas for. the mighty yangtze swollen to historic levels southwest and central china has been hit with some of its heaviest rainfall on record. causing hundreds of rivers to burst their banks. for the 1st time sichuan province has declared a level one flood response the highest on the 40th scale. emergency teams are battling treacherous conditions in men young city that were forced to abandon their

trucks and move door to door on foot to risking trapped residents. there were scenes repeated in villages towns and cities across the region as tens of thousands flee the rising water. in many areas boats are the only way to navigate the flooded streets. it's a race against time to pluck stranded residents from danger. these men were found exhausted cling to a road sign. ah. communities in the water low country side also face another has a. street in long known city was turned into a raging torrent as soviet mudslides tore through southern gansu province. a nearby bridge was swept away in the search. for. those who couldn't escape in time had to be hoisted by helicopter from the rooftops

. as well as the dangers to life and property china's cultural heritage is also under threat the 1300 year old buddha is now surrounded by floodwaters at one point the statues toys are under water the 1st time that's happened in 70 years. that's it for their debut show to check out other stories on our website good over dot com for what slash. their back to one of the same time so that's. where i come from we had to fight for a free france and was born and raised to me tell me the danger she protests one to the shadow and if you use favorites when official information as attorneys i have work off the streets of many cameras and their problems are always the same 14

social inequality a lack of the freedom of the friends. work on the 4th just a side when it comes to the fans the humans and see them right through fools who have decided to put their trust in us. is jenny harrison and part of the. before they became a global sensation the rather uncertain sation the beatles took to the stage for the very 1st time 60 years ago this week welcome to arts and culture more on that historic anniversary coming up and also on the show are these the coronavirus super spreaders official photos of the botched party life in the austrian ski resort

before lock down. and germans make great cars and washing machines so why can't they put together a decent outfit the latest in our series meet the german. but 1st they were the bookers 4th choice that night at a club known more for strippers and prostitutes and for good music but that is how the beatles got their very 1st paid gig 60 years ago this week in hamburg west germany today of course they're one of the most famous bands in the world and despite the coronavirus hamburg's how many concert house put on a very special performance to celebrate their 60th. 'd buy me love like you've never heard it before jazz pianist you know who's man's unusual rearrangement of the beatles classic classic the

sixty's and beaten celebration in hamburg.