this is d.w. news live from berlin india's coronavirus cases surpassed 4000000 the country is leading the world in new infections but the government is sticking to plans to ease restrictions and open up the economy we'll hear from our correspondent in delhi also coming up nato demands answers from moscow over the poisoning of russia's opposition leader and this comes after germany said it has proof that it looks a novel only it was dosed with a deadly nerve agent. and jerusalem has been

a welcoming till grooms and visitors for thousands of years but now the streets of the holy city are quiet due to the coronavirus. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us health authorities in india say the country has now exceeded 4000000 coronavirus cases nearly 2000000 new infections were recorded last month alone india has the 3rd highest total worldwide behind the u.s. and brazil even so restrictions in india have been eased as the government pushes to reopen the economy only the worst hit areas are still under lockdown. well for more we're joined now by d.w. correspondent the mission wall who's in delhi hello to misha so. a grim milestone

$4000000.00 infections in india as we said it's the her 3rd highest national total in the world but a closing in on brazil and yet we're hearing that lockdown restrictions are being lifted do most people in the country support this government policy no matter what it is safe to say yes actually because if you step out in cities like you're going to get bomb be you will seek out out can about the enormous numbers of already infections. factious disease lockdown restrictions have almost completely been lifted yet some of the high density place the still not open but most shops markets. are back on track deals involved as the afghans just stop. buying and the money to be busy to remove the government believes that india to learn to live with to go and i want to go down boylston avenue cannot be avoided

a little bit is perhaps a lot don't repeat that some kind of people come out and say this is like navin have to move while. well as there is just as are being eased and we know as you mentioned you know students are going back to the university and hundreds of thousands of students are also being told to go ahead with their and exams but how safe can that be you just send us a report let's have a look. at examinations during a pandemic and. rides through some colleges remain closed as india records the highest drives and pieces in the world. these students are appealing for a crucial test. and it's testing like never before. mosques assigned at the exam center constant sanitization and repeated calls for social distancing correctional services and i use my parents and students here are reassured by these measures these see they cannot afford to lose any more time into the pandemic.

trying hard. because as all good measure begins with i was. given the benefit. of they could have conducted this examination. but they push it to july and now because deport any more delays yet not everyone has been listened to about that many of the competitive advance held every year in india have default position this time students have protested online against the risk they have paid they are being forced to take and have even approached the supreme court all of the students took to social media to trend the hard drives against exams and quit while the supreme court has rejected their demands didn't say forcing them to appeal for the exams is cruel it's probably a good while an aspiring doctor is expected to travel 150 kilometers next week to the test center she hasn't stepped out in 5 months sandstad

a fight to do so she would do most all the social media that another exam led to dozens of school with 19 deaths. i know many students whose parents are asking them to skip exams this year it is far too risky to go for them nothing is decided for me either my family is scared they don't know whether i should go for the 6 i'm not . opposition parties have taken up the cause as well as the accuse them or the government of being and i student protesters insist they didn't want the exams cancelled but simply postponed until it is safe for government of the confluence. of the. and the pedant. because. all of you can read it quickly but i minister of india. these students however intend to get on with their parents this see if there could

be as will have to be formed within this new normal. as you reported seems like a lot of students want to get on with their exams and get on with their lives and others are more cautious but do you feel that most students do just want to get on with that what do the majority of students think better i'd do good to hear majority and i have a little one hundreds of thousands of students burning out. of the ground including today all of what made it were to me in people want to leave accidents i expect it will be awful these exams and we saw students and parents saying we want to do was research messed up we do not want to be it's academic you know let's just want to hear it from the other hand we can't deny that's how this massive online but that the opposition has taken up this cry as well in fact just yesterday the supreme court of india shot down an opposition request was one of those exams but

perhaps bones i want to highlight that the general sentiment that this is life now and it must continue operating and. well one glimmer of hope perhaps is that despite the alarming rise in infections that say talladega rate in fact remains rather low it's about 2 percent do we know why that is. well they're not sure yet maggie and i'm not definite to get but one fact of the text seem to be the same thing is that india does have jungle occupation in many of the developed countries that have not done as well and that in theory age groups in there have actually come better with peter dooley it is going better to do ninety's which suffered a lot we also have told us about what is the activity basically countries like india have high schools or to other girl and i want to assist which may actually help them fight off this strain of flu and i was better but it's possible it was time to require to truly find out what is the reason behind the things you do

you're also to dictate a greater degree maybe underestimated i'm god. and he said as one heading for us from delhi many thanks indeed. nato has added its voice to the growing calls for answers from moscow over the poisoning of russian opposition leader allison avali calling it an appalling assassination attempt the western military alliance is demanding that the kremlin cooperate with an international investigation for its part russia denies any involvement well this week the german government concluded that involve the was poisoned with a deadly nerve agent from the now the chalk group which was developed by the soviet union the us president has also weighed in donald trump a says he's not seen any direct evidence that the volley was poisoned but that he would be quote very angry if that's the case. nato leaders meeting here to discuss an attempted assassination outside their borders why does nato believe that

it would have a mandate to act in this case for an attack that was not on nato territory because this is a violation of international law on the international norms it's a use so the chemical of but it's a use over over you know chemical nerve agent which is violating probation over any use of the chemical weapons and for one thing it's secretary general again and stoltenberg says germany provided evidence beyond doubt that he knows the child a nerve agent was used on a russian dissident alexina bellamy he also requested transparency from moscow. just. made to our allies agree that russia on now has serious questions it must answer the russian government must fully cooperate with the organization for to prove bishan of chemical weapons an impartial international investigation.

dulce responsible for this attack must be held accountable i'm brought to justice. the kremlin has dismissed the conclusion reached by german doctors saying it has received no proof from berlin that nobel it was poisoned. we listen to these lofty and pompous statements from our western colleagues with a certain amount of skepticism we will see what facts they provide but the behavior itself in the public sphere such of noxious and arrogant demands in the time that our western colleagues are using i don't think they can provide anything other than fake evidence so far. bellamy is still in a coma in a barely hospital and faces a long and uncertain road to recovery the nature of poisoning means answers will be hard to come by nato and the european union have not yet decided how they will react as they try to untangle the issue of standing up to someone who was not attacked on their soil. now to some of the other stories making news around the

world and people have taken to the streets of the russian far eastern city of demanding that the government really use former mayor city for a girl the demonstrations have been taking place on weekends since july protesters are also demanding an investigation into the suspected poisoning of opposition leader alexei navalny. protesters have been on the streets for a 3rd night in upstate new york in the united states over the killing of a 41 year old black man the demonstrations were sparked by video footage showing the arrest of daniel proved by a process to police in march several officers have been suspended. the japanese coast guard says bad weather has forced it to halt the search for the missing crew members of a ship that has sunk more than 40 people are still unaccounted for after the vessel which was carrying cattle sank off the west coast following

a typhoon. israel was one of the 1st countries to impose a tough lockdown in response to corona virus but it's also one of the 1st to ease restrictions well now the country is experiencing a 2nd coronavirus wave with more daily cases than ever before its again sealed its borders and implemented strict measures but that's worrying people in jerusalem where many livelihoods depend on catering to the pilgrims and visitors who have been part of city life for thousands of years. this look out over drew slim's old city is almost deserted the city is holy sites a sacred to muslims jews and christians but now there are almost no foreign visitors since march israel's borders have been closed because of the coronavirus pandemic dalia him of farview she works as a tour guide here but for more than 4 months now the israeli has had no work 2 days

she's showing her grandchildren the ancient sites and start. you can see with your own eyes the city. is empty of tourists there's no tourism there's no work. many people are unemployed and the businesses here are collapsing because of too. it's as if. instead residents and many local tourists and joy the less crowded streets but others missed the usual mix of locals and business like tattoo artist was the resident here in the christian quarter his family has been tied to him pogroms with a cross for centuries now business is down to just 5 percent for also missed the beautiful energy of the program's coming and. the happiness there we used to see on people's faces will do to sometimes as the 1st 2 in there of waited for it

for so long all their life sometimes to get the small cross or something as a reminder of their visit to the holy land and now we missed. every day's system there be how walk from the nearby convent to the church of the holy sepak or to pray in april the church was closed a rare event and its long history now it's open for just a few hours each day to dictate how it is very sad we are not used to seeing the holy separate church empty like this there are no people coming and going even the courts used to be packed and we used to go to pray i wasn't able to pass because of the crowd i used to keep saying excuse me let me pass that it was the whole of life when i was empty and sad. the church is believed to be on this side where jesus was buried and resurrected while the peace and quiet is welcomed by some most would

prefer to see this just return to help bring it back to life. you're up to date on d.w. news of this hour up next is the w.'s arts and culture and american embassy in iran mean and the entire news team here in berlin and thanks for watching. where i come from we have to fight for a free press i was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one t.v. shadow and a few newspapers one official information as a journalist i have worked on the streets of many characters and their problems are always the same or do social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press. coverage we can afford to stay silent.