this is deja vu news coming to you live from present troubles under fire for playing down the credible herself break in is fairly stations want to instill panic we don't want to jump up and down and start shouting that we have a problem the us president defends his response after a new book alleges he knew about the dangers of the buyers but failed to warn the

public also coming up in further into appeal for the e.u. to act now to help thousands of people left homeless shelter fire destroys the morea camp on the island to blast walls. is used to let me and you know there is humans they deserve a safe place to be did you serve to be treated like humans. plus boycott calls as the disney remake is released truth online audiences. activists accuse its makers of count telling to china so is it we look at hollywood's interest in the chinese market. and the pedophile kicks off in the us 1st things of origin of the different this season for the france what else for title contenders in 2020.

hello i'm terry marchant good to have you with us u.s. president bill trump is under fire again for his handling of the corona virus outbreak following an explosive new book and it better in journalist bob woodward says trump deliberately downplayed the danger posed by the virus in the 1st weeks of the pandemic at a news conference the president defended his handling of the crisis said he was not lying to the public but that he did not want to cause panic more than 189000 americans have now died from the virus so far. right i don't want to panic. and certainly well joining me for more is the reporter and u.s. expert peter peter what do you make of trump's explanation for misleading the american public about the dangers of the coronavirus right i mean we heard said that he does not want to create panic he did lipper at least

that he wanted to downplay so did not create panic so to not you know cost more fear than might be necessary remember this was still at a fairly early stage of the pentagon the outbreak in the u.s. one thing we know about trump is that he's a very big believer in positive thinking that he likes to talk things up his own actions his handling of the economy and he really likes to call himself like a cheerleader for the country and wants to project strength. i mean let's listen to that sound bite though just one more time where really underscores this. and certainly i'm not going to drive. this country or the world into a frenzy we want to show confidence we want to show strength we want to show strength as a nation and that's what i've done and we've done very well right and i i think that really kind of captures kind of the the. ethos and in

a sense right or his approach to the presidency. but when he says he does want to create a panic it doesn't really square with what has been his main message throughout the campaign which really has been in a lot of ways to create a sense of panic about suburbs burning about the threat of bite and be a radical socialist so it does seem to be very selective here and maybe this was not the thing to not want to create panic about a lot of expertise that that if he had come out and you know shown to the country to take this. threat seriously at a much earlier stage thousands of lives could have been saved and nearly 200000 people have now died in the u.s. because of this how are these revelations going down in the u.s. what not surprisingly democrats are you know using this is exhibit a for what they threw out called you know in terms we can incompetent response to

the pandemic republicans for the most part remember we are 2 months less than 2 months away from election day so donald trump is is the candidate it there's not much that they can do so what they've done is basically to not comment that they have read the book conservative media has come out saying you know even the experts got it wrong in the beginning and the white house has for the most part said again reiterated this message that it want to create panic trump in fact. try something a bit differently later in the day trying to really change the topic by announcing a list of you know potential supreme court judges if you want to get reelected that is red meat for specially conservative voters you know that's an appointment for life and that is something that they care more much about so he's trying to remind them ok maybe a bungled this one but look at the next 4 years you know there's plenty more in

store because well all of this of course comes right in the middle of the presidential campaign election campaign here's how joe biden democratic rival here's what he had to say about it. he knew how deadly it was it was much more deadly than the flu he knew and purposely played it down worse he lied to the american people he knowingly and willingly lied about the threat it posed to the country for months he had the information he knew how dangerous it was and while this deadly disease ripped through our nation he failed to do its job on purpose it was a life or death betrayal of the american people survive and there are so what do you think peter could this damage chance trumps reelection chances well most national polls have biden up by about 8 points which at this point is you know clinton or or not affected by the margin of error so it's

a pretty safe lead still most polls show also that the majority of americans very much trust biden when it comes to the handling of the coronavirus but we also known in the we have say seen plenty of controversies before i mean he is also called teflon don for we said these things really tend to not hurt him too much. one important point though is i mean trump will not be able to rely on his baby base alone for to get reelected he will need the support of suburban voters of older voters and a lot of these voters have turned their backs on trump because of his handling of the buyers so if this if we see more revelations like this over the next couple weeks it's it's a very big challenge for trump i think to overcome this you know thank you very much for your analysis. take a look at some other latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic the global

death toll from the corona virus pandemic has now passed 900000 the united states remains the worst affected country with succeeding 180000 india continues to see a rapid rise in cases france's covert hospitalizations of surged to a one month high of more than $5000.00 the disease is spreading at the fastest pace in france since it emerged germany's foreign ministry is advising against travel to several cities including prague geneva and abroad nick due to local spikes in infection it's. now thousands of migrants spent a 2nd night without shelter after a fire ripped through the morea facility on the greek island of les ponce a fresh fire broke out on wednesday night and part of the camp that had survived the 1st blaze local officials suspect arson and say it may have been a protest against the coronavirus lockdown imposed earlier this week even officials say the migrants faith will be made

a top priority for. more you lines in ruins. it was a temporary home for over $12000.00 migrants stuck on the greek island of lesbos. human rights groups deplored conditions in the overcrowded camp which was operating at 4 times its intended capacity. now and politicians. are calling on the blocks members to take action. these are horrible pictures that we see in what has happened and. i think it is important don't leave this. today we have already offered the greek government every support we can the most important right now to protect people and to give immediate. quick reaction from the. greek police and fire brigade we had no.

people in hospital and of course now the. people tonight. the fire was sparked overnight several shots went up in flames around the camp before the entire compound began to burn and. winds reaching up to 70 kilometers per hour fanned the flames forcing thousands to flee. fear out there. it is far far. far. from. the inhabitants headed to nearby hills and woods others began walking to the island's capital might only need. right police were deployed along the roads amid fears that the camp's residents might spread the coronavirus across the island. last week more he was placed under lockdown after 35 cases were detected in the camp. as day broke some residents returned to search for belongings

among the remains of the fire has been put out but over 12000 migrants could now be homeless once more in their lives they have nowhere to go. what's next for more you is a question many have been posing for years. and the answer from authorities has now become ever more urgent. here in germany prograf e.g. groups have called for a nationwide protests in support of the refugees from the morea camp in berlin at least 3000 people joined a spontaneous demonstration which soul activists marched through the city's government district activists say several german states would be willing to offer shelter to some of the refugees from moria however the german federal government has so far refused to accept any of them are. joining us as dean he's based in here in berlin and organizes the ngo in moria called team humanity is called leagues were on the ground are when the fire broke out you work with the

people who were in the morea camp what's their situation now how are they doing. so all of the rich are on the streets. we have a community center 150 meters away from where you are and we have around 500 to 800 people in our outside our center most of there if you just where they were blocked by the police so if they are sheltering outside on the streets with all blanket without. even full of water this is the situation right now this morning 12000 people the 12000 people sheltering there and morea are now homeless so what's going to happen to them what are the plans. as i see the greek government doesn't have a plan and they need help from the whole europe they didn't have a plan if you years ago we had many fires before and we told them look this will

happen. nothing out of the didn't even have an equation plan when the fire started there was no government so people there were no police there was no nobody there to help them so it was only the n.g.o.s that was actually going inside while the fire was taking the riff you just out so that was really the question plan so they don't have a plan and still it will they don't know what they're going to do to less than her they want to put them in a military camp this is the same thing you put him in another camp this is not the solution. the german foreign minister and other politicians in europe say they will put moria high on their political agenda what do you think that will translate into what sort of action would you like to see. i would like to see the europe take responsibility and they will start seeking families of these turns out from the hill living in for many years each country can take thousands of refugees

and give them a home you know these refugees are like me and you you know they're humans they deserve a safe place to be did you serve to be treated like humans and the greek government doesn't do that and europe must act right now this illusion is not putting them in another camp just moving the problem to another place. with regard to the. us with regard to the fire itself the greek authorities say that some of the migrants themselves may have started it why do you think they might do that you've been living you know in the camp in the refugee camp for so long. and when he hear that they will shut it down because they said that they will close it and make it like a jail people getting crazy and you're all kind of people there you know we cannot judge everyone you know families with children those even though what happens so you have some people that started the fire and then you have $12000.00 people

running they don't know either what to do don't know so of course people are frustrated people are tired of living in these conditions imagine living in a you know in a summer tent in the winter with your children without the heater will anything and the government they know they've got the money to live your union but they never used it under if you jesus and the money god and no one responsibility for a desperate situation there. dean thank you very much for talking with us this morning sir dean is the organizer of the n.-g. o. team humanity in moria thank you. so you look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today in the united states at least 7 people have died in wildfires in the states of california oregon and washington hundreds of homes in oregon have been destroyed with the governor warning it could be the greatest loss of life and property due to the

blazes the state has ever seen. u.s. secretary of state michael payer has said the alleged poisoning of kremlin critic elex in a bunny was likely ordered by quote senior russian officials doctors here in berlin saying a volley was poisoned by the nerve agent no patrol said washington would evaluate its response to the attack the united states is said to reduce its troops in iraq from just over 50023000 this month present on problems trying to make good on his campaign promise to get his country out of and lismore the withdrawal comes as promptly says heavy criticism for allegedly denigrating american war dead. fish european union says it will hold emergency talks with london on thursday to discuss proposed legislation that could potentially violate the internationally binding brags that withdrawal agreement british prime minister boris johnson's announcement that he intends to push ahead with the bill has prompted concern and

even fury within the e.u. and its member states brussels has warned that any minor breach could undermine future relations in germany and france called on johnson to stand by the divorce deal that had been already agreed. we asked the chairman of the european parliament's u.k. coordination group if he thought brussels could still trust the u.k. as a trading partner. all of the european situations are now doing is carefully analyzing the draft or from a legal point of human of course it will also have to be interpreted politically commission president was left of the european actors but also representatives of e.u. member states have already been very clear in their messaging in the last few hours that the. correct and the intention of the call the green movement and the specially. correctible makes a show of the political will not and will not. is

a matter of trust for our future partnership and of course this has an impact on the british credibility. to comply with by having international treaties i always said that the implementation of the local agreement is a kind of a litmus test for the u.k. government and especially for the confidence of the trust we have the british government so really the ball is in a bit to shield now and they have to explain what this is all about i must say that many here in brussels including me we are seriously. in bella roofs a government crackdown on opposition leaders has left just one high profile opposition figure still living freely in the country she is the nobel prize winning author spent on a bench on wednesday she denounced authorities for terrorizing their own people and in what's become a familiar pattern reported that unidentified men tried tried to intimidate her

other critics of the autocratic president aleksander spoke to shake i have left the country or are now in shame. on monday it was muddy our kolesnik over detained by security forces in minsk. on wednesday and identified men in plain clothes were seen taking maxime son up into custody. illusion security forces have now confirmed that both prominent opposition figures have been jailed accused of calling for action that would harm national security it doesn't stop here. noble prize winning author is a bit like syria which said unknown people repeatedly rang her doorbell and attempted to enter her apartment despite the intimidation she called on president alexander lukashenko to engage in dialogue with his critics. who said he will not speak to the people taking to the streets but those on the streets are countryman

the people are not those who follow those orders he doesn't decide who is the people and who isn't the people or those on the streets. i think save each is now the only high profile opposition figure still living as a free woman and bella ruse with the growing pressure on opposition figures comes after a month of unprecedented protests against those reelection which demonstrators say was rigged. main opposition candidates with lenity cannot be less velour rousseff to the vote physically to poland on wednesday where she met the country's prime minister. she said look a shingle no longer has a mandate to govern once you and only fair and free elections can now set the path for belarus's future. human rights activists are calling for a boycott of the live action remake of the disney movie moulin it's currently being

streamed and will arrive in chinese cinemas on friday disney says it's pleased with the launch so far but of us have accused the media giant of cow telling to beijing and ignoring human rights abuses in hong kong and since young. the father cannot find the tale from chinese folklore that stirs national pride disguises herself as a man to stand in for her ailing father in the army a surefire hollywood blockbuster aimed at a giant market but the film's production company disney is facing accusations of ignoring human rights abuses for the sake of business activists are urging people to stay away from the movie. now it's time for people to through the action to let this need to know that china should not be the way out and set our parties and actors and also to police brutality the well respond and back fire to it the outcry

already began last year when the film stars face expressed support for hong kong police and chinese social media was. rights groups and the un have accused police there of brutality in their response to pro-democracy protests in hong kong the irony of the situation has not been lost on some hong kong there's. also exciting the character is that of a righteous person but lou said she supports police brutality the police brutality in hong kong what the police have done is completely unjust she's so different from the actual milan she's the opposite it is really ironic. then last week more bad publicity it emerged that milan had been filmed at least partly in china's chin junge province shin jiang is the homeland of the weaker people and ethnic and religious minority but china has been accused of systematically persecuting.

a colony of detention camps there is believed to be holding and trying to brainwash over a 1000000 were yours china calls them vocational training centers. you're saying that the film milan involves changing issues right. there are a few things i'd like to point out 1st there's no such thing as reeducation camps in church and john. credits expressly thank chinese authorities and shin jiang including some blacklisted by the us for human rights violations. the n.f.l. season kicks off tonight but it's going to be a season like no other chris harrington from v.w. sports is here to tell us more good see aggress. so we've got the coronavirus i mean right affecting professional sports the n.f.l.

as well it's a big deal what is the situation with fans and player testing well the n.f.l. wants to get the season done they want to start and finish on top of the testing will be rigorous they want to assure the players on the field are healthy you know the staffs are so massive and other things like this i would be shocked if you did see a positive test here and there than for scoring teams you saw that with baseball and this tends to happen they're not playing in a bubble the numbers are just too big for fans the fans situation's a lot different only a handful of teams will allow fans and this will be a limited attendance so the kansas city chiefs if it is super bowl champions they will have fans in their home opener tonight but only 16000 the last numbers i've seen so it is definitely a watered down season you know but the players alike would like to get this season done we have sound from a german footballer mark in sacha who plays for the san francisco 49 years and these are his thoughts on resuming the season.

in the end we decided all together that we would try to play the season i want to play you know look you know the team is doing everything. and really they are doing everything they can to make it safe to play. so you get coronavirus that's one thing but a lot more is happening in the n.f.l. social justice is a mess here as well we've had washington changing their name and player protests are not permitted that wasn't the case before how is all this fact in the league well i think it's a bit of inclusion from the players' side you know there are allowed to protest this is a complete u. turn you know what the n.f.l. said a few years back with the situation surrounding collin capper nick who is still out of a job we have that and they're also going to seeing lift every voice in saying that's

basically known as the black national anthem that will be sung during week one so i think that's a step in the right direction as well and i'm expected to see a universally everyone kneeling at least you know from the beginning you know that's what the expectations are of course with the political landscape right now in the united states there's going to be you know some naysayers some people opposing i'm sure trump will have a position in this matter as well you know but the game will go on and i think the n.f.l. is taking a step in the right direction in terms of showing that their main stakeholders the athletes aren't alienated i think that's very important it's a good thing that the game is going on at least that under difficult conditions it must be said so what about the football who's. watching are you ready for some football you know patrick my homes the quarterback for the kansas city chiefs you know they're picked you know to be ripped to repeat but there are a few other things this season i mean you have tom brady he was the golden boy quarterback of the n.f.l. he's now play for a new team you know there's so much to look forward. sue i think the worst of it

all is the fans will miss out in some situations new franchises will have fans permitted at all i'm guessing a lot of people investing in cable packages so they can enjoy you know their football but it's a short season we have to wait and see how those helmets cracked their christenings for whom they don't be a sport thanks so much ok. coming up next focus on europe's spotlight all people were looking at alexi ali don't miss it i'm terry martin thanks for being with.

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a protest. going to. focus on your. next d.w. . into the conflict zone with tim sebastian. china is roiling the west and you're a fellow of the us so many countries fist pushing back all that issue a growing list of human rights goes on to. including hong kong's new security my guest this week from beijing is one cool yeah well why choose country for so many flights news varies from where they meet the conflict. in 60 minutes. we know this is a scary time for the coronavirus is changing the world changing our lives so please take care of yourself keep your distance. if you can stay at

how we do w. for here for you we are working tirelessly to keep you informed on all of our platforms we are all in this to run together and will make it through to. stay safe everybody. stay safe stay safe increased to say. hello and welcome to this week's focus on europe on this show and it's great to have you with us the russian opposition leader alexei nepali is still recovering after being poisoned by the military grade nerve agent in.