this is d.w. news live from berlin israel heading back into nationwide lockdown the country will reimpose coronavirus restrictions beginning friday just as the main jewish holiday season gets underway israel has one of the highest infection rates in the world also on the show. president putin's united russia party is world wide spread victory in regional elections the voting monitors though have reported ballot stuffing and vote manipulation. and president trump fares to visit california for

a briefing on the wildfires ravaging the west coast of the us. multiple mega fires burning millions of acres have been destroyed millions of residents have to live in toxic air. california farmer now dealing with the aftermath of an unprecedented catastrophe. i'm brian thomas good to have you with us today israel has become the 1st country to announce a 2nd national lockdown to combat the coronavirus this comes after a surge in new infections prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the new lockdown will begin on friday and last for 3 weeks. as israel's outbreak threatened to race out of control benjamin netanyahu announced the unpopular but perhaps unavoidable

decision we're going to be today we decided on a strict lockdown plan for 3 weeks with an option to extend but as of now we've decided that the lockdown will last until the end of the holiday. door prelims lot of health ministry executives and hospital managers have warned us that death rates are forcing the application of immediate measures. a part of the medical staff and the hospitals are overwhelmed. israel has one of the highest per capita infection rates in the world over $1100.00 people have died for days israelis have been protesting to demand netanyahu stepped down for alleged corruption and for bundling the response to the covert 1000 crisis. after the lockdown announcement on sunday demonstrators blocked roads at israel's ben gurion airport or netanyahu was due to fly to the u.s.

to sign a peace deal to normalize ties with bahrain. who have a problem. for the wall. he says the good thing you could see the little mention i think. he's. going to move the fuck. up netanyahu will fly back to israel after formally signing the agreement with bahrain on tuesday when he returns the crisis will be waiting for him. let's get more on this now is our correspondent tanya kramer in jerusalem good day to you tanya with a coronavirus cases hitting a new high in israel how have people been reacting to the latest lockdown

announcement. i think people have been prepared for this in a way the outline of this had been decided last week but they only knew you know how long it's going to be from last night's press conference by prime minister benjamin netanyahu but they had hope that it will work out differently i mean there's a sense here that for a long time there has been no government strategy as to how to deal with this crisis and of course it will hit hard of businesses people who might. be put on temporary leave again and the economy has not really become better since the last lockdown and of course it's also a period now of the high holy days starting with the jewish new year the looked on is supposed to start on friday on the eve of. the jewish new year and this is usually a period where people are coming together where families visiting each other i mean really able to travel much over the past month all of this together makes it very

difficult time but also because the big question what will happen after the lockdown people this is supposed to last for 3 weeks possibly even longer but then what will happen afterwards that's a big question you know israel was one of the 1st countries in the world to implement strict measures back in march what's behind the new rise in cases. well this has been discussed a lot. as he said it looked quite fine after the 1st lockdown in may and then the economy was opened up quite quickly and even the prime minister binyamin the 2 no it's like not a step was maybe a bit too fast at the time but there was a lot of concern over the economic fallout but of course then there was a sense that for a long time this coalition government has not been doing enough at least the signs

of the public here you know to put in place a real strategy like track and tracing didn't really work they only put in place last week a nighttime curfew in communities with high infection rates that's the only thing they could have they could agree on but with an infection rate that by the end of last week was 4000 cases daily of new corona infections the government had to decide now to. implement a new lockdown and thanks very much for that from jerusalem let's get you up to date now with some of the latest developments in the pandemic the world health organization's reported a record one day rise in cases of the krona virus globally just under $308000.00 cases were reported in the previous 24 hours south korea's reported its lowest amount of belly cases in about a month the country has now begun easing its tough social distancing rules and u.s.

president dog trampas held his 1st fully indoor rally in months the event outraged . state officials who want to violated restrictions on crowd sizes. well those are being counted across russia after local elections there were held on sunday the elections took place in russia's 41 regions for both regional governors and local assemblies the voters seen as a key test for president putin the polls have been though overshadowed by last month's near fatal poisoning of the opposition figure election involving his team wanted russians to vote for the candidate with the best chance of defeating putin's united russia party. let's get the latest now with yuri or shadow joining us from moscow good morning to you yuri about these also local elections what are the implications for president putin and his governing united russia party while all in all the ruling pollak united russia from. seems to remain in power

with a landslide victory the main reason for that is obviously the legal a lawless n'est at polling stations according to the independent election of organization. operational that is a sham goal as is every poll that for example an alleged stuffing stuffing means that the folds of ballots was stuffed into the ballot boxes also that will come to us in stole that many polling stations but that the live broadcast on the internet was interrupted in some regions additionally many election observed us water portably not admitted to the polling stations in addition to election money palatial independent candidates faced intimidation ahead of the elections most of the people supporting the extent of ali and he's so-called smart voting all in all brian there was obviously a lot of election money palatial that consequently made possible with this likely a victory for the new putin throughly ponty united russia can you tell us more

about this smart voting procedure that alexina vali had been supporting as part of his plan for the opposition's push in these elections. what is the main goal of these so called to smart the voting was to push united russia out of the city council spin big cities for example in sept here in the sea to know us a very square the putin party had the majority by the way it was the last seat alex in a while he had visited before he was poisoned so in the fall this idea was basically that citizens should vote for all possible parties except of course united russia with these parties should get as little votes as possible and that this strategy actually worked in separately in the us of a risk the biggest city of simyra serug a boy cause the cold in nato often have only so local bureau and a candidate from the so-called no less if there's 2020 coalition created to confront united russia one indeed the elections to the city council but that ryan

seems to be an exception in all other regions you know that russia is obviously going to be the year yury when we look forward to the duma elections for next year and still a long way to go course a lot can happen until then but are russians satisfied with the governance that president putin has been delivering up to now. well the duma lections next year will come at an extremely opportune time for putin on the one hand the risks of the recently passed unpopular pension reform many citizens still cannot forgive putin for that also russia's economy has suffered from the global oil crisis and the corona pandemic as a number of unemployed people increased so all of these for the kremlin in fact do the national election next to get more complicated not always support us maybe smarter with their us new smarter voting but that the kremlin could be even smarter for example they've already has these time many small so-called spoiler polities

these are supposedly opposition parties that was founded and allowed to vote so that the real opposition has no chance of winning however i think we can look forward to a conversation of opposing ideas and tricks that will be offered to next year during the duma election is still ways to go until then for now yuri thanks very much for that from moscow. the embattled president alexander lukashenko is due to meet with president putin later today. crucial support from the kremlin after more than 100000 people joined anti-government demonstrations in the belorussian capital minsk over the weekend security forces detained hundreds of protesters as they turned out again to call for luka shango to step down. this time riot police were out in force in minsk ready and waiting to pounce. they sprang into action as soon as demonstrators began gathering. the interior ministry said

hundreds of people were arrested for displaying offensive symbols and messages. one woman shouted shame. but security forces were soon outnumbered by demonstrators. an estimated more than 100000 people heeded the call to turn out to show their support for leaders of the opposition. some protesters chanted we are the power and. you are fired. words directed at president alexander lucas shingo who the opposition accuses of stealing last month's election. again with top security officials to discuss what they see as menacing drills by nato countries and bella who says western border. was due to travel to russia on monday for postponed a face to face talks with president vladimir putin the 1st since the mass protests

ahead of the planned visit protesters demonstrated outside bellows embassy in moscow they're worried about possible russian interference knowing full well that the kremlin is watching the protest movement in belarus very closely let's get you briefed on some of the other stories making the news today here shahid asuka has been elected the new leader of japan's governing liberal democratic party his leadership paves the way for him to become the country's next prime minister the vote comes after a last month announced that he would resign due to health reasons. turkey's research vessel at the center of tensions with greece over contested territory in the mediterranean has returned to waters near southern turkey greece says this is a positive step towards easing the dispute over oil and gas exploration for turkey says the ship's return is not a sign that it's backing down. chinese state

media says that but dan says the company that owns the popular video sharing app tick-tock will not sell its u.s. operations to software giants work or microsoft it also reported that the company will not give the app stores code to any u.s. buyers president trump has threatened to ban tick-tock as a security threat unless its chinese parent company sells its u.s. business. billionaire michael bloomberg is to inject $100000000.00 into democrat joe biden's presidential campaign against donald trump in florida polls show a very tight race in this battleground state with a slim margin for biden is set to make a campaign stop in florida on tuesday. european union leaders will be sitting down for a video conference with chinese leaders today for talks on topics ranging from trade and economic ties to climate concerns but beijing's increasingly undemocratic

behavior should doubt on plans for a major e.u. investment treaty with china meanwhile germany who's currently chair of the use rotating presidency has been left to reflect on whether it has gone too far in its buddying up with beijing as did abuse richard walker reports. some a 2018 this is how close germany and china were getting until americal who sting beijing's premier league could chunk in her face with other top ministers in depth consultations it was a meeting not just of leaders but have to hold governments coming together. now what emerged from those talks was a joint statement listing no fewer than $71.00 points of agreement between the 2 sides he talks about a comprehensive german chinese strategic partnership and this year germany won. to take things to the next level hosting a european union china summit here in germany one where the 2 sides wanted to sign

a sweeping investment treaty but now the summit has been downgraded to a much smaller video link up that investment treaty is in serious doubt and this document is looking very outdated all because china's aggressive behavior has been begging a big question did germany did europe get too friendly with china. in hong kong china sprang down on freedom of speech has shocked the democratic world inching jang it stands accused of repression and surveillance on an epic scale on his contested border with india its soldiers have been involved in deadly clashes relations with the united states are on the brink of a new cold war and china's handling of the early stages of the coronavirus outbreak is under serious scrutiny with all this going on there are growing calls in

germany's parliament for a major rethink on how to approach china. was the idea that economic growth would lead to democracy but in china it means less rule of law less freedom and total surveillance and china sees that as a model for the world also a smooth day for the vote. and now they're all signs that the government here in berlin is shifting its thinking to it's just come out with this new document which sets a very different tone he talks about pulling back from such a close focus on china and strengthening ties with more like minded countries across the indo-pacific region but at the same time germany's foreign minister says berlin still wants to build on the relationship with china for instance trying to secure that investment treaty. both politically

and economically there are many reasons for better cooperation that's one reason why we're using our presidency to keep working on a comprehensive deal. you know. how the thing is that leaves germany and europe trying to juggle 2 seemingly opposite priorities on the one hand trying to deepen relations with china in some areas and on the other trying to distance themselves in others critics say it's simply trying to have it both ways and i think there is a case to be made to engage in some form of social distancing to the chinese communist party and only to agree to these kind of high level meetings if there are real concessions from the chinese side so which way should europe go try to have it both ways or make a more decisive turn away from china it is the geo political debate here in europe

right now and it's not over yet. to the us now president dollar trump is due to visit california on monday to meet with heads of emergency services who have been overseeing efforts to battle as sturrock wildfires their days of dry and windy conditions have been feeding dozens of blazes across restricts 3 states california oregon and washington the wildfires have killed at least 35 people officials are warning of possible mass fatalities in this poll reports now from northern california where thousands of people forced to flee the deadly fires have since been allowed to return to their homes. nothing but destruction this is all that is left on the 5 acres of farmland in northern california where sorrow hawkins and her husband have created a little paradise over the last 17 years to go only 4 hours before everything was destroyed left are only shards of memories programmed mother's good china items

they collected over decades the fire was coming across short grass it was coming across dirt there was no place that we knew for sure would be safe. here in this barn sarah lost all her 17 baby goats to the flames we didn't have time to look at the trailer. we didn't know that we were in any kind of danger no fires ever move this fast out here. you know and when we came back the next day you . i'll never forget seeing the burned bodies in the barnyard. people like sarah who are living in this part of the world are used to wildfires but they have never experienced something like this year them multiple mega fires burning millions of acres have been destroyed millions of residents have to live in talk seek air the whole west coast seems on fire some climate experts

say climate change is smacking california in its face. in claremont we speak with the director of environmental analysis charlie miller human beings are driving climate change they're driving it because in fact we're in cars in southern california and elsewhere that we're pumping up we went in to be air that's heating up the planet and the atmosphere and so when the fire starts burning they're actually burning at the results of our own actions. sarah hawking's is not willing to give in and is already building a new barn knowing that the next fire might take everything away again. we have some sports and some tennis though austria's dominant team has won the u.s. open men's singles for the 1st time you'd be germany's alexander's fave ivan 5 sets both players vying for their 1st grand slam title team overcoming

a 2 set deficit 2 defeats of a have to 6 or 6 then taking it up 646-3768 is the 1st time in the tournaments open era history that a player has come back after losing the opening 2 sets to win the title. so what was behind this incredible turnaround mechanic and to talk about that the moment you say kyle what was behind team doing this i mean we had a picture of him somewhere rees's laid out afterwards exhausted it was 4 hours worth the 71 years since the last time someone has come back in the men's final to wind. down we saw the future of tennis you're i think brian ok the 2 young players really talented it wasn't always pretty tennis but. the german took off and seemed to have a upper hand in the 1st 2 sets and won easily the 1st 2 sets but then started to fade and team took over and he really started hitting the lines sort of doing what

he did do throughout most of the rest of the tournament and it was very very impressive as he as he moved forward and again spirit took over in the 5th set was serving for the set 53 was serving for the championship of the u.s. open in the 1st ever final and fell apart team took it to a tie break and that's what he wanted and it was exhausting the pressure must have been incredible after losing those those didn't come back the way he did you better that this is the future of tennis you know a lot of players out there are getting quite old aren't you right the dog wasn't there federer wasn't there they skip that early in the tournament to djokovic it was cancer was disqualified kicked out for a strange incident let me say but he rightfully so he was kicked out very of as a very very talented very athletic guy team however you could see how disappointed spare of was behind me their team is a consistent well it's very of his inconsistent consistently inconsistent team is

consistent and strong gets everything you can out of his body gets everything you can out of his talent and his and there's likely to be a number one just like vera is likely to be a number one in the in the in the near future frankly ok let's talk about the women's final place over over the weekend we had only osaka putting a very very good performance and you know she was she was strong. he's 22 years old she's really interesting she beat victoria as a ranker who had beaten serena williams on the way to the to the finals of soccer is such an interesting story in part because she has herself become a very socially aware and is inclined to be socially just as focused and much to her credit she has sort of withstood the anger that she gets from other people and sometimes in the us from people who don't want to see politics and sports mix but she is something that is a baby she is a decent lot of courting black lives matter for example let me jump in on that the 1st grand slam of the current virus era that was the u.s. open out how did it pan out oh it was it was interesting it was last night would

have been a rocket's crowd in the stadium had had there been a full state and it wouldn't have been crazy in a 5 set thriller like that but there was nobody there it's hard to feed off of that but the players say they they muscled their way through and it was all fine on the way and the coronavirus had its effect of course but they got through the tournaments and this is how it's going to be perhaps for the next year thanks for stopping us. we have some formula one for you now lewis hamilton took his 90th career victory to a chaotic tuscan grand prix 6 cars retiring before the 1st racing was completed the race on the other hamilton when as he extended his championship lead. well terry bought us got off to a dream start and magellan ruling passed pulsar lewis hamilton to take the lead. the red bulls much for stop it was a nightmare. he didn't even make it through turn to. the

dutchman's early exit was the 1st sign of the chaos that wouldn't go for this chrome prix with 2 red flags calling a halt to proceedings as drivers struggled with the circuits lightning fast corners . eventually order a message from the chaos hamilton past teammate both after the 1st restart and held his place after the 2nd the result may have been predictable but the briton said it was anything but routine. like 3 races in one day. just incredibly tough today they say with a difficult start this track is phenomenal another victory in 2 weeks' time at the russian graeme prix woodsy hummel to equal the legendary michael schumacher record for career wins. and before we go mountain bike riders landed 2 world's 1st bike tracks at the audi by 2020 of germany sunday germany's nico shoals and italian diego covers ozzy stealing the show was

a never seen before stunts it was the 1st mountain biking competition since quarantine and all present having tested negative for the crime of virus for. the news live from berlin i'm brian thomas for the entire team thanks.

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