tv Check-in Deutsche Welle September 18, 2020 5:03pm-5:31pm CEST
5:03 pm
the jewish holiday of russia so it's going gradually now into the holiday as well as into the lock down. tony as you mentioned this lockdown comes at the start of jewish new year how are people responding to the measures. well on the one hand people do understand that you know with infection rates skyrocket rocketing and let in the last weeks or month or so that something needs to be done but this lockdown this nationwide. deeply unpopular people see more the failure in the government and a lot of people are unhappy about the handling of this crisis by the government lot of zigzagging and decision making a lot of different interests coming into play the coalition not working well but let's listen to some people we talked to earlier in the day. i think it's going to be hard after one lock down i think most people are just kind of tired of it they
5:04 pm
see it as mainly political more than a public health issue. and especially now with the whole days it seems that you know just a lot more people are not going to. not going to follow the rules that we have. to push and should be food and everybody's and rights and there's a sense of confusion i feel it is a mistake it wasn't my pad it was no exit strategy from the last knock down and now we enter another cycle of home ice that they met and they had what i think it's unnecessary mostly because they're not a fluke holds not to keep it and i don't know if my daughter will be allowed to work or a man husband i don't know what's open and what is not a but for. so so clearly tanya there's there's confusion there anger at the government and the rejection at least from the people we saw there of all the measures what's your sense about how likely people will be to by and large comply.
5:05 pm
well i think this is still to be seen but there are concerns by different groups. basically the religious communities are very concerned about restriction when it comes to pray it's not over the jewish high holidays or you know gatherings of people together at the same time business you know they're hard to recovered from the last lockdown they're very wary but also ordinary people i mean parents you know schools are closed they have to take care of their children. go to work i mean people can relate to this i think all over the world at the same time people are very much reminded also that this is almost like the 1st looked on it was also over his holiday pass over at the time and the main question him of people have is that what kind of exit strategy will give you this time because he's been know it might last 3 weeks it might be even extended but what will come afterwards that's the main question of people. trying to kramer in jerusalem pre-shared tanya
5:06 pm
the un has approved a resolution to launch closer monitoring of alleged rights violations in baler this after x. position leaders. demanded that her country's government violence against protesters in a speech to the united nations human rights council she called for an international monitoring mission to document atrocities committed since the disputed presidential election in august long time president alexander lukashenko meanwhile threatened to close the country's border saying that the international community was behind the protest movement. correspondent nick connelly joins us now from minsk greetings nick is frontline it took enough sky spoke via video link at the un human rights council and called for more engagement from the international community to resolve her country's crisis what was the reaction.
5:07 pm
the fact that. russian government and its allies russia and china to close down these kind of discussions in international forums like the un. now being treated as the legitimate representative one of them of this country. to be expected. but i think the fact that opposition. to this amount of diplomatic support and. the government. is pretty significant. what do you. happen when. that came out of nowhere yes a rather strange event. the government's attempt. to have popular
5:08 pm
support not just the opposition it was a kind of mix of pop music with. and then unexpectedly this event. something that people here. turned out later to be more rhetorical flourish than a real serious statement of intent and now i think people here are seeing it as a threat. he's willing to close down these countries. people who thought maybe that they were these weeks of protests. the situation on the ground. it's very difficult. has most of the country with russia with. about 20 percent of the country's trade i think it's about the symbolic gestures the support. of this regime that's already happening.
5:09 pm
the country beyond that it's not really. but i think people are really glad to see that the west and the rest is following what's going on here but that. anyone watching this situation. has essentially been disbanded. with at least at the moment either having fled the country or having been in prison how are they keeping the momentum going. well when you hear they say that yes they can put 102100 people in jail but they can't put the 10s of thousands of people in jail. in the jails here and that is when they. happen to someone else will take place that can survive without a leadership. without some kind of. i think the real
5:10 pm
test will be this week's turnout the demonstrations again then sunday more. people staying home. being silent and will be coming out again for. a very dynamic situation. thank you so much now. look now at some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour president morton faces an impeachment vote amid corruption allegations though lawmakers short of the 2 thirds majority required to remove him from office the timing of the vote has been criticized with peru among the countries hit hardest by the pandemic. bolivia's interim president. has rigged drawn from the presidential race she took office last year after a power vacuum emerged following elections but anya is lags behind
5:11 pm
a point and former president evo morales and opinion polls. tropical storm noel has made landfall in vietnam killing at least one person according to state media the storm hit the east coast before being later downgraded to a low pressure system but vietnam's weather agency warned that heavy rain could still trigger floods and landslides. governments in western europe are acting to head off a 2nd wave of the pandemic france is reporting more than $10000.00 new infections a day the french city of nice has become the latest city to come under social restrictions again and in scenes reminiscent of those earlier this year some hospitals like one in little or already buckling under the pressure. fighting for air this 36 year old is just one of many younger patients being
5:12 pm
admitted to hospital in france here in leon doctors feared they may run out of beds and intensive care. thank you can see. there we just don't know how high the numbers will go up during the 2nd wave when these cases may peak again is unpredictable. my problem is the staff were exhausted i don't know if we have enough to get through a 2nd wave. according to recent surveys a growing number of people in france question the country's strategy to fight the virus the lines for testing are getting longer but the government is concerned new restrictions could cause further damage to the economy the health minister is instead appealing to the public to be vigilant and is letting local authorities decide on restrictions. consider this you'll see the virus is spreading ever faster which is bringing more people to hospitals and intensive care stations. that
5:13 pm
there go the number of seriously ill patients is rising at an alarming rate. you know there are significant differences between the regions i think that if it holds since it's leaving all traditional health care workers in leon are overstretched and frustrated they collected 1000000 swabs in a week but it can take up to 10 days to get the result they say the system is already overwhelmed. also this right here we do what we can we don't take breaks and just keep testing and testing and testing. the current infection rate in france has now surpassed 10000 new cases per day this weekend leon will join 3 other cities and limiting social contact. france's president is trying to boost morale as numbers climb he attended the tour de france which carried on despite a resurgence in cases. of a saturday because it was one of the one of the virus will be here for months it
5:14 pm
will continue to spread throughout europe and france we need a well organized health system to fight it co-existing with the virus means living with a reasonable restrictions to help keep things moving continue. in france there is a growing concern whether that will be enough to confront the 2nd wave. turning to the situation in greece where some 5000 migrants have moved into a new temporary camp on the island of less they were among the 13000 sleeping out in the open since fires destroyed the overcrowded memory of migrant facility police or accompanying those willing to go into the new camp but so far most are staying out more than 100 migrants who have moved in have tested positive for the coronavirus. w correspondent max and ease on lesbos in greece he met one man who set up
5:15 pm
a makeshift soup kitchen in the wake of the maria fire show salad with the thousands of people left without the shelter. it's 2 hours until lunch time. cost us policeman openness and his team have to hurry they're cooking for about 2000 people today outdoors and with the most basic equipment not an easy task. but it's what if you know i often have difficulties with the high winds and we need more helpers to come here to join us for today he thought aki is on the menu greek noodles with vegetables the meals are provided by a volunteer organization they set up his mobile kitchen in the ruins of moria just days after a fire obliterated europe's largest refugee camp this place used to be somebody's home over here a gas bottle next to a kitchen utensils people used to cook here next to it another home with water bottles completely destroyed by the fire more a camp was home to 13000 people living here in crowds unbearable conditions sound.
5:16 pm
as well aware of the extent of this catastrophe he founded his organization during the financial crisis when he and many other people in greece lost almost everything 1st began cooking for people on the streets of athens and when the refugee crisis hit the greek islands in 2015 they got involved here and lesbos since then their mission hasn't changed. or brought that up at the map if it were me but i think it will not be we decided to come here firstly because we have an urgent need for food and secondly to calm the people down take some of their anxiety away and show them that we are with them to show that not all people are fascist or racist and that we care for the people next to us that they have i don't feel it's not a moment. of volunteers and refugees cook and eat together trying to provide a sense of community among people who are left with nothing but one another and i think yes. i was in the same situation as the others are in now i understand that.
5:17 pm
i may share those you know with the. most former camp residents have been sleeping here out in the open. on the streets of less boss. those security forces started to move people to a new provisional camp the majority of refugees and migrants refused to go there fearing conditions might soon become as unbearable as they were and morea. living aid organizations are warning that the situation among those displaced by the fire continues to deteriorate at a rapid pace that basically lacking the same things as they were lacking already 5 years ago only worse meaning that the axes of food is even worse than before the axis of clean water is worse than before the axis of health care is even worse than before meaning that everything that we saw that was bad before is worse now during his time on the island customs police has noticed any improvements either he says
5:18 pm
it's frustrating but he can only hope for some positive changes just like the people stuck here. out of that when they get out of it if they don't have the hope they will die all they have left is hope to make a new beginning for themselves and let their children live a better life. finally lunch is ready and the head chef doesn't miss out on the opportunity to serve this has been an intense experience for him but today will dishing out mule number 1500 he says he's still on top of his. 24 year i have a lot a lot more to do we have barely even begun to be out there. his volunteers are determined to continue as long as needed serving food and share of solidarity one spoon at a time for the birth of. brazil's president john paulson has played down the wildfires now waging through vast stretches of rain forest and wetlands critics say his pro-business stance has emboldened those who destroy the forests
5:19 pm
for mining and land clearing federal police suspect farmers ignited a major fire now burning through the the planet's largest wetland. for the past several weeks catastrophic forest fires have ravaged the nature reserve destroying a unique ecosystem in the process the director of the reserve has watched helplessly as more of the protected landscape burns each day. last year alone $10000.00 hectares of forests burnt to the ground this year it's been 3 times that much it's a huge loss. this area is one of the most biodiverse places in the world tourists flock here to see endangered animals in the wild. like the jarvis stork. and jaguars. these are the worst fires the area has seen in over a decade for their north fires are also raging in the amazon rain forest many of
5:20 pm
them were started illegally to clear forest for farming the smoke from those fires has spread to cities with devastating consequences for the help of locals but farmers know there are few consequences for illegally starting the fires brazil's president consistently undermines protections that. n.g.o.s get money from abroad and they don't have a chance of fighting me i will continue to fight and kill this cancerous tumor that is the environmental protection agency. narrow dispatched the military to the amazon to help battle the fires the same military that carved roads through it and erected settlements during the military dictatorship from 1964 to 1905. critics fear brazil's military could create a permanent presence in the rain forest. no no there will be no militarization of the rain forest we're just here in a logistical capacity for example our helicopters there used to battle the fires.
5:21 pm
it's likely after the fires agriculture here will expand including more fields for products like soybeans and meat bound for the european market that's why environmentalists are calling for e.u. laws that would protect brazil against further deforestation every day the flames reach further the area is in dire need of rain but none is expected for at least several weeks. the u.s. has announced plans to ban the use of the chinese own mobile apps to talk and we chat citing national security concerns downloading the apps in the u.s. will be blocked from sunday a full ban on the use of tech talk is due to come into effect mid november some experts are concerned that tech talks owner could gain access to the information of the apps users in the u.s. however the band might be cancelled if the trump administration agrees to a deal between talks chinese owners and u.s. investors for more on this i'm joined now by des. ileus
5:22 pm
public it's nice to see you here why has the us decided to ban downloads of tech talk and we remind us well this goes back to august in fact when president trump through executive order gave to talk until september 20th to find essentially a u.s. company that would be in charge of its domestic operations now here we are at mid september and true to word this has been and i'm status and she downloads are going to be banned as of sunday unless of course in the next couple of days and we know that this would not be a surprise in the trumpet ministration that as some sort of dramatic turn of events takes place. a u.s. company strikes a deal to purchase. the u.s. operations of tick tock that is approved by president trump and has some big companies in the mix there it appears that oracle along with that wal-mart who
5:23 pm
would have a smaller part in this could in fact actually the companies they're going to be in charge will say of tick tock in the united states i ask this next question with my daughter in mind because she cannot keep your hands off to what does this essentially mean for the users of the world that's where it's a little big gray at the moment obviously this is affecting us users at the moment there are 100000000 u.s. users at. the moment and we'll have to wait and see until november 12th when the way they've put it is that internet traffic or how it will be illegal to host or transfer internet traffic with take talk will come into effect and what's also interesting is what the commerce secretary in the u.s. has said he said the president's direction we've taken significant action to china's malicious collection of americans personal data so they're hammering home the fact that you know users need to be reminded of this that even though there's
5:24 pm
a 100000000 users and many of them would be quite young users who perhaps don't care as much as perhaps older users with regards to their personal data or whatever so let's wait and see 1st step by step and it'll be november 12th before it will save a full time competitor we have about half a minute here what's the president's role in all this that's president trying to for one president we know often takes unusual steps with regards his role and this is no different he's playing the kingmaker in some ways he wants to sign off on whoever whatever company decides to become the will say controller of domestic operations for take talk in the u.s. and also let's not forget this is about u.s. china relations and that's also not forget what have we got coming up in november the elections so this could have a very significant role in u.s. china relations as well as public fully aaliyah's for us thank you so much will. to football now it's opening night for the bundesliga season here in germany champions
5:25 pm
by in munich are hosting shout there will be no fans in attendance after a last minute decision to keep stadiums empty due to rising krone virus infection rates ah it's no secret fire in munich dominate the bundesliga it was written all over their shirts at the end of last season after they made it a record 8 titles in a row 30 overall. the last time a team other than byron won the bundesliga was years back wait for it 2012 that was dortmund but last season was exceptional after biron signed the league title they sealed the german cup and delivered the champions league for their 2nd trouble in 7 years repeating the trouble especially the champions league part comes with uncertainty but that can't be said of the bundesliga. few experts can see a champion this season that doesn't start with fire and end in munich.
5:26 pm
a side note to months of the although i think it certainly distinguishes the team that when they have great success they want to prove themselves 1st and no matter what the squad looks like ultimately it's always a duty for byron munich in the end to become champions my sense of it and. the firing squad will look different in the new season. gone are midfielder phil leave . and forward even paris and both played backup roles however what will really hurt the loss of midfielder tiago to liverpool but former manchester city forward le roy sunday is now on board so that should ease the pain of bit. it's another season another reason for the rest of the bundesliga to try to break byron's dominance but based on last season not to mention the 7 before byron munich will pick up just about where they left off. and
5:27 pm
a reminder of the top story we're following for you israel is back under a nationwide lockdown as it faces one of the world's highest per capita infection rates its 3 week long restrictions come and head of the jewish new year worldwide corona virus infections have now passed the $30000000.00 while. you're watching news the live from berlin india is up next i'm michael o'connor in berlin thanks so much for watching.
5:28 pm
5:29 pm
5:30 pm
with the romance of stolen beethoven. it was course the subconscious always. with the biggest composer of all time i can't even begin to imagine a world class one player selling waste on a musical journey of discovery. without. this week w. . a clean pristine me. at the crack of dawn does this picture from bended roof or maybe a troop if yes we feel proud and feel it for those who haven't known even viewers in europe this story was in our very 1st episode broadcast nearly 2 years ago you
16 Views
Uploaded by TV Archive on