this is t.v. news live from berlin the u.s. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsberg has topped. the death of a liberal judge at 87 gives president donald trump a chance to expand the conservative majority on the court as he faces reelection also coming up pro-democracy demonstrators in thailand to kick off a weekend of mass protest rallies are expected to draw tens of thousands calling for the prime minister's resignation and reforms to the march. and a new bonus league season starts with

a familiar story champion spider munich's and shall kataki with an 8 mil crowd. next peiser welcome to the program the us supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg has died a statement released by the court said the 87 year old had died of pancreatic cancer at her home in washington ginsberg was seen as a champion of women's rights a popular icon and the leader of the court's liberal wing her passing now gives president donald trump the chance to shore up the conservative majority when choosing a replacement. ruth bader ginsberg was appointed to the supreme court in 1993 the champion of women's rights became only the 2nd female supreme court justice a new 27 years of service she became seen asean question leader of the colts liberal wing. it.

almost explicit. what remains. is often called unconscious by the supreme court announced ginsberg's death in a statement saying she died with her family at her side president trump was given the news after addressing a campaign rally in minnesota. basically. what else can you say she was an amazing woman. she was an amazing woman. in there. thank you very much. trumps democratic presidential challenger joe biden also paid tribute to ginsburg but said her successor should not be chosen until

after the upcoming election but there is no doubt let me be clear that the voters should pick the president and the president should pick that justice for the senate to consider. but admits a senate fight to fill ginsburg's place on the supreme court seems sure but georgie leader mitch mcconnell said a vote on the top nominee would take place with much of u.s. politics hamstrung by deep polarize ation the makeup of the supreme court is crucial in shaping law on fundamental issues such as abortion but justice ginsburg had a critical view of the politicize ation of the nomination process. i don't know what it will take. but we really should get back. to the way it was when people were examining the qualifications of someone to be.

rather than trying to guess how they would vote. mona slate candles for ginsberg on the steps of the supreme court while there was praise for her legacy from across the political divide the search for her successor threatens to be less dignified. and for more insight on this we can speak now to political scientist boris foreman from bach bard college here in berlin can you tell us what is the legacy of ruth bader ginsburg i mean she's been she's known as a feminist somebody who was very vocal and very strong on women's rights and very successful and so we shouldn't forget that someone who was leading the liberal wing at the moment of start full of or is a she was still able to to fight for her own cause one thing that's also remember remember to serve dissent on an important decision. for you 2000 tents so she's doing a very strong and very visible. judge almost with

a face fanbase towards the end of his life. no she just passed away but it's an election period in the united states and people are already talking about what should happen next and who does it benefit no with the election just weeks away. i mean very generally speaking it benefits trump i mean one of the one of his strong suits has been trying to pack the courts not just the supreme court but. juxtaposition to other presidents he's had no if 3rd possibility to nominate a supreme judge that is quite extraordinary and this will certainly also be his legacy that he has left his mark his mark on the supreme court so i think it benefits him but there's obviously also a contradiction because mitch mcconnell made the opposite case in 2016 that obama should be able to nominate mary garland at the time for the supreme court now this might backfire to some extent but i don't think it's going to hurt. and just in

terms of constitutional law and process is it possible for trump to have a new judge before the new president is sworn in it is i mean there's nothing in the constitution that that speaks against that but that was exactly the case that mitch mcconnell was making at the time that the people should decide interesting lee now he's saying he also has the mandate because the senate was well the senators were elected in favor of the republican party 20162018 so he justifies his own contradictions with a public mandate which is an interesting wording let's say ok political scientist boris foreman from bard college in berlin thank you very much for that very much for that insight. many countries in europe are facing a surge in corona virus infections leading to new restrictions across the continent spain was one of the hardest hit countries during the 1st wave of the pandemic the situation has again been deteriorating in recent weeks there but authorities want

to avoid the harsh nationwide lockdown ordered in march and are opting for more localized measures instead. rapidly rising infections in madrid have sent the spanish capital into a partial 2nd looked at the areas most affected by the nearest frictions of the densely populated low income neighborhoods in the sight of the city movement will be restricted and all bars and restaurants will be limited to 50 percent capacity. and you know not only are going to i understand that we need to save the economy in the forward but health is more important without health there's no money. around it's a beer and i don't know. i think it's good to avoid making the situation worse because there are people who go when they don't have to. do much as you've got to let those who really need to go do so so they don't lose their jobs so they don't lose what little they have. over

a few people get up here and. even those in the hardest hit regions will not be stopped from going to work as happened to non essential workers during the initial wave of the pandemic i give you that we need to avoid a state of emergency and a hard look done we need to avoid economic disaster hard looked and state of emergency are an economic disaster and we need to avoid that by all means. regional health officials say madrid's health care system is under growing pressure as hospitals struggle to operate with limited health workers and resources. now here's a look at some of the latest on the pandemic across the world. guatemalan president out a 100 jemmett today says he's tested positive for the corona virus as the central american country eases stiff travel restrictions imposed months ago to contain infections. the region at the heart of australia's outbreak is on course to relax

restrictions victoria's state reported its lowest daily increase in new infections in 3 months and france has registered another record daily increase in code 19 cases more than $13000.00 in 24 hours. in thailand pro-democracy protesters are gathering in large numbers to demand the prime minister's resignation and reforms to the monarchy tens of thousands are expected to turn out for a weekend of rallies they'd be the biggest protest since the 2014 coup when now prime minister. took power the student led demonstrations are calling for democratic reforms and changes in tough laws against criticizing the royal house more protests are planned for sunday with orders have warned against holding them made fears that the corona virus could spread rapidly among demonstrators. and for more on all this let's cross over now to our correspondent flora knew she was following the story for us florian what caused these protests.

well these protests were initially triggered by the banning the dissolution of the most popular opposition pati the future forward potty in late february of this year . this is when the n.t. governments movement really formed and started to have minor rallies then obviously the corona pandemic put a halt to all this kind of protesting and it basically just started up again in july with major rallies after the shutdown here in thailand had been eased and it has basically gone on ever since so for the past 2 weeks we have seen various protests all through the country but obviously today could really become a watershed moment for thailand because the organizers say they're expecting up to

100000 protesters gathering here in bangkok this weekend and there is there any sign for him that the government is willing to listen to these demonstrators or bow to their demands. well they have been very mixed signals during those recent weeks on the one hand over the course of last week's police seem to be quite lenient. i already mentioned how often protests in the in the previous weeks and police have basically just observed those protests. some of the student leaders about a dozen of the student protest leaders had been detained for a few days but have all been released on bail so they're all going to be at the protest today but at the same time we're hearing that today police how far ready confiscated some protest materials some leaflets and booklets banners. and you already mentioned there has been this speech by the prime minister couple of days

ago where he basically. urged and said yes i'm hearing you i'm hearing what you're saying maybe we should slowly you know change our constitution but maybe this is not the right time because of the pandemic and critics say he's just using health reasons as a pretext for cracking down on these protests just a quick final question if i may for in thailand as you know of course has strict laws against defending the monarchy how risky are these protests with those the demands they have. well it is basically unheard of what those students are doing right now thailand has one of the strictest let's not just stay lawless you can go to prison for up to 15 years if you. don't say anything against the monarchy so what those students are doing right now by their demands some say is already breaking the law but they're actually saying this law

is unjust so we really have to get rid of this law and it's basically just safety in numbers i guess that the students are counting on ok florian thank you for that insight. sports news now and opening night of the bunda sleek it were by a new nick the 8 time defending champions have already put themselves on top of the lead in the new season their match against shocker was played without spectators but with brutal efficiency on the part of the home team. byron's massive stadium without fans once again local authorities saw a spike of corona virus infections as too high to risk lives the home club didn't miss a beat though all of 4 minutes in search going out rate took the pass and delivered . yahshua commish put the long ball on cannot raise right foot and operated the rest no one really knew it then but the route was on. up 3 nil is the break newcomer and surprise starter lee roy sunday beat to shelter defenders before

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a chance to increase the court's conservative majority she said her dying wish was to have her successor be chosen before after a new president is installed. watch indeed if you knew. i'm a spice or thanks for watching. beethoven the germans did to did do. did is it is about a 6. week. project. many rubber bands of stolen beethoven. and of course the subconscious always one thing is clear. beethoven is wildly popular. i see a show.