this is a new news live from berlin thailand belongs to the people that's the message from protesters to their king activists calling for reform of the monarchy install of clock symbolizing democracy near the grand palace and thousands march to press their once to demands for change at the top also coming up. tributes pouring in for the u.s. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsberg the legal better instead think now it's a partisan battle over who will replace her we'll take a look at the latest issues dividing america. and its beer time and unique again

pandemic claims the city's famous october fest is canceled the show grounds remain deserted but local drinking halls are keeping the spirit alive with celebrations on a smaller scale. unexpired sir welcome to the program. pro-democracy protesters have saved their breath huge rally in the thai capital bangkok thousands joined in a rare challenge to the monarchy they want curbs on the king's power fresh elections and democratic reform marchers handed a letter to guards at the royal palace containing a list of demands to the king is include removing the prime minister from office and a new constitution activist installed a plaque symbolizing thailand's trends just transition to democracy the latest protests are seeing is the biggest in thailand this year. and our correspondent

flora nish is following the stories for us in bangkok florent how significant are the scenes that have played out this weekend. well for everyone that knows thailand and thailand's often violent history what we have seen over the last 24 hours or so is nothing short of revolutionary not only have we seen the biggest and longest protests since the last military coup in 2014 we have seen how those protesters have installed a plaque that basically says this is for the country and this is for the people not for the king ride on the oil fields so one cannot overstate the significance we have seen how these protests in defiance of those struck kone and laws here in thailand that ban any criticism all the mauna kea and it is punishable by

up to 15 years in jail they have marched to the palace grounds they have only been stopped. you know not far from it by the police but they have given their demands to representatives all feel florentines that they are actually criticizing and they are protesting against so this demonstration can be qualified as a huge success for the protest us. you speak of draconian measures are possible to take against protesters and how are the authorities responding so far that. well overall the house been quite lenient we had seen massive barricades being put up last night close to the government house the seat of the government and the prime minister also massive blockades in front of the royal palace equipped with bob wires so that actually looked like

a military zone so the police basically have confined themselves to just making sure that these protesters would not stormed these sensitive located. but otherwise to have been pretty lenient they have even accepted the petition that the protesters originally wanted to give to a member of the privy council as a representative of the palace in the end they negotiated that the head of bangkok metropolitan police receives that documents and he vowed to pass it on to the palace will have to wait and see if that really happens well looking forward where can we expect these protests to go that. well tallent might still be in or will probably be in for another very interesting maybe even tens weeks so the protesters declared today that they will convene again already next thursday in front of parliament where a committee is supposed to set up to discuss gradual reforms of the

constitution that was drafted under the military regime. and they have called for a general strike on october 14th so unless their demands will be met by then they want to have a general strike in the whole country and i don't really see their prime demands namely the prime minister to step down to happen before then so there will be some more interesting times ahead sounds like a real standoff florian in bangkok thanks so much. in the united states republicans are vowing to push ahead with selecting a new supreme court justice to replace ruth bader ginsburg who died on friday president trump has pledged to select a woman and says he could make a nomination as early as next week democrats argue that the process should only happen after this november's election meanwhile tributes to the late supreme court justice continue to come in. the steps of the supreme court have become

a makeshift memorial to ruth bader ginsberg the collection of flowers and cards grew throughout the day. in the eyes of some people ginsberg was more than a leading judge a champion of women's rights even a liberal icon. it was because of the work that she's done that i was able to have a good job that allowed me as a single woman to support myself and to choose to have a family to have reproductive choices that allowed me to. delay pregnancy and till i was ready for it and then to choose to do it on my own. the next supreme court judge could be very different for some grieve ginsburg's passing moves to find their replacements i gather in pace. president trumps ac could send a nomination to the senate as soon as next week the process will move i think it's

going to move very quickly actually i agree with the state that put out by bridge but god will. do it actually 100 percent i put out a very similar sacred you saw so i think we're going to start the brushes extremely soon. we will have a nominee version of the statement president trump is referring to is senate majority leader mitch mcconnell's pledge to hold a vote on a nominee before the election that's angered these protesters outside his kentucky home. though. 'd democrats complained that mcconnell refused to move on president barack obama's supreme court nomination 4 years ago. but there's no legal reason the republicans can't go forward. a 3rd of the presidents have a white justice is during an election year and somebody's been appointed them after they had been defeated so there is precedent for that but the lack of consistency

between 20162021 the part of the republicans is stark the stakes are of course high republicans could secure a 6 to 3 conservative majority on the supreme court and that could have far reaching implications on issues like abortion obamacare and gun rights whoever wins the white house in november. deja vue correspondent carolina sent this report from washington on when the process to fill ginsburg seat is likely to start while the white house already announced that they want to name the next supreme court justice before the 1st presidential debate and that is less than 2 weeks away president donald trump said that a nominee might be a woman that the procedure is not that simple the nomination of the justice will depend on how long the debate will take in the senate the usually a procedure the procedure is the president in this case only trump names

a candidate in the say the justice comment interviews the nominee for some days and then neither of the senate in this case a republican mitch mcconnell decides when the whole said we'll vote on the nominee let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. police in belarus have detained hundreds of women protesting in the capital minsk weekly march has become a focus of anti-government demonstrations over a disputed election more protest against hardline president aleksander lucas thank you are expected later on sunday. president donald trump is backing a deal allowing a chinese owned video sharing app tick-tock to carry on operating in the u.s. washington had announced a ban on tick talk because of security concerns new arrangements would see the partnering with american giants oracle and wal-mart. italians are voting on constitutional changes which could slim down parliament local elections are also

taking place this weekend and expected to favor the right wing national opposition bloc the polls are the 1st big test for prime minister just have big center left coalition government since the coronavirus lockdown. the greek government says more than $200.00 people have tested positive for corona virus at a new refugee shelter on the island of lesbos europe's largest refugee camp burnt down earlier this month leaving some $12000.00 people without shelter and i gratian ministry says 3 quarters of them have moved to a new camp which is already full. the amazon is burning again wildfires in the brazilian jungle are bigger and fiercer than ever this year that is one of the world's largest wetland eco systems but after 8 months of drought the region is now seeing the worst blazes in 20 years. smoke

chokes the pattern now as the flames through these tropical wetland exceptionally dry conditions of prime the area to. logging in the amazon rainforest north of here is up sitting the ecosystem creating the conditions that make these blazes possible and in 6 are also dropping the inferno. this is the 1st time i've witnessed an emergency like this the 5 coolest. there's no rainfall cost that these wetlands in the coming weeks but the country's president didn't come here instead he visited tonight. to mock the start of the soya planting season . and to make his supporters many of whom a local landowners but both neatly failed to land in the thick smoke ok you know jocose on his 1st attempt the pilot had to abort the landing that's almost never happened to me something highly unusual happened the visibility was probably poor.

probably to go even so the files devouring brazil's wild oddball sonar is top priority. and here's a look at some other developments in a global health emergency people in britain who break new coronavirus isolation rules face fines of up to 11000 euros fresh daily cases in south korea have fallen below 100 for the 1st time in weeks and football fans in italy are being allowed back into stadiums up to 1000 spectators will be able to cheer on their teams in the series a. the pandemic means germany's famous october fest has been canceled this year but all is not lost for beer drinkers in the parian city of new nick some local venues are organizing smaller scale festivities which comply with coronavirus regulations and not only. that 12 on the docks at the 1st cake is tapped but that's all that's going on as usual this year iran 50th munich speer halls are

taking part in their own self styled version of october fest. it won't be the usual moneymaker it isn't a party either. it's more like a normal restaurant environment but with the more atmosphere these and. it's officially not business as usual this year they can't and almost deserted this site normally plays host to the state organized october fest which brings more than $6000000.00 visitors each year and over a 1000000000 euros in revenue. how does it feel we missed the october fest. making the best of it. the venues taking part told to keep some of their real festival feeling alive but hygiene regulations are strict entry is controlled social distancing and the wearing of mosques is enforced still some people have their reservations i reckon we could have manage one year without talk so professed

the sense that it's really pretty phil i wouldn't want to throw myself into the crowd since you definitely notice a difference. the police keep a watchful eye as coronavirus cases increasingly rise in need it. for this reason children will have to wear masks to school from monday on and virtually just urge caution. among most shore 94 on 4 we have to appeal to the responsibility of the people at the festival so as not to risk more problems with the schools and the nurseries problem of the common. the city meets on monday to discuss further measures the mayor has warned of increased risk. will be ensuring that the rules are being followed i don't want to see the pictures of people standing on benches and cheering without distance and without masks circulating for the world to see. people who support the event argue that celebrations can be properly controlled because all visitors have to register themselves even as the beer gardens are

filled late into the night people are celebrating in a civilised manner. and you're watching news live from berlin coming up next world stories looks at the tensions over the migration on the greek island less of an exposure thanks to. the house for a laugh. from people make fun about their own social economic and political problems. in mozambique we say that you have to laugh so you don't write it's how people call me they just. as a journalist i often call called these folks in that. look you know. i actually stuff my day by checking all those jokes finding out what people are talking about what is moving them.