this is d.w. news to live from berlin infection rates are up in countries across europe as politicians and health experts try to fend off a 2nd lockdown but some health care systems are nearing capacity will closing british pubs early happen in fact and how about munich's view mask wearing rules germany and europe get ready for corona in winter. also coming up the un marks its 75th anniversary with a call for unity but the world cloudy is far from united on countless global issues

including reforms to ensure its own future relevance plus wildfires ravaging the planet in the u.s. in brazil and australia scientists point to climate change but in many countries they're battling politicians. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program countries across europe are scrambling to contain the corona virus pandemic after a surge and do infections british prime minister boris johnson is expected to announce an early closing of bars and restaurants and targeted lockdowns took effect in spain on monday france is seeing massive spikes in infections and increasingly full hospitals meantime in germany the city of new and in stepping up its measures after becoming one of the country's main hotspots masts will be compulsory. he and busy outdoor parts of the city center and authorities will

further restrict public and private gatherings. in a normal year huge crowds of people would be packed into tents here in munich for october fast but the any tents here right now a temporary coronavirus testing center is. never seen it so empty but that's the way it is this year. nearby in the city center things that are also set to change again as authorities tighten up corona restrictions really good thing i don't want to see to be the largest coronavirus hotspots in germany anymore told the truth. last week munich exceeded a critical threshold for the number of new cases so from thursday people will have to wear masks in popular public places including at this square. for common at milk i think it's ok he says it's unavoidable hopefully people comply with it

despite rising infections taverns across the city are opening their doors to drink is and trying to recreate the october fest atmosphere it's the brainchild of music's have an onus an idea which is criticized from the get go. it's taps i wish you all a happy festival. 2 days later business is quiet at this in on the whole the boss of this tavern doesn't believe restaurants and bars are to blame for the rising number of infections. we have a code of conduct for the guests that people have to wear masks i could name 10 other things we're doing i don't believe this is safe a place to eat or drink at the moment that our restaurant. but photos like this taken at one of the city's marketplaces have shocked politicians in response or 30 several in post social distancing rules only 5 people or 2 households will be allowed to meet meaning that celebrations will only be

small affair as. and let's bring in our political correspondent nina has a nina you are standing by in berlin where we know winter is coming is the country prepared well experts say that germany is much better prepared than it was in the spring of course and that's already a good sign there's currently enough protective gear and mosques for doctors available for example and also viral exists and doctors say that they just know a lot more about the virus than they did in the spring but of course they are bracing for a rise in infection rates and munich that we just saw in the report was just one example infection rates are going up here in berlin as well and also germany borders on 9 european countries and we can see infection rates rise significantly in several of those like in france and of course that will ultimately also have an effect on germany as so authorities are beginning to raise awareness again and i

spoke to a viral it's just the leading viral this viral just in germany coast and the last new said that winter will not be easy what other measures is the government planning. well 1st up it's important to stress again that matters of health that lee decides on regional levels are by the lender and not by the federal government here in berlin so that is something that is different here in germany to many other countries but what poland can do and what it is doing is it's giving out the broad guidelines and it's coordinating the efforts in the fight against the pandemic and germany is now focusing its testing strategy on people with symptoms or possible exposure to other covert patients and the health minister has also said that he wants to create so-called fever ambulances because they're a bit worried about what's going to happen in the winter when many people are sick hennie way and he just wants to make sure that people skin still go to the doctors

without fearing that they might catch an infection might catch the virus that are now those fever fever ambulances that he is proposing supposed to work in a way that they would separate people with symptoms like fever and covert from other patients and how about the situation with schools you know what is the status there all across the board politicians are saying that schools are open and schools must stay open as much as possible nobody wants a week long school closure again and americal has put her weight behind this effort and she says she wants to quit all schools in germany with fast internet as quickly as possible teachers are to be equipped with laptops so that even if there is a corona case in a classroom pupils have to stay at home temporarily to prevent further infections teachers can at least still continue teaching because that wasn't the case in the spring. in berlin thank you. on now to

france which reported a new record high this weekend with over 13000 new covert cases in 24 hours the government wants to avoid returning to full lockdown and instead is banking on physical distancing and other measures to keep public life from taking over now for students returning to the university the restrictions come with their own challenge as the interviews lisa lewis reports. it's a start of turn like no other at this university in a suburb north of paris. despite the strict anti covert measures these economic students are happy to be here. 2 weeks of it will it's nice to be back at university this just shows that despite the virus life continues schoolma'am rough work a lot of our university has done what's needed to adapt to the situation we have split into 2 groups and have them online classes every 2nd week and every 2nd seat

is off limits and we have to wear masks although that's a bit of a nuisance. quite a contrast to a holiday season during which many people lowered their guard most of francis' recent code cases are amongst young people use some police diplomacy police work and many of us travel jing this summer after all the virus is less severe for us young and if many need to get it to be heard immunity the young should get it the footage. the government has only given basic guidelines to the universities each institution has had to come up with its own detail plan. hours in grids masks social distancing online classes and we have to. because of these measures we won't have to shut down if students test positive for it because there are no contact persons at least at university reading. part but

the number of infections has been rising across. france more than half of the country has now been declared a red zone with at least 50 new daily infections per 100000 people compared to just a dozen in neighboring germany local governments can impose additional measures in these sayings like temporarily closing bonds and restaurants and yet social distancing and locally adapted strategies won't be enough to prevent another lockdown says this barrel of just. france doesn't even have a testing strategy for example to test those who work with vulnerable people such as the elderly the only way to control the epidemic is to systematically travel down and isolate infected people for the article we need to come up with a national strategy use the most simple testing methods such as self-esteem group testing and we need to test massively the all street for this must see what despite

the challenge the country faces these students hope the economy will stay open they'd like to continue to enjoy parisian cafe terraces where the risk of infection is low that. this is like a little patch of paradise we can meet our friends here without masks and have a drink for me possible that we need to stay united in these hard times it's important to stay in touch and form social bonds even if it's just to meeting up in small groups back there it's not certain displeasure will last for very long though the country's strategy does allow for local lock downs and paris has one of the highest infection rates in the country. and here's a look now at some of the developments in the corona virus and demick a us public health body the c.d.c. has withdrawn guide and sang that fine aerosol particles floating in the air may spread the virus the retraction has sparked concern up political interference mexico has passed 700000 confirmed corona virus cases but officials say that the

overall infection rate is still slowing down and new zealand for corded 0 new codes of 19 infections on tuesday there are now only $61.00 registered active cases in the country. well let's take a look at some other stories making news around the world china has sentenced an influential real estate tycoon and critic of president xi jinping to 18 years in prison for corruption of course state and has said that ren she kwang a former member of the communist party elite pled guilty to corruption bribery and embezzle mint of public funds. u.s. president donald trump says that he will announce his supreme court nominee by the end of the wake the position was made vacant by the death of justice ruth bader ginsburg on friday where trump has urged the republican controlled senate to confirm his pick for the election 5 women are being vetted for the role. in the

mediterranean rescue charity sea ice says that its vessel the along curdie rescued more than 130 migrants in distress over the weekend almost half of them were children sea ice says that it is waiting now for italy or malta to grant permission for them to disembark. and up to 90 wells have died and 180 more are still stranded at bay in southern australia conservationists launched a rescue operation after the whales became stuck on sand bars on mass whales strand things are often occurring in this particular region this is the largest in a decade. you're watching d.w. news still to come on the program warning keep your car windows up at all times in the drive through the haunted house offering it's socially distanced her experience . at 1st world leaders trying to mark the 75th anniversary of the united nations on

monday ahead of the start of the un general assembly is general debate later today the ongoing coronavirus pandemic is posing major challenges to this year's event the organization secretary general called for greater global cooperation a major countries like the un's host nation the united states are more often acting on their own. facing what some have called a crisis of confidence the un mocked 75th anniversary a spouse crowd in new york gathered to celebrate the milestone moment with the coronavirus pandemic largely forcing the event online striking a positive tarn the un's chief praised the organization success over the last 7 decades matt hardy more than used to be if we go in so many years we don't need any confrontation between the measured. these are going to be achievement which member states can be broke and which we must all strive to preserve. the un's most

drench the security council though faced heavy criticism often paralyzed by vetoes and disagreements german chancellor angela merkel said the council needs to adapt to stay relevant. the united nations can only be as effective as its members are united. you really council is all too often deadlocked when clear divisions are required before we need reforms the un must continue to develop in order to muster the global challenges of the 21st century. country the united states says for the most part the un has been a successful experiment but there's also a cause for concern. the united nations has for too long been resistant to meaningful reform too often lucky and transparency and too vulnerable to the agenda of autocratic regimes and dictatorships. as the u.n.

faces questions over whether it is still fit for purpose many feel it's the right time to assess its strengths and shortcomings. more we are joined here in the studio by the chief political editor of macare the course of. the us and 75 years what shape is it. well it's a very difficult say both and right now and we saw antonio going terrace you was the former u.n. high commissioner for refugees he's very much aware that some 80000000 people are fleeing from conflict and violence around the world at the same time we see that u.n. members can't even meet up to argue over the very key issues like the pandemic that so should be uniting them but 75 years i mean let's look at what the mission was that it set out with and if you look at the u.n. charter boat in my old log book here. we the peoples of the united nations are determined to save succeeding generations from the scorch of war while the un

wasn't a. to prevent many individual was in several continents but world war through 3 didn't happen and that was the low point of humanity when the united nations after the 2nd world war was founded and that was the starting point for international law for the very human rights standards all of mass to one of these key text books that countries refer to people can individual revert to and that are still being broken around the world but at least everyone is on the same page and what they aspire to in the end and this is very much being questioned at this very moment in time as we saw that u.s. president donald trump didn't even send his own message she sent his acting u.n. ambassador to make that statement there and that of course raises a lot of questions how big the commitment of the key powers actually still this and amid those questions are we we have a call we saw there in our piece from the german chancellor angela merkel she's

calling for members to act more united to whom were her comments directed well she deliberately didn't direct them to anybody in particular but clearly the united states as a key member meant at that very moment in time because the u.n. is also celebrating on the very day where we see a standoff between the united states and effectively the united nations over the issue for iran the u.s. says it will now invoke sanctions once again in iran over a breach of the very treaty that prevents them from developing nuclear weapons at the same time you see germany france and britain saying look you left this treaty you can't really invoke them and we have the u.n. . leaders sitting on the fence u.n. secretary general who terrorist saying he can't decide it's a complex issue so we're seeing how international power is being played out and

what should be the. clearing house for the kind of conflict. the one arena where there can be arguments but there won't be any consequence internationally and certainly no violence no more wars emanating from that this is not quite as certain as it was only a few decades ago and we see china we saw also send a message now calling for more multi-lateralism at the same time as china playing that very powerful game so the un is still it's more necessary than ever but it's not functioning that we were out of the talk it's important to see what the action though is the chief political editor. thank you so much. well in conjunction with this week's gathering at the united nations climate activists are getting together to push politicians on the climate emergency scientists are clear on the impact of manmade global warming and populations around the world are being

affected. ravaged by fire large swathes along the west coast of the united states have been devastated this year's wildfire season has been one of the worst ever more than 11000 square kilometers of forest and towns have been reduced to ash and rubble entire communities have gone up in smoke all of a sudden the mountains were just a boy a few days ago you know it was way. to the east and i wasn't worried about it. all of a sudden it just came across without any warning and i couldn't believe it. in brazil to the number of fires in the wetlands of ponce and more than doubled in the 1st half of 2020 compared with last year. then there's bought a guy could crater in the siberian arctic around a kilometer wide and 100 meters deep it's been created by the melting permafrost

when organic matter melts it releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and that speeds up global warming. the. on a small scale the processes we are seeing crater are happening everywhere ice melts underground the ground subsides that's taking place to look at that so when people look at the bus like i took crater they can see the perfect example of why you shouldn't joke about the permafrost. rising temperatures caused by the climate crisis are leading to more drought the result is more and more intense wildfires grounded planes and nearly shuttered industry because of covert 19 saw daily carbon dioxide emissions fall globally by 17 percent in april compared with 2019 but levels are now increasing again experts say action is needed now.

but i think there's also the chance it's if not all the right measures are being taken if we invest into local solutions renewable energy sustainable transport that we can avoid getting back to the previous levels but this requires political will with the activists and climate advocates do to take part in 20 twentieth's biggest climate event this week in new york they'll want to kick start that elusive political will. and we are joined now by stefan rahm's tough climate scientist at the potsdam institute for climate impact research welcome to the program and thank you for joining us what kind of action do you hope this year's climate week will generate. well the action very much depends on the national governments the un has basically done what it can do by reaching the paris climate agreement and the action we need now is that every government actually

implements the paris climate is going to end and unfortunately we are seeing that only by very few countries that they have sufficiently ambitious plans and actions and what we're also seeing i mean we we saw the images in our piece a bit earlier we're seeing climate events so for example california going up in flames some people still arguing that it's a weather phenomenon due to bad forestry put put these events into the broader context for us what is your answer to people who say that. well it's becoming ever more clear that extreme events are. made a lot worse by climate change and in terms of the wildfires it's something the intergovernmental panel has warned long ago and it's reports that these would increase as it gets hotter as it gets dry and in some regions of the world and it's

really a no brainer that there is in the time since wildfires on the other hand we have more extreme rainfall events as well its basic physics because of warming and if you can take out more moisture and then rain it down we have more devastating heat waves and the sea levels are rising satellite data show that. i'm getting stronger something that has also been long predicted by climate science because these tropical storms get their energy from warm. ocean temperatures and they are of course increasing of course with every extreme even the people who are in denial of reality come out and say no no this has nothing to do with climate change but the scientific evidence is overwhelming and as you highlight that evidence also break it down in terms of the numbers for us because in one of your articles you've argued that it's vitally important that the mission's joel increased beyond 2020 if the paris climate goal of preventing this

temperature temperature rise to no more than 1.5 percent is to be achieved. walk us through why that is so important to start and how we are doing right now. well emissions are still rising but they should be falling by now because what counts really is what we call the cumulative emissions that is the total of c o 2 that we have emitted since the beginning of industrialization and what that means that every year where we add more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere means that we also have to reach 0 emissions early to still reach the same climate all say the goals of the paris agreement and. already the last report by the intergovernmental panel on climate change has concluded we need to have the global emissions by the year 2030 so we only have 10 years to cap the emissions and

a half and that means we have to stop now we can't even afford to lose a single more year. an urgent call to action there climatologist stefan tof thank you for joining us here on to share that view thank you my pleasure. it's now we had to tell kenya where haunted houses are a popular form of entertainment but so is the coronavirus and that make there's a new twist on an old tradition proving a socially distanced horror experience for covert times a warning here some might find the story socially disturbing that. know the coded pandemic hasn't moved into a zombie apocalypse this is live in detainment courtesy of take your scared squad and it's a haunted house with a plot twist it's a drive through experience. just america as we started this driving because we can't get close to customers at

a traditional haunted house. now we got even closer because there's only a window between us it's way closer than before but standing nose to nose many customers say they've never been so close before they. chose to write the words. those stories and haunted houses a popular in japan especially in the summer months but in times of social distancing if you're looking for a live action hora this is the only game in town. the 30 minute performance isn't in your face feel fist in the comfort of your own vehicle. was when customers used to run cars they don't need to get out of the middle they enjoy the show and then go home with their car straight afterwards. it's a novel format but the pandemic is forcing the entertainment industry to innovate to reach paying customers. and most the leaving this haunted house happy especially

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