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ok. this is day to every news live from berlin and the united states hits another grim milestone as coronavirus cases rise above the 7000000 mark more and more states are saying a surge in new infections and experts expect the trend to continue as cold weather sets in and people move into also coming out in the name is facing its own steady increase of covert 19 cases with no signs the government has managed to flatten the curves. and police in front suspected terrorist motives half to 2 people a stab in the film office of the satirical magazine charlie and.
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i'm rebecca rich's welcome to the program the number of corona virus infections in the united states has risen above 7000000 the johns hopkins university tally passed the landmark figure on friday afternoon the u.s. has the highest number of confirmed cases in the world followed by india and brazil kovac 19 has already killed more than 200000 people in the us it is also the highest number in the world president donald trump has faced harsh criticism for his response to the outbreak after he downplayed the dangers of the disease. well carolina has more on the situation from washington d.c. but this country has desktop more than 7000000 current
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a virus cases and over 200000 there it's more than any other country according to the data collected by the johns hopkins university despite having less than 5 percent of the global population in the united states has halfords more than 20 percent of covered 19 deaths or old why people know that they also suffer the economic consequences of the pandemic so this is definitely going to be a topic that will have an impact on the elections. let's take a look now at some of the other developments in the corona virus pandemic germany has confirmed the largest number of new infections since april with more than 2 and a half hours and in the light his 24 hour period japan's prime minister. has told the united nations general assembly that his country is determined to host the olympics next year after the games were postponed due to the pandemic and an experimental vaccine being developed by johnson and johnson is proving to produce a strong immune response against the virus according to the latest results the
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early to mid stage trial is being backed by the us government. indonesia now has the 2nd highest death toll from covert 19 in all of asia and there's no sign of a slowdown any time soon even though the capital jakarta has re-instated a partial lockdown on friday indonesia hit a record daily high of nearly 5000 new infections health officials say the real number is probably much higher as to count as grave diggers can attest they've never seen anything like it grave diggers in jakarta no work around the clock racing to dig up to 40 burial plots a day before the pandemic it was just 10. it's a job that carries the risk of contagion and offers a frontline view of kobe its tragic toll.
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we're not complaining about how many bodies be bury every day and. it was very unfortunate for those who died they died in vain because of others who didn't comply with prevention protocols and when the. jakarta is now the epicenter of indonesia's corona virus outbreak the city alone is seeing more than 1000 new daily cases more than double the average caseload from early august a surge that's prompted another lockdown people are supposed to work study and pray at home for business owners it could spell ruin. we only just managed to survive the 1st round of large scale social restrictions and here comes another one but for now i'm just relieved that we're barely surviving but it will definitely cause an impact on our income is. a tough call for jakarta's
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governor to reinstate restrictions but he says it's necessary to help hospitals cope and keep people alive it's not enough for us to see they're doing good because that. is good compared to other places. but for now the grim task of burying the dead continues without a vaccine stain apart is the only way to stop the viruses spread and slow down the loss of life. no italy was one of the 1st countries to impose a coronavirus lockdown back in march the international community watched on as the country's hospitals overflowed and struggled to cope with the spike in cases but now it's a different story as many european countries began to suffer a 2nd wave of cases italy has managed to keep its numbers relatively light.
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the images that can be forgotten in march italian military trucks carried dead bodies away to relieve an overloaded cemetery in bergen mon italians were gripped by grief and fear as the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic up heaved society. now a little normality has returned to italian life bars and restaurants are open to mandatory temperature checks serving as a reminder to stay vigilant. the european countries including france spain and the u.k. are staring down a 2nd wave of the virus but numbers here are staying relatively low. for a new you went down that i think is in italy have stabilized for several weeks we're averaging 1500 cases per day compared to the rest of europe epidemic hit italy earlier societally was very aware of the problem and immediately put in place
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a very severe and strong containment plan. experts say this is why italy hasn't had to impose it new restrictions being put in place in other parts of europe. apart from the strictly police a lockdown and the robust contact tracing italians have willingly adopted mask wearing. italian citizens have been very respectful of all the rules when i see on the news the images of the european cities i see many more people without marks then you need to leave it. but they don't have much of a choice because they risk being hit with a hefty 400 euro fine i just think that the mass of syria i think their place in for say nothing for. it's not to say there won't be a rise in cases authorities say they are expecting one. but many here are hoping
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that the current measures in place will make this 2nd wave more recruits there tsunami. let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world this hour the coffin of ruth bader ginsburg has departed from the u.s. capitol where the late supreme court justice was the 1st woman and jewish person to lie in state it was taken to arlington national cemetery where she'll be buried ginsburg died a week ago after serving on the highest court for 27 years. u.s. media says president trump is to nominate judge amy barrett to the supreme court to replace ginsburg the 48 year old federal appeals court judges known for her conservative religious views trump told journalists on friday he made up his mind but refused to confirm the speculation ahead of an official announcement on saturday. at least 22 people are dead after a military plane crashed in eastern ukraine the aircraft crashed and burst into flames while landing in the city of to give it to you before he said to people on
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board was seriously injured and 4 others and missing most of the victims were young military cadets. turkish prosecutors have issued arrest warrants for $82.00 people including a man and members of a pro kurdish opposition party it's part of an investigation into deadly riots in $24.00 tane sparked by anger at the government's perceived inaction against militants from the islamic state group along the syrian border. the french interior minister has said a knife attack in paris was quote clearly an act of terror the incident on friday left 2 people wounded one seriously 2 suspects have been arrested the attack happened as the trial was underway of suspects in an attack on the offices of the satirical magazine charlie hebdo in 2015. a sickening sense of deja vu in paris is 11th hour going to small 1st responders will out the victims
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at the very sight of one of the most infamous attacks in the capital's history the former offices of charlie and where 12 people died in 2015 shaking the foundations of the republic. we had shots around midday we ran outside and that was all we saw before the police arrived. to put it would you study. and i sure victim lying on the ground covered in blood that's when i panicked and then people started panicking in shocking to me. off to savagely attacking the victims who were taking a smoking break the principal suspect fled the same police say they arrested the man nearby on the plus the law but. they were also detained several more piece alleged associates in the attacks off the mob. were those injured in
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the incident stuff a television production firm in charlie does form the building the magazine wrote on twitter the entire charlie tame since it supported solidarity trial former neighbors and colleagues at p.t.a. over the films and it everyone touched by this horrible attack. french authorities have already up an investigation into the attack the french interior minister and the city may have visited the saying anti terror prosecutors are in charge of the probe into the incident of all this we've decided to launch an investigation into attempted murder with a terrorist motive some crime associated with terrorism. killings that could do that you can win the. french authorities are already calling this attack symbolic it is happening right in the middle of a mass trial of 14 people in connection with the 25th ain't chali it done massacre that began what's being called france's war on terror this incident signals that
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iraq is an r.v. get. fridays for future climate protests have returned to the streets for the 1st time since the start of the pandemic when the coronavirus a shot of businesses and schools the rallies calling for improving climate protection policy went online but on friday more than a $3000.00 climate strike events took place around the world brings you this report from berlin. climate demonstrators were back on berlin streets for the 1st time in months after the coronavirus pandemic forced most protest actions online thousands flocked to the brandenburg gate the city's most famous landmark carrying banners and chanting slogans neither the threat of poor ing rain nor the coronavirus could stop them they were young people children with their parents students but also people from older generations including a group of grandmas fighting against climate change all were wearing masks and
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respecting social distancing people told me they were happy to finally be able to go back to the streets to protest thinking that during the coronavirus pandemic the issue of climate change had been forgotten protesters say the time is right to push governments to pursue the 1.5 degrees celsius limit on the rise in global temperatures set by the paris climate agreement. for me the most important thing is to comply with the paris climate agreement and the measures that are currently being taken in german politics or world wide or not nearly enough to comply with the agreement. i want the goals that we have now said. that europe has hopefully agreed on have been implemented. and they are ambitious goals but i think they are realistic because. the demonstrators
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are vowing to not give up the fight they want the government to hear them loud and clear. and to take action. sport now and in the bundesliga frankfurt kicked off match day 2 on friday night by beating her to berlin 31 in the german capital which ranks at already 2 nil ops sebastian road fired in their 3rd goal in the 71st minute and it was a stunner rhodes rocket flew past the reach of the outstretched her to go paper the wind puts frankfurt in 1st place at least for one day. the british naturalist sir david attenborough has broken a record this week soon after joining the social media platform instagram according to guinness world records the 94 year old broadcaster took the shortest time ever to get 1000000 followers you know the previous record holder jennifer aniston off her perch she launched her account last year the broadcaster famous for wildlife
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and environmental documentaries said he joined the social media platform to highlight urgent environmental issues. you're watching news up next our digital programme shift don't forget you can get all the latest news and information on our website that state of the dot com i'm rebecca riches in berlin thanks very much for watching. them from people make fun about their own social economic and political problems. in mozambique we say that you have to ask so you don't write it's called people because we did a little. as it. often called about stocks in that binds us a little to go. back to staff in a day by ticking off all those jokes finding out what people are talking about what is moving them.
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