because a real world gives me a hug. ugh can't sleep. ugh couldn't sleep. on. the sly. this is d.w. news and these are our top stories u.s. democratic presidential candidate joe biden says he and donald trump should not debate if the president is still infected with corona virus the 2 are due to hold a 2nd debate next tuesday this comes as trump enters the white house oval office for the 1st time since his return from hospital meanwhile covert protection measures are being finalized at the venue where the vice presidential candidates will soon face off for their debate. a greek court has found leaders of the

country's far right to gold and john party guilty of operating a criminal organization the group was once greece's 3rd largest political party and its leaders and now face up to 15 years in prison one of its supporters was also convicted of the murder of an anti-fascist rapper in 2013. and this year's nobel prize in chemistry has been jointly awarded to french scientist and my us shop on tuesday and jennifer doudna from the u.s. for their development of a message for genome editing the royal swedish academy of sciences said it is contributing to new therapies against cancer and heritage diseases like. this is g.w. news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram d w news or visit our website dot com. fresh out of hospital those still being treated for covered 19 u.s.

president donald trump has called off negotiations with congress about a new covered 19 relief bill the president has accused the crazy nancy pelosi and radical left democrats is we're just playing games democratic presidential challenger joe biden said the president has turned his back on the american people so look at that. look ahead to tonight's vice presidential debate. and this is the day. creating unnecessary hardship for.

many will undergo extended periods of unemployment. for their support. are still. at. the backing of christian evangelicals in the case wing state of ohio is such an important issue in our time and i cannot trust a president who believes that abortion is ok without the right to life we have nothing. u.s. president donald trump has abruptly halted negotiations on a major coronavirus stimulus package for the u.s. economy after congress failed to agree a price tag a day after returning to the white house to recover from his faction the president fired off a series of tweets accusing democratic house speaker nancy pelosi of failing to

negotiate in good faith he's ordered talks to cease until after the election saying that he would pass a stimulus bill immediately after he wins. democrats immediately attacked the president for abandoning the american people amid the pandemic house speaker nancy pelosi accused the white house of being in complete disarray and then all the sudden he said infected by the current virus think president in the hospital our president prayed for him and then today comes that he has yet to come down from hospital roots and turn around. so you never know what's going to be coming next but i think that we say once thinking maybe using that term thinking loosely relates it president trump appeared to backtrack by trying to salvage some individual items of assistance including money and lines and another round of stimulus checks is white house chief of staff mark meadows obviously we're looking

at that potential for standalone bills there's about $10.00 things that we have agreed on and if the speaker is willing to look at those things. on a piece by piece basis then we're all willing to look at it so why does this latest on past leave the economy and us voters kimberly clausing is thought of and i don't waltz minty professor of economics at the college she joins us from portland oregon a welcome to d w a precocious the u.s. economy looked like it was going gangbusters then coronavirus hit how bad is the damage. it's quite severe then one thing that we've seen across countries is the countries that have handled the virus better have had swifter recoveries and less of the downturn the us did not end of the virus well at all and as a result has disproportionate number of deaths but also a disproportionate number of people who are scared to go out and shop or to partake

in the economy because the virus is still very active here so i think the poor public health situation really made this downturn a lot worse and it would have been so should we expect jobs lost to the pandemic to return in time you know with time it will return and we have seen some improvement over the depth of this recession so far the unemployment rate is bounced back somewhat it's still a lot higher than we'd like it to be and we've got also seen that the trend of improvement has weakened so while there was some strong improvement 2 months ago the more recent improvements have been much flatter so i think in order for the economy to really improve when you get control over the virus and once that public health situation is solved that will help but in the meantime i think the congress and the central bank should continue to pursue stimulus and central banks doing all

that they can that congress really really needs to do more together force with the president to pass some stimulus legislation whether that's the stimulus is a really interesting way to talk a story in broad terms the best way to recoat flow to the economy as diverse as the u.s. pumping money into banks and businesses so putting stimulus checks into people's bank accounts. yes so in a way you need to do both you need to take care of the financial system because that really is the lifeblood of the economy and central bank has done a nice job with learning disabilities and making sure there is adequate at the quiddity i think what congress really needs to focus on most in the us had it is focusing on consumers and workers who lost their jobs and also state local governments that don't have the ability to borrow the way the federal government does so what happens when the state local governments you know hit a recession is they have to lay off teachers and firefighters and all sorts of

important public servants and that also contracts the economy and state local governments because then those people have less money to spend so normally the federal government would step in and help out states and localities there's a little bit of that in the spring isolation but we could use a lot more there are more assistance to the unemployed and there are now 28000000 americans either unemployed or waiting to enroll in unemployment insurance so that's that's a lot of people. and i was reading an estimate today that as much as hof americans age 55 and over likely to retire in poverty only of poverty. yes so that one of the sad things about this pandemic is it sort of looked like the u.s. economy was doing really well going to have that there still are some fundamental weaknesses that were really not address despite the strong economy so we started this recession with a big budget deficit not with but balance we started this recession with

a great deal of income inequality and with those at the bottom still being quite vulnerable with 10 percent of millions of americans who don't even have health insurance right so what we need to do is really strengthen that social safety net to make sure to expand health insurer and rather than undermine the expansions we've seen so far and to make sure that those at the bottom are protected and have adequate you know health and nutrition and income to. to lead a successful working life and a successful retirement the parts that you're talking about i just finally i'll not an issue of expanding the site and that's do you see any sign of either a push from congress over the white house or indeed from from a lot of votes as for that to actually happen. yes i think this is this coming election is going to be really crucial on all of these matters 1st in terms of getting the coronavirus under control i think we've seen that the current administration is incapable of doing that so hopefully the new administration

should biden be elected hopefully that new a new administration will be much better at that as if there's a lot of interest in strengthening social safety net with democrats in congress i think the republicans are a little more reluctant there particularly with with health insurance that actually challenge the expansion of health insurance through the affordable care act to kind of when i go in the opposite direction but if the election turns out such that democrats have the senate and the house as well as the presidency they can move forward to make a stronger safety net and hopefully a stronger economy to ok that's clear thank you so much professor professor closing from the ring college thank you my pleasure. well with the present terms covered diagnosis tonight's vice presidential debates has suddenly acquired a greater urgency vice president mike pence and democratic challenger kamla harris will square off in the only debate at the university of utah in salt lake city the

televised clash comes at a precarious moment for the tram heads campaign with questions still being asked about the state of the president's health and a covered outbreak of the white house cutting through the president's inner circle so far mike pence is tested negative but his potential exposure to the virus as many calling for him to quarantine which he is refusing to do come in harris who also tested negative this week has insisted on extra precautions for tonight's debate plexiglas barriers have been installed on state between the candidates and the debate commission has limited the size of the audience they also say that anyone who doesn't wear a mask will be escorted out. well a tougher line on hygiene and social distancing news in response to the 1st presidential debate when donald trump's entire entourage removed their masks and refused to put them back on the president's coverage infection and the lack of information about his current health status have now thrown he's too many debates with joe biden into doubt and i'm not sure there was

a regular from. now i don't know what is. looking forward to being able to read him what are you protocol. i think you can go over here. let's get more of this from d.w. washington bureau chief in his poll who's in the key swing state of ohio welcome back in this set up tonight's debate for us what do we expect from these 2 candidates. well phil i think these 2 candidates couldn't be more different from each other there's mike pence on the one side these white men very conservative very traditional on the other hand there is camelot harris the 1st female vice presidential candidate the daughter of immigrants the mother from india the father from my car this is what they're really different and but they share the

one goal they have to mold promote their candidate and convince their voters to go out and vote for donald trump or joe biden. well the post of u.s. vice president has famously been described as not being worth a bucket of spit but with the president just out of hospital still receiving treatment people are looking at mike pence much more closely now. absolutely absolutely i think not only because donald trump is ill he has caught the virus it's also the pure age i think it's fair to say that there have been never presidential or vice presidents who were so close to become the next president donald trump is 74 years old and joe biden would be 78 years old if he would be elected and therefore he would be the oldest president ever to start his job all gratian day so this kind of puts some

extra kind of attention to this president vice presidential debate tonight and of course that begs the the president's sickness how much is that the president's allison the swirl of infection cutting through the white house affecting attitudes on both sides. so we are here in this battleground state ohio and ohio and had the chance to talk to all those democrats obviously our shaken by that in that regard that they would change the way they have always it would have been to expect that some republicans might reconsider if they would still go with president trump but as far as we talked to them every single one said yes i will and why is that because many many republicans just are just a single issue voters some of them are eventually kills so watch our report who they

are and why they matter so much christine mannering meets fellow activists they are all devoted to the cause kristin found inspiration in the bible which she takes this really. they are on their way to an abortion clinic to try to persuade women to keep their pregnancies . angelica looks like her make up 25 percent a few s. voters most of them share a central goal to ban abortion. we are kind of the the last stop before that abortion we want to reach them one more time and so that's why we're here it's my duty to do what i can do here to persuade as many people to not have abortions as possible but ultimately that's in god's hands and one day they will have to give an answer to god. she and her fellow activists believe donald

trump is as committed as they are to banning abortion abortion is such an important issue in our time and i cannot trust a president who believes that abortion is ok without the right to life we have nothing so if we're taking away and it's a wife's no one has right the right to life is so important and i'm seeing that from him and that's why i will be voting for him. politics professor laurel buson from the university of indianapolis has been analyzing trump's supporters the evangelical vote is critical to donald trump's reelection they've been essential part of his base since he began running in 2016 and even though sometimes the president has wavered on policy issues the evangelicals have never wavered on their support for him there's no generation gap in terms of the evangelical bloc you see this with younger voters obviously with older voters in their support as well and you don't see a difference in terms of age. christina studying to be a nurse or spare time she's already trying to save lives one way talking with

people about abortion another way she says is by voting for trump there's a lot about donald trump that i don't like that i don't agree with but in the areas that he does promote truth and justice i pray that god would bless his administration heavenly father we thank you that you are the author of life and prayer office crucial support for her and her friends they are also praying for donald trump but he recovers and is reelected to fight with them against abortion. and enos poll in ohio. the united states is seeing record job losses and a deadly pandemic raging is a portion still going to be such a huge issue. first summit is this is the only thing they care about for others it's the supreme court as we know it donald trump tries to put in

a successor. before he might have to leave office and then sure for many it is the economy because more and more people like really feeling kind of the outcome of that they are losing their jobs furloughs turn into like permanent job losses they hardly know how to bring food on their tables they are they have to leave their houses so 'd i think the this issue will become more and more important over the course of the next weeks. his poll in ohio thank you. germany and france i think will push for a new sanctions against russia over the poisoning of prominent kremlin critic annexing the valley in a joint statement today the german and french foreign minister said they had received no credible the attack on this in a family with a band agent and make use moscow of involvement and responsibility russia denies

any connection to the case thanks in a valley spent just over a month after he was medically evacuated to germany. political correspondent simon young has more on the sanctions and boom that my target germany and france have said that they are jointly seeking sanctions against russian nationals because they believe that russia has not done enough to help clear up and explain what happened in the poisoning of alexei in the valley and they're going to take this forward now in the next few days they say putting suggestions of what names should be on that list only a handful we believe of individuals. that they will be individuals. who are identified as having a function which makes them responsible for involvement in the crime that's how it's been formulated also probably sanctions will be placed on an institution

involved in the production of the novacek poison and these suggestions will be put to the of the e.u. member states it will then be for them to decide whether the e.u. imposes these sanctions on law sco so i mean you are now to another case straining relations between moscow the 1st day of the trial of an alleged russian hitman has adjourned in the german capital the 55 year old is accused of shooting a former church and commander in a park in burnin last year on the orders of the kremlin the case the grip popular imagination here in germany. welcome to the capital of spice the german spy museum in berlin recently and it is so cool to garden not into its exits their man in their thirty's meant is to let a contract killer classic off. this case has all the ingredients of

a political thriller in august of last year the russian citizen to fight in crises of travel from moscow via paris and torso to delhi under false identity. precipice alleged to have a push his victim on a bicycle in a small park in berlin the victim was a chechen exile seeking asylum in germany he was killed with 3 gunshots from close range. chris because then allegedly threw his gun and bicycle into the kneebone river and tried to escape but was caught shortly afterwards he was arrested and has been silent ever since. but that's a special situation that in this case we have the suspect we have the person who is accused about murder so we have evidence we have the fingerprints we have pictures if you compare it was a screen or was a not only case we didn't have any person that we can question so i think this is sort of quite unique situation right now according to investigators state on

question of smallville fun indicates that the crime was carefully planned they say they have found links to the russian that runs association of the domestic intelligence service if they speak which several investigative journalists believe is just a cover. we can see that that in classic off the killer started visiting at s.p. training centers as early as spring 2019 security. employees are prepared for special operations there but. as the day of the murder approached he communicated more and more often with the f.s.b. employees. towards the end it was almost every day. the victim the same 100 had fought on the side of the rebels in the 2nd or moscow had designated him a terrorist. this man was on our wanted list he's

a fighter a cruel and bloodthirsty person. the kremlin denies any responsibility for their attack non of germany 17 inquiries received a response it was to request full legal assistance were answered in the adequately say the german authorities there in staunton what's moscow is sharpening. to britain. the federal government reserves the right to take further measures in this case before. the german federal prosecutor may have brought charges against that in christ but politically just says that in reality the russian state is in the dark. of france's reported more than $18000.00 new cover 19 infections the highest one day increase since the pandemic reached the country at the start of the year with origins of also reporting 18 more deaths from the disease france impose one of the

one of europe's strictest lockdowns in spring and the sense ramped up testing all bars and restaurants in the capital now have to close at 10 pm but that hasn't stopped the onset of a 2nd wave. and here in germany the daily number of new corona virus infections has risen to its highest since the end of april was in 2800 in the past 24 hours a surge in the capital berlin has forced the city to impose new curfews on bars and cafes as well as stricter rules for gathering in groups the w.'s aren't tilton has been out on the streets of berlin to gauge reaction. welcome to germany's new flashpoint. after months of staving off the pandemic the german capital has become the frontline in the country's fight against the. half of all of germany's high risk areas are located here in this city including the district of. gatherings with

little sign of social distancing are a common sight here most of the new infections are among young people under the age of 30 they're more likely to be infection but the disease is spread is also picking up pace among the old forcing berlin city government to take action there introducing new restrictions from saturday compelling bars and stores to close at 11 and limiting alcohol sales as well as the size of private gatherings not everyone supports the changes. yes you can just say much it's a hard question i think it's actually. a long but you have to maintain social distancing and i think as long as people do that it shouldn't be a problem to sit in the bar until late at night. i think the same i think everyone can keep themselves in check regardless of how much alcohol they drink at least i can keep a grip on myself so i don't understand why others can't do that. and. many support the new measures. you need to balance your own sensibilities

against a virus that puts others lives at risk you can feel the mentioned in that case i think the measures are justified the. warning system is flashing red and that's forced the government to take action and most people we've spoken to say they support the restrictions that still have the spread of the virus here in the german capital. finally a dinosaur fossil which has sold for a. new york. really a 20 says really sorry 271 please 27000000 100000 dollars ball's in your court. talk to me james. put the $75.00 please $27500000.00 fair warning i'm happy to

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