be a bit more in tune with the political side guys to going on at the moment and look at the more diverse body of author so why do you think they chose her well you know you read out that wonderful quote of why she got it i always love the way the poetic formulations of though she doesn't very distinctive voice she did win a pulitzer prize in 1903 she was u.s. poet laureate in 2003 to 2004 and she is considered one of the country's most talented and important contemporary voices she's known for incredible technical precision intense sensitivities she's got great insight into into things like family relationships into loneliness death and loss. she also does a lot of reworking of classical myths very interesting really and never the last she's really a poet that people can understand triumph of achilles from 95 is one of her very very well received works from a while back that people could check that out we have to talk about the scandal in recent years karen i mean there has been so much scandal there was even an

alternate prize created in trying to kill or area to listen ok well it definitely it it does look like the academy you know is is somewhat outdated obviously a privileged group that is largely male dominated and definitely not transparent enough i think for people's tastes today huge controversy last year when it was awarded in 2902 the austrian author peter hunt who has a really in his later works downplayed and even denied the genocide committed by serbs against muslims in the bosnian war so that was that was very controversial the sexual misconduct scandals that date all the way back to many years actually before but came out in 2017 in the wake of need to and those that caused obviously one member to leave several members to resign a lot of turmoil there and there were also financial there was financial misconduct going on there with with that couple so the academy's also been accused for many many years. it's of being too eurocentric and this this of course takes it to the

other shore and the fact that it's the female winner i think they've they've made some points on the gender issue that's so much at play here is so much more than just the surprise talk about a factor here but in the meantime congratulations to abuse glover's who has now received this award of his current house that thank you pleasure. while germany's disease control agency is warning that the spread of the corona virus in the country could become on controllable if people don't stick to hygiene and distancing roles well germany has seen relatively few infections compared to the rest of europe visual figures show a dramatic jump in cases over a single 24 hour period are causing growing concern. more than a full it has a new infections in the past day that's germany's highest rate since april when the kountry was today knocked down has minister yan span warned of growing complacency

in the population and called for responsible behavior than 6w8xw people cooperate the chances of the virus spreading will drop dramatically like that is the good that this pandemic is or so a character test for us as a society and we can only pass if we pull together. in recent days authorities have tightened restrictions in high risk areas such as the capital balin from saturday on the way it's a curfew will be imposed on bars and restaurants as germany braces for soaring cases but according to the account trees leading vajrayana g.'s rest trick sions alone won't suffice it is not sufficient to impose rules that people don't understand until the corporation of the population especially in the coming weeks and months to. the over the autumn and winter. is probably one of the most important functions in the whole concept to intervene. we spoil school

holidays about to begin the government has called on citizens to avoid trouble or brode most of germany's 16 states so agreed to a ban on overnight stays at hotels for visitors from high risk areas in a bid to curb the surge of new infections. and let's now get you up to speed on some of the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic in madrid court has struck down an order and posing a partial lockdown in the spanish capital and 9 satellite towns in france new delhi cases are at an all time high and hospitalizations have also jumped with more than 7500 people currently receiving hospital treatment for cold the 19 a top immunologist in the u.s. has quit his job over president trump's response to the virus dr rick bright says that the administration was ignoring scientific expertise. oh many countries are now concerned about the winter 2nd wave china is sounding

a more positive note if the ports that it is under control beijing says that it has been the pandemic and that it could have a vaccine ready by the end of the here still experts are urging caution on a crowded train station yet people here are not afraid of getting infected. there are a cowardly just a couple of 100 active cases in china it has already celebrated its victory over covered 19. now china wants to be the 1st country to develop a successful vaccine. for companies have vaccines in stage 3 testing some trials could be finished by the end of the year. but several 100 people have already been vaccinated since july and initially it was military and health personnel but now it's teaches train conductors and generalists. here they usually only we have completed preclinical and animal tests that fulfills the

conditions required to approve the product before. gold rush hour for. me. even though infection numbers are currently low in china experts say the country may well experience a 2nd wave of infections in coming months after the good times of summer and autumn has cited. and let's go to beijing now where correspondent is standing by for us. let's talk a little bit about how close china is to coming up with a vaccine for domestic use and one that it could potentially use on the international market where where are developments right now. it's of course very hard to assess china's quite confident that they might finish phase 3 tests the tests in real epidemic situations that are currently under way until the end of the year and then that they could roll the vicks seen out there

are off as we've just heard people who have already been vaccines and quite large numbers we don't again have a clear figure but this is something that has been criticized by epidemiology and. ologists around the world because of exene should really be considered according to them safe only when phase 3 trials are completed and it's also unclear whether soldiers for example would have a way to stick to to make a decision themselves or whether they could because to do that so there has been criticism but it shows of course also that that the chinese leadership thinks that it is. on the way to having a big scene again many questions will remain. but the country clearly wants to be the 1st country to shoot to bring a vaccine to the domestic onto the international markets and they're pushing for

this hard to speak with us a little bit perhaps more broadly speaking about the concern in china over the cove in 1000 numbers going up again. so what china has done so far is that it really seems to have brought their domestic transmissions under control we have almost no news about domestic transmissions anymore we have just completed an 8 day holiday public holiday with 5 to 600 millions people have been travelling most of the people you can you cannot really see them because it's dark but most of the people around me here are tourists in travelling from other places so people have some kind of a confidence the borders are closed everybody wants to and has to undergo a chub week mandatory quarantine and people are still that's the measures in place but overall the country seems to be confident that there is no outbreak around now

in the country and these measures are there so there is of course awareness we have to use apps to register so people so the government could trace infections back people are still wearing masks and once something is found there will be strict measures in place quickly that's at least what has happened so far so there is no those sign that people are letting come down their guard completely but it is more or less relaxed at the maty as bolinger in beijing thank you. let's turn to some other stories making news around the world fresh clashes have erupted between azerbaijan and armenia in an around the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh the fighting comes ahead of talks between the u.s. france and russia and at securing a ceasefire between the 2 former soviet republics. residents of mexico's yucatan

peninsula are cleaning up after hurricane delta the storm packed winds of up to 175 kilometers per hour there were no reports of deaths and the damage was less severe than initially feared the storm is now heading to. board the u.s. gulf coast. a 700 year old tiny scroll has fetched more than 35000000 euros that option in hong kong a 2 metre long artwork from the one dynasty is the work of there were now chinese artist ran it is called 5 drunken princes returning on horse. the world bank is warning that the pen demick could push up to 150000000 people into extreme poverty by next year more than 3 quarters of those people are expected to be and middle income countries such as india nigeria and indonesia and indonesia itself a new labor law has prompted clashes in the capital jakarta during a 3rd day of protest and strikes critics fear it will come at the expense of

workers and the environment. long live labor they cry in the news as in the grip of protest for days i'm going workers have been down in their tos and chalking up streets across the country are this man's pluck card says he's missing his wedding to be there. they're furious about a new law that they see strips away their rights and puts the environment at risk. we will continue making demands because it determines our lives if needed we will go to the city hall again to morrow. president your call we dawdle says the sweeping reforms are necessary to create jobs lure investment and revive the economy after a rough year. but the measure sparked a 3 day strike that saw revolting factory workers march in defiance.

there were ugly seems to as police clashed with demonstrators. and in the capital jakarta officers used tear gas to disperse crowds a police van was ransacked in the violence. more than 20 arrests were made and in one case an officer assaulted a man being detained. the police found was traveling to pick up the protesters who we had opera handed when it was making a u. turn on this street all the protestors suddenly attacked the car there were hundreds of them they ransacked and flipped the car the police warned them to stop the action but they ignored us. here. and this may just be the beginning the controversial bill has not yet been published in fool. now in the us doubt is growing over how and if the next presidential debate will take place

president donald trump says that he will not take part in a proposed virtual debate after an announcement by organizers that next thursday's event will be held online trumps democratic challenger joe biden had previously refused to take art in a face to face contest while the president was still infected with the coronavirus meanwhile republican vice president my pants and his democratic challenger senator kamel harris have held their only debate ahead of the november election the 2 clashed over the trump administration's response to the pandemic and several other hot button issues. after the recent chaotic presidential debate this seemed civil and much more. the 2 candidates seated at a safe distance divided by plexiglass barriers in the 1st and only vice presidential debate both harris and pence seemed ready for firing to give every need to revise for i just like that he interrupted me and i'd like to just friends

. the coronavirus pandemic was just one of many issues of contention between mike pence and camila harris the american people have witnessed what is the greatest failure of any presidential administration in history of our country undermining the pen's who hits president trumps corona pandemic taskforce on excel went on the defensive from the very 1st day president donald trump has put the health of america 1st before there were more than 5 cases in the united states all people who had returned from china president donald trump do what no other american president had ever done whatever the vice president with a pandemic still affecting millions of americans leaving many worried about keeping their health care coverage harris went straight on the attack if you have a preexisting condition heart disease diabetes breast cancer they're coming for you if you love someone who has

a preexisting i'd say thank you they don't say how many are you if the vaccine this response avoided specifics obamacare was a disaster for the american people remember well president trump and i have a plan to prove health care and for preserve protect preexisting conditions for every american and here's the abortion also came up as always an important factor in american elections were informed. i'm pro-life i don't apologize for. and this is another one of those cases where the search for dramatic contrast joe biden kamel harris support taxpayer funding of abortion all the way up to the moment of birth late term abortion they want to increase funding to planned parenthood of america the issues before us can be more serious there is the issue of choice and i will always fight for a woman's right to make a decision about her own body it should be her decision and not that of donald trump and and the vice president michael pence though most viewings of the debate

to place bertie at home some locations host of small viewing parties like this one in cincinnati. well i think it was a lot more like a debate than the previous presidential that be a lot more with what normally happens. it was pleasantly surprised to see more civility in this debate than the previous presidential debate. it's unclear how much this vice presidential debate will change the dynamics of the presidential race donald trump and his challenger joe biden a shift will to face off again in the 2nd debate next week. and from our u.s. election team i'm joined now by peter roll of dollar here in the studio this debate perhaps getting more attention than the debates of the past why yes and the reason is really it's all about a bite and we're looking at someone who's 78 years old if elected he would be the

oldest incoming president ever he would be $82.00 by the time the next election rolls around the not really you know triggered a lot of speculation that he may decide to just offer one term essentially setting the stage for kemal harris in 2024 with trump he already broke the record for old his incoming president when he was elected in 2016 he would be $75.00 is reelected on inauguration day and in addition to his age were. also looking at someone who is very sick he has a grown up buyers and he is not out of the woods despite his claims and so there's a much greater likelihood here that the vice president presidential candidate would have to step in take over a lot of focus on that did the candidates sell themselves presidential well i think in many ways this was probably the debate that a lot of voters had hoped to see last week when joe biden and donald trump faced off it may even be the last debate that will get to see as we just heard there

donald trump saying that he won not participate in a virtual debate. so i'm not sure even if a lot of voters will miss it because this almost makes you feel nostalgic right it was you know there was an air of you know what debates used to be like it was a lot more civil it was a lot more presidential it was a lot heavier on policy and you know there are not a lot of undecided voters left but they're not. still helps win the election and so this was their introduction to these 2 candidates you know was kamel here is. the former attorney general of california who as a senator has also proven to be a very fierce prosecutor her challenge i think was to stand her ground to stand up to mike pence and essentially call out donald trump in the white house's failures especially with regards to the pandemic. and also not just a fire of the liberal base but also really assuage moderate republicans who may

have some qualms who they don't like trump but they may feel a bit uneasy about voting for democrats and so some say you know this came at the expense of her being forceful but the reaction showed that it went down very well with those who watched and pence well he's a very skilled debater he is a master of spin a lot of people not very familiar with him but he again here proved that he's a proud devout born again christian and jellicoe it's easy to forget that kids resume ask this staunchly conservative. candid is really what brought a lot of republicans over into the trunk fold who made them feel easier about voting for him because they knew that they would have mike pence in the background and so i think the vice president presidential debate again you know may have helped you know make republicans on the fence about trying to feel better about cast their vote for him this time around talk about this a little bit about the content of what they debated 1st of all what does it say about what is at stake right now in the in the country and what voters might be

looking at when they go to the polls in just the right mix time right well i think this this debate really demonstrated that this state could be higher a 2 we are looking at one of the most desperate situations at least since a financial crisis the great recession pandemic with more than 210000 people dead cases searching by the thousands every day the economy is bleeding unemployment is still twice what it was before the pandemic many of lost their health care coverage people are suffering and so unlike last week's presidential debate i think with this one we actually got a chance to hear about you know the 2 camps a vision for the future of america wildly divergent views of how to tackle some of the biggest challenges how to revive the economy how to tackle climate change how to improve health care abortion how to deal with the problem of police violence and racial injustice and i think this was really reminder that this is maybe the most

consequential election more than a generation thank you so much thank you. well now we had to frankfurt where the sharon comes tyler museum is opening its doors on an exhibition called we never sleep it showcases worsts works by international artists that explores espionage as a source of inspiration. espionage is the stuff of great films but it's also a real part of our world now more than ever with surveillance cameras data profiling and our not so very social social media although no one calls that is to be an option and in the midst of all this data sharing and stealing there's a lot we never sleep at the show museum in frankfurt features works like this one by canadian rodney gray and the artist has a spine. but i wouldn't say art is source by but in a way there are models operandi sometimes functions like those of us by

sometimes they become they have to almost become spies for their research like trevor paglen photographed the u.s. national security agency by night from 50 kilometers away. just cornelia shaima from the former east germany mines her own biography and the files to east german informants compiled on their own superimposing them with i want to self portraits. the exhibition gives a lot of spice to be an art form. and real spine devices like a tree trunk with a hidden camera. can do that on secrets even an exploding wrench it does seem like something out of the film and speaking of films hollywood star head lemar was also an inventor who helped develop frequency hopping technology now

used to encrypt. technology. espionage both glamorous and dangerous and today despite business is booming with countries trying to steal each other's vaccine research. now world championships are for is counting his lucky stars after an extra close encounter with a shark on australia's east coast the close call was captured by a drone former pro surfer matt wilkinson is seen paddling on his surfboard when the shark briefly services within striking distance then abruptly swims away wilkinson later said that he had heard a splash but didn't realize until he was back on shore how narrowly he had actually escaped becoming the 20th shark attack victim in australia just this year. you're watching t.v. news coming up next sunday to the news asia outrage in bangladesh after

a woman's gang rape is filmed and goes viral on social media and a biscuit advertisement in pakistan unleashes a firestorm over the rally. all that more with my colleague here ash bannerjee i'm sara kelly in berlin because so much for joining us take care and stay safe.

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