this is g w news wise live from the berlin tonight pushing back against the pandemic governments across europe trying to turn back the time of the coronavirus germany's national and regional leaders are looking for a common approach to deal with the country's cohabit hotspots and the french government declaring a public health state of emergency after new daily cases surge of 20000 for

a 3rd time this week plus rival demonstrators face off in the thai capital over anti-government protests in controversial calls for curbs on the powers of the king . also coming up theft or justice and activists has been fined 2000 euros for trying to take an african artifact from a paris museum he says he was only taking back what rightfully belongs to africa. i'm burnt off to all of you joining us on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome across europe tonight the number of the new coronavirus infections is surging and now so are the number of new restrictions to stop that search here in germany the government is preparing

new measures to rein in rising infection rates the heads of germany's federal states have been hammering out the details of the chance so i'm going to miss. here in berlin for the past several hours that meeting is still going on as we speak. or let's go straight to our political correspondent kate brady she's covering that meeting you know i ask you what i asked you know we're good do we know what is taking them so long well if you look at the very basics of why it's taken so long this comes down to the fact that germany has this federal system so you have the 16 state premiers meeting with machall today now going into the into the night as well here and so they all have ideas and things that they want to see implemented and things that they don't and so so far during the pandemic the state premiers have largely had their own control over what happens in the state in accordance with

what the rates of new cases are at the time but just to give you an idea of some of the frustration that's going on that behind those doors tonight seems that these state premiers might be getting more than they bargained for and the merkel has so for porsches lee said it was she was warning the state premiers that what has been agreed upon today so far simply isn't enough that it isn't tough enough and that with these new measures that have been agreed upon today the state premiers on merkel could indeed find themselves back in one closer in another 2 weeks in another 2 weeks drawing to him a new deal what sort of restrictions or weak spec'd in the chancellor to be able to announce tonight. so things that we've heard leaked so far will be further restrictions on private celebrations both at home and in public rented rooms and we could also see more restrictions on exactly or rather requirements of masks where and when mask will be required and also a curfew and 11 pm curfew on bars and restaurants and all of those would depend on

the number of new daily case of the on the number of new cases reported in a specific town or region within the past 7 days and we knew keep that the number of defections in this country the number is increasing which brings is ever closer to a national walk to help likely is it that that's what we're going to see well the point of this meeting today is to avoid a exactly that and of course as merkel is meeting with the state premiers today they will of course be very much aware of what's going on in neighboring friends in the new very strict rules that have been announced there and that is exactly what they want to avoid in the kinds of numbers the rate of new day of the cases i exactly what wants to be what mack wants avoid here in germany and so she is putting that pressure on state premiers to act now i think it's unlikely that we'll

see a much surprise turnaround and some very strict new measure an ounce this evening here in germany but she's made it very clear that she was see a united response from the 16 state premiers right to abuse kate brady by the way just tonight here in berlin thank you. well it's easier your situation in france is well the president and his reimposed a public health state of emergency saying that france is in quote a worrying situation when it comes to the coronavirus al break in a televised interview the president announced that paris and 8 other cities will have a 9 pm curfew he stressed that the virus is not out of control but he warned that the health care system has little capacity left to deal with the pandemic it comes as french authorities reported over 20000 new coronavirus infections for the 3rd time in a week are the scourge now in tunis a louis she is covering this for us in terror good evening to you lisa so

france has declared the public health state of emergency overcovered 19 what exactly does that mean on the ground while out actually just means that the government or local governments can impose these can or nationwide. now that's obviously something that frons just as germany at once to prevent from happening that's why the government has now decided to impose that curfew in several cities just like here in paris so if i want to go out after 9 o'clock at night i need to have a good the right reason as the president put it the government is also recommending for people to only meet up with about 6 people to you know if they meet us home or in the street they should limit that circle of friends to 6 paper but the government has sat in the past that they can't really impose that massive measure it's a recommendation but that's really the president really wants to appeal to the common

sense of the people here to limit the spread of the virus and the curfew is part of that measure really rightly so stand by for just a moment these measures they come as many are still struggling to recover from the impact of the 1st coronavirus wave in free absence take a look. there's not a lot going on in this paris restaurant today because of the coronavirus pandemic hardly any guests are stopping by always pick through the agony where we're following all the rules but the tourists are still staying away it's very complicated. to turn over has dropped by 50 to 60 percent on people. the french economy is suffering from the coronavirus in the 2nd financial quarter the gross domestic product fell by 13.8 percent and the drone play we're expecting the economy to shrink by 9 percent in france in 2020 that's gigantic and this is

despite high government spending it's meet the unemployment will continue to rise in the future. almost 23000 new infections were reported within the last 24 hours in the greater paris area over 40 percent of the intensive care beds are already occupied by coronavirus patients. the pressure is growing and we still have to take care of the other patients while we might reach the limits of the system soon i'm very concerned about what will happen in the next few weeks or. the government will now implement more coronavirus restrictions in response yet lisa let me pick up on intensive care patients i understand the number of french i.c.u. patients for corona virus earlier this week surpassed the peak that we saw back in may now if we are dealing with that already in october that doesn't bode well for

the coming fall in winter in terms of the health care system in france being able to deal with it. absolutely you're right and that's what the president was insisting on in the interview tonight he was saying you know our intensive care units are also our ready starting to be stretched and we need to really bring down the spread of the virus also because the situation is actually now worse than in march in that now in march actually ever only basically paris and surroundings concerned and they used to france now the virus is spread across the country so whereas earlier in the young the 1st lockdown health workers doctors nurses could come to the concerned regions and help out now this is no longer possible because there are needed across france and the president has said we really need to limit the spread of the virus otherwise our system is really going to crack under the amount of patients and it needs to deal with you know we walked over i know the no

one in france wants to see that after the 1st walk down the experience do you think that we're looking at. playing a role here in the spirit of the virus absolutely we're already looking at that obviously many people here are complaining about the fact that you have to wear masks almost everywhere like in paris you have to wear them outside on public transport at work but actually that's also one of the reasons the virus has been spreading a lot more over the past few weeks because once people get home at night many of them take up the mosques meet up with friends and family and that's where the spreads take place really the government is now insisting that people really need to stick together to to win this fight against the virus the president has said that this will go on at least until mid 2020 run by the police that the country can make this and that they should all stand together and win this fight so to say the right to use the zulus with allegiance to like repairers which thank you. here's

a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world a warning that germany's economy is widely to be hit harder by the coronavirus pandemic than previously thought forecasts now are that the economy will shrink by 5.4 percent in 2020 in a landmark ruling a greek court has handed long prison sentences to the leaders of neo nazi group golden dawn the group's leader nikos smee kahlo the coals and several other members were sentenced for wanting a criminal gain the former political party has been linked to a number of violent crimes. heavy rain and flooding has killed at least 15 people in southern india these images are from the city of dera bud where police say 25 centimeters of rain fell in one day authorities have been using boats to evacuate residents from low lying parts of the city. in

thailand thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators have set up camp outside the prime minister's office as protests escalate they are calling for reform of the constitution and more controversially of the monarchy itself in thailand criticism of the king is traditionally seen as taboo and it's even punishable by law. valid to remain outside the government house until their demands are met thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators are demanding the prime minister resign this is the latest in a series of anti-government rallies that started in july the crowds want to complete government overhaul that includes fresh elections and a new constitution but many also are pushing for a less powerful monarchy a move that is raise the political temperature and cost further divisions. i think royal supporters are out here because they love the country but we're out here

because we love the country as well i want to win but i don't know how everyone seems to have the same goal but i don't know how much we can do. that. earlier scuffles broke out between protesters and supporters of the marquis thailand's royal family is backed by the military but still enjoys support of many but they came as less popular than his father who died in 2016 the king's motorcade being met with chants and with the 3 fingers salute would have been unthinkable in earlier times the gesture has become a pro-democracy symbol borrowed from the hunger games films about a dystopian totalitarian regime. demanding reform of the monarchy would have been unheard of just a few years ago but many now question the king's extravagant lifestyle he's been absent for most of the coronavirus crisis spending months in a german alpine retreat with an entourage of 20 women.

criticizing the royals has long been off limits in thailand due to harsh defamation laws now a new generation of young protesters is breaking that taboo. and so my concerns are growing over the failure of a cease fire to stop the fighting between the forces of armenia and azerbaijan in the disputed on klav of nagorno karabakh russia is urging both sides to observe the truce and to end the conflict through diplomacy the 2 former soviet republics blame each other for breaking an armistice that came into force over the weekend for the cathedral of stepan ocket a place of worship no longer. in truth ripped open and its interior in ruins the church has fallen victim to a conflict that has cost hundreds of lives since it erupted last month the congregation and i praise in a makeshift shelter but they cannot escape the war. of

or a cease fire was supposed to come into effect last sunday but the shelling continues destruction and death a constant companions empty streets after thousands fled stepanek at the capital of a self-proclaimed republic within azerbaijan's formal borders. 30 get after it would only in wheelchairs who have stayed. it's scary and you can even imagine whenever the shelf lives we don't know who it's going to hit but we tremble in a basement what if it hits here again every day we live with this fear. from if it was you. on the other side of the front lines are telling the fire is also raining down in the town of terror to residents have sought safety in their cellars. well. what can you

do we have no choice the armenian guns in cannons made us come here we run we fall don't we stand up again we get injured and now we're here hiding we fall down again and then we hate again what can we do i got injured here here here. i mean as prime minister nico blames azerbaijan's ally turkey for the field cease fire he says ankara is looking to expand its influence in the region home was of out there . i'm convinced that for as long as turkey's position remains unchanged as a by young will not stop fighting. well the mongols. tuckey for its part has called on armenia to withdraw from territory it currently holds so far the international community has been unable to broker peace talks. with the 2 sides refusing to come to the table peace remains a distant prospect for the people here. but here are more of the day's top stories

day all day european union has reportedly agreed to same 6 russian security officials over the poisoning of russian opposition leader alexei never all that the asset freezes and travel bans are to be implemented within days russia has threatened to hit back with a similar blacklist the vatican has opened its 1st known trial against clergy accused of sex abuse one priest is accused of molesting an altar boy in the vatican's youth similary between 2007 in 2012 another priest is accused of covering up the crimes the batek and started investigating only after the victim went public in 2017. 2 russians and an american have successfully reached the international space station the fastrack flight took just 3 hours that's half the usual time it's nasa's last mission on a russian spacecraft the u.s.

now has its own access with. space x. corporation. scientists are warning that australia's great barrier reef is disappearing at an alarming rate a new study has confirmed that at least half of the corals of the world heritage site have died over the past 25 years researchers say climate change is irreversibly destroying the underwater ecosystem. israel and lebanon have begun talks on settling a long running dispute over their maritime border the 2 sides held a brief meeting on wednesday described by lebanon's chief negotiator as the 1st step on a 1000 mile journey the 2 sides are still technically at war but it's hoped the negotiations will clear the way for gas exploration. the mediterranean sea off the coast between israel and lebanon these are contested

waters both countries have long been locked in dispute over where the maritime border lies behind the scenes negotiations have gone on for several years now israel and lebanon have agreed on a framework to hold indirect talks backed by the us to settle the issue. that. the united states intend to put all of its effort with the 2 concerned parties to have great a positive and constructive atmosphere between them to preserve the talks and end them successfully as soon as possible oh my. god. in the past decade israel has been exploring its own offshore gas fears south of the disputed area. the dispute is about a relatively small triangle shaped area with each side claiming their part as

exclusive economic zone. the last full scale conflict between israel and lebanon was in 2006 but there have been many incidents since between israel and the new guinea's shiite militant group hezbollah parts of the country's land border the blue line is also disputed i'm standing here the hassani cross crossing which is most of the time closed it's along the blue line a line that was democratic by the un and the year 2000 after the israeli withdrawal technically both countries lebanon and israel are still at war and they have no diplomatic relations the talks are highly sensitive neither country sees resolving the maritime border as a step towards a wider peace agreement. israel realistically doesn't look at it as a peace talk although those. potential for discussing security arrangements and the lebanese are very busy denying that he does hand is anything to do with

normalization or peacemaking it's all business though they say an agreement on the maritime border could pave the way to more gas exploration a potential economic benefit for both countries. and activists from congo has been fined 2000 euros by a french court for trying to steal an african artifact from a museum in paris zulu dion's a live stream his attempt to remove a 19th century relic he accuses france and other european countries of plundering the places they colonized he says that they should return the objects that they took. many would call this theft but this activists he's only getting back what was taken away from his people i came to reclaim goods that were stolen from africa during colonization of this video of us live streamed

on facebook back in june or west. for other activists were trying to steal a funerary post from carol lima see him in paris he failed but managed to draw attention to a topic that has recently triggered a heated debate should african art looted during colonialism be returned and if so how and when the congolese baron activists action is needed now on the do you never ask a thief for permission to get back what is still from you and that's what we did we have the right to defend ourselves because we were robbed the fact that our works are on display here means the theft continues to despoil us who. also caused a stir when he tried to steal a piece of art from a dutch museum as well as in the french city of must say some say these acts have to be considered as performances not as that. it's

a different way of saying things that have already been said in many forms for a long time since african countries gained independence on a diplomatic level in a dialogue between museums and international corporation vamping of one in a report commissioned by french president emmanuel and that crawl the art historian so voice said looted art has to be given back and that up to 90 percent of african art works are located outside of the continent the care berlin was c.m. alone has more than 60000 objects taken from africa but according to this lawyer an ad lover not all of them are looted he recently published a book on the topic. some. objects have obviously been taken away european states have to give back what was taken and worse but there are also other aspects of africans themselves all are to european visit. florida advance and his fellow

activists it's not only about bringing heritage spec home as he calls it he also wants european societies to face the realities of their colonial past think what it is our goal to reach the biggest possible audience on the one hand are just foreign people in africa but also people in europe yet dan says says he does not fear possible fines not even prison sentences in his eyes this is about a lot more than just his own destiny for sports news football there is no rest for body and munich and their players there in action in the german cup on thursday against 5th division side starting a run of 8 matches in $23.00 days the minnows from durban will be looking to take advantage of that although their aims are modest to say the least. quaint sleepy going isn't used to the big tiring 100000 people call this place home

it's also home to 50 vision sight as see. the cops pride and joy is the stand the oldest in germany now the latest chapter in the scraps history a cup game against the mighty by and munich. of course we've been having a bit of a joke about it just get them out the way and then we'll be one round closer to the final rule excited you don't get drawn against by and every year will be a huge experience for us. to brass niche the game will have some personal significance used to play at youth level. in with current brian star leroy's and they may remain in contact to this day. we write every so often how we're all doing the distance is a problem and now we're both parents we don't see each other too often but we're still in touch and get on really well. friendships will have to be put to one side

during the game the team has been stepping up its preparations and then add a match a shake they have a form of bundesliga player in that squads. we haven't spoken to huge deal about by and yet or analyze them in any great detail but i think everyone knows what to expect it's hard to find any weaknesses with them so it's just about giving it all we have enjoying the game and then seeing what happens at the end. usually when a lower league side meets a team like by and they shy away from setting themselves targets but not f.c. ger and. shame this will be a shame magine if we manage to concede fewer than 8 goals in the game then we can say we're better than shall current boss and i know and that's with something that . i'm boss and i now have both found themselves on the wrong end of the buy and go machine in recent months success is all relative. to your

washington w. news here's a reminder of the top story we're following this hour francis says it's reinstating a public health state of emergency from saturday as numbers of new corona virus infections surge above 20000 and it germany's and state premiers have also been discussing tighter restrictions as the number of 2 good hot spots across the country grew up. here with g.w. news after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day tonight at the u.s. in germany and the pandemic will be right back.

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