this is news coming to you live from berlin germany raises the alarm as the country records its highest number of covert cases since the start of the pandemic the news comes just hours after chancellor merkel and regional leaders agreed new restrictions to contain the spread of the virus machall says she's concerned the measures may not be sufficient also coming up thailand's government bans protests

as pro-democracy demonstrations escalate in the capital bangkok police have arrested at least 20 people including 3 protest leader. plus cape fever hits the markets shares in the management company of korean boyband p.t.s.d. more than double all their stock market debut. good to have you with us germany has posted a record increase in coated cases with more than 6 and a half 1000 new infections in a 24 hour period that's the highest number since the pandemic began and i want to show you just how quickly new infections have surged in the past 7 days we were at 2828 new cases allow. last wednesday october 8th but then the numbers

kept rising there's a bit of a dent there on the weekend when not all local health departments report numbers and then you see the steep rise to where we are today at 6638 newly registered covert 19 infections with the numbers doubling in one week it means the virus is growing exponentially the figures come just hours after a chance but i'm going to akhil met with the leaders of germany 16 federal states to agree new measures to slow the spread of the virus we've been trying to convince that the actions we take and do not take in the coming days and weeks will be decisive in answering the question of how we will get through the pandemic flu season penley me common then and then yeah that's the we are seeing a rise in the rate of infections a steep rise and there is a very high rate of infection in certain regions of germany in sco straight to our

political correspondent emma shah's m. of the chancellor is clearly concerned about the rising infection rate so what new measures have she and the leaders of germany 16 states agreed on to deal with it. well mr president and i'm going to america you say that are quite concerned and that led to those marathon negotiations yesterday they were all meeting in person again since the beginning of the pandemic and a new measures have been decided a region is deemed hot spots will now leave the gatherings of people to 10 people to 10 passengers maximum and gatherings in private spaces now want to be allowed to more than 2 halls. i remind the hotspots are reminded at a hot spot is a more down the 50 infectious pair 100 has any navitas that is the case in some big cities it is the case here in bed it is a case of in frankfurt of course in regions where the infection rate is

a bit less hard to measure those will be accordingly less strict for example gatherings will be allowed for up to 20 feet 25 people in all of the regions in germany restaurants and bars will have to close by 11 pm that has already been implemented in cities like bedding and frankfurt which are already hotspots. media are quoting chancellor merkel saying she's not happy with the results of the meeting touch more well. well you know there's 16 regions so different situations in a so it was difficult for i get america to find a consensus for example on traveling modalities so people coming from hot spots regions days has been postponed because no agreement could be found and this would be discussed in november and now we have to keep in mind that even if the number of they've infections in germany reached its highest since march is more than 6000

station off is something that's wiring in the sense that it's more difficult to trace back the chain of infection so we can imagine more localized lockdowns and farmer love that could be put in place in that case but like i say the govern the wants to avoid that so as not to further going to the german economy and let me just say one more thing like more germany affairs at the more than 300 feet 40000 infections but it's fed pretty well with less than 10000 there so in comparison to neighboring european countries germany has fared ok so far. as our political correspondent thank you so much. germany of course is one of several european countries where cases appear to be spiraling out of control french president has announced a nighttime curfew to try to stop the spread in france italy and the catalonia region of spain are also introducing new restrictions. restaurant owners in paris

will be sending their customers home very early from saturday that's when a nighttime curfew goes into force people won't be allowed out between 9 pm and 6 am except for essential purposes because he said would be our objective is to reduce the private contacts. they're the most dangerous contacts. those sociable moments when we loosen up we're with people outside our family units the curfews in response to the high number of new infections and increasing strain on hospitals 40 percent of the intensive care beds in the paris region are already occupied by coated patients. the pressure is growing we also have to care for other patients and the system can quickly reach its limits i'm very concerned about what will happen in the coming weeks. or. hospitals and many french

regions have already activated their emergency plans. a bleak situation too in spain since last friday nobody's been allowed to enter or exit madrid for non-essential purposes. and catalonia is now shutting all bars and restaurants except those offering takeaway service. over 33000 people have died from coated 1000 in spain since the beginning of the pandemic and the government's alarmed it could lose control of the outbreak again let's not fool ourselves the next weeks will be complicated. primary care physicians in barcelona have gone on strike calling for better working conditions and resources to deal with the virus and epidemiologist warned that a shortage of contact tracers across the country is making it impossible to break chains of infection. it may not quite be a love affair but the face mask has become a constant companion in italy where it has been compulsory in public since last

week rule breakers face a 1000 euro fine the government's also urged the public to be cautious when gathering at home by wearing masks around vulnerable friends and family members and keeping groups small. let me be clear we will not send the police into private homes the private sphere must be protected but we must all be prepared to act prudently to manage this space. in italy the intensive care beds are slowly filling up again but in contrast to the early months of the pandemic became the 1st country in europe to be badly hit the government now has been able to implement a test and trace system to help suppress another wave of devastation. a tense situation across europe what's zoom in on the situation in france for d.w. correspondent lisa lewis is standing by in paris. present

a minimal amount of will not call on a nighttime curfew there for 9 french cities including paris just how bad is the situation. well absolutely this situation is very dire he said last night about 30 percent of all i.c.u. beds are filled with coded 19 patients and he said that would be a lot more difficult this time around for hospital staff to deal with this just because you know before hand in doing the 1st wave and most of the cases were in the paris region and in the east of france in the northeast of france now cope with 1000 cases a spread all across the country so hospital staff can't can't come any more to those regions you know that are the worst hit because they're needed where they are so the government has said it's really important to bring down that figure of 30 percent to 10 to 15 percent so that as you units won't be overflowing with patients

and hospitals will be able to still deal with the patients. do authorities know what's driving the surgeon and functions and for a. while we understand that most of the infections are taking place at schools and university and at work however the government is shying away from putting too many restrictions on that part of life as some lots of other spreads of the you know infections of the virus are taking place in the private sphere when people meet up after work without masks with their friends with their family and that's the part the government is now concentrating on they kind of silly and prevent people from eating up but they're now obviously with that curfew doing what's necessary to have restaurants and bars close so that people at least can't meet up there and they're saying you should really limit yourself to about 6 people at home if you're meeting up and you should take care of everybody around you and respect those measures we have been talking about you know the minimal distance and

also obviously wearing face masks at all times how are people in france reacting to these new measures like the curfew. i think here like in many other countries people are showing a certain for t. who have a corona virus some people are criticizing that now obviously the cultural sector will be hit very hard especially theaetetus cinema scene all these people won't be able to write the government has said we will support you we'll provide condemning economic measures but rest for example saying you know most people having dinner early haven't you know that i'm not. that 8 o'clock at night and that will mean that closure of mine to us and so many people are worried about the economic impact of these new mission. lisa thank you so much that was the w's lisa lewis in paris. so who are some of the other stories making headlines around the world today

hundreds of israelis protested outside the supreme court in tel aviv on wednesday and they're calling for an investigation into potential involvement by prime minister benjamin netanyahu in a submarine scandal a new david suggests the prime minister pressured government officials to spend billions on military ships from germany. heavy rain and flooding has killed at least 15 people in southern india these images are from the city of hyderabad 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. pro-democracy protesters in thailand are threatening to defy a ban on gatherings and stage new demonstrations today police are setting up checkpoints in the capital bangkok to prevent demonstrators from congregating the government has declared a state of emergency as part of a crackdown on the demonstrators at least 20 including 3 protest leaders have been

arrested the protesters are calling for a change to the constitution and an overhaul of the monarchy. they had come in their thousands once again calling for a prime minister put your chair not chair to resign the protesters vowed to remain until their demands were met. the next morning the government. is arrested opposition leaders and remove demonstrations contacts in front of the prime minister's office. is also banned gatherings of more than 5 people and the publication of news it deems a security threat to. the anti-government rallies started in july apart from fresh elections and a new constitution the opposition also wants to limit the powers of the king which has not gone down well with thai royalists. i think they were

a supporter of the right here because they love the country we love the country as well i'm not worried about violence because both sides are doing what they think is best for the country. but scuffles did break out between opponents and supporters of the monarchy. thailand's world family is backed by the military and traditionally revered by the population but king my how what cheer along koren is less popular than his father who died in 2016 the king's motorcade met with chance in a 3 fingered salute unthinkable in earlier times the gesture has become a pro democracy symbol borrowed from the hunger games film series better to tell a tarion regime. partials have stifled public criticism of the monarchy but the king has stirred dissent with his extravagant lifestyle and long holidays abroad cheering the pandemic. opposition leader a non number called the king on stage during the protests. marking does not

reside in thailand i'd like to ask directly what's so bad about living in thailand . he was later arrested with the anger boiling over the government is keen to put a lid on the protests any way it can. well for more now i'm joined by professor teaching pongsudhirak at chulalongkorn university in bangkok professor protests are nothing new in thailand but these seeing different what's driving people to take to the streets this time so persistently. if you follow the typos it's you know you scenes out demonstrations and protests in a sense over the last 15 years punctuated by 2 coups in 2060000 into a new constitution z. 2070 this time the protests are being led by

a different generation and they're making different demands and this is a younger generation and younger voices basically people under their forty's i mean people in the twenty's and thirty's seen over the last few years that you know today they have no future because fighting is at a standstill beset by nepotism corruptions economic reasons management no course strategy going forward so for them these young people have to go about this they want to reclaim their future jobs livelihoods and so on they're also making different kind of demands is the time that is that profoundly a new set of demands to call for you know the promises resignation we've seen that kind of demand for all of it a new constitution in order to reset set to recalibrate the main type democracy into it. and then most of all not before as i'm president it is the form of the monarchy and these matters that tall order but i that yet you know these

young people are not going to go away because they don't want their future back at one time to move ahead so you're seeing a lot of tension now he did not being accommodated there's no concessions no compromise only a crackdown you mention the monarchy kings are traditionally revered in thai society why have the protesters turned against the monarchy and how significant is this. well you know if you if you look at thailand from outside. thailand as we know it today is that significant country is 70000000 people of elation when the this most populous country it was as a sizable g.d.p. is a you know mean country in mean that southeast asia this is an important country and this country has been known and all of that although you know about thailand comes the rain and there they did draw in the rain of came over the 9th funded late king another doesn't even want not. the reason people were so. you know respectful

and you find the king the late king so just went through communist threat and economists have this out all round tie that you can see you know into china mines on a lot would have a hard time and then of year they got through it if only this year at the same time had economic development and late king. who divestment of the country for planets developments of people like that if you see it but now with a new iraq i think a lot of people also think the planet needs it to change to reform in order to move to the 21st century in order to arrive in the 21st century because they all institutions of the one that you don't view to be what's don't want to say wait for . ok. let's get back to the crackdown that the government has launched now against the protesters do you think that crackdown is likely to stop these protests.

in the short term you know this is a very anxious tense they invent talk it's the. position of emergency decree which means that it has empowered thought he has to arrest 10 people is it kind of a suppressant taking place now suddenly this sort of history that the protest movement will have it will face a setback because it leaders will be arrested it's a new me more assets or something prison that's been a lot it's not about the call test isn't the process is about the grievances that backing down that are so unless these this is. out. the back got well 1st thank you very much we really appreciate your insights on this complex story that was professor to none pongsudhirak thank you very much. now to south korea and shares in the management company of korean boy band b.t.s.

more than doubled on its talk market debut the huge interest in the i.p.o. is a reflection of the massive global success story that is korean paul and its current kingpins. even though she could only watch the show online wearing a mask in the presence of a few friends b.t.s. found angie one was deeply touched. she was one of more than 100000000 people worldwide who logged on to watch a b.t.s. concert last week and. this 7 piece group of korean 20 somethings clearly means a great deal to her and many others around the world. revival their sons are really good their songs gave comfort in these tough times and made me a fan. such devotion is lucrative for korean pop purveyors

it's easy to understand why big hit entertainment the management company behind the band decided to launch an i.p.o. demand was huge the share price almost tripled within minutes giving the company a market cap of almost $10000000000.00 comfortably making it one of south korea's tarty most valuable. my name is chip is now a major worldwide industry leader with their smooth american accents and seemingly universal appeal b.t.s. are at a global forefront big hit successful i.p.o. is also good news for this month bang see the management company's founder is now a multi billionaire well might he bang his drum. for its passionate fans though the appeal of b.t.s. is about something much more personal than a share price. let's bring in general here she's chief editor and anchor for a round t.v. in seoul good to see you again jen so looks like a big hit entertainment is a big hit on the stock market. absolutely and like your report just mentioned

because it is of course and the management company behind this korean boy that b.t.s. in today was their 1st day of trading on the korean stock exchange the stock opened at roughly $235.00 news dollars which is double of the company's offer and praise and then the shares hit the daily limit of 30 percent increase in early trading to close trading at 4.4 percent lower than his opening price nonetheless it's pushed the company's value to about $7900000000.00 now the boy beats their behind the financial success this financial success story obviously but so is lots of boy bands jan what's so special about this one. well you know that's a great question everyone loves an underdog story and b.t.s. surely has when they made their 1st did me us 7 years ago under this much a less certain no musical management company make it and despite having fewer resources and connections to to other key pop groups the rosing global popularity

and over the years since then they stayed really personally connected with their fans and social media which their fans say in various cottonseed shoes factor that keep them devoted to this would be and there's also say the fact that each and every member of the group write their own songs and lyrics is a huge plus and most of their songs are messages to their fans so there's some authenticity there that the i.p.o. was a colossal success how much of that is attributable to fans of the band buying a share. well you know for a while i was a huge deal of e.t.s popularity there tens of millions of dedicated fans known as the army and these fans and they've usually media in on various occasions to help the ts climb to the upper heights of the music industry smashing the viewing records and even keeping the singles at the top of the neat exchanging rankings and they can't entertain derives almost 90 percent of their revenue from b.t.s.

so they should successes was largely thanks to the b.t.s. fans but you know as for how much shares of the i.p.o. were bought by these fans it's still unclear but i can tell you that the ts in their devoted fans are you know our shoes factor to their i.p.o. story jen thank you so much that was gen moon chief editor an anchor of air or on t.v. in seoul. the german cup often throws up david versus goliath type matches and tonight is no exception european champions by munich face 5th division side f.c. durlan in the 1st round starting a run of 8 matches and $23.00 days the underdogs from drilling will be looking to take advantage of that although their aims are malta to say book least. quitting. isn't giese to the big time 100000 people call this price.

it's also home to 5th division side f.c. . the cops pride and joy is the stand the oversteer in germany now the latest chapter in this club's history a cup game against the mighty by an 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 browse niche the game will have some personal significance used to play at each level. and with current brian style. they 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. gets 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 former player in their squads. we haven't spoken a 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 if seeger and. you're watching news from berlin up next is tim sebastian interviewing ken cuccinelli the acting deputy secretary of the u.s. department of homeland security in a complex or not of course we did all that is news and information on our website that's t w dot com i'm sorry mark thanks for. coming

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