this is data news live from berlin erik fake attack on a teacher any of paris the victim beheaded outside the school where he taught french authorities called the killings an act of islamic terror also coming up the u.s. president donald trump has georgia on his mind a state he won in 26 taking spacy it may be up for grabs his rival joe biden makes a more socially distanced return to another king swing state michigan. plus riot police in thailand crackdown on protesters defying

a ban on demonstrations and the prime minister shrugs off demands for him to quit we'll look at what's next for the democracy movement. i'm rebecca races welcome to the program french authorities have called the brutal killing of a teacher in a town outside paris a terrorist attack the man was knifed to death on friday afternoon near the school where he taught investigators believe he was targeted for showing people's contents of the prophet muhammad in a lesson on freedom of expression. police at the scene of the gruesome attack on the outskirts of paris. the victim a teacher decapitated. witnesses said the knife wielding attacker shouted allahu akbar before being shot dead by police. french president emanuel mckown visiting

the site condemned what he called an islamist terror attack against one of the country's fundamental principles. one of our fellow citizens was murdered today because he was a teacher and a ski because he was teaching students freedom of expression and freedom to believe and not believe it and because the murdered teacher had recently shown his students controversial caricature of the prophet muhammad as part of a civics lesson parents said children had not been forced to view the images that come viz my son who is a muslim was in his class while. he has discussed it by what happened. and he told me the teacher was well liked nice pleasant teacher not islamophobia get all. grown up we're scared we're not safe here i'm afraid of retribution i don't know if

they'll come back to the school it's logical you put your children 1st ahead of everything else. friday's night attack is the 2nd a terrorist incident since the start of a trial related to the 2013 charlie hebdo massacre an attack also sparked by the publication of mohammad cartoons. polls have just closed in new zealand as the country votes in a general election that was delayed for a month due to the coronavirus pandemic incumbent prime minister just in the labor party is expected to secure a 2nd term as one prays for handling of the covert 19 crisis as well as a response to the christ church mosque shootings last year she faces a challenge from the conservative party who say they have best poised to grow the economy post pandemic. i'm joined now by samantha is a journalist in christ chats church samantha it's not

a long wait now is there any reason to believe that the outcome of this election isn't a foregone conclusion. speaking results reveal any moment now and the concert hype quickly because they've had a lot of advance 5 saying this election almost 2000000 people cast in votes before it makes an diets out so to speak so this is all very sobering and as for full of conclusion while i was saying oh the pulse of this is the one that really counts it will be very interesting to see how much the vote like the gates was and i are able since it's you're a star right out right in the jar saying or whether they will need a coalition partner and in terms of that coalition partner the gratings have been hovering around that 5 percent free fall to get into parliament so it will be very interesting to say the design meet that we've held on not just the prime minister he's very well known very popular internationally is that

a feeling that shit by new zealand is said to me there is a very quiet how lipsticks and he is a very popular prime minister saying throughout these consistently very well in the pursued prime minister and i think spoken to people in the eye there is a lot of. some saw those who might not agree with his passing yours or the policy i think she has done a good job especially because a cousin one saying what a famous key issues in the lead up to their selection. or i'll call it the car of the dead weeks and. then they're playing on a lot of people. very well and so far. as you and not the virus. and. there are quite a lot of will nominate list every. really equipped. to consider.

thinking that our. government is the recovery. that. will be on a board and exit polls expected very soon samantha early speaking to us from cost church thanks very much. now to another election with less than 20 days to go until the u.s. presidential election both contenders a ramping up their campaigning as they focus on must wing swing states on friday democratic contender joe biden returned to hunt for michigan which is hoping to flip back to blue in november if the polls can be relied on trumps the candidate sighing catch up in this race he's been trying to regain ground in the state of georgia holding a large rally there despite the time to make his. correspondent i mean

s. if it is on the ground in georgia we asked him why from is rallying bay a traditionally republican state he won in 2016. well one biden supporter put it this way he said if trump is in georgia this close to the election his campaign must be in trouble that's because georgia has gone republican since the last time they elected a democrat in 1902 that was bill clinton won by a slim majority but since then it's been firmly in the pocket of the republican party that's trump's party now trump looks like he's in a little bit of trouble here latest polls show biden the head or neck and neck with trump which is somewhat unexpected but some pollsters put this down to changing demographics here you have a rising latino population they tend to vote democrat and then black americans who vote overwhelmingly democrat are going to the polls in higher numbers and we're seeing that with early voting so this could turn georgia into a swing state this election. you can reuse am and as if in macon georgia that is

one of the other stories making news around the world british prime minister barak johnson has told his country to prepare for a no deal breck's it accusing me or opinion of not negotiating seriously he called his comments empty rhetoric the 2 sides have been unable to agree on their future trading relationship since the u.k. officially left the in the year earlier this year. romania is coded caseload continues to grow with hospitals already operating at full capacity by one patients may end up dying at home if the situation caves to tary writing the government is hoping the numbers will stabilize in 2 to 3 weeks after introducing tougher restrictions. germany has one of the lowest coated 19 death rates in europe and has won praise for its actions at the start of the pandemic a race and surgeon infections has sparked confusion as near as directions are

imposed and some of then overturned in court containment measures vary from state to state and many germans are looking for clarity. the wait for corona virus test harry in cologne in western germany can be a long one but without a negative test result people from a domestic high risk area of banned from staying at hotels in some regions of the country but now some states are already lifting the accommodation bans while in other states it still applies confused so are many germans. part of this mix nobody knows anything i mean where a family the kids have been home for ages but i have no idea who came up with such a stupid idea. in the capital on friday poland's administrative court overturned the limit on opening times on boss restaurants and shops that was implemented by the senate just a week ago german health minister a young man said the court's decision was regrettable he believes the measure

wasn't accepted as jewish of the hazy guidelines between the different states. this is it's also this inconsistency that has made it difficult for many people to understand the whys and wherefores of our greatest asset during the pandemic is simply that it can be understood that there's a logic in it that we have a certain cohesion in the framework and in the approach to the action we take. quite. as numbers of cases increase politicians are desperately urging people to comply with the current virus guidelines they say they warn is the only way that daycare schools and businesses can continue to operate normally this is the only way they say to prevent a 2nd lockdown meanwhile germany's hospitals are also preparing for a 2nd wave experience gained in spring means specialist staff here and now in a position to better assess the progress of the disease and to use ventilators more specifically but the shortage of nurses remains

a pressing issue concerns are also growing that if the number of infections continues to rise so could the demand for beds on intensive care units. police in thailand have used water cannon and games protesters in the capital bangkok after thousands turned out in defiance of a ban on gatherings for a 2nd day it's the strongest response yet to the student led protest movement which emerged in march it's been gathering strength in ways recently schooling for reforms to the constitution and the monarchy prime minister prior to not sure has shrugged off the protesters demands that he step down he took power in a 2814 military coup. i'm now joined by sun i must say new research on thailand and human rights watch as asia division said it was expected today. actually i am about to go out

to a. flash mob that democracy crew planned to a poll across bangkok using train station past that meeting. that will be in about 2 hours from now. that we will see the fire and i'm going from the protests after they were violently fees for this last night. and how would you say over ole already has been handling the situation. it was. expected then and except of oh. yes today police used water cannon against peaceful protest that was yesterday in violation of human rights stand and lie on the use of crowd control measures by the u.n. so. the priest again has been set so we have the if you can so that at

humor i watched that sorry after having to be even more accuracy if he would protest if there continue to protest and demand them because we fall demand we fall off the nikkei. thailand has same years even decades of the same frustrations obviously things heating up now but why it is nothing changing there. well the country is deeply divided here between one side that remained a law you know to be the establishment and peaceful a state that's whole on the high b.g. is a growing number. prices are not new would get in a rage and who are on not afraid anymore to speak out and this will be a trend that the through sides are now clashing sadly that there is no trust

there is no confidence to sit down and try to sought out new friends say it's obviously. the situation right now is the lawyerly side of crow state and boy side. out trying to well as i ration for all force changes all the new generation with brute force we violence right sometime pass a from the human rights watch asia division in bangkok thanks very much thank you. as for now in the bundesliga it returns this weekend after a series of international matches corona virus infections are on the rise in germany 2 hoffenheim players are among those infected and will missed it tames clash with dortmund the number of fans being allowed into stadiums has been caught just 300 will watch brosius much in post wolf back on and bielefeld against by new

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