well as you say the numbers have increased dramatically specially within the last week and today we saw yet another record figure here in germany in the last 24 hours more than 7800 new cases so of course in comparison to neighboring countries especially france for example those numbers might be something that president manuel michel might only dream of right now getting the figures back down to around the $78000.00 mock every day but of course this is a big jump from what germany has been the biggest numbers we've seen yet since the beginning of the pandemic so this is really a warning if anything to act now and throughout the crisis angela merkel your son scientific person by training has been very measured in what she's been saying careful putting the numbers forward get the feeling though i don't know if you did that this is almost a final warning very much so and it's very clear that what machall and the german government doesn't want to do is to impose strict to rules on the nation similar to what we had earlier in the year they were never quite strict as in some other

european neighboring countries to germany but even so our people's freedoms was still much more limited compared to what now and the last thing that merkel wants to do so what she's calling on people to do is use their common sense now and maybe don't go to that party that you were planning on going to or maybe cancel that birthday celebration you are planning for next week but do that of your on your own accord don't wait for that to be an actual new rule in place and what signs are there that the germans will actually heed this call well anecdotally speakon even just traveling around bowl in the last couple of days coming up on the underground even to work today it's very clear that not everyone is following even the most basic of rules which have been in place now for months whether it's wearing masks on public transport or in enclosure shops still a lot of people not wearing them properly are told it will not necessarily keep in the distance where they could as well and so that's even with the most basic roles so whether or not. people will actually bilis innings of this call for medical that

will be sharing i believe in the coming days if we see a drop in the number of people being infected by current virus for now we're seeing consecutive big jumps in the number so that must be increasing the chance of a 2nd lockdown right it certainly could and the question the government is going to be facing in the coming weeks is do we wait for the situation to get even. or maybe next week if by already $10000.00 new cases per day does the government say no now we take action and perhaps put even more stringent more strict measures on to the public before we end up with a situation like in france like in the u.k. all right to diffuse political correspondent kate brady thanks for that insight. as her budget has vowed to take revenge after an alleged armenian missile strike killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens meanwhile armenia says azerbaijan has

continued to shell populated areas within the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh both sides accuse each other of violating a truce brokered by russia last week fighting broke out in september and is the worst since the 1990 s. . parts of the us led by john the city of god in ruins in their early hours of saturday the destruction of the missile attack was not yet fully visible but what was clear was the shock brought here officials say at least 20 residential buildings were destroyed during saturday's attack while most people were sleeping. we have been living in fear for days that we try to hide from the attack but that wasn't of any use we're suffering a lot of pay enough that he would use then you know. he was in the right now we can't even identify the bodies. according to azerbaijan you officials the missiles were fired from 2 different locations in armenia are mean and all sorts

he's have not responded to the claims gunja is the 2nd largest city in azerbaijan and lies far from the disputed region of a car a buck since september the hostilities between armenia and azerbaijan have escalated to an all time high i once frozen conflict flaring up again the not going to care about the region lies within azerbaijan but is governed by ethnic armenians . residents there are bracing for new bombardments while fearing death from the sky medical officials are also warning that the corona virus is spreading quickly. all mussy. said are you still images of war of course are a small country has a growing number of 1000 cases where we don't just like adequate medicine but difficulties isolating and evacuating patients from our republic.

if. the conditions are especially dire in bomb shelters just now in these basements many people are coughing have a fever many have high blood pressure. here self isolation is not an option people in the corner car back are trapped between the visible and invisible threats to their lives trying now to take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. security forces have disrupted a demonstration by women in the capital minsk a human rights group said at least 15 people have been arrested hundreds of would march through the city calling for the resignation of president alexander lukashenko. has seen a wave of protests since its disputed presidential election in august. thousands are marching in beirut in an attempt to revive last year's nonsectarian protest. protestors want changes to an entrenched political order that they say fosters

corruption and economic mismanagement 2 governments have resigned since the protests started but the country has not seen serious reforms. police have detained 9 people over the brutal killing of a teacher in an outside of paris the suspect an 18 year old chechen was shot dead as police tried to arrest investigators believe the teacher was targeted for showing pupils cartoons of the prophet muhammad in a lesson on freedom of expression. tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters again to the streets of bangkok and 6 other thai cities on saturday in defiance of a ban on gatherings. the rallies took place without incident unlike the previous day which saw clashes with the police activists are calling for the removal of the prime minister to power in a military coup in 2014 and for constitutional reform they are also openly critical of the monarchy thereby risking jail sentences of up to 15 years. and

for more on this we are now joined by james buchanan he's a political scientist at the mahidol university in bangkok james thanks for being here you took part in today's protests the 4th day in a row how was the mood. sorry just let me say it didn't take part in. the protest just just to be absolutely clear on that. yes how would you describe it as the mood generally. the mood was very angry very energetic which is what we've seen not only today but in the previous protests also. and. but also. at the same time kind of quite. a level headed because there was a call for the protesters to try to wrap up early to avoid any confrontations with

police. protest leaders and other people online asked protesters to try to leave by 8 pm to avoid clashes with police and overwhelmingly the protesters did do that so the protests indeed quite early tonight and indeed without incident. yes all eyes are saying that the police as heavy headed was that because they concerned with the protesters before certainly kind of deescalation other part of the authorities why would you have allies the situation. well i don't know what kind of negotiation is or discussions were going on behind the scenes with the testers and the police but i was certainly in the police i think i both protest because it was multiple protests in different locations throughout bangkok and greater bangkok and i think at all locations of police. didn't really show up for the most part the kept kept to we so low the protesters to have their protests

i'm sure there were nearby in case there was any kind of incident but the but they definitely kept a low profile which i think was a much better approach than what we saw. for example yesterday when there was water cannons and. tensions got quite high ok. where do you see the protests going from here in the in the past protests have led to military takeover says it's or any inkling that that might be in the works i think it's. something that you can never completely write off in talent. i would like to see that the military have learned their lesson that milledge cuckoos are not a way to solve the political crisis in thailand in fact that the merely make it worse. but i said that before i said that after the coup in 2006 which removed tax and and then what we saw was another military coup in 2014 shortly after.

so you can never write it off. what i would say that is that there was small and very admittedly small but some very angry reactions in the. in the 1st few days after the coup in 2014 and the military were to get it under control eventually but i think this thing is so lucky if there is a coup or. a trade backlash. james buchanan in bangkok thanks so much for that ok thank you very much italian old master caravaggio's renowned for his portraits featuring dramatic biblical imagery and now one of his finest creations is on display in the german city of dresden the painting is the focus of an exhibition that showcases caravaggio's influence on 16th and 17th century art john the baptist a popular saint portrayed here as a young man smiling for visitors to dresden is old masters gallery this care of

a masterpiece is on loan from rome. before the contract had already been signed before the coronavirus crisis began and it's a miracle it was possible despite the adverse circumstances to bring such a major work here the creator of the work. was born in italy in 871 even as a young man he was a popular painter whose works were commissioned by church leaders and aristocrats in the it wants to make a biblical narrative approachable for many does this by portraying the figures as common people with tanned faces dirt under their fingernails and bodies partially bent in every day poses for food thus the exhibition's title the human and the divine the focus is the central work john by care of himself the painting is flanked by about 50 pictures by his followers as

a. exciting thing is to see how these artists the so-called care of audio is interpreted the ideas and intentions that care of head. care of audio and his followers can be seen until mid january interest and. you're watching the news from berlin up next killer drones and combat robots that are going to technology show shift living in the digital age for about more news at the top of the hour on their spicer thanks for watching. what secrets lie behind these walls. discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage sites with the w. world heritage $360.00 to get me out now. the funny

so against the coronavirus pandemic. weirdo science stand. what new findings have researchers need. information and background into. the corona up to. code 19 special. monday to friday on t.w. . shifts special this time killer drones combat robots and cyber security in the military to shoot on not to shoot around the world weapon systems are being developed that would let on to visual intelligence on so this question can we let an algorithm decide of a life and death. the 0 fighters are currently still in use artificial intelligence

could soon replace fighter aircraft that require the pilot to manually shoot misako . yes the goals over and all is not true this deal does for the 1st big game changer is the fact that we now have pilotless weapon systems found that can be controlled from afar so they don't require a pilot to be on board the fighter aircraft or. i was in aircraft manufacturer airbus tested its 1st unpiloted drones about 2 years ago these drones are a company fighter aircraft from inside the cockpit the pilot can control the swarm of drones and it's a system designed to take some of the pressure off the pilots and protect them so far humans are still at the center of the decision making process here across the globe militaries are developing weapons systems that see artificial intelligence increasingly replace humans. there's this new aspect now that in the future the decision on target selection and combat likely redirected and it would be an algorithm in a computer not

a human being making the decision that something new at no point in history has this ever been the case the decision has always been a human one no matter what weapons are used whether it was throwing stones and spears using a crossbow or even dropping by. the u.s. military agency darpa has developed an unmanned ship the sea hunter is equipped with cameras sensors and computers this autonomous robot ship is supposed to detect and pursue enemy submarines so far there are no weapons on board yet the erratic it would be possible in the future artificial intelligence could lead to many other changes a team of american researchers and anti killer robot activists has produced this video to warn of the potential consequences the fictional scenario drones are used to eliminate political opponents with the help of artificial intelligence and facial recognition the drones hunt student activists the drones independently

identify their targets then carry out targeted assassinations take. care of the technical side and much of this will be possible in the near future. heart of the matter which is also expressed in this video is the fact that these new technologies allow us to and. dream extended to distance ourselves from the act of killing a lot more than long range weapons ever could. basically we could just categorize and let algorithms take care of going into action. so it's essentially passing on the act of killing to a computer by the skin think ian drums be used in the future to specifically target and kill people. to frank's hour this sort of scenario raises primarily ethical questions i mean. one very fundamental worry is that a dehumanization of those people that die takes place because nobody has to deal with the fact that they've died on the battlefield. and instead the reduced to mere

data and numbers which an anonymous machine works through one of the algorithms. that the united nations they've been debating a ban on autonomous weapons for years now so far unsuccessfully resistance to a ban comes from russia the u.s. and china amongst others the debate centers on whether autonomous weapons are reconcilable with international law critics are worried about a new arms race with him for seeable consequences. as you start to picture in your way lies that humans are controlling element have completely fallen out of the equation and when you have algorithms that make decisions. decisions on whether or not someone should be attack targeted and if so whether weapons should be here. it's definitely not so farfetched imagine that things are happening at a credible speed and could escalate even quicker. the systems they start shooting at each other without humans doing it themselves and it might even become impossible to oversee what's happening at the speed at which everything unfold

could be just too overwhelming. ethicists say that decisions over life and death cannot be passed on to machines humans need to take on responsibility and be accountable. combat robots can kill but they can also protect human life when fighting terrorists for example these remotely controlled weapons are produced by general robotics in israel. the weapon a glock 269 millimeter caliber the shooter the robots weighing 11 kilograms the shooting range 20 kilometers east of tel aviv israel. of general. robotics is controlling this robot which looks more like a toy it could be a toy considering it's called jogo but this small caterpillar robot he's dangerous has been advertised as a lightweight ally in the fight against terrorism and it shoots automatically.

this is a grouping of turn around so you see that no human can reach disappears we usually when we do competition even with the best shots they cannot reach discussion of groupings and imagine under combat pressure it's even harder. the next challenge targeting balloons on command and then shooting them. in the future dogo is supposed to support infantry troops in action. although it's 2020 today almost all militaries in the world they send humans into a very dangerous area without the humans even knowing what's waiting for them on the other side right now more people are being killed or injured because the special forces don't have time to think and because they're under fire don't go is supposed to provide the time to think in an advertising video the developments

present our future antiterrorism operations could become more secure the special forces send 2 robots how fast they have to look around clear the area and if need be shoot. the whole idea is to have the tell most accurate provide with the all what. to give the special forces an advantage. general robotics is one of the leading manufacturers for remotely controlled weapons one other product they sound the pit bull a portable weapon station that was developed as an anti drone tool amongst other things it can be controlled from a safe distance. i call the system which target they want to track i can cancel the tracking. and i can be activated just by pressing the start. and now this is them is tracking they self. and i decide if i want to continue

tracking or if i want to shoot don't go and pit bull use image recognition and motion sensors to track their targets technologies that are increasingly being controlled by programs that is self learning and thereby continuously improving in other words artificial intelligence. the university of tel aviv with its department of cyber security. isaac ben israel former air force general and m.p. isn't lecturing here his knowledge on military theory and security policy has led him to being regarded as one of the leading experts on artificial intelligence. music the. official is going to be the most dominant the quality of the next 20 years or so in. the.

the human mission. weapon systems such as pit bull dog and have only been made possible through more intelligence. faster more accurate control of the weapons through programs means that more jobs can be taken off human hands. there are various different stages of technology one stage of technology is the other to officially encourage and to help to your men make a decision for example you can image recognition so the system can suggest to. this person is a probably a. 95 percent because we've checked the facial recognition and it matches our database so this will help support the human to take a decision but your question if now the system will decide that beyond 95 percent or if it's 100 percent sure we're going to take the decision by itself maybe maybe

in the future but we do not support that unlike biological and chemical weapons using cyber technology is not regulated on an international level and not every manufacturer will take on responsibility for the machines they produce the thought of robots fighting each other one day is not really comforting but history has daughters one thing there is no such thing as a war without human victims. militaries across the globe are preparing for cyber warfare in the german bund to soldiers are working on ways to ward off cyber attacks which strategies do they employ the center for cyber operations is located near on here the computer systems of the bonders we are are being centrally monitored the i.t. networks need to function reliably especially for deployment abroad this role is becoming increasingly important for cyber and information commander of the on. it has about as many soldiers as the navy. these cyber troops fight off hackers

and this is a day just as with industrial networks in the bundeswehr networks are also continually being attacked and the way you usually react as with measures to guarantee security of information that these are different measures that have been as relevant to protect our own networks and so it whether that really only defending their own networks or also actively attacking foreign networks the german government remained silent on this issue but in 2019 a strategic paper was leaked to the public it stated that there are plans to react with hack attacks in case of a severe attack pack back south basically retaliations against attackers imputed infrastructure in the most extreme cases some of those are supposed to be hacked and disabled we tried digging a bit deeper with colonel christan pavlik who had signed all durations he does not want to reveal any concrete targets but he emphasizes the potential need to be able

to actively engage in cyber combat units have a few are going to has the skills necessary to the back end of the war networks go out data grab and analyze and to influence network said change data that's available but is to terence even effective in cyberspace. they can turn us in cyberspace is generally quite difficult to turn us are based on being able to assess and analyze the opponent skills in cyberspace however you're very concerned with staying anonymous accounts not revealing anything about your skills as soon as their skills in cyberspace are revealed then you can start preparing specifically but those types of attacks and such to do terence is controversial oftentimes it's not clear who's attacked whom and who to target one of the reasons why germany is specifically interested in defensive cyber security and having rigid and stable itc's to.

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