what new findings have researchers new. information and background. of the 19 special. monday to friday on d. don't we hear of. americans are turning out in record numbers in early voting standing in line for hours and that in the middle of a pandemic the polls show joe biden with a commanding lead over president would draw if trump were to pull ahead this late in the campaign and win it would be a 1st a dream come true for trump a nightmare come to life for by in 2 weeks we'll know hopefully until then anything and everything is possible i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day.

this is a. lifetime election 1st of all right there. this is history due to have a secure duty to vote and it matters to get it done make sure my vote is counted in person with absentee voting. is the best way to do it i did not want to do it by mail this election is a choice between a trump suit which we're in right now or in 5 depression i've been waiting to vote since november 4th 2016 it's time to end it if the sickness the corruption. the hate. also coming up as the 2nd wave of the coronavirus grips most of europe no one wants a return to national walk downs can the outbreak be managed in the u.k.

the welsh will soon find out this firebreak is the shortest we can me. but that means that it will have to be shot. in. the back we needed to. get to our viewers watching on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day at the start of america's fortnight of for an ethic perhaps frantic forecasting in 2 weeks what will it be donald trump or joe biden after the shock result of the 2016 election americans and the world are understandably reluctant to predict the outcome this time around but after 4 years of the trump presidency many americans and much of the globe 'd find themselves doing nothing else it is a few. sure arriving with sky high uncertainty that has

a lot to do with the mistakes missteps and misjudgments which made donald trump's victory 4 years ago so seismic dare we trust the polls as we did then no we don't because those polls they're history the polling being conducted now has been recalibrated for better accuracy and the latest polls continue to show joe biden with a strong lead over donald trump in any other election year the biden campaign would go into this final stretch with high confidence but in 2020 it is all about seeing those mail in ballots and confirming your participation in early voting last week the state of georgia began early voting there more than 1000000 votes have already been cast and yet the barriers to exercising this basic right remain. seamy same as gunther reports on the fight in georgia against voter suppression.

voting it's the foundation of any democracy everything is being done to make sure all eligible voters have their say or is that i came here to georgia to find out about something that voting rights groups say is a real problem voter suppression purposely making it harder for some people to cast their ballot now georgia has a history of keeping african-americans from the polls activists say it is still happening. things heated up in 2013 when the supreme court gave states the power to change election laws and they no longer have to prove the changes they made did not discriminate. states like these took action that republicans say make sure that no one can vote illegally democrats say they are unfairly target minorities they introduced a stricter voter identification last they purged inactive voters from registries and across the south hundreds of polling places close these people manage to get to

the voting station but for others who don't have a car to get around in the millions who don't have official i.d. it is difficult the protections can be barriers and they more often affect black and immigrant communities we are in the land of voter suppression where the secretary of state's office backed by the legislature embraced by the governor are figuring out how do we stop the demographic change that is happening in georgia. early voting in this year's presidential election people stand in line for hours but is this really voter suppression. this idea that there's voter suppression going on today is just a myth there are long lines because people are making the mistake of voting early rather than voting on election day when there are many bad people or polling places open money a mitchell will be voting early the stationery designer says it took her 4 hours to

vote in the primary election in june she fears longer lines on november 3rd and she's not going to risk missing her chance to vote it's my right the constitution says i have a right to vote people died for that and i don't take that lightly. you know i can only imagine sorry people seeing other folks being able to cast a vote and for them want to be told they're not human and to to be told that whatever you think whatever you want your community it doesn't matter. i reflect on that sorry. and that's why i stood and. she is not alone in her determination to important that we show that we deserve equal rights stuff like everyone else that's why united states of america is a country it is you know a democracy everyone has a vote there's a lot thing that's going on in the country and if we don't speak out it's going to continue to get like. that sentiment has sparked

a record number of americans to turn out early to vote. and my colleagues who. filed that report just returned from georgia she is in our washington d.c. bureau tonight good evening to you sumi said let's pick up on your report there after what you saw and heard in georgia and based on what we are seeing in states with early voting what would you say are the main challenges now for voters. renel take you through some of those challenges the biggest right now both for voters and election officials is still the pandemic i mean it does change the way an election can be carried out some of the pictures that we saw of people voting in lines that's partially because when you're standing in line you have to observe social distancing requirements and also there are hygiene measures in place that have to be observed in polling stations so it changes how quickly and efficiently voting can take place then there's the fact that there is a shortage of poll workers as well the poll workers are volunteers traditionally

they are older and because they were at risk if they were to contract over 1000 many older poll workers say that they're staying home this year and some states are scrambling to find new younger poll workers but they're playing catch up then there's also the fact that a record number of americans are voting by mail now mail in ballots are more likely to be rejected brant because they're not that easy you have to make sure that your signature matches what's on record that you dot the i's cross the t.'s seal the ballot correctly and if you are a 1st time mail in voter the likelihood that you might make a mistake is a little bit higher and last but not least there is the fact that the u.s. postal service is under strain as well people worried about their ballots showing up on time all of that said and i do want to mention that i talked to an election official who said america is a diverse vibrant democracy elections work if $150000000.00 americans turn out to do something at the same time it's going to be a bit messy but by and large it's going to work that's right and you know that's all because 00 history of any fraudulent elections in the united states despite

we've heard the u.s. president say time and time again that this election will be rigged that's added to the level of uncertainty that we're seeing now is that coloring this entire election experience for republicans versus for democrats. brett i'll tell you that the voters i spoke to in line in georgia were very concerned they were worried that their ballots might be rejected that their ballots might not turn out on time that november 3rd could bring chaos now we did see a poll here in august that showed about 50 percent of people said they'd vote for joe biden said they wanted a vote by mail only around 10 percent of people said they would vote for president trump wanted a vote by mail while the democrats i spoke to in line some of them had changed their mind they originally had requested absentee ballots they decided to go vote in person because the president had cast aspersions on the election system they were worried that their ballots might be rejected or that he might declare victory on november 3rd something else what happened on the lawn line when the mail in ballots are counted for republicans brand i should say that even though election officials say there is no massive widespread voter fraud happening for some

republicans of voter fraud is a real issue they believe people are trying to cast a ballot twice vote all legally and that's why we're seeing it's the american away voting lawsuits there were 30 voting lawsuits still pending right now on everything from whether you need a witness to sign your ballot to when a ballot can arrive so we'll have to keep our eye on that as well later in the week we're going to see both strong together the final time probably before the election after the debacle of the 1st debate 2 weeks ago is it safe to say that interest in this final debate could not be higher. but i would say there's a lot of interest and a good deal of trepidation as well as you said that 1st debate is seen as something of a debacle and i have to say that this really is crucial for president trump after that 1st debate he actually lost points in the polls to joe biden because viewers on both sides of the aisle didn't really improve of the hectoring the insulting the

interrupting and in the town hall debates between the 2 candidates last week joe biden actually drew 1000000 more viewers than president trump and last but not least brant you know this is also pretty remarkable that republican some republican lawmakers have actually publicly voice their concern that the president is heading for a loss on november 3rd something we haven't really heard from the republicans yet so this really is going to be a crucial debate for president trump he loves them though he loves to be on stage he actually wanted a 4th debate he was pushing for that in the summer he thinks that he really can shine on the stage and he is hoping to pick up some voters by his performance on thursday so we'll see if he's able to do so we'll see if he's able to do that and i'm sure we'll be talking about that as we'll see museum is going on the story for us in washington d.c. good to see you then we thank you. for countries across europe are trying new restrictions in an attempt to slow the spread of

coburg 19 exactions among the latest measures belgium has joined france in imposing a nighttime curfew switzerland has made facemask compulsory in public spaces the most drastic measures are in wills in the united kingdom the government there has announced a strict 2 week lockdown beginning this friday here's the 1st minister of wales mark drake for between for the 23rd of october on the 9th of november everyone in wales will be required to stay at home. this means working from home where ever that is possible i'm the only exceptions will be critical work on jobs where working from home is simply not possible all nonessential retail leisure hospitality and tourism businesses will close. all right for more on this lockdown and the challenges facing european

governments in dealing with a pandemic i want to bring in our political correspondent emmanuel shahs she's here in berlin and the independent health analysts dr john campbell he joins us from carlisle in the u.k. to both of you good to see you dr campbell let me start with you the walk down in wales that they're introducing it is very strict it's going to be 2 weeks intensive do measures like this targeted laser like lockdowns do they work. we know that lock downs were brought in because we saw it working when there was high cases in italy and spain and the u.k. in what we now call the 1st way you've so we know these measures are going to be effective but the problem is wales of course is only part of the united kingdom relatively small population only about $3100000.00 people living in wales compared to $66000000.00 in the u.k. and of course is not a firm border the border is porous now during this time of the lockdown up until

the 9th of november there's going to be an essentially in a travel ban almost a hard border between wales and england so things should be quite effective then but then as soon as that period of time is finished and we know that period of time is going to be time limited because it's called it's called a fire break or the short sharp shock as soon as that period of time is finished then it's going to be difficult to stop travel in and out of wales again so we could get this situation where yes the lock down will work in wales because people won't be mixing but then are we going to get a rebound effect afterwards a lot of countries of showed time and time again that countries that go together cohesively as a whole country we think of japan with think of south korea tend to do better and part of the problem in the u.k. now is we've got this disparate approach we've got manchester fighting london we've got scotland doing one thing we've got wales doing something else we've got different parts of england doing different things and we're not really moving forward as a whole country so let me work in the short term although it will work locally i'm

not so sure about the longer term do you do you think that the government of boris johnson should try to impose a lockdown for the entire country than. it's actually very difficult at the moment because scotland's got its own minister well as it got its 1st minister london's got an executive manchester's got an executive back and the exact executive madman's yet that doesn't want to do what the government wants it to do now hold similarly of course the bars johnson government don't think could impose that but i think they're rather reluctant to do that because of the sorts of subsidiarity we have in the u.k. environment where this different areas doing different things you know this pandemic has exposed a lot of weaknesses perhaps in individuals but also in political systems and i think has weaknesses been shown in the u.k. political system vi this disparate approach that were happening at the moment you know let's talk about germany it has been struggling to find a national consensus on code but not team policy here is german chancellor angela

merkel in a video message that she delivered from this past weekend take a listen references a commit duddies meet up with far fewer people without sight or at home refrain from any trips that aren't absolutely necessary and the celebrations that aren't absolutely necessary please whenever possible stay at home and your place of residence. and you don't want all of them how do you explain this why is the chancellor reduced if you will to issuing a direct appeal to you to the german people surely a clear national policy would be a more effective means here. well yes friends a would be a way of seeing that there are 2 difficulties here faced by. it is in the current situation because germany is a federal state well old 16 regions have to come to an agreement when it comes to such restrictions and after america and they go see asians last week they managed partially to do so and they decided to limit the number of people allowed to meet

in a close space to impose our restrictions on and not gold in bars and restaurants in risk zones something that was already implemented in big cities that have been hit hard by this and then make such as the capital back then such as plan for it but those challenges is the 2nd challenge is that those risks to actions are sometimes being overturned by administrative cords to other kountry when those decide that they go too far that the rest of the most of the currency it is disproportionate or unfair towards one sector the hospitality branch for example and that's what we saw in beslan for example where the 11 pm to 6 am curfew and restaurants and bars have been overturned has been overturned photos of the basel restaurant which large complained so it's it's very difficult to have a common policy in terms of restrictions and it is very difficult for people to leave in this uncertainty as well yeah despite this confusion and this chaos if you

will here in germany the country still seems to be very better then. doesn't. well this is where if you will that we'll see that we're seeing an exponential growth of the number of infections and that's it becomes out of control everybody's trying to avoid a 2nd leg down in favor of localized actions localized vance's but it becomes increasingly difficult to contain the virus that's being saved indeed we have around $4300.00 new infections many states has ok especially if you compare it to neighboring counties france for example can only dream about those numbers weighs more than 23000 cases that daily or the czech republic for example pick that's more done 10 pounds in cases they lay over the weekend. for grabs on them just a few you see the germans are struggling to get a clear message out to the people what about there in the u.k. or the british people are they getting a clear message from their leaders. well that's

a difficult question to answer the information is that very often people don't understand it and i can really relate to that position in germany where you've got different parts of the u.k. having different regulations and people getting a bit confused between the 2 you know someone on one side of every might have one set of regulations and someone on the other side might have a different set of regulations and as well as not because the changing all the time is difficult to follow so i think i think most people have worked out the new regulations for wales what's going to be opening in wales now and we roughly know what's happening in the u.k. now with the different tiers that is 12 and 3 so people do roughly know where they are but if you actually did a survey of the average person in the street it probably wouldn't dare to tell you the regulations in great detail but i think the messages are getting through the key messages like the how the hand hygiene the social distancing the mask wearing the limiting contact between households those messages are getting through this emotion better understanding of the principles of the pandemic the principles of

infection control although the rules are so specific that people do get a bit confused with them certainly and of course the hope remains for a vaccine next year dr john campbell in the u.k. tonight and my colleague michael scharf here in berlin to both of you thank you. thank you brian thank. you while most of the world continues to struggle with the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic china's latest quarterly figures appear to show the country is on an economic rebound government figures show that economic growth in the 3rd quarter was up 4.9 percent compared to the same time last year global demand for masked and other medical supplies boosted factory output and retail spending is now back at this now to pre virus levels unbelievable with beijing saying it has the disease under control the recovery in the world's 2nd biggest economy already seems well

underway while this bring in jeremy go court he's the editor and chief of the u.s. based in china focused news but form sub he joins us tonight from nashville tennessee it's good to see you again jeremy i mean it's impressive stuff that we're getting from china right now reporting a nearly 5 percent growth despite the pandemic doesn't that vindicate beijing's clear policy tough lockdowns last spring that the rest of the world looked at and who're. in many ways it does i think one should say that you shouldn't believe any numbers coming out of beijing we don't know if it really is 5 percent the chinese government the chinese communist party have many ways of manipulation the figures nonetheless it is very clear that things are getting back to normal at least domestically there was an enormous travel season of

the national day october 1 week long holiday people are spending that kind of assuming they are hanging out together in large groups without wearing face masks and the economies of this is bouncing back because they took a science based approach to handling this and then you have a science based approach isn't that part of the lesson to be learned here the clear line forward by beijing but also by taiwan and south korea i mean it works. what i do think it's important to point out that this isn't. a proof that thora terror and government is bad i'd have liked this because as he said south korea taiwan and i would also include new zealand countries that have bounced back remarkably from this and obviously the global markets you know tourism

and exports may not be back to where they were pretend demick domestically these countries have managed to start growing again so i think this is a vindication of indication of a science based approach to approaching this demick and this has to be a bitter lesson for people there in the u.s. where you are because what china is showing the world is that your economy can recover quickly but 1st you have to get the virus under control you do indeed and i'm not sure if this is going out on on radio video and you can see that like desperation in my eye but there is a real problem in the united states where pretty much half the country doesn't seem interested in science based approach to it. and so i think it's going their recovery is going to take much longer time and china for all its problems and i'm

a chronicle of them you know i'm not somebody who's a boost of the chinese communist party but for all its problems it has had a science based approach to this disease and how to deal with it yeah and i mean we also have to say we don't want to sound like apologist for the regime or the government in beijing the truth is we cannot trust the numbers that do come out of beijing very china has a history of fudging statistics right. absolutely you know i don't think you can trust any number that comes out of danger but. it's not like there there is an out of control condemning of the 19 in china right now and i speak to people in china every day multiple many many people all over the country and you know if the government says 100000 people die die i tend to believe you know 300000 people

died if they say the g.d.p. he has grown by 5 percent i tend to believe it's gone by one percent. nonetheless. i have enough anecdotal evidence in my personal contacts and i spend you know at least 8 to 10 hours a day talking to people in china and interacting with them that there is enough normalcy going on that the economy can in fact grow people are going to the movies that going to restaurants they are you know getting turned them in large numbers so yeah the numbers that they're coming to spies getting off may be off but there's no question that the economy has recovered to a much greater extent than we have say for example in united states yeah we in the west we look there with envy especially when you say the word normal think we would love to have a return to that jeremy gold horn joining us tonight from nashville tennessee

jeremy we appreciate your time your insights thank you. thank you very much. well the day is almost done the conversation continues online to find us on twitter either d w new should follow me of golf t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then everybody.

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this is g.w. news live i'm from berlin tonight another ceasefire shattered in the caucasus armenia and azerbaijan are blaming each other for more fighting over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh the weekend truce was meant to put an end to 3 weeks of violence which has killed hundreds also coming up ireland's government announcing a new national walk down in a fresh attempt to stop the spread of the coronavirus it is the 1st european union country to impose a lockdown for a 2nd tom. i'm

brant goff it's good to have you with us so we start tonight with the unraveling of another attempt at peace new clashes have erupted between armenia and azerbaijan. despite a humanitarian ceasefire that was agreed to late on saturday in the disputed region of the gorno car of both sides accusing each other of violating the agreement just hours after he came into effect this was the 2nd attempt at a ceasefire in the past week. far from the front line but not far enough a makeshift shrine in a residential district of ganja. a community torn apart. as if they were my friends and close acquaintances you can't grasp just how much my

heart is bleeding was. at least 13 people died here in azerbaijan 2nd biggest city on saturday accuses armenia of launching the attack death and despair in the going to care about to a ceasefire announced by the 2 sides after saturday's deadly attack in ganja prove short lived and fighting resumed soon afterwards the disputed region has been controlled by separatist ethnic armenians since 1994 but it remains an internationally recognized part of azerbaijan. armenia denies any involvement in the ganter attack and accuses baccy of continuing to shell heavily populated areas and cite nagorno-karabakh. this man and she says these are a very rockets phillis we are respecting the cease fire but are the as

a by johnnie's respecting it where is the ceasefire don't look they're firing the ship is full of these rockets this is prohibited ammunition. as tensions between azerbaijan and armenia escalate fears are growing that russia and turkey could be drawn into a regional war. for more now i'm joined by richard gere a go see and he's the head of the regional studies center that is a foreign policy think tank in armenia richard it's good to have you on the program let me start by asking you what are you observing are you seeing any signs of possible progress here. fortunately friends we do see fresh sides of optimism a rare glimmer of hope after the elusive pursuit of peace fire this is now $23.00 days of rather intense combat operations and is out of a job and launched it surprise attack in late september what we see though is

a new diplomatic initiative momentum driven on 3 go a french demonstration of shuttle diplomacy coupled with a russian effort to fix your end broker a cease fire and almost finally a recent announcement that the armenian and all of the 20 foreign ministers will travel to washington for a meeting with u.s. secretary of state pompei on friday this is especially important as france the u.s. and russia are the only mediators of this conflict what's interesting about the washington meeting is it offers hope for a breakthrough diplomatically where the momentum now is less on the battlefield and more in the diplomacy and it will be followed by a summit between armenia and azerbaijan with president ali of azerbaijan 'd and prime minister of hushing on throttling to moscow who there is

a rare glimmer of hope after of john has rejected earlier call 1st the fire yes richard this all sounds very promising what is standing in the way then a diplomatic solution to this conflict. let's be honest the one party standing in the way the country i did not mention dirty dirty had been 5 steps and sidelines diplomatically phil i do expect turkish military support for others are drawn you will also be graduated into enough structure this counter-productive insistence on continued fighting and in this way turkey poses the spoiler in fact all right richard your grocery and head of the regional studies center in armenia giving us it update on what could be promising a diplomatic attempts there over that disputed region richard thank you.

thank you brant. thailand's government is seeking to block the messaging app telegram in a bid to prevent anti-government protesters from being able to organize authorities are also trying to shut down several media outlets that have reported on demonstrations calling for thailand's prime minister to resign protesters also want reform of thailand's long arche which is protected by strict laws against criticism . thousands of protesters were once again back on the streets of bangkok monday evening. was this the cic consecutive day of protests despite a ban on public gatherings of more than 4 people in the capital. we believe you can remember what the government needs to lead it now was the 1st for them needless it was the. people have shown their power and it's massive everyone's out here with

the same goal and determination. the crowds give the 3 thing good salute that has become the symbol of that movement they remain undetected despite the arrest of their leaders and warnings from the authorities now the government appears to be changing tack seeking to restrict media coverage police are threatening to shut down a number of times media outlets that have been covering the protests life. as darkness falls the protesters create a sea of lights using their mobile phone flashlights the student led movement largely uses the messaging telegram to organize rallies at short notice and recruit support now authorities amazing to have the app blocked. the protest is a calling for democratic reform and want that political leaders to resign especially prime minister prime. the former army chief seized power in a minute trip to in 2014 he's now agreed to

a special session of parliament. to discuss the protests. about the government has been trying to compromise as much as we can we're just asking people not to do any wrong and not to destroy government or other people's property and especially to avoid all violence. added that his government must protect the monarchy referencing the pro-democracy movement demands for change when it comes to how the royal family operates that's challenging a to believe in thai society where the king has traditionally been revealed almost like a day to be criticizing the king and late to hefty penalties the government but also many conservative ties oppose efforts to reform them on a case. that the protest says have filed to continue to stand with more gatherings planned all over the country. or here's a bit the other stories now that are making headlines around the world police in france have searched dozens of homes belonging to suspected islam as militants the

raids are linked to last week's beheading of a teacher in paris he had used cartoons of the muslim prophet muhammad in a lesson about freedom of expression police shot the alleged perpetrator. the european union's bragg cid negotiator michel barnier says he is ready to intensify negotiations on a trade deal with the u.k. last week british prime minister boris johnson said those talks were effectively over the u.k. and the e.u. were trying to strike a deal a trade deal by the end of this year iran has recorded its worst day for coronavirus jets with 337 fatalities confirmed on monday there are now more than 530000 confirmed cases in iraq the country's health ministry saying that the current situation is due to fewer people wearing face masks and more engaging in high risk social behaviors. well here in europe the 2nd wave of the

pandemic has arrived national lockdowns are following ireland has become the 1st european union country to return to an almost full nationwide lockdown as it battles to stop of surge in new infections now the prime minister michel martin saying tonight all non-essential retailers must close for 6 weeks starting at midnight on wednesday schools will be allowed to stay open but bars and restaurants will only be able to serve takeaways and people have been told to stay within 5 kilometers of their home for all but essential purposes. the prime minister appealed to the nation to respect the new measures take a listen. i understand and i feel very personally and profoundly the sense of disappointment the feelings of loneliness perhaps even this the despair that this announcement will bring for many the days are getting shorter and

colder but i ask you to remember remember this even as the winter comes in there is hope and there is light if we pull together over the next 6 weeks we would have the opportunity to set a bit christmas in a meaningful way. by for more now i'm joined by gavin reilly he's a political correspondent at virgin media news ireland it's good to have you with this so ireland becomes the 1st e.u. country to take this drastic step of basically a nationwide lockdown for a 2nd time why is it doing that. the short reason is that there are concerns around the capacity of the health care system right now we are lucky enough that we only have around 33 of 34 people in intensive care the c take in irish hospitals suffering from cold at 19 but there are concerns about the capacity because nationwide there are only about another 30 vacant i.c.u.

beds and if the condition gets much more worse then we're going to have a situation where we will face the same fears that we had in spring time and that hospitals could be overwhelmed likewise right now there are around $300.00 patients in our hospital is in total who are confirmed to have copd 1000 that might not seem like very much but it's a rate which has quadrupled in the space of a multi this time last month there are only 74 people in hospital that is 298 and because of the current trajectory of have at the virus is going to grow we're looking at a situation where hospitals could quite literally be full in a matter of weeks working us projections where we're currently going to move at $1100.00 cases per day to projections of cars 2 and a half 1000 cases per day in about a fortnight's time and that simply the government are concerned that hospitals could become overwhelmed and that they need to act now to avoid that take place how are people going to react to this i notice that the prime minister said if we do these 6 weeks of a walk down now it will ensure that we will be able to have christmas is that the

wind at the end of the tunnel that he's presenting to the irish people. that is the light at the end of the tunnel of course we count and know for certain whether the measures that we take in the next 6 weeks will be enough to guarantee christmas because the lockdown that we're facing it's in now is not identical to the lock that we had and where it took about 6 to 8 weeks to really flatten the curve to try and get cases back down to a manageable level for instance this time around we're not going to be closing any elementary a primary or secondary or high schools all of those a institutions that will remain open like 3rd level and colleges and universities have already gone online open but those schools are going to remain that obviously is a massive gathering of 2 a 1000000 young people in this kind of tree who will continue to go and gather with other people albeit with some safeguarding and distancing measures in place no one really knows whether keeping schools and colleges open will really result in the same flattening of the current as we had 1st time around but obviously there are still a lot of and a painter measures people have to take for the next few weeks for example the number of people who contend a funeral is going to be reduced to 10 people from midnight on wednesday as we know

all of those on the central retailers you mentioned some of them better and stay open but restaurants and clubs which of course are such a texture of irish culture only allowed to serve for take away which of course in both cases means they're not really at all it's going to be a very big economic case for a country just getting over the effects of the 1st looked and it will be very basic needs for many people whose economies are never going to be devastated yeah it's definitely not the best news that's for sure devin riley political correspondent of virgin media news. reporting tonight thank you thank you for. here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you armenia and azerbaijan are trading the blame game for the breakdown of another she's fired there's been continued fighting for the last 3 weeks over the disputed region of the borno carra box hundreds have been killed. your g.w. newsline from berlin after a short break he ferguson will be back with business news stick around she'll be right back.

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enough as it is out there by a long long it's not easy to go to another country you know nothing about why folks do this because we can't stay on and its way into. the point that. closely global news that matters d.w. made for mines. cow may get a deal over the lying u.s. lawmakers how just one. they need to reach an agreement on a new coronavirus relief package it's the last chance to help millions of struggling americans before they head to the polls and in just over 2 weeks time. also coming up talk about rising to an ok shouldn't share laid off workers are turning their newfound baking skills into enforce the revenue. and germany's green energy revolution think they got subsidies for producers right now

. this is the business i'm paid for it from the welcome to the show millions of americans are waiting to see whether lawmakers will meet a deadline to agree on a new coronavirus relief package house speaker nancy pelosi says she's optimistic legislation can be pushed through before the election but she says a deal must be struck by choose day for that to happen the white house has proposed a $1.00 trillion dollars package but pelosi says she's sticking to her demand for well over 2 trillion dollars her plan includes an extension of a $600.00 a week on employment benefit as well as more funds for schools and child care. let's bring in new financial correspondent ganske ought to in new york know. is it just a wishful thinking to assume that a deal can still cross the line here. it seems very

unlikely that we will get a deal done before the election i'm not quite certain how realistic it was to even believe in the 1st place that democrats and republicans would find some common ground i mean both sides us rolling around some numbers but it's not the sheer amount of the aid package but is what you spend the money for democrats for instance you've already mentioned a couple of points but they're also looking for aid for state and local governments and that's for example what republicans some still refuse so it is getting less and less likely and it also seems to affect wall street here on monday blue chips for example down by a good 400 percent being the worst day in about 2 months yes run us through what's at stake if no deal is done. well i mean i've been reporting in front of this local movie theater on and

a couple of times during the pandemic starting in march when this movie plays close down and they put the sign up so you on the other side meaning the other side of the pen demick and i thought back then maybe it might take 2 or 3 months before they could reopen well obviously it's taking much longer you have the entertainment industry you have parts of retail you have restaurants you have bars you have allies you have so many parts of the economy there are still not back online maybe during the winter months so we could see a wave of fiction because people can't afford to pay their rents anymore i know people who are still out of work i also know people who only make about 40 percent of what they did before the pandemic so yes in so many areas hate would be needed and so there is still some hope that after the elections are done and over is that maybe then we would get a bigger package but that will clearly also depend not just on who wins the

presidential election but also how majorities in congress meaning in the house of representatives and the senate might switch no guarantee then of a hollywood style happy ending and cut to thank you so much. now while most of the world continues to struggle with the economics of the coronavirus china's latest coarsely figures appear to show that the country is on the rebound government fingers indicate economic growth in the 3rd quarter was up 4.9 percent compared to the same period last year global demand for mosques and other medical supplies boosted factory a push and retail spending is now back to pre virus levels. meanwhile though here in europe the focus is on how much the pandemic is costing with countries taking on huge debt to deal with the full list of locked ends in $21919.00 countries that use the euro currency has

a fiscal deficit of almost $77000000000.00 euros the latest draft budget plans from the european commission suggest that figure will rise to $976000000000.00 euros this year well over 10 times higher the debt explosion has been made possible after rules designed to rein in spending were loosened to deal with the economic impact of the coronavirus staying on this topic during the pandemic many people have find themselves with more time on their hands of prompted some to take a wholesome octavo he's like baking bread in chile some laid off workers have taken their hobby to the next level turning their new skills into the. petro compas started making homemade bread after riots against social inequality in santiago de chile last year shuttered the restaurant where he worked then the pandemic meant he couldn't find a new job now he gets the lever go back to work for someone else. i

was laid off from the world came over me but i have the support of my family who helped me they gave me my over and we launched now we have to open some production has increased by more than 40 percent the idea is to continue with this in the future and to have a bakery and our own company this is the dream we want. even. the size of the informal sector which includes everything from selling mosques on the streets to ad hoc construction work is hard to measure. the chilean government which is usually eager to clamp down on that sector now embraces it it lost to your company in a day campaign to legalize and cut red tape for entrepreneurs like petro compas and his family. in august alone more than $16500.00 small businesses like his were created that's up 20 percent on a year earlier despite the coronavirus crisis. small local businesses like petros

are flourishing on social media and chat groups delivering everything from food and beverages to jewelry and they keep the fresh bread coming to their neighbors. time i had to take a look at some of the other global business stories making news. britain appears to be getting ready for a no deal breakfast a public information campaign titled time is running ice is urging firms to prepare for the january 1st deadline when the transition period and talks between london and the e.u. are currently told. the united states has offered a loan to brazil's largest private bank in a bid to help decide the american country of a cover and to make the 2 governments have also a great honest. to facilitate trades and investments. trading on the paris stock exchange had to be suspended for a period on monday due to a technical problem and euro next the company that operates the exchange tweeted that it was working to resolve the cleage trading with also affected in belgium the

netherlands and portugal germany has an ambitious goal to become climate neutral by 2050 bus plans to revive its renewable energy law mean that subsidies for bio gas power plants could be coming to an end for many smaller scale operators this could mean they'll go out of business. silent corn and horse manure. those are apparent die to months most valuable raw materials the farmer fills them into his bio gas plant near the western german city of munster to generate electricity for the past 16 years he's been feeding electric power into the grid and receiving compensation of up to $0.24 per kilowatt hour but now the subsidies are set to be cut. but it gets parts far as what i get now is around $22.00 to $0.24 and i'm supposed to produce for $0.18 that means i have to cut my costs but

at the moment i can't see any potential for savings i need capital to keep the plant viable in the future. there's an important source of income that this energy farmer wishes he had that's the heat from the bio gas plant in principle he could sell it to people for heating their homes if only his farm or so remote determine cultivates a rather small field too small to enable him to operate the bio gas the syllabi with his own corn instead he has to buy corn from a neighbor it's the result of poor planning years ago. omar booking a researcher went through university of applied sciences has evaluated $200.00 bio gas plants in terms of cost effectiveness he predicts that the planned cuts to subsidies will leave 30 to 40 percent of them bankrupt be avoided for vic 14 for c n n we want to transition from fossil fuel so we can't keep doing u.

turns every 10 years we've developed the technology it's now technically ready and we should stick with it. lived with this not going to bio gas is a fundamental component of a renewable energy system and it's badly needed won't fall out of fair not tied to man is looking for ways to make up for the losses he faces one possibility would be feeding the bio gas he produces into existing natural gas grids but for that he'd have to update his technology which would cost him a $6.00 figure sum the 52 year old wonders what bank would give him a loan like that to upgrade a plant that's nearly 2 decades old. as of a month long distance that maybe there was too much support at the beginning and now they're suddenly cutting off the money supply that's tough for us or that we assume things will pick up but at the moment everyone's anxious about the future because if starting. the buy a sector has to learn to support itself and do without guaranteed government

subsidies and in the process many of the older plants may fall by the wayside and finally nakia has been tasked by nasa to build a mobile network for the new network as part of a plan to return astronauts to the moon by 2024 as naptha seeks to build a long term to human settlement there the $14000000.00 contract will ensure a future lunar inhabitants will be able to receive a 4 g. . text messages from them and that's all from me in the business team here in berlin for more check out our website you w dot com slash business. america

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