starts nov 6th on d. w. . this is news coming to you live from berlin germany braces to keep corona virus infections under control as caseload served infections have jumped to more than 11000 and german health minister says he's tested positive for kobe's 19 our correspondent has the latest also on the program u.s. intelligence officials accuse iran and russia of trying to meddle in the upcoming

elections saying. voter registration details and they say your friend is behind e-mail sent to threaten america. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us germany is again reporting a record number of corona virus infections the robert institute for disease control has recorded more than 11000 daily cases the man responsible for handling the pandemic german health ministry announced wednesday that he himself has tested positive. but strict social distancing measures during cabinet meetings mean other ministers will not have to quarantine a government spokesman said authorities in the southern state of bavaria are

warning of even tighter restrictions if infection rates continue to rise one area in the region was already put into lockdown on tuesday. nearest trick sions are now in place in the above aryan town of but the. schools and kindergartens are closed and leaving one's house is only permitted with a valid reason the town has registered over $260.00 cases per 100000 inhabitants as numbers of rise alarmingly everywhere across but the area state premier mark proposed a new set to restrictions which should come into force if infections do not drop under the new rules restaurants would have to close a 9 pm and events could host a maximum of 50 people. also suggested to introduce mandatory coronavirus testing for commuters travelling from hotspots abroad. we don't want a new lock down but it could end up being the last resort this is why i think it's

better to act sooner and more softly than later and more radical arlys across germany dozens of cities are seeing a surge in infections according to the country's health institute the average incidence rate has reached above $51.00 cases or 100000 inhabitants. in north run this failure more than 2 thirds of the population live in areas with high infection rates a reason for the state to sharpen the mask rules in schools. from monday onwards students in 5th grade and beyond will have to wear a face mask also during class and while at their desks. this way the state hopes to keep schools open for as long as possible. cross over to our political correspondent. as we just heard there infections across the country have now exceeded the red line set by the government what consequences

will that have. well if it has no immediate consequences in the 1st instance it just means that germany as a whole in germany's own terms would now be regarded as a hotspot a high risk area and if it was a foreign country germans would be warned against traveling to that country but here in germany of course the immediate consequences are restricted to the various local authority areas in other words they are no restrictions at the moment yet being imposed on germany as a whole the country is trying to be a lot more details a lot more controlled about how this infection about the response infections and what controls are imposed as we just heard there are certain areas of germany where the infection rate is a lot higher than elsewhere and those areas local lockdowns have already been imposed in other areas further restrictions that are being considered so all of these measures all of these red lines really are in some sense arbitrary but they

are regarded as lines that are necessary so that you can then decide at what stage to tighten the rules hunch in the spring germany was hailed for its management of the pandemic now technically all of germany is a hot spot what went wrong. well i think in the spring obviously what we had was a national locked on a very very heavy measure something that is not being considered at the moment and now as a result of the developments in recent months the weather has been fine people have been outside to have been. had the feeling after the spring that the virus was under control so they were like relaxing the personal controls and now we have the weather getting worse again at the same time people are still being relaxed about being gathering in close spaces having parties and so on so one has to try and

get people to be more controlled about their personal behavior that's what the measures are trying to do at the moment and one is trying to impose as i said a lot more local a lot more control restrictions in various areas ok say the country is not considering a nationwide lockdown at this point so what can we expect moving forward. i think what we can expect is more local lock dollars what everyone is trying to avoid is shutting down the entire german economy again because we obviously know that the effects of that are disastrous for the economy for the country as a whole so one is trying to impose restrictions on a more localized level shutting down so if in tones or certain areas and hoping to get control over the virus in atlanta thank you very much that was deemed to be a political correspondent. and let's take a look at some of the other developments in the global pandemic infections in the

czech republic continue to rise steeply with just under 15000 new cases the country has seen a 2nd daily record high spain became the 1st western european country to record 1000000 corona virus infections doubling its tally in just 6 weeks astra zeneca and oxford university say they're back seeing trial will continue despite the death of a volunteer in brazil regulators say there are new concerns about the safety of the brazilian trial. now with just 2 weeks to go before the u.s. presidential election intelligence officials believe that iran and russia have interfered in the upcoming vote they accuse iran of being behind recent intimidating e-mails targeting american voters in multiple states they also stated that iran in moscow obtained voter registration details with the goal of altering the vote democratic voters in at least 4 about around states received e-mails that threatened quote we will come after you and quote if the recipients didn't vote for

president donald trump. in washington she gave us more details about the f.b.i. was accusing. groups from iran and russia got their hands on voter registration data they use that information the iranian groups did to send these threatening e-mails as you mentioned and as you said in those e-mails that said vote for president trump or else now these e-mails were actually signed by the group the proud boys this is the white supremacist group some of our viewers might remember that the president refused to denounce in the 1st televised debate and this is a group that does support the president but that was a false flag there is a lot of information we don't know at this point to tell you what that is that's crucial we don't know which groups were behind this we don't know if voter registration databases themselves were accessed because that would also be a really key here and we don't know what the intent was the f.b.i. director said the intent was clearly to hurt president trump but if you think about

it if democrats were intimidated from going to the polls and perhaps didn't cast their ballots that certainly would hurt shoebite and so we are hoping for more information to be revealed in the coming days. there will be i know it's been came as campaigning enters its final stages of the upcoming vote president trump was cheered by supporters in the battleground state of north carolina democrats meanwhile brought out their biggest store to stump for by. fellow philadelphia. shares and tongues for former u.s. president barack obama at a drive in rally as he hit the campaign trail for joe biden democratic nominee and his from ice president obama didn't mince words when it came to current president donald trump. i get that this president gets full credit for the economy america. and 0 blame for the pandemic. but you know what the job doesn't work that way.

tweeting at the television doesn't fix things. obama highlighted biden's contribution to his own presidency and he urged voters to show up we can't be complacent i don't care about the polls they're all bunch of polls last or didn't work out because all those folks stayed at home and got lazy and complacent not this time not in this election. in some places that has been easier said than done as early voting started many people waited in line for hours and some counties reported blackouts at voting sites or faulty mail in ballots still a record 42000000 americans have cost early ballots already according to the u.s. elections project. at a campaign event in the battleground state of north carolina presidential braley to his supporters and painted a dystopian picture of the u.s. under joe biden sleepy joe biden is

a bit control of his party overture socialist car mirrors marx's and leftwing extremists. and they're filled with hatred and venom agree. most voters have already made up their minds but the 2nd and last presidential debate on thursday night is the last chance to win over the undecided. early on wednesday president trump showed his discontent at the choice of topics for debate and the decision to mute microphones to avoid interruptions after a chaotic 1st debate i think to be very. very. good about far. far. and i think that the. very. very. very very by. chance comments perhaps setting the tone for his final sparring match with his challenger. now just a look at some of the day's other headlines in the u.s.

the maker of the prescription painkiller oxycontin will plead guilty to federal charges as part of an $8000000000.00 settlement produce pharma is accused of criminal conduct related to the distribution of the drug which has been linked to more than 470000 deaths in the u.s. . pope francis has said homosexuals have a right to a family and should be protected by civil union walls it's a market shift for the roman catholic church the pontiff made the comments in a new documentary about his approach to pastoral care when thailand's prime minister has canceled a state of emergency that was imposed in the capital bangkok to suppress anti-government demonstrations the demonstrations have been going on for 7 consecutive days protesters want the government to resign and are calling for a new constitution as well as reforms to the monarchy. and thousands of colombians have marched in bogota to protest the government's social and economic policies

police violence and the killing of human rights activists they also decried the rise of poverty caused by the crowd of ours pandemic marches are the latest in a sporadic series of protests which began late last year. the police here in berlin are investigating what may be the biggest act of vandalism against works of art in post-war germany over 60 artworks housed on berlin's museum island were sprayed with what's been described as a colorless oil least substance the collection on the island includes items from and take what he such as the pack among temple. sized some of the damage is clearly visible like on these egyptian suck off a guy on the 3rd of october a total of $63.00 yard quarks and artifacts in 4 museums were vandalized with an oily liquid investigations are still ongoing and the extent of the damage remains far from clear police only said the liquid was transparent and not corrosive

authorities say they're at a loss as to how when by whom and why the crimes were committed the museum still have security cameras but when the moment if somebody doesn't say fire a water pistol and you see it but instead they smear something in a concealed way then you might not see on the camera. there's liquid on the floor and the object. of his cut off the bone would also not be as police inform the public more than 2 weeks after the incident and only after media reports broke on tuesday as part of their search for witnesses they've now written e-mails to more than 600 ticket holders but at least 3000 people visited museum island on that day and there is no confession note speculation quickly focused on a group supporting germany's most notorious conspiracy theorist a 2 man hit man has previously said calls for attacks on the museums because of what he calls satanist artifacts that the museums distance themselves this summer

with corresponding flags still flying. we don't want to participate in such speculation where investigating in every regard all directions. museum island is considered one of the most precious art collections in europe the directors say the security concept is currently being reviewed. you're watching d.w. news from berlin business coming up for you next with. i'm terry margin thanks for watching. the 1st international tribunal in history. trials. 75 years ago i read sisters of the nazi regime change your life forces.

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