this is news coming. new travel warnings will be imposed this weekend as germany reports a record number of cases experts say there's still time to bring the surge under control if the government acts. also coming up protestors push for democracy in thailand the prime minister has lifted emergency measures to curb protests but demonstrators say they'll keep their demands for reform and are giving him 3 days

to. get enough to eat. u.s. intelligence officials accuse iran of trying to meddle in the upcoming election saying. voter registration details. behind threatening emails sent to american voters. hello i'm terry martin and welcome to the program for the 1st time since the start of the pandemic daily infections here in germany have exceeded 11000 cases per day the southern state is one of the worst hit regions of the country the area around back to scotland has already gone into law down on monday and the regional government in munich says it may introduce a 9 pm curfew is. infection rates continue to rise elsewhere in the state.

here in berlin germany's public health body robert call institute is appealing to the public to follow the rules on social distancing hygiene and mask wearing inspiration is to talk to and the situation is now very serious. so the number of infections is rising quickly in many places we could and we don't know where that number is headed what we can still slow the spread. everyone can play their part. we're not powerless you can trust if we follow all of those rules. well joining us for more is our political correspondent hans von tons put this into perspective for us how serious is the situation in germany. well you just heard the government the government's infection control head talking about how serious the

situation is very serious he says to put this a little bit into perspective 4 weeks ago uncle americal said in the press conference that she expected the number of cases per day to rise to somewhere around $19000.00 by christmas if nothing was done and now we are at over $11000.00 and that's just 4 weeks ago. so it's just been it's almost 2 months to christmas in other words it's going much much faster than i'm going to medical thought at the time and at the time one thought she was being alarmist so the situation really is very serious at the same time one has to say that although the virus is spreading all over germany there is not yet a sense of having lost control of panic in the countries. control of the of the virus at the same time the appeals to the public to stick to the rules to restrict social contacts to have just small groups in which people means to stay

away from large gatherings these appeals are increasing and are increasing in intensity and in seriousness hun's is germany's health system prepared to cope with this how are things looking in the hospitals. at the moment one has to say the hospitals are not yet under strain there are a box just something like 950 people in intensive care with covered 9000 at the moment about half of them being. treated on the respect in other words are very serious cases but one has to say this is a situation that the number of cases in hospital reflects really the number of infections 3 to 4 years a weeks ago because obviously somebody gets infected going to takes about a week for that person to get symptoms and it takes a week or 2 for that person to get serious sometimes and go to hospital so what's happening in hospital at the moment reflects the situation 3 or 4 weeks ago at the moment they are still followers of babes in intensive care available in german

hospitals but if the number of infections increases at the rate that it has been then that will be exhausted pretty quickly within the next 2 or 3 weeks thank you very much for bringing us up to date there d.w. political correspondent hans plant. and here's a quick look at a few other developments in the pandemic ireland is locking down for a 2nd time the 1st european country to do so non-essential businesses will close and bars and restaurants will be limited to take away services the lockdown has planned for 6 weeks infections in the czech republic continue to rise steeply with just under 15000 new cases the country has seen a 2nd daily record high and astra zeneca in oxford university say they're back scene trial will continue despite the death of a ball and tear in brazil regulators say there are new concerns about the safety of the brazilian trials. now to thailand where the government has rolled back an

emergency decree banning protests in the capital bangkok it had been put into place in a murder in an effort to cool anti-government demonstrations that have been going on for weeks but the measures failed to discourage tens of thousands of demonstrators from turning out for daily protests around major bangkok intersections demonstrators are demanding that the time are demanding the thai premiers resignation and reforms to the monarchy. well for more let's bring in philip sure well from bangkok he's the asia correspondent for the french newspaper the sunday times thanks for being with us philip the protesters say lifting the state of emergency is not enough what sort of concessions are they looking for from the government yeah i mean this is a question significant backed down by the by the prime minister he has repealed this old it just a week after it was introduced to try and and these protests and every government

move to try and crackdown is only for the galvanized protests but the basic demands are unchanged and they were that the fullest degree was put in place that demanding the resignation of the prime minister's government which they say was came to power in an unfair and rigged election last year that demanding a major overhaul of the constitution that was drafted under the previous ruling junk. which kind of governs how politics is run in this country and most contentiously that calling for reforms to their own family all those demands that there will be some post last night just as are on the streets again and they held at the johnson. resignation letter which that the prime minister general prayuth which we stay read out in the invited him to sign it ok so the demands are clear dozens of protesters including leaders of the movement were arrested earlier during the crackdown what's likely to become of them. yeah and it's interesting i met

last night the young female protester who read out that resignation letter as they call it fully prime minister she was subsequently arrested in a cafe a couple of hours later around midnight those leaders many of them are now released on bail some of those who made the most explosive demands about their own family are still being held they will face possibly question a long and complicated legal process and given that the government here has failed to clamp down on the protester either riot police all through the decree it may be that this sort of war of attrition through the course of trying to prosecute these leaders will be the next move but the have on protesters who've taken a lead from hong kong on this have said you're only does now this is a leaderless protest you can arrest certain high profile figures but you're not going to be able to wrestle on that is not going to end up protests a part of the demonstrations are focusing on the royal family and that's really unprecedented in thailand what what if anything are we hearing from the royal

family on all of this. yes that the promised is an comment on you know current events and current affairs and we're not hearing anything and that's to be expected it is indeed unprecedented the royal family is protected by some very strict laws my just a little. and this is being considered it's a boot to even discuss that role in politics military implodes and their financial affairs the students of broken not to cross that line the king did say last week in a meeting. with some former communist rebels who interestingly once were fighting the royal family in the facts of the cold war he did say we need people in this country to love the monarchy and to love this institution but you wouldn't expect him to make a direct comment for everybody here that's the great unknown what is the what is you know what with all the abuse in the palace that philip thank you very much for

brains uptodate there that was journalist philip sure will in bangkok. now let's check on some other stories making headlines today thousands of colombia's have marched in bogota to protest the government's social and economic policies police violence and the killing of human rights activists they also decry the rise of poverty caused by the credit pandemic marches or the latest in a sporadic series of protests which began late last year. we had no means bracing for storm to make lead this after weeks of severe flooding and landslides that have left over 100 people dead and 20 others missing in central here according to the red cross hundreds of thousands of people there will need housing as well as income and food aid in coming weeks. and a russian soyuz spacecraft carrying a u.s. astronaut and 2 russian cosmonauts back from the international space station that's touched down safely in kazakhstan nasa astronaut chris cassidy spent

a total of $378.00 days in space the mission marks the last scheduled russian flight carrying a u.s. crew member. well just 2 weeks to go before the u.s. presidential election intelligence officials believe that iran or 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 tehran in moscow obtained voter registration details with the goal of altering the but democratic voters in at least 4 background states received e-mails that threatened we will come after you if the recipients didn't vote for president donald trump well the f.b.i. announcement 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 star to stump for biden.

hello 3rd of her. years and honks for former u.s. president barack obama at a drive in rally as he hit the campaign trail for joe biden the democratic nominee and his from i suppress it and it's obama didn't mince words when it came to current president donald trump. i get that this president wants full credit for the economy a narrative and 0 blame for the pandemic but here you know. but you know what the job doesn't work that what pointing 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 there are bunch of polls last time 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 handed control of his party overture socialist communist marches and left wing extremists. and they're filled with hatred venom a great show most voters have already made up their minds but the 2nd and last presidential debate on thursday night is a 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. very. far. by 1st. very very. terms comments perhaps setting the tone for his final sparring match with his challenger. football now and by and munich have begun their defense of their champions league title with a dominant 4 they'll win at home to a let me go madrid kingsley coma and opened the scoring for by a comment was also the man of the bunch in the final back in the final back in august by an added a goal before and after the break putting more pressure on the spanish saw and coleman scored again to close out the match the game went ahead despite buy ins

says the testing positive for corona virus on tuesday. you're watching news from berlin coming up next we've got a documentary for you looking at how the u.s. used torture tactics in its fight against terrorism i'm terry martin thanks for watching. can you hear me yes we can you can handle stance gemstone now we'll bring you i'm going to back off and you never. surprised himself with what is possible who is mad cool really what moves. people along the way maurice and critics alike joining us from ethel's lifestyle.