this is the w. news live from berlin world leaders condemning the fatal stabbings of france being called an islamist terror attack defiance a man or woman says france would defend its values and that the nation would not be intimidated also on our show. as germany reports record rates of covert infections we look at how one hospital's intensive care unit is coping with the surge in new patients with newly developed protocols. and of the indian

capital delhi doctors are warning pollution in that city could complicate the battle for anyone who becomes infected with coach. brian thomas good to have you with us today french president emmanuel has issued a call for unity after another deadly attack that's being treated as an act of islamist terror a man armed with a knife killed 3 people inside the notre dame the silicate in the southern city of nice the suspect is a young tunisian man who entered france illegally from italy it is the deadliest 3rd islamised attack in france in 2 months. a place of worship and the scene of tara candles laid outside the chechen nice at. tribute for the

victims killed within its walls. what happened inside is now being pieced together by forensics teams france's top counterterrorism prosecutor said this had all the hallmarks of a terrorist attack and they have detained a suspect there are people who are more than. when he was arrested he was carrying a document in the form of a paper from the italian red cross in the name of a to newseum national born in 1990. s. to geishas have shown that this is the perpetrator moreover the person concerned is not known if in the national fingerprint database and is not known to the intelligence services. when the police stormed the church on thursday it was too late to stop the bloodshed a church official and woman had been stabbed and killed a 3rd person died of head injuries. police found

a copy of the koran and 3 large knives in the suspects bags the man is now in hospital in critical condition president was at the scene within hours calling for national unity is that if we find the tech to get in it's because of our values of belief in freedom to believe freely and not give in to terror to coopt. let me say this very clearly we will never give in because. the uni said oh yeah. the french president has angered many in the muslim world by refusing to condemn call tunes of the prophet muhammad. was. it's a long standing debate in france reignited by the murder of school teacher samuel petit earlier this month. he was beheaded after. showing cartoons of muhammad in

a class on free speech. and with this latest attack france has 3 more people to morn. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making the news at this hour protesters took to the streets across poland again on thursday to demonstrate against the constitutional court's tightening of abortion laws in the capital warsaw demonstrators gathering outside the headquarters of the state broadcaster t v p opposition groups accuse the t.v. station of acting as the government's propaganda channel. israelis have marked the 25th anniversary of the assassination of prime minister yitzhak rabin 25000 candles were lit in the central tel aviv square that bears his name and where he was shot by a jewish extremist where his attempts to pursue peace with the palestinians.

denied states as reported a daily record of new coronavirus cases the john hopkins university saying there were more than $90000.00 new infections in the last 24 hours u.s. is the worst affected country in the world it's now nearing 9000000 cases since the pandemic began. the european union has made available 220000000 euros to transfer covert 1000 patients from hard hit countries to neighbors with spare hospital beds blocks also preparing plans for fair distribution of any possible black seem to member states once one is available. well covert infection rates are rising rapidly throughout europe and germany is certainly no exception daily rates here have hit a new high for the 3rd straight day topping 800000 in the last 24 hours now as the government tries to curb the virus with drastic restrictions we look at how one hospital's intensive care unit is coping with the surge in new patients with newly

developed protocols. this patient has been in a coma since sunday his condition is so bad he has to be artificially ventilated. he's 48 years old and one of 19 intensive care patients at this hour from hospital the 2nd wave of covert 19 has arrived and it's different to the 1st. we have a lot of older patients in the 1st wave some young ones too but now they're almost all young which means age 15 or younger. and there's another difference to what happened in spring the hospital is treating more seriously ill patients from neighboring belgium 5 arrived last week alone the hospitals head of medicine ses belgian took too long to introduce new stricter measures against covert. told them is an example of what happens when these decisions are made too late there isn't enough capacity so we're taking in more and

more belgian patients. during the 1st wave just under 50 patients were on ventilators of this hospital at any one time but even that place too demands on the whole staff. but the benefiting now from the huge amount of experience gained. we had standardized procedures last time. i will reactivating those standardized procedures having these standards is very beneficial even if we get more patients we can just implement them. how well the system copes with the 2nd wave also depends on staff availability. and there are shortages already in some hospitals caused by covert 19 infections or quarantine and those on the front line of the fight against covert haven't really recovered from the 1st wave. in summer even if

we had vacation time we were here there was no real time off and after the 1st wave we still had to deal with normal cases and also all the paperwork that was left from the 1st wave now. there's little time to relax because the number of patients who are seriously ill with cove it is set to rise again experience shows that 2 percent of kovi patients end up in intensive care. so there will be more i'm expecting more intensive care patients than in the 1st wave. they were just under $3000.00 then i'm afraid it's going to be more this time. here in harken the hoping to rise to the challenge all the way through the 2nd wave of the demands on all of them will be great. let's talk about these increasing demands and now with our political correspondent thomas sparrow good morning to you thomas looking at these new infection rates and doing

a little bit of math based on those numbers we just heard in our report germany is seeing upwards of 150 to 200 people a day going into intensive care for covert what kind of strain thomas is this putting on the country's health system. it is putting a very serious strain there's no doubt about that not only other general numbers going up and up the already mentioned those 18000 cases in the last 24 hours but also the number of active cases is going up and up and that is certainly a big challenge for health authorities here in this country the general statement that we have heard time and time again from german officials is that the public health system is not overwhelmed but that the speed in which the virus is spreading and those numbers that are constantly going up could seriously put a strain on the health services in the very near future that's one element of it the other element of that are the regional health departments who are in charge

basically of tracking and tracing those coronavirus cases and we heard. say that 75 percent of cases here in germany are no longer traceable so many regional and local health departments are certainly overwhelmed and that is one of the main concerns that german officials have right now when it comes to the 2nd wave of the pandemic thomas there is a growing parliamentary opposition that's criticizing the effectiveness of the government's measures germany it turns out has the same mortality rate from covert as the us or netherlands can you tell us something about the political pushback against the measures being put in place by the american policy the fact that in november germany will have very strict measures in place and although some certainly approve of that as necessary measures that have to be implemented there is a growing debate one element of that growing debate is the fact that many in the parliament believe that the parliament should have a bigger say when it comes to deciding where the country should move to in what

direction so far most of the decisions have been made by regional leaders and the federal government another element comes from the german opposition in the german parliament they believe that some of the measures that have been put in place and not proportionate they're excessive and they will negatively affect the country in particular when it comes to businesses and to the economic development as well ok you know thomas we're looking at this very close who would be getting back to you throughout the day i'm sure for now though thanks very much. well pollution engulfs india's capital delhi all year but winter sees the all of the call all day there deteriorate drastically it's a toxic soup that stings the eyes and burns along as it makes it difficult to breathe and delhi now appears to be heading toward another surgeon covert $1000.00 infections as well health experts worry that the small could worsen the spread of the virus and make it even more deadly here's more. it's the onset of winter

and the team sheet of peace has engulfed the city. the air quality in delhi one of the most polluted cities in the wood visibly do you eat during the winter as as the core ruins make it hard to looting students both. baking and making indefinite activities and the family money carried out by bomb of the neighboring he'd do a significant buy in but usually level and then every winter. they haven't had this new challenge. this and these that apply the knowledge that says that the different temperature and gys and pollution levels need to an increase in the spread of clue about infections many has exposed echoing this concern jumbled up during cold weather the moment when pollution levels rise imus deliberately truck becomes dry which can make people more prone to corporate banking and other disputed illnesses but the protective mechanisms grew because of them. dr that there is also concerned

that has give us a lift maybe all of that and my guys in calling 900 cases in addition to the usual spike in influenza and other respiratory disorders today with this. one medical health professionals brace themselves for the coming months the delhi government test started taking measures to cope evolution one of them is the dead life on engine off can be this civil war lydia's stationed at various traffic signals across the city. commuter the donda engines oh while the beat for the green light. by the government claims that is for you would the campaign can deduce they can look at you should in the capital by 15 to 20 per cent not everyone is then with. the bundle of akali a daily beast and why mental activity argues that focusing on just one source of pollution is not enough i think the government needs to create

a centralized body which is and powered which has timelines and measurable goals and create a proactive policy which will address every single source of pollution and then enforce all those very strictly and seriously. as do any gasped for breath again the fear of a through endemic of worsening air quality and cruel innovative in fiction is growing. well before we go we want to show you what the tail end of a hurricane looks like at a world famous surfing spot is some of the biggest waves ever recorded at the famous world championships famous nazare in northern portugal i'm brian thomas we have business of straight 1st look at these incredible acts of courage out there these huge wigs.

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