this is news to live from berlin an entire country screen for coronavirus slovakia starts testing nearly every one of its 5000000 people but could it show the virus is even more widespread than previously thought also coming up french police arrest a suspect for he church shooting it comes with france on high alert after a string of suspected terror attacks. doesn't work the way. through the book these doesn't fix what. doesn't make people's wallet you've got

a plan you've got a. former u.s. president barack obama hammers donald trump with 2 days left until the election trump and democratic rival joe biden are making a final push for votes in key battleground states. it's nice to have you with us while many countries are shutting down their economies as they face troubling increases in 1000 cases slovakia is trying something different on saturday it started a nationwide effort aimed at testing its entire adult population if the words have worn the only alternative would be a total lockdown this approach could reveal much about how the virus spreads and how many hidden cases there may be but it also comes with its own set. challenger's

. long queues outside this coronavirus testing station and. it just one of thousands that opened on saturday to screen slovakia's entire population of over 5000000 testing is voluntary but anyone not participating has to self isolate for 10 days. but it was very interesting i am here because i believe we will find out who has the virus it will go away and eventually we will live a normal life again but in the past 3 weeks slovakia has seen thousands of new infections each day mass screening is hope to control the virus and avoid further restrictions more than 40000 health care workers army and police have been deployed to carry out the tests medical staff expressing back concerns. i'm going to be a doctor so you know and i don't want it to end up like italy. and i wouldn't want

to find my 1st job is to decide if someone lives or dies before. this 1st round of testing covered around a 1000000 people with reportedly one percent receiving a positive result a 2nd round of mass testing is planned in a week's time. journalist joins me now from bratislava greetings do people by and large support this. the country store already stressed thing because even though the government says it's all really well very it's not because anyone who is not get tested they have to sell some flies away and that's so people worry that they might get infected oh i'll stand in the highest and also is this think is a huge strain on medical workers and drive even the speed of us and could be our if

the state these able to mobilize enough people to do that this the power out seems that they they're able to get enough medical help even from hungary and also you know some physicians and nurses came to help in bratislava so the country is largely divided it's this nationwide test is clearly unprecedented could it reveal new details about the virus like large numbers of people without symptoms . yes i think this a flock year has started to a big laboratory for the whole world because now the whole nation the stats the and so far the numbers doesn't really show like they deal with the 26000 cases in a country of 5000000 so this is after all my plea was in 5 days on all the siac as they would have revealed so we'll have to brave the vehicle beat to to draw conclusions about about how well like

a night nationwide test the works but in slovakia the really for bad that this was something like a last chance because of the host because in many regions started collapsing however a lot of experts warned that it's much better or it would be much better to do focus best thing that they stink the whole population is specially you just where you have like 0000000 cases or 0 battered city you still there is a very out there on percent cases of infection you have to we only have about 30 seconds but you mention the hospitals collapsing if the results show a high number of positive tests will will solve akio be able to cope with the health demands. it's a big question and i hope so and i think that it will have to buy because binder we we go all down anyway so the going to escape the lockdown journalist beata

belak over thank you so much thank you. here are some of the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic protests have been held across italy against a raft of measures to contain a new spike in cases the country reported a record number of omer's 32000 new infections in 24 hours israel has reopened elementary school classes after 6 weeks shut down as the country eases restrictions following a nationwide lockdown that began in september and australia has recorded no new locally transmitted infections for the 1st time in 5 months residents of hard hit melbourne enjoyed the 1st weekend of reopen cafes restaurants and pubs to western europe now french police say they have arrested a suspect over the shooting of a greek orthodox priest in the southern city of legal that priest was gunned down

outside his church and ease in critical condition the city's mayor says the motive is not yet known but it comes after several terror attacks in the country just 2 days earlier a suspected islamic militant killed 3 people in a catholic church in the city of nice. that priest was just closing got this greek orthodox church late saturday afternoon when he was shot twice. police kept the area fenced off warning the public to stay away prosecutors have opened an investigation into attempted murder. at this stage we don't know what the motive is behind the attack no line of inquiry is preferred all rolled out so i won't comment on the target of what sort of attack this is. we don't know yet. residents express their shock

i'm appalled because it's very quiet neighborhood a good place to live view of receivers a big rush you have markets the synagogue a little further away the orthodox church everyone knows each other it's a small village it's traumatic. recently francis seen a string of what the authorities describe as terror related incidents believed to have been sparked by cartoons depicting the prophet mohammed it was a french president and while mcconnell made his position clear if you don't understand and respect the fact that one might be shocked by these cartoons i will never accept that one might justify physical violence over these cartoons and in my country i will always defend the freedom to speak to right to think anti drawer. fronts is currently on its highest security. taking a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world british prime

minister boris johnson has announced england will enter a 2nd lockdown starting next thursday with measures set to stay in place for at least 4 weeks johnson said action is needed now to contain surging coronavirus cases britain including england has the highest covert 1000 death toll in europe. 7 opposition activists including 4 lawmakers have been arrested in hong kong on charges related to obstructing a legislative council meeting in may this comes after beijing passed a contentious security law in june the arrest didn't appear to be directly linked to the law but police have used it to apprehend around 30 people. to the u.s. now where you republican president donald trump and his democratic rival joe biden have been campaigning in key states on the final weekend before tuesday's election a record 90000000 plus early votes have already been cast as the bruising contest

heads toward the biggest turnout in at least a century. biden and obama sharing the stage again a 1st for the biden campaign as they fight for victory in michigan where trump won by a razor thin margin 4 years ago a final campaign push in a battleground state obama didn't hold back. i understand this is a president who wants full credit for the car company he had heard it. and did 0 blame for the pandemic he ignored but the job doesn't work their way. through it at the t.v. doesn't fix things megan stuff up doesn't make people's lives * better you got to have acquired. biden drove home the words of his former boss. we sure did you ever diversion. signs over friction. and yes

creatures over a long. tarver stared out take back our democracy we could do this were some parts better this where you're you we are at our best the united states of america. in pennsylvania large crowd gathered for president campaign blitz the state has emerged as one of the top prizes this year and trump is hoping to repeat his success there of 2016 but i do want to shut down your economy wipe out your factories and shut down your state ship your jobs to china raise your taxes for trillion dollars the biggest tax increase the biggest tax increase in the history of our country and i gave you the biggest tax cut in the history of our. campaigning and there's it's

home stretch as a record number of americans are predicted to turn out. to be reported peter joins me now for more on this peter you might have heard there's an election in the offing. why the candidates born storming these particular states well in truncates you know he's barnstorming states like florida michigan pennsylvania and these are really states that he won especially michigan pennsylvania that he won by race at the margin back in 216 that are key these are the key battleground states that most analysts say that he will need to win in order to win the election he is losing a lot of ground in a lot of these states especially over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. and states where biden has really broaden his lead in a lot of ways in places like michigan for instance. by. and there's even starting to to you know look like

a viable candidate in places like georgia north carolina places that were unthinkable back in 2060 traditional red states traditional red states we are seeing biden's. somewhat though in key states like florida and north carolina so so we're really seeing these 2 candidates is really coming down to the wire and they need to turn out every single vote because if there's anything that 2016 taught is it is that truly every vote counts indeed the former vice president joe biden has brought out the big guns and big guns i mean a former president barack obama why is it critical to bring out the former president in these particular states well if you look at a state like michigan the way to detroit for instance yesterday flint michigan also . this or these are states that the so-called rust belt states that have been badly hurt by the you know the of industrialization a lot of big big companies that have left over the past years and decades and

states that were crucial to obama's victory back in 220082012 this is these are states where he he went and helped you know save the car industry that were crucial to shoring up support for obama and biden is obvious helping to kind of play off of that to you know and really interesting i think also these are states that then in 2016 flipped on the democrat and went for so essentially we're seeing biden here trying to come out and win back some of these trump republicans but also went over disaffected republicans who don't think the trumpets delivered the way that they thought he would literally in $1.00 and $2.00 sentences what does the election look like right now 48 hours out right so biden has a much broader wider row to victory at this point he. national polls has

about a 10 point lead but really in the key battleground state he is still looking much better positioned trump is in the battle for his political survival right now peter really dealt the job you politics i appreciate that. you're watching news up next german president frank walter steinmeier exclusively talks to d.w. about the pandemic we'll see for more news. an interview with german president. worried about a split in society during a pandemic. flu these are some numbers that. call number on the good news which you didn't get it can result in the obvious this week to india and india envy the cold war he can all be given water and strength going to. an interview with.