but some areas are facing shortages of medical stuff to catherine rising numbers of coronavirus patients. to the government is desperate to avoid shutting schools and childcare centers. instead the focus is on recreation the fresh closures and tightened restrictions on socialising come after low infection numbers over the summer allowed to return to relative normality on sunday evening some took that chance for one must despite politicians pleas to stay home chance in america once again appealed to the public in her weekend video podcast. even. though he is an artist we must do everything in our power to get the number of infections under control we must face this test together and understand together in so many. unspoken promises the prospect of family get togethers at christmas but if infection rates don't fall and extended lockdown can't be ruled out. and let's get

more on the situation we're joined by d.w. political correspondent tom sparrow standing by for us in berlin thomas how is the health system coping with this rise of infections of this point the health system is still coping experts are pointed to the fact that intensive care beds are still available ventilators as well but they have also pointed to the fact that this could quickly change if coronavirus cases continue to grow in the speed at the speed as we've seen in the last few days and weeks this is the absolute key point to understand why germany is now facing this powerful lock down the speed at which the corona virus is spreading and those same experts are saying that if it continues this way in 2 or 3 weeks the public health system will have reached its limit and that is again the reason why we're seeing these restrictions as of today and for the whole of november which includes obviously closing bars restaurants and so on but at the same time keeping schools on many shops open and we have heard

once again from the german chancellor a plead for the nation she says stand together in this crisis thomas are people obeying the measures from the government are they following them. i think there is an understanding at least by a majority of germans that these measures were necessary to reduce that speed in which the virus is spreading even if even if that came at a particular cost namely fewer freedoms when i just mentioned a 2nd ago the closing of bars restaurants and so on but at the same time and this is particularly important i also think criticism has been growing both on the street but also politically we saw for example last week in the german parliament a very big debate on whether these measures are actually going to be effective and what the right course of action is for germany on there is a very evident coronavirus fatigue and i would say that that's a coronavirus fatigue that we're not only seeing here in germany but in other countries as well and that explains also why the challenge now is

a particularly big challenge for german officials and that explains why anglo mccall repeatedly has been telling citizens that this is a very important moment that it comes down to everyone's responsibility they're trying to get the cases under control if that does not happen could we see the lockdown extended could we see tougher measures the key element here in this particular point is in 2 weeks' time angela merkel and the regional leaders of germany 16 federal states will meet again to assess whether the measures so far have been effective or whether further measures will be needed but german officials have stressed on various occasions sabra that they want to avoid a full lockdown they want to avoid comprehensive restrictions and that's why so far this lockdown now these restrictions now have been described as a sort of lockdown night where schools and shops can remain open but the focus as we saw in our report is on clothes and everything that has to do with entertainment thomas farah with a few from berlin thank you. let's get the view now from broader europe where cases

are also rising sharply we have our team standing by francisco a bone got our is in italy we have bats riegert in brussels and matthew de is joining us from warsaw and francisco i'd like to begin with you because we all recall that italy had one of the highest covert 19 death rates back in the spring how's it doing now where this is measuring is really about everywhere now going towards there he doesn't care yesterday which is a big number we're now waiting to see what is going to happen today today's a routine. points in the fight against the gunmen in this country because prime minister they will be in parliament probably proclaiming a curfew a national care few 9 pm we're just talking about rumors but we don't really know exactly what is going to off and what the reaction will be from people we had riots in the squares in all the tendency to be so against the closure of the businesses so we ought to see would of the cabinet will be able to cope with doubt oh we'll

let you get in on something to the population which is odd asking for some warm up that's when it's not an easy situation if it's better than before we have to see what is going to happen thank you so much francisco bant over to you now standing by in belgium which has one of the highest death rates of any country in this pandemic band is there any sign of things improving. but the motera to rate in belgium is not comparable to that situation in april right now $100.00 people a day are dying this is much lower than it was but experts one that this mortality rate can go up following the huts hospitalization of people which is going up quickly hospital beds are filling up 2 thirds of the intensive care units are now filled with covert patients but you have to keep in mind that belgium only has 2000 intensive care beds which is much less than in other countries for example in

germany the government is responding with very strict measures contact through private citizens is no more or less forbidden you are only allowed to have one cool full contact say say in flemish one person you can hug or kiss and receive in your private home and these measures will be in place for 6 weeks and done your due crew the prime minister of belgium said this is our last chance to get the virus under control and to have something like a normal christmas eve thank you so much bant i'm matthew heading to you in poland where there's a massive surge in coded 1000 cases posing huge problems to the country's health system how is the government responding there. be introducing various restrictions it stops short of a full look doesn't introduce and he could have used but for example has closed restrooms courage people try to stay at home. schooling is done

online and they have opened up the opening field hospitals in warsaw now the national football stadium is being converted into a hospital and the government is very eager to say we don't we have beds we have. spam responses but the big problem for the polish healthcare system it is a lack of doctors and nurses it is. a serious issue and people are saying the case great to have beds that he's going to come after the people in the beds and here from poland there italy belgium francisco banga that's riegert matthew day thank you so much to all of you for your reporting. and let's take a look now at some other stories making news around the world more anti france protests have been taking place across the muslim world in pakistan demonstrators burned an effigy of president emanuel. the protests come after he defended the right to free expression in the wake of the suspected islamist killing of

a teacher who had shown cartoons of the muslim prophet mohammad. rescue workers have called 2 girls from collapsed buildings in western turkey a 3 year old was rescued nearly 3 days after a strong earthquake struck the region hours earlier a 14 year old was freed but hopes of finding others are fading the quake has killed dozens of people and injured hundreds. of millions of census takers have begun knocking on doors across china for a once in a decade head count for the 1st time they're using a mobile phone app to log the numbers that will be used to understand the size of the structure of the world's largest population china has around 1400000000 people . u.s. president donald trump and his democratic rival joe biden are making their final pitches to voters ahead of tuesday's election trump is holding campaign rallies and 5 battleground states meanwhile joe biden is focusing on the key state of pennsylvania most major polling shows biden ahead in the critical battleground

states needed to win but trouble leaves he can defy the polls once again and pull off a shock victory in. the final downs before the big election day on tuesday. u.s. president donald trump addressed for now take fans in 5 different swing states on sunday with his usual self confidence we're going to win 4 more years in that very beautiful white house i read your vote we will continue to cut your taxes cut graduation. and ensure that boar products are made and raised and grown in the usa. with only a couple of days left to complain trump focused on crucial swing states like michigan and iowa before heading to georgia and florida. despite brett butler

rising coronavirus cases in the u.s. supporters packed into the rallies most of them not adhering to social distancing rules or wearing masks. that were very different scenes at joe biden's complain of rallies in pennsylvania most supporters stayed in their cars as the democratic candidate welcomed them president droppers terrified of what will happen to the president you know if the people president get that their say if you have your say he doesn't stand a chance biden also blasted trump for dividing the country and that's exactly what trump are trying to do for her to get a divided america based on race religion gender national origin it's wrong it's not who we are biden has a comfortable lead in most of the polls but he knows that election day turnout will be crucial in deciding the new president of the united states. in those swing

states also so crucial one of the biggest or rather the biggest swing state florida a lot of eyes on that one the past 2 elections have seen a wafer thin margin between the winner and the loser president trump is banking on the support of one of the state's name voting blocks the latino vote so deep that he is carolina has been to find out how the republicans under president trump have tapped into a narrative that's found appeal among florida's cuban americans. they want to see donald trump stay in the white house and their ditto. to deliver florida for him it's a must win state for the presidency even at this scale back democrat rally in orlando the trump voters are far louder. trump has strong support from a large part of the latino community here in florida this despite things which

would seem almost designed to put latinos off like the harsh words he has used to describe immigrants i'm here to find out why the hispanic vote leans more republican here in florida nearly a 3rd of the latino voters in florida have cuban roots including got covered on maurice had of latinos for trump in orlando she was 15 when her family fled cuba after losing everything to the government of fidel castro they just knock one day at the door and they said this is ours now we had lost everything you know we had lost our beautiful hall. the ranch the chauffeur but we had a different life and you adopt. that's why voting is so important to me because it's the gift that this country has given me that i didn't have they took away. one of her biggest fears like many other cuban americans is the idea that the system

they fled could be adopted in the united states no i don't think joe biden is a socialist or a communist but i do believe the people around him are and they have the same socialist ideas that i've lived through in cuba and i've seen in venezuela so yes i do believe that he's surrounded with that and a leader is as good as the people around them being pro trump is slowly becoming something to president supporters keep to themselves because there can be consequences mike or plumber is also a devoted trump support i have received for you i have 000 right. for your press you know the lesser of the last year when i was there he says you're not appropriate and there's no war because you don't want to do the job you are trying to charge already provided just to do the job and that's really really good work. it's not just the fear of socialism driving support for trump. many

latino voters are catholic and support the republican position against abortion and it may seem counter intuitive but many also supports trump's hard line on immigration even from latin american countries. that trump tells the truth i don't want other hispanics to come into the u.s. even if they are from my country peru if they don't pay taxes that is not fair so if more hispanics come and dump a taxes they seal and live off the money they get from the government then i'm a racist too and i also say get out it's not fair that those that come to the board border illegally dana for you already $10000.00 to come here and we don't know. they are they could be right based here in florida support for president trump and the republicans steeply emotional if that's a poor does reflect it at the ballot box it could decide the election. and u.s.

voters heading to the polls tomorrow we are joined here in the studio by william who crossed from our us election team how important is the latino vote i mean they're important but a lot of groups are important you know they make up 17 percent of florida's electorate 2 and a half 1000000 registered latino voters most of them it should be said are democrats or not affiliated or not affiliated voters across all groups are leaning by it in these or so called independent voters they are the largest voting minority now in the united states more than 13 percent across the country are latino voters as more of them than black american voters but we sure we we need to make very very clear there is no such thing as a latino voter group these are people from dozens of countries with hundreds of personal experiences many of them are by now full fledged americans they have been here of been been in the united states for generations this is not the stereotypical immigrant story that we hear so often about so they are very

important they've been important for decades now at least you know going back to the 2000 election remember how much it was talked about the cuban vote in florida but many other retired retired communities older people you know rule white non-college educated lots of groups are important which was decisive is what we're going to find out this week the candidates have been on the campaign trail just walk us through where they have been in the past couple of days and what that tells us about where the critical areas are likely to be the swing states right pennsylvania wisconsin michigan obama is stumping for biden in florida in georgia florida we as we've seen so important georgia of traditionally republican state that they might be able to pick off so obviously they're hitting the states that especially pennsylvania wisconsin michigan traditionally leaning democrat trump won them by a razor thin margin we're talking about $80000.00 vote. friends that's what gave trump the presidency in 268-0000 votes in those 3 states if biden can win those votes back this is biden's when big picture this is most certainly an election like

no other not least because of the pandemic what is america bracing for over the next week and beyond uncertainty you know every state decides for itself how it counts its votes and when it counts its votes sometimes even down to the town or the county. so some have to have their votes counted by election day some can still be voting for several days afterward so or god knows how both campaigns and especially trump because he said it is on the record for wanting to spin the election results in their favor just the pure math means we will not know many states officially which way they've gone there could be a biden favored one direction a trump favor in another direction early on that could swap by the end we really have to be patient until voting counts are in and are fully in a county and state levels to really know who's won this election it's probably not going to happen tuesday night we won't know until we know from our u.s. election team thank you thanks. time now for more headlines that are in the news

hollywood star johnny depp has lost his libel battle with a british tabloid that friends of him a wife beater record in london ruled that the papers allegations were quote substantially true the actor had sued the publisher of the sun over claims that he assaulted his ex-wife amber her. rescuers in the philippines have freed hundreds of people trapped by floodwaters after typhoon goni how pounded islands in the country south at least 16 people were killed as the storm destroyed homes and triggered deadly landslides it came just a week after another deadly typhoon struck the region. is the island prime minister just into our turn has unveiled what she calls an incredibly diverse cabinet new foreign minister a 9 month fruita is a valley. with a traditional face tattoo of a country the country will also have its 1st openly gay deputy prime minister ard won a landslide election victory last. we had to mexico now where the day of the

dead festival is normally cause for national celebration and remembrance but the country is reeling from more than $90000.00 coronavirus deaths this year the usually vibrant parades have been canceled or made virtual and cemeteries have been told to shut down for many people what is usually a communal event has become a lonely experience. del rosario martinez this day of the dead is especially poignant her husband a doctor who cared for some of mexico's poorest died at the height of the country's pandemic falling victim himself. in keeping with tradition maria decorates with some of his favorite things. in your cup and 2nd year 3 back aboard i never thought that i would have to place an order to for my husband. 30 or less but according to

traditions and beliefs he's going to come he's going to be here with us. he's going to be happy. when president lopez obrador dedicated the festival to the victims of corporate 19 there was none of the lavish parades impact public events normally a short sheeted with a holiday. it set the tone for a nation grieving in isolation. among them. her family has been devastated by the virus. and you know this here in one look at me all this year i decided to get involved in making the altar for 3 very special people. yeah really good when my grandmother who was the one who taught us this tradition. my brother and lastly from my father.

there where some call me to celebration in the capitals worst hit district performers danced under a fool moon. well families paid tribute to their dead. and let $2300.00 candles one for each of covert nineteen's victims. chairman but as they go football now at unbeaten leverkusen travel to shriver freiburg knowing that a win would leave them just 3 points off the top of the league 5 or green while we're looking to address an alarming slump in form they were without a victory in their last 4 games going into this one. it was a sopping wet day in the black forest yet lever crews and coach peter boss on friday counterpart christian were all smiles in the rain despite the contrasting

fortunes of their teams. struggling freiburg took a surprise lead on 3 minutes to look at freiburg had thrown away leads in their last 2 games and their fragility showed again after 20 minutes because a lot of you punished by shocking but from the collapse of the flow. on the argentine 2nd shortly after partly because she was up at the break i was into the 2nd half and not even a mutiny seemed to help the game with this cracker on 64 minutes. before news pietersen dragged freiburg back into the game. militant restored liver cousens to lead 40 minutes from time proved the last goal of a frantic 90 minutes later can extend their unbeaten run to 6 games and move within 3 points of leaders by a well freiburg miserable run goes on. and lewis hamilton has moved one step

closer to winning his 7th world title with a victory in the a mailing of romagna a grand prix in italy the win extended his record to 93 formula one victories. it wasn't the best start for lewis. hamilton he began the race in 2nd behind mercedes team a fall terry porter goss' and slipped to 3rd in the opening up but he soon recovered to take the lead. redpolls mox 1st stop and who held on in 3rd managed to jump cost boss with $20.00 laps remaining but it was to be short lived. for task re took 2nd for stop and he kept up the pressure crush time after suffering what looked like tire failure. to both of the car. tires couldn't regain the top spot more lewis hamilton men tank his lead on the briton held on to pick up a record extending 93rd career when straightly and daniel ricardo finished 3rd from

random. people watching maybe think they're used to this but it just always feels like the 1st and i think that's the spirit and so i'm forever forever grateful to everyone. with a team or so days finishing 1st and 2nd in a media romagna they've clinched a record 7 straight constructors talking. and up next on d w news global 3000 which this week travels to syria kosovo and at.

how high up above the glittering skyline of singapore. are vegetables. the megacity had been importing tons of food from abroad but no more and more is to be self produced singapore a high tech metropolis turns into an agricultural nation little kids hours from. now on g.w. . tell india. the animals here have experienced

cruelty. undulate topol and never leaves their side. committed animal rights activist gives them a safe haven in new delhi. where their wounds can heal where the animals can readily learn to trust again. in 60 minutes w. . why did this person. there are many answers because oddly on. the body and the result model that can be done in a body. i am.

make up your own mind. body. you. welcome to global 3000. shallow waters how panama is protecting its key revenue source from the effects of climate change. farming city style singapore is determined to produce more of its own food and it wants its citizens to help out. but 1st we had to syria where the long running conflict has devastated

the nights of many including children. for more than 9 years syria has been embroiled in many cities lie in ruins more than 500000 people have lost their lives countless people have been injured many have lost limbs among them many children what kind of future do they now face. mohammed can play football again though he's not quite as deft as they used to be his prosthetic leg is not a perfect fit sometimes it hurts but the 10 year old is adamant he doesn't want sympathy. in february 26th seeing his life was turned upside down he was on his way home from school when syrian fighter jets appeared in the sky it's a good move. for bombs hit our district one after the other.

when they exploded i was completely conscious but. i remember being taken to the hospital. my leg was bleeding and i used my hand to support it. in january mohammed and his family fled to rock it for egypt in syria's last remaining rebel stronghold they feel slightly safer here there's a ceasefire which means fewer airstrikes. mohammed copes as best he can. he lives in a small rented apartment with his parents and brother. they are among the lucky ones most displaced people here live in tents in densely populated camps mohammed longs to return to his hometown which was devastated in the war one day he says when peace returns. i want to play with my friends in zarar kids again go back to school there and then study. i want to become

a doctor and help children who have lost their arms or legs so that they can be happy again. far. far. mohammed was not the only one to suffer in the airstrikes a neighbor's daughter was killed and his brother was also injured phone not as badly as mohammed mohammed nearly died. when. my son was 5 years old. he was in the operating theatre for 5 hours. it was a dreadful moment when he came out the lower leg. doctors told me they'd removed 10 pieces of shrapnel from his stomach. the following months with tough for mohammed supported by his father he had to learn to live with his new prosthetic leg.

his fate is shared by many in syria. since the beginning of the country's civil war more than 22000 people have. lost a leg. this prosthetic center is one of the few places they can get help. but funding is tight and the technical possibilities limited. they can't offer more complicated prosthetics but they do what they can to make life easier for those affected. we care for many patients here and unfortunately we don't have such high quality materials at our disposal often our patients can't wear the prosthesis for very long or simply too many injured people for the funding that we have. initially mohammed came here several times a week he was told exercises given massages and above all received

a lot of psychological support. he quickly grew out of his 1st 2 prostheses and is now on his 3rd. mohammed suffered a great deal he became introverted and depressed his injuries really shook him to the core of it i hadn't had that in a city. is doing much better now but life is tough for people here in ed live 1st the war and now the coronavirus pandemic the schools are closed prices have shot up and unemployment is widespread. officially the city has no cases of covert 19 but then there's almost no testing here either. if cases emerge it could prove devastating many hospitals are in ruins sanitary conditions are poor

hardly anyone wears a mask. mohammed sells silk thread and cloth on a street corner. he uses his earnings of around 10 euros a day to support his family. he'd be better off at school but every 2nd counts right now. mohammed's father has lost his job and the family is living off their savings mohammed doesn't want to be a burden to his parents he has fought his way back into life and he wants to prove how strong he is. and that's a good. many people would like someone with something missing the disability. he wants to prove the opposite to show that he lacks nothing. you also need better than his friends to win opinions especially a football. player. and he's not without role models in 2017 some footballers who had lost legs in the wall

formed a team there are now 15 of them and they have lots of fans. they play a serious football wearing purse d.c.s. . but mohammed has his sights set even higher. when i want to play like chris johnno ronaldo novel. moments of happiness life might have thrown muhammad a curve ball but he's determined to survive and thrive no matter what. brazil asia africa north america across the globe forests are on fire in $29000.00 the lone forest land the size of a football field was destroyed every 6 seconds yet forests are essential for our climate and our planet's water supply without trees now and becomes dry and that's

apparent in panama and its famous can now linking the atlantic and the pacific oceans deforestation has led to climate change in recent decades panama has felt 20000 square kilometers of woodlands the results of heavily loaded ships are having increasing difficulties travelling the panama canal and. the journey through the panama canal is expensive large container ships and tankers pay up to $1000000.00 u.s. dollars and this year they've had to carry less cargo in order to reduce their draft because the water level has been so low the canal authority says climate change is to blame for higher temperatures and a lack of rainfall on the canal passes through lake got to and is fed by rivers with sources in the rain forest. we had a very dry 2001 theme so in february the fresh water rate was stablish that affects

them percent of the amount of the toll on a fire wall of the bending of the elevation of the lake. every time a ship passes through the canal 200000000 liters of fresh water are poured into the locks some of it is recaptured in basins but most flows into the sea the fresh water surcharge was introduced to finance the development of new water sources the rivers and lakes that feed the canal also provide drinking water for new millions of people securing the supply depends on the conservation of the rain forests but a lot of trees continue to be felled. we're headed to think. the land was covered in trees until it was turned into a cattle ranch a german company 12 tree that invests in regenerative agriculture projects has now

bought the finger and is busy replanting the forest. the estate will focus on the production of cocoa and native hardwoods saplings are being planted on the grass land where cattle used to graze around $100.00 people have found work at cowen go in a region where unemployment is high up on the. water because of the pandemic many people lost their jobs in the city and have to go to the countryside i was one of them always learning something new. on a 3rd of the estate $500.00 hectares cocoa will be grown the project also wants to promote social progress. in the villages around here a lot of people are unemployed a lot especially affects us women. we have as good as no job opportunities because we're women. but there isn't much awareness of the issue of equal opportunities.

for now what one sees are lots of banana trees the cocoa bushes are still young and small they grow best in the shade of banana palms some are already bearing fruit. plants enhance the soil with a large amount of organic matter. and the cocoa bushes are expert at absorbing this organic matter and using it to grow. them i am up there for show you cultivation we also use pigeon people and forest trees right now many almond trees are planting around 80 trees per one of. the banana plants provide shade and for the time being until more cocoa has grown are the main source of income for the farm when the coronavirus pandemic hit the government bought up almost the entire harvest of cooking bananas across the country in order to ensure

the supply they are a staple food here a strict lockdown meant weekly markets had to close. 700 hectares of the finger are covered in rain forest set aside for nature conservation howler monkeys insects and amphibians live here understood deeper in the forest there are also pumas and eaters and also lots this nature reserve covers almost half of the estate and will be left untouched. cuando is an integrated acco forestry project with 3 main components a natural rain forest crop farming and a tree farm that will provide timber to carpenters in panama the trees in the commercial forest are registered and can only be filmed with a permit this is what sustainable ecological investing can look like. battlement there we had of them there but all of us had been turned into pasture

for cattle. and nothing else was being grown to offset the loss that. we're now implementing a system of agro forestry that got on the air is cocoa and i'm coming on as that followed by pigeon piece of land with the 4th and final level is made up of cedar trees and above all trees which still have to reach maturity. if they will process or go through. the owner of co on go $12.00 tree is based in berlin only engages in green investment it's also a co-founder of a latin american climate initiative. peter commons bagga the project manager for central america can't travel to her office in panama because of the pandemic they video conference with roderick bins in quantico. he says the banana harvest is good and as to the coronavirus everyone on the estate is healthy again. they're busy

pressing ahead with the reforestation effort. i fumed years ago panama lodge the alliance for 1000000 initiative which aims to create a 1000000 new had tears a forest over a period of 2 decades. the fact that things aren't moving so fast as largely due to a lack of capital for investing in new projects like these. that think they are working to do. valid sustainable organic farming methods that can adapt to the changing conditions brought about by climate change it will take not just encourage meant but also major investment to win over smallholder farmers to agro forestry. and the changes to the climate are having a huge impact on the canal. they can no longer rely on a supply of water as in previous years. the rains are starting much later in the

season it's crucial to secure the water supply and that means more reforestation projects. but the. panama economy is dependent on the canal restoring forests will enhance the ecosystem and yield more fresh water to the benefit of the people and the canal. in this week's below bill ideas we look at be like many other insects their own death threats all reporters headed to the shell mountains national park in kosovo there conservationists are working to protect a unique in that for landscape in which the busy pollinators play a key role.