i don't just decide recent. medical also condemned the protest movements casting doubt on the science behind the so-called lockdown light currently in place she made an unusually personal reference to her background as a scientist and her earlier years living under a regime with no respect for the truth to that university nice gemini i decided to study physics i probably would not have done that if i had lived in the west i did it because i realized that many things could be undermined but not gravity or to speed of light other scientific i for medical the facts are clear a tie to lock down is needed right now honey next challenge is to persuade not only parliament but also the german people and the only important leaders of each german state without their consent tougher actions won't be possible but if today's speech is anything to go by merkel is ready to put political power on the line.

of use a chief political correspondent a crane followed that speech in the german bundestag minute just how unusual is it for the chancellor to make such an emotional appeal. it's unusual and i think it was prompted by her very real very urgent concern after all she is a scientist and she understands the data and secondly perhaps it was a response to a jab that had been made by the speaker before her the leader of the right wing f.t. party who called on the chancellor to quote unquote get out of her ivory tower and trust the citizens with the facts so in her appeal the chancellor. of listed a whole set of facts that show the very disturbing developments both in infection rates in the death rate and in the shrinking of intensive care capacity in this country and then she said i believe in the. power of reason and of science and she

cited the recommendations of germany's council of scientific experts the lay opal diena council which said yesterday that the country needs much stricter rules going up to perhaps even an extended christmas vacation where shops would be closed and social gatherings much more strictly limited so this was the mix the sober earnest real ism and almost maternal and courage meant and urging that we often saw from the chancellor during the 1st wave of the pandemic and that in fact makes her crisis communication when she doesn't gauge a net so effective as so much on the line for the chancellor chancellor merkel has many demands on her at the moment doesn't she. absolutely she will be heading from berlin to brussels to had what is perhaps one of the most important e.u. meetings of her entire time in office germany is currently the president of the

e.u. council it's faced both with a still unsettled breck's it and the question of a trade agreement whether the e.u. and britain and britain can come to terms on a trade agreement plus the 7 year budget for the e.u. is being held up by poland and hungary which refused to accept a rule of law clause so that in turn both determines the amount of money the e.u. would have at its disposal next year and even to terms whether the e.u. can begin to meet its climate goals because these 2 countries are also holding up those all of that in america's hands over the next 2 days so she's got a lot of skin in the game germany is also considering taking on a sizable new debt to help aid the economy how is the chancellor justifying. indeed today's debate here at the bundestag was a debate about to the next german federal budget which would see the country take

on the socket 2nd highest level of debt ever $180000000000.00 euros now she said she realizes this is a massive some and that it is a burden on future generations that it will be paid back and she said the government has a schedule for that repayment and she said she also had heard other parties appealing that that money needs to be wisely used for a future that will truly take this country further so she listed a whole area whole different number of areas where there will be significant investment ranging from artificial intelligence to the health care system to new renewable forms of energy and said that she intends to make absolutely sure that this debt is put to good use the chief political correspondent linda crane reporting thank you. and with calls growing for a hard log down in germany some states are taking matters into their own hands. is

in the hearts hit states varia set the scene for us how are things where you are. yes i'm here in nurnberg that's a city i know very well because i grew up not far from here and i've never seen it this quiet usually the central market square you can see behind me is a very busy place at this time of the year with the annual cliff kindles mocked that's one of the oldest and most famous christmas markets in the world right now of course that's not taking place and with a disaster situation declared it's even more quiet varian's are asked to stay at home and only go outside if they have a real reason to do so for example for grocery shopping for going to the doctor or for going to work and. it is especially hard hit an infection numbers here are 6 times higher than what germany's aiming for there are some additional

measures in place for example students from grade 8 on don't go to school anymore but learn at home there's a ban on alcohol like one public places like this one and there's also a nighttime curfew that kicks in at 9 pm every day so just how do you how come things got this bad in the very where did it all go wrong. yeah that's the big question here what's certain is that it's been like that from the very beginning even during the 1st wave of infections and spring that area was hit especially hard back then infections might have come from austria will go one of the 1st hot spots in europe was just like northern italy the various a lot closer to that than some other states in germany and at the moment number x. hospital hospitals are pretty for with covert patients more than 180 have being treated for covert 19 at the moment so emergency units are full capacity and during the past week and for the 1st time ever patients had to be moved from hospitals the

norm back city to surrounding areas to make sure they can get the care they need to survive and all over bavaria every 20 minutes one person dies from covert 19 so that's why the state government here had to act and i have very grim situation that you described there how has it been for people there. well people in this part of the country are usually not prone to outbursts of emotions so there too taking this with composure police have told me that they don't have any problems and forcing the rules here and they're not expecting to change that to change with this tightening of the lockdown many people i spoke to told me they know very well and what kind of situation this city is in that the moment and that's why some of them even said they want even stricter restrictions to finally. help bring infection rates down which is something that germany's so-called soft

lockdown so far has failed to achieve. that of our reporting from the very i thank you so very much. now let's bring you up to date with a development that suggests a coming in right now it appears that the european union standoff over its 7 year 2.2 trillion euro budget may stresses on may may have been resolved poland and hungary were standing in the way but seem to have come to a preliminary agreement with germany which holds the presidency on the future spending plan and that's according to poland's government the 2 eastern member states had previously blocked the e.u.'s long term budget and coronavirus recovery find a countries disagreed with the rule that funding could be withheld if member states did not respect rule of law and human some skeptical e.u. states including the netherlands will want to review today's deal. and we're going

to keep a close eye on developments for you taking place in brussels and we'll bring them as soon as we get them but now we want to turn to turkey which has reported more than 33000 cases in the past 24 hours of covert cases that is that's one of the highest daily counts in the world after months of pressure by health experts and opposition politicians the government has changed the way that it reports cope with cases and that's brought to light a much worse situation than previously thought our correspondent julie han filed this report directly to me it was like i am even is celebrating her birthday she turns 80 days for 2 biggest wishes harry potter cake and meeting her best friends. the latter is more difficult to organize since trick to coronavirus measures have come into force in turkey young people under the age of 20 are only allowed to leave their homes

for 3 hours a day. i know that but i used to be able to go outside whenever i wanted it that with much better i also knew. school now everything is done why assume and it's so annoying they are ok. the other says mother is trying to organize life as best as she can between work and curfew she's often surprised how quickly the children have adapted to the difficult situation. georgetown must do you know the kids wear their masks without complaining even when they're playing they got used to it only when we look at old photos do we notice that the masts weren't always that figure nic even though you didn't get all the. curfews for children are not the only new anti coronavirus rule in turkey those older than 65 can also only go outside at certain times public transportation is forbidden for young and old

people and on weekends everyone with few exceptions has to stay at home. it looks pretty bleak these days in istanbul's usually very busy neighborhoods restaurants bars many shops closed. until recently the turkish government only publish the number of call that 19 patients showing clear symptoms and that's why many people here thought turkey was surviving the crisis relatively well but now the authorities have started to release data on the number of all new infections every day and many are realizing turkey is one of the worst affected countries in the world. the government now reports about $30000.00 new infections per day. a bit dicky's many of us are angry about how the government is managing the crisis but there's nothing we can do. the government is concerned with its reputation they want to look good that is why there is no transparency almost

publishing the need to but they should have informed people much better right from the beginning than everyone. would have milan's to the turkish medical association he says the authorities are still hiding the truly extent of the crisis. we still have a lot more cases than the government says according to our estimates we have about 50260000 new infections per day who will our doctors and hospitals are at the absolute limit we have to urgently take radical countermeasures on that almost all the other. things the current restrictions are already plenty tough parties over the kids have to go back inside next year she hopes for a birthday without the coronavirus. reporting from turkey a sick look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. clownish

talks are where brings a deal are scheduled in brussels on wednesday u.k. prime minister boris johnson is to meet top e.u. officials for a last ditch trade talks both sides say there must be compromise better still closer to agree on a next time. the ethiopian government has rejected calls for an independent investigation into the conflict in his to guy with the un human rights chief a set the situation is worrying and volatile humanitarian workers say aid cannot which the region and thousands of people have fled the fighting. the united nations says the earth is on course to warm by more than 3 degrees celsius by the end of the century after greenhouse emissions reached a new high last year the u.n. said the impact of this year's dip in pollution due to the pandemic will only be negligible without a comprehensive and rapid shift away from fossil fuels. meanwhile

madison was caught off guard by surprise flooding on tuesday after a sudden change in the weather parts of the city were submerged at high tide in spite of the new multi-billion year over barrier designed to prevent flooding the flood gates have been activated within the 48 hours needed to be fully operational . only 4th of august a massive explosion rocks lebanon's capital beirut the destruction was felt far further than the confines of the city but the worsening economic crisis following the blast a willingness to help others suffering in lebanon has dwindled according to government estimates more than 1000000 more than a 1000000 rather syrian refugees are in the country and many there are now bracing for a tough winter. every morning. to cleans the source out of this rusty oil oven it runs all night so that her children aren't kept up by the cold

with temperatures dropping close to 0 degrees celsius meanwhile father for tasks is desperately trying to insulate the shack. it's miserable we don't have proper schools here nothing to do that night i huddled the kids close together so that they keep warm we don't even have warm clothing for them. it's set to be the harshest winter for the family yet not just due to the cold nearly 10 years ago they left aleppo fleeing syria's civil war since then their lives have been devoid of prospects but it has never been this bad. moment barely any jobs left for us everything has gotten worse and that's why. hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees live in lebanon's bekaa valley just a few kilometers from the syrian border job opportunities are few and far between

while the prices for food and fuel have shot up almost 90 percent of refugees here now live in what is considered extreme poverty and the coronavirus has arrived at the camp but mosques are in short supply. kidnapper had to move everyone here is afraid and worried my father in syria has just died of coronavirus 3 days ago. the explosion at the beirut harbor in august was the catalyst for a wider crisis 200 people died 7000 were injured and 300000 made homeless the already teetering economy crashed completely and that has affected the willingness to support around 1000000 refugees in the small country. there are a burden on lebanon and any other country they live in they should go back home. they need to go back lebanon is in

a huge crisis we also don't have jobs and money for food there is nothing eyes and nothing. and so for those sentiments off felt in the bekaa valley many syrians here are afraid of being attacked and are scared to leave the camps at night. which it's awful after 5 pm i don't go out even not to the pharmacy or the market. looking. for most people here a return to syria is unthinkable. houses destroyed and he fears being arrested his name is on the regime's wanted list and so he'd rather stay here than risk being put into a torture prison. a small indian town in the states. is swarming with investigators after a mystery illness made hundreds of people sick including children officials in

a loose a blood test on some patients have now will reveal the presence of nickel and lead all they have now identify possible sources of what appears to be a mass poisoning. more than 500 people many of them children have been hospitalized with the mystery illness since saturday patients have reported a wide range of symptoms including noisy and headaches some had convulsions on the street others just collapsed with no warning. and then another. my father asked me to put on a news channel on his mobile phone while i was doing that i fainted i only regained consciousness in the hospital. bob you on we got our daughter admitted last night that she was vomiting had diarrhea and was shivering we were afraid and upness so we brought her to the hospital. medical officials have been baffled about the cause of the illness they struggle to find

a link between those taken ill but now traces of heavy metals including nickel and lead have been found in the blood of some patients tests on the water supply and food such as rice and oil being carried out one scientist said the source could be pesticides. we have collected more than 70 blood samples we have collected 70 food samples water samples milk samples and all samples for analysis and so on to analyzing we will be able to conclude and find the reason behind this disease. that we are suspecting that it could be metal toxicity and pesticide toxicity. the majority of people appeared to have recovered within hours and were sent home but doctors warn if heavy metal such as lead are confirmed as the cause then. this could lead to more health problems down the line. and soccer news now about essential manzo champions league game with istanbul. say here was

abandoned after players left the field in protest the queues a match official of using racist language and you a phone is now investigating investigating the incident it happened in the 1st half a member of istanbul's coaching staff was sent off after which players reacted to the official's choice of words and many minutes of the game will be played later on wednesday with a different refereeing team the turkish club or out of contention for the last 16 but p.s.g. can finish 1st or 2nd in the group. meanwhile last season's semifinals rb have reached the champions league last 16 after beating manchester united 32 and eliminating the english team 56 top group h. at the moment pending results of the game meanwhile were settlements who are already through but top group as fit with their win at senate a 16 year old yusuf will kuku became the youngest ever champions league player

lazzaro also qualified while you ventus one that we know at barcelona to beat the cattle lands to top spot in group g. . now to a story that we've been tracking for you over the past few weeks several mysterious monoliths popping up and disappearing across the united states and your phone now one has been spotted guess what in europe and germany rather there was a cigar is here with more on that story another day if not their mother does it get to the bottom of this mystery well maybe well not quite but some of them we know have been claimed by artists and copycats artists but the speculation really still remains you know could this be a p.r. stunt that will lead to be remain revealed or are they of otherworldly origins now of course this has captured the imagination of many with it lit with links to the 2001 space odyssey the classic saif i movie by stanley kubrick in that movie we

see this monolithic structure you can see it here on the wall behind us appears 1st appears in the kind of treat humans have been lights it appears on the moon on the faces and i think the interpretation of the meaning of that in that film is as many as the view this but these monolith if you want i've been popping off since november the 1st one was in utah then in romania california and later in the netherlands u.k. norway spain and now in germany and some of them do disappear as mysteriously mysteriously as they appear to have been taken down there's one in california that was taken down by a group of people who filmed themselves replacing it with a wooden cross and chanting christ is king in america 1st they might have been believers of some alien conspiracy theory i don't know now in our collective in the us they've claimed that they have done have made the ones in california and utah

are they selling them now for $45000.00 a pop if you need one and on the isle of wight in the u.k. and autumns there he says he made one just for fun as a tribute as a tribute now one of those silver structure is a. has popped up here in germany we can tell so over the weekend it appears in the tunnel sold by. frank in the field next to a shopping center and other fama he says that he knows nothing about it you can see it here the one in the field with the little green in the corner there i mean there are varying qualities these structures i don't know she's going to say a little bit shabby i'm sorry it's a little bit basic you can see the wood the wood sticking out in the corners then we had a look online there's a twitter use who said that he thinks that's a little shabbily finished and it was probably an extraterrestrial apprentice i can manufacture. the mystery continues thank you so much greatly appreciated.

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