>> paul lund income but president andrzej duda wins at reelection, the poland incoming president. more than 50,000 new cases of coronavirus in florida, a record single-day record for a u.s. state. this as mexico becomomes a couny with the world'fofourth-highestt covid-19 death toll.l. south africaca reinstates s a nighttime curfewew across the nation and a ban on alcohol

sales, as the number of cases new cases surpasses 12,000 a day. i am genie godula in paris. thank you for joining us. the polish incoming president says he has won his reelection bid, after one of the closest races in polish history. a close ally of donald trump, inching ahead of his challenger, the liberal mayor of moscow. >> the final votes were counted monday morning, showing ndrej duda.ndea had already celebrated the result of night before, when pollsters said results were too close to call. . >> thank you all from the bottom of my heart. winning the presidential election with 70% is incredible news. i am extremely touched. thank you from the bottom of my heart.

reporter: his rival, missed his target. hoped's liberal mayor had that people who voted for other parties in the first round would have turned to him. duda benefited from rural religious conservative voters. now, he and his allies, the law and justice party are expected to pursue theieir conservatitive agenda, continuing their controversial jujudiciary refor. >> it will continue its legal changes to the judidicial syste, ensuring that the e justice sysm willmuch more subject to thth coming from the executive. reporter: the country is now deeply divided. east, where president duda prevailed, has vowed to limit abortion rights, amendment course addition to ban lgbt adoptions while promising to boost social benefits.

meanwhile, the west voted for the anti- duda candidate who unions forl homosexuals, although not adoptions. he also wanted to improve for loans front ties with the european union. genie: mexico has become the country with the fourth-highest death toll from covid-19. this comes as the u.s. state of florida passed it on grim milestone, shattering the record for single-day total of new cases there. here is the report. >> over 50,000 new cases of covid-19 in one day in florida. on sunday, the department of health said the fight against a virus was ongoing, but suggested that renewed lockdowown was not the sololution. >> we are in thehe midst of it. i don't think we need to shut down in most places across the country. if we shut everything down again, that would do it.

we don't need to. remember, there is a tremendous hehealth cost to shutting down, mental, emotional, substance abuse, also no cancer screenings or vaccines. namely the sunshine state has seen 514 deaths from thehe conavivirus this week alolone, n average of 73 fatalities a day, a considerable average from the average of 30 deaths a day just ago. the new surge of infections came the same weekend as one of the world's main attractions, disney world, was reopened, albeit with a new strict hygiene regulations imposed. some, however, remain unconvinced by the risk covid-19 poses. >> you want to calm the selfish for not wearing a mask? i want to see you, the people: we selfish. you are the one trying to force me a mothe medical procedure so you can feel safe. reporter: many were out enjoying the sunshine, though it remains one of the state's worst hit by

covid-19. others made clear their desire to remain vigilant. >> there are a lot of people in communities and democratic's that do not have the same resources that i might, so i will wear a mask to protect them. reporter: the u.s. economy has been left battered by the pandemic. while some are pleading caution, donald trump, seeking reelection is, pressuring states to reopen businesses and schools. genie: since the end of italy, tourist spots usually crowded with people have struggled to bring in taurus. for fear o of the coronavirus,s, foreigners are staying away. upn as italians try to make the shortfalls, losses in the sector could be enormous. reporter: these idyllic landscapes of the coast a are usually present by hundreds of summer. each

but since the end of lockdown, holidaymakers have remained scarce and nature has began to take back what it lost. >> [speaking foreign language] reporter: incivility, hotel reservation n bookings have started to fill up a again, but financial losses promise to be considerable. >> [speaking foreign language] reporter: if foreign tourists failed to arrive, municipalities

can count on national s solidarity. 90% of italians plan to spend their holidays in the own country. genie: south africa has reinstated in nighttime curfew and a ban on alcohol sales, as the number of new cases that surpass 12,000 a day. to talk more about the situation in south africa, let's bring in our g guest. talk us through what restrictionsave e been brougught back in place. >> there are two new restrictions that were announced last night. ththeir introducuction of a bann all call sales, and the nighttime curfew. it kicks i in this evening at 90 , bebetween 9:00 through 4:00 in the morning, everybody is confined to their homes. ban cameohol sales into effect last night. this time, it was introduced without warning probably to prevent a rush on liququor stors

and long queues as we sawaw last time when it was introduced. ,o it is a very unpopular move especially witith the business sector and the region, which is very reliant on wine sales. it is not unexpected, because after the earlier alcohol ban last month, there was a surge in admission to trauma units. people were coming with injuries related to alcohol abuse. so there was a study done e by e medical research council w which shshows that i if an alcohol bas brought back, for that time peperiod, 50,000 hospital beds would thehe same for c coronavis papatience instead. so the president would have been moved by that s study. some places have seen 98,000 cases. we expect it to pass 100,000

cases. , they areach thee peak still short 8000 beds. in the eastern cape, there is a dire shohortage ofof hospital b. genie: despite high numbers, this is not still a full lockdown. why does the president hold back on that? pressure.he resisted there were coconsiderabable cals for r the return of ththe highh lockdown becauause the impact te initial lockdown had the economy. it drove the economy deeper into recession. the president t referred to that last night when he said, studies have shown that it will l not he a significant impact on the infection rate, but it will have a devastating impact on the economy. so he really has to juggle this, because he has a two imperatives, fighting the coronavirus pandemic, at the same time trying to revive an

economy. he yielded to the industry that has been pushing to be allowed the mainfull vololume, foform of transport for thee working g class here. what they y are doing instead ds ththat the govovernment cannnnot -- it doesay people not have that kikind of money lt in the coffers. was we saw instetead -- what we saw insteadd was it has become mandatory to wear a mask a aall sananation,lationon, and d the government needs too procure anotother ,000 h health cor wororrs. genie: thank you for that. anothe-- in other news from souh theca, is in the mandela -- daughter of nelson mandela, dze mandela has died.

she came to prominence in 1985 when she read a letterer from hr father, who o was in prison atae time, refusing an offer from the minority government to release linda if he denounced violence perpetrated by his moment, the african national congress. controversy by calling for r a return of the white-owned land to south africans to the dispossessed black majority. floods across central and eastern china have left more than 140 people dead or missing. waters are swelling major rivers and lakes to record high levels, with authorities warning the worst is still yet to come. our reporter is keeping an eye from beijing. charles, china raised its flood alert to the second-highest lelevel now.. what h has been the responsnse o that? t that's right cumber t the secocond-higighest level inn tht

fofour tier system. xi jinping explaining that china has entetered a critical periodn floodd control. what does that mean? in a you ask the promise --- ze province, the lake has s seen water levels reh about 22.5 meters. over there, thousands of soldiers have been dispatched to bolster the banks of this freshwater lake. elsewhere along the yangtgtze crucial point where the floods are happening, community workers are being mobilized and specifically to keep an eye on the dikes alolo and according to chinese authorities, 2200 kilometers of which are facing a grim situation in terms of dealing with these floods. the idea here is to limit as

much as possible the damage that can be done by this flooding. as a point of reference, 212 rivers around the country have seen exiting the alerting levels of water since july. genie: charles, china is already reeling from the impact of covid-19. what kind of impact might this new disaster have a country? charleles: there is a bit ofof a compounding effect herere withh china still reelining from t the impapact of the ongoing pandemic of covid-19. but so far, thehe tolls are a littttle different. if you look at the human toll of the flood, 140 people either dead or deceased, but 44 million people affected in t total, with 28,000 homes ravaged. there is also, obviously, , and economic toll, with over 3 million hecectares of farmland that have been ravavaged.

right now that tally of the economic toll of the flooding is close to 12 billion u.s. dollars. these numbers also represent people's livelihoods. people''s livelilihoods have already been deeply afaffected y the pandemicic and the lockdkdon that ensnsued. to remind you, in the first quarter of 2020, china's economy went into negative growth, -6.8%, a country that has seen growth of 12% for the past few years. genie: that wraps us this addition. thanks for watching france 24. i will be back in 15 minutes with more of you headlines. ♪ >> helello and welcome to the france 24 interview. our guest is the ethiopian

minister in charge of democratization. he joins us from addis ababa. thank you fofor being with us today. >> thank you very much. , your country has seen a wave of unrest. several hundred people were killed, many more arrested following the killing of a well-known singer and activist s, idiot's largest ethnic group. calmza comeon, has backd in your country? is everythingig? under control, or are there still incidents related to the killing? eveverything is c calm now. we a are under control. witness ite andnd personally that everything is calm.

norormalcy has resumed. peoplele are in their business. everything is under control, we can certainly say that that it is now businesess as ususual. life is back to where it was before the killing. host: after the killing, the prime minister said that this was part of coordinated attempts to destabilizeze the couountry. what exaxactly is he s saying? who dodo you think is behindnd e killining, one, and then the unrest? zadig: the investigatition procs is as ongoing one - -- is an ongoing one. bebeing handled by professional, but f from the circumstantial evidence, we can be sure about one thihi.

as youou know, i if you appear s brouought about r reforms in the economy and t t social lilife of the country. brought aboutno way forces off positive nature and a way,ive -- thatat has, in no brought about forces o of a positiveve nature and in negatie nature. they have lost a lot due to the reform. for the e past three andnd a haf years, they haveve been tryiyino their level best to make sure there is a a disruptioion. , and thenve the killing thee concomitant violence has a lot to do with that area also, circumstantial evidence shows that external

forces are involved in both the killing and also the following violence after his death. cannot pinpoint specific names for now because the investigation has to be wrapped up. pinpointe can safely involved inls the killing of haacaaluu and ththe ensuing violence that came aftfter. host: yoyou are imyiying tha parts of the old regime e are probabably behind this, or is it other kinds of enemies? zadig: the old regime, t togethr their interest that is aligneded with it, are workig - --.e sure that the reform

external forces are also involvlved. wewe can conclusively talk about it. we can't go in detail for the vevendors due to the fact that e investigation is an ongoing one. , the n nevertheless word "external forces" means other countries, correct? you are saying other countries are involveded in ththe crime ad the unrest t that followowed, correct? zazadig: as i said, we canannote as the h more details investstigation is an ongoingng. we can only say external forces. host: right. among those arrested were some well-known or remote activists mohammed, bekele gerba.

you believe they are behind the unrest that followed the killing of haacaaluu hundeessaa ? zadig: it t goes without saying. still, the case is under investigation. we don't want to jeopardize an investigation that is an ongoing one.e. to stay with thee professional way it is being handled. wewe don't t want to makeke exta judgdgments out ofof it. they are calliling for violelen, inter-etethnic violelence. itit has a lot to do with that. amharic, know hihi would simply come to know that this is the case. host: right. is t this not an excuse for the government to crack down on opponents by saying this person was involved?

there were scores of arrests. human rights groups have reported that this is casting a very wide net, may be usingng ththese tragic events s to crack down. what is your response? zadig: the government is h hated says that it wants is if you get to become accustomed to democracy we have instituted measuresith a a ew to o make the politicacal space wide. we havee three political prisoners.s. freedallowed -- we have political prisoners. we have e allowed mededia to coe here. we have created a conducive environmnment fofor the oppositn to work. so we hahave no reasason to bapedadal when it cocome to making easier. countryry. we'veve haven't and will not tn the e future makany pretextt t o arrest opposition forces. bubut opposisition forces should work within the bodsds of the law.

if you w wt to creatate a fashioning democracy. b build upon it rule of l law. so it isis a matter ofof respecg the law or not. those whwho are feeling they can be above the law and remain to continue to be an n opposing force, that is wrong. no functioning democracy will toleratete this. what they are doing i is keeping our p promise -- what we are dog youreping our promisese stick if it will be a democratic success. but we have to wait with the ininvestigation to b be wrappedp so we can talk about these things. host: one minister, the minister of energy, has not hesitated to point the finger at egypt . there are tensions between your

country and agent over the grand renaissance dam project. there are negotiations going on. you believe egypt has may be tried to stoke the t tensions, o put sosome presse onon if you appear? zazadig: --- put sosome pressure e on ethiop? zadig: the grandnd renaissssancm isis the project to save our won fromom spending time c collectig firewowood, soso they meet thehr demand for energy. way, t that i is- in educucational attainment. this is a development project. notot -- we want to use the water for irrigation purposes. so we don't believe there should be tension arising out of this.

we believe our egyptian brothers will come to their senses. host: the believe that egypt was behind the unrest to put pressure on you in the negotiation process? zadig: a as i said, the investigation is underway. so we e cannot cononclusively sy about it, we can only say, external forces are involved.d. when we have a clearer picture of it, we will and knows it. but now, we can't. host: regarding the dam project, there are negotiations under the agents of the african union. prime minister a abiy ahmedd country was start filling the dam reservoir regardless of negotiations. is this going to happen, or are you hoping g to wrap up t the negotiations before this takes place? zadig: as s i said, we don't wat to comment on this. this i is an ongoing one.. thth investigation and

negotiations are ongoing so o we don't want to make a statement on this. host: you are in charge of democratization. there were supposed to be elections in august, postponed because of the covid pandemic. unrest.ave seen this is there a date set for those elections? can you guarantee they will take place say this year? zadig: we cannot guarantee, because, you know, we are the ruling partyty. we have 8 million members. been for a cocovid we believe wewe would h have won ts election. even if that is not the case, if we happen to lose the election, it will be historic for ethioioa , as we will have beenen the fit to allow us to go through a competitive open and fair election to lose. in b both cases, itit is a a vey historic one. if we win ththe historic one, it will give usus a chance to implemenent or program..

if we e lose, we will be the fit party to accept the ououtcome of an election. so we are not making use of covid-19 to extend our p power. that has to be underscscored. party cannot be m matched withh ththe oppositition parties. wewe have 8 millllion members. the opposion h has thousands of members. it is not up to us to set the election date. there a a national electoraral vote lead by a known figurere, an opposition figure. it is up to o them. we will be ready, we are ready for the elecection process. it is not for us to decide the date, it is up to the nation electoral board and thehecan the directionon

the pandemic is going in this country. host: thank you very much, mr. zadig abra. thank you for joining us from addis ababa, an

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