♪ brent: this is gw news, live from berlin. tonight, germany and france pulled the emergency brakes to slow the pandemic. partial lockdowns in both countries for the month of november. german chancellor angela merkel says the restrictions here will begin next monday. bars, restaurants, and hotels will close, domestic travel will be limited, but schools and stores will remain open. also coming up, polls close in tanzania's presidential and

parliamentary election, but officials say the vote has already been corrupted by manipulation and violence. and claim and counterclaim as violence flares again as azerbaijan accuses armenia of killing 21 people. we will get an update from our correspondent on the ground. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. to our viewers watching on pbs and around the world, welcome. another lockdown is coming to germany, at least partially. today, german chancellor angela merkel announced a limited national lockdown for most of the month of november. the goal is to stop an algebra control -- out-of-control rise in coronavirus infections. bars, hotels, and cinemas will close next monday, but schools

and shops will stay open. the government's earmarking 10 billion euros in financial support to help businesses that will be hit by the second shutdown. >> the deserted streets of the spring are about to become all too familiar again in germany. for four weeks, from november 2, the entire country will be under a partial lockdown. faced with another record high of daily coronavirus cases on wednesday, chairman -- german chancellor angela merkel quickly found consensus. >> today is a difficult day for policymakers. i have to emphasize that, because i know how much we are asking of people. we have to find a way to ensure that we don't fall into a national health emergency, but to the greatest extent possible, ensure the economy stays upright. >> with three quarters of new cases now untraceable, the

measures are far-reaching. culture and leisure facilities as well as restaurant and bars will close, with the exception of takeout. gatherings will be limited to two household with a maximum 10 people. schools and daycare's will remain open, however, with new hygiene protocols. ahead of wednesday's announcement, concerns about the economic effects of a second shutdown were on everyone's minds, especially the thousands of protesters from germany's hospitality industry, who demonstrated in central berlin. >> event bans would be dramatic for us because then we would have nothing. already, cancellations are rolling in. if smaller events like birthdays are not allowed, we really have nothing. >> if artists have to leave because they have to find another job, we will have a

problem in the culture sector. we are not allowed to work. we are hoping for talks with the government. >> finance minister olaf scholz has prepared a 10 billion euro coronavirus relief package. the hope is to flatten the curve before the holiday season, but it will be a costly feat both for the economy and society. brent: let's go to our political correspondent, hans brunt. good evening to you, hans. how stricter these measures that will take effect starting monday? hans: if you look at the letter of it, they don't appear terribly strict. there is no curfew, there are very few prohibitions, not the entire economy is being shut down. people are not being confined to their homes. at the same time, people are restricted from eating groups of

larger than 10 people and are urged to stay at home and work at home and everything has to do with recreational activities, from sports to fun parks to restaurants, to theaters and operas, all of that is being shut down. it is an attempt to make people stay at home. they are urged to stay at home and not to leave their homes, not to go traveling, not to meet people unless it is absolutely necessary, and at the same time, however, schools and daycare centers are being kept open, so it is a balancing act that is being attempted here, and an attempt also to keep the economy going. apart from restaurants and so on , most of the economy will continue. factories, for instance, are not being closed down. a balancing act and an attempt to control things. germany will be a critical month in germany. brent: germany's track and

tracing system has been praised as being one of the best in the world. today, the chancellor said that 75% of contacts can no longer be traced back. what has happened? hans: the chains of infection can no longer be broken or interrupted. what happened, simply, the authorities were overwhelmed by the number of cases that have been found in recent weeks. we have to remember that two weeks ago, angela merkel had a previous meeting with the 16 premieres of the various regions. after that meeting, she went public, saying she felt the measures that had been decided then were not strict enough and in fact, she was proven right. in the last two weeks, the number of infections have risen exponentially. the situation has become a lot more serious and there are concerns that german hospitals could be overwhelmed within two or three weeks. that is why the emergency brake has been pulled now.

brent: do you think we will see much pushback, especially from businesses, restaurants that have to shut down in november? hans: there have been protests, as we have seen in the report we just saw, but they are being compensated with 10 billion euros, which are being paid out to companies which are affected by this. at the same time, there is a lot of political pushback already, political parties and opposition are saying that parliament is not being involved enough, these restrictions are too damaging for the economy, and they are likely to bring court cases. there will be challenges in court against some of these measures and it is quite possible that the courts are going to cancel some of these measures. angela merkel is taking this fairly seriously. she is going to address the german parliament tomorrow to try to explain her thinking behind these measures and why, according to her, they are necessary. brent: hans brunt with the latest tonight in berlin. hans, thank you.

it is not only germany and france, amani will macron has announced a second lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus -- emmanuel m acron has announced a second lockdown too curb the spread of the coronavirus. france is currently reporting about 50,000 new cases a day with about 500 deaths recorded just on tuesday. all right. our correspondent lisa louis is monitoring events for us. she was watching macron's address tonight in paris. what else did the french president have to say? lisa: well, as you said, this lockdown is stricter than in germany, but is less sict

. earlier this yr, president macron said we thought we could prevent it, but they have been overwhelmed wi the number of cases. the latest figure of and cases that have been detected a 70,000, a the only way to get through this is another locown. it is less strict, because schools are going to stay open and the government will revisit the measures in about twoeeks. if the situation improves, tn the government has pledged to may loosen some restrictions, especially for the retail sector , which is already obviously complaining about the fact that they might lose money or have to close lots of shops. for now, the government is saying we need to stand together and be united, because this is the only way to prevent us from having about 400,000 deaths within aew months if we don't lockdown the country. brent: the numbers are already

frightening. they have been increasing on tuesday. france reported over 500 deaths. this lockdown, is it strict enough and is it coming too late? lisa: there is a discussion about the fac if it is a bit late, when the french went back to school, right after the summ holids, there were no restrictions in place. over the past few weeksnd months, we have seen increasingly more and more measures. the government apparently lieved that these measures would be enough, such as the closing of bars and limiting the restaurants to certain hours and curfews in certain places in france, but it turns o that these measures have not been enough and as you are saying, some forces are sayin that the government should have prepared better for the second wave. the government obviously says w could not prepare better,

because it is also overwhelming and wasn't actually possible to predict what was going to happen. brent: dw's lisa louis with the latest. a new lockdown and france taking effect this friday. thank you, lisa. the u.s. city of philadelphia has seen a second night of protests after the killing of a black man by police. officers say 27-year-old walter wallace, junior was shot when he refused to drop a knife. wallace posey family say they called an ambulance, not the police, and ask for help with a mental health crisis. >> the philadelphia night, once again lit by flames. tuesday saw more clashes between police and protesters. with more blood spilled on both sides as people vented their anger at the death of walter wallace, junior. some took the opportunity to indulge in looting,

earning a stern rebuke from walter wallace, senior. >> i don't condone no violence, looting of the city, tearing up the stores and all this chaos going on. everybody needs to have respect for my family and my son, to stop this violence and chaos. >> as security forces and protesters faced off, mr. wallace refused to blame the police outright, but call for justice for his son's death. >> we have good cops and we have bad. that is the system. somebody has to be hold accountable for what they did. >> walter wallace, junior's mother was more forthright. >> i said, please don't shoot my son. please don't shoot my son. they brought him down with

deadly force. >> police said when he was fatally shot, he was wielding a knife that he refused to drop. but protesters are adamant that racism and lack of training on the part of the police are to blame. >> how do i tell him don't do that, don't do that, don't do that when all he can see is bam, bam, bam? >> everybody is hurting anybody. everybody is affected by that, because that could have been anybody's child. in a neighborhood where there is less crime and things of that situation, that would have been handled a lot differently. >> there was a deployment of several hundred national guard troops to philadelphia as the city braces for further unrest. brent: now to tanzania, where voting in national elections has closed. the president is seeking a second five year term. he is up against the opposition

leader, who survived 16 assassins bullets. the election has been marred by vote-rigging. >> time to cast their ballots. here in the commercial capital of dar es salaam, voting was peaceful, wh longimes forming -- long lines forming throughout the day. out of the polling station, president john mcafee -- john magafouli, hoping to secure another five years in office. >> i would like to reiterate as a nation, we should continue to be peaceful, because there is fe after an election. >> but what is in the hearts of tanzanian's may not matter, according to the opposition. they say there have been widespread irregularities with voters in some cases being given multiple votes, like these, to than stuff and ballot boxes. prior to the election, the

opposition said there was a pattern of brutalizing political partie the economy is being hit hard by the pandemic, but the president maintains the country has conquered the virus through prayer. critics say the government has covered up tons any -- tanzania's outbreak. he heads a coalition of opposition groups. he spent three years in exile after an assassination attempt and claims the government is widening its crackdown on rivals. >> the kind of violence that we are seeing, that we are beginning to see is different. this time, the regime is scared and they are going to be very, very vlent. in a free and fair election, it would be fair and square. brent: a result is expected within a week. brent: either by john has

accused armenia of killing at least 21 people and wounding scores more in shelling near the disputed region. armenia has denied carrying out the attack in the city. it has also accused iser by john -- azerbaijani forces of carrying out separate orders. three attempts at a cease-fire have so far failed. let's bring in our correspondent, julia hahn. julia, you have been at the side of the attack today. what can you tell us? julia: we've witnessed some very chaotic and disturbing scenes there in barda. today, when we arrived, the data and severely injured had already been taken to the hospital, but we saw quite a number of ambulances rushing past us as we approached the town center.

now, at the side of the attack, we saw several buildings completely destroyed and burned out cars. one of the buildings, for example, used to be a butcher's shop. another, a store selling clothing. locations and places where civilians would go. i spoke to one man who witnessed the attack, when it happened, who got injured himself. here's what he told me. >> when the rocket hit, there were explosions. here's where i was standing. next to my car. i did not move an inch, because i was afraid i would be hit by shrapnel. i saw that the cars were burning. it was such a shock. julia: now, i should mention that barda is a town some 20 kilometers from the frontline, and it used to be considered to be relatively safe there. we have been filming there in the past days, speaking to people, to refugees, people from

villages close to the frontline who have actually fled to barda, seeking safety there in emergency shelters. this attack today, i think, shows that this conflict can escalate any time and into any direction, and that the fighting here has steadily become part of everyday life here for people, not only here, but also on the others of the frontline. brent: julia, iser by john -- iser by john -- azerbaijani forces carried out the attack? julia: this is a war. these two countries are at war. it is not just a conflict on the battlefield, it is also an information war and a war of

words. the allegations here are particularly heavy, azerbaijan says armenian forces have been using so-called cluster munition, which is a particularly devastating and deadly type of weapon banned by many countries around the world. armenia has also leveled similar allegations against azerbaijan, accusing them of having used this kind of weapon against residential areas and civilian targets. it is not possible at the time when such an attack happens to understand what was fired and where it was fired. any attack makes an attempt to end this conflict even more elusive. brent: julia hahn, giving us

valuable insights into this conflict between azerbaijan and armenia. thank you. a deal with china has been extended that calls for beijing to recognize the pope's authority to appoint catholic bishops. it renews a historic deal that ended a long-running power struggle over the right to appoint bishops in china. dw spoke to the former bishop of hong kong. he's concerned about the church's engagement with china. >> china and the vatican recently renewed a secretive agreement signed two years ago. it allowed both beijing and the holy city essay in appointing bishops in china. this former bishop accused -- of betraying the 12 million catholic peopl population to --

beijing. >> this is an agreement that is immoral, which is against our faith. it is incredible. it is a betrayal, and i suspect that they want to have this diplomatic relation reestablished, but that is very bad. that is a political thing. it is not religious. we are a religion, so first of all, it is our faith. >> this cardinal journeyed to rome earlier this month, but is worried that the underground church in china will face more persecution as the state run church gains legitimacy from the secret agreement. >> two years since the agreement, things went wrong, wrong, very wrong. because the underground received no support from the vatican.

all the bishops die and the holy city doesn't give new bishops to the underground. they give many bishops to the official church. now, the official church, all the bishops are legitimate. you made them legitimate, but they are still -- there. the underground feels abandoned, betrayed, because they are waiting for the authority of the pope. >> this cardinal was born in shanghai 88 years ago. he came to hong kong in 1948. he thinks the vatican is on the wrong track of the appeasement policy towards beijing. >> the pope, john paul ii, they had a very different experience. dw.d-- [indiscernible]

in the pope comes from south america. communists in south america are good people. they come out to defend the poor people, but now china is under the commoners. the commoners are the persecutors. it was actually a failure in europe, but they used the same methods were china, so it was a disaster. >> he has been an outspoken critic for many years. he refuses to remains silent. >> everyone is worried to lose

his freedom, but we believe in god. when god gives you a duty, he is going to give you also the strength to do that duty. brent: well, it is the cons film festival, but not as we know it. a very different version of the french celebration of cinema got underway this week. it is more low-key and show cased a range of short films over three days. >> with no influx of international movie stars, organizers decided to allow spectators to walk the red carpet for the opening. then again, the festival's director was careful to point out, this is no regular canne. s. first of all, this is not the

cannes film festival. it came to the city in a tumultuous year to not forget the city, the public, and to celebrate feature films and short films over three days. the festival is usually held over t weeks in may, but was canceled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. at this more low-key and soally distance three-day event, several movies will compete for a prize and four of the original 56 films will be shown. organizers said they would determine to hold the stripped back festival despite travel restrictions and health regulations. they say they want to boost the cinema industry and help the region, hit hard by coronavirus lockdowns. many here are unsure about the future. >> i don't know if the festival will take place next year. we just don't know. but we hope that next year it

will go back to normal. even now, it is just amazing to have a mini festival. while organizers say they can't guarantee the festival will take place in may next year, they insist cannes 2021 will happen, special or not. brent: here's a reminder of the top story we are following for you. german chancellor angela merkel has announced a partial lockdown to slow the surgeon covid-19 cases, beginning on monday. bars, restaurants, and entertainment venues will close for a month. the government's promising financial aid for businesses hit by this shutdown. and don't forget, you can always get dw news on the go. just download our app from google play or the app store. that will give you access to the latest news from around the world, as well as push notifications for any breaking news. if you are part of a new story, you can use the dw app to send

us photos and videos of what's happening. you're watching dw news. after a short break, i will be back to take you through "the day." tonight in germany, it is not going to be full-blown lockdown. will it be enough to stop the coronavirus? we will be right back.

>> it's not :00 p.m. here in the french capital. headlines from around the world -- france goes back to its lockdown. president emmanuel macron announces a return to similar restrictions to those in place during the initial wave of coronavirus in the spring. joe biden talks covid as donald trump heads to key battleground state arizona. six days to go until the u.s. chooses its new president.