dominic kane reports. nic: this is the reality of covid in ukraine, another life claimed by a virus whose second wave is sweeping across europe. here in this town, a hospital designed for 100 people has 106 corona patients alone. >> we are catastrophically short of doctors. the pressure is incredible. in the infections department, we have one doctor per 47 patients. dominic: around the continent, the number of new infections is a surging. austria announced its highly -- highest daily figure so far. in poland, an unprecedented people are testing positive, prompting the government to say we'll issue a general mask rule for all of those outdoors. elsewhere, as here in belgium, the spike in cases forced ministers to say no more than four people will be allowed to meet in public. in spain, the rate of new infections has slowed and a partial lockdown has been thrown out by their madrid court, which said it infringed on fundamental freedoms. whilst in germany, a search has caused deep concerns at the highest level

still seen as exemplary for controlling the spread of the virus has seen a sharp jump in cases dominic kane reports from berlin. this is the reality of covidien ukraine another life claimed by a virus whose 2nd wave is now sweeping across europe here in the town of stepanek a hospital designed for 100 people now has 106 corona patients alone. we are catastrophic li short of doctors the pressure is incredible and the infectious department we have one doctor per $47.00 patients. around the continent the number of new infections is surging austria has announced its highest daily figures so far in poland 2 unprecedented numbers of people are testing positive for the virus prompting the government to say it will introduce a general mask rule for all people outdoors and perhaps impose a state of emergency elsewhere as here in belgium the spike in cases has forced ministers to say no more than 4 people will be allowed to meet together in public but in spain the rate of new infections has slowed in recent days and a partial lockdown for the capital has been thrown out by a madrid court which said i

let's cross live now to dominic kane len dominic how the numbers stacking up where you are. the numbers of new infections of corona virus have been rising for several weeks now a a steady rise of numbers but in the course of the last several days it's been a surge of new numbers and it's really worrying officials and elected officials this morning more than 4000 cases announced and we were hearing there from the head of the robert costa institute about his concern that it could soon be 5 digit figures of new infections i must say that the chancellor angela merkel at one point last week was talking about the potential for being even more than that such was the level of concern amongst the health officials but also amongst the politicians here in germany in so far as the solutions that they're talking about all several people eminent politicians have pointed to the system in place here in the city state of perl in a traffic light system warning people in 3 different categories related to covert 93 which can be followed where people can see ok this is the danger level and this

tony thank you very much indeed that's dominic kane talking to us from well joining us from the hague is your us logic he's an assistant professor of e.u. and international law at leiden university and has published several works on brags that and it's legal ramifications good to have you with us sir thank you very much indeed for being with us on our does it or just if you will and i understand that this is a very very complex subject but if you could just briefly explain to us why the u.k. thinks it's ok to break international law. well you'd have to ask the british or government for that because they're normally that's not something states are supposed to do certainly not states you know which are illegal seizures with an enemy trading partner the european union and states that have just concluded an international agreement of those all agreement including to the northern ireland protocol that are sold in that sense. it's hard to say why they think that's a very good idea now it's very part of the old political negotiating game but we see now the response from the e.u. really being

all right daryn thanks very much for that dominic kane reporting live from berlin let's take it on we can speak to you about van voting who's e.u. a constitutional lawyer joins us live from brussels and part welcome to the program it's pretty complex but what about the legalities the e.u. have launched this action what happens next what is the process. well so within the european union the commission has always taken that all of the guardian of the treaties as as it is called and that means that they have the legal power. to bring a member state before the european court of justice and the u.k. has agreed through article 89 of the good ol agreement that it would subject itself to that should jurisdiction even after that it had left and up to 4 years after the end of the original period and so what happens next is really happened is that the formal notice which basically sets out you do you can't have file a that article 5 of the withdrawal agreement which says that you will do everything to implement the obligations that you have agreed to in good faith. what you lawyers this is a ver

its 2nd wave accelerates with some 17500 new cases being registered in the past 24 hours well dominic kane has more on the concerns of health officials from berlin. they are very concerned at the rise in cases because let's be clear about this case the number of new infections has been rising steadily for many weeks right across the country but it's in the last several days that it's really surged in germany in several hotspots around the country notably berlin itself many districts in berlin are close to or already at what they call risk status here so what what's really causing concern to the leading officials and to the elected officials is their preparedness for this 2nd wave that's sweeping across the continent right now they have in this city at least they have a traffic light system of warnings of categories of covert which they monitor and with which they use to judge whether they need to introduce more restrictions social distancing curfews that sort of thing and there are some people who say that that should be adapted and then adopted around the country but it hasn't happened ju

all right thanks so much dominic kane that. president trump joins a growing list of world leaders who have been infected in iran dozens of politicians and religious leaders have contracted the virus that includes cabinet members as well as senior vice president as hark junglee and vice president. of the car in july a brazilian president jalal sanaa announced he'd caught it he's been one of the most prominent voices trying to minimize the onus calling it a little flu and flouting social distancing measures british prime minister boris johnson was admitted to intensive care in april he later said he was lucky to leave after a week that doctors nurses quote saved his life no question you're watching al jazeera our continuing coverage continues of this breaking news story the u.s. president has tested positive for covert 19 after his senior advisor hope hicks contract with the virus 1st lady has also tested positive both had attended a fund raising event in new jersey on thursday afternoon with top white house doctor says both will

bloc discuss during a summit that's taking place in brussels well we're going to be speaking to dominic kane in berlin in a couple of moments but 1st of all the reaction out of the u.k. paul brennan is live for us in london paul the u.k. knew that this was coming and yet this is still going to put pressure on it isnt it . yes it certainly doesn't improve the mood between the 2 sides which are negotiating as we speak in brussels at the moment the 9th round of talks with the deadline fast approaching boris johnson to set a deadline of october the 15th for the trade talks to come to a resolution or he will or he says he will consider walking away the reaction of the u.k. government to the news from us live on the land today was to say that we were responding to course live on the land said the british government has a month to respond and the u.k. government spokesman said clearly set out our reasons for introducing these measures and we need to create a legal safety net to protect the integrity of the u.k.'s internal markets that said there are critics of the government stance among them the f

economy and they know there are many people here who believe the existing measures are too strong dominant kane al-jazeera berlin. in the united states democratic vice presidential nominee. once again criticized trump's handling of the pandemic just as she did in her debate with vice president my parents. refuse all to contain the virus as a great havoc on america's economy while this present course didn't bring the fire is to our shores is reckless disregard for human life. and for the well being of the american people has allowed it to spread the way we have seen and the casualties have been in. so let's not make any mistake his refusal to contain this fire is what has wreaked havoc on our economy. in iran hospitals are running out of beds in their intensive care units the worst affected the middle eastern countries reported another $230.00 coronavirus deaths a new infections are also about $4000.00 for 3 days in a row restrictions are being tightened and masks will become mandatory outdoors in teheran from saturday. of the of the restrictions on public gatherings i didn't stop thousands of i

express their view and to see how they can help resolve the situation between those 2 countries ok dominic kane there live from berlin thank you very much indeed while the e.u. debates on a position to take france and russia have stepped up calls for an immediate cease fire between armenia and azerbaijan as dominic mentioned they're fighting over that disputed not gorno region it's internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan but controlled by are many and forces by both sides are vowing to continue fighting and armenia says 2 french journalists have been injured in as ery shelling while as a by sharon claims the train station was at the damaged in armenian attacks parents methinks is all the latest from r.n. in armenia. well ace we're hearing from the armenian side is that their defense ministry says they shot down an israeli and as ery helicopter crashed into iranian territory the armenians say there was no intention against the iranians there but that's where the helicopter crashed otherwise they say overnight it has actually been quiet in the gone to care about fighting started as we kn

thanks so much dominic kane there. asian markets are also being affected by the news about president trump brive joins us live from seoul now so markets don't usually like instability or uncertainty and i guess this is no exception right. absolutely the markets don't like uncertainty and there is nothing to cause greater uncertainty than of course the leader of the free world being confirmed as having coded 19 this came as a real shock around lunchtime early afternoon friday local time here in east asia the nikkei index in tokyo immediately fell by one percent also the stock market in australia falling by one percent as well the economy minister in japan and yes or tashi an issue more confirming the fallout from this news the impact on the markets and hoping that from as far as the japanese government is concerned mr trump makes a speedy recovery and it has to be said that no other parts of east asia they happen to be on holiday at the moment so the markets in china have been closed also in south korea and in taiwan bu

still seen as exemplary for controlling the spread of the virus has seen a sharp jump in cases dominic kane reports from berlin. this is the reality of covidien ukraine another life claimed by a virus whose 2nd wave is now sweeping across europe here in the town of stepanek a hospital designed for 100 people now has 106 corona patients alone. we are catastrophic li short of doctors the pressure is incredible and the infectious department we have one doctor per $47.00 patients. around the continent the number of new infections is surging austria has announced its highest daily figures so far in poland 2 unprecedented numbers of people are testing positive for the virus prompting the government to say it will introduce a general mask rule for all people outdoors and perhaps impose a state of emergency elsewhere as here in belgium the spike in cases has forced ministers to say no more than 4 people will be allowed to meet together in public but in spain the rate of new infections has slowed in recent days and a partial lockdown for the capital has been thrown out by a madrid court which said i

dominic kane live in berlin thank you. the afghan president is in qatar for a bilateral meeting with leaders but will not meet taliban officials afghani's visit comes as peace talks aimed at getting a cease fire in the country are underway in doha but the afghan government and the taliban have so far made little progress been vegas following those talks and joins us live in doha some of us the significance of this visit since you think it can help move those talks along. the present dr afghani has arrived with a high powered delegation including his foreign minister and that is the point that he wants to project that the afghan government is serious it wants this dialogue to move forward although his aides have told us that it is a bilateral visit he will not be meeting all sides who are all sides of the conflict including the taliban because there's been no reduction in violence but he will be meeting the cattery of meeting he will be meeting u.s. officials and as well as a meeting that he's already held with the afghan g

possible that the virus spreads uncontrollably live now to berlin and our correspondent there dominic kane don good morning how are the numbers stacking up there in germany. for weeks the numbers of new infections in this country has been rising steadily but over the course of the past several days that rise has become a surge with on average 2 and a half 1000 new infections announced every day going back as i say several days but it's the latest number more than 40040832 be exact announced by who we just heard there the head of the robert capa institute which is really concerning people the interesting thing to point out in so far as these concerns go is that that number he says 10000 well angela merkel the chancellor of germany was saying at one point in in recent days that she feared it would be even greater than that so that gives you a sense that there is a considerable amount of concern right now here in this country that they are struggling to keep control of the corona virus so the infection rates are climbing is the death rate climbing as well. interestingly enough the death rate

possible that the virus spreads uncontrollably ok let's go live to berlin germany correspondent dominic kane tom good afternoon other medical people there at the hospitals the g.p. practices that they all set up to deal with this. certainly the narrative coming out of health professionals leading health professionals as we were hearing that the head of the robert cock institute has been that they have until recently it was very much controllable as it were and while they're not saying that it's not controllable now they are very concerned at the rise in cases because let's be clear about this the case the number of new infections has been rising steadily for many weeks right across the country but it's in the last several days that it's really surged in germany in several hotspots around the country notably berlin itself many districts in berlin are close to or already at what they call risk status here so what what's really causing concern to the leading officials and to the elected officials is there preparedness for this 2nd wave that's sweeping across the continent right now they have in

harry kane will get rested with her makejoe simmering a very happy and we will get a look at dominicl bea—— spoken form for everton and it will be a —— interesting to see if he can bring that for an england shirt and that will be interesting for inge and vincent. we look forward to that. and wales are unbeaten in over a year. with a feel confident against this extra mental england side as you say? on in eight matches and things are going quite well for wales at the moment. they seem quite confident... gareth bale has not recovered from the injury he was on welsh duty. they will not have a few others because of positive tests but they are hopeful of having him back on sunday and the next against bulgaria. joe allen has been out since march before lockdown and wilson broke his arm in the weekend there without key players, but they wa nt to there without key players, but they want to go into this when bringing passion and gareth southgate hopes that even though it is a experimental sign facing weston, he expects wales to bring passion. england in the under 19 match was called after noon