to germany's colonial past.to uphold or to tear down do we need to rethink our culture of remembrance. one big important question 1st of all i'd like to go right back to mohamed i was very rude to cut you off there can you build a bridge from what we've just been listening to where you were in the point you wanted to make try. it also depends where you are if you can see how homogeneous the german society is where the decisions are made that's a very wide space usually in journalism in politics in civil society and the discussion also is for example what happens right now in berlin with the anti discrimination law which is talking about police brutality they have a lot of the lore of its kind in germany when i talk to my friends from the us for example they are like you don't have an interest in the nation love like i'm an ikea. we don't not have been a lot of all the white men in this case i'm sorry. are. are trying to say we don't need this law this is discrimination against police and that's also the discussi

this instead of the news live from berlin israel is warned you're about to break international old germany's foreign minister tells the israeli government that it's to an expanse of occupied west bank including jewish settlements and the jordan valley is illegal also coming up with. open borders once again for germany all the land for the chicks will be lifted in 5 days time we look at what that means for this time to travel season. to be overcrowded prisons that tracing india's recovery from the pandemic as the number of one phone cases sold snowiest try to get the times released before his 2 dates. to see when to welcome to the program germany's foreign minister has warned israel that its plan to begin an exciting ots off the west bank would break international heikal mas was speaking in israel way he's been holding talks with the israeli consul ashkenazi the talks come just weeks before the new israeli government plans to evacuate just nation will be any station of jewish settlements and the jordan valley in the occupied west bank now several e.u. countries along with the u.n. and arab st

troops in the germany by 9500 troops. what i was told the president is that you as a presence in europe and it's important for nato it's important for europe but it's also important for united states peace and stability in europe adds to the security of north america and rules out remember that the u.s. presence in germany and europe it's not only about protecting your tip but also about projecting power of the united states beyond europe into the middle east into into africa and afghanistan and elsewhere so so so i strongly believe that we should be together stand together and we had the nato defense minister meeting last week and the secretary of spirit of the united states made it clear that no final decision has been taken when it comes to the timelines on the implication implementation of a plan so the president and the united states. will consult with. allies site also in baghdad fell over time mr i also the united states states committed to european security right everything that was done by but from we get sitting

germany to contain the former u.s.s.r. does a military presence that today continue to deter a russian advance so that was a long time ago and in another era we were deterring the soviet union which no longer exists i have to say although i have no sympathy for president trump in a general sense and i think that this announcement of the troop cuts was typically ham handed and not coordinated in advance. i do sympathize with the notion that it's time for europe to assume responsibility for its own security the conditions that existed when nato was created in 1049 no longer exist just as a soviet union no longer exists so in my estimation europe is fully capable of defending itself no i don't not for a 2nd of my suggesting that therefore we should just you know pull out tomorrow but i think there is a need for a serious process of beginning to shift responsibility. for defending europe to europeans and and shifting not immediately withdrawing shifting responsibility away from the united states it were were but 75 years since

germany was. there was a desire on the part of the public, which put real pressure on statesmen in paris to get something out of germany. you also had a willingness and a longing. it was not just allied publics. it was also in the wider world. it was in asia, africa, north america. a desire that out of this dreadful war which had caused such suffering, whose consequences were so momentous, that out of this war, something better should come. what allied publics and other publics wanted was a new world. a new peaceful order. some sort of institutions or ways of doing things that would prevent the world from having a war like this ever again. statesmen had been pushed in different directions. they had to think of their own national interest. it is a commonplace letter and important one that at the end of coalition wars, the coalitions tend to fall apart once peace is achieved. nations will come together in a great cause to save themselves from destruction or defeat an enemy or conquer other nations,

plans to cut the number of american troops in germany. i'm told me a lot of well welcome to the program war than 600000 people are now back under lockdown in the western german state of north rhine-westphalia authorities reimpose restrictions into neighboring districts in the state after more than $1500.00 workers at a meat packing plant tested positive for corona virus is the largest outbreak in germany since the country started easing restrictions in april. the districts of 2 to slow environed are far back under coronavirus restrictions until the end of june residents can only have contact with their own house how its schools pubs cafes museums and jams well old clothes again. we will now for the 1st time in germany return the whole region to the lock down the ashes that were in place a few weeks ago. before. the decision came after a massive corona virus outbreak at the tourney is still off their highs where more than 1500 workers have tested positive for cope with 19 dire living conditions are being blamed for the quick spread. the sp

troops in germany. overwhelming part of the american military presence in germany is not related to territorial ringback defense with germany but is exercising the functions for broader presence in europe and africa it is a major help in the global. operations off the us military with particular 'd the roads trying to have base in the landstuhl medical facility though this is potentially weakening u.s. capabilities not only in the region but globally. i can only say american military men and their families more that will come in germany and we have cooperated very well a lot of those aspects but where we are i think it's hard to assess the specific. 'd consequences as well as we don't know which sites which units will be affected by this is now to some of the other stories making news around the world. veterans of the allied forces have returned to normandy to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the d.-day landings this year's ceremony was far smaller than normal due to coronavirus restrictions the even

-- on germany if germany refused to sign it. they found increasingly that their capacity to do what they wanted was limited. the famous occasion where lloyd george was sitting around -- a rich -- contained railway junctions and coal mines and so on. poland and czechoslovakia were starting to fight about it. lloyd george said this is dreadful. they called in the supreme allied commander and said, we have got to do something. he said, i will follow orders. just tell me what to do, which is what he tended to say. they said you have to get troops over and stop the fighting. he said absolutely, but i do not think i can do it. iny'll look at each other consternation. it.ge said, i have they turned with a certain amount of hope and said, we will send both sides extremely strong telegrams. [laughter] i'm just trying to get a sense of what it was they were dealing with in the context they were dealing with and the world in which they were dealing. this was not a world that was easy to settle. things were changing very quickly. it was a w

even more important role because of germany's is the largest economy in in europe germany now has the largest defense budget within the european union the 3rd in nato after going to kingdom under noted states so of course germany this is something we welcome but that's paul all of the nato family and not being part of a multilateral institution like nato and the uncertain times we need strong multilateral institutions like for instance and germany. is playing. an important role in. across germany it's graduation season for students in the final year of schooling but here soon the pandemic is forcing some adjustments no crowded order syrians for diplomats ceremonies some districts are even marking the occasion online only for some students who are refugees from syria it's a day that mocks a very special success i'm going. that's why it's one thing and 3 s. the german family minister and former mayor of berlin's district of no i cone hand-sewn diplomas to the graduating classes best students these high school seniors arrived from syria only 5 or 6 years ago not speaking a word of german

in germany so it's really not clear to anybody what the u.s. thinks that strategic interest would be in pulling these troops out of germany when president trump has been talking about redeploying some of those troops from germany east to poland and closer to russia what would that mean for nato is relationship with moscow. i'm not sure how how well developed those plans actually are because how would you rebuild all of these very longstanding structures that you have in germany and transfer all the capacities to poland and build it from the ground up where are you going to get the money to do that so it's unclear whether that's a really well formed plan he often says things to be provocative in poland tends to like to get the u.s. support it's already you know offered for trump so this would not be unprecedented that poland would be talking about taking in some of the u.s. capacity moving from other places but there is an agreement between nato and russia called the nato russia founding act the promise is that nato troops will not be permanentl

troops in germany who security is weakened more by that germany's or a stone leans. leading i think that. trumps this if it will be fully implemented it will certainly increase the security of nato in general but secularly the baltic states and poland who are on the front line but also that germany so the implications of trump's plan are. severe in terms of political terms and in military terms 1st of all it came out as a surprise because the pentagon has. been a scheme that the preparations started already in september last year but no one was informed not even germany as the host country and this severe cuts of american forces in germany and was not discussed either at the nato h.q. in brussels so this is a very bad political signal a new crack in the alliance and i'm sure russia has detected this and will readily exploit it on the other hand if the numbers of u.s. troops in germany are are diminished by about 30 percent that means that the weak reinforcements that the baltic states and poland have to count on in case of a crisis are not there and and perhaps let's

this is g w news from berlin tonight a warning from germany to israel stop before you break international law germany's foreign minister tells the israeli government that its plan to annex parts of the occupied west bank including jewish settlements and the jordan valley is illegal also coming up tonight gone with the wind gone from the screams the h.b.o. max screens in the wake of george floyd's death in police custody h.b.o. will no longer offer gone with the wind saying it's racist depictions for wrongs then and that they are wrong today. i'm burned off it's good to have you with us tonight in a rare rebuke germany's foreign minister has warned israel that its plan to annex parts of the occupied west bank would violate international law foreign minister issued the warning in israel just weeks before the new israeli government plans to make the move which has also been condemned by several other european countries. i would 1st on the agenda months and his israeli counterpart gabi ashkenazi signed an agreement on the german government providing funding for the holocaust memorial yog vers

troop numbers in germany because germany refuses to pay more for defense tonight a case of a president cutting his nose to spite his face germany as you know is very delinquent in their. payments to nato so we're protecting germany and it delinquent that doesn't make sense. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with what looks like a made. a breakthrough in treating cohabit 19 and it comes not a moment too soon researchers at oxford in the u.k. say the low cost steroids dexa methods could be the difference between life and death for people infected with the coronavirus in a major study the steroids reduced deaths by 30 percent in patients on ventilators and by 20 percent in patients receiving oxygen dexa methods own it was developed more than 50 years ago it is widely available and as a generic drug which means the cost is minimal when news of the lifesaving treatment comes as the pandemic continues to spread across the globe the number of new infections is increasing faster than ever before 100000 new cases are reported daily s

troops are not in germany to defend germany but to defend the transatlantic security as a whole as she says and she is arguing along the same lines as the republican lawmakers there that the u.s. is damaging itself when they're pulling out part of their troops from germany all right our correspondent all of us solace in washington thank you. here's some of the other stories making news this hour the prime minister of kyrgyzstan has resigned amid a criminal investigation into the illegal assignment of radio frequencies by his government. says he's resigning to avoid hindering the investigations progress he has denied any involvement in the scandal the 93rd academy awards has been postponed by 2 months due to the corona virus outbreak it will now take place on april 25 next year the pandemic has hit the film industry high. closed for months and movie release dates pushed back. the u.s. food and drug administration has revoked its image and say use authorized. clora queen to treat covert 19 the agency said it is no longer reasonable to believe the drug is affective in treating the disease

troops he's pulling out of germany maybe bomb for poland. and german pharmaceutical giant by a greece to pay nearly $11000000000.00 to settle a massive u.s. law sort of tens of thousands of people say the company's popular with kilo roundup calls their cancers. i'm told me a lot of well welcome to the program authorities in germany state of north rhine-westphalia are conducting mass coronavirus testing after they reimpose local lockdowns the restrictions affect hundreds of thousands of people in the district of fire and off and goods are slow and follow a major virus outbreak at a meat processing plant and as the summer holiday season gets underway of a positive germany and europe are imposing travel bans on the affected region. this is what it looks like when the coronavirus restrictions on. back long lines formed outside the testing facilities in the district of go to school the new restrictions here and in neighboring valen doff took effect at midnight the mass testing follows a huge corona virus outbreak at tunis slaughterhouse where mor

to play an even more important role because of germany's is the largest economy in in europe germany it now has the largest defense budget within the european union the 3rd in nato after not the kingdom and united states so of course the german leadership is something we we welcome but that's paul all the nato family and that's that's that's been part of a multilateral institution like nato and in uncertain times we need strong institutions like for instance neighboring and germany. is playing. an important role in in a. good style to back now for a look at some other stories making news around the world a powerful earthquake has struck southern mexico triggering a tsunami alert and knocking out power in some areas a magnitude 7.4 event centered on the pacific coast in the state of what local media sadly one person has been killed. russian president vladimir putin has proposed an income tax increase to help cover the costs of the coronavirus pandemic from january wealthy russians will see their tax rate increase from 13 to 15 percent if approved it would be russia's 1st move away fro

to germany 13 years ago as a black american is your experience of racism here in germany different from the u.s. and how well it is different in terms of i've been stopped before by the police asking me for papers and once i told them here in germany here in germany and when i told them i was an american citizen they left me alone so obviously that was a sign that other black people do experience that sort of you know racial profiling but of course in terms of the institution of racism itself you know people having trouble getting into the job market or you know housing those are things that can also affect someone like me so i do have situations where my american nationality does help protect me bought the racism likely instead of racism itself is something that i also have to deal with here and i also speak we can play the report just what i want to finish as i speak about every day racism in germany as well and i've been looking into that and that's something that can be seen in the report and that's maybe something slightly different from the united states now let's have a look at t

the consequences of racism here in germany we hear about that every day discrimination experienced by people here as a major anti racism protest gets underway in berlin. ahead of the n.f.l. admits the leak was wrong to ban players from kneeling during the u.s. national anthem a move started by a player calling cabernet can 2016 in protest of perceived police brutality against black americans. a mommy and use of welcome to the program as outrage spreads over the killing of george floyd in the us protesters have taken to the streets around the world in mexico protesters vandalized buildings and threw stones at the u.s. embassy in the capital however elsewhere protests have been peaceful tens of thousands of australians demonstrated against racism and for aboriginal rights protesters are now gathering in european cities including here in berlin and what is the city's 2nd weekend of black lives matter protests. and one of those major european protests is here in berlin that's where political correspondent emmanuel shahs is thanks for joining us can you tell us what's going on there. well

troops are not in germany to defend germany but to defend the transatlantic security as a whole as she says and the and she is arguing along the same lines as the republican lawmakers there that the u.s. is damaging itself when they're pulling out part of their troops from germany all right our correspondent all of us solace in washington thank you. kara some of the other stories making news these allegations for defect to groups smuggling propaganda material across the border. the u.s. food and drug administration has revoked its a message and see old use authorized hydroxy chloroquine to treat covert 19 the agency said it is no longer reasonable to believe the drug is effective in treating the disease. british prime minister boris johnson says he's hopeful of hammering out a post breaks of trade deal with the e.u. by the end of its pushback. well there's been a big victory for the l g b t community in the united states the country's supreme court has ruled that it is illegal to file workers for this sexual orientation or gender identity now the court said the nation's landmark 964 ci

also coming up germany rolls out its corona virus tracking it tracing out the government hopes the new technology will help fight the spread of the virus but it is voluntary so how effective can it be and what about security and privacy concerns. and president trump confirms washington will be slashing us from in germany he says he's acting because berlin has not been paying its fair share of nader's budget. i'm brian thomas critelli with us today north korea has blown up a joint lives own office near the border between the 2 countries the office seen here when it was 1st opened in 20 teen handles inter korean relations situated in the town of case song that's just north of the border the explosion comes as tensions between the 2 sides escalate escalate over a leaflet in campaign pyongyang has sharply condemned souls failure to stop activists from air dropping propaganda over the border into the north. let's get up to date on this breaking news story with correspondent frank smyth in the souls in seoul south south korea's capital good day to you frank can you phil's on on the latest on

even more important role because germany's is the largest economy in. europe germany largest defense budget within the european union the 3rd in nato after not the kingdom under knotted states so of course the german leadership is something we we welcome but that's paul all of a new family and that's that's. being part of a multilateral institution like nato and in uncertain times we need strong multilateral institutions like for instance neighboring un-german there is playing an important role in in a. that was the nato secretary general speaking to the news sports now tennis star novak djokovic has just of positive 19 the news follows widespread criticism of the decision to host a tennis tournament this month at which a number of high profile players contracted the virus the 1st leg of the tool which took place in serbia attracted more than $4000.00 fans and ended with pay is dancing together in a nightclub. and joining us for more on the story is next now from sports hey max this is hold a bit bizarre what exactly was this tournament and how was invo

within the governing coalition the package was meant as a question and economic blow it dealt to germany by the pandemic also coming up. 3 more police officers are charged in the death of george floyd and the prime suspect it faces the tougher new charge of 2nd degree murder their actions have sparked mass protests at a moral reckoning in the united states. am . i'm claire richardson thanks for joining us germany's government has agreed a massive stimulus package to kickstart an economy battered by the coronavirus crisis the 130000000000 euro deal will see taxes cuts and money given directly to families germany faces the worst recession since world war 2 following weeks of lockdown chancellor angela merkel said the agreement would also help the economy adapt to future challenges because. if you just launch an economic stimulus package which would be the usual thing to do you would have to also be a package with an element of looking towards the future and we've placed great importance on that to do for the years 20202021 the package will comprise 100004. 1000000000 euros. of that $120000

do you think germany is ready to really. take european solidarity seriously in the sense of putting its money on it. i think so but as an economist i'm always looking at you know what's what's happening underneath and the show is of course that you still have voices against the european central bank and low or negative interest rates because germany's savers feel that they're being taxed. is that the business community fears for the future corporate tax increases and so of course everything that is spent now is seen as a death to the future this is still very much what the german business community is looking at but i believe that germany is coming out very strong from these crises in the way it is committing its 2 weeks on. 2 weeks neighbors to its outlets germany east taking a. form of leadership that economic but that is that he's also in terms of policies you know in france we adopted quote sound bites the fairly low from germany because we know each works e.g. 789 to safeguard jobs how you know much more co-operative ca

soldiers could be pulled out of germany. almost off. the u.s. secretary of state will investigate complaints of a police abuse of foreign news crews in american cities several countries say police attacked a journalist cheering black massive protests offices fired rubber bullets at a deal news crew and many after this. morning is have been paying tribute or their last respects to president he had been csa the government says he died of a heart attack and was said to step down in all get stopped a 15 years and paua mocked by repression and in this ng or violence. and tens of thousands of turtles have been filmed nesting on an island near the great barrier reef in australia researches are using drones to count numbers on rain island that's the world's biggest colony off the endangered green to national . is. it was sweden's most famous unsolved mystery full 34 years but today prosecutors say they've finally identified who assassinated prime minister all of polman the case will never go to court however because the man investigators say is the mant

rally also coming up a major corona virus outbreak in europe's biggest make processing plant tens germany's reproduction rights soaring puts thousands of people under strict aren't taking it's the 2nd such slaughterhouse case placing a focus on working conditions. i'm rebecca richards welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has addressed thousands of supporters that his 1st campaign rally in more than 3 months the event went ahead at an indoor arena and tells the oklahoma despite concerns it could become a super spreader event for the coronavirus but contrary to predictions of a sell out of the $19000.00 say venue was far from full. lower numbers but high on enthusiasm trump supporters ignored growing corporate 19 concerns to a rally for him in tulsa. i think we've been told so many different things about covert 19. and how they are by just kind of tired of it really we don't. we didn't do all this up or for all the other pandemics you know all saying so i just don't see why i would act to be different this. trump defended years of ministrations handling of the pandemic even if c

what's your message to both sides and how can germany mediate. i don't think that germany needs to get involved everywhere as a mediator. but we are sitting on the un security council and we will take on the presidency in july when i believe the expectation in the international community is that countries like india and china should not get him brought in a conflict licked that would not only affect those 2 nations but also the entire region. and that's why we have doing what we can to influence both sides with a clear message to deescalate this conflict and avoid a further escalation of this especially a military one finding kind of material. that was germany's foreign minister speaking there sports news in midweek bonus league action minds made the trip to dortmund hovering for curiously close to the relegation zone a win would bring them to almost certain safety dortmund they have little left to play for except pride now that by in munich have clinched the bundesliga title would that be enough to motivate brucia to dash the hopes of their hung

news live from berlin coming back from co with germany's governing coalition approves the largest economic stimulus package since the end of world war 2 chaps are going back on says the aim is to give the next generations a future and to minimize the damage inflicted by the time that. also coming up the disappearance of a british toddler madeleine mccann from a resort in portugal has been unsolved for 13 years now police in germany think they may help a new lead. us couples break out in hong kong legislature as lawmakers vote on a controversial national anthem bill the latest measure imposed by china's hard line president xi jinping. i'm serious so it's got to thank you for joining us it is the biggest in u.s. package in germany's post-war history the measures agreed on by the government after marathon talks are aimed at helping the country's economy recover from the coronavirus lock down the $130000000000.00 euro plan includes cutting the sales tax giving cash to families and providing extra funding for minas apologies. after 2 days of intense talks their marriage with $50000000000.00 eur

and not in africa but in germany the u.s. does a lot of activities a lot of military activities a lot of operations out of germany instead of the united states it's much closer to the middle east for example where there are a lot of a troop movements going on so i think that what nato hopes and what secretary general stolzenberg hopes is that they can convince president trump that it's in his own interest not to take this move and of course it's in nato as interest that that there are not fewer american troops on the ground here it is a constant refrain that we hear out of nato headquarters that no matter what trump says on the ground he has actually increased u.s. support for europe if troops leave that that refrain doesn't sound quite as believable so everyone feels more safer with more u.s. troops on the ground in germany and i think that's very much what what the allies are hoping will be the end result no matter what president trump said yesterday. redeploying some of these troops from germany east to poland and tools th

germany's contribution to the e.u. budget could rise by more than 40 percent according to a media report national leaders will be discussed the block's financial framework for the next 7 years the hole in the budget left by breaks it is one of the main reasons for the extra $13000000000.00 euros a year that germany is likely to have to contribute. and the $900.00 academy awards the oscars ceremony has been postponed by 2 months due to the corona virus outbreak it will now take place on i 25 next year the pandemic has hit the film industry hod we've most feeders closed for months and movie release dates pushed back. with us president donald trump has announced a large cut american troop numbers in germany said he would reduce those stationed he had to 25000 now that's down from a figure that fluctuates between 345-2000 troops now trump said he's responding to germany's fairly good to meet its defense funding commitments to nato. one of the only countries that hasn't agreed to pay what this supposed to pay is germany so

troops out of germany is still making waves within nato the u.s. president on family last week that the u.s. will cut its military deployment 225000 troops that's almost $10000.00 troops being produced in germany hosts the biggest on tensioned off of american troops in europe including important bases for ongoing combat missions it's a major concern for nato and not the only challenge actually facing the alliance. and there we spoke to nato secretary general dan stoltenberg at austin if the alliance needs to look to berlin for more leadership at a time when the us is pursuing moral isolationists on the seas the world needs more german leadership and nato needs german leadership we all need germany to play. even more important role because the german is is the largest economy in in europe germany largest defense budget within the european union the 3rd in nato after not the kingdom under not it states so of course the german leadership is something we we welcome but that's paul all of the nato family and that's that's that's being part of a multilat

troops are not in germany to defend germany but to defend the transatlantic security as a whole as she says and the she is arguing along the same lines as the republican lawmakers there that the u.s. is damaging itself when they're pulling out part of their troops from germany all right our correspondent all of us solace in washington thank you all. well there's been a big victory for the l.g.b. t. community in the united states the country's supreme court has ruled that it's illegal to fire a worker for their sexual orientation or gender identity now the cold says the nation's landmark 964 civil rights act as a workplace discrimination based on 6 also protects gay and transgender people the vote was 6 to 3 of the colts conservative justices joining with. in the decision. right sure rita gruber gives me the l g b t q research and communications project at the center for american progress she is in washington d.c. thanks for joining us 6 full orientation and gender identity is becoming this real political battleground in the united states right now so could you just explain for us pleas

however germany is far. away from reaching this goal the german government that it's going to be reach and 2031 but when president criticize germany and. saying that they are delinquents i think that this is a wrong wording because those states do not own any money to nato they just not meeting or not are not ready to meet the goals that they set themselves and the 2 leaders trump and also discussed possible u.s. investments in nuclear energy in poland what's that supposed to look like. well we know that poland is very interested to get the last cold hand and there are going to start to buy gas from you as and they are also very eager to build their 1st nuclear power plant and the you as seems to be determined to help and this is of course this cooperation will be another huge win for the polish president here ok because alexandra phenomena from the white house thank you. let's take a look now at some other news stories from around the world the german pharmaceutical company by a has agreed to pay up to $109

arrived in germany shortly before the attack using a fake identity now germany's federal prosecutor has gathered enough evidence to charge him with murder but the accused man they say was acting under orders from the russian government. for this now i'm joined by roman going to go from the russian service from it's good to see you let's talk about the language here the german government says it's considering further steps against mosque what could those steps look law. well germany has been very reluctant to impose tough sanctions against russia in on different occasions so only ukraine has been the case where such think sanctions were imposed but as part of european response so if you if you look at this case so far the german response has been very moderate only to russian diplomats were expelled in the summer but. at that time said that this was not actually the reaction for the killing because the investigation was still in going but it was a very action for russian russia not cooperating good enough on this case so i guess we might still see more of that maybe more russian diplomat

in germany due to these outbreaks that we're seeing not only at the slaughterhouses in western germany but we've also had some cluster infections even here in the capital in berlin as well 7 locations in the southern part of berlin now being quarantined about halfway through that quarantine so so far though the public health institute has said that this isn't something we need to be too worried about and at the moment the number of new cases nationwide is still relatively low where you mention that these working conditions are quite well known what do we expect will happen to prevent this from continuing with a more cases like this continue as well so far the 6 and a half 1000 employees to nearest processing firm they've all been quarantined but at the same time there's also other people who don't work at the meat person for who live nearby they've also been quarantined because they live in the same apartment buildings and the state government cabinet in the state of north rhine-westphalia where this outbreak is in western germany the cabinet is meeting today to discuss whether they ne

physical distance in rules will remain in place as germany keeps a watchful eye on new outbreaks also coming up china and india trade blame over the deadliest border clash in decades what will it take to deescalate tensions between the 2 nuclear armed country. also on the show losing for thailand in mali on well it's deserted fixation day we'll look at how people there are trying new techniques to safeguard the soil that's a stance. as well come to the program german chancellor angela merkel has urged caution as the country moves towards further easing of coronavirus restrictions speaking after a meeting with regional leaders in berlin machall said physical distancing rules would remain in place she added that infection numbers have stabilized at lower levels but there have been outbreaks where physical distancing measures were not followed. large events are to remain bound until at least the end of october. transfer that also said that the main task is to restore germany's economic fortunes let's hear what she had to say. in the end doesn't think that's going to the economic stimulus

even more important role because germany is is the largest economy in. europe germany now has the largest offense budget within the european union the 3rd in nato after not the kingdom under knighted states so of course the german leadership is something we we welcome but that's part of the nato family and that's being part of a multilateral institution like nato and in uncertain times we need strong multilateral institutions like for instance nato and germany. is playing. an important role in. well let's take a look at some other news stories from around the world officials say at least 2 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake struck southern mexico a magnitude 7.4 events centered on the pacific coast in the state of will have it knocked out power in some areas but damage was mostly minor pavements wobbled hundreds of kilometers away in mexico city. in the u.s. state of georgia a funeral has been held for a shot brooks a black man who was fatally shot during an encounter with atlanta police this month was shot less than 3 weeks after the ki

germany re-impose is locked on restrictions just weeks after easing them and setting the european standard in corona virus control and testing the new controls in the country's north west are in response to an explosion of cases centered on a meat processing plant the factory is now being closed and workers quarantined but where does this leave the country's efforts to reopen its economy and phil graham in berlin and this is the day. of course is this the right course of action but it's a scandal it's really terrible for everyone we're just getting our freedom back to the claims of testers and staff and told the public that only 2 workers were infected and that was not true. maybe it's better to take these precautionary steps and letting 100000 people get infected. the people in charge those responsible for the penalties differently. also on the day with international sanctions the tanking economy and its status as an international pariah iran already had plenty on its plate before the cough a crisis now people that just seem to have had enough. i've seen many people who don't care anymore

germany to do even more. and expect all of us to make good on the pledge to invest 2 percent of g.d.p. . talking about germany during even mall but i wonder if that also involves more leadership from bin laden at a time when the leadership that we would normally have from washington doesn't come from a u.s. administration that really doesn't believe in military multilateralism do you expect more leadership from bin laden's to still. you know. the world the needs more german leadership nato needs german leadership we all need germany to play. even more important role because the german is is the largest economy in. europe germany largest defense budget within the european union the 3rd in nato after not taking them under not in states so of course the german leadership is something we we welcome but that's paul all of the nato family and that's being part of a multilateral institution like nato and in uncertain times we need strong multilateral institutions like for instance neighboring and germany. is playing