convention in the united states a 4 day event is highly unconventional this year because of the penn demick presidential nominee joe biden and his running mate kamel harris will give their speeches from the stage in biden's home state of delaware the majority of the convention will be virtual with speakers and special guests beaming in some across the country senator bernie sanders who finished 2nd to biden in the primary elections and former 1st lady michelle obama are among monday's marquee speakers. for more let's bring in our washington bureau chief amos full inus due to the coronavirus it's a virtual convention a 1st for everybody what can we expect. right because it's going to be really different from all the conventions we have seen and we have covered. so as you said so many of the speeches already recorded there prerecorded some of them will be hold life but i think the main thing which is missing will be this energy because normally conventions are like a mix between church and a big party which really spreads the energy into the whole country and just think about the 77 year old

sights but even though italy like most european countries lifted its lockdown 3 months ago the penn demick has dealt a devastating blow to the entire tourism industry. in venice it's not just the gondoliers restaurants and hotels are suffering some remain closed. our city has to stay open it cannot disappear from the list of tourist destinations in europe and little bit on the bus but most hotels here are still open despite low levels of occupancy that much at the county that last year residents of the city of kanalz were complaining about overcrowding now its hotels are barely a 20 percent occupancy and that's bad news for to you why as italy is among the most important destinations for the german british travel company. from april to june to you i lost 1400000000 euros it's the worst quarter in the company's history in the same period last year it had earned 23000000 euros it was a very grim quarter because clearly of the months from april to june. the month with like this severe is locked down all the holiday destinations by the also. in countries where people which travel from so i gue

no fish tail or resort in india need a new source of revenue once the guest shot away during the penn demick they look no further than a swimming pool. carolynn sunshine is what normally attracts people from around the world to the evader resort but this year the pool isn't full of european tourists it's full of fish they've been helping the hotel to survive since the collapse of global travel back in march there was not. very 24th of march there was a log on this we came up on the idea of fish farming because having one of the biggest swimming pools in this region. splashing about in the 7000000 liters of water a 16000 spot fish there are popular food in southern india and the middle east the resort owners are hoping to make enough money from them to cover their bills during the closure. the fish will be sold in november hopefully to be replaced in the pool by humans it will take us only a month's time to reset the pull back to conditions so we plan to open the resort back by. december january. when the staff can go back to feeding hungry tourists instead. well we've been reporting on socia

experiment the 1st of its kind in the world to test if large indoor events can be held safely during the penn demickconcert promoters and live music fans everywhere are eager to see the results he. was there to see for himself. it's like a blast from a not so distant past 1500 people packed together in an indoor arena in leipsic for a concert of german singer songwriter. volunteers part of restart 19 a study to see if and how big events can be held safely in the era of 19. concert going is my hobby i go to 2030 concerts a year and now that's not possible because of corona i want to support the study find out how we can still hold concerts on hunting. safety measures including a negative test and a thermal scan are needed to get inside. everyone taking part in this experiment even the press have. being given these medical grade face masks and been ordered to come on at all times we've also been given bottles of disinfectant which we used to clean our hands as often as possible. contact tracers born around the neck tracked the distance between concert goers to identify where in the area fans group too

even as the country faces the continued threat of a deadly penn demick. and it morphed into a movement calling for police reforms sometimes it was violent. but mostly it was peaceful we asked people to describe what america is now feeling i think people want change. and it's going to be are willing to do whatever it takes to get there on friday billions of people in america are expected to celebrate what's called june 13th at an official holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the united states this year in the wake of the nationwide protests there is a growing number of calls to make it an official federal holiday. as people see it as a great opportunity to take to the streets to continue to lead their message be heard . it began as a dream holiday been turned into a public health disaster why no one east investigates how a cruise ship became the source of one of a strain is largest coded 19 outbreaks on al-jazeera. all new counting the cost how powerful banking and political plans to destroy it left on the economy controversy of some stroy to overse

or whatever we want to do our part to help fight the penn demick with basketball fans from dresden and we're hoping that when winter comes we can go back into the stadium. everyone here is wearing a tracer that will record their movements around the light cigarette there are 3 scenarios one with social distancing one with some distancing and one with strict distancing participants were tested for the virus before coming still they must wear high standard protective masks researchers hope the study will help make public events possible and safe as. we are made to ease up we will have to bring this pandemic under control and make sure that people don't become seriously ill from the virus but we also have to make sure that life in the meantime is still worth living why don't you know live instead of living to one. german sing a tune bents cove played along with the experiment from a distance it will pass for a normal concert. in the middle multiple kentucky this summer we had to enjoy or drive in concerts so for us what this feels like the 1st step towards normality hooted off the show to

they fear freedom is under threat in the wake of the penn demick and countrywide protests but they're also led by conspiracy theories. their government is in the midst of a coup. there's certain members of our government who are actively working to change this government from what it's designed to be the land of opportunity they're trying to turn us into some sort of socialist government a new form of government humanitarianism where the group is on what they call a mission to portland in the past they have acted as peacekeepers tonight they want to get firsthand impressions off the portland protests that have been going on for more than 80 nights i'm sure you know the refuses to wear face masks protesters attacked them immediately they were walking around as a group of people and to a group of people surrounded by a group of people while not wearing face coverings despite that being the law understandably so because they were in the middle of a pandemic i believe like some of it has to do with our president feels let that kind of behavior and that ideology just courage and i think th

an appeal and a recognition of the grieving that many americans are going through because of the penn demick because of the recession she really connected i believe emotionally and i think she did humanize her husband in a way saying that he cares that he's working hard that he will as she said fight the invisible enemy of covert 19 and you're not alone we will not stop fighting so again this was her story showing that you. is part of the story of america the land of the opera of opportunity which is the theme of the republican convention tonight . looking at the 2nd night of the convention is this doing the right it's in the right notes that will get donald trump reelected it's really interesting tonight because i'm seeing the republican party for train itself as a big tent party one where people can find a place maybe. it's interesting it seems not to be trying to appeal to donald trump but to people who might be a little controversial with his brash style or the way he's gone on twitter and made some kind of dog whistle racist remarks. it's trying to say you have a place here this is a la

and many receive lower grades than expected after the exams themselves were scrapped due to the penn demick to add insult to injury there have been mixed messages over the appeals process whereby students can have their grades reconsidered with a level examinations canceled nationwide grades are based on teachers predictions they were then adjusted on the basis of the school's overall track record this led to a 39 percent of a level results being downgraded from the predictions state schools especially from poorer regions were disproportionately affected by the downgrade with private schools enjoying a boom and high marks and the whole fiasco has sparked student protests across england hundreds of students held the demonstration in central london demanding the resignation of the education secretary gavin williamson think is the system being classist exam regulator said there was no evidence of bias in the system. and prime minister boris johnson defended the results calling them robust we spoke to me not bunting mitcham whose grades were far lower than she expected. when i opened my results

services but jump lieschen has been slowing leading to muris about the economic fallout from the penn demickand racial an artist. is a trade dispute now moving into the digital world the us president all trumped escalated tensions which china on thursday by issuing an executive order their forces americans to stop using chinese own apps like tic talk and we chat while the move against it talk the world's fastest growing social media site was expected the best know we chat was not. in just 6 weeks those uploading videos like this one to mobile app tick-tock could find themselves on the wrong side of u.s. law. the u.s. has around 100000000 take talk users but not for much longer. on thursday washington issued an executive order banning u.s. transactions but tick-tock parent company the white house. leaves the app threatens national security saying it allows china's communist party to spy on u.s. citizens china refutes that saying the u.s. is merely upping the ante in the ongoing trade conflict with. the u.s. taking national security as an excuse frequently abuses national power and unreasonabl

schooling laws in germany remains illegal here could we see modernizing education become part of penn demick control efforts well there's definitely been a reshuffling of cards in terms of education culture keep in mind that many teachers weren't trained for example to be distance learning teachers and there's also a cost that comes with that they need to be trained and a cost for children and the parents to acquire the relevant material for online classes and the federal government blocked millions in phones for children to get the digital equipment for example and this led to a whole we thinking of the school structure and you mentioned the question of homeschooling lines i've definitely moving but that's a new situation for everyone for schools for children for parents and for society as a whole to rethink a traditional model of education there certainly is a lot of that going on right now emanuel thanks very much for coming in today thank you. let's get you up to date down some of the other developments in the pandemic the world health organization has warned that there may never be what

the north is the 1st of 16 german states to restart classes after the summer break but with the penn demick still in full swing schools are having to adapt to a new normal after months of online learning and reduced in person marni germany has vowed to get back or to get students back into classrooms across the country by the end of the summer while many schools will be teaching fewer classes and several states have already announced that students will be able choir to wear face masks. and earlier we talked a deal he's reporter to salter she was at a school in rostock in mecklenburg for palmer in and we asked her how things were going and what students and parents were saying about the situation there well there are mixed feelings really because on the one hand agrees education is important and knocked down his start of 5 months ago so basically over. almost half a year the students here that didn't come to school didn't have. seen which is coming back now and everyone is welcoming back nevertheless that is what some cool a 2nd wave already around the infections of coronavirus rising in ger

you for joining us what 1st frictions on the right to public assembly are acceptable in a time of penn demick that's a debate that started in germany after a big demonstration here in berlin on saturday thousands of people protested against pandemic restrictions like having to wear a mask politicians. from all sides can bend them or fail to observe the coronavirus rules. protesters called it the day of freedom without masks and without social distancing according to police 20000 people took to bell in streets on saturday to protest against current virus restrictions which they say violate their rights and freedoms demonstrators claimed they were more than 1000000 people. journalists and camera crews were also targeted a reporter at german public broadcasters that day f. filmed the chants of shame on you and lou compressor on lying press. the good. news here bombed with me there was a really diverse mix of people from the fall left to the far right we met people who were faxes we met people who believe bill gates is responsible then there were people who say there is no corona and there are pe

the government that they introduced this rule because the peak was there was the 1st peak of the penn demick and the hospitals have seen so many trauma admissions so many car accident and this was exactly the reason why the government decided to reintroduce for 2nd time this ban on alcohol sales to keep the hospitals empty to make sure that the doctors and nurses have time to take care uncovered 1000 patients rob so then therefore adriaan how confident are the authorities that the outbreak is now under control. well i mean the numbers look quite promising at the moment a few weeks back we had infection rates of about 10000 a day now we're down to less than 5000 new infections every day the recovery rate stands at 80 percent and also there's a very low death rates you know much lower than originally expected so these are promising numbers on the other hand we're really not sure if these numbers reflect the reality because up until now in public health care institutions you're not able to get a test unless you older than 55 years or you have co-morbidities so it is likely that the real number

they fear freedom is under threat in the wake of the penn demick and countrywide protests but they're also led by conspiracy theories and. their government is in the midst of a coup. there's certain members of our government who are actively working to change this government from what it's designed to be the land of opportunity they're trying to turn us into some sort of socialist government a new form of government humanitarianism where the group is on what they call a mission to portland in the past they have acted a self declared peace keepers tonight they want to get firsthand impressions off the portland protests that have been going on for more than 80 nights i'm sure you have the refuses to wear face masks protesters attacked them immediately they were walking around as a group of people and do a group of people surrounded by a group of people while not wearing face coverings despite that being the law understandably so because they were in the middle of a pandemic i believe like some of it has to do with our president if he is let that kind of behavior and that ideology just f

process of reopening schools after the summer holiday but with the penn demick ongoing schools are having to adapt to a new normal after months of online learning and reduced in person class time germany has vowed to get kids back in the classroom by the end of the summer but it will be business as usual many schools will be starting with fewer classes and several states have already said students will be required to wear face masks. and the education minister of the 1st german state to open its schools again after the summer holidays joins me now. right here in vision bettina martin a minister thank you so much for coming on 1st of all how did the 1st day of school go to most children return. and oh yeah well most all children returned and we had a very good 1st start and you said it we prepared this new school year very diligently with the experts and the help section and we had a very good 1st a very structured very or art of the everybody was very happy to finally get back to school it's the 1st time that people were really looking forward to school this year and so many of them and i

now the penn demick mean some aspects of public life are restricted here in germany and that includes public swimming pools they're only allowed to admit a fraction of the normal visitors so it's little wonder that a recent heat wave is sending residents here in the capital fleeing to the cities surrounding lakes but that freedom comes with its own challenges. berlin in the summer and the living is easy swimmable lakes are just a subway ride away stand up paddling afterwork no problem an august heat wave with temperatures over 35 degrees and strict visitor quotas on city swimming pools has sent people flocking to the lakes. it's great you can go in the water without freezing with this heat it's a nice way to cool off who. doesn't get that many really beautiful sunny warm days so when it's nice out you have to take advantage of it and that makes life more stressful for the people who enforce park rules like here at the show is a lake usually their job consists of walking around and making sure people are all getting along but now they also have to make sure visitors follow park rules.

west pomerania is the 1st of 16 german states to restart classes after a summer break but with the penn demick ongoing schools are having to adapt to a new normal after months of online learning and limited timetables that germany has vowed to get back to daily schooling nationwide by the end of the summer many schools will be teaching fewer classes and several states have already announced that students will be required to wear face masks. and let's go to diffuse test of vodka she is in rostock in mecklenburg west pomerania so what measures are in place to prevent outbreaks at schools. well sumi you might be able to tell behind me there are not many of these guys around the kids here having their break at the moment and they don't have to wear face masks also social distancing measures are not in place anymore so they can play football as they're doing now afterwards they will go back into their classroom and sit next to their best friend contact is not a problem the only thing they do you have to do is then wash their hands basic hygiene measures meaning avoiding to sneeze into each other's

border and trade route closures during the penn demick have devastated process here with the markets down about 40 percent on this time last year it's also leading to a workforce shortage when millions of shape need to be she had hundreds of seasonal shears normally fly in mainly from new zealand the spam outside goldman is using local but in other parts of the country there aren't enough the government is trying to find solutions with rising unemployment to stymie adjudicated montane the logical thing to do would be to try to move people locally to work in that he's happening but it's not that simple post training takes time to get a job that requires skill and if the process is so light then it becomes an animal welfare problem and a financial problem to the process have led to a growing stockpile of wool in storage but this shearing contractor says for many whiting for high a processes isn't an option then i'd have money coming in i cheated by the bill. and that's one of the river on the low i don't have any place that's i'm either one of their wives or incomes as trade tensions b

even as the country faces the continued threat of a deadly penn demick. and it morphed into a movement calling for police reforms sometimes it was violent. but mostly it was peaceful we asked people to describe what america is now feeling i think people want change. and it's going to be are willing to do whatever it takes to get there on friday billions of people in america are expected to celebrate what's called june 13th at an official holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the united states this year in the wake of the nationwide protests there is a growing number of calls to make it official federal holiday. as people see it as a great opportunity to take to the streets to continue to let their message be hurt . more than 7 decades ago a country was split into read a bit but did anything and now the time. to be enough. they only took was a pan a map and a collapsing empire when the british had to draw a line they pulled it in 67200 have been to india before al-jazeera examines the violence of india and pakistan and docks what the future holds for

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