positive for corona virus at a meat processing plant in the west of the country thousands of mostly romania and bulgaria workers have not been quarantined in the city of guta slow state leaders say they may have to really pose a why the laca. it's an outbreak that has shocked germany day after day the number of infected 10 u.s. employees has risen to over 1300 today but there are indications that the plant may have ignored warning signs ahead of the outbreak. this video shows the company canteen in april of this year overcrowded despite germany's supposed social distancing restrictions and this widely circulated recording and employ you can be heard voicing her concern about the situation this is tenuous she says in the video that was leaked online how are we supposed to protect ourselves. 10 years as one of germany's biggest meat processing companies its clients include german supermarket giants algae and. the mass outbreak has sparked protests and heated debate about working conditions at plants. will do anything in our power to shed light onto the darkness in the sector. and will certain

coronavirus at a meat processing plant up from just over 800 a day before most of the workers are from romania and bulgaria who live in cramped accommodations provided by the company the outbreak is among several reported at german slaughterhouses in recent months. with more than a 1000 confirmed cases of corona virus the outbreak of to turn years meat processing plant has now become the biggest in germany's most populous state and with the situation worsen in the military has been called in to help test plant workers all of the companies 6500 employees are now in quarantine and about a half have been tested the district commissioner says they are working around the clock to get the situation under control. most of the highest priority in the district of good to slow remains the prevention of any further spread of the virus and to avoid a shutdown. authorities have complained however that the operators of europe's largest meat processing plant have been making their job difficult by not providing relevant employee information the head of the crisis management team says he's lost all faith in t

they're living under total lockdown now these buildings house several 100 migrant workers mostly from romania and bulgaria who work for the slaughterhouse 2 minutes and now they are behind a fence with no entrance only police and health care workers come and go health care workers are going door to door to try to test everyone for coppa 19 but society here was divided long before this fence went up and that's because a lot of the residents here many from gary in romania have little to no contact with their german neighbors and biologists say that this segregation could have contributed to the outbreak that's because the workers are working 10 to 12 hours a day in a factory and coming back to these cramped living conditions and now the victim of an outbreak in their community they're isolated more than ever before so i'm in a safe reporting we can talk through some of the wider implications of this not with the political correspondent simon a young welcome simon political pressure to expand testing around the meat packing plant seems to be growing. phil i think it is if there's a lot down in t

was divided long before this fence went up and that's because a lot of the residents here many from romania have little to no contact with their german neighbors and biologists say that this segregation could have contributed to the outbreak that's because the workers are working 10 to 12 hours a day in a factory and coming back to these cramped living conditions and now the victim of an outbreak in their community they're isolated more than ever before. so let's bring you up to speed with some of the developments in the pandemic the world health organization says the number of global coronavirus infections has topped 9000000 north and south america accountable than half of the new cases in brazil the virus has all killed more than $51000.00 people with over a 1000000 cases in total the w.h.o. says actual case numbers probably much higher that the death toll in the us has risen above 120000 according to the latest figures from the johns hopkins university and this comes as health officials one of an alarming surge in cases in the country's west and south. e.u. leaders of expressed great con

romania and the would be welcome guest in the u.k. of the moment since they make up a large portion of seasonal farmworkers' there but because of the corona virus outbreak travel between the u.k. and romania has been restricted so if thousands of workers are missing on british farms like on the new more farm the government has called on its own people to pick for britain even prince charles has joined the campaign but it's not as easy as it sounds mark for a good is the owner of the new more farm and he doubts that working with local labor has is really the solution. from afar it looks like a pastoral scene but this is the self declared british land army in action during the current crisis it's also a training exercise for brags that when eastern european workers might be in just a short supply and british firms as they are now as one of the brics are 2 years key demands british jobs for british people borne fruit so there's no i you know and i've got plenty more friends which have been furloughed from work which happy to turn off and

and go to slow almost 7000 employees at the plant are under quarantine most of the workers are from romania and bulgaria and to live in cramped company accommodations. with more than a 1000 confirmed cases of corona virus the outbreak at the 10 years meat processing plant has now become the biggest in germany's most populous state and with the situation worsening the military has been called in to help test plant with his all of the company's 6500 employees are now in quarantine and around hoff have been tested. here and is in this situation is very difficult because we have employees living in 1300 different locations so this poses an enormous pandemic risk. and enormous punned in the easy co. authorities say they're working around the clock to get the situation and upon troll they have complained however that the management off europe's largest meat processing plant 10 years has been making their job difficult by not providing relevant employee information the head of the crisis management team says he's lost all faith in the meat packing company. i do it with as much as i want to say cle

but the aid went to the polish refugees and polish army that went to romania and. hungry as poland began to claps, hundreds of thousands of polls began to stream to the east, and then move down to the southeast corner of poland to get into either hungry or romania. they didn't anticipate that the soviets on september 17th would invade from the east. there is this trap as that is going on by the polls as they move down. about 70,000 polish soldiers managed to cross into romania along with the polish government. the romanian's promise the polish government that they could have free passage to ships and go to france to be reconstituted, this gets more complicated. the french wanted to restructure the polish government. in france, they did. the old polish government, they were largely trapped in poland. but aid was easier to get those people because you could buy material inside the blockade. so, whoever did that. the by early november those 75,000 soldiers, along with about 50,000 refugees are all being fed. unlike the free voice, whoever saved their lives. the answer

in romania, nearly all of them stop abortions.l made last >> [speaking foreign language] jean: at the height of the crisis, only 11 out of the 200 were offering the procedure. >> the pandemic has an excuse. lots of women, especially the ones that come from vulnerable backgrounds that live in poverty, without access to abortion, this is how desperate the situation is. >> my boyfriend pretended he was using a conm. i can't afford to have a child. jean: she could not find a single doctor to give her an abtion. >> i recommended someone who said could have an abortion at their home. i went to their apartment and they had a special room and a bed. i was very afraid. it was done using a vacuum. which i was not expecting. jean: it's a similar story in countries across european an we have spo to women in aly, croatia and poland, who have all been unable to get treatment. in these countries it was already difficult for wometo get an abortion. this crisis has put more obstacles in their way. there are clinics offee.ng the proced women have b

before this fence went up and that's because a lot of the residents here many from both gary and romania have little to no contact with their german neighbors and biologists say that this segregation could have contributed to the outbreak that's because the workers are working 10 to 12 hours a day in a factory and coming back to these cramped living conditions and now the victim of an outbreak in. community they're isolated more than ever before. i'm in a safe reporting we can talk through some of the wider implications of this not with the w. political correspondent simon a young welcome simon political pressure to expand testing around the meat packing plant seems to be growing. phil i think it is if there's a a lot down in the city of goods is low that could affect more than $350000.00 people there so that would be a massive step and that's what politicians their local and regional politicians are looking into they're carrying out testing programs and they say they're going to react soon but national politicians have also been stepping up to offer their reaction to the labor minister

the migrants from romania clashed with police in the german city of gotten over their streets quarantine and a tower block after an outbreak of the virus in their community. meanwhile the coronavirus pushes many small italian businesses the brink of bankruptcy with increasing numbers not reopening their doors even though they are now allowed to. leave this was our only job and it's 3 months we've been continuing with the money we can't continue because we did risk going into no more satisfied with questions are raised over the future of the us presidential hopeful joe biden after promises he gave crane's ex-president in a new league of their alleged phone calls. hello there is just day here in moscow you watching r.t. international now in germany one person has been left dead and 7 police officers injured after violent clashes broke out between romanian migrants and the authorities trouble fled over the continuing coronavirus quarantine in the city of gottingen about 700 migrants were locked down in a tower block after more than 100 contracted 19 police reinforcements have been sent to t

it's probably. 8 from romania clash the german city of getting over the strict quarantine in the tower block following an outbreak of the virus and. the coronavirus pushes many small italian businesses to the brink of bankruptcy with increasing numbers not reopening their doors even though. this was our only job for 3 months we've been continuing with the money we had and i cannot continue because we did risk going into more. leadership brain dead due to the negligence. in the mediterranean. questions raised over the future of u.s. presidential hopeful joe biden promises he gave to ukraine's ex-president in their alleged phone call. welcome this is r.t. international thanks for joining us. in germany one person has been left 7 police officers injured after a violent clashes broke out between remaining migrants in the authorities trouble flared over the continuing coronavirus quarantine in the city of getting it around 700 migrants were locked down in a tower block after more than 100 contracted 19 police reinforcements and reinforcements have been sent to the area to help maintain orde

found out that migrants from romania clashed with police in the german city of gottingen over the continuation of their strict quarantine in a tower block after an outbreak of the virus in the community. meanwhile the coronavirus pushes many small italian business since the brink of bankruptcy with an increasing number not reopening their doors even though they are allowed to. put out this was our only job for the 3 months we've been continuing with the money we managed to trim on external continue all the things we did risk going into the reserves and questions in the east over the future of u.s. presidential hopeful joe biden after g.b.'s promises he gave he cranes ex-president in the new league but their alleged phone call. hello there good morning it's search you say the 23rd of june you're watching r.t. international where is just going to let me in moscow now one person has been left dead and 7 police officers injured after violent clashes broke out between remaining migrants and the authorities trouble fled over the continuing coronavirus quarantine in the german city of gottingen about

migrants from romania clash with police in the german city of getting going over the strip quarantine and tower block pulling it out of the virus in the community. coronavirus bush many small italian business is to the brink of bankruptcy with increasing numbers not even reopening their doors they are now and. this was our only job for 3 months we've been continuing with the money we cannot continue because we did risk going into more debt. leadership brain dead. apparent negligence after a skirmish through french and turkish forces in the mediterranean. both questions raised over the future of u.s. presidential hopeful joe biden after he gave ex-president in a new leak of the alleged phone call. this is r.t. international. starts in germany where one person has been left dead and 7 police officers have been injured violent clashes that broke out between remaining in migrants and the authorities trouble flared over the continuing coronavirus quarantine in the city of about 700 migrants were locked down in a tower block after more than 100 contracted with 19 police reinforcements to be

migrants from romania clash with police in the german city of getting it over their strict quarantine in tower block following an outbreak of the virus in their community. the current virus pushes many small italian businesses to the brink of bankruptcy in increasing numbers not reopening their doors even though they're now allowed. this was our only job for 3 months we've been continuing with the money we had and i cannot continue because we would risk going into more debt. brands neuters leadership brain dead to the books parent negligence following a skirmish between french and turkish forces in the mediterranean. and questions raised over the future of u.s. presidential hopeful joe biden promises he gave to ukraine's former president in the new leak of their alleged phone conversation. hi there great to have you with us this is r.t. international. in germany one person has been left 7 police officers injured after violent clashes broke out between rumanian migrants and the authorities trouble flared over the continuing coronavirus quarantine in the city of getting around 700 migra

hungary were in these celebrations of the war while russia was excluded romania and hungary were on the side of other of her thoughts how much really writing of history has been going on absolutely it's kind of like if you're in the the group the cool kids group that are in nato and what have you then you get to be a part of that side of the celebration george lastly another topic couldn't address was the sense of national pride that russians have and that's why victory day is such a big national holiday there now this pride in the homeland is taught at home and in schools in russia do you see anything wrong with that because much of the mainstream media seems to be conflating that with a sense of racist nationalism. well it's absurd you know there's no more patriotic country in the whole world than the united states but somehow russians being proud of their heritage their country is a improper thing and i just don't really understand but i've got to tell you that since putin came to power and i'm not flying his flag you know if i had been a russian i wouldn't devoted 4 of in the la

sebastian is 9 months. 10 years ago his family moved from romania to the mc and region of north west germany. sebastian's found them saved up and bought a house he now works in a vehicle factory and doesn't like to think about the time he spent temping in a jam and slaughterhouse. in the slaughterhouse there were so many temporary work agencies that enticed people with the crime most of easy money but the job was very hard and the workers were treated badly. look this is the sort of house manager says talking about it's 2000 employees earn minimum wage and their food and overpriced accommodation is deducted from their pay it's often been described as slave labor. no what do you mean slaves no one is forced to work here everyone comes here of their own free will for goodness sake the business model relies on eastern european workers who tend to put up with the poor working conditions and bad pay. a christian welfare association advises the workers if they have problems at the slaughterhouse there are numerous troubling reports about the conditions. seen people being exploited treated

customs officials stopped to romania and then headed for berlin they found 6 puppies inside just 4 to 6 weeks old. we found these dirty puppies and the transport cages some of whom were very dehydrated. worms were found in the vomit inside their cages and one was partly covered in excrement it's. got some time but court for. so far the huge demand for poppies has outstripped what the legal trade can handle that's why dogs like this one have been abused as breeding machines once they can no longer go on or if they get sick they end up in a shelter but during the pandemic german breeders have been completely overwhelmed by the growing demand many people have developed a desire to have a pet hoping the 4 legged creatures will help them get over their isolation and lack of exercise dog owners seem happier lately. it's been good i've had more to do than everyone else i've been taking him out a lot and he's been happy because i've been home more often i think is. never before have there been so few residents and berlin's animal shelter caregivers can now spend more time with them in peace t

stop the spread of the corona virus but some people find it hard to stick to the rule a shoemaker in romania has now come up with a way of forcing people to take steps to keep their distance. with. a square meter of leather and 2 days of work go into making this you know it's not for a clown. it's a european size 75 social distancing chute made by romanian shoemaker to go to you . is to people wear the shoes at the same time they will be $1.00 metres apart. so people not respecting the social distancing rules and i said to myself that's my issue either to punish them or that they could actually wear and maybe that way they'll keep their distance. luke has been making shoes since the age of 16 and many of his designs end up in theaters and opera houses and what about his social distancing shoes well he's already received 5 orders. and you're watching news i'm claire richardson in bel air thanks so much for watching. i'm neal i'm good welcome to the 2nd season of only. the planet on the brink of disaster we did that interview experts about one question how to change the only reason.

apart to stop the spread of the corona virus but some find it hard to stick to that rule maker in romania has come up with a way of forcing people to take steps to keep their distance. but. a square meter of leather and 2 days of work go into making this you know it's a not for a clown. it's a european size 75 social distancing shoe made by romanian shoe maker 3 go to you. if 2 people wear the shoes at the same time they will be $1.00 metres apart. so people not respecting the social distancing rules and i said to myself let's make issue either to punish them or that they could actually wear and maybe that way they'll keep their distance. luke has been making shoes since the age of 16 and many of his designs end up in theaters and opera houses and want a better social distancing shoes well he's already received 5 orders. get your orders now a quick reminder of the top story that we're following for you here on news george floyd's coffin has a drive train memorial service in minneapolis his death in police custody sparked on the rest which has rocked america. to. remember and you can alway

happening across the country as there is an easing of restrictions if these are what is mainly from romania and bulgaria and that of course raises the question how successful germany can now be in the near future in ring fencing in containing flats out rates to prevent this from becoming large scale and happening across the country once again that is the big open question mark as millions of head into the holidays across the country and beyond rather chief political editor because look if not on the story for us here in berlin the killer thank you here's a quick roundup now of developments in the corona virus pandemic new zealand has but border quarantine measures in the hands of its military that's after 2 people who arrived from britain were released from isolation and then tested positive for the buyers new infections have hit record highs in 6 u.s. states including texas florida oregon and oklahoma president trump is holding a campaign rally in oklahoma this coming weekend the president of honduras one orlando iran does is being treated in the hospital for pneumonia after testing positi

workers outside of korean scene which authorities say are just people who look like they're from romania in the town so there is the problem that a lot of locals here are worried that if they see somebody who looks like they're not from the area then they're afraid that that is going to possibly bring the outbreak outside of that community so that blending both sides here. thanks so much for that today. let's bring you up to speed now some of the other developments in the pandemic the world health organization has recorded the biggest one day increase in cases so far more than 183000 the americas accounting for more than half of that in brazil more than 50000 people have now officially died from the virus hundreds of people joined in protests for and against brazil's president i are both in our o. and his handling of the crisis. china is reporting 9 new cases in beijing over the past 24 hours that's down from 22 the previous day in the 1st time it's been in single figures for more than 10 days. now if you want to get to the heart of the scandal one good ways to follow the money but in th

to stop the spread of the corona virus but some find it hard to stick to the rule a shoemaker in romania has come up with a way of forcing people to take steps to keep their distance. a square meter of leather and 2 days of work go into making this you know it's a not for a clown. it's a european saw is 75 social distancing shoe made by romanian shoe maker 3 go to do . is 2 people wear the shoes at the same time there will be $1.00 metres apart. so people not respecting the social distancing rules and i said to myself let's make issue either to punish them or that they could actually wear and maybe that way they'll keep their distance. luke has been making shoes since the age of 16 many of his designs and open theatres and opera houses and one of our social distancing shoes well he's already received 5 orders. for the last year watching t w news from berlin remember you can keep up to date with all the latest on our website at state of the in dot com i'm kyra phillips and thanks for joining us. calling a meal and i'm not complaining the 2nd season the only player on the planet on the bri

spread of the corona virus but some people as we all know find it hard to do that a shoemaker in romania has come up with a way of forcing people to take steps to keep their distance. and let me. ask where me 0 of leather and 2 days of work go into making this shoe now it's not for a clown. it's a european size $75.00 social distancing shoe made by romanian shoemaker we go to lou. it's 2 people wear the shoes at the same time they'll be $1.00 metres apart. so people not respecting the social distancing rules and i said to myself let's make issue either to punish them or that they could actually wear and maybe that like they'll keep their distance. luke has been making shoes since the age of 16 and many of his designs end up in theatres and opera houses and one of the other social distancing shoes well he's already received 5 orders. are georgian e.w. news from berlin chris is up next with the business news to ground 0 i bet you he will not be wearing those for many and choose. what secrets lie behind swallows. discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage

their work to foreign companies that often pay workers less than minimum wage who house people from romania and bulgaria and these houses where everybody is living together and only see the inside of a slaughterhouse and their small apartments and it has led to an outbreak there so the the options for going forward is that the german government has now forbidden outsourcing at this meat packing plant but other critics within the government are saying that something needs to be done immediately to make sure that during this cove in 1000 crisis another outbreak doesn't happen at another 10 years meat packing plant or in another need packing plant within germany all right and i mean just before we got on air i mean it became clear that authorities have now extended . to the. district that's home to about 200000 people and then that state i mean is safe he's a benefit for us thank you. and even more breaking news this hour tennis star novak djokovic has tested positive for 19 news follows widespread criticism of the so to host a tennis tournament it is this month at which and number of high pro

their daily business and locals told us that the community of workers here many of whom who come from romania and bulgaria are so segregated anyway that they feel confident they haven't had contact with them at the same time there is a lot of discrepancies here in where the workers actually live at 1st 30 percent of the addresses of the workers couldn't be located so there's a lot of questions that remain whether or not this virus can be contained very quickly i mean that this company has managed in 10 years has been severely criticized for the way that it had all the situation what went wrong well the head of crisis management here in the region to put this in perspective said he had 0 faith in the company anymore after working with them he said there was absolutely no transparency on their side in the beginning they couldn't give all the addresses of their workers and the thing behind this problem is that they work with subcontractors companies from other countries who can offer cheaper wages and can make meat cheaper and germany and there's a lot of pressure on the company to keep needs ch

apart to stop the spread of the coronavirus but some find it hard to stick to the rule a shoemaker in romania has come up with a way of forcing people to take steps to keep their distance. with. a square metre of leather and 2 days of work go into making this you know it's not for a clown. it's a european size $75.00 social distancing shoe made by romanian shoemaker we go to lou. if 2 people wear the shoes at the same time they will be $1.00 metres apart. so people not respecting the social distancing rules and i said to myself let's make issue either to punish them or that they could actually wear and maybe that way they'll keep their distance. luke has been making shoes since the age of 16 and many of his designs end up in theaters and opera houses and one of other social distancing shoes well he's already received 5 orders . you're watching t w news from berlin and remember you can keep up to date with all the latest news on our website that's to dot com i'm claire richardson thanks so much for joining us. what secrets lie behind was. discovered new adventures in 360 degree. to explore the

story is that this virus was actually brought from workers who went home on vacation to bulgaria and romania and came back with the virus biologists have challenged that explanation saying that even if the virus did come back with a couple of people the outbreak happened here so the conditions here and due to slow and housing complexes like this are under scrutiny scrutiny the government says that while they have passed this law that some contracting should stop they need something in the meantime to make sure that this doesn't happen again happen again at this slaughterhouse or another one somewhere else in germany. to. see thank you very much germany's infectious disease agency the whole institute pointed packing plant outbreak as a big driver of the country's virus with production number which has now shot up to nearly 2.9 we asked our political correspondent nina if that's prompting a rethink in the german government's strategy for. the overall strategy here in germany has been to give a lot of responsibility to the regions and a lot of flexibility to deal with the virus and jenny has ha