The pandemic to crack down on media across the globe. But i must and welcome we begin in southern germany where the state of area has canceled this years october fest because of the coronavirus fan demick the famous be a festival in munich attracts more than 6000000 visitors annually authorities fear allowing the event could take to take a stretch to trigger a spike in infections. Went to the site of the utopia fest where things look very different this year. In a normal year they would start setting up for the a tobar fest in june and once it starts there would be hundreds of thousands of people here on any given day where im standing right now is where all the big peer tents would be but the only tents that are going to be here this year are from that corona Virus Testing facility over there normally millions of people travel to munich for october 1st visitors from around the world setting dancing celebrating at the risk was deemed too high this year. No crowded party tents no giant mugs of beer. No packed out festival site to tober 1st has been canceled for the 1st time since world war 2 about 6000000. 00 visitors flock to the worlds biggest beer festival every year. But this year the famous beer tents will not go up this is the sites where the 1st takes place to be a tense replaced by white tents where people can be tested for covert 19 this year everything is different in munich. The october fest is a time to have fun and let your head down thats exactly what music needs at the moment so its a real pity. I think its the right thing to do 1st its a real shame not to meet friends and family we live just around the corner we love going with the kids. Officials in munich said they had no other choice than to cancel the october fest saying the risk of infection join the coronavirus pandemic is simply too high. Which is painful for us its a great pity because with many things this is not a normal year and this is going to be a year without the 1st. Cancellation of the event is not only sad news for the city it also means big financial losses. October fest has a value of roughly 1500000000 for munich and many people profit from it and its not just those of us who profess its like the people who serve beer fairground workers more souvenir shops its also Hotels Restaurants to reach out and taxi drivers to. See that its hard to imagine munich without the october fest the countdown now begins for 2021 when the next october 1st will hopefully take place. Well germany helped the countries hit hardest by the coronavirus endemic as the crisis devastates economies across the continent italian Prime Minister edges epa conscious says the full firepower of the e. U. Is needed to overcome the shock to the system he wants germany and other wealthy nations and Northern Europe to issue shared debts in order to help countries like italy and spain but the idea is highly divisive. Hospitals in italy have faced a massive challenge to treat all their patients critically ill with kovan 1000 disease spains Prime Minister has called the pandemic europes biggest crisis since the 2nd world war with. But help has come for some in the form of the German Air Force specially equipped planes have flown patients from italy and france to hospitals in germany in all more than 200 sick people have been transferred from European Countries even in the time of corona germany sees itself as a good european. Wants to and he will show solidarity weve proved that in the past but this is a crisis that affects us all in terms of health and economically and financially thats why we must take care in these times that the e. U. Stays together. But when it comes to financial help germany is less ready to offer everything that is asked for the e. U. Has agreed big support packages worth more than 3 trillion euros to counter the economic effects of the crisis such as the huge hit to European Tourism but italy france and spain would like brussels to go further and issue corona bonds a new form of shared debt many german politicians worry that would put new burdens on the german taxpayer is the key the. Crisis is no reason to bring in through the back door Financial Instruments that involve public debt which were wrong in the past and will be wrong in the future corona bonds would lead to more debt and also mean that all of europe ultimately lose it. But others say if european unity means anything it should be about flexing germanys economic muscles during this crisis. Temporary. We need temporary corona bones to help those worst affected countries we need them for selfish reasons to the german car industry is reliant on production happening in northern italy so its not just about solidarity its in our own interest to do this moment thing. When. The pandemic has broad neighbors together but its also strains on relationships where individuals and nations for now while europe works out how to organize aid for the long term direct help for the sick will continue. U. S. President donald trump says he will temporarily suspend all immigration into the u. S. By signing an executive order he says the action is in response to the corona Virus Outbreak and to protect jobs more than 22000000 americans have applied for Unemployment Benefits in the past month because of the pandemic lockdowns the us is the worst affected country in the world with almost 800000 confirmed cases off coronavirus and more than 43000 deaths. Now heres a look at other stories making headlines around the world canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vows to ban the sale of military style style assault weapons as the death toll from a shooting spree in nova scotia rises from 18 to at least 22. 00 victims Canadian Police say they have recovered remains from some of the homes destroyed in the weekends 12 hour attack. South africa has announced a 26000000000. 00 virus relief plan aimed at supporting the economy and the vulnerable during the coronavirus lock down the support package amounts to about 10 percent of the countrys g. D. P. South africa has the most confirmed cases of the virus in subsaharan africa. Greece has quarantined a Hotel Housing Asylum Seekers after 150 people tested positive for the corona virus almost 500 lives in the building the nearby town of on the mainland is also being put under a 2 week lockdown. The media watchdog Reporters Without Borders is warning that the coronavirus endemic could threaten press freedom around the globe it comes as the group publishes its annual press freedom and ex a list of countries ranked according to how freely their media allowed to operate further day weve been speaking to journalists from around the world to find out about the situation in their countries heres a look at that ranking and how countries are fairing. At the bottom of the table eritrea turkmenistan and north korea Reporters Without Borders classify the lack of press freedom in those countries as very serious sudan is also in that category but last years mass protests that led to the ousting of president Omar Al Bashir have resulted in stronger democratic structures and reduced restrictions for journalists as a result the country ranks 16 points higher on the index than last year countries that made similar improvements include malaysia any theo pia. While poor ratings and given to the West African States have been even which fell 17 places and haiti down 21. The caribbean nation is struggling with an ongoing political crisis and violent protests in the past year journalists there were repeatedly attacked one was killed. The United States ranks at 45th place this year after 2 years of decline the situation has slightly improved over the last year but Reporters Without Borders cite the u. S. As a warrior example of hatred incited against journalists by elected politicians with verbal and physical attacks against reporters alarmingly frequent. Germany ranks 11th place also 2 places from last year the main reason for this is a decline in the numbers of attacks against journalists Reporters Without Borders say this still concerned for the protection of journalistic sources. The countrys ranking highest for press freedom remain in scandinavia denmark finland and norway. Denmark has become the 1st year pin country to reopen its schools children up to the age of 12 returning to the classroom they are required to follow strict hygiene and social distancing rules and the world is watching denmark closely could it be a model for taking pupils out of the locked out for about a week now thomas back has once again been bringing his 7 year old daughter to school here in copenhagen things are getting back to normal but you know august my daughter actually wanted to go to school last saturday she was so happy to see her friends again and to be in class but it was no there are only 7 children in her group yes you know we were evacuated. Thats so the children can keep a 2 meter distance from one another in the classroom they used to be 20 students in the class but now there are only 9 at most so we see here the schools are not in store for you know our school which is quite big compared with all those cars and a market for we can see that we need a lot more space you know its very challenging so i do you know with former classmates must wash their hands at least 5 times a day and classes are to be held outside as much as possible most of the kids got used to it quickly. Following the rules isnt the childrens responsibility as ours we help them for example with washing their hands so that they can just be kids. After recess master and her classmates go to the park for their lessons denmark is even considering hes in restrictions on gathering in public if the number of infection stays stable events for up to 500 people may be allowed from a tent. And a bit of sports now we go to italy one of the countries hardest hit by the pandemic where 2 young tennis players were challenged by their coach to find a way to stay in shape during the lockdown they had the roof tops and their efforts have now gone viral. On one side of the street 11 year old carol or is it going to go. On the other side 13 year old victoria is getting there working her way to the rooftop of her apartment building. Once there a pause its raining. Carroll has been hitting the ball on her indoor court she is ready. And now so is victoria serious social distancing but stay clear of the camera guy for another day and walk down another rooftop to rooftop practice in just a good chunk of time since you missed playing tennis so much carolyn my neighbor my close friend and my classmate we decided to try to play from one building to another 500. 00 and on the bus was known as having room i never thought wed manage to play it but it is so much fun. Just to keep it moving and unseen ballboy vittorios dad sends miss hits back up to the roof. These 2 drew are following when a video posted by their coach was picked up by the association of tennis professionals the a. T. P. Former number one tracy austin tweeted her admiration of carol and victoria indeed in these times it may take younger minds to help us determine what is possible and what is not. Wrong if you think this is did every news in berlin and a quick reminder that you can get news and features around the clock on our website at d w dot com and with a d. W. I. And on twitter. Im going to promise time thanks for joining us more news at the top of the hour. With different languages we fight for Different Things thats fine but we all stick up for Freedom Freedom of speech and freedom of press. Giving freedom of Choice Global news that matters w made for minds. Im doing a great thing in the time. How to handle a newline
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