A show. Im Claire Richardson welcome to the show the German Military has been called in to help test workers at a meat packing plant in the northwest of the country where more than 1300 people have tested positive for corona virus almost 7000 employees at the plant have been put under quarantine most of the workers are from romania and bulgaria and to live in cramped company accommodations the outbreak is among several reported at german slaughterhouses since the pandemic began. With more than a 1000 confirmed cases of corona virus the outbreak at the turn years Meat Processing plant has now become the biggest in germanys most populous state and with the situation worsening the military has been called in to help test plant workers all of the companys 6500 employees are now in quarantine and about a half of been tested the district commissioner says theyre working around the clock to get the situation under control. But its 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 europes largest Meat Processing plant have been making their job difficult by not providing relevant employee information the head of the Crisis Management team says hes lost all faith in a meat packing company. I want to say clearly that the trust we have an attorney is company is 0 i have to say this clearly. That statement prompted a response from the owner of the plant clemens 10 years he said his firm had struggled to collect the personal darter of employees and contractors. And i love form and truly good i can only offer my complete apologies and i give my apology because we are the cause of the issue and carry full responsibility for me as a businessman and the company as a whole because. Authorities now have the information needed to properly trace many of those infected mobile testing units have begun visiting private residences in the region to test for further spreading. Many people in the local community your own nerved and frustrated with the ongoing situation. This is serious its catastrophic well all just have to suffer again we dont know for shutdowns coming and whether a will affect us its not nice for you and. Your brother could be that they should have started testing earlier with so many people working there dont know. To go on. With the situation threatening to spiral out of control authorities have closed the factory for 14 days. Well for more im joined in the studio by d. W. Political correspondent and chaz and i well this is not the 1st time theres been an outbreak at a slaughterhouse in germany are no lessons being learned well it seems to be the case and it is not the 1st time it happened in germany it has to happen in neighboring france it happened in the us and in fact what it highlights is really the dire dire working and Living Conditions of workers in search slaughterhouses in the Media Industry in the meat sector now and meat production comes at a cost but the industry is not ready to pay the cost because the goal is at the moment to get cheap so contractors to keep to meet prices cheap and most of the a subcontractor as were talking about most of most of the 1000 people more than 2000 people being infected now in doubt need cant in germany come from neighboring purdum come from bogus area from romania so we really see that thats the whole industrys a system that is being looked at now and how is this outbreak affecting germanys coronavirus numbers well unfortunately the reproduction a rate of infections went through the roof with that new cluster it went to jump to 1. 00 which is way above whats needed to keep the pandemic under control which is a rate of one when one person infects one or even less other. Or even less than one other person and for one day doing one day only we saw more than 600. 00 people being infected thats way over did they mates and even the minister president of the region of north trying to say that theres an enormous risk of a pandemic outbreak answer not the numbers we want to see what kind of action can we expect to see now what the governments the federal governments in may by the use of subcontractors indeed Meat Industry to try and curb the use of x. And because of Foreign Workers who would be brought in germany and living in dire conditions working in dire conditions but what kind of event that kind of outbreak really shows. Those conditions and theyre not theyre not going to be a changed overnight did obey a political reporter and i thank you very much. Well a number of Police Officers were injured when a large number of people ran a rampage through the streets of the southwestern german city of start gart more than 20 arrests were made after dozens of people smashed windows and engaged in looting. Shattered glass ransacked shops still cut streets after saturday nights chaos hundreds of people came to this park to party when the Police Arrived suspecting a drugs offense the situation escalated. People threw stones and bottles and attacked police cars several officers were injured Police Called to the scene described it as completely out of control. Into someones invalids the police all in all 1000 Police Officers were injured last night vision is that there was this and inst one of them was hurt so badly had to be taken off duty this number could still rise as officers often report their injuries afterwards that weve made and understand using narcan gun called videos circulating on social media shows several groups turning violent destroying shop fronts and losing until the early hours of the morning this all into something very different for love throughout the night 40 stores are attacked. At the moment we see in shop windows was smashed and destroyed. From what we know at present 9 shops were looted but always does nor enlarger shift. The next day start cut residents reacted to the destruction. Weve never seen this instant gut im completely shocked i just cant really believe it. Can it clogs up this was the i found out about it through a video i just saw someone throwing stones at the shop up here do criminal damage destroying other peoples property thats not ok. Police are currently gathering evidence from the shops destroyed overnight more than 20 people arrested during the violence and now being questioned. Well lets go now to some other stories making news this hour u. S. President on old trump has held his 1st Campaign Rally in more than 3 months the events went ahead at an indoor arena in tulsa oklahoma despite coronavirus concerns but contrary to predictions of a sellout the 19000. 00 seat venue was far from full. State has ended its 3 month long lockdown as of sunday most of its borders with the e. U. Countries have been reopened some restrictions still remain and masks are required in shops and on public transport spain suffered one of europes worst coronavirus outbreaks. Brazils Health Ministry says the death toll from the corona virus has risen to nearly 50000 the latin american nation has chopped 1000000 confirmed cases and experts say it could overtake the u. S. As the countrys worst hit country president also narrow has been downplaying social distancing calling it a job killing measure. British police have confirmed they are treating a fatal stabbing in the city of reading as a terrorist attack 3 people were killed in saturdays attack in a park in the town 60 kilometers west of london Prime MinisterBoris Johnson said he was quote shocked and appalled by the Incident Police say that a black lives matter protest held in the same park a few hours earlier was not the target of the attack. Last night a certain investigation was launched by turns by the Police Offices but this is not to be declared a terrorism entry we received a report that a number of people have been starting point regarding reading. Tragically 3 feet high and others were injured in this attack within 5 minutes of the 1st call offices that apprehended a man and maybe the rest he remains in Police Custody at this time lets go straight to d. W. Correspondent bargain mosse in london who is following the story for us berg what information do we have about the alleged perpetrator. Well the british media and press agencies are reporting that the name of the alleged perpetrator is colliery. And that hes a 25 year old male from libya who used to lived in reading the police have not confirmed dead but they are saying that they are not looking for anybody else in the attack so at the moment are focusing all the investigation and finding out further background really send it. Just on the on this man so how is it that this man event fell through the security cracks and allegedly committed this attack. British police havent given any information but british media the b. B. C. Reports that the perpetrator was not going to the Security Services and that he had been investigated for a potential danger that he was intending to travel abroad and for food for reasons of terrorism this is nothing that the police have confirmed but this is what british media the b. B. C. Are reporting but that at the time when the Security Services were investigating this particular person that they deemed that he didnt pose an imminent imminent risk to the country so this is why there wasnt any arrest at the time when the u. K. Is of course also currently in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic what is the reaction of people where are you are to this attack well of course on the ground and reading people are horrified and also british media have named the fast victor local teacher and and obviously people. Know that their hearts are going out to to to anybody whos affected by this on the whole it is we are in this throes of this the corona crisis and outdoors is where people can meet at the moment you are not allowed to meet indoors really have friends and people are gathering outside and and my feeling is that people are going to continue to do that the terrorists have a. Substantial so there isnt really the risk of an imminent terrorist attack and i think people will continue to just gather outside which is what theyre allowed to do at the moment but at mass in london thank you. Well on the bundesliga 2nd from last match day 2nd place dortmund took down 3rd place like fish in a battle of the european heavyweights the 2 clubs were separated by just 3 points going into this one both are banking on their star strikers to deliver on the big stage. With the long awaited news of t. Mo vannas imminent departure confirmed leipzig had too much is left to enjoy his goal scoring prowess he was out to add to his best ever been this to get gold tally of 26 but dortmund Erling Holland had the early chances drawing back to back saves from the hosts keeper peter good. After half an hour the 19 year old did break the deadlock his 13th goal in his 11th bundestag a match a move that was nicely started by your young blonde with teenager Giovanni Raina registering his 1st bundestag assist. After the break dont continue to enjoy more chances this time holland turned provider but young material couldnt cap off his 1st start with a goal much to the frustration of the norwegian. However julieann blunt was a more reliable Provider Team him up for another goal in the 93rd minute to seal a 2 nil win for dortmund holland was happy again while the previously substituted team of venice looked on in envy no luck in his last game in light sick as dortmund secured 2nd place for a 2nd season running. Youre watching get over your news ill be back with more headlines at the top of the hour remember you can get the latest on our web site at w dot com and dont forget to follow us on instagram and twitter to apps to the unions and play richardson and bell and thanks so much for watching. Every day. For us and for our planet. Ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation. How do we make cities scream or how can we protect and