Parade last month look at what intel that vote on constitutional reforms tomorrow has to do with todays celebrations clubs facebook c. E. O. Mark zuckerberg faces a revolt over his hands off approach to inflammatory posts a host of companies pulled our ads on the social Network Platform in protest. Im sorry kelly walk into the Program Authorities in the western german state of north rhinewestphalia are conducting mass coronavirus testing and have reimposed a local lockdowns following a regional outbreak of cope with one team the restrictions apply to hundreds of thousands of people in the districts of darren gough and go too slow the decision follows a major spike in virus infections at a neat Processing Plant germany is also facing fresh outbreaks in other cities just as the Summer Travel season gets underway. This is what it looks like when the coronavirus restrictions are back long lines and formed outside the Testing Facilities in the district of. The new restrictions here and in neighboring vavoom doff took effect at Midnight Mass testing follows a massive corona Virus Outbreak at 10 years slaughterhouse where more than 1500 workers have contracted covert 19. Now some 600000 people are affected by the restrictions that are in place until next week at least. I want to get testy and do my part to find out about the situation and whether we are all infected or not. We want to travel to the very on saturday and the condition is to present a negative coronavirus test and thats our goal. Summer holidays are about to begin but officials in popular destinations like the various say that brutal slow residents are not welcome unless they show proof of testing negative for the virus neighboring country austria has gone even further targeting germanys most populous state as a whole. Our neighbor germany with its state of north and this failure has shown how quickly the situation can turn dramatically so we were there for forced to issue a level 5 travel warning for the state of we hope of course that the situation there were quickly improve and that there wont be a further spread across germany. Overall numbers are still low in germany but the latest local outbreaks are causing concern the Meat Processing industry in particular is under pressure dial Living Conditions of the workers are blamed for the spread of the virus. 23 workers have tested positive at the visa holder plant germanys biggest poultry plant where mass testing of over 1000 workers got underway today. And we are joined now by dr toby a scratch he is a professor of Public Health and epidemiology at the sherry take clinic in berlin welcome to the program and thank you for joining us with the evening thanks for having me and what do you think of how the authorities are handling these new outbreaks i think the authorities are doing well in really in forcing the lock down and trying to isolate those clusters and trace people and test people to see us in the fact that eventually if the isolation hopefully as soon as possible but now its very important to identify those lusters and as you have seen in the reports its not only in this area we have other clusters in germany and so we need to be very careful and watch the situation very carefully so i think your thought these are doing well so it sounds like what youre saying is that these these strict lock downs are indeed necessary unfortunately is the only way were not that we know that will help to slow or stop this brets and we work on a flexible level so we dont lock down entire north of us failure by regional cities and villages and i think thats the current way that we that we can conduct these these measures well then locking down larger regions. This these cases theyre getting so much attention not only because of their scale but also because you know a lot of germans they have they are approaching Summer Holiday season people have plans talk with us about you know these outbreaks in the context of of the Bigger Picture what does it mean for the country what does it mean for the e. U. Well these spreads of these clusters come not surprisingly so the virus is there we knew that and when you open up the lockdown theres a certain risk or increased risk that people get infected again in particular now people are traveling again so people are mingling from one country to the other country so we have to be extremely careful and we will have to watch very carefully the next day solve the situation develops now obviously if things get worse the lockdown will be. Regions and it may affect the travel so really all should be reminded to wear face masks so we keep a distance and we should do the best we can to identify the clusters to test the people to trace people on close proximity with those who are infected to really stop this practice soon as possible yet but its really difficult to predict whats going to happen if you follow the situation other countries for example the United States where states have opened up and a few weeks later 4 to 5 weeks later they have a massive increase in the number of infected people so therefore with that in mind and with that context and also with your expertise i mean theres a lot of talk about the possibility of a 2nd wave of infections in germany do you think were having that well so is the question what you call the 2nd wave we see clusters of infections and these really have never stopped coming from a very low level luckily in germany but we have to now continue these measures and to continue to be very careful to maintain this low level and it can go very quick and were up again and weve facing lockdown dr toby as a professor of Public Health and epidemiology at that show you take the mic in berlin thank you so much for joining us. Thank you. And lets get a check now of some other developments in the pandemic because coronavirus deaths in latin america and the caribbean now exceed 100000 australia has recorded its 1st virus related fatality and a month after 80 year old man died in the state of victoria you may ban travelers from the u. S. Brazil and russia when it reopens its external borders according to the New York Times and tokyo says it expects a large number of new cases after a virus cluster was discovered in an office building. Well how effective has the media been in covering this pandemic thats the focus of g. W. Is Global Media Forum which kicks off today in just a short while and we will speak with an investigative journalist well ask him how he views his role in covering this crisis but 1st heres a closer look at how some of the worlds most powerful leaders have sought to distort Media Coverage which in some cases includes open feuds for their own advantage a country overwhelmed by the coronavirus brazil struggles to cope with what has become the 2nd highest number of covert deaths in the world. But even the more than 50000 deceased havent stopped populous president. From slamming lockdown measures flouting social distancing and refusing to wear a mask he has repeatedly attacked the media. With a press listening here i cant be comfortable you understand what im doing and what im not doing if the press were honest i would have no problem speaking to reporters but they are dishonest. Several prominent brazilian news organizations have seized reporting from outside of the president ial palace after facing insults and threats from both sonora supporters. The coronavirus has also fueled populism in the us the country currently leading the covert death count President Trump accuses the opposition and the press of misrepresenting his handling of the crisis and chinas role in the outbreak. You dont hear them talking about covert covert to be specific covert 19. That then gets further and further away from jonah as opposed to calling it the chinese virus in india muslims are a frequent target of president modise divisive brand of politics the latest attack came when a mosque became a covert 1900 spot members of modis nationalist b j p party accused local muslims of deliberately spreading the virus youre going to india would have been free of coronavirus by now but these people have acted like suicide bombers these bombers should face the strictest possible legal actions they should be punished in a way that generations to follow will be too afraid to commit such crimes this year. Courses of them through the uncertainty of the pandemic many citizens are looking to their governments for guidance but in some hotspots where the virus has surged so have polarising views discrimination and attacks on the free press. On John Allen Namu is an investigative journalist in Nairobi Kenya and earlier i asked him if he was witnessing harassment of reporters for doing their job during the coronavirus pandemic. Well not specifically where i am in terms of targeting the media but our neighbors to the south tanzania have had a very torrid time when it comes to reporting of 19 at least reporting it in a bend at the end of watching it accurately the president john mark Michael Hooley has led the charge in disputing essentially the conventional knowledge about how 1000. 00 has spread what measures can be taken and if at all 1000. 00 is as contagious as as has been you know has been said by the World Health Organization that something that were seeing across the borders i think internally what weve been seeing is perhaps that the fallout from the application of 1000 restriction measures for instance with the curfew measures at that what would in place and in much kenya weve seen and a huge number of deaths not about 17 human rights organizations are reporting that theyre actually as a result of the enforcement of a curfew weve seen an upsurge or at least more reporting about Police Brutality and theres also fears that are being stoked about of the restrictions that kenyans there might face which we as we got to with the imposition of certain parts of the public order to restrict its meant and those kinds of things so thats essentially what were seeing. And that was investigative journalist john allen now most speaking with me earlier from Nairobi Kenya lets get a quick check of some other stories making news from around the world a special prosecutor in the hague has filed and meant against kosovo president ashamed toci and 9 other defendants for war crimes including murder and crimes against humanity he led and he served forces during the kosovo war in the late 1990 s. The special tribunal has been operating since 2015. Pakistans aviation minister says that human error was to blame for last months airliner crash in karachi that killed 97 the air bus a 320 plunged into a Residential District near the airport while attempting to land the initial report on the disaster of says that the pilots were distracted as they talked about the coronavirus pandemic. Will have the rains have triggered floods and landslides in parts of eastern and Central China more than 200. 00 hectares of farmland and hundreds of houses were flooded in eastern on who province the central hunan the rains breached dams there and displaced some 60000 people. Well russia has staged a massive military parade to commemorate its victory over nazi germany 75 years ago the event was originally scheduled for may 9th but postponed due to the pandemic for Many Russians victory day is one of the nations most important holidays honoring the sacrifice of over 25000000 soviet citizens who died in world war 2 now the parade is taking place just ahead of a crucial vote on president Vladimir Putins proposed constitutional reforms which could see him extend his hold on power for 16 more years. Its a tradition but never before has russias victory day parade been more controversial than this year in the midst of a pandemic the government of one of the worst affected countries governed fouls in some people on red square to commemorate the defeat of nazi germany. It was our people who were able to overcome the evil defeating more than 600. 00 divisions of the enemy destroying 75 percent of their Aircraft Fuel tanks artillery pieces. And to the end we reached the point of victory. Of leading a path of valor justice and sacrifice. Still still it was new the timing of the events is no coincidence on thursday voting starts in a constitutional referendum that could extend through until 2036 having russias accomplishments and sacrifices in world war 2 the president hopes to boost his unusually low ratings taking only minimal precautions to ensure the health and safety of the parades participants. All the 14000 troops that are marching across the red square. And their temperature is taken to ensure that they dont have a. Clear that they can relate or a. Virus. Every day. The w h o has warned russia that the parade could exacerbate the spread of the corona virus the mayor of moscow asked people to stay at home but many ignored the physical distancing advice. At the. It was absolutely right to go ahead with the parade. People who have criticised the actions of the government and the president for this for being petty. When you think you know one scared when no ones Wearing Masks or gloves and thats fine but there we came to give them a sense of patriotism thats especially important for boys girls need to know their history boys need to be prepared for the army a lot of years just didnt you. Couldnt attempt to stir up and through 0. Has clearly been successful with some russians but hell have to wait until next month to see of todays and susie as im spills over to the polls. A group of residents in egypts capital cairo are fighting against construction that will bring hundreds of thousands of cars just outside of their front doors the government says that the new highway is necessary to improve life in a crowded city and the apartments were built illegally but attorney is and neighbors say that the government is in the wrong. The view is certainly unusual but its not something allah fahim can enjoy the government is building a full lane highway overpass just 50 centimeters from his balcony. Scene a 750000 cars and trucks will be whizzing past his home every day the 55 year old jokes about opening a snack bar in reality its no laughing matter. How soon. I find it depressing they didnt give us any warning they started building without informing me. Its hit me really hard i was into the middle of. The concrete monstrosity cuts right through a residential quarter of cairo a middle class area home to doctors lawyers and Office Workers and a few small shops. They started building in september the highway is designed to connect the south of the capital with the north its a prestige project for the government but most residents had no idea it was coming they bought their apartments for up to 50000 euros in egypt thats a lot. Of my apartment is now under the overpass its cut off my son lights my air its made the apartment practically worthless the one and ive got 2 kids in kindergarten and Primary School soon ill have to breathe in exhaust fumes and be exposed to constant horn honking every day that will kill them but no one seems to care about the health life or future of the children the well head how long that will how when all is a issue for you as a player cairo is a crowded and congested city endless traffic jams are the order of the day in the mega metropolis building projects like the new highway are meant to bring relief the government says individual interests must take a backseat. But residents are not giving up easily. Some may go hard is representing 150. 00 plaintiffs from the area and hes putting up a fight were going to get i believe its not fair and its unacceptable were going to see the government the amount theyre offering in compensation is totally inadequate and im the balcony used to be his favorite place quiet with a nice view soon on a farm he will have to seek sanctuary from the onslaught of traffic in duels. Youre watching deja vu news still to come on the program high honors for a very special love of graduates we will show you how the students from syria overcame the horrors of war to finish at the top of their class in germany. And in other news the French Pharmaceutical Company santa fee expects approval for a coated 19. 00 vaccine in the 1st half of next year so if his program is one of dozens sprinting to deliver a vaccine to help end the cover on a virus pandemic. And a massive cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert is blanketing the caribbean where it density of dust this high hasnt been seen in half a Century Health experts warn that the dust could exacerbate respiratory conditions including cold but 19 they are telling people to stay indoors. So the United States now where a growing list of companies are set to boycott facebook the Companies Say that they will stop advertising on the platform in the month of july a move follows by high ranking politicians and Rights Groups for advertisers to use their money as leverage to force the social media giant to take tougher action on misinformation and hate speech. Debbie reporter rebecca reuters is on the story she joins us now here in the studio not the 1st time that Mark Zuckerberg has faced this to. Of criticism so so whats going on this time well were talking about some pretty Big Companies like the popular outdoor brand north patagonia is another one and just today ben and jerrys ice cream of the latest big name to join the growing list essential a telling. Enough is enough theyre rising up against facebook continuing to allow inflammatory rhetoric and misinformation to fuel division and hate in the u. S. Particularly at this time when theres a lot of upheaval already going on in the u. S. Now its comments like this one from President Donald Trump in which he posted in late may there it is when the looting starts the shooting starts how many took it as an incitement to violence against black lives matters protest lives matter excuse me protesters out as a comment that even facebooks own employees had kind of fearing for their lives basically it led civil Rights Groups to launch this Campaign Stop hate for profit now in a strongly worded statement the campaign accused facebook of amplifying i think we have it we might be able to pull it up for you but if not its apple fine White Nationalist allowing incitement to violence and turning a blind eye to Voter SuppressionSomething Else that trump has also posted controversial comments about and his campaign ams to his facebook where it hurts advertising dollars advertising makes up about 99 percent of the companys revenue and with such great big brands joining i think its likely that well see others following suit so what is facebooks response well facebook responding as Many Companies do in such situations Big Companies throw money at it and hope that the problem will go away among many things theyve listed in a new blog post they have promised to invest more than a 1000000000. 00 to support black and supplies and communities in the u. S. Now to be fair facebook it theyve also announced a new feature on the platform aimed at amplifying black voices and they also say that they want to increase representation of people of color in leadership by 30 posts. And in the next 5 years so these are all positive but were not seeing in that blog post is a commitment to make this kind of. Speech this sort of like inciting incendiary divisive content such as that by President Trump is put on the platform and thats basically what critics really want to see and including many of facebooks own employees did have a reporter about courageous thank you. All cost in germany it is graduation season for students and the pandemic is forcing schools to make adjustments but 1. 00 school in berlin says its already learned to be more flexible in the last couple of years as it struggled and succeeded to incorporate young refugees well now the school is honoring graduates from syria who success has exceeded any expectations. Special honors for a very special graduating class the German Family minister hands out diplomas to this years best students these High School Seniors arrived from syria only a couple of years ago with the horrors of civil war still fresh in their minds. The airplanes came and bombed everything thats the kind there was no place left to live. I was in a rubber boat with my father and my brother we crossed the mediterranean greece macedonia until we got here you know its all right this family also fled syria with his parents stuck in a turkish refugee camp and no prospect this student set off on his own. My family stayed in turkey and i wanted to go to germany we had to stop in cyprus and a year later i was able to leave after another year i was finally reunited with my parents in germany with a vehicle for once he got to berlin he enrolled in the secondary school in the district of my cousin back then it was one of the citys most troubled educational facilities and even had armed guards on top. We saw how the mines a secondary school went through very hard times and wondered how the school would even continue to function. But things improved all of this years graduates arrived as refugees their teachers were key and getting them to where they are today with their help ive gone from speaking no german to speaking it well. And she meant even the principal thought impossible. In front of her in this academic language in 5 years and getting such high grades is great im proud of the toilets. So whats next for these graduates. Who go to college studying medicine. Business administration. That this is an Incredible Opportunity a potential a force that will benefit germany and lead to good things in this country and just being good and the 1st step into a Brighter Future for these graduates. Congratulations to the graduates now we had to south africa where authorities have urged water sports buffs to be cautious after a spate of race and sightings of great white sharks in the indian ocean east of cape town this amazing drone footage that youre about to see shows a very Close Encounter and. Now the shark circles and on suspecting kayaker and several surfers just 6 feet of water there. Then the kayaker appears to spot the creature and raise the alarm fortunately the great white just her. Glides away. And with that now youre up to date on t. W. Days im sorry kelly in berlin thanks for watching take care. Of. An unprecedented approach. This handling of the coronavirus endemic. Has become a polarizing topic within the country. 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