Giant agrees to pay nearly 11000000000. 00 to settle u. S. Lawsuits tens of thousands of people say the companys poppy know wed kill our round up their cancers. And told me a lot of ball welcome to the Program Authorities in germanys state of north rhinewestphalia are conducting mass coronavirus testing after they re imposed local lockdowns the restrictions affect hundreds of thousands of people in the district of violent off and goods a slow and follow a major Virus Outbreak at a Meat Processing plant and as the Summer Holiday season gets underway all the parts of germany and europe are imposing travel bans on the affected region. This is what it looks like when the coronavirus restrictions long lines. Formed outside the Testing Facilities in the district of goo to settle the new restrictions here and in neighboring valen doff took effect at midnight the mass testing follows a huge corona Virus Outbreak at tunis slaughterhouse where more than 1500 workers have contracted kovac 19 now some 600000 people are affected by the restrictions goodness knows met told d. W. Hes furious. Group is a company of turn yes im angry with the system behind off with the system of sub sub sub contractors which is totally. Transparent people had to put up with long waits to get tested. I want to get tested and do my bit to help find out whether were all infected hearing go to slow or not. We want to travel to be very err on saturday and the condition is to present a negative coronavirus test so thats our goal today indeed with some a vacation about to begin officials in popular destinations like bavaria say go to slow residents are not welcome and less they show proof of testing negative for the virus neighboring austria has gone even further targeting germanys most populous state. 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 or more we hope of course that the situation there were quickly improve and that there wont be a further spread across germany. To secure it. Overall numbers are still low in germany but the latest local outbreaks of causing concern the Meat Processing industry in particular is under pressure employees Living Conditions are being blamed for the spread of the virus 23 workers have tested positive at the reason whole plant geminis biggest poultry plant where mass testing of over a 1000 workers got underway today. Lets bring you up to speed with some other developments relating to the coronavirus pandemic india has registered 16000 new cases its highest ever daily increase the government has called in the army to manage new Treatment Facilities in delhi new u. S. Cases have surged to the highest level in 2 months and the state of florida confirmed cases of triple compared to 2 weeks ago a result of texas and california are also registering sharp increases and in the netherlands the government has announced a significant relaxation of measures including reopening high schools permitting sports fans with her Sports Events with fans and allowing sex workers to resume their trade. This President Donald Trump says some of the u. S. Troops to be withdrawn from germany will probably be moved to poland trouble made a statement during the white house visit by his polish counterpart andre duda a staunch ally of the u. S. President do to is the 1st foreign leader to visit the United States during the coronavirus pandemic hes running for reelection on sunday. News Washington Bureau chief alexander phenomena joins us from the white house rose garden looks under how likely are we to see u. S. Troops move from germany to poland or is there Something Else at play here. Well at 1st president was quite be doing the press conference saying that poland have had asked for more u. S. Troops and they will probably be moving from germany to poland but then he got more precise more more specific saying that the u. S. Is going to reduce you asked troops in germany some of them are going home some of them are will be going to different places and one of the places will be whole and so he seems to have made hes mine and this announcement was a huge win for the polish president whose government is very eager to receive more you asked troops and its of course a punishment of germany and president once again criticize germany for not spending enough on defense. Donald trump also said the u. S. Will only be satisfied when all nato members pay what he calls their fair share into the alliance are made to members really not pulling their weight. Well actually according to nato secretary general told more and more members states are increasing their efforts to meet those goals when we talk about germany however germanys far away from reaching this goal the german government. Its going to be reach and 2031 but when president criticize germany on. Saying that they are delinquent i think that this is a wrong wording because those states do not own any money to nato they just not meeting or not are not ready to meet the goals that they set themselves and the 2 leaders trump and also discussed possible u. S. Investments in Nuclear Energy in poland whats that supposed to look like. Well we know that poland is very interested to get the last cold hand and there are going to start to buy gas from you as and they are also very eager to build their 1st Nuclear Power plant and the you as seems to be determined to help and this is of course this cooperation will be another huge win for the polish president here ok because alexandra phenomena from the white house thank you. Lets not take a look at some of the news stories from around the world. 3 white men have been indicted for murder in the killing of 3 in the us state of georgia 4 months ago aubrey an African American was gunned down while jogging through a suburban neighborhood. A special prosecutor in the hague has filed an indictment against kosovos president that she and 9 others for war crimes including murder and crimes against humanity president that he led and the serb forces during the kosovo war in the 990 s. The u. S. U. S. Secretary of state the u. N. Secretary general rather has called on israel to abandon its widely criticized policy to annex on 30 percent of the of what the west bank until you get terrorist said it would threaten prospects of peace with the palestinians speaking moments later u. S. Secretary of state mike compare indicated that israel had the green light for annexation from washington. Pakistans aviation minister says human error was to blame for last months airliner crash into russia get killed 97 people the airbus a 320 plunged into a Residential District near port while attempting to land the initial report says the pilots were distracted as they talked about the coronavirus pandemic. The airline with downs and has agreed a 500000000 euro cost cutting deal with its Cabin Crew Union the measures to help the carrier through the pandemic come a day before lufthansa shareholders vote on whether to approve the german governments mine 1000000000 euro rescue package for the airline. German pharmaceutical giant buyer has agreed to pay nearly 11000000000. 00 to settle lawsuits in the u. S. Over its weed killer round up the settlement covers tens of thousands of plaintiffs who claim the widely used pesticide gave them cancer by will continue selling the roundup saying the weed killer is safe when used correctly and that the payments are not an admission of guilt. The sun wipes 3 quarters of the 125000 ongoing and potential lawsuits off the table according to buyer it struck the agreement to end the financial nightmare which began with its purchase of u. S. Crop science giant monsanto a takeover that is proved more costly than anyone could have imagined 2 months after the acquisition in 2018 by a landed in court as the new owner a man whod used monsantos herbicide roundup or contracted cancer he accused the company of downplaying the weed killers risks a string of cases followed with by a losing one after the other round up with its active ingredient life as it is normally used in agriculture but monsanto also promoted its best seller as a weed killer for garden sports fields and parks as well. To have a site has never been classified as carcinogenic by the u. S. Environmental Protection Agency e. P. A. And that was the main pillar of bias defense but judges and juries consistently saw it differently by a new subsidiary was threatening to topple it into bankruptcy the german companys shares have plummeted since the takeover in march this year buyers market capitalization had been hard. Major shareholders were piling on the pressure to get the problem sorted fast the 10800000000 dollars settlement may help to do that meanwhile buyer and u. S. Regulators still insist that roundup does not cause cancer when used correctly and on monday the California Court ruled that roundups instruction leaflet does not have to carry a warning that it could cause cancer. Russia stage a massive military parade to commemorate its victory over nazi germany 75 years ago the event was originally scheduled for the may. Postponed due to the pandemic for Many Russians victory day honors the more than 25000000. 00 soviet citizens who died in war the war to this years parade also held special significance for president vladimir putin. Its a tradition but never before has russias victory day parades been more controversial than this. In the midst of a pandemic the government of one of the worst affected countries gathered sounds in this of people on the 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 but of leaving a path of valor justice and sacrifice. The event timing is no coincidence on thursday voting starts in a constitutional referendum that could extend putins role until 2036 hailing 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 mark. Where it. Had their temperature is taken to ensure that they dont have a virus or that are related during a pandemic. 1000 new carolla virus. Every day the w. H. O. Has warned russia that the parade could exacerbate the spread of the coronavirus the matter of moscow asked people to stay at home but many ignored the physical distancing advice. At the brotherhood it was absolutely right to go ahead with the parade. People who have criticized the actions of the government and the president for this for being petty. When you think of no one scared of the virus no ones Wearing Masks as fine. As it was we came to give them a sense of patriotism thats particularly important for boys and girls need to know their history and boys need to be prepared for the army just didnt do patients attempt to stand up infusing on. Some has clearly been successful with some russians but hell have to wait until next month to see if that spills over to the poles. The berlin and new York City Marathon as have both been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic butlins race widely considered the fastest track boasting numerous World Records was shuttled for the end of september and while new York City Marathon is the worlds biggest with over 50000. 00 runners finishing last year it was set to take place on the 1st of november londons marathon though is still expected to go ahead one month earlier. Coming up Stephen Beardsley will have all your business headlines including much more on byres multibillion Dollar Settlement keep up to date on our web site e. W. Dot com watching the news. Why subscribe to d. W. Books you meet your favorite writer might object but its to share where to find beautiful. Jewelry books on you tube. We know this is very time for us the coronavirus is changing the world changing our lives so please take care of yourself good distance wash your hands if you can stay at how we do that where you are here for you