Tensions are rising with local residents. And the black lives matter of minutes forcing germany to look at its own culture will head to berlin socalled african order to see how one photographer has been working to call attention to the debate over cook germanys colonial past. A michael rejoicing us in the u. S. Several states that were the 1st to ease lock down restrictions are now seeing drastic spikes in coronavirus case its large states like texas and florida are now shutting parts of the economy back down in a race to get ahead of the infection spread records for new infections are being broken across the country while the us. Yes government continues to downplay the threat of the disease. One step forward 2 steps back states like texas and florida have been left reeling progress towards reopening has been put on pause with surging infection rates in both states in texas nearly 6000 new coronavirus cases were recorded on thursday prompting the governor to close by as a limit restaurants to 50 percent capacity its a similar story in florida 9000 new cases were reported on friday nearly doubling the previous record set only 2 days earlier. Many states are experiencing the highest infection rate since the crisis began in a sign the spike is being taken seriously by the white house the Coronavirus Task force held its 1st briefing in 2 months. We stand here today we believe weve made progress. But as we are reminded as we see cases rising across the south that we still i work to do and so we say to every american particularly those in counties and in states that are being impacted by rising cases of that now is the time for everybody to continue to do their part while there is a Vice President said that more than half of new cases are americans under the age of 35. 00 thats being complicated by the fact that many asymptomatic median family you have an individual responsibility to yourself but you have a societal responsibility because if we want to end this outbreak really end it and then hopefully when a vaccine comes and puts the nail in the coffin weve got to realize that we are part of the process. Experts remain. To hell this is Economy Today by trumps insistence the country back up and running. The u. S. Government has dialed back plans to shut down federally funded testing sites are calling for more Political Leadership to manage the Current Crisis its an Election Year for us President Donald Trump earlier we asked. Correspondent stefan zeman what voters think of the president s handling of the pandemic. Fornier florida texas the most populous 3 states in the United States ringing the alarm bells republican senators more or less really urgently looking towards the white house for guidance and for help not to close testing stations which the white house is now not doing but which was the plan yesterday so a lot of experts saying really this is not just a corona crisis for the United States anymore this is a full blown Public Health disaster in the making here what is the administration doing the trumpet in this trade managed to come up with a press conference of the test force which was lying dormant for the last 2 months while the president ministration and all the states most of the states focused on reopening the country for business. Simons here are some other developments in the pandemic in india the number of confirmed cases has risen to more than half a 1000000 experts say the virus has not reached its peak their authorities in mexico are slowly relaxing the lock down from next week shops street markets in sports complexes are allowed to open but are subject to restrictions argentina is extending quarantine measures in the capital business areas until mid july the city is a coronavirus hotspot and the u. K. Is removing a 2 week quarantine restriction on travelers arriving from countries with low coated 1000. 00 wrists. Now meanwhile European Union officials failed to agree on whether to relax a ban on travelers from the United States and brazil but some parts of europe are dealing with a return of the virus in italy theres been a spike in new cases in the north of naples mainly in apartment blocks housing Agricultural Workers the city of a month ago and he is on alert to try to stop the virus from spreading further. Tensions have been rising between the residents of these apartment blocks and the local people in undergrown e after the buildings were placed under lockdown due to dozens of coronavirus cases several residents trying to leave and defiance of the buddha and then these will be a big problem for us because. After they are going to close all the cd and then you say economic problem for us. Most of the residents of bulgaria many of them thought to be working in italy without proper contracts and for very no way to this now sentiment against the foreign workforce is mounting. The biggest and there could be one. Cultural workers they come each season and then they move on to greece for the olive harvest. Before the seasonal walk has arrived yet there was no cold fit here. Youve called the deadlines in abruptly the. Now dozens of police have been sent to monitor goni to east tensions and stop residents from leaving the building to keep the virus contained the red cross is carrying out extensive testing hundreds of samples have already been taken. Will do to them undergo a thoughtful minimal i must say that monday or groaning as responding to a very very about a lot of people are coming for tests and since we started this morning weve taken over 250 swatches will people understood here how important is to be careful about the virus. Now a National Protection agency is delivering food to the current 1000 residents they will not be able to leave their homes for the next 15 days. Spain was among the countries hit hardest by the groan a virus pandemic. Now a tech company there has designed a way to honor the victims of covert 19 and the Many Health Care and emergency workers whove been fighting to save lives during the crisis. For 10 minutes and a ray of 40 drones lit up the night sky over madrid. With a simple message. If you would ask its a series of shapes to commemorate and send wishes of hope a tribute to the victims and to the Firefighters Health workers and police. Find out what they must do. To drones carried multicolor l. E. D. S. Their color and position controlled by special software. To avoid crowds and maintain social distancing the exact location of the show was kept secret but the message was for everyone with flags of the countries affected by covert 19 and a word of thanks for those who have been working to contain it. Now some of the other stories making news around the world. U. K. Authorities say a stabbing attack in glasgow has is not being treated as a terrorist attack at least 6 people have been injured in the attack at a hotel one victim is in critical but stable condition the suspect was shot dead by police. Irish Prime Minister lavrov says his center right party has voted to enter a coalition with its smaller but historic rival the greens ending nearly 5 months of political deadlock the alliance will keep the resurgent republican ssion fane out of power. Officials in mexico city say 12 suspects have been arrested after gunmen shot and in Armored Vehicle carrying the citys police chief 2 members of the chief security detail were killed in the attack but the words say the ambush was meticulously planned and involved dozens of gunmen hired weeks ago a court in moscow has handed down a guilty verdict and a 3 year suspended sentence to the russian film and theatre director karylle sera burnetts to read brenda koff he was accused of forming a criminal gang in embezzling public funds for a Theater Project the court upheld the russian culture ministers demand that served him to cough and 2 of his associates reimburse the state for the missing 1900000. 00 kremlin spokesman Dmitri Pascoe off responded to the verdict by calling for further investigations into the spending of state funded arts organizations figures within russia is a liberal arts seem to have criticised the trial is politically motivated spoke with some of them outside the moscow courtroom you have any choice in that but that motion came here because this trial isnt about the money it is a trial about creative freedom about whether you can exist in russia or not its all nationalist was just so. It was obviously im scared for my family they dont deserve this no one deserves and justice this not but especially not my family and its bigger than us you pulled with your money when you spew it and. Theres only government that horror and madness him i dont even know where this case came from i doubt putin himself kenza not about brain acuff to come up with it. The black lives Matter Movement has shown a new light on the age old debate of how to deal with germanys colonial past for years theres been a controversy about the socalled african quarter in the vetting district of berlin since the 1990 s. British nigerian photographer can be a has used his camera to document the area we met up with him in this historically important district just a short while ago. Getting off at berlin subway station african street is like entering the wilderness or at least thats what photographer hakim bloody action being thinks the designer wants people to feel. Its a kind of. Cautious on cautious. Misuse of the whole concept of africa so they see it very much as a kind of like a soup which was the original idea of this area and in fact there were plans to build an open ears to hear after the 1st world war with actual people from germanys colonies included in the exhibits alongside the animals those plans never became a reality but the street signs in this district do memorialize germanys colonial past for years and years have been demanding that these street names be changed as they are a tribute to colonizers who were responsible for the death of thousands of africans which he has hes been painted over in a very probably blood 2 streets and one square were supposed to be renamed to honor people and terms connected with rebellion against the german colonial power but local residents and right wing politicians went to court to stop this germanys colonial past is still a sensitive issue. I think would be very very important and theyre going to rename them i hope why should actually go there doing now put down the statue of all what they could do as well is explain what happened in the past what was the ideas and how we should change now. For 30 years has been documenting how berlins african quarter is changing. The project is part of his current exhibition at the citys marching gropius museum his pictures raise questions without pointing the finger at anybody. But all the time im trying to get across to Say Something but i. I leave it up to the viewer to to interpret what they want to see as well. So im very much trying to push the boundaries all the time. Ringback he new boarding i can be his snapshots show the complex relations between germany and africa. And they invite the viewer to question their preconceptions. 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