Indian Prime Minister modi face a surprise visit to troops in the region that recently saw a deadly confrontation with china. And the mysterious fate of elephants an investigation is underway into whats killing hundreds. Welcome to the program its all change at the top of the french government the countrys new Prime Minister has just been named as sticks he was responsible for coordinating frances reopening strategy after its coronavirus lock down earlier the previous Prime Minister it was philip and in his governments resignation to president philips decision to stand down as pave the way for a reshuffle which have been widely expected president mark all had promised to chart a new course for his last 2 years office term that will focus on efforts to relaunch the french economy. Lets go straight to paris and bring in. What do we know about the new man who is. Hes a 55 year old senior Public Servant hes also been reelected as mayor of a town in Southern France recently in the recent municipal elections and hes been around for quite a while hes been working as advisor at several ministries in the past for example under Nicolas Sarkozy the conservative former conservative president he was a deputy secretary general at the elysee palace so he knows his ways around in the Public Administration hes also well respected by politicians and Public Servants hes known to be a trustworthy person someone whose heart rocking easy to work with and as i said quite well known among politicians but not much so amongst the French Public does appointment as Prime Minister marked the beginning of a change of policy in france. Well not really if you look at him he is from the center right party leader. In my clan came to power 3 years ago saying that he would be running on and he was running on a platform of a center left center right policies so far hes especially put in place center right policies market or untainted reforms and that is kind of the country nation that that feeling of presiding over the country now im a clown this morning sat in an interview with regional newspapers that he wanted to give his presidency fresh impetus he was he said he would invest billions of euros in the economy to get the economy back on track hes also promised other reforms the Health Care Reform or for reform when it comes to youth unemployment but he also added that he wouldnt completely change course in the last 2 years of his presidency ahead of 2020. Illicit the way you described plastics earlier seems a bit more like. Technocrats and less well known less charismatic does that mean that hes also less of a rival for marco well absolutely hes hes known to be very discreet as he said earlier hes also a human head the head of the at pase covert strategy here together with now former Prime Minister feet and during that time he didnt give any interview to the press a tour so in our class certainly put him appointed him as a Prime Minister neighing that this person would really stay discreet and give the president more of the limelight so that in my mouth clarke can sharpen his profile ahead of 2020 so that he yes has a better chance of winning the president ial elections again our correspondent lisa lewis in paris thank you and now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today a court in turkey has opened the trial of 20 saudi nationals for their role in the 2800 killing of dissident journalist the market shocks in the saudi consulate in istanbul the suspects are being tried in absentia. Officials in turkey say more than 50 people have been killed in an explosion at a fireworks factory in the northwest of the country an estimated 150. 00 workers were in the factory at the time further explosions have been hampering efforts to bring the fire under control. Her thinking glenn marks for the former girlfriend of the late financier and convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein has been arrested in the u. S. On sex trafficking charges maxwell is accused of shooting girls to give obscene sizes during which they were sexually assaulted Maxwell House previously denied any wrongdoing. Germanys parliament has passed a planned to end the countrys reliance on coal by 2038 the package which was approved by the lower house on friday will provide billions of euros to support energy firms and transitioning to renewables and to coal mining regions where jobs will be lost. The u. S. Has reported a Record Number of new corona virus infections 55000 new covert 900 cases were logged on thursday just as the country gears up for the 4th of july Independence Day weekend lets look at the data showing daily new cases from the beginning of the outbreak in the u. S. Of the rising steadily to begin with the flattens from the end of april to mid june but as the lockdown restrictions were eased a new infections have shot up again now as the pandemic accelerates independent statements have been scaled back and officials are urging caution in both public and private gathering steam as Washington Bureau chief in his port visited a popular beach resort to gauge the mood that. For Many Americans this is the 1st time out after a month in lockdown they are hungry for fun and sun want to celebrate this 4th of july weekend as they normally do. To keep moving on to the fireworks continue normality as much as we can moving back to normalcy is is what wed like to do i think if you take the right precautions theres nothing to be scared of you dont want your party to know what you enjoy yourself but you have you know how many thousands in a group on a protest. How to deal with the pandemic is highly politicized some few that the restrictions are to hew way their personal freedom of those just seeing the responsible. Fact here in our community here in maryland that because its tor season now that these cases are going to come back as people do not socially distance or where there are mass while visiting our beaches i dont think president will do anything i think he will continue to say its a hoax and not believe in the science that is there causing so many cases and. This lack of guidance creates a turn them off for Business Owners between Health Concerns and remaining competitive. Brenda parker once in the bar and grill in the 5th generation. We want to know where im at but if they dont know where im at we cant tell them where im at because if theyre right to wear a mask or not i dont feel safe with them around at night when im at you know that class where im at. But yeah i would rather that where you can make it out you could make it a law that you know that we have to wear it if its recommended for our safety our health. You know you make it where you know you get fined 500. 00 if you dont harm. The United States are facing a new record high of with 19 infections littlewood you know here at the boardwalk in ocean city maryland the majority of the people is not wearing a mask they tell us we are here to fun we want to celebrate we are done with this why was the Business Owners obviously do have a different approach they fear that after the weekend they will face a new wave which will lead to a new lockdown and that would bring them to their knees in 2 weeks time we will know whether the right steps were taken if people celebrated this unprecedented for them to life in a responsible way for the worst fears of the next wave. Will come true. Lets bring you up to date now with some of the other developments in the coronavirus pandemic japan has confirmed over 200 new coronavirus cases the highest daily increase in 2 months she has grow off another wave of infections china has banned meat imports from various processing plants in several countries in the past months as the pandemic hit the worlds top meat processes and the u. K. Government says that from july 10th it will lift its quarantine requirements for people arriving in england from countries including france spain italy and germany. The European Union has approved the use of disappear thats an antiviral drug thats been found effective in the treatment of covert 19 if over comes after the u. S. Decision to buy up global stocks of the drug now the use in talk with the company that produces wonders of it to obtain its own doses but with stocks now dwindling its far from certain just how much it will get. It said to ease symptoms and reduce the length of the illness it might even save lives and easy via was developed to cure a bowler but its now the biggest hope in the fight against covert 19 but who gets access to the drug the u. S. Department of health and Human Services has bought up 90 percent of u. S. Drug make and production over the next few months. We were not informed by the u. S. Government about it and we learned about it through the media to commissions now as i said a few months ago. Having discussions indeed to reserve a sufficient number of doses for the e. U. Member states gilliard this one of the most profitable pharmaceutical Companies Worldwide with sales reaching 22000000000 dollars last year the e. U. Commission has now approved them dizzier for the e. U. And had promised to deliver as soon as approval is granted but since the Us Government bought up most of their product there is doubt. If words fail in pleading with doesnt work we do have the option to give the german another huge drug makers a license to produce the drug even without its approval for an appropriate field course. And according to the department of health the German Government has already bought and stored enough those so flimsy v. N. To delineate is following this story for us joe see the e. U. Has just approved them disappear but will there be any to buy for the next several months theyre likely wont be much of a supply vailable for any other country the United States as the report said has bought basically all thats going to be available through september after that the company thats producing this does hope to have enough of this drug to meet global to me and its doing really everything it can to ramp up supply but there are of course a lot of a lot of constraints that it has on its supply chain so it cant just. Immediately supply all of the severe that it that the world needs and at the same time the United States is seeing the largest increase in cases theyre seeing a record 50000. 00 new cases every day so they do need this struggle they had already been struggling with a shortage while many countries especially in europe have started to see cases go down and so there is a case to be made for the for the United States getting a significant portion of this but if we do start to see a 2nd wave here and europe as well the lack of supply could certainly be a big problem for these countries and these Health Care Systems shows that the u. S. Has been criticized for its aggressive procurement approach to grow and are as treatments of vaccines what do you come trees doing in response is there anything they can do. Well yeah this is been really seen as another extension of america 1st white house approach to that theyve also had for things like trade and that obviously poses a lot of problems when youre dealing with a Public Health crisis its not just this this just severe that the United States has been very aggressive about theyve also tried to secure 1st access for things like vaccines this started this is started a big uproar here in germany after the United States tried to allegedly by a German Company thats working on a vaccine so what weve seen is basically a really nationalistic backlash from all countries where theyre trying to secure their own vaccines theyre trying to produce these vaccines internally and produce these drugs internally because theyre not sure what what the outlook is going to be for getting these from other countries so countries like germany indonesia many other countries are just trying to to make their own vaccines so its ability in phones with thank you. Indias Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has made an unannounced visit to a military base in the remote la dock region bordering china the visit comes just weeks after a deadly hand to hand clash between troops from both countries became the worst confrontation in decades. The surprise top level visit to indias northernmost region Prime MinisterNarendra Modi toured the indian armys High Altitude forward post in the himalayan region of le duc close to where indian and chinese troops clash just weeks ago for the indian soldiers the visit is a morale booster after their last 20 comrades in fighting but the visit is also widely viewed as an attempt by modi to project strength in response to what indian see as chinese incursions into their territory not surprisingly china views the visit as an escalation nevertheless indias top diplomats sound optimistic that the problem can be resolved through faith will continue their meetings what are the military and diplomatic level including under the framework of the blue m. T. C. In the future to resolve the issues of mutual satisfaction. We expect the taney side to sincerely follow up and ensure the expeditious restoration of peace and tranquility in the border areas of Bilateral Agreements and protocols. But resolving the issue is no small task the disputed border spans nearly 3500 kilometers between ages 2 Largest Nuclear powers india and china fought a border war in 1962 and have been trying to settle their border dispute since the early 1990 s. As yet without success. With Germany Holding the e. U. s rotating presidency for the next 6 months chancellor Angela Merkel will be working closely with European Commission president also a funnel and former protegee is something of a 1st to german women at the helm of the e. U. The obvious correspondent than to get at the opportunity to ask them about the impact they will have on the block lets take a listen. That leaves. The question to both president s is a coincidence that 2 very powerful german women lead these negotiations about the Recovery Fund and you know each other very row is that helpful or is it a hindrance with respect to the other 26 other maybe afraid of too much germany. You want me to start i dont want to start. By ive got to talk to all peers and were talking about 2 dedicated europeans thats whats more important here. But of course i cant forget my german interests either minute. This is when i see president s often we are aware that the presidency also brings us an additional responsibility. And im very pleased that its 2 women in germany there has never been a female chancellor before me in europe theres never been a female Commission President. In the past 2 men have always managed all this now we 2 women have to handle it and we are confident that we can do it right ursula. Is there fighting and that is indeed the case and the good thing is that weve known each other a long time and we trust each other deeply knowing someone well allows you to speak efficiently and openly and see actual articulation we can dive deep into the details and achieve a lot to tell you that in the teeth again and this up of a few. Joining me now is our chief Political Correspondent linda crane and our brussels correspondent bandleader who we saw that press conference with was a lot on the line and on the america but lets start with you why did you ask that question is this fear of germany possibly dominating the use something that no one really dares to ask about brussels. Well many people are talking about this question in brussels in the bubble maybe nobody so far that to us mrs merkel this question directly but seriously germany is of course the biggest member state and also after the pandemic the most powerful economic powerhouse in the European Union germany pays the biggest share into the common e. U. Budget so to say bluntly has the money and of cause theres always a fear that the biggest member state can dominate in these budget talks their 27 Member States but 14 of them have less than 10000000 inhabitants they are small and the standing of mrs merkel in other Member States is not as good as it is in germany for example in poland hungary greece and also in italy people who view mrs merkel still as the queen of the or politician that tried to dominate these countries in the past so theres a long way to go to couldnt vince them to follow the german leadership in the e. U. But in the end she has to succeed because she needs all 27 Member States everybody has to say yes to this budget going up what do you think is the e. U. Going to be more germans century with these 2 women at the helm and is that a good thing or about thing. Well i think the fact is nobody is more concerned about germany possibly being overbearing than germans themselves for absolutely clear historical reasons now the fact is germans often wield quite a bit of power in brussels behind the scenes but now we have germany right out there on the main stage both through the Commission President and through the fact that germany is rotating Council President does that make this a power grab though absolutely not the fact is it was the french president emmanuel mccaw who proposed funded line as Commission President and it is just happens to be the case that uncle americal is still at the helm in the chancellery now as germany after 13 years once again to gets its turn as rotating Council President i would however like to say in terms of the word german centric the fact is that leadership is not necessarily domination leadership is about taking responsibility and here i think it is absolutely important and fitting that europes most powerful economy will be at the helm at this very crucial moment in europes history as it moves probably toward greater fiscal integration. What do you think. Can actually achieve in the following 6 months. You know these 2 have to lead a revolution and revolution it is because the e. U. Now will take out loans for the 1st time and give the grounds to Member States this is a totally new concept which was left on the back and also the french president in mind was a call developed and now they have to push it through and this bill be a tough cookie in the coming months milena back to you know america mentioned german interests during that press conference what bill will be on her agenda for the next 6 months well germany has long been seen actually as a foot dragger when it comes to that kind of collective borrowing any form of mutual ization of debt that bant just mentioned and here suddenly we have germany proposing a plan that includes that very element and the Commission President saying yes this is what we must do so why is that suddenly in germanys interest quite simply because this is an open trading power absolutely dependent on exports and imports to europe 70 percent of german trade is with the rest of europe so if europe is not doing well germany is not doing well and the chancellor has made that abundantly clear it is important to close this divergence between northern and Southern Europe and this Recovery Plan is the only way to do so nonetheless we will certainly see germany endeavoring to do this in a very cautious step by step way that would be coherent with german interests in the ground in berlin a band leader in brussels thanks to both of you. Well schumanns across the globe are grappling with the coronavirus pandemic another of the worlds species is being afflicted with its own sudden wave of unexplained this authorities in botswana are trying to figure out why hundreds of fans have been found dead in recent months one conservationist says its alarming because there doesnt seem to be any clear sign of whats causing that this you might find some of the upcoming images upsetting the elephants are dying hundreds of carcasses scattered across the beautiful landscape of botswana the cause still a mystery it doesnt seem like they died at the hands of poachers their valuable tusks have not been removed the 2 most likely explanations for their deaths poisoning or disease several elephants were spotted by locals in the area looking weak and disoriented or have difficulty walking whenever they went out there were they would see more and more elephants. And also. Ones who were you know. What heroes youre about to appear. And it seemed they were even dying you know very suddenly and some of the cases a carcass those were animals that had fallen down while walking there are more than 130000 elephants in botswana the Worlds Largest population to some theyve become a pest with the government saying such high numbers have led to conflicts with humans as they eat farmers crops last year they became targets again when our thirtys lifted a 5 year ban on elephant hunting and sparking outrage among conservationists worldwide but today authorities in conservationists alike are focusing on the mysterious deaths theyre hoping to find out whats happening so they can stop the elephants dying. Some sports news now and its official Manchester City is live or sun a joint sponsor of champions munich has signed a 5 year deal until 2025 for fear reported to be around 50000000. 00 euros by un were interested in sunday as early as last year but an injury put everything on hold germany we have a comes by and signing for the new season. Have a challenge on their hands to avoid the bundesliga relegation hell to nil nil at home by 2nd division had 9 in the 1st leg of their playoff 9 is a town of only 50000 people and the club has never been in the bundesliga but they had the better chances in the rain against women who saw more senda send out off late in the game. Is 2nd played on mine. Well many festivals around the world have been cancelled this year because of the coronavirus one event managed to find a clever work around the. 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