A record surge in corona virus cases in the u. S. President trump praises what he calls progress against the pandemic in another divisive speech to mark Independence Day. Passed by and make it a double voting labor goes in to claim the german cop david a lot about open the scoring as the varians out of the comp to this seasons lean time so we catch up with all the action from bonus olympic stadium. Im Rebecca Richards wont come to the programme croatians are voting in palm entry elections today that could push the e. U. Member state further to the right with the governing conservative Croatian Democratic Union up against the center Left Social Democratic Party the poll is taking place and made a new spike in covert 9 tame cases but is a choosing between leaders who say they can keep infection rates down while reviving the battered economy. None of the main contenders is expected to gain a majority ranking a Coalition Government a likely prospects. And some say its a gamble by the incumbent president and rippling coverture that the Ruling Party Calls early elections to profit from their relatively successful handling of the coronavirus pandemic but as a number of covert 9000 cases rises again the center right party is in the spotlight playing golf is just main challenger astolfo bennett edge the social democrat leader is heading a restart coalition made up of small the center left parties hes trying to win over voters by claiming the removal of a dozen government ministers is proof of that incompetence. But. The election comes as the pandemic battus croatias fight terrorism success but the biggest financial crisis in decades looming the economy is the main issue for many voters. Never vote for no reason for me as a young mother it is important to have a stable job so my family can be sustained at the fire a bit like the model of that 11 now they dont care enough about croatians going abroad on the climb and and the low salaries for young people many simply dont have a choice we should have more young people. Involved in politics so. I dont know maybe because they have some thoughtful ideas fresh ideas. Recent polls put the 2 main political camps neck and neck with only around a quarter of the vote each that could leave room for croatias right wing Homeland Movement to join the government. A new nationalist party led by populist sing a mirror sloughs choro is picking up votes from the ruling party that will be a trivial but it will happen theres no clear winner in sight and due to covert 9. Teen voter turnout is so unpredictable as to pend damaged lingus for the 1st time croatia will have an election not only decided by due to this but also by a virus. Earlier we spoke today and professor of Political Science at the university of zagreb we asked him what croatian vote is thinking about as they head to the polls i think there is a degree of uncertainty but not party and i wouldnt say fear i think the dominant view really is that its come autumn in particular and nobody knows what they stokley the consequences economic consequences in particular of their stronger prices will be fake and creation tourism makes more than 20 percent of the g. D. P. Of the country and that we know of that we dont take you know at the moment whether the Current Crisis will continue for much longer i think everyone understands or majority of people understand that its very difficult to govern in these circumstances nevertheless there is a big question mark over whether the crisis should continue with the governing of the or indeed any of these 2 major parties that have actually marked the creation politics for the last 30 years or whether they will there will have to be or it would should be some kind of a challenge to them. Then you know which professor of Political Science at the university of zagreb speaking to. Us President Donald Trump has used Independence Day to give his 2nd divisive speech of the Holiday Weekend despite a surge in corona virus cases he praised what he described as progress against the pandemic while downplaying its severity also talked about the uprising against racism and Police Brutality using his socalled salute to america to attack the black lives mass movement. Its not the celebration the president would want in an Election Year amid social unrest and a worsening pandemic trump delivered a speech full of the combativeness often reserved for his rallies. Brought president s and we are now in the process of. Defeating the radical left the marxist the at our kids the agitators the looters and people who in many instances have absolutely no clue what they are doing. The holiday comes during a time of National Reckoning of the countrys history and legacy of slavery. Criticized for his handling of the coronavirus trumps claims of progress is that stock odds with the countrys surging infection right. Now we have tested almost 40000000 people by so doing we showcases 99 percent of which are totally harmless. The risk was enough to discourage many with only a spouse crowd watching on. The day broad different meaning to those who turned out. To me its a very important day in it deserves to be celebrated today as a teaching day to know that we can get to a day of independence the more we have to come together the more we actually have to unite different this year that theres no people it doesnt make a difference to me so im still here. The event culminated in a huge fireworks display. Fireworks also between opposing protesters the polarized nation of america on a day intended to unite. Under some of the analysts tories making news around the world protesters in the u. S. City of baltimore have torn down a statue of Christopher Christopher columbus as saying in this video thats gone viral on twitter the protest came after President Trump praised columbus in his Independence Day speech activists say the explorer committed genocide against the Indigenous Peoples of the america its. Thousands have turned out for gay pride month in paris it comes a week after the french capitals official pride parade was postponed until november to prevent the spread of the corona virus the activists demanded more Political Support from migrants sex workers and other marginalized members of the l. J. Community. Mexicos coronavirus death toll has risen to more than 30000 the figure puts mexico ahead of francaise the country with the worlds 5th highest toll the milestone was reached as the capital mexico city turned returned to Strict Lockdown after a week of easing proportions against the pandemic. Pubs in england a welcoming patrons again now for a full month coronavirus shut down restaurants and has a loans are also back in business the changes dont apply to wales scotland or Northern Ireland which has been setting their own timetables for easing restrictions as people hit the pubs the u. K. Government is urging them not to get carried away warning that. Irresponsible could face jail time. The 1st visit to the pub in more than 3 months the reopening is taking place amid strict measures which even royalty have to observe Prince William got his 1st drink in a day early ordinary citizens had to wait till saturday morning for the pubs to open in england and Northern Ireland the British Government fears there could be a mad rush to the drinking establishments the Health Minister warned his compatriots not to mess things up saying those who get carried away could be jailed. Prime minister Boris Johnson also called on britains to act responsibly. All these businesses and their workers who put in a horrific effort to prepare their venues for this reopening to work out a way to trade that keeps their customers sick but the success of these businesses the livelihoods of those who rely on them but ultimately the Economic Health of the whole country is dependent on every single one of us acting responsibly. Restrictions have been nice for other businesses as well including hairdressers Museum Cinemas and restaurants critics say the reopening comes too soon currently there are around 500 new infections a day but the numbers could soon spike again like they did during an outbreak in leicester earlier this week. The city of 300000. 00 residents in the heart of angband is still under a local lockdown and the government has warned that it will not hesitate to order the closure of businesses again if there is a fresh corona virus outbreak. So for now and by i mean it has added yet another trophy to their collection in the german cup final they break labor costs and to clinch a leg and cup double in berlin for the 2nd year running but the match played out in a strange atmosphere when a pandemic meaning bines victory took place in front of empty stands. Berlins olympias study on 75000 seats remained unfilled just minutes before kick off by her new nick and leverkusen would be vying for the german cup but for the 1st time ever before and the stands. With the match underway biron showed no signs of a hangover from last weeks been this league title celebrations forcing leverkusen backplane into last gasp defending early on. A 15th minute collision put by a man in prime position for a free kick. David oliver pinned at home without breaking a sweat one nil by end after a quarter of an hour i and just 8 minutes later a delicately started ball from yoshua kimmage was neatly tucked on by seshadri i 2 nil with byron already cruising towards a repeat of last years double. I decided trailing to milot the half leverkusen coach peter bosh would need to make adjustments i but leverkusen attack still looked disjointed after the break a blazing run from the put the ball on a platter for kevin fall and who promptly forgot to shoot in the 57th minute. By and struggled with no such problems a booted long ball from manuel neuer found robert levin dusky speculative shot trickled past and under. Standardly frustrated because of clarity 3 mil by iron 59 minutes played i. Just 4 minutes later a fine spend bender code one back for leverkusen 31 of just enough time for bushs boys to start thinking about a comeback. But leverkusen failed to capitalize on improved play and who else but robert the dusty put the game to bed with a minute to go in regular time that is the polar strikers 50 for school in all competitions this season. The 95th minute penalty sakai hobbit step up in round of the storing up for 2 with the last kick of the match it was little consolation for leverkusen who havent won the cup since 1993. Byron meanwhile had repeated last seasons domestic double despite the bizarre circumstances if one thing can deliver a sense of normalcy its buyer in lifting the title. For in the formula one voluntary but has secured pole position for sundays australian brawn pray fellow man said his driver Lewis Hamilton came 2nd in qualifying given giving that same a clear advantage to the race image building austria is the 1st of the 2020 season is looking for his 1st ever World Championship having come 2nd last year the f one season has been cut down to an 8 race competition held soley in europe 2 to the crown mars pandemic. Or russians looking for a way to cool off from the summer sun have hit this case slopes dozens of scale is done swimsuits for their downhill dash at a western russian resort by the volga river preparations for the annual events began in february when the snow was gathered and stored away the frozen rungs usually last for 3 days but jitter this is high temperatures all. Signed off on will likely not away after just one. Hour. From now watching data winning more headlines at the top of the hour im Rebecca Roberts in the world and thanks very much for watching. But does the brits muddy ties and drums we deliver urgent life saving boxes we give our everything to reach those who need us the most everybody feeding their futures. Votes is really hard