Migrants stuck in limbo on the mediterranean are told they can find. Good happy with its south africa has reported a sharp rise in the number of corona virus infections nearly 11000 new cases were reported on saturday the countrys biggest increase in a single day since the start of the pandemic the government is urging people to respect social distancing and other measures to halt the spread of the virus but as. Reports from cape town thats proving difficult for some communities. Cape town one of the a. P. Centers of the coronavirus pandemic in south africa but theres little evidence of it in the few of the mandates to wear a mask and social distancing is unusual. You see. So in that me no im not because i. Understand so im so used so im not scared because were going to but over crowded neighborhoods is just where the virus is rapidly spreading many people here feel the economic fallout of the pandemic is a greater threat than the disease itself thats why a covert 19 mission from the Health Ministry is trying to convince potentially infected people and their contacts to enter quarantine. To protect their loved ones. To protect yourself. And. Probably wrong. So that. Was where we take you the government has massive funds into field hospitals and quarantine. Patients go to the hospitals the quarantine rooms remain empty. People who refused to go into isolation how big of a problem is that we talking of huge numbers where this is happening because. I think it was about 10000. People the current in isolation. Out of those. 2000. I do find that in those areas its the people who dont want to of course the law does say that you have to. Few people seem interested in the Awareness Raising Campaign in the township even though the region is a. Lot. You see. In these states its why did you want to i think. More. And many people here are too afraid to leave their homes for extended periods due to the high crime rates. In places like. Obviously very difficult young lady we just talked to lives with 9 people and it 2 bedroom apartment but many people here still do not really take the threat of the virus serious despite the fact that currently experiencing the 1st peak of the pandemic in the country. Today reporting there now lets take a look at some of the stories making headlines around the world today india has overtaken russia with the worlds 3rd highest number of coronavirus cases of almost 700000 cities are ordering new restrictions with ranking behind the United States and brazil and infection numbers the spike has led to further delays in reopening the taj mahal all along tourist sites in australia authorities will close the border on tuesday night between the countrys 2 most populous states victoria new south wales. 1000 cases in the city of melbourne its the 1st time thats happened since the outbreak of spanish flu 100 years ago. And spains district along the northwest coast will go back. After a spike in corona virus infections around 70000. 00 people will be affected local authorities have traced the outbreak to reopened bars. Croatias Prime Minister has claimed what he calls a great victory in the countrys parliamentary elections preliminary official results have the governing conservatives give the governing conservatism a strong lead ahead of the center Left Social Democratic Party the vote also opens the Playing Field to a controversial new force in croatian politics the nationalist Homeland Movement which came in 3rd. Supporters of Croatia Center right h d z Party Celebrate their candidates election victory the Party Strategy of Holding Early elections on the strength of the governments handling of the krona crisis so far looks to have paid off a poor showing by the main contender the social democrats helped seal the deal. Relation voters it seems believe and a plank of each is the right choice to guide the country through these challenging times. Badness whatever it is all today this result for the h d z our victory is not only overwhelming it also represents an obligation thats because we had a difficult mandate full of challenges for us and the challenges lying ahead of us are certainly even bigger. Your shoot each. The 1st challenge is to find Coalition Partners one option could be the Homeland Movement a folk singer Miroslav Scotto he pulled 3rd despite public outrage over his nationalist views a coalition with him would push the government further to the right. Then there is the even bigger issue of the economy croatia relies heavily on tourism in the face of the ongoing corona crisis experts are forecasting a 70 percent slump in revenues from that sector alone which translates to a 10 percent drop in the overall economy. So supporters of Prime Minister plank of it might be well advised to enjoy this celebration before the sobering economic realities hit home. For more on the election outcome lets talk to ya but shes professor of Political Science at the university of zagreb and he joins us from the equation capital thanks for being with us professor another election victory for the h d c l have they managed to maintain their grip on power so consistently for nearly 30 years. 1st of all they keep reminding people that they were the main force in transformation of crates back in 1900 which was a very difficult and painful involved also the war for independence in the 1st half of the 1990 s. And then secondly it seems that the creation Public Opinion continuously shows signs of being conservative more than reform is some would say this is a problem for croatia but it certainly helps the creation Democratic Union to continue governing croatia. Parties on both the far right and left gained ground in this election what does that tell us about the direction of the countrys moving in. There is the direction will not change there are the Prime Minister under full encourage what is now in a comfortable position to form the new government and can choose actually who he wants to form the government with so they reason movie thought player in creation politics who could for example blackmail or influence the site you simply did that action on the page he said well it will go in the next 4 years one of the fear states because that had was that the Homeland Movement which is more sort of the far right and actually it kind of orban the east on the immigration and on can Minority Party will have lots of power but they dont on the other hand there is well i mean the social democrats are in a in a problem they didnt expect to lose so significantly and their leader has yesterday or the announced that he might actually step down the new forces in creation politics involved and youll green the Left Coalition which i scored very well and they actually might be a serious challenge to social democrats from the left ok professor thank you very much that was day on youll get your Political Science professor at the university its a great thank you. Italy has allowed a rescue ship that was stuck in limbo for days to dock at a sicilian port there the 180. 00 migrants on board will be transferred to a quarantine ship there are scenes of you bill a ship all the ocean biking when the news was enough just. Conditions got desperate thanks to you permission if you dont think it is up to crew members were forced to declare an emergency after several people attempted to commit suicide. For the migrants on board the ocean viking its been 10 desperate days of waiting italian and maltese harbors have remained closed during the current virus pandemic when he chile sent a team of medics to test the rescued migrants for covert 19 it seemed not all hopeless last night before. It was settled and ive heard people write off all the. Credit. For everything that you know italian authorities later announced the migrants will be transferred to the ship moby sasa for quarantine the ship is anchored in the harbor of part of an empty dock click it already has people on board that were rescued from the mediterranean conditions for the 180. 00 ocean biking migrants became increasingly desperate with each passing day several even attempted suicide the migrants were rescued trying to cross the mediterranean in rickety wooden boats we are seeing more people in the Central Mediterranean theres a lot of people now coming in from tunisia which is somewhat unusual it does happen sometimes but its been a unusually high number over the last over the last few weeks safety is finally in sight for those onboard the ocean viking but if the recent good weather continues rescue organizations expect more migrants to put to sea. The worlds most visited museum the louvre in paris is reopening today after being closed for nearly 4 months because of the coronavirus lockdown but with many Foreign Tourists still unable to visit the city it will be anything but a return to business as usual however the reopening 2 weeks ago ago of another famous monument the in the french capital the eiffel tower shows there are reasons to be optimistic that the only real was it still is breathtaking as ever getting close to these 10000 tons of and the tower was built for no other reason than glory and engineering wonder by gustaf eiffel designed to look like lakes since its opening in 889 it has been closed only during the 2 world wars and now for 100. 00 days juta the coronavirus pandemic there have been few visitors since the reopening receives his family just for. The best. He can for. The couple thinks its a very good times a visit if thats if he said. The 1st time im here with the family and also so. That its time. They are going up on foot only one of the lifts is operating so far and much reduced capacity but more of the town will be opened in the coming weeks visitors will have access to the summit for mid july but climbing the 704 steps to the 2nd floor isnt that. Good yes. Yes the 2nd was that we suffer. These days crowds can be dangerous and the towers managers are doing all they can to prevent it becoming a code. Infection zone we implemented a couple of measures such as a little distancing by one meter and the hoffs and with the mouth the face mask is one thats one fear though some would take a little for a quick selfie. Fine if you happen to need me. One from the 400 people. Normally an 800000 seat. Restarting small but those who do come the summer who have the unusual feeling i feel tired to most peaceful sleep. Youre watching get up a new stuff or you can always get the latest on our website at d w dot com im terry Martin Thanks for watching. Like. 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