Am. Im Claire Richardson welcome to the show u. S. President donald trump has called off the florida portion of the Republican National convention citing health risks from the pandemic the 4 night celebration was expected to draw some 10000 people to mark trumps formal nomination as the partys candidate for the november election the decision to cancel the event comes as the us a surplus is 4000000 coronavirus cases a 1000000 of which were recorded in the last 2 weeks alone. A tough decision for a president who loves nothing more than a crowd. Donald trump canceled the Republican Convention in florida amid surging coronavirus cases across the state i looked at my team and i said the timing for this event is not right just not right with whats happened recently the flare up in florida to have a Big Convention its not the right time its really something that for me i have to protect the American People thats what ive always done thats what i always will do thats what im about says it in a significant change in rhetoric since his rally in tulsa which saw thousands pack into an arena trump stressed the issue of safety looking forward to the viruss epi center continues to migrate across the country from l. A. Hotspots like new york now hitting other densely populated states like florida hod. Says de matha record high for the state with more than 170 deaths and 10000 new infections some hospitals are reaching a tipping point. The hospital where this doctor works in miami is full back some of his colleagues he to contract at the virus. Its unpredictable so we learned about. What its like to be faced with something that we dont know anything about it if you think about a lot of other medical illnesses we know about it weve studied the know how to treat it we can expand our treatment ability is this really came out of nowhere in the us are. Black florida trump 2 ways facing an uphill battle according to opinion polls. A made criticism ivys handling of the pen demick in an Election Year it could be enough to cost him the tough job. I german court has handed down jail sentences to several men convicted of raping an 18 year old woman in the Southern City of freiburg the assault on october 28th scene was carried out in large part by refugees prompting anti immigration populists to seize on the case. The judge sentenced the primary defendant to 5 years and 6 months imprisonment saying he had raped the woman 1st outside of freiburg nightclub then handed her over to the others it was october 2018 the young woman was under the influence of ecstasy and alcohol turn of the 11 accused were found guilty of rape or failing to help and one was acquitted the trial took over 40 days prosecutors said it was an unusual the case. There were a number of accused. Arrests were made within a short time so if it ends because of the state of the victim during the act. Of weakness to understand the shape it can be in the toilet the young woman now suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder the defense attorney had argued that sex was consensual despite the evidence given so but it was incriminating but there were also exonerating moments in the moment to convict a man where between 18 and 30 at the time one is german the are those refugees playbooks mayor said the city remained open then tolerance. Offputting the crimes are not committed by nationality is done by individuals but it shouldnt be to move to talk about it and we do have to ask ourselves whether we need to make adjustments with integration i knew going in after. The judgement is not yet final and the primary defendant is likely to appeal his sentence. All right well we have some breaking news coming in and china has ordered the United States to close its consulates in the western city of chengdu in china it is the test for tat move comes after washington told beijing to shut its consulate in Houston Texas earlier this week further escalating tensions between the 2 nations well lets cross straight over to our correspondent in what he has going on in beijing where he is what more can you tell us. Not much more this is what china has they ordered the consulate in chengdu to be shut down this is one of 5 consulates in the mainland in chinas mainland plus theres one consulate for hong kong and macau and this it was pretty much expected that china would order one of these consulates closed after the u. S. Had had called china by surprise by ordering it to close its consulate in houston well thats right china warned earlier this week of that it would retaliate but why the consulate in chengdu specifically this is very much a reciprocal to what the u. S. Have done the consulate and should do is probably in its importance the closest to the consulate to chinas consulate in used its an equally. Populated area it is one of the Major Regions of china as. South of the u. S. Is one of the Major Regions of the u. S. But it is not the most important region for foreign businesses. Consulates in shanghai and quango that are more important to the u. S. Probably than the one engine do still it causes a lot of inconvenience as this covered a big region in the west of china and of course the u. S. Citizens living there as well as chinese will need a visa will have to travel a lot further now and so what does this tell us about how serious this is for relations between beijing and washington. Well the move to close the consulate by the u. S. Was a clear escalation in the relations between the 2 countries and this retaliation was expected any any lesser response by china would have probably seen by many chinese also as a sign of weakness it is also not a further escalation it stays within the range of what the u. S. Had done previously so the u. S. China relations are the worst in 4 decades and it leaves them pretty much where they were. I did have you correspondent much he is going to in beijing thank you so. Its well. So feo will host friday prayers later today the mosque the 1st such Service Since the building was kind of right into a museum but more than 80 years ago originally a cathedral it has stood at the heart of istanbul for 1500 years its recent conversion back to a mosque triggered an outcry did abuse yulia han has this report. The highest afia is istanbuls landmark. It symbolizes the byzantine the ottoman as well as the turkish period. The architecture is so marvelous that the old byzantines believed that the dome was held by god himself all of them beautiful there how about that little mark but it also marked other requests for young a score to show who knows everything about the ideas for 20 years hes been guiding tourists to the World Heritage site and when he talks about it he is still amazed every time. But right now everything is different 1st the Museum Closed into the coronavirus and then the museum was suddenly no longer a newseum. Because president bridge of time bad one turned the heaviest of fear back into a mosque hes been a good christian was a christian citizen of this country it saddens me but im trying to stay calm as a mosque the highest will still be open for visitors they can even enter free of charge in the future but the rules will probably change that we give you short just as good as you could a little which. Is it is will now only be permitted outside prayer times was a and i can see that testify that the i. S. O. Fear was the most Important Church of christianity for centuries will be covered with curtains during worship. And the best and biggest decision of a made for turkey. Its great news for the entire muslim world which weve been longing for this for more than 80 years. I am here today we can see these days thanks to our president for this decision that many people here are happy that they had us the fear is now a mosque again but theres also a lot of criticism the European Union has called the decision regrettable the u. S. A disappointment pope francis said he was very distressed and unesco wants to review the hagia sophia status as a World Heritage site. The criticism does not only come from abroad like yourself that some people in istanbul consider the hagia sophia decision to be a political maneuver by outlining. Parts of their doctor already have enough mosques in istanbul we dont need another one i think this has clearly been a political decision. To make us wonder as you just do that to distract people from the actual problems in this country the economic crisis and high inflation he was and is all about i also feel misled how he is a fear is a museum because i am absolutely against making it a mosque because istanbul is home to many religious beliefs but if she hears. The tourist guide young his quarters full for example belongs to the Greek Orthodox minority in turkey people in his church see themselves as descendants of the byzantines who built the heaviest yet in the 6th century for them its part of their identity. But younis is reluctant to voice criticism he says his community has experienced many setbacks and yet theyve always managed to move on she didnt the nationalists of course now celebrate the highest afia decision as a victory. Because because because were a very Small Community they dont hear us. In a country with more than 80000000 people its not easy to make a few 1000 voices heard which being. Chicks be it a car that will let you. Nearly 4000000 people visited he had a sophia last year. And young is quote hopes that he can continue to show this monument to his many tourists as possible because for him regardless of its status it remains the most beautiful landmark he stumbled. Was i just say the sounds made by human beings are vibrating across the earth reduced by half the jury in the global lockdown caused by the corona virus pandemic researchers say they tracked a range of changes in what they described as a quote wave of quietening between march and may of this year its the middle of nowhere. Yet even here in the german forest theres human noise few places on earth dont have planes flying overhead or the hum of traffic in the distance but during covered lockdowns across the world Noise Pollution has quietened we so all over the world this wave of changes in the in sales make noise but also in the quite thing that you can hear with your ears this is just fantastic in terms of like the science and the link we Service Works what we feel and what we need to do as humans do to make this planet and environment better seismologists who measure the shaking of the earths surface registered an unprecedented drop in noise caused by humans between march and may they say that through learning to filter out vibrations caused by human activity they might be able to detect smaller earthquakes what areas might reveal some didnt say girls and thats really important for example or earthquake as it were of the time. Stress. Or a long geological. And wild life researches have found dramatic changes an animal behavior when humans shut themselves away in their homes the lack of traffic and reduction in industry during the corona shutdown has also led to cleaner and it was for a bad reason but its also linked to a faith that we all as a dividual decided that we would make small efforts all together and all together we made it to prevent this virus to spread if we were able to make such huge changes for our survival against the virus could we also do the same against other threats to life on earth like climate change. Well thats our news update at this hour dont forget you can keep up to date with all the latest on our web sites. And you can follow us on twitter and instagram as well as state of the union is im play richards and ellen thanks so much for joining us. A little over. A meal and im to go complete the 2nd season on the good sense. 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