There is no vacation from the pandemic germany is offering incoming travelers frequent of ours testing to guard against a 2nd wave of cope at night. Im sumi so misconducts good to have you with us hi yes afia has hosted muslim friday prayers for the 1st time in nearly 90 years the istanbul landmark served as one of christianitys most significant cathedrals a mosque and the museum before it was recently converted back into a muslim place of worship a controversial to create by president to want to change the building status. Or. Prayers led by a president on a friday that will become unforgettable in turkey thousands of muslims gathered in worship for the 1st time in 86 years. Each. Oh despite the iconic buildings journey through time from Orthodox Christian cathedral to muslim mosque to museum. For many here and historic wrong has been righted clouds above them and young men dont know im not on my own we have been waiting for higher sophia to open as a mosque for decades for decades we said that the chains will break and hyacinth here will reopen the young men that was why this remains a museum this kind of atmosphere would not have been possible it doesnt mean much for the people abroad and i think the important thing is what the people of turkey want were happy. As. Everyones critics in turkey see the conversion as a political ploy to score points with his conservative base. And the move has sparked International Dismay the historic high of sophia once a symbol of christian and muslim unity become a source of religious divide but. For more on the story lets bring in our correspondent dorian jones whos standing by for us in istanbul hi dorian how do you see this is this a religious or a political decision from president are to one. Well the president one who is very religious openly acknowledge that this have been a lifelong dream of his to turn. Back to a mosque but why now hes chosen to do this after nearly 20 years in power it all smells of politics hes ruling a k party is in deep political trouble polling at record lows albeit still the Number One Party the trajectory is in one direction down because of the countrys economic woes and the congress he today was all about reaching out to ones religious and nationalist base but one before the start of friday packed prayers recited the koran images that were broadcast all over turkey while the head of turkeys religious affairs who led the friday prayers carried all sorts a symbol of conquest of the stamboul while inside the i saw fear there were ottoman banners with symbolic meanings of conquering stamboul and also there was a huge disk with islamic or graffiti and 3 sorts again a symbol of conquest and references again again to 40 celt ahmed a conqueror the man who converted the i saw fear into a mosque off the concrete and then constantinople references to him a powerful man not only for talking to religious conceited but also nationalists who see him as a man who made turkey the great country the center of a not on them part of dominated europe and much else so again very powerful symbols and his supporters came in the 10s of thousands all across the country to attend the ceremony another powerful symbol for one although there will be concerns about the consequences of the cove it epidemic given that there was little social distancing but well find out that in a couple of weeks but for now well be looking for this for him to draw a line in the ground to prevent any further hemorrhaging of support during what i think all of this says about the current climate in turkish society. Well i think this widely seen as a weakness on the part of her one main people see this is the key trump card that he hasnt played im possibly an act of even desperation but i heard one supporters will be disappointed that there has been little pushback in the country the main opposition that was founded by ataturk a Secular Party has said little they didnt want to get into a battle not a culture war between the religious and secular battle the urge one has repeatedly won in the past and school of major election victories weve they are remaining silent they are wanting this to pass off this controversy to pass quickly so they can again focus on turkeys economic woes which they see is that once achilles heal. Reporting from istanbul thank you so much. China has ordered the United States to close one of its consulates the foreign minister has given us officials 72 hours to leave the consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu it comes after washington told beijing to shut its Diplomatic Mission and Houston Texas earlier this week relations between the 2 countries are at their lowest in 40 years. It was less a question of if china would retaliate but rather how and the answer is the u. S. Has been told to close its conscience unchaining to. Raising the stakes yet further and this diplomatic standoff. The Current Situation in china u. S. Relations is not what china wants and the u. S. Is completely responsible for all of this. All of this includes the u. S. Imposing sanctions on communist Party Officials and companies linked to the mass detention of weekers and ordering china to shut its mission in houston citing concerns about. The clear out is under way the president even floated the potential to cut diplomatic ties completely. As far as closing additional embassies its always possible that marks the biggest fall out since Richard Nixon renewed relations in the seventys when he extended the 100 friendship. All the more significant then that the u. S. Secretary of state would head to the former republican president ial library to all but declare a new cold war with the c. C. P. The kind of engagement weve been pursuing is not brought the kind of change inside of china the president nixon had hoped to induce. The truth is that our policies and those of other free nations resurrected chinas failing economy only to see beijing bite the International Hands that were feeding it. We open our arms to chinese citizens only to see the Chinese Communist party exploit our free and open society. Back in 2017 when donald trump and she jinping occasionally sparred over trade no theyre even farther apart it may be a long time before theyre rolling out the red carpet for each other again. Now to some other stories making news around the world Goldman Sachs has agreed to a nearly 4000000000. 00 settlement with malaysia over a Corruption Scandal prosecutors allege the Bank Arranged bond sales for the one n. D. B. Sovereign wealth fund that allowed former malaysian leader now to bring back to steal billions the verdict in the 1st trial of the affair is expected in the coming days. Dozens of staff walked out of hungarys top independent news site in protest at the removal of its editor in chief 3 editors and some 70 other journalists that index h. Q. Handed in there with resignation in a statement they condemned the wednesdays dismissal of savile stool as an overt attempt to put political pressure on the portal. The mayor of chicago has ordered the removal of 2 statues of Christopher Columbus until further notice the overnight move came a week after protesters and tried to topple one of the figures mayor Laurie Lightfoot said there would be a review of the appropriateness of all the citys money and. German authorities are offering incoming travelers free coronavirus testing in media testing will be. For those coming from cover 1000. 00 hotspots people traveling from lower risk areas will also be offered tests but at laboratories away from airports its part of a bid to avoid unleashing a 2nd wave of infections. Touched down in. A holiday far fewer germans the normal taking their vacations abroad the joy of returning home is as strong as ever but can people be sure they havent picked up the corona virus on their travels. Now the Health Authorities in germany have taken the decision to offer free virus testing. The Health Ministers of the states together with the federal Health Minister have to dig read that people returning from risk areas should be tested at airports. We intend to establish Testing Facilities at relevant airports. Secondly we have decided that we want to reach not only those from risk areas but also those coming from elsewhere so we agreed to pay the costs of the testing for travelers as. They had been pretty eyes and in Frankfurt Germany is largest airport is already offering tests for a free under the new plan people arriving from the 130 countries seen as at risk can be tested directly on arrival checks will also be beefed up at sea ports and on land borders the tests will be voluntary at 1st and people from corona affected areas will continue to be arsed to quarantine at home for 14 days germans love to travel and those starting to get the travel bug again but with these tourists arriving from the popular Spanish Island of new york or be willing to take a test here certainly personal safety reasons that would be the most important thing. We think sean i think so. If you had to go into quarantine. You know have to go. I wouldnt really want to people have responsibility for themselves and people are very careful about their behavior. Carona infection rates in germany remain low at the moment a big part of keeping it that way after the Holiday Season will be persuading travelers to take advantage of testing. Now its been just over 10 years since 21. 00 young people were killed in a stampede inside a tunnel at a techno parade in western germany in may the trial of 3 people accused of contributing to the tragedy ended without a verdict we spoke to the mother of one victim about how one decade later she is trying to come to terms with her loss. Gabby miller will never forget the day 10 years ago that changed her life forever. I was out shopping when i heard that some people had died the report said 10 i wondered how 10 people could have died i thought perhaps a truck had tipped over it. Isnt it but ill go at that moment gabby miller did not yet know that her son christian was among those kid. And i have heard all this since we have i i tried to call christiane but it went straight to his voicemail done that my husband arrived and my brother and his girlfriend i realized at once that something terrible had happened and i knew christian would not be coming home again which was to i of course young men hold a comb he along with hundreds of thousands of others had gone to the last parade into spoke on july 24th 2010 to party and listen to music the venue was not an open field but enclosed there was only one access ramp where tunnel and underpasses converged people west trimming in from Different Directions the crush became so extreme that many had difficulty breathing 21 died 650 more were injured. Because john miller was 25 when he died. It was just a mother the adult when you look at how narrow the space was you have to ask yourself how could it ever have been approved while you can see at once that it was not suitable employment growth. Finally in 2017 several workers from the municipality and the events firm were put on trial it became clear that the eventually never have been approved yet the trial ended without judgement this spring that no one was held responsible. As. The court came to the conclusion that despite the terrible consequences the individual good of the 3 defendants was slight. The disaster had more to pull causes many different factors contributed to the tragedy so that worked gabby moonlight attended the hearings she feels let down by the judicial system resolved under pressure. Is on when i find it in comprehensible it is hard to accept for me there has been no closure still i will try to find my way there was no return it if we fought and hoped all these years and in the end all we got was a slap in the face of construct and the vision is that. Nobody has assumed responsibility for christianes death 10 years after the tragedy got to move us through hopes she will somehow find peace. 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