President trump says he plans to ban the app over concerns about chinese spying what will it mean for the video platform and u. S. Chinese relations. And proving youre never too old to learn we meet the 96 year old world war 2 veteran who has finished top of his University Class its. A michael ok welcome to the program here in germany the number of corona virus infections has soared in recent days the countrys leading Public Health institute is warning that people are letting down their guard and not observing social distancing measures ironic then that berlin is set to see its biggest demonstration against coronavirus restrictions thousands of people are gathering in the german capital central to recut an ark for a mass rally demanding an end to all virus related restrictions conspiracy theorists anti vax years and right wing extremists from of cross the country are among those attending it comes as germany braces for a potential 2nd wave of the coronavirus. Political correspondent. And ease at the protest and she joins me now laney welcome whats happening where you are. Well im sounding here behind me tens of thousands id say these 15000 people have gathered you described before they call its day of freedom the end of the pen demick they are celebrating and disagree on a virus pandemic as the forces of warning of a nice urchin of infection and right on the other side you can see the counter protesters that have also got us here if parents are friends as you can see the counter protesters are wearing the face mask keeping the social distance where the protesters who had to snatch im not. Going to not bring. Them south saying and the pandemic never happened and you can you got me and there was an interesting standoff between pounds of protestors and processes both shouting at each others nazis house nazis get out of here because the people who were attending the smiles and expressing their just one sense of distrust with the governments measures and a calling goes that are listening to the governments and not on measures to coronavirus restrictions and comparing them to nazi to the people who follow them and this regime and this us and so this is an interesting conflict going on right now i mean yeah interesting a contrast between you and the mask and all those people behind you. Obviously freak flagrantly not doing so im really curious about those protesters taking part in the demonstration today could you tell us a little bit more about who they are. Exactly i talked to many of the posters here and this is really why its the rise of the people who come here from all over germany transports it lets start with photo ops you have. Bus driver from to a sad who is driven protesters from the south of germany i have to the northeast protesting the coronavirus restrictions that have impacted the Tourism Industry when i saw somebody. Thats a protester shouts it in my face and we see that a lot a lot of verbal abuse and attacks and im so physical physical and people are not anything esle says and also too often the press and the press and who are obese and Conspiracy Theory is believed that bill gates is a very common consistent theory that the big ace is time to run a virus and like to vaccinate most of the vaccinate everybody under them government is helping them to do that so we see a wide variety of people who have concerns about their their parents imam who are concerned about their sticks in some cases because their parents are lonely up on so frightening and far right writing stream magazines and proof you are under off evasion by your currency i saw someone from the compact magazine who spend their vacation by the authorities for its the new pope and britishness messages so you can see they really are all also for people attending this rally that lets see what we can say to sum up if they dont trust the government they dont trust the government measures and they dont trust the media they dont trust the media. And lanie von hummer steen thank you for that and stay safe of course. Lets take a look now at some of the other coronavirus related developments the number of deaths in mexico has surged past 46000 its now poised to overtake britain as the country with the 3rd highest death toll behind brazil and the United States british Prime MinisterBoris Johnson says hes putting the brakes on easing lockdown measures and will instead be imposing new restrictions thats after new spike in corona virus infections in the u. K. And in japan the region of okinawa has declared a state of emergency people have been asked to stay home for 2 weeks as the popular Tourist Destination sees a surge in new cases. Staying in the u. S. Now where President Donald Trump says he plans to ban the chinese own video app to talk because of security concerns u. S. Officials are currently looking into the potential for tick tock to be used by the Chinese Government as a tool for gathering intelligence. To talk with its viral dance routines and political activism videos is a favorite among teenagers worldwide with over 2000000000. 00 downloads and 17000000000. 00 in revenue last year the app is extremely successful and influential but its exploding popularity has also raised red flags in the u. S. Officials are investigating whether ticktock is a threat to National Security there are concerns that the Data Collected by the app owned by the chinese firm by dance could be accessed by beijing the Company Denies any connection with the Chinese Government but donald trump is threatening to ban b. F. In the u. S. Well look you know we may be betting we may be doing some other things. But a lot of things so well see what happens but we are looking at a lot of alternatives with respect to their. Reports on friday indicated that one of the alternatives being considered is an order for byte dance to give up ownership of tik tok potential buyers are reportedly already in talks to take over the apps u. S. Operations including tech giant microsoft and National Security review of tick tock is expected to be presented to trump in the coming days its results may further sour already deteriorating ties between the u. S. And china with tensions already running high on trade and the coronavirus pandemic Cyber Security concerns are now further straining relations between the 2 powers. Through on this lets talk to denis kenji kit curry hes a lawyer working on Cyber Security issues at the university of bremen dennis whats behind the u. S. Governments mistrust of tech talk. So there has been a very long smaller political conflict in the Technology Sector and this conflict has also now been reopened and we all know that the relations between the u. S. And china have been strained for some times and they have been the use accusations of all this. Off of the back of what way and u. S. Communication technology the better off to talk in my opinion the next step and also possibly the last action of the u. S. Government in this context it sounds like youre saying this is more about the u. S. Versus china rather than us versus. Ticktock as a company so to speak can we can we trust can we trust take out when it says its not political and wouldnt pass user data to beijing. I think that this question cannot be answered was 100 percent certainty but one thing is definitely to the er so its not an espionage per se in my opinion and thats because also clear when you take a look at the user group offtake dot so most we have young people teenagers here and the program is not being run on any government equipment so in my opinion the probability of any sensitive or d d intelligence relevant relevant data being transferred to Mainland China is relatively low but nevertheless the possibility of authorized data leaders cannot be completely ruled out of course but this is for every app that views on our smartphones can the u. S. Really began to talk. I think the us has no direct authorities at all stew actually bamby up by problem measures such as copyright protection National Security in general that are prescribed and some laws could be used but of course all of this is difficult to prove. President trump said that he is planning to ban b. F. Based on an execute of the president which is of course also very final and in my opinion a permanent battle to talk in the us for a relatively unlikely dennis kenji kicker thank you so much for that youre welcome now to some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour. Legislative elections scheduled for september have been for stone for your chief executive kerry lamb says the delay is necessary due to a surge in front of virus cases but opposition lawmakers accuse the government of using the pandemic as a pretext to thwart the prodemocracy movement. Violence has again erupted in Portland Oregon protesters and police clash at the local courthouse which has become the focal point of the earlier president tweeted that federal agents will remain in the city until local police had finished what he called a cleanup of quote an agitator. Is churning through the caribbean bringing strong winds and flooding into puerto rico and some islands of the bahamas a hurricane warning has been issued for parts of florida where the storm is expected to hit later on. Now for many Students University is a passage into adulthood with new freedoms and experiences its a time of growth and self discovery before heading out into the real world but not for everyone our next report is about a man who stands out on campus and made history in italy. A crowning achievement for just the paper terno. University graduate at the age of 96. 00. He received a degree in history and philosophy with top honors and the highest mark in the class. A dream come true for the great grandfather im giving. You. I said its now or never so in 2017 i decided to enroll i knew it was a little late to get a 3 year degree but i said to myself lets see if i can do it. We often i was uncertain when i made the decision because i didnt know the environment. And i didnt know the teachers and how they would behave in front of such an old person. Just seppi was born into a poor family in the 1920 s. And was unable to attend university he served in the navy in world war 2 and then supported his family as a real way worker. His experience helped him to cope with todays challenges. War 2 strengthened us all of us in my peer Group Everyone whos still alive its strengthened us against kovac 19 it hasnt really scared us that much. For years just relied on his trusty old typewriter but the pandemic changed that. Yes oral exams were moved online and he had to get a laptop. But that thought. He now plans to devote himself to reading and writing the old school way. A man expanding his legacy well he was considered one of the greats of british cinema the filmmaker alan parker has done he passed away at the age of 76 after a long illness he started his career in advertising and later shot to fame as the director of films such as midnight express Mississippi Burning and if parker was awarded a knighthood and the british academys Lifetime Achievement award. Youre watching news heres a reminder of the top stories were following for you thousands of people are gathering in central berlin to demand an end to coronavirus restrictions conspiracy theories and evacuees and right wing extremists from across the country or attending it comes as germany graces for a potential 2nd wave of the virus as new infections so we. Will have more news for you at the top of the hour up next his report looking at working conditions for thousands of european eastern europeans working in germanys Meat Processing industry back at the top yeah with morning its. More. Like. 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