U. S. Business to microsoft this after the American Government threatens to ban. Im burnt off to our viewers watching on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome here in germany its the 1st day back at school for some children and it is happening amid warnings of more and more new corona virus cases across the country today is the 1st time that schools have reopened in the country since their closure back in march when the pandemic began but a return to school is not a return to Health School used to be. Finally back where they wanted to be in the schoolyard with their own affair friends for the 1st time in 5 months these children from John FranklinPrimary School and. Rust up can play together without a mask and without daring to social distancing rules. Even hugs are allowed although not recommended. And its best oh my its better now because we are allowed to sit next to each other again and we can see all our friends again where no. One is i i find it great because we can see all of our friends again and also our classmates and teachers. Its even my sisters very 1st day at school so thats really exciting its up to this choice turk. Just like this class all 11000000 german pupils are supposed to return to a daily School Routine in the next couple of weeks a great relief for their parents as well but playing and learning so close to each other every day comes with a certain risk of infection that to make some teachers uneasy. As of course were anxious its not just school it goes beyond that. Im thinking about my family my grandmother is 91. 00 you dont want to be a carrier plus i have to be extra careful as my child has asked me are. All of pasta with coded 1000 infections rising again in germany parents have mixed feelings about the new start to. This is the man to do this theres a degree of uncertainty you dont know where people have been on holiday. Im glad its starting up again the last 6 months have been exhausting. Comes to the. School is part of. My. Distancing. Keeping the kids at home even longer isnt an option for the School Head Teacher should the goal is really important for the children and their families as well i think schools can restart despite the rising cases. For the most part everyone is trying to keep a distance even though some hugs just inevitable for the kids they hope to be able to continue their school year as normally as possible. For earlier we talked to the Education Minister of the 1st german state to reopen its schools following the Summer Holidays and we asked her what schools are doing to make sure that they stay safe for both peoples and teachers well 1st of all we kompany the whole thing was a strategy of testing all teachers are allowed to be tested if they want to its voluntary 5 times until the fall break then we do separate different groups we structure defined groups in the classroom so that the kids who dont belong to the same group dont need each other during the school day and so also if something happens if theres an affection which we hold out hope but you cannot exclude the possibility that you can quickly find the chain of infection that we can close certain sections maybe of the school maybe a whole school but what we do want to avoid is to go back to a lockdown in the whole states. How to deal with the coronavirus and what measures are except to those questions will get you heated answers here in germany the latest proof was a major protest right here in berlin thousands of people took to the streets of the german capital on saturday protesting against pandemic restrictions and refusing to wear face masks many observers condemned the protesters due to the risk of contagion the protesters say that they see the restrictions as a violation of their civil rights they say they also have a right to demonstrate it. The correspondent Benjamin Alvarez gruber reported from. Me tell me how did you experience the protests what did you see fit i think covering several of these protests smaller protests in berlin over the last weeks but this one was completely different with people flocking from all over the country to berlin to protest it was a huge mix of people as you just said some of them saying that they have a freedom of not wearing a mask but they were also mixed with other people with extremists there were people spreading conspiracy theories but there were also a lot of families with their children there will be x. And t. Backs in their community thats also a very big and was present at this protest and of course it was remarkable and pretty interesting as because the journalists covering this protest and the Police Officers were the only one Wearing Masks theres interesting and its one we certainly saw on television who were the demonstrators trying to appeal to its they try to appeal to well to the people there when theyre saying that this restrictions have gone too far they are fed up with this situation and theyre trying also to persuade people in other countries to follow these steps that have been antibacterials being there they were also some anti Semitic Posters there of course its a very big group the Common Ground that they have is that theyre not happy with the actual situation what is happening in this country theyre not happy with how the government has dealt with this protest and critics are saying not everybody who went to this protest is actively spreading this Conspiracy Theory but the criticizing them for walking the site protesting with them and they see it as a kind of endorsement all suppose those positions. Correspond to Benjamin Alvarez gruber with the latest on those protests that we saw here in berlin over the weekend benjamin thank you. Well here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world a new motorway bridge has been inaugurated in genoa italy to replace the bridge that collapsed almost 2 years ago to the very day the collapse of the miranda bridge killed 43 people that was one of italys worst civil disasters in decades the new bridge designed by star architect renzo piano was built in near record. Spanish media say that former King Juan Carlos has left spain to live abroad the 82 year old former monarch seen here in file footage is accused of taking millions of euros in kickbacks from saudi arabia he denies the allegations but he has promised to continue cooperating with the investigation. The former Northern Irish politician john hume has died at the age of 83 hume was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998 along with David Trimble for their efforts to end decades of violence in Northern Ireland hume was a founder and leader of the social democratic and labor party and campaigned for the non violent reunification of ireland. A Massive Wildfire is spreading in the u. S. State of california east of los angeles 5 protection Officials Say the blaze has consumed around 80 square kilometers of dry brush and timber nearly 8000 people have been forced to evacuate their home. Well to the u. S. President ial race democratic candidate joe biden is expected to announce his choice of a running mate next week in march he committed to choosing a woman as his Vice President since then dozens of names have been discussed in a moment were going to speak to our Washington Bureau chief about this but 1st heres a look at 4 top contenders for the Vice President ial position. One person seen as having a good chance of becoming bidens running mate hes come on harris observers say she takes lots of boxes shes a passive comma something seen as crucial given the current ructions open racism in the u. S. But shes also someone the public knows well having tried to secure the democratic nomination as south before would join to support biden in monch crucially she has a reputation as a fierce and competent debater. The critics fear there could be a lack of personal chemistry between her and biden something some say could be a drawback for her. Senator Elizabeth Warren is another well known face she too for to tough campaign to become the democratic nominee. At 71 she brings experience and has biden is demanding the ability to do the job on day one but her age could work against her some also worry she could alienate republican swing voters by being too progressive and too liberal. Then there is senator Tommy Duckworth a veteran who lost both legs during the iraq war supporters say her military credentials and her personal narrative may well appeal to conservatives frustrated with trauma. As a time merican shes also from an ethnically diverse background and hailing from the midwest some think she could also give biden the edge when it comes to battleground states such as michigan but others fear her lack of experience on the National Stage could be a disadvantage. But another figure thought to be in contention is former National Security adviser susan rice protector of north korea she also served as u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Under the Obama Administration and as such has a wealth of Foreign Policy expertise including on russia and china at 55. 00 shes also relatively young but detractors say one chink in our armor could be that shes never run for public office. Are. All in washington. Here we are talking about who will be the. Lets lets look at these kids what do you think which woman has the best chance of becoming joe bidens running mate. Well the piece always picked friend right to kind of fill in the gaps president ial candidate itself leave so strengthen the weakness so. Biden already has announced that hes going to pick a woman so this take my personal favorite not my personal favorite but i think i come out kind of the harries has the best chances to get why 1st of all shes an africanamerican woman we talked about that but she would be also the 1st indian woman who would run for v. P. Shes very experienced shes a former prosecutor shes the california senator so that speaks all for her but she really clashed on the stage with joe biden during one of the debates and this is something people kind of dont like abide so thats a downside for her you know thats a very good point and there are some observers who say they may never forgive her because of what happened during that debate between her and biden what kind of profile would you say the successful running mate what kind of profile should she have made what would be the best tactical choice for the democrats if they want to beat double drop in november. You know thats actually not so easy because joe biden has so many weaknesses i mean 1st of all he is fairly old if he would win the election he would be 72 years old on Inauguration Day in january so they need to pick someone younger because this v. P. Really is only a heartbeat away from the oval office right so this is number one the other one he really has to win over those swing voters so his v. P. Cond to progressive because that will make it harder for him to gain the republicans who are not going to vote for donald trump again he obviously needs to pick someone who will get the votes from the minorities not only the African Americans but also. Will be crucial in this election. Here the v. P. Needs to gain the wards of women because many pollsters say these election will be won or lost in the suburbs mainly women voters are crucial in that regard. Then i mean after all we have covered 19 so this person really has to be ready for the office and this person has to be stronger in the Economy Department because this country here is facing a really terrible times so this is a really a huge profile this v. P. Has to fulfill its true i mean theres lots of boxes they have to be take job the u. S. Is facing you know a president its challenges the woman who is chosen you she could become the 1st female Vice President in u. S. History what does that mean in is for women in the United States. This is so important prime maybe you remember 4 years ago the moment Hillary Clinton was picked as the candidate of. Nomination the democratic nomination day and the mood in the country was so happy for many many women even for those who really didnt like Hillary Clinton who didnt support of politics but this country is ready for a female president and this v. P. Could be the 1st female president ill fall so it really matters and as i was able to travel the country a little bit the last couple of weeks i also talked to republicans and 2 republican women and they do one female in the oval office after all after all those years you know we will see if that will be and when i ask you is there a sense the mean is that when were talking about women in the United States theyve seen Hillary Clinton they saw her lose in the last election and now were talking about a female Vice President ial candidate is there is that women have been given the short stick when it comes to u. S. President ial politics. Absolutely i mean some not only feminist all female leaders also many male say you know it was. It was possible that an African American or a non white person was in to become president of the United States but so far no women even close to this position so it would mean a lot it really would empower women but it also would empower those who wonder president who is has a new start to has a new perspective on this country who is kind of out of someone who is thinking out of the box and we know its not only race that matters it is gender it gives you a specific perspective on life and therefore many in this country are ready for a female president and a female lead p. O. V. Yeah we will hopefully find out if not this week next week from the Biden Campaign you have use it is called in washington in is always thank you. Microsoft is in talks with the owner of the social media platform dick talked to by the apps u. S. Business the American Software giant which is focused in recent years on Business Applications such as Cloud Computing says it wants to seal the deal by the middle of september now behind this push growing tensions between the u. S. And china. Office life today would be unthinkable without microsoft word and excel but so far the worlds leading Software Producer hasnt had a social media hit among young people that however could be about to change. President trump is giving chinese own social media platform ticktock 45 days to sell its u. S. Business a chance for microsoft 2 8 3 2 2 4 8 9. Ticktock is an internationally successful social video platform that allows users to upload edit and mima 5 short clips and watch clips created by others available worldwide its owned by Chinese Company by dots thats a problem for the u. S. Government trump wants to curb beijings influence in the United States along with other Chinese Companies bite downs is under pressure but china isnt backing down. Well look we call on some individuals in the u. S. To listen carefully to the voices of the International Community to provide an open and fair environment for each market and its investments in operations in the u. S. To stop politicizing economic and trade issues to stop abusing the concept of National Security to promote discriminatory policies shoot at how to. In beijing residents say theyre surprised that an app has been dragged into a fight between politicians. I think its because the United States china relationship has really deteriorated recently. Found out you know we use many apps and softwares that were developed by the us tick tock has been successfully gaining many users around the world but i didnt expect that due to political reasons this could affect the economy and even add users personally. So far microsoft successful ventures into the world of social media have been. To to linked in platform for career professionals but this deal with tic talk could give microsoft a knowledge of market share with the younger millennialism generations ahead with pressure from the u. S. Government on take talk microsoft says its looking to purchase the American Business operations by september the 15th. Trumps moves over to talk of outraged many of its users who are mostly aged in their teens and twentys reporter joe overall whos also maybe in his twentys hes going for what we this story for us so tell us more here about how young to users are reacting to this may have just motivated a whole generation of young voters and not in a good way for many of them this threat to 1st band tick talk might be their 1st direct experience of one of his policies and its all the 1st time however the trump experience a twitter talk political backlash you may remember back in june he held a rally which they expected some 900000 people to turn up in the end only about a 3rd of that number actually did and at the time many users boasted that they had books free tickets as a way of cranking that rally is not clear how much impact they actually had on the ground on the day but what this did was wake people up to the idea that this is the use of base in a platform that could become politically active well now users are angry and created millions of followers have spent the weekend raging against trump weve also heard from from parents who have been posting on twitter saying that their children have been signing up as campaign operators for Trumps Campaign as a way of spamming that getting boxes of material and in order to drain it of resorts says some people are saying that this could lead to more people so young people signing up as voters will have to see if that happens when do we know our users are they interested in politics and the image we have is you know young people watching other young people dancing there is a lot of dancing with a lot of friends but i did check and there is some political content particularly about trump a lot of sort of parody video. But also some way users are trying to argue for or against his policies now to talk creators say that it is actually a more diverse platform and some other social media platforms like facebook and twitter i spoke to max beaumont he is a prominent to talk creator with millions of followers and he recently wrote an open letter urging trump not to bend to talk precisely for this reason because it has functionality that bursts out of that socalled filter bubble and lets people see a more diverse range of opinions we can have a listen to what he had to say and in my opinion i think its something where it allows you to see perspectives that you may not be otherwise regularly seeing if youre someone who consistently follows people who are conservative on twitter or someone who consistently polls people who are product on twitter then and then it got you into this echo chamber of ideology depending on who ever you follow with with tick tocks seemingly its content that generally the public is engaging with and kind of also over time is rising and i think as a result youre seeing things that u. S. Might not otherwise be exposed to and then that is beneficial because its giving you a Wider Perspective of perspectives and you might otherwise get on facebook and twitter today in a by by microsoft would do wonders for microsofts image i heard that today i know that trump is warming up to the idea of microsoft taking over the platform is that going to placate ticktock users well not necessarily that same tech talk style we just heard from exponent he told me that this is for many people a 1st experience of how trump really operates that is making threats setting deadlines and then flip flopping and they may come to wonder is this how politics really should be done now of course it does remain to be seen whether these young people can actually maintain this rage that theyve learned over the last few days and carry it all the way through to novembers elections yes right lets go through what about 90 a little more than 90 days until the election joe as always thank you. In nicaragua the coronavirus pandemic is making it more difficult for some of the countrys poorest people to make ends meet especially for Migrant Workers now before the outbreak many worked on farms in neighboring coastal rica but with the border now close the only way across is with smuggler smugglers who are ready to take advantage of desperate workers trying to feed their family. A blue steel fence is all that separates costa rica from nicaragua you are here. Elsewhere concrete posts mark the border. 5 every morning nicaraguans cross the frontier to work on farms in costa rica they have brought by truck to work illegally on fruit rice and beans plantations they earn less than half the official minimum wage theyve been doing it for decades but now the border is closed because of the Global Health emergency to start over from nicaragua accounts himself is one of the lucky ones hes officially resident in costa rica his wife is not but officials tested them both for the coronavirus. d the situation is worrying ive been tested twice thank god both results were negative but 2 of my colleagues got infected so now we have to be tested again and. Dozens of undocumented workers tested positive at this border pineapple farm near around a 5th are registered in the costa rican Social Security system. They earn less than 400. 00 a month working 12 hours a day for many its the only way they can feed their families back home in nicaragua where conditions can be much worse. The costa rican foundation areas for peace is critical of the poor treatment of the nicaraguan Migrant Workers it says exploitation is widespread but i did notice Everybody Knows about the Smuggling Networks everyone knows the woman who rents garden hose to the migrants so they can wash their feet hard but they all know how much it costs. That they all know about the taxi driver who will tell the migrants when the police have gone or when theyre taking a lunch break the corona virus has just uncovered that reality you know is almost cut at my current spate Trafficking Networks as much as 200. 00 to smuggle them across the border ministers admit theres little they can do about the illegal employment. The Legal Framework does not allow finest to be imposed on Business Owners who employ undocumented nicaraguan harvest workers this is the police we need to you have to show decision on whether there is a legal infringement look. This up but a question. Costa rica does not publish the nationalities of coronavirus patience but many blame the nic correct un workers for the growing number of covert 900 cases as well as raising tensions the pandemic is highlighting the protests conditions in jude by my quince forced to cross central americas borders to find work. Youre watching to give you news heres a reminder of the top story were following for you children in germany have started returning to school after the summer break many of them have not been in a classroom for months because of the pandemic parents and teachers hope the measures to stop the spread of the cold virus will prove a factor. 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