The streets of the holy city are quiet due to the corona fires. And the Venice Film Festival continues with Climate Change and politics taking center stage but will the festival help kickstart moviegoing during the global pandemic. Thanks for joining the american president ial race has taken on a new turn following comments made allegedly by the commander in chief of the u. S. Armed forces President Donald Trump is reported to have made disparaging remarks about american soldiers killed in battle in europe various news reports quote him as calling them losers or suckers the atlantic magazine broke the story and said trump refused to visit an American Military cemetery in france because it was quote filled with losers. Parts of the story have been corroborated by other news outlets including the usually pro trump fox news but trump strongly denies he ever made the comments you know is a fake story written by a magazine that was probably not going to be around much longer but it was a totally fake story and that was confirmed by many people who were actually there it was a terrible thing that somebody could say that kind of things and especially to me because ive done more for the military then almost anybody else but whether true or not this story has enraged veterans and has erupted into the us president ial Election Campaign democratic president ial nominee joe biden has jumped on the story and had this to say President Trump has demonstrated he has no sense of service no loyalty to any cause other than himself 5 the honor the next commander in chief i will ensure that our american heroes. Know all have their backs honor their sacrifice and those whove been injured will be in military parades and for more on this lets go straight to washington correspondent. Abbi how credible do people find this story. Nick as we heard the president is denying all these reports as you mentioned the atlantic 1st broke that story but several outlets have reported it through their own sources since then and that includes fox news the conservative Cable News Network here in the United States and trump is now calling for that fox reporter to be fired as he denies the reports and says he has done more for the military than any other president almost as you heard in that clip there however critics will point out these comments if true are consistent with public remarks that trump has made in the past remember the disparaging comments he made about late republican senator john mccain saying that john mccain was not a war hero because he was captured in vietnam and trump as a president ial candidate 4 years ago picked a fight with a gold star family the cons who have lost you have lost their son in iraq after baseball at the Democratic National convention and as we know trump as president as a candidate has touted himself as a man who loves this country who respects the troops but this latest report doesnt help that image by any means you know you can imagine can you tell us more about what terms rival joe biden has been making of this. I mean this is a deeply personal issue for joe biden his son beau of course served in iraq he later died of cancer and so joe biden knows what its like to be a parent who sends his child off to war and he called these comments disgusting and damn a ball and also in terms of other comments that weve heard we havent actually heard from 4 star general john kelly and many dont expect that he will speak on this matter as it could be seen as a political move but the president has attacked him anyway after fridays reports which claimed that trump had asked whats in it for them while he was standing with the 4 star general in front of kellys sons grave weve also seen some reaction online weve seen a video from vote vets and thats a progressive Veterans Group with gold star parents theres also been countless tweets on twitter from people who are posting images a family members that theyve lost in combat or loved ones who continue to serve today and theyre certainly angered by these new reports so that is really entering the conversation then are there any poll numbers out about this or is it too early. I think is a bit too early with the poll numbers that we do have right now nationally biden continues to lead in every category except the economy even leads in the law and order category which tom has said that is central to his campaign theres a military poll that came out earlier in august that shows the biden has a slight lead over trump and well certainly be interesting to see how that moves forward given these reports from friday ok. In washington thanks for that. Lets have a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. In rome hundreds of people are demonstrating against italys code 19 regulations organizers include the extreme right Political Party for its. Prime minister just to urge the protesters to look at the coronavirus numbers daily cases in italy surpassed 1700 on friday is the biggest one day increase since early may. German president frank says germany should consider an official Memorial Ceremony for the victims of coburg 19 he said many relatives of people who died did not get to see their loved ones because of corn team restrictions germany has fared better than many nations in the pandemic but more than 9000 people have died. British police have arrested several people at an immigration rally in dover protesters are angry about a surge in migrants crossing the English Channel immigration of refugees and Asylum Seekers from france to britain has sharply increased this year more than 5000 people arrived in small boats in 2020. Israel was one of the 1st countries to impose a tough lock down but also one of the 1st to ease restrictions now its experiencing a 2nd coronavirus wave with more daily cases than ever before its again implemented strict measures but thats worrying people in jerusalem where many livelihoods depend on catering to pilgrims and visitors who have been part of the city life for thousands of years. This lookout over to the city is almost deserted the citys holy sites sacred to muslims jews and christians but now there are almost no 4 in this since march supporters have been closed because of the coronavirus pandemic dahlia him of fog usually works as a tool here but for more than 4 months now the israeli has had no war 2 days shes showing her grandchildren the ancient sites and stat. So you can see with your own eyes the city center. Is empty of tourists theres no tourism this no work like this. Who said it many people are unemployed and the businesses here are collapsing sick because of the lack of tourists but. Instead residents and many local tourists and joy the less crowded streets but others missed the usual mix of locals and visitors like tattoo artist. Here in the christian quarter his family has been tied to him pogroms with a cross 1st century so now business is down to just 5 percent for also missed the Beautiful Energy of the programs coming and. The happiness that we used to see on peoples faces will do to sometimes as the 1st of 2 in there of waited for it for so long all their life sometimes to get the small cross or something as a reminder of their visit to the holy land and now we missed. Every days sister now be how walks from the nearby convent to the church of the holy sepak or to pray in april the church was closed a rare event in its long history now its open for just a few hours each day to dictate how it is very sad we are not used to seeing the holy separate church empty like this there are no people coming and going even the courtyard used to be packed and i used to go to pray i wasnt able to pass because of the crowd i used to keep saying excuse me let me pass that it was the whole of life now its empty and sad. The church is believed to be on the side where jesus was buried and resurrected while the peace and quiet is welcomed by some most would prefer to see visitors return to help bring it back to life. There is likely no climate activists more famous than grated to berg over the last 2 years the swedish teenager has become the face of a Global Youth Movement to fight for clot fight Climate Change now shes having her story told at the Venice Film Festival the highly anticipated documentary i have greater aims to provide a more complete picture of the activists and put the Climate Crisis back in the spotlight. In the few weeks. And out of the. Nearly the whole world knows her name. The documentary about the climate activist showing out of competition at the Venice Film Festival. I am grettir by Nathan Grossman followed the young suite for one year. Its. Kind of also where its so that people can identify more with what the Climate Crisis and understand its more than then i know that i guess that is a good thing but it is also struggling to cope with the effects of Climate Change the city suffering from floods almost every year climate x. This one the city will at some point be submerged. Directs and i think grossman whos visiting venice for the 1st time says a change of direction has long been needed and its such a beautiful city its such an heritage and i actually thought to myself when i saw. This these from such 6 truck church that it would be such such a sad thing to see a place like to skip devastated by rice and sea level of course the world did not come to venice she joined the conversation by video link from high school the film is expected to be released internationally in november this year and for more on this lets bring in scott roxboro from culture who is standing by for us in venice scott is this a film about. One of the big talking points and how the festival hows it been received. Yeah definitely it was one of the most highly anticipated films before the festival and has been really well received i mean it is a fairly conventional documentary its not super cinematic or anything but its central figure is so compelling and and such a powerful presence on screen that she sort of carries the film along and you do really in this documentary get a bit to know get to know a bit about the personal data to back up we see her with her family we see her traveling particularly with her father whos sort of a comic relief figure in the documentary and i think this picture of a girl whos in some ways a very ordinary teenager makes her incredible accomplishments all the more more astounding i thought it was an incredibly powerful film and gives us a really new insight to this this this global icon. We hear theres been a lot of sort of political themes the films that in the festival this year is the theme maybe the little bit less hollywood usual. Yeah definitely i mean that has to do as well because hollywood didnt send their films to venice this year because theyre holding them back because of the corona crisis so thats left some space for more political cinema of political documentaries like the great a documentary on but also political dramas i mean a couple of days ago i saw an incredible bosnian film called. I dida which is about the. Massacre of 1905 fold from the perspective of a u. N. Translator bosnian u. N. Translator and its a very wrong very very direct and powerful film that shows cinema doesnt have to be just entertaining it can also really pay historical witness and im really happy to see that it is this year has made space for these kinds of political messages and of course the Film Industry has been struggling like every other news through the coronavirus and is hoping for. A restart at that at the festival does venice have anything special to offer in that regard. You know definitely definitely mean its a huge event for the Film Industry worldwide that venice is taking place is taking place in a physical form because the film lives from a height from buzz and thats what provided thats what venice hopes provides to really restart the Film Industry worldwide ok to discover oscar in venice thanks for that. And that is all the news for this hour ill be back in 45 minutes with more headlines every leave you now with images from the forests of a stone iraq where the usual peace and tranquility was interrupted by the world rally championship so enjoy and buckle up. Please please. Please. Please. Play. Been robbed of their soul thats what people experiences when their heritage is taken from them countless cultural artifacts were stolen from africa by colonialists and carted off to europe. What should be done with the stolen north from africa. Stolen so