Traces of novacek the nerve agent used to poison him were detected on an empty water bottle in his room. One of germanys leading viral lodges told you w. In an exclusive interview that europe is facing a tough winter off coronavirus restrictions and that people in germany and other countries should expect 2021 to be a year and which will be Wearing Masks to austin developed the 1st diagnostic test for the new grown up virus this is the news from berlin follow us on twitter and on instagram at news or visit our website thats w dot com. Its mid september summer is ending here in europe and what appears to be beginning is serious sobering and definitely not Surprising New corona virus infections are surging across europe in france the number of new cases reported in one day hit an all time high winds day today the World Health Organization said the numbers are a wake up call the u. K. Imposed a new social restrictions last week spain will do so tomorrow well measures like these be enough or is europe sleepwalking into a 2nd major lockdown im forgotten berlin this is the day. Like many other countries around the world were continuing to see a concerning rising prices we have an exponential increase in new infections in austria think ok i have to tell the people of madrid that the situation in the region is not good becoming the next in the last 2 weeks has been more than a doubling of new infections. And the truth is of the situation is not good the epidemic is gaining strength the battle against great artists is no ive. Also coming up last week fire destroyed the largest migrant camp in europe now 12000 migrants are taking shelter in a temporary tent city but some dont want to move. Could he need the chickens to know that. We want a free life weve come here to live we are human and we are not animals but if i put us in a place where theres no life and its like a. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with the corona virus pandemic the protests in america and the surge here in europe almost 200000 people have died from code 19 in the United States no country has been hit as hard as the u. S. And no country has politicized the pandemic like america either with no vaccine and no cure for covert 19 facemask provide the most effective protection and yet President Trump refuses to wear one rejecting the advice from doctors and scientists listen to what the head of the centers for Disease Control told a Congressional Committee on wednesday. Im not going to comment directly about the president but i am going to comment as the c. D. C. Director that. Facemask these faceman are the most important powerful Public Health tool we have i might even go so far as to say that this face mask is more guaranteed to protect me against covert than when i take a covert vaccine because the imminent unicity may be 70 percent and if i dont get an immune response the vaccine is not going to protect me this facemask will and that is the head of the c. D. C. Arguably the worlds most respected Infectious DiseasePrevention Center he is speaking with the force of facts and science but that is easily overpowered by the politics of protest in the u. S. Consider florida nearly 13000 people have died there from the virus despite evidence that masks for even infection and can even prevent death some people in florida are adamant anti maskers i want you to take a look at what happened this week inside a target store in fort lauderdale. Thats looking at as a flash mob of anti massacres walking through the store telling customers to take their masks all the startled shoppers you see down there wearing their mass they are protected. But the protesters shouting loudly in a non socially distance to group they are making themselves prime targets for the virus they know that but they dont believe. Here in berlin we have also seen demonstrations of anti massacres but on this side of the atlantic the virus itself remains threat number one and that threat is again acute the number of new coronavirus cases in europe is surging every country reporting spikes in new infections and some such as france reporting more daily cases now than they did at the peak back in april the u. K. One of europes hardest hit countries imposed stricter social restrictions last week and spain is expected to announce new targeted lockdown measures for madrid on friday madrid accounts for one 3rd of all corona virus cases in spain and the country is registering several 1000 new infections every day and even here in germany where infections and deaths have remained relatively low we are seeing a sizeable jump in new cases all of this has the World Health Organization worried and sounding the alarm and this spring and early summer we were able to see the impact of strict look down measures over efforts over a 2nd fight this off in june cases hit an all time low. This is the case numbers however should serve as a wake up call for all of us are going to bring in now my colleague public early on here at the big table publicly this is deja vu for us but for the people in madrid why is madrid in this situation yet again well 1st and foremost it comes down to a lack of preparation with regards to whats happening now in the medical system there is a lack of staff while theyre more prepared in the sense that they have all the the masks and all those sort of things that they didnt have back in march and april now they have a problem with staff numbers so often its very difficult for people to actually even get a test and because a lot of the medical centers of the primary care facilities are just not able to go to the nurses died from will visit there are a lot and theyre also having a problem in that they just havent hired enough staff they werent prepared for it and one big issue that was being discussed a lot over the summer was the lack of Contact Tracing people working in the area in madrid and it was heavily criticised of the Regional Government so this combination of issues has led the capitol to the situation that we find ourselves in bed or the numbers the numbers are not good you mention a few of them there but actually with regards to the tests almost one in 4 of the test coming back are positive in madrid thats incredibly high considering they should be below 5 percent for a situation to be considered under control there and they came for rent a 3rd of spains total new cases in madrid now the hospitals are filling up its nowhere near the situation it was back in march and april but it is causing some concern and even these Field Hospital which was quite famous back in back in the pandemic the worst of it is potentially going to be opened up so theres a lot of concern amongst the residents there right so the numbers are not good who is most affected by these new infections this is the area which is causing obviously a lot of controversy and if you look at the regions or to parts of the city that are most affected it also happens to be the poorer parts of the city in fact the numbers there are off the charts and in some instances its over 1000. 00 cases per 100. 00. When you compare that to germany which is at 19 you can really see how bad the situation is and within the city the richer parts of the city are also read the 3rd of those figures why because youve got high numbers of people who are unemployed or working in essentially precarious situations often they can take a day off if theyre ill as so they also cant get the primary care that they need because the primary care facilities in those areas are just not apolitical socially distance they dont so she distance because theyre living in poor conditions and so this is the problem its a combination of problems there also its a city that is very well connected it has a very good. Commuter system very good metro trains and buses so people move around with frequency so its you know highlighting the fact that if youre rich you know you wont be as badly affected thats important to remember and also remember that you know all of europe is watching spain right now to see if these targeted local luck deal would do the job because no one wants to have a 2nd major lockdown and youre absolutely right and weve already seen it in certain parts of spain where some cities have actually had localized lock downs but really what they want to avoid is actually a lockdown like the one that we saw back in march and april it causes a lot of stress and panic among spinors ive lived in madrid for many many years and i know how people are feeling about that and i know a lot of these stories firsthand of how difficult it is to get a test done so you know a combination of very worrying you know the worst oxers the worst deja vu thats for sure Public Public is always thank you. A drones i view of moving day for migrants we are looking at a Police Operation underway on the greek island of was to move around 12000 migrants and refugees into a new temporary tent city many have been sleeping on the streets since the fire destroyed the maria refugee camp last week where they have been held in cramped and squalid conditions the move we understand has been peaceful even though many migrants are reluctant to relocate. Ari i want to bring in now amanda when youre off to toward 0 she is executive director of the in phoenix that provides protection and Legal Services for refugees on lesbos amanda its good to have you on the program what are you hearing tonight what are the migrants there what are they afraid of well people are very afraid that you cannot then you come to be a pill center and also today thousands of people are moved into a center in several says were absolutely overwhelmed people are being given food was great day and today there was not enough food or water for everyone that was wanting to needs then you can and why is that. Well there was a lot of bait up there acted to move people and while they were not expecting this huge amount of people to meet today yesterday there was a 1200 people and today the numbers are saying and we know that were talking about the new tent camp tent city here how is this camp going to be different from the maria camp that burned down. Well we dont need its going to be different we are a afraid of the winter days that are coming and the storms that tents are not winterized they dont not floras the area its for the mind and next to the sea so we expect rehires conditions for People Living there have you been told how long the migrants will have to stay in this temporary tent city well no one knows this is this is it possibly seen we hope this is a temporary composite government is saying but morial is also a temporary. We understand that we know that conditions in the maria camp were were not good they were terrible and that could have led to the fire we understand do you see there being a risk that the same conditions that maybe even the same outcome could could happen in this new camp well people people who live in very harsh conditions in moria there were 100 up down for many months these are people who have gone through terrible trauma and the conditions of lockdown where they fire from the people there of course we can expect what will happen in this yukon we hope that he will be peaceful all right a man yet you know the toro from the in geo phoenix joining us tonight from the greek island of lesbos amanda thank you thank you. Obama the struggle continues for a european solution for the migrants and lesbos the next refugee drama is already in progress at a nother european external border the Canary Islands some 4000 people have arrived there by boat to since the beginning of the year hundreds are thought to have died while making the dangerous journey across the atlantic. Many of them are fleeing the worsening security situation in the sawhill boats are setting off from morocco in the territory of western so hard theyre also departing hundreds of kilometers further self from mauritania and sinegal now while arrivals to mainland spain fell by have compared to the same period last year landings in the Canary Islands increased nearly 7 full. A calm sea after a harrowing journey. And his friend abraham to ray spent 3 days on the atlantic in a rubber dinghy on whats considered the most dangerous migration route in the world. Its estimated that one in every 15 migrants dies on the way. And you suddenly we heard and leaking from the reporting it at that moment everyone was scared to death i had the feeling that this could really be the end for us and i thought about my little sister who would then be left without me because. I thought about friends i would never see again when i was in a state of shock and i couldnt move anymore. They made it just 2 of 1000 migrants who have arrived in the Canary Islands in the past weeks. Many islanders feel abandoned by the rest of europe. And official say fuerteventura cant take any more people. New arrivals are sealed off in hotels thats attracted criticism from human Rights Groups who say the migrants have no access to asylum procedures and lack the most basic necessities and then theres the islands tourist association. With some we didnt have in the airport there were currently working to promote fuerteventura as a safe and clean island thats in the best of health nobody likes to see hotel full of migrants now thats reality. Adding to the stress the government sees growing concern over corona virus infection rates immediately upon arrival people reaching the island are tested in one of the last groups half the test were positive many newcomers like camara and 2 ray want to leave the island as soon as possible and move on to the european mainland somewhere they can find work and are safe from deportation back home. On december 31st of this year the transition period for the u. K. His departure from the European Union in britain will then be a member of the e. U. No more it has been more than. 4 years since the u. K. Voted to leave the European Union breaks it has already cost the u. K. Immeasurable some xin worry and Political Capital if brought to reason mays time is Prime Minister to a screeching halt and it is proving to be just as problematic for Boris Johnson or is Boris Johnson part of the problem the Prime Minister has threatened to read nega on parts of the withdraw agreement that he negotiated with the European Union the e. U. Is warning that would be a violation of International Law and across the atlantic washington is worried westminsters plans could torpedo the peace in ireland which they consider what democrat president ial candidate joe biden tweeted he writes we cant allow the good friday agreement that brought peace to Northern Ireland to become a casualty of breaks in any trade deal between the u. S. And u. K. Must be contingent upon respect for the agreement and preventing the return of a hard border period ari for more on break sit and what is at stake on the other side of the atlantic lets put in a man who has written and reported on breaks it from here in europe and now in the u. S. Capital David Charter is the us editor for the british newspaper the times he joins me from our washington studio tonight david its good to have you back on the day lets see if we could start by maybe if you could tell our viewers who may not be following breaks it closely explain why is the u. K. Government considering on the Withdrawal Agreement. Right its good to be back brant this is another complicated twist in the very long running saga weve been talking about about the britain britains detachment from the European Union and this is a new bill thats been proposed by the conservative governments to slightly but significantly redraw the brics that Withdrawal Agreement that they agreed with the European Union over the status of the Northern Island border and how that relates to its border with the republic of ireland which will remain in the European Union so the European Union is very concerned that there will be breaches of trade of the trade rules by goods and Services Potentially crossing the border in the wants to keep Northern Ireland as close as possible almost identical to European Union rules. That leaves the mainland of the United Kingdom. Stuck when it comes to importing and exporting to Northern Ireland because it creates a de facto border according to the British Government down the irish sea through which they will have to check goods and Services Going back and forward in Northern Ireland and they wanted to put a proviso in the law that they could change what was agreed with the e. U. To make trade within the United Kingdom including Northern Ireland a completely level Playing Field and this is cause the problem the response huge controversy on both sides of the atlantic yeah i mean youre right it is complicated and complex will it have or could it have dire consequences for ireland in Northern Ireland in the delicate piece on the argument. Well this is the fear thats been raised very strongly by joe biden the democratic candidate for president and several other very leading democrats like nancy pelosi the speaker of the house of representatives the most senior democrat she also has strong links to while and as it happens her son in law is irish and grandchildren are irish and and she invariably makes the main speech at the annual friends of island law which is held every march on some patricks day. Other other very senior people who have been at that lunch only this year include Mitch Mcconnell hes the republican leader in the senate so you can see how the irish connection of very senior american officials is really strong here and they say that they are very worried that the good friday agreement struck in the 990 is to bring peace finally to the island of ireland is at risk if the change that the british are proposing leads to some kind of infrastructure being imposed only islands and making that border a hard border that encourages conflict to route to resume and i think it is a real worry but i think also its being caught up in the American Election where joe biden wants to play perhaps to the Irish American votes who are very sympathetic to the republic of ireland and perhaps play up those fears for his own political reasons as well i want to talk about that irish in just a moment but you mention it i want you to take a listen to what the u. S. House speaker has said about brakes in ireland in the u. K. Doing business with the u. S. Stimulus. But its a very simple message they know it theyve heard it i fed it to the dough and this is not anything which hidden under a bush it will be no bilateral u. S. U. K. Agreement if the border the good friday accords and the guy to. The border are changed art so how important then is the democrats intervention here on breaks it lets see help from mr Boris Johnson replied to nancy pelosi as comments take a listen i have the most respect for. Nancy who believe the people that you know this is the distinguished congressman i say this is it here you mention it i think that when they understand but try to do it it will show. Concern which is to protect the balance so theres nothing to lose isnt just on the situation of the good friday of the of the president in the ninetys in the childrens misunderstand the Peace Process in order to get back to that somehow detroit is not the world does not suppose you have it wrong. Theres nothing proven wrong those are some of the food chain is a bit impossibly. Funky boards of protecting the symmetry of the good friday agreement is something that may have been lost in the presentation of this this matter and theyre protecting the symmetry of this agreement theyve let me ask you i mean an outsider looking at this would look at Boris Johnson and say mr johnson you negotiate the Withdrawal Agreement you signed you put your name on it werent you thinking about these things then when you signed it i mean how how do you make sense of that day. You know that outside it would be absolutely right because this agreement was signed off at the back end of last year its a very recent International Agreements and although dublin and some of the Irish American politicians may be slightly exaggerating the danger from it theres no doubt that. Mostly the bushs government is seen as in the wrong for trying to go back and we open unilaterally reopen an agreement that they made just a few months ago and weve had the British Foreign secretary dominic robb over here for 2 days doing the rounds of congress and the administration really to try and smooth over all of the hairs that have been set running by this proposal of the British Government and of course weve seen back in london that theyre trying to amend the bill to put in extra reassurances to the European Commission and to ireland that it wont be as bad or as dangerous for the border situation as they as they are saying because were also in britain i should say is also in a delicate negotiation with the European Union for a trade deal which they really need to get wrapped up by the middle of october if its to come into force on the 1st of january as everybody hopes you know david youre in washington are you seeing a battle here taking place between the u. K. And the irish lobby in washington here we were talking about breaks that it mean is that whats happening if you would have thought that wed even be talking about that it breaks it 4 years later after the referendum. I think i think so brian and i think well be talking about bricks for a good few years to come because even the final Status Agreement which is supposed to come in force on january the 1st as i mentioned is it looks like it it may not be the final agreement it may just be some outline agreements and of course theres deep suspicion among the democrats over Boris Johnsons apparent closeness to President TrumpPresident Trump has in self called mr Johnson Boris trump which wont help him with his negotiations with democrats should they come to power and of course the democrats already have huge power in congress because they control the house which controls the Key Committee that signs off on trade deals so one of the important people that mr rubb the foreign sectors been meeting yesterday in fact was ritchie nail the chairman of this ways and Means Committee which is the Crucial Committee that examines trade deals so whether or not its so biden or President Trump wins the election in november it looks like the democrats will still have the house and will still have huge say over the trait. David i have a feeling were going to be talking about this is you say for a long time and i bet were going to be talking with you on Election Night because this is going to be a big deal depending on who wins the president ial election well have to talk about that come November David schardt of u. S. Editor for the british newspaper the times as always david we appreciate your time and your insights thank you. Thank you well the days almost done the conversation continues online youll find us on twitter wu you can follow me a bridge go off t. V. And remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow gives another day well see the never go. To the point strong opinion clear position of international perspectives. Things are getting increasingly strange between the e. U. Right in china of the 2 sides have been open to sign a lock investment deal in reality though that hardly on speaking terms why find out onto the point shortly. To the point. Next took on t w. 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