A 2nd wave. Im brian thomas good to have you with us today the fridays for future climate protests are resuming around the world today for the 1st time since the pandemic began australias sydney harbor was the 1st to see demonstrators returning with more than 3000. 00 other climbing events planned around the world for the last 6 months protests have been held online the movements figurehead swedish teenager gets a tune berg is joining an event in stockholm more than 400 demonstrations are planned in germany alone organizers have pledged that all of bands will be socially distanced. The fridays for future movement attracted young activists like few other causes in recent years and the young people have been joined by older activists who are bringing their knowledge to the new push to protect the planet. They want Environmental Justice they want it now and they have plenty of company grammas against the right when i was a teenager she demonstrated for feminism now the 66 year old is taking to the streets again for the environment. Their children our grandchildren youve got to show solidarity with the ideas that these young people have youve got to take them seriously and get out and demonstrate with them because its right what theyre saying. To my. 16 year old hannah 2 year old takes part in fridays for future protests on the street on social media or in public political debates that are going to go on the older generation can help us to work out how to get through to the politicians how we can really bring about change after all they have a lot of experience im always happy to learn from older people and we can show them that we are still full of hope and that we want things to change and number one. Panel wants Climate Policies to change but sustainability is also important to her in her daily life. I was among the kind of wed all stop flying theres simply no reason to fly anywhere inside europe you can go everywhere by train and you can always go by bike and not by car. For 14 years now and gallica macca has been only using one mode of transportation her bike she coordinates a Neighborhood Environmental group as part of grandmas against the right. Sized museums thats what we as our job to my neighbors together to bring everybody together to think about the climate to give people a piece that urban need to take responsibility for our town and to make sure it becomes more colorful that it stays green and that we protect and preserve it. That means doing things like watering and caring for trees in the neighborhood and clearing up parks beautifying urban gardens. Is. Just a little cog in this machine but i can turn lots of other cocks as well and i think this is really a way to make a difference and be powerful and that makes me feel good. Must. Go through the grammas and the teenagers are working together to develop ideas for the future theyre united by the dream of a sustainable healthy planet. Lets go live now to. Delhi down at berlins Brandenburg Gate where the Capital Cities protests are just kicking off whats happening where you are yulia. So. So people have started gathering here in front of the Brandenburg Gate so one of the landmarks here in berlin that 10000 protesters were expected here today at the moment we dont see that many maybe a few 100 gathering but also because of the bad weather still raining this morning. To come out for this since you can see the. 3 different planes have been organized for this one here at the brandenburg. I mean then its going to take place and then you might see protests that are going right here later on in the. 400 closed and were going to live in germany this is missing in the country and people are slow in the joining at the moment now were seeing protests around the world today were some of the issues people are focusing on in berlin today. The. Young protesters here have told me that they are finally glad to be on the streets again after enduring the coronavirus endemic climate issues they say has been forgotten now in germany and britain is you here is the whole thing is out this summer that germany for them into the proof legislation that would feel like 2000 there hes right hes very future and climate activists this is too late to guarantee the achievement of paris the schools they want the cool things out to happen by 2030 and that is also why theyre here protesting today. So much so although a forest down at the Brandenburg Gate here in berlin. Lets take a look down from the other stories making the news at this hour one of the vaticans most powerful cardinals has suddenly resigned a one sentence vatican statement says the pope francis accepted the resignation of chewy who headed the office that creates saints for the church but surely has been implicated in allegations surrounding a London Luxury real estate scandals its cost about a can hundreds of millions of dollars. U. S. President donald trump has paid his final respects to the Late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg whos lying in repose at the Supreme Court booed and shouted at the president chanting respect her wish in her last days ginsburg said she hoped to be replaced after the election the president has to announce his replays. And counted it saturday. B. M. W. Has been ordered to pay an 18000000. 00 fine to u. S. Regulators the securities and Exchange Commission accusing b. M. W. And 2 of its subsidiaries of inflating Sales Numbers between 201520192 meet internal targets and impress investors b. M. W. Except the penalty without admitting or denying those findings. North korea has apologized over the death of a missing south korean. Seoul says north Korean Leader kim jong un wrote a letter saying he was quote greatly sorry for the incident more than troops reportedly shot a south Korean Defector on a boat dead and then burned his body out of fear of catching the coronavirus. Its to france now that country has set another record for daily cases with more than 16000 new confirmed infections and the number of people hospitalized it has been rising as well to contain the virus france has introduced stricter rules in major cities like marsay. Marci on maximum alert as the number of killed that patients in intensive care searches nonemergency operations are being cancelled to keep Critical Care beds free authorities worry a 2nd wave could overwhelm the health care system. To contain the flare up bars and restaurants in frances 2nd largest city will be forced to close for at least 15 days starting on saturday the decision is left many bar owners and staff seething some feel they are being unfairly targeted or we are unjustly punished stigmatized fingers are automatically being pointed at us bars and restaurants we are responsible for the rise in kobe cases in marsay its nonsense how and why are we responsible for this when we do everything to comply with the rules with the others also that france is Prime Minister disagreements speaking on a t. V. Programme he said the industry has contributed to the surge in covert cases. Dont think long ago about throwing in a wall many people in cities see bars where a lot of people dont have masks and dont respect the social distancing measures so they are hotbeds of contamination i mean a short while i was and we are a full 3 times more likely to be infected in a bar then in a normal business with. Other french cities are also bracing for tougher restrictions in the capital paris bars and restaurants will have to shut at 10 pm. Were joined now by John Campbell one of your troops more famous trying to virus researchers and analysts many of us been following him since the pandemic began thanks so much for coming in john is the spike run were seeing in marsay and other european big cities is a result phenomenon or is this europe wide. Its pretty well you over why i mean at the moment spain is it is leading the increasing cases then france and then the u. K. Is increasing quite a bit now but there are no to public sections like italy so it is a bit patchy but there was a summary by Washington State university in seattle just a couple of days ago and they describe your office surging generally so were seeing a general trend in your craving creases but we are seeing particular Countries Increasing at a more rapid rate and of course what we need to do is learn from the mistakes of the countries that are increasing at a more rapid rate and try and use that information to keep the levels of spread down in other countries such as germany and the u. K. Where the levels are currently lower a lot of people talking about a 2nd wave being a possibility we need to define our terms of course is a 2nd wife the start of one. It really depends on how you define it i mean what really matters is the pragmatic definition and in a 2nd way or an increase in cases the point is we have a sustained increase in cases from day to day from week to week and that is exactly what were seeing in parts of europe and we are seeing it at Different Levels as well so as weve said spain and france at high levels u. K. And germany still increasing albeit at lower levels probably would call it a 2nd wave personally because obviously quite high numbers of cases back in march april may then we went down in the summer theres a lot of reasons for that and now were going back up again but i really think its important to learn some of the lessons from these other countries that are that are doing well in the countries that arent doing so on doing so well at the moment ok what would be some of those lessons if you if you were john well its a its a very well its a nice app is working very well we only had started with the op yesterday in the u. K. Which is really quite a sad situation that has taken so well and its really wasnt complacent over the summer because italy suffered so badly in the 1st wave and it was the 1st country really to suffer but i dont think it forgotten the lessons of the. Of what we might call this 1st wave whereas other countries took their foot off the off the accelerator a little bit italy maintained its 14 days quarantine it didnt really encroach tourism the way spain did a lot of the resurgence in cases in spain now from tourism so it was minimal and italy used its Testing Capacity wisely so all countries are limited testing to prostate it to be targeted to test trace and isolate the contacts of people that was symptomatic the contacts of people who were asymptomatic whether it was work family or social and the other thing they did in italy was the identify specific infection drives and one of those was dancing in nightclubs oh that was a band on the seventys that John Campbell thanks so much for coming on one day to keep up your work there for all of us thanks but yes. Stick around now some of the other developments in the pandemic israel has toughened its coronavirus measures after a 2nd lockdown failed to reduce new infections new rules will close most workplaces shutter outdoor food markets and further limit prayers and demonstrations. Britain has reported its highest number of new cases in a day just over 6600 the government announced sweeping new measures earlier in the week designed to curb the viruses spread and the number of people to have died from cove in mexico while that has passed the 75000 mark the countrys seen more than 715000 infections. And Rio De Janeiro has delayed next years world famous carnival celebrations the event which draws millions of visitors was to take place in february but has been postponed indefinitely due to the pandemic brazil is grappling with the worlds 2nd deadliest outbreak. We have some sports news now and the way for super cup took place in budapest last night with Champions League winners byron munich beating europa League Winners of the a 21 lucas or gumbos open the scoring force of yes in the 13th minute but. Hit the net for biron 20 minutes later Javi Martinez bagged the winner for biron during exercise. Lets get your reminder now of our top stories this hour the fridays for Future School climate strikes resumed today around the world organizers say the scaled down demonstrations will take place in line with restrictions on social justice. The pandemic meant the weekly cases have been rising at the time. Well thats your update at this hour up next doc film women in islam dont forget you can always get the latest news and information around the clock at our website as well ditto dot com im brian thomas from the entire news team thanks so much for being here our Group Weekend sumi will be with you at the top of the hour so long from the. 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