A waste of time the president is still being treated for covert 19 after testing positive for the coronavirus last week. Dozens of people are reported injured in a high rise Apartment Fire in south korea the blaze in the city of all sun apparently started on a lower floor and quickly and gulf to 33 Story Building in flames. American writer and poet louisa glick has one of this years nobel prize in literature shes already won a prestigious Pulitzer Prize in the u. S. As me just academy said she is an unmistakable voice that with austere of beauty makes individual existence universal. This is due to the news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at state of the news or visit our website w dot com. Vice president ial candidates mike pence and couple of hours have now battled it out in a debate that restored some dignity to the u. S. Election process its a contrast to last weeks a bruising affair between donald trump and joe biden but did they shift the needle of Public Opinion in their guys favor im phil gale in berlin and this is the day. And i believe. That. Russian backed government of. My big. City because it is so densely. President ial. Debate and both seem. As both president ial candidates are in their seventys the idea that the Vice President. From the presidency has increased. Test abortion ministrations response of course but issues on which they clashed. After the recent chaotic president ial debate this seemed civil and much more. The 2 candidates seated at a safe distance divided by plexiglass barriers in the 1st and only Vice President ial debate. We need to. Interrupt. Just one of many issues of good. Tension between mike pence and Camila Harris the American People have witnessed what is the greatest failure of any president ial administration in history of our country undermining the pens who hits President Trumps corona pandemic taskforce on excel went on the defensive from the very 1st day President Donald Trump has put the health of america 1st before there were more than 5 cases in the United States all people who had returned from china President Donald Trump do what no other american president had ever done whatever the Vice President would depend demick still affecting millions of americans leaving many worried about keeping their Health Care Coverage harris went straight on the attack if you have a preexisting condition Heart Disease diabetes Breast Cancer their common feel if you love someone who has a preexisting condition and you they dont say how many are you if the vaccine ends his response avoided specifics obamacare was a disaster for the American People remember well President Trump and i have a plan to improve health care and for present protect preexisting conditions for every american and heres the abortion also came up as always an important factor in american elections were informed. Im prolife i dont apologize for. And this is another one of those cases where theres such a dramatic contrast Joe Biden Kamel Harris support taxpayer funding of abortion all the way up to the moment of birth late term abortion they want to increase funding to planned parenthood of america issues before us can be more serious theres the issue of choice and i will always fight for a womans right to make a decision about her own body it should be her decision and not that of donald trump and and the Vice President michael pence though most viewings of the debate to place bertie at home some locations hosted small viewing parties like this one in cincinnati. Well i think it was a lot more like a debate than the previous recent president ial that be a lot more with what normally happens. I was pleasantly surprised to see more civility in this debate than the previous president ial debate. Piece on how much this Vice President ial debate will change the dynamics of the president ial race. Well lets get more on this from conservative political commentator david frew hes a Senior Editor at the atlantic was a speechwriter for republican president george w. Bush welcome to w. What do you think it did either candidate managed to shift the needle of Public Opinion that needle of Public Opinion has been slowly moving through the month of october as the Economic News gets worse as the disease news gets worse President Trump is sinking and sinking sinking below his 440 percent threshold i think we are on the way to a white epic result in the election of 120. Ok thats thats quite clear im coming harris is coming here is his condemnation of the trump administrations Coronavirus Response has got a lot of people talking so lets take a little listen. Well the American People have witnessed what is the greatest failure of any president ial administration in history of our country and here are the facts 210000 dead people in our country and its the last several months over 7000000 people who have contracted this disease one in 5 businesses closed on january 28th and Vice President and the president more informed about the nature of this pandemic they were informed that its lethal in consequence that it is airborne that it will affect young people and that it would be contracted because it is airborne and they knew what was happening and they didnt tell you. That it froome there was nothing new in that but it is interesting to have it all sort of put in one place to have damage and you think that accusation from not come last was. Sometimes there is a tent city to exaggerate the importance of campaigns and messaging people watch this debate watch this debate from home they watched it with their children at home they watched it out of work they watched it with businesses that are close they watched it knowing that their loved ones are sick made or have been sick in fear of sickness themselves they watch it knowing that the president is 6 they saw a Vice President who did not look well they know the chairman of the joint chiefs are all quarantining its not a matter of what you say its sort of what is true and what is true is the country is in desperate trouble and that is not just our country but all around the world and that is i think the reason why you see this this collapse in the president s support so what does he need to do then what needs to happen for the president to close that gap. By. I think he needs to build a time machine and go back in time and completely alter not only his response to this disease but i mean its her im being silly but look you cant you cant its done the consequences of this catastrophe are upon us and i think one of the things that the president s been struggling with and the reason is his is twitter behavior and other behaviors so radek is because he realizes that theres nothing to do at this point the record is the record the suffering is the suffering the economic the disease results are what they are there isnt some formula magic words i used to write speeches for president george w. Bush and one of the politicians sometimes believe not george w. Bush many of them is theres some theres a magic formula theres something you can say they can change peoples experience but actually people vote on is the base of what is happening to them every human being is the worlds leading expert on the life of that human being and they know where they are they know their children are not in school they know they are out of work they know theyre sick or fraid of becoming sick. Quite an Interesting Exchange that they had on rice last week the president of the United States took a debate stage in front of 70000000 americans and refused to condemn White Supremacists and. It wasnt like he didnt have a chance he didnt do it and then he doubled down and then he said when pressed stand. Stand by at center harris conveniently omitted the epa the president made comments about people on either side of the debate over monuments he condemned the k. K. K. Neo nazis and White Supremacists and has done so repeatedly youre concerned that he doesnt condemn neo nazis present trump has jewish grandchildren his daughter and son in law are jewish. This is a president who who respects and cherishes all of the American People and for what why do you think donald trump cant seem to shake this perception that his arrest. Well there are some subjective reality is also very personal reality which is dont trump cannot accept any kind of criticism so he makes an initial misstep even if its innocent and it usually isnt but even if it is he cant fix because fixing a misstep would be would be too it would require him to acknowledge a misstep but its also true that the president he draws strength from some dark places in American Life and hes not willing to stand up against them because he views the world only through one prism are you for me or against me he is not he is indifferent any other moral standard is only for you for him or against him so if you or anyone nazi whos against donald trump then hes against you but if youre a neo nazi who is for donald trump and he finds it hard to be against you its interesting that listening to your talk a man who has written for who has written speeches for a republican president. When you when you were talking about the current republican president here in your same aghast ive spent 4 years writing about this look we my party the Republican Party is a shattered party and it is important to understand how many republicans are opposed to President Trump the democrats one. More than 60 seats in the election of of of 2020 or 2800 and they won them in the areas where republicans have historically been strongest the seat that was held by george h. W. Bush back in the 1960 s. And stayed republican from 1966 until 2018 thats now democratic seat Newt Gingrichs former seat in the suburbs of atlanta thats now a democratic seat the seat of eric cantor whos the number 2 republican in the house of representatives under president obama thats now a democratic seat what we have seen is a rebellion of many of the traditional republican heartlands against the presence of donald trump ok back to they been hit by the pens versus harris was a much more dignified a fad than trump biden last week but there was still the interrupting issue will take a listen he will not raise taxes on anybody who make less than 400000. 00 here peel the trump tax cut mr Vice President speaking well im speaking be important if this is the truth the only going to repeal part of the trump talks if you dont mind letting me finish we can have a conversation ok please ok in 861 id like to dance. According to c. B. S. News mike pence interrupted the hottest 10 times the 5 interruptions and b c has it 16 times to her and i was mike pence being sexist or just rude. Might counts compared to dont trump is a psychologically normal human being is a can very conventional american conservative politician and and his career is on the line so hes hes under some pressure i think it was also evident and this is not something we the norms of our contrition journalism allows to come and it was also evident that there was something i mean and well about him he was not english it was very pale his eyes were pink he had a canker in the corners mouth and so he may not have been in top form he was trying to bring some level of assertion because after all he is side is his is side of the debate is losing the trump and pence ticket is anywhere from depending on whos counting 6. 00 to 8. 00 to 10. 00 or more points behind so there is a certain amount of psychological pressure under under him so he tried to do what he could do and he is is aware that theres an audience President Trump me has to keep happy who insists on the most aggressive possible response to any challenge especially want from a woman good talking to its very interesting that david frum from the atlantic thank you thank you. And the german capital berlin has been declared a coronavirus hotspot after the number of cases in the city passed a critical threshold for the introduction of tougher restrictions germanys Disease Control agency theyre all but a Call Institute is warning about the spread of the corona virus would become uncontrollable if people dont stick to hygiene distancing rules german chancellor Angela Merkel says she doesnt want to repeat of what happened in spring when europes largest economy went into lockdown. More than a foot has a new infections in the past day thats germanys highest rate since april when the kountry was today knocked down has ministre yen span want of growing complacency and a population and called for responsible behavior when up to 80000000 people cooperate the chances of the virus spreading will drop dramatically that is the good work that this pandemic is a circle back to terrorists for us as a society and we can only pass if we pull together. In recent days authorities have tightened restrictions in high risk areas such as the capital beilin from saturday on words a curfew will be imposed on bars and restaurants as germany braces for soaring cases but according to the account trees leading vajrayana g. s rest trick sions alone one suffice it is not sufficient to impose rules that people dont understand them so the cooperation of the population especially in the coming weeks and months to. Go over all the autumn and winter. Is probably one of the most important functions in the whole concept to intervene. With spalls School Holidays about to begin the government has called on citizens to avoid travel abroad most of germanys 16 states have though so agreed to a ban on overnight stays at hotels for visitors from high risk areas in a bid to curb the surge of new infections. Its been 5 years since russia and the war in syria in support of president bashar assad tipping the balance in favor of the regime assad forces assisted by russia and iran now control most of the country Kurdish Forces still hold the northeast but have signed a deal with the sad it lip in the northwest is the last remaining province under rebel control with turkeys support a serious a ceasefire for. Came into effect in march this year the government and russian air strikes are increasing again and many of you fear a decisive battle for the province stops and you dont get to show reports. Even when hes making t. V. Plain sparta zanes focuses on the job not to miss a single military plane taking off from the bases controlled by the saturation. The 41 year old has set up a mini listening station to follow syrian and Russian Radio Communications at a secret location for security reasons along with 1000 volunteers he monitors all air traffic over you clip around the clock. Just as the most we can listen into the pilots Radio Communications and find out his destination so we know where the bombs might fall to look i do this work for civilians if we can warn them we can save lives. As soon as he spots anything in warrants local civilians hospital sent 1st responders using radio and other networks about he says the number of air raids on each has risen significantly in recent weeks although the ceasefire agreement is still in effect. On hold my biggest fear is that the Russian Air Force will bomb adlib city because it is so densely populated. In recent weeks the bombs sometimes more than 20 a day have mainly targeted less Populated Areas but theres growing concern that assad and his forces are set to launch a new offensive also targeting hospital tent schools in a similar way to the beginning of the year when attacks let in the small town of. Many families have since returned home but holiday khalid from the local council has no idea. Housing and survive the coming winter Water Supplies hospitals electricity generators have all be destroyed and covered 19 infections are on the rise. And. We cant koren 1000 people to protect them from the coronavirus. So theyve got to work to feed their families we would need support from relief agencies in our town but no one has shown up and even though. Hundreds of thousands of people have sought refuge in the sprawling campus of northern euclid province here 2 conditions are palling but theres at least some support from relief organizations. Kamarck mature man is among those who desperately need that support a year ago his house was destroyed and their right one of his sons was killed achmet lost both legs and hes grateful for the tent they were given but hes anxious about the winter that lies ahead. So right away im disabled and i cant walk at all. Weve got no income nothing at all. Hametz says his wife left him because she could no longer bear the gloom and the misery in the tent since then his sister has been looking after him and her 3 children theyve never known anything but war never been to school. Children im very. They dont listen to me. Especially the elder sister driving us crazy they just want their mother back. So just the future holds how could they possibly keep going what will they do for heating when winter sets in what about the koran a virus and where can they go next if forced to start a new offensive too many questions and no answers. Lets bring in daniel. Middle east analyst and editor in chief im sorry for magazine which focuses on the region welcome to date lets start with the humanitarian situation how many people rebel held areas of it live and what are conditions like for. Well the conditions illustrated drastically in the report in the course of believe organizations its very difficult to give a moment about who controlled areas controlled areas because the front line has been shifting and there is also different areas on the control of different rebel organizations of course. We have to see that theres about maybe 2000000 people that are close to the military operations to the right of increase of wrong. Course this is a very difficult occasion. Living with for quite simple and we. As. We weve heard the fears and the reports that the Syrian Government is looking likely to try to retake it later on actually in a position to be able to do that. I doubt that to be honest i think it is absolutely possible that we will see an increase in military operations aerial operations hillary shelling weve seen exchanges in the last couple of days. Also or rebels. Planting regime held areas and regime troops that would be quite untypical for the Syrian Regime and the russians would. Allow the ground operation while the winter is approaching also in light of the and then if that is savage. Of course the syrians all across the country of course syrias out supposed to the right of virus that we dont have official numbers and the regime seems to be putting that out but its a very very serious and syria at the moment so i doubt that there would be have made as well before they can but i think there is another rather cynical of your political us that. Rush this to increase its pressure in the south or a Bombing Campaign of it live this would not be so much to establish Syrian Regime control over but to put pressure. Which is now very busy with the military escalation in the caucasus with her is supporting. And russias a corking on many of the others and we should not forget that there is also other conflicts in areas in libya in the Eastern Mediterranean and quite typically russia has been using this increasing military pressure in syria in that when they were without will suitable to force her into some sort of a compromise and i think this is not so much about reestablishing regime control over it live though or as this would be part of those assets also nicole who were prior to this before next years president ial election think what the russians have in mind here is something very different. Its obviously its quite a complicated situation but it does sound just looking at the russian involvement in this conflict that russia is moving to reach our own agenda and it has its own goals that its looking to achieve in iraq not necessarily true true but he says that the Syrian Regime or. Yeah which would be in line with the Syrian Regime of the Russian Foreign minister lavrov has traveled recently with a pretty high ranking delegation to the moscow is to give us a i think some reinsurers of reassurance but also to try. To develop some sort of a political vision for the future of syria because the russians have been now present in syria with the military of 5 years but. They havent really saved the Syrian Regime and they have the f. A. Leverage in the middle east but they havent really followed it with a solution which i think they are still interested in presenting i think the russians want to keep of course military control and theres actually no question that they want to force rebel held areas in the submission but of the other hand they see that syria needs some sort of a solution and all for a tarion solution the course of russian girls still. There needs to be political progress in light of the current president who wrote him and so the russians are engaged with the United Nations they it was their idea to bring together some sort of a Constitutional Committee that syrians from within held areas and from the opposition to create some compromise and and followed some thought of a perspective that they havent been very successful of this so i think russia will remain involved militarily politically but sometimes for very different goals. Very clear. From some if magazine thank you for. And that was the day a conversation continues online to find us on twitter at the doubling. Of the death. Of. One continent. 700000000 people. All with their own personal stories. We explore every day life. What europeans fear and what they hope for. Some good school in the world. On d w. Theres a motto for energy. Theres enough of it available. Theres a great. Fun future after it speeding up sealed is released. 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Hello and welcome to a new edition of focus on europe we begin todays show with a conflict that might be far away from europe geographically but still has a direct impact on our continent witness says of the syrian war a tale harrowing stories of arbitrary arrests torture and killings by the Syrian Secret Police 2 officials believed to be part of president assads regime are currently on trial in germany these are some of the victims families in front of a court in corbett and visual to remember those who are disappeared or killed in syria its the 1st time suspected perpetrators are standing trial to face charges of crimes against humanity. The principle of going to verse the jurisdiction allows prosecution to take place in germany even though the crimes against humanity were committed in syria. Mahmoud is one of those who are closely following the Court Proceedings she is one of the countless syrians whose families have fallen victim to the civil war thats why she left her home country and fled to germany and now she has hope for a long awaited justice. Mahmoud in her apartment in the german capital berlin the opponent of the regime in syria lives here on her own in exile isnt she this is my husband. Says 2012 hes been missing disappearing in a prison run by the syrian secret service. Just like her son my here. Theyve been mediators for the opposition and had been on their way back from outside syria when the protests against the regime in syria started. Aired. Him and i called our son my hair after they arrived at the airport in damascus he said were getting into the car now and will be home soon please set the table that the public. Was husband and son never got back home. The Syrian Secret Services crimes are cruel these photos from inside syrian prisons were leaked in 2013 victims of torture photographed by a military policeman who managed to get them out of the country. Today the photos are important evidence against assads torturers in europe the authorities were investigating them when they made a discovery and 2018 secret Service Members had allegedly come to europe from syria this guys this refugees one of them is this man and where are the alleged head of the department and the secret service he and another suspected secret Service Members have been on trial in germany since april was the 1st trial ever for crimes against humanity committed by members of the assad regime. From as a darwish a Syrian Opposition where the trial is a historic step towards more justice. In the cities darwish was there for the start of the trial he lives in exile in europe to. Example. When youre talking justice its only when. One of these. Was. The 1st. Earth and he got a good. One when the trial started syrians opposed to the regime came together outside the Court Building to the men that assert be brought to trial. Assad himself denies any responsibility or wrongdoing. But the evidence against the Syrian Regime is overwhelming. Its kept here at this secret location in western europe. William wiley used to work for the United Nations investigating human rights abuses for human courts in former yugoslavia and in rwanda he heads the commission for International Justice and accountability and gathers evidence against assads regime. Basically. What you have in this room are materials generated by the Security Intelligence structures of. The military structures of syria and the party or political structures of syria at the top level and the government level. Records and files of the Syrian Regime cleaned examined and archived especially for the investigating authorities and courts in europe. Wiley and other investigators are financially supported by european governments when the war in yugoslavia ended in the 9. Yes the International Tribunal was missing many important files to prevent this from happening again the commission secured and smuggled over 800000 documents out of the case of the syrian civil war. He is convinced that it will be enough to prove the syrian leaderships responsibility for human rights abuses. As those found while mom and living in exile in berlin i dont. Understand if i could end up as a no not a lightly justice will take its course. She did upon and im happy when i see that those people who tortured the prisoners more and i know what thats not ive had that experience myself so theyre full to be very happy if those responsible for techno chewing men and women are punished to get passed out were caught up. In the night biggest dream is to see their leadership being brought to justice for. Him to pass out. Mahmoud hopes that one day all the crimes of assads regime will come to light including her husbands and her sons fate. London is not just the capital of the u. K. Its also the countrys traffic jam capital last year drivers in london spends nearly a 150 hours stuck in traffic thats 150 hours of people being idle and thats wasted time has cost the city billions now of course the streets of london are much emptier because many people are working from home and that has given way to bikers we met one of them and he is calling for a bicycle revolution on the streets of his city. The cyclist and wanted us to be quite confident. When youre with the road like this if youre a competent cyclist is not really much of a problem but you have to be going at more or less the speed of the trough and a new presence on the road has to be quite strong for. Philip jones and rides his bike everywhere he cycle some 20000 kilometers e. M. Caltech finished films and his family are pleased that more and more london as are discovering the joys of cycling. The role of cycling enthusiast from the time when Young Children grow that fights to school. Thats still something of an audit seen on t. V. But that could soon change. In schools by playing dancing get people cycling. The next generation i think the definitely be more comfy than that on the buy a person would think they should just go ahead and close 50 percent. Sidestreets just close the lid cause dont need to go on 50 percent so give us access to everybody. Close as much as possible. Those kinds of demands get londons taxi drivers will riled up the citys cabbies are among scientists the racist critics. Who dont are cyclists get rid of old and get real recycles or buses. They would and then misses the traffic at the moment is terrible. Roads or whatever make it more sauk alliance is just going to make the traffic even worse as digests has half the people that saw the marmot dont know the high white cars and the small percentage of do not highlight charge. So this should be some sort of a test for cyclists and yet londons in a city is currently swarming with bicycles as the quran the crisis in a new age of mentality. Cyclists now have some powerful supporters behind them there will be a huge amount of planning going into helping people to get to work other than by mass transit and i this will be i hope i never but my writing for a former secretary of transport i would agree this is should be a new go in age for cyclists but they must act fast when commuters return on mass and wont be enough buses or trains to accommodate them and take it to social distancing missions if even a small percentage of these commuters start using cars instead london will be faced with 10 children. The temptation to get into medical will be very very strong and understandable so i think weve got a short window of time to reach out to both the politicians and to the public at large to say there is a better word after this. Than is the city numbed and its financial district isnt in the way. During the day access is restricted to passes and bikes only. And sidewalks are being widened to give pedestrians will remain. And in some residential districts streets are being close to 3 traffic drivers are having to find other bricks 1. Oh oh. But this just in these few weeks is an amazing opportunity to connect a lot of the internet should pause to the local councils on board to get the local. Resignation cycle again to stop this because central university. During the Current Crisis london feels a bit like bike friendly amsterdam. Think tillington and his family hope it will stay that way i think this new golden each for cycling seems almost too good to be true. Do you like oysters i have to admit its not a huge fan but if you are then you surely know what a costly delicacy they are well in france this delicacy now needs its own security detail as thieves have also come to realize their value they break into farms and steal the oysters to sell them later for a profit its a huge loss for oyster farmers like nicole that one name is now hoping that the local police can help protect his precious. Its Early Morning this is the beta that for a name on the french brittany coast. Is an oyster farmer he loves working here but for months hes been extremely worried because thieves have been stealing the precious molluscs. If the tide is out we come here in the mornings to check if everything is all right. Soon he spots a basket that has been cut open again oyster thieves have struck its a major financial loss it takes 3 years until the oyster can be sold and until then they need to be carefully tended to. Weeks ago says 3 and a half tons of oysters were stolen in one night. 60. 7 or 8000 euros and they still 250 of them all. Last year many tons of oysters were stolen across france and the situation seems to be getting worse and once the valuable mollusks have been taken theyre impossible to trace back. Some coastal towns are now set up a special police force like here in london monday as. Singles like you know main job is to prevent if. We go one patrol every morning noon and all that sort of night i mean yeah. They use drones to keep an eye on the coast hoping to catch boisterous thieves red handed. So far theyve proven elusive the thieves seem to know their way around the oyster farms and so usually all the special police force can do is act when its already too late. We then look at the oyster. And you. Can look. We have to look at. Such a big load of stolen always to keep ploy. The. Only people from within the trade are capable to do so. Hes convinced the thieves are from the area. Nobody else has the local knowledge and tools necessary to collect the baskets from the bay. Thinking of all kinds of people who. Have a suspicion but no proof that it could also turn out to be one of my friends. Could experience a bit of disappointment. Another problem is that an increasing number of oysters are catching a disease during farming the rare virus was previously found only in warmer waters. In the town of theres a market every saturday. Are extremely popular and he doesnt have to wait long for customers. Full of very healthy very pure like the sea and also