A court in turkey hands down dozens of life sentences. For some of the nanny 500. 00 defendants accused of carrying out an attempted coup in 26. 00 day. Both former soldiers and civilians will now spend the rest of their life in prison. And the ethiopians fleeing for their lives as the government orders the army to stop the final phase of an offensive in all of the region to take right away. Have a special report from our correspondent on the ground. Im rebecca reeses. Welcome to the program. Chancellor. Uncle of merkel has agreed with late is of germanys 16 states to tighten nationwide coronavirus measures. Because infection rights remain high. The restrictions will stay in place until at least december 20th, but all likely to be extended into from next choose day. Private gatherings will be limited to 5 people from 2 households. Children under the age of 14 are exempt. Facemasks must be worn in busy downtown areas and in workplaces. A number of customers allowed in large shops has been cut in half. Sports and leisure activities will remain restricted until the holidays. Throughout the pandemic, america has repeated the mantra, that stopping the spread of the virus is in the hands of the public. And she returned to that familiar message as she defended the extension of the partial lockdown in Parliament Earlier today. Was going to say very clearly that this is up to us. Were not powerless. Without any doubt, we have difficult months ahead of us. This is the way in which people have overcome so many problems in the history of humankind. Even during this pandemic, every single one of us can actively contribute to getting us through this period. Well, thats october and theyd only chief political editor, me caught up earlier with lawmaker. Hes a member of parliament for germanys social democrats. Hes also a Public Health expert and epidemiologist. So miss a lot about, youre also a medic. Whats your assessment . Will those measures be and i hope the measures will be enough. The measures weve talked about 3 weeks ago, work half as efficient as we expected them to work. So we must do better this time. Obviously, weve developed the most measures to fit the challenge to you in a couple of weeks listening to tell us america today. And part of it, there was a tangible envy towards those states that have implemented a full lockdown and have that way just to get infection rates down again. Do you share that . Dont share in the myth of