More on the situation were joined by d. W. Political correspondent tom sparrow standing by for us in berlin thomas how is the Health System coping with this rise of infections of this point the Health System is still coping experts are pointed to the fact that intensive care beds are Still Available ventilators as well but they have also pointed to the fact that this could quickly change if coronavirus cases continue to grow in the speed at the speed as weve seen in the last few days and weeks this is the absolute key point to understand why germany is now facing this powerful lock down the speed at which the corona virus is spreading and those same experts are saying that if it continues this way in 2 or 3 weeks the public Health System will have reached its limit and that is again the reason why were seeing these restrictions as of today and for the whole of november which includes obviously closing bars restaurants and so on but at the same time keeping schools on many shops open an
Coming up. Priceline. Support in a key swing state donald trump has tapped into a narrative that appeals to floridas cuban americans could lead tetovo be the decider in this years u. S. Election plus another vibrant tradition falls victim to the coronavirus mexicos day of the dead parades and parties were massively slimmed down this year leaving many to remember their lost loved ones in isolation. Im sorry kelly its great to have you with us a number of European Countries are reimposing coronavirus restrictions as they struggle to stay ahead of the pandemics 2nd wave our coverage begins in germany which from today is back under a partial lockdown until the end of november social gatherings are limited to 2 households ours restaurants and Sports Centers and Entertainment Venues have to remain close. And hotels are perhaps added from providing rooms to tourists the measures are in response to what is being called an exponential rise in infections. One more round before not sunday was the
Gemini is a leading industrial nation that still has many areas that desperately lag behind on the telecoms fronts and that applies to base landlines and Internet Access Broadband Speed rankings constantly fluctuates germany ranks in the mid thirtys compared to other countries. And while other countries pick up the pace germany is struggling to keep up. My one solution be an extraterrestrial one providing high Speed Internet for everyone. The earths orbit will soon be home to new constellations of satellites in the thousands could they make the vision of fast connectivity everywhere. Ronna a reality. Which regions in germany have the worst Internet Connection and how is performance measured. The Engineering Consultancy group p 3 special licensing gauging the signal strength of networks for mobile phone and internet providers. Its fleet of several dozen cars ferries it specialists all across europe to detect any gaps in coverage. Or the technicians measured the surfing speed of various
Amount of easily accessible to us humans is relatively tiny. Its in rivers and lakes and under our feet groundwater theyre usually hidden from view is vitally important. Hello and welcome to tomorrow today the science show on d w. The vast amounts of water on our planet and sitting still but in motion in a perpetual cycle heat from the sun makes water evaporates and rise into the air as it condenses it forms clouds and eventually precipitation ensues in the form of rain snow or hail. Some of that water evaporates again directly some is taken up by plants and flows into rivers lakes and seas seeps into the earth and read. Plana since the ground wars have some of that in 10 makes its way to the surface. This is the upper rhine valley in southwest germany. There are places here where something valuable and increasingly rare public is up to the surface. Clear pure groundwater. Pike feel right at home in it as do many other species of fish. Some are facing extinction the european is a criti
Johnson has announced angle and will enter a 2nd nationwide lockdown starting next thursday the measures will be in place a for at least 4 weeks johnson said action was needed now to contain a surge in corona virus cases. One of cinemas all time greats is gone james bond star sean connery has died at the age of 90 he shot to stardom in the very 1st bond film at dr no in 1962 and went on to dominate the Silver Screen for 4 decades the veteran scot one of many awards throughout his long career including an oscar and 3 golden globes. This is g w news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at steve w. News or visit our website dot com. Org. This is bullshit so is this. And this. All the who sit in on and above our planet amounts to about 1400000000 cubic kilometers almost all of it more than 97 percent is salty less than 3 percent is freshwater and most of that is in snow and ice in glaciers and in the arctic and antarctic so the amount easily accessible to us humans is relatively