Warning that germany could be heading for an uncontrollable spread of the. Chancellor Angela Merkel says she does not want a repeat of the countrys spring lockdown. Plus living in fear of the next bombing. Hoping that the ceasefire in syria will hold. A michael ok welcome to the program the 2020 nobel prize in literature has been awarded to the American Writer and poet in the. Swedish Nobel Academy said she had one for her unmistakable unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal. Debut collection of poetry 1st born was published in 1. 1968 she is a Pulitzer Prize winner and a professor of English Literature at Yale University the Swedish Nobel Committee described her as one of the most prominent poets in american contemporary literature because to be announced the award after several years of controversy and scandal for the worlds preeminent literary accolade lets bring in Karen Hempstead from arts and culture karen its good to see you so gli
Armenia and azerbaijan agreed to work to end their conflict. In just under an hour the 2 candidates for Vice President of the United States will face off in their only debate of the campaign ahead of the november 3rd president ial election clear plastic barriers will separate mike pence and. Have both tested negative for corona virus pictures here from Salt Lake City ahead of this 90 minute debate in the state of utah this is the hole in the university of utah where it will all happen. Rob reynolds as our correspondent there today so much anticipation for this one is that they were not usual for a Vice President ial debate these are not usual times. Absolutely kemal i mean the the Vice President ial debates every 4 years are usually pretty forgettable although those of us who are of a certain age will never forget lloyd benson is classic putdown of dan quayle in 1988 senator youre no jack kennedy but this time the stakes are even higher the focus will we squarely i think on covert 19 a
Mentioned the german capital is now jumped about of that sort of threshold line of 50 infections per 100000 over a 7 day period so were seeing you know bars closed at night and other contact restrictions here as some states around germany have even gone so far as to say that they will impose a ban on people within the country arriving from places that have been designated hot spots using hotels so thats quite a an extreme step to morrow freud a chancellor merkel will meet the mayors of 11 large cities to discuss what further measures can be taken i think law and cities are increasingly being seen as a key focus of the fight against corona as you probably know angle merkel has said today that she doesnt want a repeat of the situation we had in the spring what lessons have been learned since the beginning of the outbreak. Yes and the chancellor also said that the best package for the economy would be an effective fight against coronas i think a lot of lessons have been learned horse medi
Be flown to. A medical team and private plane crash the russian dissident for further treatment in britain. Had initially said he was too sick to be moved. And then. A change of position to. Relatives the brother of the patient and have the diagnosis and condition of the patient ready to take the risks weve decided not to transferring the patient to another clinic on friday the Opposition Leader spokeswoman and another aide struggled to speak to the doctors could just. Be. Suspects the delay in releasing him. Harder to detect any poisons remaining in his system but the allegation that the valley drank poison tea in the cafe at tomsk airport before boarding a flight to moscow is being denied by the hospital medics who. Have come to the conclusion. On arrival in germany they will undergo tests and treatment given to confirm whether doctors outside russia share his opinion but in Moscow St Petersburg and other cities supporters have been gathering and getting detained theyre convinced thi
Whole stones a Parliament Building now reports suggest lebanons leaders had been warned just last month about explosive materials stored at beiruts port saying a hoarder is there and has more on the investigation into the blast. The government has now handed the file to the judiciary but one of the main demands of the antigovernment protest movement is that there is the need for an independent judiciary at the moment judges are appointed by politicians which means they are loyal to the Political Parties and not to the state so theres little faith in the judiciary theres little faith in politicians who have a knowledge themselves that they knew that thousands of tons of Ammonium Nitrate was stored at a warehouse in beirut ports beirut ports located in the middle of a densely populated city the president himself saying that the report reached his desk and hes saying its not my responsibility im not in charge of the ports and that i spoke to the officials at the higher defense counsel and