A pandemic as the number of cases continues to rise. An explosion kills at least 8 people and injures more than 100 others at a Religious School in pakistan. Calls for Peaceful Elections in tanzania off the violence and the arrest of an Opposition Leader in zanzibar. Welcome to the news hour well its of course exactly a week to go before the election in the United States donald trump and joe biden is spending choose day crisscrossing the country in an intense day of campaigning National Polls are giving democratic contender biden a solid lead but its a lot tighter in some of those crucial battleground states of course the coronavirus pandemic has continued to overshadow the campaigning President Trump is holding 3 mass rallies on tuesday again downplaying the impact of the pandemic hes been attempting to shift the focus on to the economy. Its troubling the number one region that observe the year because of through return that a room. 70 were going to read the great state of. Arizona yo
To north stream 2 now the contentious pipeline which is to transport gas from russia to germany has long anger to donald trump drive a sell us gas to europe. This is a small harbor town on the baltic islander for you can. A lot of tourists pass through but otherwise theres not much going on here. What have we done to make u. S. Senators think that they have to threaten us in this way. It was poised to surprise when sasnett suddenly became the focus of an International Political fight the latest iteration of a longstanding conflict the mash owes us a letter to the company that manages the potence us net which is majority owned by the municipality it was written by 3 republican u. S. Senators in august threatening crushing legal and economic sanctions. Thus the letter is a threat. Where they state that they dont want north stream due to be completed by ford thats the main point or die and the threat is directed at our port because we have a plant there that used to case the pipes for nor
Tolan people demonstrate for a 7th straight day against and near total ban on abortion we take a look at the widening protest movement for womens rights there. Im nickel for lishka to have you with us germany closes down at least partially german chancellor Angela Merkel has announced a limited National Lockdown for most of november the goal is to stop an out of control rise in corona virus infections which have hit a new one day record of more than 16000 bars gyms and theaters will shut next monday while schools and shops will stay open. The deserted streets of the spring are about to become all too familiar again in germany for 4 weeks from november 2nd the entire country will be under a partial lockdown faced with another record high of daily coronavirus cases on wednesday chancellor Angela Merkel in the country 16 state premiers quickly found consensus theres a. Lot of it today is a difficult day for policymakers i have to emphasise that because i know how much were asking of peopl
Paris also on our show. Polands prochoice activists promise their protests will continue their taking to the streets for a 7th straight day against a near total ban on abortion. And 7 months after the shooting of a black woman in her home by police in kentucky we need people pushing for reforms in law enforcement. Im brian thomas good to have you with us today germany is closing down at least partially the german chancellor all a macro has announced a limited National Lockdown for most of november now the goal is to stop an alarming rise in new corona virus infections theyve now hit a new one day record of about 17000. 00 beginning monday restaurants gyms bars and theaters will be among the businesses shutting down schools shops and places of worship rules though remains open. The deserted streets of the spring are about to become all too familiar again in germany for 4 weeks from november 2nd the entire country will be under a partial lockdown faced with another record high of daily c
Not not alone one has to say is that in the current process the parliaments of the regional parliaments and the splendors talk the central German Parliament have played. No role at 0 or a very very reduced row they have not really been consulted and they feel that this contravenes german practice the rights and the. How shall i say the powers that the separation of powers of the parliament should be involved as one of the cries we heard out there now early in her speech on the macro pointed out that these measures do curtail our freedoms and our rights and that they do harm the economy but she said they are nonetheless very necessary right now what did she lay out as in terms of the reasons for these measures well i think what she repeated about 4 or 5 times in her speech which i think for her. Character was quite impassioned in fact and emotional. She repeated several times that it is no longer possible to trace the source of all the infections that are taking place in germany today w