Bridge toll plaza. It is. Metering lights are on and we are starting to see a back up. You see traffic stacking up a bit as you work out of the east bay into the city via bay bridge. Once you pass this, it looks better across upper deck into San Francisco. A couple hot spots to look for, if you are taking bart, we are dealing with bart delays on the richmond lines. This is due to an equipment problem on the tracks. Do plan ahead if you are taking bart. South 880 is pretty busy. We are seeing brake lights away from 92. There is a crash not far from the connector and theyre just clearing it out of lanes. Reporter we are getting new information in now on this Apartment Fire in San Francisco. This is video from the citizen app from earlier this morning. You see the flames shooting out of the window. Thats on the 11th floor of this high rise on davis court. A total of 22 apartments were significantly damaged by this fire and five people were injured, escaping the building. When firefighters
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
Middle east. Kremlin critic alexina vali is released from the hospital here in germany after treatment for a poisoning with a nerve agent his case has triggered another diplomatic crisis between russia and the west what will he do now. Just fears of a lost generation we asked the head of the International Labor organization about the pandemics toll on young workers. Im sumi so misconducts good to have you with us in about the roof aleksandr look i shant go has been sworn into office in a surprise inauguration ceremony despite mass protests against his reelection his soon to 6 consecutive president ial term in the capital minsk with several 100 top officials present the inauguration was not announced publicly it comes on the heels of a. Disputed election that sparked weeks of mass protests the opposition and valorous say the poll was rigged the u. S. And the e. U. Were pushing for sanctions against officials involved in the vote. And lets go right to mens core our correspondent nick con
And scientists sound a fresh warning on Climate Change as the arctic gets warmer the world is facing an increase in destructive extreme weather events. That. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us rescuers in beirut are digging through rubble in a desperate search for survivors after 2 shoot explosions left much of the lebanese capital in ruins at least 137 people are dead and thousands more have been injured president in one or because france has arrived bringing rescue teams and equipment with him other countries have also pledged emergency aid and expertise lebanons president michel aoun who greeted mccall has blamed the disaster on thousands of tons of a chemical being stored in bed. Rootstocks but the u. S. Government says it has not ruled out the possibility of an attack a governor of beirut has said almost 300000 people have been made homeless by the blasts. A day of grief for lebanon as the country reckons with the losses and destruction caused by tuesdays explosion.
Released we meet once read a lawyer who is getting his life back together so he can fight for rights again. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us antigovernment rallies have filled the streets of serbias capital belgrade for a 2nd day and night protesters are angry over what they see as the governments mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic critics say the sharp spike in cases is the fault of serbias president who lifted an earlier lock down to allow for elections authorities are today expected to reimpose a partial ban on gatherings. Pandemic frustrations bubble over on the streets of belgrade chaos erupted as thousands of protesters battles with police and try to storm the parliament theyre angry over the president s handling of the coronavirus. The main reason we are here is to support the protesters during these abnormal times when the country is falling apart. Cases have spiked across the balkan country in recent weeks serbia recorded its highest scope at 1000 death t