Western city of cologne so new rules put in place over the weekend clubs and restaurants not have to close by 11 at night. And get moved up is chief Political Correspondent Melinda Cross welcome how worried is the German Government about these increases in hotspots its definitely worried the government spokesman said today that the situation is serious that the country is standing sensually at the beginning of a 2nd wave and that germany is also seeing more severe cases involving the need for intensive care and hospitalization and so he called this a very decisive moment for germany Going Forward and people in germany are looking at a patchwork of new regulations as each state introduces its own rules why. Well under germanys federal system state authorities local authorities do have the right to decide what kind of restrictions to impose and the fact is that the situation is very very different if you compare say a big densely populated city like berlin or munich with the much more Ru
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Hill you can see Dianne Feinstein is leading the Battle Ground that they are going to attack this idea of the nomination on the basis that it could well jeopardize the Affordable Health care act shes making the point that the Supreme Court on november the 10th will hear a case which is called texas against california which is about a protecting preexisting conditions she says that if there is a conservative majority on the court particularly with someone like amy chua whos expressed concern about the Affordable Health care act or obamacare as it became widely new in the den that thing is at risk and shes hoping that that might plea into Public Opinion outside the chamber russias foreign minister has indicated that turkey will not be involved in peace talks over the disputed region of im gonna care about azerbaijan has proposed that ally turkey be involved in discussions armenia and azerbaijan are accusing each other of violating a humanitarian since fire. Funerals have been held in the
Behind companies have cut wages and council bonuses for the employees in downtown beijing the traces of the past 6 months are still visible. Businesses have been hit hard by this crisis many had little to no income for months and months and many shops and restaurants have to shut down experts have long warned of chinas imbalance growth too much investment and consumption corporate 19 has made these warnings ever more urgent. China has a history of ambitious projects the great wall of china the silk road and now its new silk road officially known as the belgian Road Initiative its the largest Infrastructure Project ever seen the transport Energy Mining i. T. And communications projects spanned the globe and even reach into outer space the original so proud basing quaint according to todays standards but the fact is it paved the way to where we are now. A brief history of the silk road 6400 kilometers searing 50 degree celsius heat the bitter cold of 40 below across steps deserts and hig
Staking out its claims on every continent with its sprawling belt and Road Initiative impacting how most every country does business officials in beijing a setting the Global Standards in tech they drawing up their own treaties and deals and theyve got the upper hand with an immense amount of financial firepower but chinas also highly secretive bad restrictive the question is is china more of a partner old rival. President xi jinping has promised time and again to open his mammoth economy to the world to lead an International Investment and allow for a level Playing Field german executives ive spoken to say its going in the other direction they say chinese officials clamping down on foreign firms more than ever china and the European Union have been hammering out a comprehensive agreement on investment for 7 years now but after multiple rounds of negotiations theyve basically got no way. The skyscrapers a friend high have all been built in the past 30 years. Almost all the big German C