A surgeon cove of 19 deaths in germany is alarming offguard hes in stoking calls for a stricter lock down nearly 500 deaths and 28000 new infections have been reported over a single day chancellor im going to medical and regional leaders will concede it tougher restrictions in emergency talks on sunday. The 1st International Aid convoy has arrived in ethiopias to grad region since fighting broke out almost 6 weeks ago the mission includes 7 red cross trucks carrying medicines and supplies for hospitals and about 1000. 00 families who were displaced by the conflict. This is d. W. News from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at d w news or visit to d w dot com. Last. Week on the world stories. Russian Funeral Homes at capacity. German clinics search for volunteers but we begin in sudan the african country is a haven for thousands of refugees fleeing the war torn ethiopia the fight over the t. V. Grey region has torn families apart and half of those seeking safety are children. As.
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Mexico takes a step closer to legalizing marijuana and becoming the largest legal market for the drug. And with the sports, including the rafa nadal, which is the last for athlete acb finals for the 1st time in 5 years. Welcome to the news. The United Nations has called on ethiopias warring sides to stop fighting immediately. So aid can come in and refugee safe zones can be set up. The government launched an offensive into grey region 2 weeks ago. Both sides accuse each other of killing civilians in air strikes and indiscriminate attacks. Now the uns Refugee Agency says its preparing for as many as 200000. 00 people to seek refuge in sudan. So far more than 30000 have fled humanitarian workers. The millions of children are at risk, and refugees are in serious danger of an outbreak of disease. Well, have a morgan joins me now live from and state in sudan near the ethiopian border of the been following events very closely for us. The influx of refugees, as we said, does continue. And the
Across the United States. We will speak to members of the Standing Rock sioux and Navajo Nation and go to north dakota, which has the highest covid19 death rate of any state or country in the world. Then democracy now cohost Juan Gonzalez looks at how the Corporate Media missed the real story about latinx voter turnout in the 2020 election. Juan the main story is that in an election which saw historic tnout, people of color, and especially latinos, had an unprecedented increase in voting. And they, not white voters, represented the bulk of that increase. Amy plus, we will speak to antiracist activist bree newsome bass and princeton professor eddie glaude about the election of joe biden and Kamala Harris. We have to get about the work of responding to the problems we face as a nation at scale and not returning back to some sense of normalcy, which in some ways laid the foundation for the disaster that was and is trumpism. Amy a that d more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democrac
Demands a recount of wisconsin and files lawsuits in other key states as his path to victory narrows. The tram supporters converging on Voting Centers in michigan and in arizona calling for the counting of the postal ballots to be suspended. So it is 800 g. M. T. That is 3 am in the u. S. State of georgia that is one of several battleground states where the result of tuesdays president ial election remains in the balance have a look at these live pictures coming in from atlanta which is georgias capital city thats where vote counting still ongoing stream a close race in this traditionally republican state and Donald Trumps initial lead has been steadily falling the u. S. President has repeated unsubstantiated claims that there were major problems with voting and ballot counting in georgia is one of several states where republicans are filing legal challenges over the election at trumps claims of a tea regularities sparked protest by his supporters in arizona and in other places Police