Struggle to contain a surge in new infections. And voting begins in ivory coasts president ial election 2 of the opposition candidates are boycotting the call. To begin with the search for survivors in western turkey after a powerful earthquake struck on friday of greece also felt the effects of the magnitude 7 travel under the aegean sea rescue teams have been working through the night and into the day in the city of izmir so far we know at least 28 people have been killed and hundreds more injured cynical say although is following the rescue efforts and is me. This is totally a tragedy because people are waiting outside in the surrounding cafes and shops that are open for the citizens here they are waiting to hear from their family members or block the ones who have been living in this building and the building behind me is called reserve a building a apartment and its a trend its one of those trending topics on social media right now it was an 8 Story Building and im told that there
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Trump again downplays the role of testing daily coronavirus cases in the us rise to levels last seen any 2 months ago. U. A. E. About 7 separatists in yemen seized control of the island of psychotrauma. As saudi arabia announces a crank down on t. V. Policy which didnt part the proposed takeover of the premier league club. Libyas parliament in tripoli calls it a direct threat egypt says its all a misunderstanding a day after president. Threatened to send his on the internet via his foreign minister says he backs a political solution to the conflict as he warned of military intervention of forces belonging to libyas u. N. Recognized government advance on the city of such a stronghold of the world that egypt is backing and if i have to. But i want to get in there you are ready to carry out any missions what i witnessed is a living proof of our keeping billets yes i can see egypts army is one of the mightiest armies in the region i am certain if we need to a few sacrifices like those bein
Recognized government and a slice of paradise thats getting smaller by the year the battle to save the last pocket of tropical rainforest in north america. With the. Joke of a tennis tournament in the balkans. And thats because one of the players involved. Becomes the highest profile player to test positive for the current of the. Welcome to the news hour we begin in germany where the reproduction rates of the corona virus has jumped sharply from 1. 79 to 2. 8 thats a 60 percent increase on the day before the our number indicates how many people one person can infect and it needs to remain at less than one in order for the virus to be contained so the increased infection rate has been partly attributed to outbreaks and slaughterhouses the owner of one Meat Processing plants in northwest germany has apologized after more than 1000 employees were infected all 6 and a half 1000 workers at the factory and their families are now being put into quarantine. Police have been called in to enfor
Government. Serbias president toasts his election success bots not all parties recognize the result. The World Health Organization has reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases with more than 180000 new infections on sunday while some countries around the world are now winding down their fight against the pandemic for many the scale of the battle continues to grow that america has recorded more than 2000000 confirmed cases with more than half of those in brazil protesters marched against president jabil so not his response to the pandemic as deaths across 50000. 00 in europe the rate of infection in germany has. Jumped sharply partly to the relaxing of restrictions the country has recorded its single largest outbreak in a slaughterhouse with more than 1300 workers testing positive meanwhile spain has reopened its borders to the rest of europe theyre hoping an influx of visitors can steady the struggling to resume industry. No reports from the argentine capital want to say