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Pope francis for same sex civil unions sparks mixed reactions around the world observers are calling the pontiff the clearest language yet on gay rights and christianity. And could plastic trash become part of life underwater an animated movie with a fresh take on the problem of plastic pollution makes a splash at this years student oscar awards. Im Rebecca Ritters welcome to the program germanys Public Health body says the country could face an uncontrollable spread of corona virus infections the robert cock institute has recorded a new high for daily cases and warns that covert 19 death rates are set to rise or thora teams have issued new travel warnings and are urging people to stick to the rules in an attempt to curb the spread of the virus but stricter measures could be yet to come. Its the highest number of new covert 1000 infections the german Public Health institute has had to report during this pandemic more than 11000 new cases in one day. These maps show in red where theyve
Intelligence officials accuse or read in russia trying to meddle in the Upcoming Elections saying tehran and moscow accessed Voter Registration details and they say irans behind threatening emails sent to american phone use. And could stick trash becomes part of life underwater an animated movie with a fresh take on the problem plastic pollution makes a splash this years student screwed. Hello im terry martin good to have you with us germany is again reporting a Record Number of corona virus infections the Robert Koch Institute for Disease Control has recorded more than 11000 daily cases the man responsible for her. The pandemic German Health minister announce wednesday that he himself has tested positive for 19 strict social distancing measures during captain meetings means other ministers will not quarantine this government spokesman said well authorities in the southern german state very are warning of even tighter restrictions if infection rates continue to rise one area in the reg
Have Team Coverage from warsaw in london and athens lets go 1st to warsaw where living a quarter past is standing by for us polands been reporting similar numbers to germany the Health System there is having trouble can you tell us more. Yes indeed the Health Care System in poland is about to reach its limits yesterday for the 1st time poland had more than 10000 new called the to 900 infections within a day around 9000 people are hospitalized that is a record high in poland according to the Health Ministry we still have 6000 people thats available in the country but theres growing reports hospitals are struggling earlier this week a covered 900 patient and Health Care Worker himself died after he was unable to find a free bed in the hospital. The Prime Minister announced the property from saturday on all of poland theres going to be a red zone meaning that theres going to be restrictions stricter is fictions and all of the country all right thanks and maybe an hour hoping to go to lond
Infection rates accel orating fast some labs in germany like this one in ryan and platon it a warning that smaller facilities are already working at full capacity and wouldnt necessarily be able to cope with rising numbers. Theres also increasing concern that more areas in germany will have to implement restrictions again like kiran back to london in bavaria where even schools have closed down again to curb the spread. But joining us now is d. W. Political correspondent huns plants huns what these numbers into perspective for us just how serious is the situation here in germany. Well one thing you could say is if germany was a foreign country germans wouldnt all be warned against traveling to that country because germany as a whole has exceeded the critical level of 50 cases of call the 100000 in the last 7 days but of course germany is germans are not being warned against traveling to germany itself the situation in germany is being looked at in a lot more detail of the fine detail in