Im rebecca richs welcome to the Program German chancellor Angela Merkel has confirmed that a partial lockdown to tackle the corona virus will remain in place until at least early january michael said infection rates are still too high to consider reopening bars restaurants james and other Leisure Facilities terminals being hit much harder by the 2nd wave of the virus this week saw a record for the highest number of deaths since the beginning of the pandemic restrictions on get togethers will be loosened over christmas a move Public Health experts warn will have fatal consequences. In germany to situation looks bleak with regards to the pandemic after a month of the socalled lights lock down. From the c. U. We still have to go to go back to a 7 day incidence rate of under 50 cases per 100000 inhabitants and on average were very far from it. And do wish not before i was a Buddhist Monk the question is whether we leave the country in this state of half sleep or if we decide at some point
Crisis. And china signals its attitude toward hong kong is hardening. Aging prefers its new laws to criminalize sedition, secession, and subversion in the territory. Hong kong lawmakers say its an attack on the areas autonomy. I want to say to the International Community that this is the end of hong kong. This is the end of one country, to systems, make no mistake about it. Welcome to the program. U. S. President donald trump says his country will withdraw from an important treaty known as open skies. He justified the move saying russia had not been complying with the deal which was signed two decades ago to increase military transparency among 34 countries. This will be the third armscontrol pact mr. Trump has pulled out of since taking office. The other two worthy inf Nuclear Treaty with russia and the Nuclear Court Nuclear Accord with iran. Dws Washington Bureau chief is here. Put this in context for us all stop how important is this open skies treaty and why does the president want
So for fans used to making a day of it the experience wont be the say you look forward to the game for weeks and you go there. And drink a beer. And now nothing without fans is like having sex on your own. Im fogle welcome to the day the Economic Cost of the Coronavirus Crisis is becoming clear on the news of course is not a good basis figures show the German Economy has taken its hardest hit since the 2008 financial crisis shrinking by 2. 2 percent in the 1st quarter of the Year Coronavirus measures clothes shops and restaurants wiped out tourism and sent manufacturing into a tailspin and the government says things will get worse before they get better. Germanys g. D. P. Data is due me even if slowly but surely the lights of the economy are being turned on again. Folks like the countrys biggest carmaker opened its main vosburgh plant a few weeks ago and despite distancing measures is edging towards full capacity. As well as manufacturing the Services Sector is returning to normal hair
We should be restricting our contact with other people to the extent that we can the less context we have with other people the restaurants were going to become infected we have proposed solutions to enable people to go home now and allow the transport of goods that are needed across you know. We have to keep cross border transport of supplies flowing by making shared sacrifices in temporary changes we can protect the health of our people and we can protect our economy because i think our economy will come back very rapidly those industrial tests that they use on construction sites are perfectly acceptable for Health Care Workers to be protected from the respiratory disease itself to be careful everybody into this in a sense out of caution so its my opinion. Also coming up the state puts the german chancellor says this is no time to take a vacation and for those outside the country the government is earmarking 50000000 euros to bring them home the ministry of Foreign Affairs has agreed
France goes on nationwide lockdown following an example set by spain and italy. Thousands of police are on the street. President macron is telling people to stay home or face heavy fines. In washington, d. C. , the Trump Administration wants it hundred 50 billio in emergency spending to boost the economy and reassure stock market spooked by a collapse and Economic Activity to the summers football european chairmanship postponed. The popular tournament will be held in 2021. Brent im brent goff. To our viewers on pbs in the United States and around the world, welcome. The European Union has declared a 30day ban on people trying to enter the eu in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus. That is according to german chanancelloror angela merkel, wo spoke a short titime ago in berlin. Shes in europe is determined to address the crisis and do what is necessary to protect Public Health as well a as the continents s economicic health. Uncle held a a series ofof death merkelmerkel held