A popular satirical t. V. Show in hong kong is fueling fears of a creeping clampdown as china prepares to impose a new law targeting to say. Hello im terry martin good to have you with Us Health Experts in germany are warning that a new cluster of corona virus cases in the Western State of north rhinewestphalia has the potential to spread if action is not taken the warning comes after more than 1500. 00 workers have a slaughterhouse low test of pauls of pork over 19 so far regional leaders have resisted calls to reintroduce wider restrictions. Police medics and even the Fire Department have descended on the town of raid of eden brook to help stem a wave of corona virus infections over 1500 employees from the chinese meat packing plant have tested positive for covert 19 many of them Foreign Workers from Eastern Europe who live and work in dire conditions. Local activist in a butch needer has been protesting the situation for years she takes us to a building where 13 romanian factory employees lived until recently. Was its only 10 days 14 days at most since they left this place. Inside a pungent smell greets us mold covers the walls many of the Eastern European meat workers live in such dismal conditions most locals were aware of the situation but said nothing in the bush neither was different even organizing protests for his mouth we demonstrated in front of this house in december 28th team not this house is notorious. Andre not his real name worked at the tunnies plant for 2 years for a subcontractor. Explaining the worst thing about it was the working hours we began it one in the afternoon and finished at 1 in the morning completely can wall one law. Overtime work was not paid andre has since quit. After the corona Virus Outbreak at the chinese plant authorities fear the virus will spread to the rest of the citys population and maybe even beyond me im worried and it feels like were losing control of the situation we dont know what is going to happen next. Its frightening how the corona virus has swept into our area were afraid theyll close everything down here. The thought of it since im its unbelievable frightening scary. Residents fear that restrictions will be reintroduced locally with shops being forced to clothes for a 2 week period the tunnies meat packing plant has already shut down the pandemic has exposed problems that in a butch meter has been trying to draw attention to for years but only now are authorities paying serious attention to the meat workers plate. And. See if it is innovative even book where that break is underway i mean how confident are authorities there they can contain itself break. The mood has definitely changed today yesterday the authorities were still saying that they were confident that they could avoid a regional lockdown but this morning the district administrator said that it it now seems like a lockdown is looming so thats a change of mood here and thats because several cases a number of cases have been detected in the general population they wont say how many because theyre worried about cross counting but that does mean that the virus may be spreading outside the tight knit community that is currently under lockdown suggest to recap authorities put the entire workforce of this. Slaughterhouse under strict quarantine and were hoping that the virus would stay among them a lot of attention was put on not on the condition of the people who are now sick 1500 of them at the last count but rather on whether or not this virus would spread to the general population and other some evidence that this is happening so the workers from that plant the work their plant thats been affected by the break theyve been put under quarantine but what other measures are being taken to get this under control. Thats right the quantum for them is very Strict Police have surrounded buildings where many of them live in collective Housing Units and medic medical units are going door to door to try to test every Single Person whos under quarantine and that is quite strict as i said but there are also a lot of people under self quarantine a lot of news slaughterhouse workers who are self quarantining within the city and thats a little bit more complicated more police have been brought in from outside this district as well as more medics we talked to some people some medics who were doing tests yesterday who said they didnt even know this region they didnt know the streets and how to get around theyve come from other places to help out here a lot of german attention has been put on this region theyve brought in translators to translate because a lot of these workers are romanian both gary and dont speak any german at all which complicates the situation schools are under lockdown but authorities are now worried that the system is not airtight this help break down has drawn attention to substandard conditions for workers in germanys meat packing industry what are the chances of those conditions improving for the us well germany might be known for some International Viewers as having strong working standards good collective bargaining a strong union but unions but the meat packing industry the slaughterhouse industry is definitely an exception to that a lot of attention has come to sub sub contracting which means that the Meat Industry is using companies from outside of germany in order to get cheap later labored to keep meat cheap the German Government has now said that cannot work anymore that some contracting will now be illegal for the Meat Industry but that wont come into effect until january and a lot of politicians are saying that in the meantime they need stronger regulations to prevent this from happening at another slaughterhouse in germany i mean thank you very much for bringing us up to date there was i mean innovative even. Now heres some other developments in the pandemic the World Health Organization says the number of global Coronavirus Infections has topped 9000000 north and south america account for more than half of all new cases indias Hospital System has started to buckle under the weight of new corona virus cases the country reports more infections per day than any other country besides the United States and brazil spanish authorities have reimposed lock down measures in some northeastern cities after new clusters of infections emerge there this within days of spain lifting a nationwide state of emergency and for the 1st time in 75 years World Leaders will not be coming to new york for the annual United NationsGeneral Assembly the u. September meeting will instead be conducted virtually with mostly recorded speeches. It has struggled to contain the spread of the corona virus nearly 10000 people have died from kevin 19 there the highest number in the middle east numbers started to fall in early may but recent weeks have seen an increase in numbers of new infections experts say the break still hasnt peaked but. For reports many ordinary people are failing to heed the warnings. Tehrans metro is not toria 3 crowd it for safety am at the pendar make face masks are mandatory here as well as physical distancing among travelers. In a city with lots of regulations already covered 19 has added even more to the mix. But as with the other rules have adopted a rather relaxed attitude. There are signs that you should not enter without wearing a face mask and in some stations they dont let people enter without one but people dont observe this in the metro when its crowded they go in and sit next to each other. All over the capital every day life is returning to business as usual after 4 months iranians seem to have lost any fear of the virus. Almost as normal as if there were no problem at all ive seen many people who dont care anymore at the beginning there was strict but no theyre not they dont know any rules at all. We have many sick and deaf people because people dont obey the rules they dont listen they dont keep distance they even kiss each other. And covert 19 is making a comeback over the past week has reported more than 2000 new infections every day experts like to see say the country is in the midst of a 2nd wave. Its bigger even bigger than the 1st but not as severe as the 1st one maybe because this. Facility is being prepared. For the situation. With the disease with its symptoms for now to irans hospitals able to cope and while the sanctions imposed by the us make it difficult to import medical equipment they have also decreased the countrys dependency on imported goods so unlike many other countries iran never ran out of protective equipment because its produced in iran still dr ali horizontal sea is concerned he fears this republics International Isolation could make it difficult to get a hold of a potential vaccine. So to avoid the spread of the disease hes contribution to a channel on instagram that informs iranians about covert 19 but as far as we have not educated enough people maybe some just you know taking some more district decisions about and restrictions in some some places that work. That is something most people in tehran fred of vendors are still trying to recover from the weeks of lockdown and spring which made their already bad Economic Situation even worse. And decide on that. Sales have plummeted. In record for example checks have bounced and now they have piled up. In general its a terrible situation now you know whether to have you. On basis or that. Its not likely to change anytime soon irans government has wanted citizens they will probably have to live with the virus for a long time. Say look now at some of the other stories making headlines today north korea has reinstalled huge loudspeakers designed to blast propaganda across the border into south korea sound systems were taken down after the 2 sides signed an accord in 2018 but tensions have risen for must take place in recent weeks. China has successfully put the final satellite of its new navigation work into orbit the chinese bedo system is designed to rival the us and g. P. S. As well as europes galileo system the 10000000000. 00 project has been in Development Since the 1990 s. And u. S. President has temporarily halted access to several employment based visas the move of tax hundreds of thousands of people seeking to work in the u. S. Technology Companies Including twitter into amazon criticized the order and said that immigrant tech laid or could help us recover from the coronavirus pendant. Hong kong leader carrie lamb has tried to reassure residents over a controversial new security law set to be passed next week saying she will not hand picked judges to preside over cases critics are concerned that the law being imposed by china will be used to target the center in a row democracy in hong kong they say the suspension of a popular comedy show is a sign that the climate is already changing w. s phoebe kong reports. Dressing up as and then proceed to knock home cold neither kerry learned in attendance or flattering palace. Play the unique is insanity hope when arthur host of headliner the oldest satirical show in the city. Today the team is framing the final episode of the 31 Year Old Program produced by as he acts k. Hunk host public broadcaster has always been boat in his criticism of the torah to his top leader and now its been suspended due to allegation of insulting the police power to someone so high headliner is an indicator of hong kongs liberties if it exists it means the authorities are tolerant enough to accept dissent within public institutions. Otherwise it makes clear how the climate has changed on my car how ive been you know. Its closure has intensified concern over hong kong remaining freedoms especially when beijing is pushing for a new security law for the city the law what and power home codes chief executive to designate judges to hear rather than cases state security agencies in hong kong what also exercise jurisdiction over a small number of special cases but as to how the law will criminalize the procession and clues of where Foreign Forces now what do you tell has been made public so far. Never the was my call tim a member of chinas Top Legislature dismisses fear office space crimes i was assured by the beijing leadership. I would be drawn in a way that is balanced so in other words if an individual were to just make a comment and wont constitute an offense if they repeatedly say the same thing in a manner that would cause others to follow. Gauging beliefs then thats a different matter. Basically its a big United Nations mission. In. A way. So see how also publishes commentaries on the various platforms as well the media workers will be among the 1st to fall victim to the new law. The biggest threat is that beijing can draw the line arbitrarily it will send a Chilling Effect and exacerbate censorship the press will only be able to follow the official narrative antigovernment movement. Its problematic to have a security law without democracy because there are no checks and balances to the authorities power. What a headline though we will turn to scream that will be subject to a review authorized by the government but as chinas new security law looms over the city i dont see how and many others im not optimistic. And we get some breaking news coming in for you right now marcus brown the c. E. O. Former c. E. O. Of german financial platform wire card has been arrested the move comes after the company said it believes accounts thought to contain nearly 2000000000 euros probably did not exist so latest twist in the fortunes of the tech firm since a whistleblower alleged it success to sham transactions more lets go to our financial correspondent in frankfurt chelsea delineate chelsea what are you hearing well this this is just coming in right now so what we have heard is that munich prosecutors have arrested or hes turned himself into to them you know you know Prosecutors Office theyre looking into him for market manipulation and. For thought for creating a certain information so this does fit with what weve heard over the past couple of days but this is just happened so quickly the news that the missing 2000000000 euros was not in those accounts it just happened last thursday so this all of this is happening quite quickly and you know prosecutors have been looking into into the company they had announced a couple of weeks ago that they were launching a criminal investigation but even up until this point marcus brown and the company had really denied at these allegations fraud and manipulation they had said even up until last week that they were the victims of a fraud maybe at the hands of a 3rd party so certainly a big turnaround happening right now. This is indeed a big turnaround its a very strange story wire card apparently had almost 2000000000 euros in its accounts that have gone missing theyre saying that the money maybe was never there to begin with can you help us make sense of. It is a very confusing and complicated web of potential fraud here. Why our car has been under allegations for over a year now that it was fabricating its businesses that it was inflating revenues particularly with its overseas subsidiaries and partners and this all really came to a head last thursday when ever the company said it may not have the 1900000000 euros that that it thought it had in its account what they said yesterday is that it may have never existed so theres clearly a lot more questions that are going to need to be answered by there does seem to be a really widespread potential fraud at this company and a lot of questions over what was happening with its financial accounts Chelsea Delaney from d. W. Business thank you so much well germanys flag carrier love to answer is in dire straits the coronavirus fallout has brought one of the Largest Airlines in the world to the brink of bankruptcy the German Government wants to save tons of with a 9000000000 euro rescue package but not everyone is on board. If enough times is money each month got its way then life would be really simple like kerry would get a 9000000000. 00 euro rescue package and survive for the time being but life is not that simple the airlines largest shareholder rejects the rescue conditions have until it is maneuvering to see it voted down at lufthansa Shareholder Meeting on thursday hes especially unhappy about the proposed 20 percent government stake in the airline the summit on monday between the countrys economy and finance ministers lufthansa c. E. O. And mr yielded no agreement. Unions are alarmed theyre facing the prospect of over 20000. 00 job losses while theyre ready to compromise with management on matters like wage cuts it wont be at any price left on there is entering a period of downsizing and carrier is no longer in the dax germanys blue chip index its now a midcap company. Of more on the situation at all of turns im joined by n. E. H. An expert on the b. S. Speed thanks for joining us it seems the German Government wants to save lives turns up at the airlines biggest shareholder is against the deal why. I think both the sea on cost and oil but also who biggest shareholder is to teach it theyre quite diverse to the government getting involved with this really kind of it contradiction having a government having a say and so far it says for now dont carea that has normally been in many other cases a recipe for disaster i just think alitalia is an example so i think this is really there isnt it its the governments involvement at all cost the price the government for the state money that of time there really needs to be done emma. What can we expect to happen in this situation if theres no deal before love tons of Shareholder Meeting o