Chinese will a ships. And proving youre never too old to learn the 96 year old bulldog war 2 veteran who has finished top of his university plus. A michael okun welcome to the program here in germany the number of corona virus infections has soared in recent days the countrys leading Public Health institute is warning that people are letting down their guard and not observing social distancing measures maybe its ironic then that in central berlin today thousands of people have been out on the streets protesting against grown a virus Restrictions Police force organizers to call off part of the event early as strict high. Gene and dissing to those who are not being adhere to the demonstrators who are still there are being told to put on mass in keep their distance will go. I report a reporter leona of the 100. 00 shiny who is at the protest gave me an update on the situation but lisa made them out an ounce man saying it would now move in to dissolve the protest and next to me and policemen were moving into the crowd of people that is still got out youre completely right behind me theyve been chanting views into us like we are the people are trying they want a lot of the people i talk to say they will continue protesting they want to keep across the life but police are now taking measures after you you said it and they therefore organizers were forced to call the protest off because people were not hearing to the rules and the police is now stepping and. Yeah it sounds like the police are stepping in but also now trying to quell this make sure that they dont escalate things. Exactly to. Keep quiet to keep calm and so obviously they also dont want to escalate the situation there are still thousands gathered behind me police are talking about 17000 people attending this protest the organizers of the protests themselves have talked about 1300000 which i think is definitely 5 separate trips but yeah definitely several thousands of people have come from all over germany you have taken buses from the south of germany from stuff got one of the organizers is going to zation that is organizing this is based have to demonstrate the governments measures and we talked about earlier have we there have been a lot of verbal attacks on the on the on our camera team on the press team calling us calling us. And giving us commons for wearing a face mask so you can see tensions are running high and they were country. Yes you can hear just a protester no this is what has been happening to us all day here so its a little bit more about who these people are taking part in the protests. Well theres a very wild mix of actually is a lot of the people i talk to many of them are really just concerned about the coronavirus restrictions being put place being put in place by the German Government theyre saying well coronavirus numbers we have a situation here under control theyre not diluting the existence of the off the virus and saying we need to release this we need to these measures too and theyre worried about their children not being able to go to school theyre worried about their parents not being able to see people before they possibly but then there are also a lot of people that this protest has been used and by other groups by conspiracy theorists to capitalize on by fire right groups with mobilize for this protest and a lot of people i talked to today were telling me some were telling me they are tired of being put in the corner but they also a lot of undermined undermined. The virus poses and saying they are losing trust in the government and its measures laying even how much shine thank you so much for that. Hopping across the United StatesPresident Donald Trump says he plans to ban the chinese own video app tic talk because of security concerns u. S. Officials are currently looking into the potential for tech talk to be used by the Chinese Government as a tool for gathering intelligence. To talk with its viral dance routines and political activism videos is a favorite among teenagers worldwide. With over 2000000000. 00 downloads and 17000000000. 00 in revenue last year the app is extremely successful and influential but its exploding popularity has also raised red flags in the u. S. Officials are investigating whether ticktock is a threat to National Security there are concerns that the Data Collected by the app owned by the chinese firm by dance could be accessed by beijing the Company Denies any connection with the Chinese Government but donald trump is threatening to ban b. F. In the u. S. Well look you know we may be betting we may be doing some other things are a couple of options but a lot of things so well see what happens but we are looking at a lot of alternatives with respect to their. Reports on friday indicated that one of the alternatives being considered is an order for bite dance to give up ownership of tiktaalik potential buyers are reportedly already in talks to take over the apps u. S. Operations including tech giant microsoft and National Security review have to talk is expected to be presented to trump in the coming days its results may further sour already deteriorating ties between the u. S. And china with tensions already running high on trade and the coronavirus pandemic Cyber Security concerns are now further straining relations between the 2 powers. Im joined by. When we. And when its good to see you here the 1st obvious question that comes to mind for me is is tricked potentially just Collateral Damage of the u. S. China trade war or is it a genuine Security Threat i think its both its true that to talk is in the midst of an International Political international brow and there are some such security concerns to that as well and the concern is that by dan Stage Company that owns to talk is space in beijing now Companies Based in beijing means that they are under the watch of the Chinese Government as well because its a precondition to a day existence or to their operations in china is that there are some lines that they contrast and theyre also a ruse to respect and in 2017 china pastas an international sorry and National Intelligence law that basically requires companies to come comply with intelligence gathering operations if requested that Means Companies can actually push back against the request of china so is there any evidence that your dog has been sending user data back to the Chinese Government just for to be fair to talk of there hasnt been any evidence showing that to talk has been sending data back to china and the company also maintains that it is not influenced by the Chinese Government and it will not send any hughes or data back to china even if it gets at the request. Really trust to talk when it says that you cant be influenced by the Chinese Government especially given what youve already said that the Chinese Government is entitled to data from companies that are doing business there and i think to talk actually is trying to keep itself away from from politics but even if it wants to even if it doesnt intend to get involved in politics it will have to if the Chinese Government censor requests and if even if we put aside all those privacy concerns there are concerns over censorship us well for example to talk has been criticized for censoring materials that have to china ill give you an example of last year for example an american teenager go posted a video of it was to make a tutorial but she also talked about the alleged detention of we can muslims engine jiang china and that video was taken down and her account got suspended that those actions got very reversed in the end but that already changed perception of the Company Politics in america not a combination we often see. Microsoft is said to be in talks with to talk does this look like the solution i mean of course it might if microsoft steps in that could take away the u. S. Concerns and for tech talk thats probably also one of the best ways out as well because the u. S. Is to talks major market is crucial for. Existence but it is still unclear how far the talks how advanced the talks are and if microsoft is willing to get into their troubles what so. Yeah and so far the company has tonight to comment on this deal we reported here actually thank you so much indra. Now to some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour violence has again erupted in Portland Oregon protesters and police clash at the local courthouse become a focal point of the honor asked earlier president from tweeted that federal agents will remain in the city until local police had finished what he called a cleanup of im quoting now and an agitator. Acclaimed author. Has been freed on bail in zimbabwe a day after being arrested at an antigovernment protest 11 other people arrested on friday night in a warrior and spokeswoman for the Main Opposition Party were also relieved their return to court in mid september. Hurricane. Is churning through the caribbean bringing strong winds and flooding into puerto rico and some islands of the bahamas a hurricane warning has been issued for parts of florida where the storm is expected to hit later on. Well for many Students University is a passage into adulthood with new freedoms and experiences is a time of growth and self discovery before heading out into the real world but not for everyone our next report is about a man who stands out on campus and made history in. A crowning achievement for giuseppe potential no. University graduate at the age of 96. 00. He received a degree in history and philosophy with top honors and the highest mark in the class. A dream come true for the great grandfather and given the bonds or peer group i said its now or never got so in 2017 i decided to enroll i knew it was a little late to get a 3 year degree but i said to myself lets see if i can do it or if we offer i was uncertain when i made the decision because i didnt know the environment. And i didnt know the teachers and how they would behave in front of such an old person. Just seppi was born into a poor family in the 1920 s. And was unable to attend university he served in the navy in world war 2 and then supported his family as a real way worker. His experience helped him to cope with todays challenges. War 2 strengthened us all of us in my peer Group Everyone who is still alive it strengthened us against covert 19 it hasnt really scared us that much. For years just relied on his trusty old typewriter but the pandemic changed that. Oral exams were moved online and he had to get a laptop. While. He now plans to devote himself to reading and writing the old school way. Youre watching the news heres a reminder of the top stories were following for you. As people have gathered in berlin to demand an end to coronavirus restrictions organizers were forced to call off part of the event as hygiene and distancing not being inferior to the people who are still there are being told to put on a mask and observe distancing will go home it comes as a number of new Coronavirus Infections in germany continues drops. Us President Donald Trump says he will ban the chinese video app to talk in the u. S. Citing National Security concerns media reports suggest trump is weighing the option of switching the firm stance to give up ownership of tick tock. Well have more news for you as always at the top of the hour and you can stay up to date on our web site ditto if you dot com and dont forget to follow us on twitter and instagram at the news im Michael Oconnor in berlin for the rest of the team here well stay safe more news again in 45. And on demand. Language courses. Video and audio