Chinese relations. Im married to evanston its good to have you with us here in germany the number of corona virus infections has seen a sharp rise in recent days the countrys leading Public Health institute is warning that people are letting down their guard and not observing social distancing measures well despite these developments in central berlin today thousands of people were out on the streets protesting against coronavirus Restrictions Police were forced to break up the event after many participants ignored hygiene and distancing rules. But with me in the studio now is d. W. Political correspondent leoni from hamish time who was at the protest many you were out there for hours you told me. You spoke to lots of people there what were they telling you what were their demands while oh there were a lot of different people out there now as you said we spoke to many of them some of their demands included including by the organizers who put their demands in the document before the event saying calling on the end of the pen demick they called us the day of freedom and they then called on the German Government to resign and on the state the public broadcasters of the media to also be dissolved and these were 3 demands that were echoed by many people who i spoke to at the protest and what united them was a distrust in the governments measures and we have to remember this is kind of a paradox you said just now and lots of people were telling me well the government was telling us we have to keep our distance and stick to all these restrictions in order for the hospitals not to be overcrowded in order for people not to die but nobody died not that many people died the hospitals are still empty so what did the government tell us in the 1st place and this is why this is the this is inherent distrust in what the government is telling them and thats why you saw i saw today thousands tens of thousands of people take to the streets not appearing to the rules not adhering to the face masks and they kind of use a lot of them were telling me they see the face mask as sort of that symbol of oppression the government is forcing them to wear masks i mean we also have to remember germany has released a lot of its members a lot of restrictions and in recent weeks which has as you said weve seen a search in new infections so enormous amounts of distrust of the government but who are these people learning i mean im wondering because lots of people are quite grateful to the German Government for its Swift Response to the pandemic and measures that it implemented theyre grateful that it saved lives but these people who dont believe band who are having well theyre also you can read there is why provides of people who had 10 of these protests today and what we can say. Some people were talking to me there were people who worried about the economic consequences of the pandemic there was a bus driver from grace who told me well i havent been able to run my business for 4 months how should i survive they have been them people who are worried about their children not being able to go back to school which they have but the Education System being changed worries about what this pandemic what kind of country when the g 2 children but we also have to say that Rights Groups have been mobilizing for this protest not only a the party thats its biggest Opposition Party also the n. P. T. Compact not magazine that magazine which is rights magazine thats under the observation also its always nice for extent of phobic and revisionist messages conspiracy theorists talk to some people who believed that bill gates wanted to spread to vaccinate the whole the whole well so really these conspiracy theories that were not only seeing in germany but also across the world where people use this pandemic to feed into these conspiracy theories a lot of them also and a semitic background we saw. Today so its hard to say i say the majority was peaceful but id also say we got a lot of verbal abuse from protesters who was we were calling us liars they were calling. So you know lying press i mean thats echoing nazi terminology is it not yes exactly. Only if and how much time thank you so much for your reporting and for sharing your impressions with us in the studio thank you. Lets get a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world poland has marked the 76th anniversary of the start of the warsaw uprising it was the Largest Military insurgency of underground Resistance Forces in nazi occupied europe and one of the most tragic events in the countrys history its estimated that between 15018000 polish soldiers were killed in the fighting in china. Lasted 2 months. In Southern India least 11 people have died after a heavy crane collapse that a state owned shipyard it came down to staff were conducting low testing trials of the yard 5 other workers were hospitalized with injuries. Acclaimed author. Has been freed on bail in zimbabwe a day after being arrested at an antigovernment protest 11 other people arrested on friday including a lawyer and spokeswoman for the main Opposition Party were also released today will return to court in september. U. S. President donald trump says he plans to ban the chinese owned video optic talk because of security concerns was officials are currently looking into whether take talk would 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. But a lot of things are happening so well see what happens but we are looking that a lot of alternatives with respect to their. Reports on friday indicated that one of the alternatives being considered is an order for byte 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 of tick 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. For more on the story im joined by a reporter hangs from me hello to you thanks man. So what is really behind trumps desire to ban tick tock in the u. S. Does it really pose a Security Threat to the United States or is this really more about the trade war between the United States and china i think its both its true that to talk is caught right in the middle of an International Political route and their os but there are some security concerns to the apis well. The concern is step by dense the that owns to talk is based in beijing now the Chinese Companies are in general in the watch of the Chinese Government because there are some preconditions to their existence or to their operations in china there are some lines that they cant cross and there are some regulations that they have to respect and back in 2017 china passed the National Intelligence law that requires companies to comply with intelligence gathering operations by this stage if by requests and yeah so thats why companies can actually say no or push back the the requests from china ok so china has these rules but is there actually any concrete evidence that tick tock has been collecting data from users and sending it over to chinese intelligence now to be fair to take talk they have any evidence that to talk has been sending data back to china and the company also stressed that it is not influenced by the Chinese Government at all but thats a bit strange because didnt you just say theyre required to give information to the Chinese Government should beijing requests that i mean can we trust talk i think what were seeing here is the tick tock of trying to distance itself from politics but no matter how much to talk wants to stay away from politics and how much to do even if it never intended to involved. Involved in politics it at some point it will have to do so if china really make those requests and also if we put aside those privacy concerns there are concerns over censorship for example talk has been criticized for censoring content that is sensitive to china for example last year an American Teenage girl posted a make up to torrijos where she also talked about the alleged detention muslims in china and her video was taken down and her account got suspended and those actions reversed eventually but it already changed peoples perception of this company well what about reports that u. S. Software giant microsoft is in talks about buying tick tocks u. S. Operations would that solve the problem i mean of course that could take away the u. S. Concerns and for tech talk that is also probably one of the best ways out to really because the u. S. Is talks major market and it is crucial for the apps existence and but it is still unclear how advanced the talks are right now are and in delhi reporter hank shanley many thanks indeed. Now authorities on the italian island of lampedusa are sounding the alarm over a surge in the number of migrants arriving on its shores in new arrivals are housed in overcrowded camps where social distancing is all but impossible all that has locals worried about the possible spread of the corona virus and officials are warning of a far right backlash directed the migrants. There is hope at least for these 147 migrants the coast guard brought them to sicily from the small island of lampedusa there the camp is overcrowded build for a few 100 people now 10 times as many live their social distancing is impossible and locals fear a 2nd wave of the coronavirus could hit soon. The migrants are just Walking Around we try to protect ourselves with disinfectant and gloves but the migrants go shopping here and there without any protection and nothing changes. It is very critical now we are not happy there are lots of tourists coming here and on top of that all the microphones what can we do maybe they have bring in the virus with them. We live in a state that doesnt exist its been like this for us for 30 years but with the Current Situation they need to do something about it. The mayor of lampedusa has asked roman brussels for help tension is growing in the small Island Community made all the worse by the corona virus pandemic if the arrivals were carried out safely and in a organized manner then there would be no problems there would be no contact between the locals the tourists and the migrants then at least from my medical point of view people would feel safe. The situation in many parts of southern italy is similar to that of lampedusa in porto m. P. Doctors in sicily migrants broke out of their camp they couldnt stand the scorching temperatures in their living Quarters Police and the military are now guarding several camps i call for a common european asylum policy is growing louder. The problem of immigration shouldnt become a political game it is a problem that needs to be solved by the e. U. Institutions by everyone so that we have a common policy the problem has to be solved so that new problems on created. After many years e. U. Member states have been on able to agree on an equal distribution of migrants experts criticize the lack of unity. This is clearly a european problem that we have not been able to solve the e. U. Has not even managed to build a distribution mechanism that includes every new rescue ship arriving this is not sustainable. Many heatedly hope that a reform of the migration policy will succeed on the german e. U. Presidency but as it stands a solution seems far away. And thats the latest on the w. 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