Team is defined. With a giant microsoft talk now on hold whats next for one of the worlds most popular apps. A michael thanks for joining us a state of disaster in melbourne and all of australias state of victoria the government declaration comes as the state struggles with a stunning resurgence of corona virus infections a range of new lockdown measures has been imposed including a nighttime curfew for the capital in addition residents will only be allowed to leave home for work medical care exercise or shopping for essential. Their last moments of freedom before the curfew came into effect. The new measures are the countrys strictest to date melbourne is already under a 6 week lockdown but the infection numbers are still rising victorias premier has now declared a state of disaster. We cannot longer have people visiting out as we can no longer have people simply in about for not a good reason whatsoever it is not an easy decision to mike but it is the decision that is necessary and that is war i have my date and thats why place will be out in force and you will be stopped and you will be asked then you will need to demonstrate that you are lawfully out and that you are not breaching that curfew the premier said people are not taking the virus seriously enough officials reported that one quarter of those who recently tested positive had violated the lockdown rules authorities now have greater powers over melbournes 5000000 residents additional restrictions for workplaces are to be announced on monday the latest stay at home order will be in effect for at least 6 weeks. For more joined by andrei in the year haul for journalist with the Australian Broadcasting corporation in melbourne and ray i appreciate your making the time why has melbourne in particular been so badly affected compared to the rest of the country. Well its a bit of a mystery to be honest michael it looks like the tory was on the same path as much of the rest of the country with the gradual opening up and then at the end of june also there were some allegations coming out about the Hotel Hunting conditions with security guards looking after return travelers from over seems in the. Allegations came out they had name some Improper Conduct between them even allegations of relationships between the gods and some of the travelers also concerned about a lack of personal protective equipment and some of them said that they had a few minutes of training and then this led to a spike in infections in the northern suburbs of melbourne some 36 suburbs were then locked down including 9 Public Housing tao is that had a hard down days and one of the towers then was locked down for the 9 days but the numbers continued to go up we had this stage 3 restrictions then announced for melbourne and for mitchell shah its a local government shia around 40 kilometers north of melbourne and we then had these restrictions come in again about mandatory mosques you had to wear whenever you outside the house and as of today weve now had stage 4 restrictions announced so in about the 30 seconds we have left here and drag i just you know youre living in melbourne right now despite that is happening youve seen this movie before as they say i imagine this is a deeply emotional moment for you and your friends and neighbors what does it feel like does it feel like were doing this all over again. Yeah you could definitely say that it does feel strange its funny how quickly to become accustomed to seeing everyone Wearing Masks out in the straight at the shops you can get used to working from home as well i think many of us me work from home for months we just have to look out for our elderly friends and family of course and hope that the numbers go down i know that were all watching the premiers announcements every day and hoping the numbers go down we havent seen that yet but hes hoping it happens very soon journalists enjoy it near house in melbourne thank you and stay safe. Now here in germany the number of new coronavirus cases is on the rise again and experts fear a major 2nd wave of infections parts of the country are imposing tough restrictions in a bid to contain the spread but on saturday about 20000 people descended on the capital berlin to protest against those measures which they feel go too far. I turned out in the thousands all agreeing that the corona virus has been vastly overplayed. 3 people this crowd chimes their message wearing a mosque and at herring 2 restrictions by leading their freedom. Talk demand is back to democracy get rid of the laws that restrict us and get rid of the mosque the turn us into slaves. They were people from across germany mostly those concerned by a fix of the law mixed with conspiracy theorist and white figures. The police attempted to enforce distancing measures but with little effect eventually they to solve the protest telling people to go home. But elsewhere in germany the virus is taken more seriously holidaymakers at the baltic sea can now get tested on arrival its voluntary and its free and it takes only a few minutes but not many seem to be interested this is making the experts concerned. Have more infections in the wider part of the population and it comes on top of the recent local flare ups. The numbers on the rise in germany and that is a very worrying signal that should not be underestimated more and more people are being less careful and dont follow. The rules now. This relaxed attitude could put the Current French out Business Environment in danger many German Companies are balancing on the edge of bankruptcy they will not be able to survive a 2nd lockdown. That is now a risk of Companies Going on which could lead to a wave of bankruptcies across the country and if that happens then many of our banks could also be in danger thats why we all now have to be very careful. And take care thats what the police and hamburg a trying to tell party go as authorities are anxious to see if that street enforcement process and new ban on alcohol in a popular district will have an impact one thing is certain many germans are getting tired off following the rules. Now to some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour clashes have erupted in southern chile a after police a victim of protesters from a government building but people had occupied the building since monday calling for lands now in the hands of Forestry Companies to be returned to the the protesters also want Political Prisoners to be allowed to rejoin their Common Community admits the coronavirus pandemic. In new york black sex workers held a march and a vigil in times square to honor sex workers killed by Police Violence and covert 19 the march called for the decriminalization of sex work and the release of jailed sex workers participants were encouraged to wear red clothing and also wear face mask to the coronavirus van dam. Hundreds of acres of forest are burning in italys a blitzer region following suspected arson strong winds have been hampering firefighters f. To contain the blaze authorities fear the fires could damage the areas electrical infrastructure. And some breaking news just reaching us now about an attack in a prison in eastern afghanistan a car bomb has been detonated and multiple gunmen attacked a prison in the eastern city of jalalabad the attack is still ongoing Officials Say at least one person is dead and 20 others injured this comes a day after the Afghan Intelligence agency said a senior i ask commander was killed by Afghan Special forces near jalalabad stay with us for more on that story later. Talks general manager for u. S. Markets said the company is not planning on going anywhere thats after President Donald Trump announced plans to ban the chinese own video up u. S. Officials are currently looking into whether its possible to talk could be used by the Chinese Government as a tool for gathering intelligence. To take quick hits viral dance routines and political activism video is a favorite among teenagers worldwide with more than 2000000000. 00 in loads and 17000000000. 00 in revenue last year the app is extremely successful and influential but its exploding popularity has also raised red flags and the u. S. Officials are investigating whether text talk is a threat to National Security there are concerns that the Data Collected by the app owned by the chinese for by could be accessed by beijing the Company Denies any connection with the Chinese Government but donald trump is threatening to ban the in the u. S. Were looking at it we may be betting we may be doing some other things. But a lot of things happening so well see what happens but we are looking at a lot of alternatives with respect to. One of those alternatives is spurred by to give up its ownership of the potential buyers are reportedly already in talks to take over including tech giant microsoft in the face of president ial threats to u. S. Assures it simply answers and audience that this is not the end. We procure outpouring of support and we want to say thank you planing on going. To the home creators and others to express their ideas and connect with people of different backgrounds and we are so proud 1 of all the various communities that call to talk. Your energy is here. With me now shes the social Media Coordinator for d. D. Abuse culture and lifestyle desk and runs the. Channel there are hundreds good to see you 1st question that comes to mind is what have to talk users been doing since the us president essentially threatened to ban it altogether oh michael its so emotional on the app right now you have to remember the tick tock i think of the tick tock as they are community of their family and their livelihood i mean if you have 15000000 followers on that ad as Many American tech of us do its a huge business and you know we just started out one tech top 10 hit d. W. Its called boiling fresh so a d. W. I. On the scoreboard and fresh and we are surprised about all the interest we sparked i mean its a very young channel and we have like over a 1000000 us so right now we feel this is where all the young people are right now and theyre going to fight for the app i know my daughter uses that she cant get off it so i hope she follows up i will i will let her know about us you know theres been so much speculation about this but what is your belief hes behind the mistrust that the u. S. President has or at least the u. S. Government might have. To talk while you know electron called tick tock chinese spy ware and he says he thinks theyre going to pass on information to the Chinese Government just because to talk us to chinese owned the tick tock of course feel very different about it because they say she wants antitrust movement on tech talk very funny videos about trump parodies so they fink its basically censorship. What would a u. S. Band of tic talk mean for people outside the United States for example users here in berlin or the rest of europe it really quite depends on what american picked up i thought going into are they going to stay on the app because ive seen a lot of tick tocks explaining how you can change shift settings to canada so it looks like youre sending yet picked up from canada not from the states so are they going to stay on that i think going to move to a new app ive been looking ive been checking out by it and. App my need to talk with you is now its while other going to go back to instagram so it really it depends on whats going to happen there i want to talk thats really still a very big in europe i mean alone here in germany we have 8000000. 00 follow us so its not going anywhere and about the 15 seconds that we have left is there talk on that platform about the unthinkable that is that one u. S. President could actually bring down tech talk worldwide of course i mean ive seen people crying theyre very emotional theyre really worried about that but you also have to remember and remember that social media use they dont like it if you sense on them and they really dont like it if tom fenced off them so i think theyre going to find your own are going to go ahead of channel and as. Mentioned before you can find theres a there at d w underscore and fresh really appreciate it youre watching news well be back with more headlines for you at the top of the hour on michael locum for the whole team here. In Program Thanks so much for joining us. Are they friends so long to be with you thank you. Would you would you tell us the way you will fight among the publishers to you or are they and i mean hes going to distinguish the views the ceiling of the border secure pushed you to go with him but he says you should let us hes going to go to the ship i never work for