A surge in new infections and experts expect the trend to continue as cold weather sets in and people move into rules. Class into nature is placing it on a steady increase of covert 19 cases with no signs of the government has managed to flatly curb. Im Rebecca Richards welcome to the program the man designated to be the next Prime Minister of lebanon has resigned amid an impasse in efforts to form a new government mustafa it was parachuted into the position in the wake of august devastating blast in the capital beirut and the subsequent resignation of the government the former ambassador to germany that they cited political infighting over the appointment of cabinet positions as the reason for his decision to step down. Lets cross straight to beirut where d. W. Correspondent basil radio is standing by basil nice to see another stalemate in the ongoing political impasse what more can you tell us. In fact we can say that the country lebanon and today in your political toward more left of the step down that ignited Prime Minister thirdly today ive got to give my sources until yesterday night they think that they believe. From minutes that it is in it the Prime Minister will be able to form and your government but it seems and during told not yesterday at that this morning there was going to continue with contacts and goals and communication between all Political Parties to avoid this kind of step down but it seems that trade some initiative local initiatives and as well in regional and International Initiative mainly talking about france you have the right context somebody general powers to head it is going to Prime Minister in 4 into it to form its government but it seems that all these you should just fade now the main if French Initiative on the edge we dont know what will happen next if there is an alternative it seems its not according to the original not only local ones this puts lebanon in a van precarious position its not needed aid particularly they lowered the financial crisis and then of course in the aftermath of the blast without these these government reforms without being able to form a government even whats likely to happen whats next for lebanon maybe the humanitarian aid would continue to drive to lebanon because mainly old the state came through n. G. O. S and International New situations but the worst Case Scenario about the economy and financial situation in lebanon. Because you were in lebanon a few weeks i go for a few weeks maybe. And you are you you had a chance to discover old whats going on in beirut and lebanon so the main problem now they operate that the financial situation and the economy situation will collapse more and more. Very precarious situation and a vessel raid in beirut thanks very much. Thank you. The number of corona virus infections in the United States has risen above 7000000 the Johns Hopkins university tally passed the landmark figure on friday afternoon the u. S. Has the highest number of confirmed cases in the world followed by india and brazil coated 19 has already killed more than 200000 people in the u. S. Also a world record President Donald Trump has faced Harsh Criticism for his response to the outbreak after he downplayed the dangers of the disease. They dont use carolyn a shim oil has more on the situation from washington d. C. This country has desktop more than 7000000 current a virus cases and over 200000 there its more than any other country according to the Data Collected by the Johns Hopkins university despite having less than 5 per cent of the global population in the United States has suffered more than 20 percent of coverage 19 deaths or why it and people know that they also suffer the economic consequences of the pandemic so this is definitely going to be a topic that will have an impact on the elections. In washington d. C. Covering the u. S. Election which is coming up in november when intimation now has the 2nd highest death toll from covert 19 in all of asia and theres no sign of a slowdown anytime soon even though the capital jakarta has reinstated a partial lockdown on friday indonesia hit a record day the high of nearly 5000 new Infections HealthOfficials Say the real number is probably much higher as decanters grave diggers can attest theyve never seen anything like it grave diggers in jakarta no work around the clock racing to dig up to 40 burial plots a day before the pandemic it was just 10. Its a job that carries the risk of contagion and offers a frontline view of covert tragic toll. Were not complaining about how many bodies we bury every day and. It was very unfortunate for those who died they died in vain because of others who didnt comply with prevention protocols to jakarta is now the epicenter of indonesias corona Virus Outbreak the city alone is seeing more than 1000 new daily cases more than double the average caseload from early august a surge thats prompted another lock down people are supposed to work study and pray at home for Business Owners it could spell ruin. We only just managed to survive the 1st round of large scale social restrictions and here comes another one but for now im just relieved that were barely surviving but it will definitely cause an impact on our income and. A tough call for jakartas governor to reinstate restrictions but he says its necessary to help hospitals cope and keep people alive its not enough for us to see were doing good because that. Is good compared to other places. But for now the grim task of burying the dead continues without a vaccine stain apart is the only way to stop the viruses spread and slow down the loss of life. Thats taken at mt some of the other stories making news around the world the coffin of Ruth Bader Ginsburg has departed from the u. S. Capitol where the light Supreme Court justice was the 1st woman and 1st jewish person to lie in state it was taken to Arlington National cemetery where shell be buried ginsburg died a week ago after serving on the highest court for 27 years. U. S. Media says President Donald Trump is to nominate judge amy barrett to the Supreme Court to replace ginsburg the 48 year old federal Appeals Court judges known for her conservative religious views trump told journalists on friday he made up his mind but refused to confirm the speculation head of an official announcement on saturday. The French Interior minister has said a knife attack in paris was quote need a clearly an act of terror the incident on friday left 2 papal wounded one seriously 2 suspects have been arrested the stabbing took place as the trial was underway for suspects in another attack on the offices of the satirical magazine in 25th day. A sickening sense of deja vu in this paris neighborhood 1st responders we allowed the victims at the same site of the most infamous attack against press freedom in france the former offices of Charlie Hebdo where 12 people died in 2015 shocking france and the world. Is all these it was because it was about this if. We had shots around midday we ran outside and that was all we saw before the police arrived. Julio would you study the. Victim lying on the ground covered in blood thats when i panicked and then people started panicking and shocking to hear. After 7 julie attacking the victims who were taking a smoking break the principal suspect fled the scene. Police said they arrested the man nearby on the plus to the. They have also detained several more of his alleged associates in the attacks aftermath. Of those injured in the incident stuff and a documentary production in charlie updos former building the french authorities have already opened an investigation into the attack. The French Interior minister and the city mayor visited the scene anti terror prosecutors are in charge of the probe into the incident noble this weve decided to launch an investigation into attempted murder with a terrorist motive so Crime Associated with terrorism. Could do the trick thing that. The attack happened to right in the middle of a mass trial of 14 people in connection with the 2015 massacre the latest incident signals frances battle against terrorism isnt over yet. And here in germany a ceremony has been held in munich to commemorate the 40th anniversary of a terror attack on the october fest be a festival regional latest gathered with survivors and victims relatives in the variance thank capital to remember the 19000 bombing 12 people were killed and more than 200 wounded when a man with links and they are not seen militia death and night had explosives at the festival entrance unix mayor at the time has criticized his decision to reopen the event just allans lyta from which mean its gone from joining me now in the studio is date of Political Correspondent hans bronze hands thanks for coming in germanys october fest is famously billed as the biggest the festival this attack certainly isnt the 1st thing that springs to mind when people think of the type of famous how is it being commemorated today well 1st of all we have to say that this year there is no oktober fest because of the pandemic because of the can run a pandemic the festival has been called off so the Memorial Service so that the commemoration that is taking place today is taking place on the edge of a completely open space when though many this festival will be taking place in addition one has to say that most germans for a long time did not really remember this attack either this october 1st attack and 1980 it was something that was a. The time swept under the carpet pretty quickly as we just heard just 12 hours later the october fest resumed to the scene of the crime was cleaned up for the. Traces left by the bomb that had exploded all removed and eventually the investigation that took place was one has to say to some extent cursory and in the end what happened is that the attacker was regarded as someone who was a lone wolf or was had been rejected by his girlfriend and that was not taken seriously as an attack with a right wing motive despite that we Different Things now is still the single most devastating right wing attack in the country lets have a listen to what president on my had to say at the commemorative service feel of haagen many questions remain unanswered. Questions that should have been answered as part of the comprehensive investigation. Questions that werent answered the 1st time around and couldnt be answered later. On. This is an open wound that remains. Now you can win that remains what did the investigation conclude hons well initially the 1st investigation as i say concluded it was a lone wolf attack by someone who was in a sense disappointed with society and his life and then the investigation was picked up again off to public pressure in 2014 and in that investigation it was found that a lot of the evidence had been destroyed that evidence that had been collected at the time d. N. A. Evidence for instance was no longer available but eventually one did come to the conclusion that it was a right wing attack what one doesnt know is whether there were other people involved with it was a Single Person or what they had support that is the biggest question in fact and we know that there are networks of right wingers extremists in germany have always been similar attacks have happened until very recently until this year. The question of what effect these networks have what these attackers have in terms of support behind them that has not really been us of not just then and not really since then yeah were hearing that right mainstream an extremism is on the rise in germany and in fact earlier this year german interior minister who is the hoffa declared that pot right extremism is the biggest Security Threat facing germany how is the country dealing with these i think we must say that in recent years in the last couple of years this is for the 1st time being to being taken really seriously the leaders of various Security Services have been replaced because they were accused of not being attentive enough to the threat from the riot and now the interior minister has employed hundreds of extra investigators specifically to look into right Wing Networks right wing connections for instance in the police and Security Services from thank you very much. 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