A done deal they knew that before trump even announced it which made it was also sort of peculiar they said we have proven we dont know who hes going to name which isnt a rather odd way of doing things so the republicans are going to stand behind this nomination so turning to another big factor in this election all together the coronavirus pandemic of course the United States has hit another new milestone lets get this right 7000000 cases now more than 200000 deaths how significant is this likely to be going into the election in november well as the old saw goes one persons death is a tragedy 200000 is a statistic. This has been weighing on the american body politic and the difference in the polls when you see thats been a steady difference between joe biden and donald trump to bidens favor that difference is built on a pandemic. That has literally had no president ial leadership or of failed president ial leadership that wont change so a distraction from reality with another reality fighting about abortion rights gun rights libertarian interpretations of the u. S. Constitution is an attempt to put a little bit of smoke when youre running out of mirrors and you know like the smoke when youre running in a mirror as urban collyer from Bard College Berlin really appreciate your insights glad to be here as weve just heard the pandemic is playing a major role in the Election Campaign heres a look at other developments in the corona virus pandemic around the world a new Study Suggests fewer than 10 percent of people in the United States have anybodies to the krona virus the results would mean the country is further from herd immunity than previously estimated miran mars biggest city young gone is back under Strict Lockdown the city is one of the most affected by the corona virus in the country infection numbers in miramar expected to pass 10000 in the coming days thousands have gathered in london to protest lock downs in social distancing rules imposed to slow the spread of copa 19 britain has europes worst death toll from the pandemic nearly 42000 deaths are tied to the crown of our. Inner nisha now has the 2nd highest death toll from go over 1000 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 daily high of nearly 5000 new Infections Health Officials Say the real number is probably much higher as jew carters grave diggers can attest. Theyve never seen anything like it grave diggers and jakarta now 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 kobe its 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 Lockdown 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. Highlighting now some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour the death toll from attack in northeast nigeria has risen to 30 insurgents linked to the Islamic State ambushed a convoy transporting the governor of borno state near the town of baka officials said the terrorists stole an armored personnel carrier a gun truck and 6 convoy vehicles at least 26. 00 people have died in a military plane crash in Eastern Ukraine the aircraft crashed and burst into flames while landing in the city of. Authorities say one person survived most of the victims were young military cadets. And a rest have been made at a planned womens protest in the capital means the opposition organized the demonstration ahead of an alternative inauguration for a movement. Of sky and next week rallies have been held nationwide against Alexander Lukashenko usually long grip on power. French media reports say one of the suspects detained in connection with fridays stabbing in paris has admitted to carrying out the attack the incident left 2 people wounded it happened in the former headquarters of satirical magazine. The site of a 2015. Say it was quote clearly an act of terror. Now the man designated to be the next Prime Minister of lebanon has resigned amid an impasse in efforts to form a new government. Parachuted into the position in the wake of last months devastating blast in the capital beirut and the subsequent resignation of course of the government of former ambassador to germany i did blame political infighting over cabinet positions for his decision to step down lebanon has been gripped by months of protests over corruption and a protracted economic crisis. Lets cross straight to beirut where d. W. Correspondent. Is standing by basil its good to see you another stalemate in the ongoing political impasse what more can you tell us. Indeed the counter now. Going ahead political told through days ago president said once youve got it journalist what would happen if the french he should do trade he said we go straight to hell it seems that the country lebanon now coming closer to the city political has special as you mentioned when you talk about lebanon we talk about the political financial economy collapse this happened after the announcement of the step down could be putting it Prime Minister you dont use pound notes. Its not like it the u. S. Dollars now the date is i dont say 1000 more than 8000. 00 given its bond for one u s dollars which means that the bodies found last i dont take it percent of its value so the situation its very critical the all the parties after the announcement of the step down all Political Parties said that they still hand. With the trash initiative but whos going to buy this now this is the main question so basil to say the lebanon is suffering its clearly an understatement french president Emmanuel Mccall who has visited the country twice since the blast had given a 2 week deadline to lebanon to form a government in order to receive much needed Financial Aid they clearly have not been able to meet this demand whats next for lebanon. This is the main question that i asked all my sources that i called after the announcement they said that they still as i mentioned that they still. Hang with the tension he shifted somewhat to some sources that essentially he should just stay in session he gave the 1st 2 weeks and the 1st of september then to get an extension for the end of the 2 weeks im told its failed to achieve anything. In this regard so the transfer main the fact that it reflects president has another alternative another initiative which is the main question as well no one has the answer it seems that the some believe that the only solution now is the scientists the Government Back to the cabinet to the south i guess that i would even see that cabinet usually me to go back to what i gain since it seems that its so hard to form a new Government Regarding the internet tomorrow its a conflict confrontation between Political Parties and the regional conflict maybe we talking you know about the between the confrontation between iran and the u. S. Besler in beirut for us as always basil much appreciated. Sport now and in the frankfurt kicked off match day 2 on friday night by beating her 31 in the german capital with frankfurt already. Fired in their 3rd goal in the 71st minute and it was a stunner road as rocket flew past the reach of the goalkeeper the wind puts frankfurt in 1st place at least for one day the spanish side at the madrid have signed forward luis suarez from rivals barcelona and a 2 Year Contract worth around 6000000 euro the international passes medical on friday suarez was barcelonas 2nd higher score of all time after leo messi but after a recent coaching change the 33 year old was told he was no longer a part of the clubs plans as one for the titles with barcelona and a champions league. In formula one now defending champion Lewis Hamilton top qualifying for sundays russian grand prix the mercedes driver now has the chance to match Michael Schumacher as record 91 career wins hamilton was followed by red bulls max 1st stop in. 3rd fastest meanwhile Ferrari Sebastian vettel crashed in qualifying and will start 15th. Youre watching d. W. News im michael oku for all the team here in berlin thanks for watching. And for. Lawyer felt all. Language courses. Video and audio. Anytime anywhere. W. Please. If we just take the time to observe it nature provides us with a fascinating spectacle. Is the planet of life running crawling all flying life abounds everywhere. But for all this beautiful diversity to have proliferated earth has had to provide a favorable environment for around 4000000000 years. But. More then with the conditions which enabled the blooming of life on earth and could these conditions be present elsewhere resulting in alternative ecosystems. In attempts to answer these questions scientists scour the cosmos for signs of life. Theyve built giant telescopes with which to probe the universe and listen to the whispering of the stars but space has remained resolutely silent. Scientists have. Sent probes to the very edges of our solar system but all theyve sent back has been images of planets inimical to life. Over the last 25 years however astronomers have discovered thousands of incredibly diverse planets in our galaxy alone. So many strange worlds with no sign of life not one other planet similar to our own so could it be that earth really is unique. All living things on earth are made of the same Building Blocks long carbon based molecules scientists now think that a large proportion of these molecules came from outside planet earth. Comets and asteroids could be the missing links of a long chain the chain began with the simpler molecules found in the early cloud dusts and culminated with the Building Blocks of life from which life on earth 1st sprang the chain leading to life. May lets talk about it all but this carbonaceous material that ended up in earths oceans that adventure all whole series of changes that particular temperatures particular events a particular star but very particular radiation from our own sun cup i think you. Both. This organic matter was constantly altered on its long Journey Towards our planet its final composition the product of a singular history which scientists are now attempting to reconstruct. To understand what happened to these comics during their transformation and journey through the solar system louis dome the coal and clay court dont have taken an original approach which doesnt require long and costly interplanetary travel more a trip in a test tube. Because if you know you are gay theres the idea of a journey which is quite poetic but its framed in a very scientific context paroles trying to fit. Here in the lead bar tree in mind say the scientists simulate the formation of a comet and its journey to earth and ill just go so how do we do this comments are made of ice and dust we make some ice so were going to last the rush was equally chose 3 molecules likely to be in such eyes water and methanol and ammonia the water 1st yeah tell me when i have the methanol. Were ok. These icy material is similar to that of which the newly formed comets were composed next to the artificial comets long journey is simulated in fast forward. Also we know that a week in the lab it represents a 1000000 unit was already. Going to be a good idea to tell me when you switch it on then ill do the compressed air in the experiment begins in the chemical reactor theres a vacuum very close to that of interstellar space and the temperature is minus 200 degrees celsius. All of us so we make the ice we can see a bit here sort of the sort of growth on the edge of the window. The i. C. s bathed in ultraviolet light simulating solar radiation which breaks up the molecules. In these 1st stage produces simple molecules which can then recombine to make more complex molecules if this astonishing experiment is successful. What were going to do now is a warm the system a little to see what the ice does. But then begins the 2nd part of the experiment the comet leaves the outer region of the solar system and approaches the woman zones where earth is. No what if the 2 like you asking if you see the ice disappearing after a moment you can see bubbles forming itself so were approaching a phase where the water is close to leaving the ice but once we lose the water we see a white film on the surface of the fuel thats new molecules that a form of is such as at the end we have tiny droplets on the surface of the window which are quite visible to the eye and they constitute the organic matter thats been formed from the initial ice which was a radiator and then on the armed. The temperature in the reactor is now around 20 degrees celsius the artificial comet has finished its transformative journey. There are from joe at the end we get thousands of different kinds of molecules as if we start with just remark your water methanol in a monocle if we apply energy to earth and we form thousands of other molecules all. The experiment was a success. In this small chemical reactor there are now simple organic molecules similar to the Building Blocks from which life sprang forth. Among these molecules of wind there are amino acids the base of all proteins found in every living creature. Also in these droplets there are sugars essential for the construction of d. N. A. They see what each one of the old molecules like theres ended up on earth in fact what we call meteorites are pieces broken away from comets and asteroids that came in our atmosphere and left their extra terrestrial organic material on the surface of primitive earth as us to fuss. And. Having traveled from the outer reaches of our solar system this will get mcmaster ended its journey in the oceans of primitive earth. Now we need to know what the environmental parameters were which allowed this matter to keep reassembling until it formed living organisms. This is the next step of these groundbreaking experiment. Feel gammick matter produced by the artificial comet is placed in an environment close to that of primitive earth. Skitter then its all a push room with this experimental approach we can change the environmental conditions like we can change for example the water temperature we can change the wavelength of the imaginary sun that where years ago going into music is a 6 time of all going yellow whats very important for determining the various parameters are they limited or not are they unit to earth look at their other environments elsewhere in our solar system or exoplanets for example a Single Player dies of. Panic molecules are present throughout the year. Diverse but the presence of the basic ingredients of life may not in itself be enough for life to exist. To go from the inert to the living may require a very specific combination of environmental conditions that were only just starting to piece together. I was tired our planet clearly provided the conditions necessary for life to arise very early on liquid water has been present on earth for 4400000000 years and the most ancient traces of life date from 3800000000 years ago. On a geological time scale life appeared very quickly. What then was this particular medium which allowed the 1st living organisms to appear so quickly biologist put it on lopez garcia here in mexico is studying the amazing adaptability of life in environments very similar to those of primitive earth. While she wound its cradle and if i thought them i could be smaller but its pretty big and deep its going to be hard to get now that we hit one he not only. Says it smells of sulfur. I love it shall we go to that oh yes. Horrific house you own and David Moreira are exploring the crater of the volcano el cheechoo own in mexico. Fumaroles boiling cauldron its hot mud and springs the geothermal activity is evident everywhere here. Gas rising from the bowels of the earth bubbles up through the acid lake. The 2 violet just 1st tals is to measure the parameters of this extreme environment before looking for signs of life. 6 is it hot really hot yes. Thats why this there were up to 9092 sat still going up 94 sign a 506. 7 degrees says or it comes out again it must be seriously hot inside that one must so im telling you. Sit down to see if you ignore the plants at the edge of the craters and this is like some environments of primitive earth with lots of volcanic activity and hydrothermal like to the smallest hydrothermal activity was a constant ancram and ever. Sify same yes 96. 6 so we take a sample through the show do we have their cell phone on. This hydrothermal environment is very similar to that in which life 1st appeared and it doesnt take the 2 biologists long to find organisms which appear to thrive here. Or was a beautiful craze well take a sample here to. Yes we did by the way. Well. Despite these conditions which to us seem extreme there is abundant microbial life here the 2 scientists find and observe many varieties of bacteria organized into communities. And these are getting as much too as these organisms arent primitive organisms yet from the microbial diversity we find here and in other ecosystems we can deduce the characteristics of the 1st living organisms. Studying environments like these folks when it craters scientists can easily imagine the types of environments which were favorable to the formation of life on earth. Yet theres a lot of hot water vapor down knowing we can hear the water but we cant see it. On the other shall we go to the lake look at down over there. 4000000000 years ago the chemistry of life may well have begun in small puddles swept by a backwash book would be put there as many hypotheses about the origins of life suggests that that there were tides leaving little legs small ponds which let the organic molecules come together to maybe kick start life so maybe we needed both land and sea but the key for the call to not use. The always