Now in the days and weeks that will decide how germany will fare in this pandemic in winter. We see that we obviously have very special infection dynamics in germanys largest cities. Patients on ventilators for. My top priority is possible not to have to bring economic and public life back down to the level that was necessary in the spring. We have to appeal to our population we dont want to have a situation like the resume prousts for a situation like there is in spain. We dont want to 2nd lockdown. Germany marks a year since an anti semitic attack that left 2 people dead. Ladies and gentlemen it is not enough to condemn an attack like the one in hundreds of targets and then to return to business as usual. Welcome to the day chancellor Angela Merkel the mass of 11 major cities in germany have agreed a package of new measures to stop the spread of coronavirus germany fear is a growing 2nd wave of the virus after infection rates in cities like berlin and frankfurt reached a key threshold triggering tighter restrictions from her office in berlin Angela Merkels Video Conference with the mayors of key cities sent the message germany urgently needs to prevent corona spreading in urban centers the other spirit. Chance that the big cities there have been areas and now the area now where we will see if we can keep the pandemic on a country as we have done for months so for if we lose control that is precisely where we are right now it and the important thing. To contain the virus the mares agreed a tough new framework it could see experts from germanys armed forces and the National Disease control body sent into cities if the 7 day infection rate rises above 35. 00 per 100000 residents their job would be to focus on Contact Tracing cities where that infection number is above 50 will require people to wear masks in public spaces and there will also be limits on alcohol sales and socialising berlin and frankfurt have already reached that threshold many young people in berlins bars of not yet change their behavior from saturday people in the capital will only be able to socialize in groups of 5 more if theyre from only one or 2 households. You know we have a rule which allows us to take action very quickly because were saying very clearly these places must be closed from 11 pm its easy to see if a bar is still open or not if it is action can be taken quickly to get young people may find it hard to take a break from their social lives but as the chancellor appealed to them to observe the rules she also offered reassurance this fits in with everything the return parties nights out fun without corona but what matters now is something out some respect and talent erickson might and if the rise in infections is not halted within 10 days the mayors have agreed to impose even stricter measures. Will be doubling caught up with leading virologist to christian draw distance with the virus now spreading fastest in urban areas have been found about asked him why. Now professor dressed in cities all over the world seem to be particularly vulnerable for this virus why is this the case and what can be done in cities. Well its actually an obvious thing we have. A younger age structure in cities and we had over the last few weeks a higher incidence in young people over the summer months so this infection is now prevalent in cities and its now redistributing into older age groups these are all the effects that we have served not only in cities but also elsewhere but obviously because of the higher density because of some situations that you like and measure and professional life where you have more people to gather like say and large offices. This is probably a specific trade of cities so when we have. Well lets say and. And have a higher incidence now what can german cities for example burden learn from the experiences in new york paris london other cities all over the world well i believe the experience in other cities is like. Look into the future if we are not ready to to act on the problem now especially and in cities and the the element of this activity is to inform the general public to avoid misinformation and to rely on the corporation of of the general public including the younger people. So to address younger people. Via Media Channels that they actually use. Is is really a task that maybe hasnt been addressed sufficiently now one patient that we see a lot in Media Channels all over the world the u. S. President is history talent and medication a blueprint for patients all over the world well this is very difficult to command on because i dont have any particular knowledge on this treatment regimen there are drugs. That are being discussed in the public that will be widely available other drugs will are not even even clear now so. This is. Maybe a bit of a complex type of question. Maybe also very specific to this particular place. So you wouldnt say that its that these medications would be helpful in this fast recovery could be also seen with other patients who get this treatment well i mean the the list of drugs thats being discussed in public i think for each of these drugs there is evidence for an effect or a pivot but this all depends very much on that point of time when they are up ministered that those the general condition of the patient and so on so these are all aspects that i cant comment on but the drugs that were given are certainly contributing to a positive outcome ok thank you very much. German general just speaking with happy and from them are well while german officials are broadly in agreement on strategies to control the pandemic the story in spain is very different there the National Government has imposed a state of emergency in the area around madrid despite opposition from the Regional Government a spanish capital will therefore now be in lockdown for 2 weeks the government decree overrides a courtroom ing on thursday which lifted restrictions the move comes ahead of a National Holiday and bans people from leaving time thats 230. 00 cases per 100000 people and madrid has the countrys highest infection rate while spain its a country in western europe hardest hit by the pandemic with more than 850000 confirmed cases. So lets bring in correspondent Jaime Vasquez in madrid a welcome so the country is just about to go into a long Holiday Weekend so good talk us through the form these new restrictions will take. Well they are basically the same set of rules that accord suspended just yesterday but this time they are but by at the estate of a made you see which is but by the constitution and is a tool the Central Government can use or basically are the same rules people may not be allowed to leave for example the capital of a spain or get into the capital of a spain but this time they would be more in forced really because the police will be there and backed by their constitution but they could situation now or there and that is a state of emergency in fact weve seen and a lot of Police Deployed in route theres been some roadblocks. There were making sure that nobody was leaving this city ahead of this long weekend as you said because this was one of the main concerns of the Central Government debt that now that we have some some holy days ahead a lot of people of madrid will either to have a 2nd homes in the countryside or in the seaside and decipher was the main concern of them yet i guess its important to remember that spains 1st lockdown at the start of this pandemic was particularly harsh. Yeah it was very hot has nothing to do with the lockdown that we have now the books are allowed to go out businesses and bars and restaurants are still open even though the heart some restrictions of their capacity there are you know only 50 percent of their capacity but its not the same and we had before that people actually had to stay at home only essential workers were allowed to leave their houses it is a different thing but it is still quite harsh for. My julian ok so at the heart of this seems to be a political battle between the center right regional of parties and spains socialist led government which is reimposing this state of emergency that a court ruled illegal a week ago lets hear from the countrys Health Minister salvador. Median routine mostly minor last week 63 people died from cope with 19 in a community of madrid i want to miss more right now there are 3361 people hospitalized in madrid i couldnt think of there are 498 people in intensive care between life and death fighting for their lives we can either sit back and do nothing or we can stop the virus. Of alaska and madrid what talk us through whats going on the best political battle. Well theres definitely a political battle and regatta spatially on who is going to take the tough decisions for example does lock down i think the much read the Regional Government the government of madrid and the Central Government have been fighting for and you know who will take the blame for these final lockdown that it seems that it was almost inevitable it was impossible to avoid a disappoint that basically what theyve been doing for the last 2 weeks and so now this is done it cant mysticism cannot be reverse the madrid Regional Government just have to accept this. Yeah definitely. The Regional Government of madrid gave a press conference a train to show the new set of rules and at the same time the Central Government in the Cabinet Meeting was declaring the state of emergency just 8 of a 1000000 sea with will over write all the decisions rather the Regional Government now we have a warning about for we had a warning this week from the World Health Organization of countries reporting what they called increasing levels of pandemic fatigue amongst our citizens so how are madrids citizens at taking this news of this latest on lockdown. You know full of all for the people of madrid this is like a dick and not even believe that we are finding that we are find ourselves again in the same lake chick one again they did everything they were asked to do they were asked for and this feeling that well theyve done their work theyve done their job and but probably the administration didnt and a lot of people wonder what we are done wrong if were just following the structures even even though some people of course you always find some people that are not following the rules but most of the people are actually following the rules and if you look at the. Figures that in madrid are going down actually cause but legs ations and infection it has nothing to do with the rules that they have been set it is actually because of the people who you know thought well lets try to do our job because they are not going to do the good of the others. In madrid faqir thank you. For the winner of this years Nobel Peace Prize is the World Food Program you know weve had Nobel Committee is all a big u. N. Agency for its fight against a Global Hunger the use of hunger as a weapon of war the committee described the award as a call to the International Community not to underfund the w. F. Pay. Its perhaps the most prestigious award in the wild the Nobel Peace Prize is craved by World Leaders including one of this years nominees stunnel trump but the jury decided to honor an organization not a politician for promoting peace. The prize came with an urgent appeal here with this years award the norwegian Nobel Committee wishes to turn the eyes of the world towards the millions of people who suffer from of face the threat of hunger. The world the World Food Program plays a key role in multilateral cooperation and making Food Security an instrument of peace. Last year the World Food Program fed almost a 1000000 people at risk of starvation. The u. N. Body is active in 88 countries this has made it an agent of peace says the Nobel Committee the link between hunger and Armed Conflict is a vicious circle of war and conflict can cause Food Insecurity and hunger just as hunger and Food Insecurity can cause latent conflicts to flare and trigger the use of violence. As the winner was announced in oslo there was joy and surprise at the w. F. Paid real. I mean this is the 1st time in my life ive been speechless whether. This is worth a little talk about the most exciting point of your life is the Nobel Peace Prize it is because of the the family there out there in the most difficult complex places all in the world with this war on fleet climate extremes it doesnt matter theyre out there and they deserve this award and wow wow wow wow market will leave it there wont be much time to celebrate 175000000 people suffered from a key tanga in 2019 the most in years challenges that the coronavirus conflict and Climate Change ensure that the work of the World Food Program is not about to get any easier. Well but is chief spokesperson for the world of program and joins us from berlin welcome and congratulations how you feeling. Q wonderful it was an amazing day i was watching it on television i was eating a sandwich watching television instead of just streaming so its a wonderful surprise its a wonderful news but its also very humbling. And on the on it goes to my colleagues in the field in africa and the middle east and asia and latin america who are in many places every day risked their lives to bring food and nutrition to desperate people. As well as weve talked about this across the bay it becomes evident that the f. P. Doesnt is youre not just a sticking plaster are you youre you you dont just go in and provide food at the point of crisis youre also developing peoples ability to sustain themselves over the longer period. Yeah because the number one goal that we have is that we dont have work anymore and we know how to end hunger. At one site you work in crisis areas like yemen or syria but we want to do real long term work we help women get job training help them get micro credits teach them how to plant their fields differently we work with traditional for School Children for pregnant women so that little kids have a real chance to develop their brains and become smart adults we work on programs with irrigation. Projects of fields can be planted we have planted will slow the communities billions of trees all over the world to make them more resilient for Climate Change come on if this is really a tough work but there was the things that are killing people so looking back across your time at the w happy be interesting if you could sort of pick out a mission that particularly sticks out in your minds eye me with your particular be proud. I think the one that was trashing me the most was after the tsunami in indonesia and i was on the ground within a few days and we were living in tents and when i arrived. Just devastation of the landscape you know that half of the town was destroyed and the other half was untouched and ive always been absolutely amazed by the resilience of the people who are suffering and by the dignity of the people that are suffering and went to darfur for example and work there and made amazing people whove lost everything and when i lined up interviews their work for journalists who accompanied me there was one woman who had lost everything it was sitting in a will had and she gave me a chair so i could sit on because she was worried that i was this white western woman you know would faint in the heat of darfur so again and again the dignity of people the resilience of people but also the meeting suffering i mean this vicious cycle we see of hunger and wars i mean this price really also goes to the whole world to tell us give us the money so we can do a work and all of making to forgive me for interrupting but my time is short and i wonder if you could tell us briefly how winning this award is likely to affect the World Food Programs work its much more awareness and publicity and and to the old men with the power who wield war and fight was into the young men with weapons this has to stop and the World Community can come together help us do our job and answer together with our many partners and those conflicts which if the conflicts go on as they do now we will never end right hunger but in a from the world of food program thank you hamburg and congratulations thank you so much for having me. For germany has marked the 1st anniversary of the deadly antti semitic attack on a synagogue in the eastern city of hama on the jewish holiday of your uncle paul after failing to bridge the synagogues for a dog the attacker gunned down 2 people outside a speaking commemoration ceremony in the city german president frank about a steinmeier said he felt a deep sadness but also shame and anger over the attack and over the recent increase in anti semitism and racism in germany more of president steinmeyer speech. Ladies and gentlemen it is not enough to condemn an attack like the one in harmless the targets and then to return to business as usual. We must take a clear stance on this we must show them that we will not tolerate any form of semitism whether its old or new well german president or frog. Speaking there. Has been speaking with one of the women who escaped the attack that day the attacker came