Division side prepared to face off against european champions. Welcome to the program prodemocracy protesters in thailand have started gathering in bangkoks Central Business district again they are defying a government decree issued over not that bans gatherings of more than 5 People Police have set up checkpoints in the city to prevent further demonstrations the government declared a state of emergency as part of a crackdown on the protests the ban on demonstrations comes after thousands gathered on wednesday calling for a change to the constitution and an overhaul of the molecule. They had come and that. Once again calling for Prime Minister piute chair not to resign the protestors that. To remain until their demands were met. The next morning the government take back its arrested opposition leaders and remove demonstrations come types in front of the Prime Ministers office. Is also banned gatherings of more than 5 people and the publication of news it deems a Security Threat to. The antigovernment rallies started in july apart from fresh elections and a new constitution the opposition also wants to limit the powers of the king which has not gone down well with thai royalists. I think they were the supporters are right here because they love the country we love the country as well im not worried about violence because both sides are doing what they think is best for the country partially also have stifled public criticism of the monarchy but the king has stirred dissent with his extravagant lifestyle and long holidays abroad jaring the pandemic. Opposition leader a non number called the king on stage during the protests. Parking does not reside in thailand id like to ask directly whats so bad about living in thailand. He was later arrested with the anger boiling over the government is keen to put a lid on the protests any way it can. Lets bring in the journalists here from bangkok but yes whats happening in bangkok at the moment. Yeah it seems like theyre prodemocracy activists theyre not willing to give up so quickly despite the ban of political guttering stick was issued this morning about 1000 of them and now gathering in central bangkok in the main shopping district of the city and theyre now occupying no one of the major intersections theyre calling for the release of other activists that were arrested this Morning Police have initially tried to stop them from staging this protest but at some points there were too many protesters for them to handle so Police Released pushed back a little bit of which they issued a warning saying that this protest is in need following the d issue of the much as he decreed this morning and theyre warning that every participant might get arrested these photos have been going on for several months now why has the government declared a state of emergency now. Its morning the government said its extremely necessary to issue this emergency decree to maintain peace and order one of the main reasons they cited was an event yesterday when a royal motorcade boss briefly obstructed by prodemocracy demonstrators the motorcade was carrying the queen and son off to count king in thailand and it took a while for his motorcade to pass through the protest of as they were shouting protest slogans at the motorcade and this was a very unusual a thing to see here in thailand. A mostly. Always used to tremor through completely clear streets that are always create hours ahead before they arrive but for them to go through a protest side was very unusual but many thais they question why this even has happened before should have. Options for motorcades to travel and out of streets to turn on so some suspect thats the government even wanted to provoke them at this time. The government the crackdown seems to be further fueling protests and sort of stopping them if the Thai Government make a mistake here. If it seems that prodemocracy activists have now more angry at the government and maybe are also more desperate but im not sure how disaggregation with payouts im receiving today this morning and throughout the day that the government has a lot of power and thats. So much us and Police Forces the government so many prodemocracy activists might also cant know that they obviously dont want to get arrested for issuing. Speaking pinioned so im not sure yet if the government really able to stop the protest with those messages but yes in a bunker for us thank you very much. Time to have a look at some of the other stories making headlines today millions from minister to send a durned has said she will resign as leader of the labor party if the party doesnt win the general election this saturday she made the comments during the final Leaders Debate polls show a dance party has a Comfortable Lead over the rival center right national party. Yemens warring sides are swapping more than 1000 prisoners captured during years of conflict the trade is part of a deal reached in switzerland in september yemen has been in the war since 2014 causing humanitarian crisis and the death of more than 100000 people. In hong kong several prodemocracy activists are in court facing Illegal Assembly charges police raided the personal office of media publisher and activist jimmy lie again is one of several prodemocracy leaders who have been arrested on the hong kongs new National Security law imposed by beijing. Germany has posted a massive spike in covert 19 cases with more than 6000 new infections in a 24 hour period lets have a look at how quickly the u. Infections have surged in the past 7 days we were at 2828 cases last wednesday that was october the 8th the numbers then kept rising theres a bit of a dip here on the weekend where not all oakleigh Health Departments report numbers and then you see the steep rise to where we are today at 606638 newly registered covert 19 infections with numbers more than doubling in one week it means the virus is growing exponentially and the figures come just hours after chancellor Angela Merkel met with the leaders of germany 16 federal states to agree new unified measures to slow the spread of the virus one seen as a role model for Europe Germany now fears the pandemic is getting out of hand that a country has fed relate to us so far with cases rapidly rising im going to america has issued a stern warning. As Michel Martin does if you ask what worries me it is the exponential rise and well stop it otherwise it will not end well. We can see that all over the place and i dont need to look at germany here i only need to look in the neighboring countries thats a point of regional leaders have agreed to shut hospitality venue some 11 pm in area to day become virus hotspots or regulation already adopted by some cities like bellina and frankfurt contact restrictions will also be enforced in hotspots social gatherings will be limited to 10 people from a maximum of 2 households in a bid to curb the number of infections at the political level one bone of contention remains leaders cant agree on Domestic Travel rules death mean travelers from hot spots cannot stay in hotels without a recent negative test im putting the accommodation ban is a contest to demand to stay disease someone to keep it up at any cost and to measure our e. T. S. States are skeptical because its related the inefficient to prevent infections but in the end it causes a lot of agitation anger and disruption but some under street say its not more roads that are needed. The still going to be here some get existing rules are not being followed and theyre not being enforced all too often you see people be dealt a mosque on festus and subways i believe the ruse should be better executive its a fine line when you see all the weddings are kind of course understand but on the other hand its also a risk for others as well as these i think we all need to be reasonable with the numbers or the funds. If the number of infections keep rising im going to america has warned that even tougher steps may be needed. That were bored by political correspondent. Joins us now from our parliamentary studios whats behind these rising infection numbers the. Ng which sees obviously tamal positives as well you have to know that since mid august weve been seeing here more than 1000000 tests being carried weekly also theres a backlog several laboratories warned that they were starting to be overwhelmed that there was that backlog there are reaching their Testing Capacity limits now number of daily inspections here in germany youve sated that tweets reached a level of march was more than 6600 infections daily this is alarming but in comparison to neighboring countries germany still has much d better for example a neighboring france accounts for more than 20000 daily inspections of the Czech Republic yesterday counted more done thousands 1500 infections for a country whose population is 8 times less than that of germany so yes the hotspots and infection waits 400000. 00 inhabitants increase exponentially and it is worrying budget many still has a better handle of the pandemic than its neighbors so far what weve just heard about the new measures that chancellor merkel and the 16 state premiers agreed upon but not all reportedly said she was not happy with the results why. She would have wished for stricter measures or so weve seen into reports not all safe in here is if we are for example the accommodation ban in various regions so they see these to be talks between the state premiers and the chancellor regarding the messy travel so those are all the reasons why those negotiations took so long they were marked on the go stations of eights i was into the late at night yesterday and im going to america has warned time and again that people need to keep being careful keep Wearing Masks keep respect think so so they stand seeing and shes reportedly also quite annoyed by the fact that not everyone seems to be observing hold a ruse. So what is the plan then if germany does not get the infection right back on the control. Well if those new measures dont suffice and we can know very well imagine that we can see in the future more localized and lockdowns farmer love bounce being put into place the thing is that the governments and the regions want to avoid strictly love down simply because a so this would actually be another blow to the German Economy and got america actually warned that germany simply couldnt afford another med on of its economy. Is talking to me a little. Poland is also expected to announce new hood restrictions after registering a record of nearly 1000 cases today the Company Managed to keep the number of infections low at the start of the pandemic. Example phenomena reports the government is now facing criticism for failing to prepare the country for a 2nd wave. And the foothills of the mountains a popular Tourist Destination this winter however a pub leader has little hope of much business normally his familys guest house would Welcome School classes and other organized tour groups but most of them have already cancelled. Them but if we didnt own this place and just rented it would have already given our. No matter what. 100 percent of. The guest house practically generates no income but still costs money an issue of the ducky with tourist numbers slowly rising again over the summer pablo she legal was hoping for a situation to improve but now the region has been declared a red zone due to a surge in covering 1000. 00 cases and that means additional restrictions including wearing a mask in public spaces and the ban on cultural events both fuck you common sense even some of these at lunch and this has been going on for months now so people have slowly started getting used to it but the situation for us here is difficult. As a popular Tourist Destination. Are more risk during the 1st wave of the pandemic in the spring polands National Conservative government reacted quickly by imposing a lockdown and closing the countrys borders for foreign travelers but since then the 30s have been facing growing criticism for failing to prepare Polands Health system for a 2nd we visit my gen at home her husband originally from yorkshire in the u. K. Contracted the virus in the spring fortunately without symptoms he praises polands Quick Response to the pandemic but is worried about its hospitals the Health System power and is basically enormously lacking in funding. So if its the country becomes overwhelmed then i think its going to be a problem because of the number of hospital beds and respirators and medical staff. Paavo sure leader is also a war it in addition to his regular job he organizes weddings here in the mountains they have to be big but its almost impossible to plan a wedding he and his Business Partner say if the authorities make ad hoc decisions all the time appropriate to should have set limits from the beginning what difference does it make if we have 50 or 100 wedding guests in a group of 10 people were in a small circle we know each other and we can react quickly if anything happens. What we need is a Clear Strategy to combat that pandemic problem says otherwise it will be increasingly difficult to convince people to comply with their restrictions. There are some of the other coronavirus facts and figures from elsewhere in the world the World Health Organization wants an additional 10000. 00 children per month could die from malnutrition due to additional economic strains linked to the pandemic according to a registry of authorized medicines russia approved 2nd covert 19 boxing and the chinese city of qingdao has filed Health Officials after an outbreak of infections broken ily 2 months stretch without new cases city Officials Say they are still working to test all 9000000 residents after this outbreak. The heads of leading german french and italian Business Associations have urged the e. U. And the u. K. To do everything in their power to reach an agreement on post drugs that trade british interests also on the thread on the biggest mass reports for on the u. K. Farmers who fear they could lose access to french markets. Frank languorous and some. 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