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Back much time in berlin squats but district this is one of 10 busy streets in the german capital where people now have to wear a face mask germany has seen record numbers of corona virus cases has been particularly hard hit now all 12 districts here are considered hot spots pressure is growing here in germany the politicians to introduce new stricter measures against the coronavirus especially as numbers continue to grow this is something that is being debated on a daily basis here in germany both on the streets but also in the german press the latest topic to be discussed is a possibility of introducing a socalled knock down light. Does this proposal which is reportedly favored by chancellor merkel schools im taking it would remain open except in the worst hit areas restaurants and bars would have to shut and large events would be banned so far most restaurants have to close only between 11 pm and 6 am for many berliners new measures are necessary even if they mean fewer freedoms but others are more skeptical we all have to give ourselves a push now and see that it goes in the right direction. The numbers are always going up so you have to do your part to make them go down again the government gave proof of this and says i hope that we will be spared but unfortunately we cant rule the salt completely although im not sure if it will really help to contain the pandemic and then you know for most people i assume that there will be new measures theres nothing you can do about it and we have to get the infection under control in this newsroom and with the new restrictions are expected on wednesday after chancellor merkel meets with germanys 16 regional leaders. So what can we be looking for more on that lets bring indeed overused Political Correspondent nina good morning to you nina what kind of new restrictions to be going into a factor and would they be national or regional. Along the american lawyers aiming for what shes calling a wave break a locked down and newspaper germanys biggest tabloid actually has some details of whats on the table the aim is to prevent the Health Care System from collapsing its still coping ok at the moment bought new infections are rising much faster than expected i see filling up very fast so im going to press for that partial lockdown also dubbed lockdown like pubs and restaurants would be closed the number of people you can meet outside of your own home will be drastically limited events will be canceled the main difference apparent need to what happened during the 1st wave in the spring according to this plan would be that schools and kindergartens would stay open for as long as possible and that shops would also remain open to a certain extent now whether national or regional im going back to wants them to be national but of course the country 16 states have the final say on which restrictions to impose and theres already some resistance from individual state premiers along with the resistance you know theres been some criticism of the process for arriving at any new guidelines with concerns that the German Parliaments not being sufficiently involved does the chancellor have the authority to order a national law down without the bundestag or without the state premiers. Well no she doesnt and that of course goes back to our countrys history where rules were implemented to avoid giving the government in berlin too much power that could potentially be abused but during the 1st wave in the spring the German Parliament did give the government certain exceptional competencies to be able to act fostering this pandemic and then germany did get through this fast way fairly well and numbers were low in the summer and then people not just from the opposition parties also from party from americans own Government Coalition were demanding that the national and regional parliaments get more of a say on the measures but having said that those voices have not been very loud in the past 10 days when it became clear that were being hit by a much stronger 2nd wave than expected and is there any way to gauge how a 2nd even limited lockdown will be affecting the economy and the educational system both of which have already been hard hit by the 1st lockdown well of course discussion is in full swing how do you keep the economy going how do you keep schools in kindergarden open and there does seem to be the agreement that the priority must be to keep the educational system going keep schools and daycares open not just for educational purposes but would of course also allow parents in essential jobs to go to work and the big worry is of course how much will the economy be affected and there is a lot of criticism coming from organizations that represent pub and Restaurant Owners they say those plant measures are unfair and would risk throwing people into basically having to give up their own businesses. Following the story for us this morning thanks very much. Heres some of the latest developments in the pandemic globally india is now approaching 8000000 confirms coronavirus cases this comes as the capital delhi reports its highest number of new delhi infections about 5000 on wednesday the c. E. O. Of dubai airport as warned that the air hub is facing a slow recovery and could see passenger traffic fall in as much as 70 percent this year the airport was the worlds busiest for International Travel before the crisis and there is some progress in the state of victoria in australia the epicenter of covert 1000 infections in that country it has not recorded any new cases for the last 48 hours its the 1st time thats happened in more than 7 months. Now the backlash between islamic countries and france over president microns comments on islam and freedom of speech is growing strong as strongly defended characters of the Prophet Muhammad following the brutal murder of a french teacher or use them in classroom discussions about free speech since then there have been massive anti french rallies in muslim majority countries. The target of their anger is clear. Here in pakistan protesters in karate and islamabad accuse the french president of attacking islam. For asking the behavior of the french government is actually an insult to billions of muslims across the world its open terrorism on an attack against the muslim world may slump. We should boycott french products muslims should boycott their petrol stations which is one of their main products we shouldnt use that fuel at all for. All rents everywhere. In the bangladeshi capital dhaka there were 10 scenes as protesters renewed calls for a boycott of french products. Demonstrations also took place in gaza and in tel aviv all in response to microns defense of satirical cartoons including some of the prophet mohammed. His comments follow the brutal murder of a French School teacher who taught a lesson on freedom of speach. Leaders in several muslim countries including saudi arabia and iran have condemned france turkey to wade in with president editor one saying mcallen needs mental checks over his attitude to islam but the french president is sticking to his stunts saying we wont give in ever. His interior minister echoed his opinion. She too thought its our sovereign right to define what freedom of expression is public order if you give us freedom of worship what is and isnt acceptable except the. Words that one serve to calm the growing wave of anger sweeping the muslim world frances warning its citizens in several muslim majority countries to take extra security precautions. Lets get you up to date now on some of the other stories made in the news this hour at least 8 people have been killed in 2 separate attacks in the Afghan Capital kabul at least 3 people died in a roadside bombing several more were injured in a separate attack 5 special forces members were killed in a bombing in the ensuing fire fire thats unclear who is behind the attacks. In california hundreds of firefighters backed by planes and helicopters are battling to control 2 wildfires near los angeles i winds and dry conditions have brought the fires close to residential areas some 100000 people have evacuated power lines are believed to have sparked at least one of those places. Philadelphia has seen a 2nd night of protests and violence after the killing of a black man by police on monday 27 year old Walter Wallace jr was shot by police after refusing to drop a knife his family says he was suffering from Mental Illness the latest protests have seen the looting of a number of retail outlets. And staying in the u. S. Theres less than a week to go. Now until the u. S. President ial election and both candidates are stepping up their efforts out on the campaign trail the incumbent republican president has continued his whirlwind schedule rallying in michigan wisconsin and nebraska. His democratic rival joe biden has been campaigning in georgia hes attempting to push into territory where trump was once expected to easily repeat his victory over will reclaim 4 years ago. Now despite his loyal voter base the u. S. President continues to be a polarizing figure both at home and abroad surveys show most germans want him to lose to joe biden but trump does have some fans here in germany visited 2 of them want to hamburg and one interest in. A new high that come and then comes out on the much and ice leaves no doubt. 47 year old Communications Manager from greece in eastern germany is a fan of donald trump the graf find not very many people in germany support the u. S. President publicly here. He says trump brings back the american dream. Live a little 2 per cent of happiness or bus. Stop that no state and no majority and that many circumstances has the right to rule into this core of Human Dignity and dimension. But its not just trumps domestic politics that convince him its his Foreign Policy to it is based on a strategy which is called peace through strength and has helped stabilize the middle east he says. Several arab countries have now established diplomatic relations with israel this is something that was inconceivable before trammel refusing those. Critics not from hamburg is a 30 year old consultant and also a big trump fan calling the u. S. President a pathological liar is unjustified he things trump a lot easier when trying to trump polarizes and trump express this is opinion harshly but he doesnt live in the journalists who sometimes publish outrageous stories on for example c. N. N. Or the New York Times and i think these journalists should really fast of all practice selfcriticism and return to journalistic standards before they try to drag donald trump through the mud every day trump interdicted seeing. Trump is equally excused of destabilizing International Organizations and the Transatlantic Partnership ground this accusation says to fictional defacto in fact trump is committed to the american electorate and not any global organizations of the un the you or anyone else likely to turn back for example trump is only committed to his voters and hes implementing the politics he promised. Even though he is behind in the polls both men hope that trump will win the election in november and continue implementing his policies in the years to come. Fighting between armenia and azerbaijan over the disputed region of mcgovern okoro has entered its 2nd month after a 3rd ceasefire failed on tuesday the region lies within azerbaijan but has been under the control of Armenian Military forces since a war there ended in 1994 a u. S. Brokered truce failed to take effect on monday just like 2 earlier truce is negotiated by russia armenia and azerbaijan continue to blame each other for the ceasefire violations. D. W. Has its reporters on the ground on both sides of this conflict are until in the standing by for us in the armenian capital year of on and in minutes of the year and azerbaijan we have to use your young data both of you whats happening where you are and also budge on. The hostilities continue despite renewed International Calls on both sides to stop and to respect the latest u. S. Brokered cease fire now in a bit to say that dio us secretary of state my pump a urged azerbaijan and armenia again to pursue a diplomatic solution but without much success as a big john accused armenia last evening of striking the ball in a region not very far from where i am right now with rockets killing at least 4 civilians wounding 13 other is now the Foreign Ministry here in the country. Its called face attack and i quote from here another war crime committed by armenia while armenia as Defense Ministry rejected the accusation and let me also quote them as an absolute lie and a dirty provocation so as we speak the fighting the clashes continue and so does the war of words. Aaron over to you in your of on talking about the fighting the armenian government admits that its troops have been losing territory to Azerbaijani Forces whats of planning in response to that. Well youre very right weve heard statements from both the Armenian Ministry of defense and also from the ministry of defense in the region indicating that especially in the southern part of the region they are losing ground to Azerbaijani Forces now they also published a list of the fallen which indicates that some 1100. 00 troops have so far lost their lives in the conflict now when it comes to their specific Defense Strategy of course theyre keeping mum they dont want exposed to much however i was able to talk to some young conscripts who are joining the ranks of the Armenian Military and they told me they expected to receive a very truncated basic training as a boot camp if you if you will and they were expected to be sent to the front within the next couple days and were told to expect a much larger draw up of Armenian Forces in the days and weeks to come so it seems that armenia is preparing to throw its full weight behind defending. It sounds like were looking at an escalation here listening to aaron now much as the success of the Azerbaijani Forces is being attributed to the military support theyre getting from turkey from turkish president. Can you fill us in on that. Well turkey is the azerbaijan most important backer both when it comes to expressions of solidarity publicly and military support turkey has provided by john with the arms with those trying drones for example in military training and there are accusations that turkey has been sending syrian messner east to fight on behalf of the johnny army Syrian Opposition activists rule monitoring groups and media organizations have confirmed these claims but both ankara and back who strictly deny these accusations but here on the ground in scenes that turkish support is really edging as i johns Political Leadership on it certainly has an effect on the population here many people we speak to say they thank president for his support many people have both as a by johnny and turkish flags hanging from their balcony so turkish influence turkish support is very visible here in azerbaijan were ever you go. In the background turkey is to be in talks right now with armenia is main backer russia can you tell us anything about those discussions between these key regional powers. Well the point that you were brit was bringing up right there is actually very key i think to understanding the shape of the conflict here this is very much a regional conflict not just between armenia and azerbaijan but also between russia and turkey as well and were told that russian president Vladimir Putin has reached out to his turkish counterpart russia type of air to one last night to discuss the conflict and some of the influences turkey is having on azerbaijan and the view here on the ground and yet of on in in armenia more broadly is that getting turkey on to the negotiating table getting them involved in ceasefire talks is key to determine any type of lasting peace so theres overture between moscow and cora could be seen as a 1st step in that process getting turkey to come to negotiations and exerting their influence on azerbaijan and more of a direction towards getting a lasting ceasefire aaron tilted for us in the end yulia on faurisson as a bridge on thanks so much to both of you now an Opposition Leader who survived 16 assassins bullets faces off against an incumbent who says prayer can prevent covert 19 polls have opened in tanzanias president ial and parliamentary elections and spheres of violence more than 29000000 people are registered to vote Rights Groups say authorities have cracked down on critical voices by closing down Media Outlets opposition parties say Police Disrupt their campaigns and that electoral stories have been disqualifying dozens of their opposition candidates. President john foully is seeking a 2nd 5 year term he represents the ruling. Party which has been Holding Power for decades. Rallying his supporters before the election incumbent john magaw foully is running on an economy that until recent