A michael ok welcome to the program while many countries are shutting down their economies as they face troubling increases in 1000 cases slovakia is trying Something Different on saturday it started a nationwide effort aiming to test its entire Adult Population if the words have worn the only alternative would be a total lockdown this approach could reveal much about how the virus spreads and how many hidden cases there may be but it comes with its own set of challenges. Long queues outside this coronavirus testing station and. He just one of thousands that opened on saturday to screen slovakians entire population of over 5000000. Testing is voluntary but anyone not participating has to self isolate for 10 days. But it was very interesting i am here because i believe we will find out who has the virus it will go away and eventually we will live a normal life again but in the past 3 weeks slovakia has seen thousands of new infections each day mass screening is hope to control the virus and avoid further restrictions more than 40000 Health Care Workers army and police have been deployed to carry out the tests medical staff expressing back concerns. Im going to be a doctor so you know and i dont want it to end up like italy. And i wouldnt want to find my 1st job is to decide if someone lives or dies before. This 1st round of testing covered around a 1000000 people with reportedly one percent receiving a positive result a 2nd round of mass testing is planned in a weeks time. Journalist joins me now from bratislava greetings do people by and large support this. The Country Store already stressed thing because even though the government says its all really well very its not because anyone who is not get tested they have to sell some flies away and as so people very that they might get infected oh i understand you hans and i also think hes a huge strain on medical workers and friday evening the spill was if the state these able to mobilize enough people to do that this thing however out seems that they were able to get enough medical help even from hungary and also you know some physicians and nurses came to help rescue slava so the country is largely divided its this nationwide test is clearly unprecedented could it reveal new details about the virus like large numbers of people without symptoms. Yes i think this a flock year has started to become laboratory for the whole world because now the whole nation he stressed the and so far the numbers doesnt really show like they deal with the 26000 cases from a country of 5000000 so this is my plea was in 5 days b. C. I guess the would have revealed so well have to pray the vehicle beats to draw conclusions about about how well like a night nationwide test the works but in slovakia the really for bad that this was Something Like a last chance because of the hospitals in many regions started collapsing however a lot of experts warned that its much better or it would be much better to do focus the best thing that there is think the whole population is specially egypts where you have like 000000000 cases or 0 battered city you saw very very out there on percent cases of infection you have to we only have about 30 seconds but you mention the hospitals collapsing if the results show a high number of positive tests will will solve akio being able to cope with the Health Demands its a big question and i hope so and i think that it will have to combine be combined are we do we go all down anyway so the not going to escape the lockdown journalist beyond bella go over thank you so much thank you. De france now French Police say they have arrested a suspect over the shooting of a Greek Orthodox priest in the Southern City of lee all the priest was gunned down outside his church and is in Critical Condition the citys mayor says the motive is not yet known but it comes on the back of a string of terror attacks in the country just 2 days earlier as suspected Islamic Militant killed 3 people at a Catholic Church in the city of nice. The priest was just closing up this Greek Orthodox church late saturday afternoon when he was shot twice. Police kept the area fenced off warning the public to stay away prosecutors have opened an investigation into attempted murder. And at this stage we dont know what the motive is behind the attack no line of inquiry is preferred at all rolled out so i wouldnt comment on the target and what sort of attack this is if we dont know yet. Residents express their shock im appalled because its very quiet neighborhood a good place to live he will be a bit much you have markets the synagogue a little further away the Orthodox Church everyone knows each other its a small village and its traumatic. Recently france has seen a string of what the authorities describe as terror related incidents believed to have been spawned by cartoons depicting the prophet mohammed its all a french president and meanwhile mccombs made his position clear if you dont understand and respect the fact that one might be shocked by these cartoons i will never accept that one might justify physical violence over these cartoons and in my country i will always defend the freedom to speak to right to think and teacher all france is currently on its highest security. Lets briefly highlight some other stories making news around the world at this hour protests have been held across italy against a raft of measures to contain a new spike in coronavirus and fires cases in the capital rome police clash with crowds at the independent on saturday evening italy reported nearly 32000 new infections in the last 24 hours. British Prime MinisterBoris Johnson has announced england will enter a 2nd lockdown starting next thursday with measures sent to stay in place for at least 4 weeks johnson said actions is needed now to contain surging coronavirus cases britain including england has the highest over 1000. 00 death toll in europe the. 7 opposition activists including 4 lawmakers have been arrested in hong kong on charges related to obstructing a Legislative Council meeting in may this comes after beijing passed a contentious security law in june the arrest didnt appear to be directly linked to the law but police have used it to apprehend around 30 people. And police in quebec city in canada have arrested a man suspected of killing 2 people and injuring 5 others knew the provincial legislature on halloween he was described as being armed with a sword and dressed in medieval clothing police say the invests investigation is ongoing and are asking residents to stay indoors to the u. S. Now where republican President Donald Trump in his democratic rival joe biden have been campaigning in key states on the final weekend before tuesdays election a record 90000000 early votes have already been cast as the bruising contest heads toward the biggest turnout in at least a century. Trump supporters in good spirits ahead of a rally on halloween night the president won the crucial state of pennsylvania in the last election and hes hoping for a repeat for many voters theres much at stake. Here this battle isnt democrat versus republican this is the dark against the light its the good versus evil and this is this is a monumental election because of that not because a star on the job i think its because it is a way a life that we have known in this country for decades and its its at stake right now. President trump spoke of unity as the nation braces for election day. Where 101 people one family and one glorious station under god and together with the credible people of pennsylvania we have made america a powerful again our moment. In the battleground state of Michigan Democratic candidate joe biden was joined by his ex boss former u. S. President barack obama. I will never raise the white flag of surrender were going to beat this virus or were going to get it under control and the 1st step to doing that is donald trump. Obama aims to help deliver biden a victory in a state that trump won by a razor thin margin 4 years ago along with the experience to get things done joe biden has concrete plans and policies that will turn our vision of a better fairer stronger country into reality. Campaigning enters its home stretch as a Record Number of americans are predicted to turn out. Turning now to west africa violence has marred the president ial election in ivory coast opposition parties who boycotted the vote say several people were killed in clashes on polling day on saturday police fired tear gas during demonstrations against the current leader. He was running for a 3rd term which the opposition says is unconstitutional. The situation is tense in ivory coast biggest city and where our correspondent funny has been covering this story she sent us this. As you can see there is not much to see here on the streets and roads obviously more or less empty people are staying at home now does that mean that the situation ive already coast is stable. Theyve been various disruptions across the country during the elections yesterday both in the center and in the south including the capital violent clashes between Police Forces and people who were trying to prevent the elections from taking place there is conflicting information just how many people have been injured or even killed the opposition parties are talking about 12 people dead while a government source said that our own 2 people have died just outside. And the president president ouattara is speaking of a few quote isolated incidents so clearly what he wants is to move on beyond this election by the opposition parties remain frustrated over the fact that this election took place what they are saying this was not an election and that quote the president has robbed the constitution by seeking a 3rd term. In the Bundesliga Biron have been in dominant form but on saturday they travel to cologne without gold machine robert levin down ski who was off injured even without him though they were heavy favorites to beat aside sitting 16th in the table without a win in its 1st 5 games. Kowloon would have been forgiven for hoping that byron didnt turn up for this one its 9 long years since the last took been just legal points from their visitors but the bavarians did eventually appear and he wasted little time going in front this led to a 13 minute penalty. Which Thomas Miller tucked away in one mill to fire. On the other the 2nd in 1st half stoppage time with this beauty last week it was leroy sonny with the aryan robin impersonation this time it was searched now pretty stark i am but cologne fought back Dominic Drexler was just on site when he inadvertently turned then young tillman shot with parents the fence looking rugged. We made it a bit hard for ourselves we didnt go forward with much purpose today we made fewer chances than normal and gave away the ball stupidly so cohen always found their way back into the game. But the hosts couldnt find a 2nd and byron secured yet another victory. Meanwhile remain without a league when the season. Youre watching news up next interview talks to a german president. If youd like more on any of our stories you can find plenty on our website thats dot com and if you dont already dont forget to follow us on instagram and twitter use like look you in berlin for me and the team here thanks for watching this morning is right around the corner. An interview with german president trying. To split in society during the pandemic the share of them in these are some numbers that. Listed on the good news which again guinea can these are the obviously being given to india entry into. The friday. Funny sharply in an interview with my own. On the deal. As long as the top managers do not go to jail nothing would change you know the banks pay you to lie and so was the language of a bank robbery. Speaking the truth global news that matters j w made for mines. Witness because mr president you just spent 2 weeks in car and seen how are you feeling now. Making is good may get everything was fine im well i wasnt infected but after 14 days i can say if at all possible one should avoid quarantine im glad i can meet people face to face again and be different because the visits enough inferential crimes have been committed again in friends how is it possible that this can happen in the center of europe to do these and. Cause all sorts or above all with their relatives who have our sympathy. But i believe what we must do now in europe not only in france is to stand up to this act of brutality and the islamist motives behind it. We should have many people in europe have done that and its good that representatives of Muslim States also joined in those condemnations. So hes up for time and this wasnt the 1st do you fear there could be attacks in germany. Its got so lets. Most recently we had an attack and grazed in where one person was wounded and another died. And. We cannot pretend that we are immune to such attacks here in germany and. On the contrary we have to remain vigilant indeed Security Services vigilant shooting and in our democratic societies we shouldnt base the response of the state on a cause determined by hate. And acceptance and you to respect our part of our society and so standing up to such acts of brutal violence and islamist motives is one thing the other is trying to maintain the openness of our society thats the other challenge often headlines like theres off with is the under the halls full is the home good how did you go you were speaking about the role of the Muslim Association what role did the verbal attacks of president play in the escalation is it didnt want. Does. And they are not helpful at all thats beyond. Its collation which weve noticed theres noticeably harsher rhetoric didnt lead to possible perpetrators feeling and courage. In this time my obituary in the middle of the pandemic germany is facing a partial lockdown if we lost control. This in confers and. We certainly are in a critical phase that is true for many states in europe but also for germany so when we are in a situation where the number of infections is rising every day reaching new records this is also a practical test for democracy in germany either we manage to reduce the number of infections significantly with the means at our disposal or the situation will get out of control. And i am confident that we will succeed in pushing back the rate of infection so once we die answered them and then the heart of the muslim and we did the fog of the media. To defy whats. Been the fun of it. And im convinced that most people realize that these burdens are necessary at this point and we dont have to experience what some of our neighbors have experienced hospitals overflowing highly infectious patients having to live in Colorado City or who cant be admitted at all with a gun the smell of the nominee we must avoid pushing the Health System beyond its limits thats just a central goal i think people understand that in the midst of the video even so your resistance to these measures is growing across europe and also in germany we can expect a long hard winter a politicians not driving most people into the arms of conspiracy theorists and radicals as its not really for the. Of course we know this from Health Emergencies in the past. The longer such a pandemic last the greater the strains are and the stronger the criticism of the restrictions because it could take a month and then go and. The number of people who consider the read strictures to be correct or demanding stricter measures is currently growing faster than the number of critics. In this respect its not so much the numbers that worry me but the brazenness of the argument that. There is hardly a bridge between those who say yes that is correct and those who either dont consider coronavirus a danger or completely reject restrictions tried myself to bring supporters and opponents together this can be done in smaller groups but on a larger scale the conversation has indeed become more difficult. For the few months those people who are now abandoning dialogue thats a changing to the side of the radicals how can they be brought back to the democratic discourse. Some democrats in the schools. You cannot force someone into a democratic discourse politicians constantly have to take on the task of explaining in a transparent manner what theyre doing and why certain measures are required with the number of infections driving those that assert that we are dealing with a simple flu that we politicians are cooking up a storm of themselves increasingly under pressure of when just because mr president in a few days a new president has been elected in the United States how important is that election. That is not really a big audience and of course this is 1st of all important for the us itself but the election on the vendor 3rd will have a Global Impact regardless of who wins i hope that afterwards the United States will again develop the ability to have a shared idea about the future of their country. And a good mind. And whats important for us as europeans is also to understand that the european project with european integration and cooperation is invested in the trance atlantic relationship and this is not been the case recently but i hope that you understanding for europe will grow to. Be the vexed supposing that theres a change of president in the white house will the transatlantic relationship be ok. He covered. I think of we europeans and especially we germans must force ourselves to take a realistic look at the change situation one in which the u. S. Also finds itself with the end of the cold war with the realisation that russia is no longer the number one threat for us about that the security threats for the United States might come from other corners of the world reorientation has a. Political reorientation or lets say this focus on china and east asia thats something that bega