Travel restrictions feeling a little blow to the tourism industry. Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us exactly one week before possibly the most consequential u. S. Election secretary of state mike pompei own defense secretary mark esper has flown to india to meet with their counterparts its almost as if theyre running against the clock rolling out as much of their age policy in case their boss President Donald Trump loses the election india has signed a military agreement with the u. S. To share sensitive satellite information and the 2 will participate in naval exercises next month those are war games along with australia and japan all members of the quad a partnership of india pacific democracies. Joining us is korea mohan of the German Marshall Fund for more agreement pump ale and esper are in india but this is as much about china isnt it absolutely so this meeting comes in the backdrop of chinese aggression at indias border region which shows no signs of
To agree on new restrictions under whats been dubbed a lock down lights and that strategy would basically work with 2 tools one would be to continue to have strict lock downs in districts where of the infection rates are skyrocketing currently in germany we have 2 districts in the various that are experiencing that life standing still that because of high infection rates and to nationwide some new restrictions would be implemented in concrete terms pubs and restaurants will close again much like in the spring events would be canceled and Opening Times for shops will be limited the government has so far always said that theyre going to try and avoid to close schools and kindergartens at all cost but of course that remains to be seen as theyre already closed in those 2. 00 districts in bavaria and of course pub and Restaurant Owners are already warning that many of them wont survive in the long term if they have to close now and they say that their hygiene concept working they should be
20000 by weeks end. Im brink off its good to have you with us its the Coronavirus Crisis is getting worse and the reactions to it are increasing french president emanuel make wrong is facing a growing backlash in the muslim world over controversial comments that he made about islam mccrone stops angered by defending cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad after the brutal murder of a french teacher since then a growing number of muslim countries have criticized macron and have joined a drive to boycott french goods. The target of their anger is clear. Here in pakistan protesters in karachi 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 and an attack against the muslim world may slump and im like oh. We should boycott french products muslims should boycott their petrol stations which is one of their main product we shouldnt use that fuel at all. In t
Count against the club from istanbul. Hello im terry martin good to have you with as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide has passed 48000000 with well over a 1000000 deaths the u. S. Brazil and india are reporting the highest numbers europe is also facing a surge in coded 19 infections with record daily highs in many countries let me give you a quick overview of how the situation has developed on march 1st of this year Health Departments across europe registered 401 new cases keep in mind testing was not as widespread as now so actual numbers could have been much higher but you can see a clear trend of rising daily infections peaking at the end of april. Getting it may at by by then most of europe was in lockdown and you can see the effect of that here with the new infections dropping to a low point in mid july but since then the numbers have been creeping up again with new cases rising steadily since august on friday more than 137000 daily cases were registered across
Plus the Champions League group stage gets underway on tuesday evening and put to sleep the leaders like city post turkish champion sebastian shakier the german side will be keen to make home advantage count against the club from istanbul. Im sorry kelly walked into the program at the number of confirmed corona virus cases worldwide has passed 40000000 with well over 1000000 deaths the u. S. Brazil and india are reporting the highest numbers europe also facing a surge in cope with 19 infections with record daily highs in many countries heres a look at how the situation has evolved here on march 1st this year Health Departments across europe registered for hug. And one new cases testing of course was limited so actual numbers could have been much higher but you can see a clear trend of rising infections here in the spring peaking at the end of april early may by then most of europe was in lockdown and you can see the impact of that with new infections dropping to a low point in made jul