Im burnt off its good to have you with us germanys chancellor Angela Merkel is urging caution as the country moves further towards easing its coronavirus restrictions speaking after a meeting with state leaders here in berlin today merkel said that physical distancing rules will remain in place she added that infection numbers have stabilized at low levels but that there have been outbreaks where physical distancing measures were not being followed by large events will remain banned across the entire country until at least the end of october. When the chancellor also have said that the main task is to restore germanys economic fortunes is part of what she said today. In the it does i think thats the economic stimulus package on the supplementary budget that we agreed in common as high like the current economic slump is the most serious weve experienced in germanys postwar history. We will need a great deal of effort to ensure that we take the rights reduce so that the economic wellbeing of our country continues to develop for the beneficial of our senses and. Will take the brunt route what does that mean lets cross over now to our chief Political Editor mcculloch. Good to see you so what measures is the german chancellor what is she talking about there. Well what we just heard was a nice way of saying that germanys come from a block 0 insisting on not wanting to take on new debt and now has suddenly through carona gone to taking on more than 218000000000 euros in fresh debt thats a record and that is something that will have to be sold to generations down the line as the right thing to do at the very right time at the same time were seeing germany settle in what seems to be a new corona normal with Angela Merkel meeting the state prem use today for the 1st time physically all in the same room of course with distance kept so this signal that there is a new normal bought a big but that could potentially still be a 2nd way yes 2nd wave and that could have implications for schools what do we know about the reopening of schools in germany was been decided there. Well all states want to send people back to schools childrens back to kindergarten after the sum of break work which is just coming up of course voices got louder in recent weeks that of that there is also a full out from the measures that were taken and implemented due to corona with those infection rates now under control theres a great desire here to move to back to normal even if that is a new post corona potentially prefects hot spot noble here and me all right mckayla stand by well be right back with you in just a moment officials in northwestern germany have ordered the closure of schools and Childcare Centers after hundreds of workers at a Meat Processing plant tested positive for 19 in the district of gooch is low the outbreak at the plant owned by wheat giant tony has pushed regional cases far above the governments threshold for emergency measures that means further closures of public buildings could fall or this is the latest in a series of similar outbreaks that have been blamed on 4 working conditions and matt mass housing for Migrant Workers i was pull back in here because how serious is this outbreak could be what do the chancellor have to say about the dangers of a 2nd wave of the coronavirus here. Well she written didnt want to go that she said why should she concern himself about something that simply isnt on the agenda right now but the state premier this latest hot spot because said that he expects to see these kinds of things happening across the country as there is an easing of restrictions if these are workers mainly from her main yeah on garia and that of course raises the question how successful gemini can now be in the near future in the ring fencing in containing class outbreaks to prevent this from becoming large scale and happening across the country once again that is the big open question mark as millions of mens heads into the holidays across the country and beyond its all right our chief Political Editor because look its not on the story for us here in berlin until a thank you heres a quick round up now of developments in the coronavirus pandemic new zealand has put border quarantine measures in the hands of the military thats after 2 people who arrived from britain were released from isolation and then tested positive for the virus new infections have hit record highs in 6 u. S. States including texas florida oregon and oklahoma President Trump is holding a Campaign Rally in oklahoma this coming weekend the president of honduras one orlando and on this is being treated in the hospital for pneumonia after testing positive for the virus and chile has tightened down restrictions in the capitals on the jago as the countrys confirmed coronavirus cases top 200000. India and china are blaming each other for a Deadly Border clash between their forces despite pledges to deescalate the standoff india says 20 of its troops were killed in hand to hand combat that took place along a dispirited part of the border in the himalayan mountains china has demanded a full investigation and harsh punishment for indian soldiers meanwhile Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has warned that his country will respond if provoked for weeks trouble has been brewing in one of the remotest Border Regions in the world the satellite images show indian and chinese troops gathering high in the himalayas now for the 1st time in decades india says 20 soldiers were killed the 2 sites fought with fish some rocks new shots were fired among those left a raft the family of colonel son told who was killed. But. Were sure since yesterday we have been in a deep shock on hearing about my sons misfortune or my. Sons we never expected this but it is not new for him to be working in such difficult difficult places. Where. Protesters gathered in the city of a med demanding revenge im calling for a boycott of chinese goods out of iraq and god lets make india selfreliant and give china fits in reply. Beijing says it was defending its territorial integrity and shockingly. Indian troops seriously violated the bilateral consensus and crossed the border line twice in gauging in illegal activities and provoking and attacking chinese pass an l resulting in serious physical confrontation between Border Forces on the 2 sides. To. This yellow line marks the boundary between the superpowers and the winners the line of actual control it is not a hard frontier since china and india have never agreed on where it should lie and 2017 the 2 sites confronted each other for 73. 00 days after Indian Truett blocked chinese construction of a rude for years chinese and indian leaders have struggled to reach a lasting solution this latest escalation suggests a difficult path ahead for these 2 Nuclear Armed nations. And for more now lets go to new york i want to bring in. A Senior Editor at the diplomat is a specialist in security and geopolitics in the Asian Pacific region and he is going to have you on the program tell us exactly what happened in this skirmish i mean how are we supposed to imagine it did we have 2 opposing forces there with the border between them waiting for the other side to attack. Right so i think i think it helps to paint a picture of the terrain that were talking about this is very remote and harsh terrain in the himalayas the worlds highest Mountain Range and this all took place in a valley known as the gaul of the valley which was a major flashpoint in the 1962 war between india and china and its mostly been forgotten until this past week really. The low point of the valley is around 4500 meters and the high points of the mountain where we think this took place is run 5300 meters this is really harsh terrain its along that disputed border the 2 sides have been really at a standoff for weeks before these killings took place raising the profile of this dispute considerably least on the global news so what happened was that the indian side and the chinese side rashly implementing a process of deescalation when something went terribly wrong and we did end up with the skirmish that we observed and it appears that the indian troops primarily ended up succumbing to injuries that they sustained during the skirmish and its not clear that they actually died at the hands of chinese soldiers directly during the fighting well talk to me about this fighting we understand that the weapons used were fists and stones and wooden sticks how did that happen why werent modern weapons being used yeah i think this is a common question i mean given that india and china have the 2nd and 3rd largest defense spending in the world why are their armies fighting with fists and sticks and stones and the reason for that is actually in 1906 agreement between the 2 countries which was designed specifically to prevent accidental violence at the border which has been disputed for decades and as part of that agreement the 2 sides agreed that when they were within 2 kilometers when their armed forces were within 2 kilometers of the disputed border that they would not carry weapons that would carry anything anything but foreigners so we do have reports the chinese side ended up using clubs and the indian side was primarily disarmed but thats the reason why. What about the role of the corona virus pandemic in this both countries have their hands full dealing with the outbreak of the virus how do do you see that impacting deescalation efforts well i think it i think weve already seen evidence that both sides are acting to keep a lid on this neither side is actively looking to escalate which is good and i think thats thats a reflection of the interest on both sides right now on either india or china are craving a war certainly there are questions about chinese intentions especially the claims that china is making to the disputed part of the border that was under question during this skirmish about independent it did play a role in the tension because of the actual standoff which began early in may the Indian Armed Forces who normally carry out actual size in this area in the late spring did not do so this year because of the pandemic and other has been some suggestion that that is the reason the chinese side took an opportunity here to potentially set up this skirmish which is really the product of weeks long tensions and so the thinking is that china felt emboldened because for the past 2 months its has had no new cases of infections thats right yes there is also an angle there that the pen demick ramped up considerably in india at the same time china appeared at least to the outside world to have a lid on the pandemic inside its borders and of course i were talking about remote territory here so many of the p l a Peoples Liberation army units that are based in this remote part of china are likely more in europe to the effects of the pandemic across the rest of the country ok. Senior editor at the diplomats and he we appreciate your insights and your time tonight thank you thank you sweden took a different path in dealing with the coronavirus compared to the rest of europe this week of conflict zone d w sara kelly asked swedens foreign minister was it worth all the lives of all sed. You said that youve managed to flatten the curve but we have the European Center for Disease Control saying the initial wave of transition transmission excuse me has passed its peak in all countries in europe except sweden and poland what does this say about your strategy because we know how to not even realize i would like to counter what youre saying there because that is not true and that was our state of the a said today that we have gone far away from the peak we are going down but 2 weeks ago we started the massive testing for virus meaning that everybody every Single Person if you dont even have the slightest symptom you can go and test yourself and of course that means that we will now have a much much much greater number of viruses and thats why so wrong just to look at that situation you can see that entire interview with swedens foreign minister coming up right after this news program or you can watch it online it w dot com slash conflict zone. And heres a reminder that top story were following for you this hour germanys chancellor im going merrill says that physical distancing rules will remain in place in the country after a meeting with regional leaders here in berlin she says that germany must live with the coronavirus until a vaccine has been developed. Back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day i hope to see you there. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning