A queue ation in big cities like right here in berlin in fact but also now in some concrete measures for example a nighttime curfew and also contact limitations on Germanys Health minister actually also referred to the Current Situation in but what he had to say about this specific situation. It is a step by step and we have to be careful not to undermine our success in dealing with the coronavirus. Situation here in berlin shows that callous and at times ignorant behavior during this pandemic can quickly change the situation for the worse. And thats why i welcome the new measures taken by the city council. And all of that thomas i mean it goes back to the message the numbers are expected to rise further though in the coming months what would germanys response be and what lessons have been learned from the widespread restrictions back in march. And thats why the German Government has also been discussing the plan for the coming months in particular because the next few months will be colder months where people tend to be more indoors than outdoors as one of the concrete lessons that was learned from the earlier months of the pandemic was for example to separate patients in hospital between those who have grown out of virus like symptoms and those who dont that is something that also today in that press conference was clearly mentioned that we need to separate patients and at the same time they have been asking people here in germany not only to keep social distancing not only to continue wearing their mosques as necessary but also to improve and increase ventilation of closed spaces that is something that authorities not only now but also in the last few days and weeks have been very quick and very clear to point out that dot could be one very important and effective strategy to also help reduce the risks in the coming months in particular as yourself sara mentioned numbers could actually continue to rise something that is particularly worrying here in germany thomas authorities theyve also warned against domestic and International Tourism so can we expect straddle restrictions now in the future that has something thats also been under discussion although officials were clear today that only a minority of those who get infected in germany now returning from other countries in particular from high risk regions they have said that a majority of those infected are actually infected in germany for example in parties or gatherings or also in hospitals and that why the focus now will be primarily in these kinds of infections and as i said earlier also considering particularly the fact that more young people are getting infected Thomas Sparrow and berlin thank you. Now lets get you up to speed on some of the other developments in the corona virus pandemic a madrid court has struck down an order imposing a partial lockdown in the spanish capital and 9 satellite towns in france new delhi cases are at an all time high and hospitalizations have also jumped with more than 7500 people currently Receiving Hospital treatment for covert 19 and a top and new knowledge asst in the u. S. Has quit his job over president trumps response to the virus dr rick wright said that the administration was ignoring scientific expertise. With germany and other European Countries moving to contain a rising number of infections china is reporting that the pandemic there is under control beijing says that it has beaten the pandemic and that it could have a vaccine ready by the end of the year we go to beijing in just a moment 1st this report on a crowded train station yet people here are not afraid of getting infected there are a cowardly just a couple of 100 active cases in china it has already celebrated its victory over covered 19. Now china wants to be the 1st country to develop a successful vaccine. For companies have vaccines in stage 3 testing some trials could be finished by the end of the year. But several 100 people have already been vaccinated since july and usually it was military and Health Personnel but now its teaches train conductors and journalists. Here today we have completed preclinical an animal tests that fulfills the conditions required to approve the product. Called push on the 1st. Even though in fiction numbers are currently low in china experts say the country money will experience a 2nd wave of infections in coming months after the good times of summer and autumn to fight. And i just want to follow up on a developing story this hour the winner of this years nobel prize in literature is canadian born writer and poet louise gluck she wins for her unmistakable poetic voice according to the Swedish Nobel Academy it was a live pictures youre looking at there as they and announce that she has received this award that will tell us more about her and well work in just a few moments a couple of volumes to stay tuned for that but in the meantime we want to tell you that the coronavirus and the economy has dominated the 1st and only Vice President ial debate ahead of the u. S. Elections republican Vice President mike pence and his democratic challenger senator carl a harris clashed from behind plexiglass over the trumpet ministrations response to the pentameter other hot button issues where the president s choice for the open seat on the Supreme Court abortion and the ongoing unrest in americas cities. After the recent chaotic president ial debate this seemed civil and much more orderly the 2 candidates seated at a safe distance divided by plexiglass barriers in the 1st and only Vice President ial debate both harris and pence seemed ready for fire willing to give every new device i just like he interrupted. And id like to just finish the coronavirus pandemic was just one of many issues of contention between mike pence and Camila Harris the American People have witnessed what is the greatest failure of any president ial administration in history of our country undermining the pens who hits president trumps corona pandemic taskforce on excel went on the defensive from the very 1st day President Donald Trump has put the health of america 1st before there were more than 5 cases in the United States all people who had returned from china President Donald Trump do what no other american president had ever done whatever the Vice President with a pen demick still affecting millions of americans leading many worried about keeping their Health Care Coverage harris went straight on the attack if you have a preexisting condition Heart Disease diabetes Breast Cancer theyre coming for you if you love someone who has a preexisting has it thank you they dont say how many are you if the vaccines this response avoided specifics obamacare was a disaster for the American People remember it well present trump and i have a plan to improve health care and for preserve protect preexisting conditions for every american that hears that abortion also came up as always an important factor in american elections were informed. Im prolife i dont apologize for. And this is another one of those cases where the search for dramatic contrast joe biden kamel harris support taxpayer funding of abortion all the way up to the moment of birth late term abortion they want to increase funding to planned parenthood of america issues before us can be more serious theres the issue of choice and i will always fight for a womans right to make a decision about her own body it should be her decision and not that donald trump and and the Vice President michael penn the most viewings of the debate to place bertie at home some locations host a small viewing parties like this one in cincinnati. Well i think it was a lot more like a debate than the previous president ial that be a lot more with what normally happens you know it was pleasantly surprised to see more civility in this debate than the previous president ial debate. Its unclear how much this Vice President ial debate will change the dynamics of the president ial race donald trump and his challenger joe biden ship will to face off again in the 2nd debate next week. And lets bring in dana to have his peter all adult joining us here in the studio peter this debate perhaps getting more attention than previous Vice President ial debates why is that well for one its because its a nature issue right so you have. Joe biden at 78. 00 he would become the oldest president ever if elected he would be 82. 00 by next election meaning that you know hes already hinted at or the campaign is into that that he could maybe just be a one term president which essentially sets up the stage obviously for kemal a hares successes as his successor so a lot of pressure on focus on her obviously but also you know trump he already broke the record when he was elected back in 2016 fielders incoming president hes now 74 would be 75. Ive on it an occupation date if elected and he has the added layer that he is sick he tested positive with corona virus and hes still not out of the what and so thats obviously raise a lot of questions about whether or not mike pence would have to jump in so were really looking at you know 2 Vice President ial candidates where the likelihood that they would have to take over is greater than its been in decades so tell us did they deliver when it came to looking president ial yeah i think in many ways this was probably the debate that a lot of voters happened hoping for you know you know it was a lot more civil war a lot more president ial certainly then last weeks president ial debate. There are not a lot of undecided voters left but the ones that are still out there could really still swing the election and so this introduce them i think to both these 2 candidates you know character their temperament come all the harris is you know was both a former attorney general in california or california shes made a name for herself as a very fierce prosecutor in the senate and her challenge i think was to stand her ground challenge mike pence without coming across as too aggressive keep in mind her job is not to just to fire up the liberal base of the party but its also to you know try to win over an assuage republican moderates who dont feel good about trump but still feel a bit uneasy about maybe voting for a democrat and so some say maybe that came at the expense of her being forceful but i think reaction suggests that she managed to pull that off and how about that well even after 4 years in the white house you know many dont really know him hes largely been overshadowed by trump but he proved himself as a very skilled debater hes a master of spin and hes a proud and development helical we really saw that on display yesterday its easy to forget that i think what may trump palatable to a lot of voters and conservatives back into a 16 was mike pence and so you know trump is still trailing badly i dont know that by pence will be able to make up for that but he certainly made a strong case peter thank you. A turn to some other stories making news around the world residents of mexicos yucatan peninsula are cleaning up after hurricane delta the storm packed winds of up to 175 Kilometers Per Hour there were no reports of deaths and the damage was less severe than initially fear. The storm is now heading toward the u. S. Gulf coast a great court has found leaders of the countrys far right Golden Dawn Party guilty of operating a criminal organization the group was once greeces 3rd Largest Political Party and its leaders now face up to 15 years in prison one of the Group Supporters was also convicted of the murder of an anti fascist rapper and 23rd of team. A 700 year old chinese scroll has fetched more than 35000000 euros at an auction in hong kong the 2 metre long artwork from the one dynasty is the work of the are now chinese artist ren ren 5 it is called 5 drunken princes returning on horseback. The world bank is warning that the pandemic could push up to 150000000 people into extreme poverty by next year more than 3 quarters of those people are expected to be in middle Income Countries such as india nigeria and indonesia in indonesia itself a new labor law has prompted clashes in the capital jakarta during the 3rd day of protests and strikes critics fear it could come at the expense of workers and the environment. The only live labor the cry indonesia is in the grip of protest for days im going workers have been dining there too and chalking up streets across the country this mans pluck card says hes missing his waiting to be there. Theyre furious about a new law that they say strips away their rights and puts the environment at risk. We will continue making demands because it determines our lives if needed we will go to the city hall again to morrow. President your call will go to says the sweeping reforms are necessary to create jobs lure investment and revive the economy after a rough year. But the measure sparked a 3 day strike that saw revolting factory workers march in defiance. There were ugly seems to as Police Clashed with demonstrators. And in the capital jakarta officers used tear gas to disperse crowds a police van was ransacked in the violence. More than 20 arrests were made and in one case an officer assaulted a man being detained. The police van was traveling to pick up the protesters whom we had ended when it was making a u. Turn on this street are the protesters suddenly attacked the car there were hundreds of them they ransacked and flipped the car the police warned them to stop the action but they ignored us. And this may just be the beginning the controversial bill has not yet been published in fool. And lets have more we are joined by. Joining us from jakarta what exactly do we know about the new regulations that have triggered such resistance. Articles. Clipping for divorce articles concerning about the length of employment working hours overtime were in the city for instance in the new regulations the government doesnt. Detail the time let me for the renewable off workers contract whereas in the previous law the greenough length of employment was set at a festival of 2 years with only one years contract renewal and thats just one of many contentious articles in the law and thats what many people protesting it because they think that it will find the pay that train workers rights and harm the environment in major source of criticism for a desk lot is that it has hit you know the poison gas importers business against education workers and this has come out on top. The indonesian president insists that reforms are needed to boost the economy does he have a point so joe has that ministration as a supporter of this law think that it will attract Foreign Investors by cutting so many regulations on business eliminating the permit requirements for the workers they fear is that it will harm them even the a consumption in Global Investors are and have that i mean they are concerned about what this all might need practice so i guess thats what people are protesting and we have seen similar protests of course recently in india for example in new labor in farm bills or pass or workers rights or roading more broadly perhaps across the region. Thats what the protest areas the unions the workers fears about about this that. It would you know we lose in the labor relations. Economy the economy the suspect in indonesia has been a mob the hardest hit by that deafening and needy asian conscious experience and same thing so yeah appropriate for the institution that is they see it that the law will attract Foreign Investors look for the workers is armed and will conduct their rights but yeah one thing is certain that the protests here are these students who went to the street to be hold on the government work and the law will continue to have a hard time protesting and ethnic restrictions but well be keeping a close watch on this critical sum of poetry joining us from jakarta thank you. All the nobel prize in literature 2020 has been awarded to the American Writer and poet a little ways glick the swedish Noble Academy said that she had wanted for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal in her debut collection of poetry 1st born it was published back in 1068 shes a Pulitzer Prize winner and a professor of English Literature at Yale University the Swedish Nobel Committee described her as quote one of the most prominent posts poets in american contemporary literature the cademy announce the award this hour after several years of controversy and scandal for the worlds preeminent literature literary accolade. Karen homestead joins us from arts and culture now to break all of this down is this what you expected you know. To be very honest with you so this is not what i expected this is an american poet ok theyve done ok on the on the gender side but definitely i was expecting i think choice that was perhaps a bit more in tune with some of the political. The political type guys lets say with the global focus on black lives and diversity i think i was i was definitely expecting a couple of people whove been really in the running for 5 to 10 years now i have to say it was not was not on my on my radar this morning when i woke up thats for sure 77 years old she was born in new york. Again a poet so a lot of people wont know her work but interesting choice interesting choice i think she made that she has been well as the i think you said it there with the academy a chose her for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal i love i love those those qualifications she definitely does have a distinctive voice shes considered she won a Pulitzer Prize in 1903 she was poet laureate of the United States for the year 2000 through 2004. Shes definitely considered one of the most talented and most important contemporary voices. Technical precision is one of her strengths she has an incredible sensitivity a lot of insight into family relationships loneliness death lost she was anorexic interesting lee when she was in her in high school and was unable to sort of. Manage her education the way one normally would with the kind of load but it seems to have had an offshoot her personality shes very very disciplined very very ritualistic in the way she lives and. Very someone whos very in tune with issues of loss and and she writes poetry that people can understand i think thats what they like about her ok you have to talk to with us about the scandal that has rocked his eyes because i mean in recent years theyve had a lot of cleaning up to do there was assaulting a prize created just give us the back story here ok well obviously the scandals i mean where do i begin i could i could begin with the awarding of the a lot of people obviously feel that this prize in its current form is dated and perhaps has outlived its usefulness and possibly even cause a lot of damage particularly with the awarding 29000 to peta hunt the austrian author whose works since the 1990 s. Have really more or less downplayed and denied genocide in serbia during the during the bosnian war he even went so far as to deliver a eulogy to Slobodan Milosevic upon his death at his funeral who died while on war on trial for war crimes so that caused an absolute storm of controversy plus the fact that he was a white male from europe. There were the Sexual Misconduct scandals obviously that started in 2017 in the wake of me too and led to a conviction of the husband of one of the Academy Members she then had to had to resign those chairs are banned for life they had to then thats that was the reason for the cancellation in 2018 so a real a real scandal there and there was financial misconduct in the mix. The husband in question was eventually accused of rape and then of course theres the gender issue. As i say theyve theyve chosen a woman this time which is which is possibly also what we expected but the diversity issue really hasnt hasnt been treated here and there are a number of people who really even would argue that in times of corona 2020 this is a really the murder. Cincy year that one could be spending about 950000. 00 euros because of course its been upped this year to 10000000. 00 swedish kronor and thats about what its what its equivalent to that one could be spending that a little bit better for the greater good of many writers who are who are struggling so theres so much of play here its not just about the literature did its care and how shot thank you so much. Youre up to date thanks for watching. One continent. 700000000 people. With their own personal stories. We explore every day life from. What europeans fear and what they hope for. Focusing on their own. Next on d. W. Entering the conflict zone with team sebastian. Brazil is in the news these days for the reason i did so thats the highest figure in the world for coded 19 infections my guess is me from brazil a half of the countrys Vice President s how much of the more ralph. Did the government oh good so bad. Conflict. In 60 minutes. This is something the story of a stubborn rice farmer from thailand. Is a problem. Hes created chemical. Steps. To power. The. Students are. Training successful. Starts october. W. Hello and welcome to a new edition of focus on europe we begin todays show with a conflict that might be far away from europe geographically but still has a direct impact on our continent witness says of the syrian war a tale hiero in stories of arbitrary arrests torture and killings by the Syrian Secret Police 2 officials believed to be part of president assads regime are currently on trial in germany. These are some of the victims families in front of a court in coolants a visual to remember those who were disappeared or killed in syria its the 1st time suspected perpetrators are standing trial to face charges of crimes against humanity the principle of going to press the jurisdiction allows prosecution to take place in germany even though the crimes against humanity were committed in syria. Mahmud is one of those who are closely following the Court Proceedings she is one of the countless syrians whose families have fallen victim to the civil war thats why she left her home country and fled to germany and now she has hope for long awaited justice. Mahmoud in her apartment in the german capital berlin the opponent of the regime in syria lives here on her own in exile isnt she this is my husband. Says 2012 hes been missing disappearing in a prison run by the syrian secret service. Just like her son my here. Theyve been mediators for the opposition and have been on their way back from outside syria when the protests against the regime in syria started. Selling air to. Them and i called our son my hair after they arrived at the airport in damascus he said were getting into the car now and will be home soon please set the table. But 1st it was husband and son never got back home. The Syrian Secret Services crimes are cruel these photos from inside syrian prisons were leaked in 2013 victims of torture photographed by a military policeman who managed to get them out of the country. Today the photos are important evidence against assads torturers in europe the authorities were investigating them when they made a discovery in 2018 secret Service Members have allegedly come to europe from syria this guys this refugees one of them is this man and where are the alleged head of the department and the secret service he and another suspected secret Service Members have been on trial in germany since april is the 1st trial ever for crimes against humanity committed by members of the assad regime. From as a darwish a Syrian Opposition where the trial is a historic step towards more justice. The citys darwish was there for the start of the trial he lives in exile in europe to. Decode the example. When we are talking just. When we are talking. To the. Legal process. For us. The 1st. Earth and. You know. When the trial started syrians opposed to the regime came together outside the Court Building to the man that asserted be brought to trial. Assad himself denies any responsibility or wrongdoing. But the evidence against the Syrian Regime is overwhelming. Its kept here at this secret location in western europe. William wiley used to work for the United Nations investigating human rights abuses for human courts in former yugoslavia and rwanda he heads the commission for International Justice and accountability and gathers evidence against assads regime. Basically. What you have in this room are materials generated by the Security Intelligence structures of. The military structures of syria and the party or political structures of syria at the top level and the government level. Records and files of the Syrian Regime cleaned examined and archived especially for the investigating authorities and courts in europe. Wiley and other investigators are financially supported by european governments when the war in yugoslavia ended in the 9. The International Tribunal was missing many important files to prevent this from happening again the commission secured smuggled over 800000 documents out of the case of the syrian civil war. Is convinced that it will be enough to prove the syrian leaderships responsibility for human rights abuses. As this fatwa mountain living in exile in berlin i dont. Understand if i could end up as a no no and i think justice will take its course and she did and im happy when i see that those people should the prisoners and i know what thats night ive had that experience myself so theyre full psyche very happy if those responsible for target shooting men and women are punished to get passed out were caught up in mathematics to night biggest dream is to see their leadership being brought to justice for. Them to pass out. Mahmoud hopes that one day all the crimes of assads regime will come to light including her husbands and her sons fate. London is not just the capital of the u. K. Its also the countrys traffic jam capital last year drivers in london spent nearly a 150 hours back in traffic thats 150 hours of people being idle and that wasted time has cost the city billions now of course the streets of london are much emptier because many people are working from home and that has given way to bikers we met one of them and he is calling for a bicycle revolution on the streets of his city. I dislike hosting one the pasta to be quite comforting. When youre with the rolled one days if youre a competent cyclist is not really much of a problem but you have to be going more or less the speed of the traffic on your presence on the road has to be quite strong or. Philip jones and writes his bike everywhere he cycle some 20000 kilometers e. M. Caltech Phillip Phillips and his family are pleased that more and more london as are discovering the joys of cycling. They will cycling enthusiast from the time they were young the children broke their fights to school. Thats still something of an audit seen on t. V. But how could soon change. In schools by then things get people cycling. The next generation i think will definitely be more complete than that on the by i personally think they should just go ahead and close 50 percent. Side streets just close to cause dont need to go on 50 percent so give us access to everybody on the cause as much as possible. Those kinds of demands get londons taxi drivers the riled up the cities cabbies are among cyclists grey says critics. Who do not cyclists get rid of old and get over cycles or buses. Their internet misses the traffic at the moment is terrible so i buy cars in. Route so whatever Michael Moore sock alliance is just going to make the traffic even worse study joyous because half the people who saw it at the moment dont know the high white collars on the small percentage that theyre not the highlight charging. So the should be some sort of a test for cyclists and yet londons in a city is currently swot. I mean with bicycles. As the quran the crisis ushered in a new age of mobility. Cyclists now have some powerful supporters behind them there will be a huge amount of planning going into helping people to get to work other than by mass transit and this will be i hope and of the my running for a while as a former secretary of transport i would agree this is should be a new golden age for cycling but they must act fast when commuters return on mass it wont be enough buses or trains to accommodate them and to take it to social distancing missions if even a small percentage of these commute to start using cars instead london will be fixed with 10 children. The temptation to get into medical will be very very strong and understandable so i think weve got a short window of time to reach out to both to the politicians and to the public or large to say there is a better right after this. That is the city in londons financial district is leading the way. During the day access is restricted to passes and bikes only. And sidewalks are being widened to give kids estrin small room. And in some residential districts the streets are being close to through traffic drivers are having to find other bricks. Oh well. This just in these few weeks there is an amazing opportunity to connect a lot of the unconnected parts and to get the local councils on board to get the local roads facing the nation for cycling and says stop this because Central University really. During the corona crisis london feels a bit more like bike friendly amsterdam. For the internet his family hope it will stay that way. They this new golden age for cycling seems almost too good to be traded. Do you like oysters i have to admit its not a huge fan of but if you are then you surely know what a costly delicacy they are well in france this delicacy now needs its own security detail as thieves have also come to realize their value they break into farms and steal the oysters to sell them later for a profit its a huge loss for oyster farmers like nikolai one name hes now hoping that the local police can help protect his precious. Its Early Morning this is the bait off a name on the french brittany coast. Because on the name is an oyster farmer he loves working here for months hes been extremely worried because thieves have been stealing the precious molluscs. If the tide is out we come here in the mornings to check if everything is all right. Soon he spots a basket that has been cut open again oysters these have struck its a major financial loss it takes 3 years until the oyster can be sold and until then they need to be carefully tended to. Weeks ago says 3 and a half tons of oysters were stolen in one night. Here are 60. Worth 7 or 8000 euros and they stole 250 of them will. Last year many tons of oysters were stolen across france and the situation seems to be getting worse and once the valuable mollusks have been taken theyre impossible to trace back. Some coastal towns are now set up a special police force like here in london monday as. Oh main job is to prevent oyster so. We go one patrol every morning noon and also at night i mean yeah. They use drones to keep an eye on the coast hoping to catch boisterous thieves red handed. So far theyve proven elusive the thieves seem to know their way around the oyster farms and so usually all the special police force can do is act when its already too late. Then at the. Other end if. We have to look at. Sending such a big load of stolen always. Keep ploy. Only people from within the trade are capable to do so says nick. Hes convinced the thieves are from the area. Nobody else has the local knowledge and tools necessary to collect the baskets from the bay. Thinking of all kinds of people who. Have a suspicion but no proof it could also turn out to be one of my friends. I could experience a bitter disappointment. To. Another problem is that an increasing number of oysters are catching a disease during farming the rare virus was previously found only in warmer waters. In the town of anarchy theres a market every saturday. Oysters are extremely popular and he doesnt have to wait long for customers. With your full of diet on very healthy very pure like the sea and also a bit nutty you know and with. These oysters have an extraordinary taste that we are particularly fond of. The oysters are