Life well planned. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; rsuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Philippa im ronstadt ros im ros atkins, welcome to outside soue. A big surge in the pandemic, as documents show expert wanted tougr restrictions three weeks ago when the opposition is now calling for that. A plan to slow in ecrtions, upland to slow infections, it has lost control of the virus. Ros a second wave of Coronavirus Infections tweeps through europe, and we hear from an epidemiologist who says sweden has taken the right approach to the pandemic. Also, in washington, Amy Coney Barrett, President Trumps choice for Supreme Court justice, is pushing back on quesons from the opposition. Iant express views on cases or commit to approaching a case any particular way. Ros the u. N. Says as many as 35,000 afghans have been killed in heavy fighting between the taliban and the government. 35,000 afghans have been displaced amid heavy fighting between the taliban and the governme lets begin with worrying figures for t u. K. , sharp rise in the number of people reported to have died from covid19. 143 deaths accorded today, 50 yesterday. The figure includes anybody who dies within 28 days of testing positive for the u. K. Overall total has now surpassed 43,000 on the number of new cases is all up, 17,000 registered today. To explain is bbc medical editor fergus walsh. Fergus the trend in debts is up. The number of deaths reled to covid are simply going to keep rising for now, because they are building into the System People who got infected several weeks ago. We know the epidemic is doubling every seven14 days the question is how high they will go. In april, there were up to 1000 deaths a day. We are not seeing deaths rising anything like the speed they were at the end of march, but we face a long winter in the average age of those who died with covid is 82. The average age of people going into intensive care is 60. In the concern is that if hospitals keep filling up with Covid Patients, that will have an effect on noncovid care. But all the restrictions that have been taking have been taken have a damaging effect on the economy, mental health, and the impact of society, which has to be factored in. There are early hard choices ahead. Moments after those figures were released, the government demanded a new strategy. The governments plan simply isnt working. Another course is needed. That is why i am calling for a two to three week circuit break in england, in line with the recommendation, and clear and effective restrictions designed to get the r rate down and reverse the trend. Ros we have reaction from Political Correspondent niggardly nick urgently. This is a big moment, because you now have parties that are going to explicitly argue for maybe another lockdown, that Circuit Breaker idea, which would see significant restrictions on things like hospitality, bars, restaurants, people are urged to work from home, ban on household mixing apart from the support bubble. It would be a big move. And it matters, because we knew that some in the Scientific Community are calling for that. Papers from last month suggested that that was the best way to start raking the transmission of the virus. Since the start breaking the transmission of the virus. Since then, the number of cases and number of people in hospital in england has risen dramatically. Needs radical action. Ros the Circuit Breaker scientists were calling for didnt happen, but the governor did put new measures in place. Heres one minister defending his record. We did take robust action at that time. We clarified the rule of six, we brought in the 10 00 p. M. Curfew for pubs and restaurants, which i have discussed on this program many times. So we did take action then. But we reviewed that and other evidence and that has contributed to the decision the Prime Minister made and announced yesterday. Ros that decision by the government, as robert was saying, was to interview introduce a new tiered system in england that begins wednesday. Most of it will remain unchanged, gatherings of six or more more than six band, and a hospitality gatherings of more than six are banned, and a hospitality curfew. There is no mixing of households anywhere, pubs and bars will close unless they provide a substantial meal. So far in liverpool only liverpool and the surrounding area is impacted. Here is the health secretary. I must report the number of cases coronavirus has quadrupled in the last three weeks. There are now more people in hospital with coronavirus than there were in marched with her march 23rd. And in the past four weeks, hospitals in the northwest and northeast of england have seen a sevenfold increase in the number of Covid Patients in intensive care. In these worstaffected areas, the virus is spreading justice quickly in older age groups, not just young adults. Ros the greatest number of new cases ar in the nortof england, and liverpool is a particular concern. Here is the financial times, reporting 95 of intensive care beds in the city is made hospitals are already full. It quotes a senior doctor saying that they have enough ventilators but are low on tensive care beds. Our Health Editor is there. Hugh here is what has been happening in liverpool since midseptember, the sevenday rolling average. And here is what is happening in manchester, slightly lower but rising sharply, and then with a bit of downward trend over the last week. The age of those who get the virus is important, with older people more likely to become seriously ill. Liverpool demographics dont help. Was being widespread we have seen Widespread Community transmission in liverpool. The liverpool age profile of people infected is across different age groups and is moving into the older population. Manchester is still very much of the younger population so consequently, we are seeing people who need much more medical intervention in liverpool. Hugh officials published this chart showing average covid patient numbers in liverpool and manchester going back to the end of march. It shows how rapidly those numbers have gone up in the last few weeks in liverpool. Ros from hugh and liverpool to washington now. President trumps choice for next Supreme Court justice has been facing questions from senators. Now remember, President Trump nominated judge barrett after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who was on the liberal side of the court. If miss barrett replaces her, it will be a Strong Majority of conservatives of 63 and conservative americans already on her for her record on issues from abortion to gay rights to gun rights. And senators werent getting detailed answers from her today or her beliefs on those issues. Heres democrat dianne feinstein. It is distressing not to get a straight answer. So let mtry again. Do you agree with Justice Scalias view thatroe that roe was wrongly decided. Judge barrett senator, i understand what you are asking the question, but i cant free commit or say yes, im going in with some agenda, because i am not. I dont have any agenda. I have no agenda to overrule casey. I have an agenda to stick to the rule of law, decide cases as they come. Ros thats was jut that was judge barretts the one abortion, specifically the 197 case that give americans the right to choose one. Senators a skeptical. Senator warren tweeted, Amy Coney Barrett signed an ad saying abortion was barbaric, now she wont say whether roe was wrongly decided. Dont be fooled. Barrett has an agenda to overturn reproductive rights. Although the roe v. We case was 50 years ago, this remains a key issue for some voter spirits and republics would like to see it overturned. Public opinion is large of in favor of abortion rights, 61 of americans think abortion should be legal in all or most cases. Judge barrett was questioned as well about the Affordable Care act, known frequently as obamacare. It looks like it could end up for the spring porch early after the election. Heres one exchange. Any issue that would arise about the Affordable Care act or any of the statute should be determined by the law, when looking at the text of the statute, looking at precedent, the same way it would for anyone. And if there were policy differences, or policy consequences, those are for this body. For the court, it is a question of adhering to the law, going where the law leads, and leaving policy decisions up to you. Ros democrats are also considering what might happen if the election result ends up in the Supreme Court, as happened in 2000. Heres what she said. It would be a complete violation of the independence of the judiciary for anne to put a justice on the court as a means of obtaining a particular result. And that is why, as i was mentioning to senator grassley, that the questionnaire i fell off of this community for this Committee Makes clear i have made no precommitments to anyone about how i would decide a case come out of respect for article three and the designation of the judiciary as a coequal and independent branch of government. Ros cering the nomination process is Laura Trevelyan in washington dc. Laura this is pretty much a pattern. He she is the third concert of justice resident trump has put forward for the sprinkler in his time in office. In the previous two followed the exact same playbook. The playbook goes back to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whose seat Amy Coney Barrett would potentially take on the Supreme Court. In her hearing in 1993, Ruth Bader Ginsburg said that she would not talk about how she could rule on a potential case. She said no hints, forecast, previews. Amy Coney Barrett quoted her today. There you have it. Checkmate. Frustrating for democra they cant lay a finger on her, and they dont have the votes to stop her, so all they can do really is to try to draw attention to the rulings they believe shwould cast pivotal votes on, namely the Affordable Care act, Health Insurance for millions of americans who dont have that much money, abortion, and samesex marriage. Ros laura, will senators be calling witnesses to talk about their interactions with Amy Coney Barrett . Lara w laura well, we heard yesterday from amy coneyrett,s law professor at notre dame university, who spoke of her as a legal scholar. Conservatives dont want to talk about hot button issues, abortion, the idea that there could be a contested election that will come before the Supreme Court, so they are talking about Amy Coney Barrett s impeccable legal credentials, the fact she is a mother of seven and has two adopted children including, she also has a child with down syndrome, so summing up this idea of the capable, professional woman. Republicans are hoping she will help them close the gender gap erie joe biden has a big lead with women gender gap. Joe biden has a big lead with women so by confirming her to the court, republicans can change the subject and not talk about the coronavirus and not talk about problematic cases she could rule on. But democrats keep bringing it back to key things they believe could come up in front of the court. Ros Laura Trevelyan with that. In a few minutes on outside source, we turn attention to the netherlands, the latest country in europe to tighten coronavirus restrictions. We will bring you uptodate on the virus across the continent. Ros now, this turn to another coronavirus story getting a lot of attention, this time from the world of sports. Cristiano ronaldo has tested positive for covid19. The particl player is now in isolation. Correspondent this news coming out of the soccer federation, Cristiano Ronaldo part of the squad that was supposed to face sweden in a nations mass tomorrow night. The federation announced he will not miss the game because he has tested positive for coronavirus. They say the 35yearold striker is doing well, has no symptoms and is in isolation. He is one of the worls most famous footballers, made his name first with manchester united, at one time the most expensive player in world football. He has been world player of the year five times. But as i sayhe will not be playing for portugal tomorr night because heas td positive for coronavirus. Ros im ross atkins with outside source. We are hearing the bbc news room and our lead story comes from the u. K. , which has reported a big increase in coronavirus cases and debts. The worst affected case, getting ready for higher restrictions. Now, lets look in detail at covid19 in europe. The infection rate is rising and governments are not using a range of tactics to control the virus. To the note learns, the to the netherlands, one of the worsthit in europe, average daily infections have doubled in two weeks to more than 6000, and the Prime MinisterJust Announced a partial lockdown. Bars, cafes and restaurants will close. He said i hurts, but is the only way. We have to restrict. Anna is in the hague. Correspondent it is inevitable when you look at the figures, look at the charts and see the netherlands heading across the graph infection. The announcement has just been made. I think people have about 24 hours before the bars and restaurants will no longer be open. It is quite packed here this evening. People are objecting to these new rules. And it is the hospitality instry that has been hardest hit, bars and restaurants, at 10 00 p. M. Local time wednesday will be closed. All shops will be banned from selling alcohol after a certain time. The Prime Minister also talked about education. He said schools wouldnt be affect. Public transport, people are being asked to use it only for essential journeys, people are being asked to work from home wherpossible. Cases in the another nuns now are among the worst in europe, so cases in the netherlands are now among the worst in europe, so the Prime Minister really had no choice. They said they will look at the measures after two weeks, and after a fortnight, if the situation have situation hasnt improved, there is a chance for the full lock down to be moved back in. Ros from the netherlands to the Czech Republic, from midnight tonight it is imposing a threewe state of emergency, closing schools, bars, clubs, restricting restaurants to deliveries recent take away. Public consumption of alcohol will also be banned. This graphic shows the number of new cases over the past month, and compare that to germany next door, whose population is eight times larger, but Czech Republic rates remain higher. We turn ne to italy, the first cotry ieurope to really be hihard by the virus in the spring. While it recorded more than 5000 cases in a single day last week, that is the first time that has happened since march, the government drafted a decree which will ban private parties and restrict the number of people at weddings and funerals, no more than 10 guests at private events, 15 funerals. The Prime Minister i selfisolating after coming into contact with someone who tested positive. These pictures are from saturday, wn there were protests in warsaw and new that make it mandatory to wear facemasks in public spaces. This is why the government argues these are necessary. Poland recorded a newcomer record daily infection rate. Here, you can see the increase of daily number of cases over the past four weeks. This is a similar graph showing daily cases for france over the past month. Some hospitals are under pressure and we expect further measures to be announced by president macron on wednesday. Now, as you are seeing, a lot of these restrictions are focused on large gatherings and events. That ports point 21 important factor. This analyzes an overlooked variable that is says is a key, the role of super spreaders, individuals who transmit the virus to a large number of people. The article says an early run of bad luck with a few super spreading events or clusters can produce dramatically different outcomes, even for otherwise similar countries. There are examples. A professional Football Game in milan, church in south korea, a twoour choir practice in the u. S. , where 52 out of 61 attendees became infected. Multiple studies suggest as few as 10 to 20 of infected people may be responsible for as much as0 or 90 of infections and that in fact, many people have the virus hardly transmit it at all. This is one such paper published in july. It found that limiting social activities where many new and random contact are encountered and where super spreader of its can occur, pubs, restaurants places of worship, party, likely has a far greater benefit than closing workplaces or schools, where repeated contacts occur among small social circle. The professor who is the papers lead author, i asked about the swedish approach. They never implemented a full scale lockdown or made masks now but mandatory, but limited large gatherings. Lockdown is too much to do. People get tired and lose respect. If a lockdown would be too much. Need to look at super spreaders and limit them. That is what sweden did basically. The only real intervention they did was to say max gatherings were 50, and that could delimited a little bit more. But making a lockdown where we only go home, that is too much. Now we know so much about the disease, it is overreacting. But we should be careful when we are in public space. Ros just so i understand clearly, you seem to be sayg that having looked at this virus for over six months, now you think sweden got it right . Yeah, basically, except they didnt do it right in the beginning, but basically they got it right. That is the main message. Kind of what they have done since april, has basically been right. They didnt do right i mark. Ros for more on covid19, you can find it on the bbc new website. Next on outside source, we switched to afghanistan, the u. S. Military carrying out airstrikes against taliban in response to clashes between the taliban and Government Forces in the capital of helmand province. Has been the days of fighting. These images show civilian fleeing. The uns as as many as 35,000 people may have been displaced. Bear in mind, a month ago, the taliban began negotiations with the government. Those talks were in doha. The fact they were happening at all is important, but they failed to make a breakthrough so far. Re is a lead member of the Government Negotiating Team speaking to bbc. The burden of this war is so heavy on our people, and we want to end it yesterday. The sense of urgency is felt not only among our members of the negotiation team, but across the country. But that urgency shall make us also be careful not to rush things through, that it will undermine a sustainable peace. So t balance between urgency, a sense of urgency, and rushing it through must be thought carefully. Ros the fact america continues to be militarily involved in afghanistan is remarkable. Remember, this began in the aftermath of the 9 11 attacks on new york and washington in 2001. Al qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was identified as the man responsible, was based in afghanistan, where he received protection from the taliban which governed there. When the taliban refused to hand him over, the u. S. Launched multiple attacks. Other countries joined on the taliban was removed. But it wasnt eradicated very far from it. The taliban continued resistance from then until now, and america remains militarily entangled, despite President Trumps desire for that to end. America announced it would reduce its troops from 5000 to 2500 next year, and we think that is still the plan, but President Trump surprised negotiators last week at wheaton, we should have a small, remaining number of our brave and and women serving i afghanistan home by christmas. Senior u. S. Officials denied this. The comments were criticized for weakening the Afghan Government negotiating position. Either way, there is concern america will have departed at some point, and that point will come before there was a deal between the government and e taliban. Another factor is the u. S. Election. Joe biden may have a different plan. In the meantime, here is the bbc in kabul on escalating fighting. Correspondent this is what isnt what afghan expected when news came the peace talks were getting underway a month ago. Now, there is a taliban offensive in southern afghanistan and growing humanitarian crisis. Afghan Government Forces called in another round of u. S. Airstrikes to bolster their forces as they continue to try to push the jacking taliban back the attacking taliban back on a third day of heavfighting around the city. The humanitarian impact continues to grow by the day. U. N. Confirmed to us some 35,000 afghans are now on the run. When family told us they fled in hae with only the close they wore, not knowing where they would find a safe place to sleep. As one man put it, if we dont die i this war, we are going to die of hunger. And it is all raising questions about that peace process, so far away in the gulf state of qatar. The governments chief spokesperson at the negotiation told the bbc that this intensifying violence was raising questions about the talibans commitment to peace talks. It was putting pressure, he id, on the government negotiating t and whether or not they will be able to continue with the pr narrator funding for this presentation of this program is provided by. Language specialists teaching spanish, french and more. Raymond james. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Nat the height of the conflict. 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