President trump threatens to ban tick tock but the video apps u. S. Team is to find. A way. For tech giant microsoft of bike to talk now on hold whats next for one of the worlds most popular apps. And this remedy of a memorial to half a 1000000 murdered people could be disrupted by a massive construction project and an outrage for the ramani killed by the nazis. Im michael oku welcome a state of disaster in melbourne and all of australias state of victoria the government declaration comes as the state struggles with a stunning resurgence of Coronavirus Infections a range of new lockdown measures has been imposed including a nighttime curfew for the capital as well residents will only be allowed to leave home for work medical care exercise or shopping for essential. Their last moments of freedom before the curfew came into effect the new measures are the countrys strictest to date mel born is already under a 6 week lockdown but the infection numbers are still rising victorias premier has now declared a state of disaster. We cannot longer have people visiting out as we can no longer have people simply in about for not a good reason whatsoever it is not an easy decision to mike but it is the decision that is necessary and that is war i have my doubts and thats why i place will be out in force and you will be stopped and you will be asked and you will need to demonstrate that you are lawfully out and that you are not breaching that curfew the premier said people are not taking the virus seriously enough officials reported that one quarter of those who recently tested positive had violated the lockdown rules. Authorities now have greater powers over melbournes 5000000. 00 residents additional restrictions for workplaces are to be announced on monday the latest stay at home order will be in effect for at least 6 weeks. For more im joined by Andrea Lesley a journalist with us really and Broadcasting Company corp i should say in sydney andre appreciate your joining us the 1st obvious question that strikes me is why has melbourne in particular been so badly affected compared with the rest of the country. Well marco its a good question because the risk of a strike the u. S. Managed to survive relatively well through most of this but not safe is at last few months but no been has been hit pretty hot in comparison i think most people are in agreement that its a lot to do with these quarantine hightails that brought people back into the country and i mean oscillation 14 days the tory made the decision probably for cost cutting reasons to put private security firms there in front of the hotels and some stand its one tank that civil code 9 saying straight through the hotels back out into the community said that was the start and weve otherwise had as we heard in that report there are accusations by the premier Daniel Andrews that people are going to work when they shouldnt and not after it doing around cotinine saying and theres also lots of accusations that casey to being a teacher underresourced d tory or authorities worried this spike will spill over into other parts of the country differently i mean New South WalesSouth Australia and queensland all of the states are Holding Press Conferences multiple times a day New South Wales has a number of cases that keep popping up 13 i think it was in the last 24 hours South Australia to the western side of the tour has also just reported a couple more as well so there are these a strategy in board a lot of downs that are happening constantly and already of course people are not able to travel from melbourne obituary up and they have a very good reason thats journalist Andrea Leslie in sydney for us thank you andrea thanks mom. Highlighting some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour Tropical Storm has been downgraded from a hurricane to a Tropical Storm as it churns through the caribbean its dumped rains on the bahamas and 4 to rico and is expected to gain more steam by the time it lands in florida that u. S. State is already reeling from the pandemic. Police in jerusalem have dispersed thousands of demonstrators gathered near the house of Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu 12 arrests were made at this latest rally calling for netanyahu as resignation protesters condemn his handling of the covert pandemic and say he shouldnt remain in office while on trial for corruption. 2 astronauts have departed the International Space station aboard a socalled dragon capsule from the California Based Company space x. Doug hurley and bob behnken are set to be the 1st people to return from space of a private company theyre due to land in the gulf of mexico on sunday. Staying in the u. S. Now and ticked off general manager for its u. S. Market said the company is not planning on going anywhere thats after President Donald Trump announced he plans to ban the chinese own video app because of security concerns u. S. Officials are currently looking into whether its possible to talk could be used by the Chinese Government as a tool for gathering information into intelligence its. Quick its viral dance routines and political activism videos its a favorite among teenagers worldwide but with more than 2000000000. 00 in loads and 700000000000. 00 in revenue last year the app is extremely successful and influential but its exploding popularity has also raised red flags and the u. S. Officials are investigating whether text talk is a threat to National Security there are concerns that the Data Collected by the app owned by the chinese for by dance could be accessed by beijing the Company Denies any connection with the Chinese Government but donald trump is threatening to ban the app in the u. S. Well look at that we may be betting we may be doing some other things. But a lot of things happening so well see what happens but we are looking at a lot of alternatives with respect to. One of those alternatives is spurred by to give up its ownership of the potential buyers are reportedly already in talks to take over including tech giant microsoft in the face of president ial threats takes us assures that simply answers and audience that this is not the end. We procure outpouring of support and we want to say thank you planning on going. To the home creators and others to express their ideas and connect with people of different backgrounds and we are so proud 1 of all the various communities. Hold that thought their heart. Its not clear if the president actually has the executive power to ban the app in the u. S. But a National Security review of tech talk is expected to be presented to him in the coming days. Youre one of is here with me shes the social Media Coordinator for due to abuse culture and lifestyle desk your whats been happening on tick talk since president from threatened to to ban it essentially on michael its so emotional right now i mean you have to remember these tick tock i think of the app s. Their community their friends their family their livelihood and i mean if you have 50000000 followers on tick tock like Many American tick took us 2 its a huge business and you know we just started our own tech type account here and its called berlin fresh. And fresh blood and of course i had to do it so and we were really surprised at how many views and how many and to actions weve got we have a very young social media account just a couple of weeks old and weve got over a 1000000 of us so right now we feel like this is where all the young people are and so theyre going to fight for the app theres so much speculation about this movie what do you believe is behind dont hold trump or the u. S. Governments mistrust of to talk while you know donald trump called to talk chinese spy wear because its owned by a Chinese Company and he says hes worried about ticktock using the information on the app and passing it on to the Chinese Government the ticktock us feel very different of course about it they feel it has something to do that theres a huge antitrust movement on the app you know and many very funny trump parodies on the ad so they feel that it has something to that. What would a u. S. Ban mean for ticktock users elsewhere outside of the United States say here in europe what kind of really depends what american kicked up with im going to do so are they going to move away from the app ive seen many a tick tock tick tick doing videos right now on how you can change the account settings so youre actually based in canada so i think i may use that app more are they going to use to another app im looking at for instance by to right now thats an app many tech talk us im moving to many also moving to instagram again so it kind of depends what they are doing the so im we here at the feel you know we just whatever app theyre going to use the next were going to be on it as well so its going to be worth a you both are just about the 15 seconds we have left is there a feeling among ticked users that this could very well be the beginning of the unthinkable that is that tech could go away because of one u. S. President of course theyre really worried about that theyre always worried about that but i mean you see how to how big to talk with iran the wod just alone handjob many of us 8000000 follow us right now i mean its here to stay right. You 100 you go ahead of. To talk channel really appreciate you joining us. Thank you so much as you mentioned you can find us there at d w underscore berlin fresh moving on now to a growing controversy here in berlin over a monument to the half a 1000000 ramani People Killed during the whole accost the traditionally nomadic people were targeted by nazis before and during the 2nd world war the memorial to those who were murdered has been open since 2012 but there are fears it will soon have to make way for a new railway line. Every day at 1 pm in the heart of berlin a moment of remembrance the memorials fresh flower replaced daily commemorating the 500000. 00 sinti and roma murdered during the nazi regime for Roxana Lorraine vit its a special moment she says. Her grandparents survived the holocaust. This place is a burial site for those whose ashes are still adrift in auschwitz its Hallowed Ground for the community of the city romani and all people. The memorial is located in the heart of the capital a stones throw from parliament its proximity to the center of political life is symbolic but that proximity has become a problem germanys rail operator. Is planning a new underground line connecting berlins main station with Potsdamer Platz it says to maintain a safe distance from parliament the route must run through the memorial site the city and roma are outraged even if the disruption is only temporary during construction berlin is now looking for a new route that would not endanger the monument. Complex task because around the building and in the tear garden there are already tunnels and pipes underground you have to look hard for an alternate route but we are optimistic a solution can be found from representatives of the Central Council for cindy and roma have been included in the planning process they want more Public Information about the genocide then yes indeed if there is no other option than to run the trainline beneath a memorial. It would be an opportunity to realize our longstanding demand for a place of information to be included in the underground construction. By using. The sheet on species and until the new line has. Been rerouted germany sinti and roma will remain vigilant. In political sports news former chelsea striker Didier Drogba has submitted his candidacy to become the next president of the ivory coast football association. 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