More on the situation were joined by d. W. Political correspondent tom sparrow standing by for us in berlin thomas how is the Health System coping with this rise of infections of this point the Health System is still coping experts are pointed to the fact that intensive care beds are Still Available ventilators as well but they have also pointed to the fact that this could quickly change if coronavirus cases continue to grow in the speed at the speed as weve seen in the last few days and weeks this is the absolute key point to understand why germany is now facing this powerful lock down the speed at which the corona virus is spreading and those same experts are saying that if it continues this way in 2 or 3 weeks the public Health System will have reached its limit and that is again the reason why were seeing these restrictions as of today and for the whole of november which includes obviously closing bars restaurants and so on but at the same time keeping schools on many shops open and we have heard once again from the german chancellor a plead for the nation she says stand together in this crisis thomas are people obeying the measures from the government are they following them. I think there is an understanding at least by a majority of germans that these measures were necessary to reduce that speed in which the virus is spreading even if even if that came at a particular cost namely fewer freedoms when i just mentioned a 2nd ago the closing of bars restaurants and so on but at the same time and this is particularly important i also think criticism has been growing both on the street but also politically we saw for example last week in the German Parliament a very big debate on whether these measures are actually going to be effective and what the right course of action is for germany on there is a very evident coronavirus fatigue and i would say that thats a coronavirus fatigue that were not only seeing here in germany but in other countries as well and that explains also why the challenge now is a particularly big challenge for german officials and that explains why anglo mccall repeatedly has been telling citizens that this is a very important moment that it comes down to everyones responsibility theyre trying to get the cases under control if that does not happen could we see the lockdown extended could we see tougher measures the key element here in this particular point is in 2 weeks time Angela Merkel and the regional leaders of germany 16 federal states will meet again to assess whether the measures so far have been effective or whether further measures will be needed but german officials have stressed on various occasions sabra that they want to avoid a full lockdown they want to avoid comprehensive restrictions and thats why so far this lockdown now these restrictions now have been described as a sort of lockdown night where schools and shops can remain open but the focus as we saw in our report is on clothes and everything that has to do with entertainment thomas farah with a few from berlin thank you. Lets get the view now from broader europe where cases are also rising sharply we have our Team Standing by francisco a bone got our is in italy we have bats riegert in brussels and matthew de is joining us from warsaw and francisco id like to begin with you because we all recall that italy had one of the highest covert 19 death rates back in the spring hows it doing now where this is measuring is really about everywhere now going towards there he doesnt care yesterday which is a big number were now waiting to see what is going to happen today todays a routine. Points in the fight against the gunmen in this country because Prime Minister they will be in parliament probably proclaiming a curfew a National Care few 9 pm were just talking about rumors but we dont really know exactly what is going to off and what the reaction will be from people we had riots in the squares in all the tendency to be so against the closure of the businesses so we ought to see would of the cabinet will be able to cope with doubt oh well let you get in on something to the population which is odd asking for some warm up thats when its not an easy situation if its better than before we have to see what is going to happen thank you so much francisco bant over to you now standing by in belgium which has one of the highest death rates of any country in this pandemic band is there any sign of things improving. But the motera to rate in belgium is not comparable to that situation in april right now 100. 00 people a day are dying this is much lower than it was but experts one that this mortality rate can go up following the huts hospitalization of people which is going up quickly hospital beds are filling up 2 thirds of the intensive care units are now filled with covert patients but you have to keep in mind that belgium only has 2000 intensive care beds which is much less than in other countries for example in germany the government is responding with very strict measures contact through private citizens is no more or less forbidden you are only allowed to have one cool full contact say say in flemish one person you can hug or kiss and receive in your private home and these measures will be in place for 6 weeks and done your due crew the Prime Minister of belgium said this is our last chance to get the virus under control and to have Something Like a normal Christmas Eve thank you so much bant im matthew heading to you in poland where theres a massive surge in coded 1000 cases posing huge problems to the countrys Health System how is the government responding there. Be introducing various restrictions it stops short of a full look doesnt introduce and he could have used but for example has closed restrooms courage people try to stay at home. Schooling is done online and they have opened up the opening field hospitals in warsaw now the National Football stadium is being converted into a hospital and the government is very eager to say we dont we have beds we have. Spam responses but the big problem for the polish Healthcare System it is a lack of doctors and nurses it is. A serious issue and people are saying the case great to have beds that hes going to come after the people in the beds and here from poland there italy belgium Francisco Banga thats riegert matthew day thank you so much to all of you for your reporting. And lets take a look now at some other stories making news around the world more anti france protests have been taking place across the muslim world in pakistan demonstrators burned an effigy of president emanuel. The protests come after he defended the right to Free Expression in the wake of the suspected islamist killing of a teacher who had shown cartoons of the muslim prophet mohammad. Rescue workers have called 2 girls from collapsed buildings in western turkey a 3 year old was rescued nearly 3 days after a strong earthquake struck the region hours earlier a 14 year old was freed but hopes of finding others are fading the quake has killed dozens of people and injured hundreds. Of millions of census takers have begun knocking on doors across china for a once in a decade head count for the 1st time theyre using a mobile phone app to log the numbers that will be used to understand the size of the structure of the Worlds Largest population china has around 1400000000 people. U. S. President donald trump and his democratic rival joe biden are making their final pitches to voters ahead of tuesdays election trump is holding Campaign Rallies and 5 battleground states meanwhile joe biden is focusing on the key state of pennsylvania most major polling shows biden ahead in the critical battleground states needed to win but trouble leaves he can defy the polls once again and pull off a shock victory in. The final downs before the big election day on tuesday. U. S. President donald trump addressed for now take fans in 5 different swing states on sunday with his usual self confidence were going to win 4 more years in that very beautiful white house i read your vote we will continue to cut your taxes cut graduation. And ensure that boar products are made and raised and grown in the usa. With only a couple of days left to complain trump focused on crucial swing states like michigan and iowa before heading to georgia and florida. Despite brett butler rising coronavirus cases in the u. S. Supporters packed into the rallies most of them not adhering to social distancing rules or wearing masks. That were very different scenes at joe bidens complain of rallies in pennsylvania most supporters stayed in their cars as the democratic candidate welcomed them president droppers terrified of what will happen to the president you know if the people president get that their say if you have your say he doesnt stand a chance biden also blasted trump for dividing the country and thats exactly what trump are trying to do for her to get a divided america based on race religion gender National Origin its wrong its not who we are biden has a Comfortable Lead in most of the polls but he knows that election day turnout will be crucial in deciding the new president of the United States. In those swing states also so crucial one of the biggest or rather the biggest swing state florida a lot of eyes on that one the past 2 elections have seen a wafer thin margin between the winner and the loser President Trump is banking on the support of one of the states name voting blocks the latino vote so deep that he is carolina has been to find out how the republicans under President Trump have tapped into a narrative thats found appeal among floridas cuban americans. They want to see donald trump stay in the white house and their ditto. To deliver florida for him its a must win state for the presidency even at this scale back democrat rally in orlando the trump voters are far louder. Trump has strong support from a large part of the Latino Community here in florida this despite things which would seem almost designed to put latinos off like the harsh words he has used to describe immigrants im here to find out why the hispanic vote leans more republican here in florida nearly a 3rd of the latino voters in florida have cuban roots including got covered on maurice had of latinos for trump in orlando she was 15 when her family fled cuba after losing everything to the government of fidel castro they just knock one day at the door and they said this is ours now we had lost everything you know we had lost our beautiful hall. The ranch the chauffeur but we had a different life and you adopt. Thats why voting is so important to me because its the gift that this country has given me that i didnt have they took away. One of her biggest fears like many other cuban americans is the idea that the system they fled could be adopted in the United States no i dont think joe biden is a socialist or a communist but i do believe the people around him are and they have the same socialist ideas that ive lived through in cuba and ive seen in venezuela so yes i do believe that hes surrounded with that and a leader is as good as the people around them being pro trump is slowly becoming something to president supporters keep to themselves because there can be consequences mike or plumber is also a devoted trump support i have received for you i have 000 right. For your press you know the lesser of the last year when i was there he says youre not appropriate and theres no war because you dont want to do the job you are trying to charge already provided just to do the job and thats really really good work. Its not just the fear of socialism driving support for trump. Many latino voters are catholic and support the republican position against abortion and it may seem counter intuitive but many also supports trumps hard line on immigration even from latin american countries. That trump tells the truth i dont want other hispanics to come into the u. S. Even if they are from my country peru if they dont pay taxes that is not fair so if more hispanics come and dump a taxes they seal and live off the money they get from the government then im a racist too and i also say get out its not fair that those that come to the board border illegally dana for you already 10000. 00 to come here and we dont know. They are they could be right based here in florida support for President Trump and the republicans steeply emotional if thats a poor does reflect it at the ballot box it could decide the election. And u. S. Voters heading to the polls tomorrow we are joined here in the studio by william who crossed from our us Election Team how important is the latino vote i mean theyre important but a lot of groups are important you know they make up 17 percent of floridas electorate 2 and a half 1000000 registered latino voters most of them it should be said are democrats or not affiliated or not affiliated voters across all groups are leaning by it in these or so called independent voters they are the largest voting minority now in the United States more than 13 percent across the country are latino voters as more of them than black American Voters but we sure we we need to make very very clear there is no such thing as a latino voter group these are people from dozens of countries with hundreds of personal experiences many of them are by now full fledged americans they have been here of been been in the United States for generations this is not the stereotypical immigrant story that we hear so often about so they are very important theyve been important for decades now at least you know going back to the 2000 election remember how much it was talked about the cuban vote in florida but many other retired retired communities older people you know rule white noncollege educated lots of groups are important which was decisive is what were going to find out this week the candidates have been on the campaign trail just walk us through where they have been in the past couple of days and what that tells us about where the critical areas are likely to be the swing states right pennsylvania wisconsin michigan obama is stumping for biden in florida in georgia florida we as weve seen so important georgia of traditionally republican state that they might be able to pick off so obviously theyre hitting the states that especially pennsylvania wisconsin michigan traditionally leaning democrat trump won them by a razor thin margin were talking about 80000. 00 vote. Friends thats what gave trump the presidency in 2680000 votes in those 3 states if biden can win those votes back this is bidens when big picture this is most certainly an election like no other not least because of the pandemic what is america bracing for over the next week and beyond uncertainty you know every state decides for itself how it counts its votes and when it counts its votes sometimes even down to the town or the county. So some have to have their votes counted by election day some can still be voting for several days afterward so or god knows how both campaigns and especially trump because he said it is on the record for wanting to spin the Election Results in their favor just the pure math means we will not know many states officially which way theyve gone there could be a biden favored one direction a trump favor in another direction early on that could swap by the end we really have to be patient until voting counts are in and are fully in a county and state levels to really know whos won this election its probably not going to happen tuesday night we wont know until we know from our u. S. Election team thank you thanks. Time now for more headlines that are in the news Hollywood Star johnny depp has lost his libel battle with a british tabloid that friends of him a wife beater record in london ruled that the papers allegations were quote substantially true the actor had sued the publisher of the sun over claims that he assaulted his exwife amber her. Rescuers in the philippines have freed hundreds of people trapped by floodwaters after typhoon goni how pounded islands in the country south at least 16 people were killed as the storm destroyed homes and triggered deadly landslides it came just a week after another deadly typhoon struck the region. Is the island Prime Minister just into our turn has unveiled what she calls an incredibly diverse cabinet new foreign minister a 9 month fruita is a valley. With a traditional face tattoo of a country the country will also have its 1st openly gay deputy Prime Minister ard won a landslide election victory last. We had to mexico now where the day of the dead festival is normally cause for National Celebration and remembrance but the country is reeling from more than 90000. 00 coronavirus deaths this year the usually vibrant parades have been canceled or made virtual and cemeteries have been told to shut down for many people what is usually a communal event has become a lonely experience. Del Rosario Martinez this day of the dead is especially poignant her husband a doctor who cared for some of mexicos poorest died at the height of the countrys pandemic falling victim himself. In keeping with tradition maria decorates with some of his favorite things. In your cup and 2nd year 3 back aboard i never thought that i would have to place an order to for my husband. 30 or less but according to traditions and beliefs hes going to come hes going to be here with us. Hes going to be happy. When president Lopez Obrador dedicated the festival to the victims of corporate 19 there was none of the lavish parades impact Public Events normally a short sheeted with a holiday. It set the tone for a nation grieving in isolation. Among them. Her family has been devastated by t