Mark the countrys independence. Germany has recorded a Record Number of new coronavirus cases. The Public Health agency reveals a new trend in food is actually becoming infected. China has yet to come. Preselect americas new president elect. Joe biden is a visit as Vice President to beijing in 2011 is a large one Restaurant Super saver, a biden bounce and a new taste of success. As welcome to the program, china has condemned the mass resignation of prodemocracy lawmakers in hong kong. As quote political fast and a blatant challenge, the opposition bloc stood down. Oh ma, softer 4 of their colleagues were expelled from parliament for what china described as being unpatriotic. A new day in the Hong Kong Legislature without prodemocracy lawmakers. The seats are usually occupied by hong kongs democratic parliamentarians. But now theyre empty. As the session got underway a day after the mass walkout, one of the lot, mike is resigning in solidarity staged a protest. Rolling out a banner in the foyer, i just pulled this against the chief executive decision to disqualify the police. Wished that she would have stood still used their power tool at this point 5. Thats a city council. And yet that wave that was they were the last remaining prodemocracy lawmakers in hong kong. They resigned in solidarity with their colleagues who were deemed threats to National Security by beijing. Its yet another blow for the proDemocracy Movement. I got that they got over the decision made by the n. P. C. S. C. Is ridiculous. It shows that the Central Government has completely given up on the basic law and the principle of one country 2 systems. Beijing defended the new resolution and denied it is restricting Hong Kong Special freedoms. They were implemented in 997. 00 after the city was handed back to china from british rule. Showing that how we went through, i think, 20 this year. It is a necessary measure. In order to maintain the rule of law in hong kong and the Constitutional Order of the special autonomous region. If they thought it is rational and reasonable, and in line with the constitution and laws. Beijing recently moved to clamp down on opposition, voices in hong kong by imposing a National Security law. After months of antigovernment protests rocked the city. Last year, hong kong semi autonomous status was originally guaranteed until 2047. But for some the end date has already arrived. Now for more on this story, lets bring in beijing and did obvious joyously in hong kong. Welcome to you both, joyce. Lets start with you. The lawmakers there have just handed in their resignations. What have they been say . Yes. Most of them have already had that in their estimation, and they would take you back on today, tomorrow or the 1st off this and that can fener all democratic him would he . Why set that . He hopes that the mosque recitation, which showed the entire world. How ridiculous is beijing secession to expel it up . Or prodemocracy lawmakers as well as how beijing has totally destroyed the one country 2 systems framework at home call. China has called this mass resignation a political fox. What does this kind of language mean . China sometimes has a way with words in that regard. It is not only called this a farce. It has also has also called this a blatant challenge to the Central Government. I think its up to the Central Government to decide whether they want to be challenged by a fast. But the language is not unusual. This is how china reacts when it feels that something is really at stake. China has moved forward with controlling hong kong in the past few months. It has disqualified these 4 lawmakers, but it has also rescheduled or postponed the elections that was due in september. So anyway, this parliament was already a parliament by the grace of beijing. And it was pretty clear that opposition plays no role in what he sees as the future for hong kong joys. One consequence of this is that the prodemocracy Democracy Movement has now lost its voice in, in the let me just go to the how will they continue . Yes. With the disqualification for prodemocracy lawmaking as yesterday. And the mosque recitation that follows hong kong legislation is in effect becoming a single for use Legislature Without any meaningful Opposition Forces in the council. So a lot of the resigned lawmakers are saying that they will fight on outside the Legislative Council. But a lot of people doubt that on the playing National Security in beijing in july, is that still possible to, you know, attack the street protests going on . Joyce. Some say that this mosque was a nation then, as you just said inadvertently played into into chinas one ancestor who actually in yesterdays press conference, hong kongs leader carried. Im sad that she was excited because the Legislative Council would be more effectively saying, proposed by the government. So the moderates, resonation is actually within the calculation of the probation can and it has, you know, some prodemocracy supporters are criticizing that. It is too late for all of the lawmakers to resign. They should have resigned. You know, a month earlier if this legislator but this building in beijing joyously in hong kong. Thank you very much for your contribution. Now lets look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. Typhoon vanco has lashed the philippines, leaving millions without power to rescue teams were overwhelmed in america, kenya, a city close to the capital manila where around half the houses have been flooded. Its the 3rd typhoon to hit the philippines within as many weeks. The storm is now weakened and is heading towards vietnam. Protesters have taken to the streets for a 3rd day in armenia, calling for the resignation of the prime minister. Has sparked anger by giving up large parts of the disputed nagornokarabakh region in order to seal a Peace Agreement in the conflict with neighboring azerbaijan. And a summit on libyas future has achieved a breakthrough talks in tunisia sponsored by the un, the conflict parties sketched out a roadmap to elections within 18 months. But he or she, asians are the latest push to end a decade of violence in libya. Polish nationalists and right wing extremists have clashed with police adam option, the capital walsall. The rally to mark polands Independence Day went ahead despite a ban on gatherings and posts. During the pandemic. Scuffles between the police and far right protesters in Warsaw Police in riot gear. Use pepper spray and rubber bullets to push back the demonstrators after they threw stones and firecrackers thousands of fight a ban on public gatherings due to the coronavirus pandemic, and marched on warsaw streets to mark polands Independence Day. The far right groups who organize the march had asked protesters to take part in their cars to respect social distancing. Many stuck to the plan, others parked their cars and continued on foot. Marchers waved banners with n. T. L. G. B. T. Messages chanted slogans of god, honor and homeland, and called for more sovereignty. For poland. I call on the government to start behaving like the government of an independent state to start behaving in a server in way to stop kneeling in front of the capitals of brussels. Berlin and washington said it was the holiday commemorates polish independence after world war one. But in recent years, massive marches organized by far right groups have frequently led to clashes with left wing groups and Police Organizers say the marches are a display of patriotism. But for many in the country, they are celebration of nationalism and far right extremism. Oh, here in germany, the Public Health institute is warning that its expecting an uncontrolled spread of covert. 19, affixed in some parts of the country. Numbers are still rising rapidly despite a partial national lockdown. Bars and restaurants are shuttered, but more than 20000 cases have been recorded. In a single day, intensive care occupancy has more than doubled in the past few weeks. The whole because the institute is warning of more deaths to come, and the Health Minister says, restrictions are likely to last through the winter. Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged people to remain vigilant. Heres what she had to say, but look at it. As was the case with the spanish flu. We now also have to expect the 2nd wave to be more severe, and it happens during a less fortunate time of the year, the winter months. Which means we will have to deal with this for the whole season, which often, but even if there is good news now on vaccines being developed and want to have any Significant Impact this winter, got you on the must the needle. So we have to continue with our precautionary measures. Im not on the political correspondent, thomas sparrow. Thomas, germany is still recording high numbers of new infections. Intensive care occupancy has doubled. Put that in perspective for us regarding total capacity. Well, its certainly a very serious situation that some of that Germanys Health institute, the robert costa institute, also acknowledged, although the head of the institute said he was also cautiously optimistic by the fact that the curve had started to flatten. Although he also specifically stressed that they are not sure where that is coming from and whether its something that can be considered to be stable. Specifically when you talk about the situation in german hospitals, they have been ogg human. Stressing that the situation now is worse than it was actually in april during the 1st wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Many hospitals are certainly saying that they are at the limit of their capacity yet at the same time when you look, for example, at the number of available i. C. U. Beds, you can still clearly see that there are around 6500 available i. C. U. Beds here in germany, nation wide so on the one hand, obviously a very serious situation. On the other hand, german officials still stressing that the Health System overall is not necessarily overwhelmed. But the main concern is still that the virus is spreading very fast and if it continues spreading very fast, then the Health System in general will certainly become overwhelmed. And thats exactly what German Authorities want to prevent. That is exactly why germany is now in this possible lockdown. Speaking about whats on many peoples minds right now. Christmas is only 6 weeks away, and millions will want to travel to their families. We expect the government to introduce even tougher measures later in the year. It is still unclear how the government specifically will react for them to decide what the next steps will be. In particular, when were talking about the christmas weeks, they still have to wait and see whether the possible lock down will have an effect. And not only an immediate effect, but also a stable effect, thats what authorities are actually waiting for. We still have to wait another day, another few days, maybe even another week to see if the lockdown is having a concrete effect on the number of coronavirus cases in germany. Before authorities, both at the federal level and at the regional level, decide what the next steps will be and what exactly germans will be able to do during the christmas weeks. Thank you. Dont know time to take a look at some of the latest developments in the corona. Virus pandemic, ukraines president vladimir selenski has been hospitalized after contracting covert, 19 earlier this week. The death toll in the u. K. Has passed 50000 higher than any other european country. Germanys Public Health body recorded nearly 22000 new coronavirus cases over the last day. And organizers of the tokyo lympics, a athletes arriving in japan next year wont need to us led for 14 days. The games already been delayed for a year and its only now where people in a care home have found a unique way of reconnecting with their loved ones during the pandemic, thanks to specially designed hard groups, elderly patients are able to safely embrace and even kissed their family members for the 1st time in more than 6 months, staff say the hugs and hand holding have poured joy back to the france is also fighting to control a 2nd wave of covert 19 daily infection. Numbers are the highest in europe. Yes, the lock down there is less strict than during the 1st wave. The government is trying to strike a balance between protecting health and preserving the economy. But not everybody is happy about. That. Lewis reports from paris even under lockdown. The french are taking to the streets as opposed to doing the 1st 1000 wave schools here are staying open. But teachers dont feel safe. We have between attention 25. 00 pupils per class. We are trying to impose social distancing right in our classrooms. We can, it may still have a distance of 40 centimeters between each pupil. Shes the most similar we were hoping the government would green for senator kerry measures, but they havent or at least not sufficiently so we dont understand that. We fear the government is abandoning us to lashing theyre getting support from their pupils who have been blocking School Entrances and posting videos online that show a lack of social distancing. Also unlike during the 1st covert, 1000 ways, more shops open, and large parts of frances industry are still up and running. And yet, this is still one of europes strictest. Lockdowns with people only allowed out one hour a day and only within a radius of one queue of their homes. Most french think the government was right to confine them. But many criticize the method. I dont understand why big supermarkets are no longer allowed to sell books, clothes or toys, just because small shops that sell the same things are closed. The government is just not good at explaining itself. But seriously, going to meet this will cause lots of unemployment and bankruptcy. Why are they leaving big supermarkets open . We have about closing smaller shops. Megastores often take in hundreds of clients and small shops, only one or 2 think they are much safer. And yet the government is staying the course, even though the spread of the epidemic has been slowing down. Takes, do you see new and we are seeing 1st indications that the measures are producing an effect. But it is too early to lift restrictions. The situation is still very grave and the epidemic is continuing to gain ground continue to gain you. There are the number of people in intensive care, is there going up with more than 93 percent of i think right now the part i quoted 900 patients the government says hospital could reach the breaking point from prime next week. And many people here know they might have to spend christmas on the lockdown. Lewis reported that some more headlines making news this hour violent clashes broke out in per capita. Lima, after the former head of congress, mounted on the reno, was sworn in as the new president. The protests follow the removal of the previous leader martin vistaril. Demonstrators accuse lawmakers of hijacking the presidency and plunging into crisis. The u. S. President and president elect attended separate veterans day events. Donald trump attended a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National cemetery. It was his 1st official public appearance since losing the election. Joe biden marked the day that honors american servicemen and women at the Korean War Memorial in philadelphia. Luminary, us president elect joe biden, has chosen his longtime aide, wrong plain. As his white house chief of staff claim was a key figure during the president ial campaign, he has already served as bidens top lieutenant during Barack Obamas 1st term. , when biden was Vice President , china has not yet congratulated u. S. , president elect joe biden on his victory saying the outcome would be determined by u. S. Laws and procedures. But there is one place in the capital, beijing that is already profiting from a biden bounce. This restaurant that he visited back in 2011. This noodle joint in downtown beijing has been popular for years with local residents and tourists. But recently a new group of visitors as shown up national and international media. All came here yesterday by accident. But today ive just asked for money. My job is that come here. Thats not a starbucks surprise. Funny, actually. The reason is americas new president elect in 2011, joe biden, americas then Vice President had lunch here. And then for something, we felt very honored to say that he had his lunch and talk to our chinese customers. You know how i felt he was a very decent and easy going person. He just say mrs. Eos father opened this traditional beijing restaurant in 1996. Mr. Bidens visit the restaurant has become well known beyond the city. Mrs. Eola does not want to talk politics, but her preferences are clear enough that a breakdown because biden change or esther and many people in china got to know was that i was on active duty out. They know he came job place to try traditional beijing dishes and they wanted to try them out themselves only if it. Yeah, thats why we feel very positive about him. He might even say we are supportive change. The restaurant serves traditional beijing dishes noodles, pork buns and live a stew. Its a simple neighborhood joined the chinese public quickly noted the modest choice at the time. Biden paid just 12 u. S. Dollars for a lunch of 5 people. This really shows how nice the food is here. It means chinese cuisine has already made it to the world. The u. S. And china may now be pitted against each other as reivers on the world stage. But when it comes to new diplomacy, mrs. Yarrows restaurant is coming out a winner and our story of bravery and basket