If it is rational, 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. For the latest on this story, but it obvious joycelyn in hong kong, lawmakers have handed in their resignations. What have they been saying . Most of the lawmakers have handed in their resignation that to us today, and the earliest day in fact will be today and tomorrow, and some of the resignation will take effect december. Many of the resigning lawmakers were saying that it was showing the antiwar that beijings decision to disqualify them for lawmakers. And then they also say that it shows that beijing thats no respect for hong kongs basic law, which is the main constitution from now on. The Hong Kong Government could expect any lawmakers who are deemed unpatriotic all the dependence. It was time to seize this most resignation as an open challenge to its authority. Can we expect any repercussions . Yes, the hong kong and Macau AffairsOffice Released a Statement Today saying that it is an open challenge against the beijing authorities. And it is anticipated that the resigns prodemocracy lawmakers will not be able to participate in any future election. So it is soft french on the nation. Some say that this mosque resignation also inadvertently plays into chinas homes in yesterdays press conference, hong kongs to the dark areas. Im actually said that she was excited that after the monstrous a nation off, the prodemocracy camp in the legislature, all of the gulf among those and goals. What more effectively . So the monster s. A nation is within the calculation beijing as well as the Hong Kong Government. So are some critics said that the prodemocracy cam should not fall into the trap that beijing has set. But another kind of fuse is that the prodemocracy camp should have resigned earlier, not off to beijing disqualified the fold. Lawmakers. Josie there for us in hong kong. Frank, you join us now lets have a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. The typhoon vanco has lashed the philippines, leaving millions without power. Rescue teams were overwhelmed in america. A city close to the capsule, manila where around half the houses have been flooded. Its the 3rd typhoon to hit the philippines within. As many weeks. The storm has now we can is heading towards but not protesters have taken to the streets for the 3rd day in armenia calling for the resignation of the Prime Minister. He sparked by giving up large parts of the disputed and going to her back region in order to seal a Peace Agreement in the conflict with neighboring azerbaijan. Virtually a summit on libyas future achieved a breakthrough talks in tunisia, sponsored by the un. The conflict parties sketched out a roadmap to elections within 18 months. The negotiations are the latest push to end a decade of violence in libya. Germanys Public Health institute is warning that its expecting an uncontrolled spread of covert 19 infections 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. And tens of carol, you can see, has more than doubled in the past few weeks. The all that caught institute germanys Public Health body is warning of more deaths to come, and the Health Minister says restrictions are likely to last through the winter institutes president has urged people to keep socialising to a minimum and says the situation is already serious. Defied sounds in 2 men right now. The number of cases is very high yield a few times, leading to a lot of people missing work and not become a part of me speaking a lot of people are becoming seriously ill and may possibly stop for long term effects or even die. Any movements we need to accept that the situation is going to get worse. Over the coming weeks, some clinics could reach the limits of their capacity crowd. Its possible that patients will not be able to receive optimum care. And some cases im not on the political correspondent, thomas sparrow. Thomas, germany is still recalling 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 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 limits 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 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. Thats exactly what German Authorities want to prevent. That is exactly why germany is now in this possible lockdown. Speaking about lockdown, whats on many peoples minds right now. Christmas is only 6 weeks away and millions will want to travel to their families. Can 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 postle knocked on will have an effect on 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. So you dont turn out to have a look at some of the other developments in the 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. Thats higher than any other european country. New york has ordered restaurants bars and gyms to close at 10 pm. Private gatherings are now limited to 10 people and organizers of the tokyo lympics next year say athletes wont be required to isolate for 14 days. The games have already been delayed by a year. And also italy where people in a care home found a unique, unique way of reconnecting with their loved ones. During the pandemic, friends 2 specially designed to groups elderly people, patients able to safely embrace and even kiss family members for the 1st time in more than 6 months. Stuff that say the hugs and holding have brought joy back to the turkey is one of many countries seeing a big increase in the number of new infections. But as in other places, many citizens are letting their guard down, despite pressure from officials to stick to the rules. But opposition politicians accuse the government of hiding the truth, scale of the outbreak, their views on with ports. From istanbul, the city of 60000000. 00, in which the corona virus is spreading. And one of the teams that are fighting to stop it. The monster google image on is a dentist. At least she was until the pandemic started it. Shes been a contact traces since march 1 of around 35000 in turkey. Gun is surely a book seen from here the size of the city cali. Scary. And i sometimes wonder where this pandemic is headed. But as a doctor, i have a responsibility. I try to think positively and knowing that i help people this would motivates me and keeps me going. Though on the tracing team manages around 10 house calls a day. They work in shifts almost around the clock. The goal is always the same, track down test and isolate those who have been exposed to someone with 90 and all of this as quickly as possible. Googles 1st case today is the collect says all family. The mother recently tested positive. Now the father has symptoms to put you call a close up closer. If the test is positive, gergen will also try to trace his contacts. The whole family has to stay at home for the next 14 days. After each visit, protective clothing has to be changed. Job is time consuming and strenuous but its worth it. She says. Few countries expound that their Contact Tracing capacity to the extent turkey did. These teams were key to slowing the spread of the virus in spring house officials say, but now like elsewhere in europe, the number off infections here is on a rise again. As in many other countries, peoples vigilance here has slackened in a recent survey. More than half of the respondents in turkey said the coronavirus does not affect or worry them. And critics also blame the government for this lack of concern. Because the Health Ministry no longer reports the number of new infections every day, but only the number of symptomatic patients john uncuffed, undiano of the opposition c. H. P. Says the government is hiding. The real scope of the pandemic is thought so slim. Here in istanbul alone, the number of cases is 20 times higher than the tally from the ministry of health from. Im saying this with regret, but the figures and information we have given are not correct. You know, a mere john is on her next house call. Although she does not want to take part in political discussions, she knows the debate about the numbers, but doesnt want to get involved that more and more people disregard the coronavirus rules frustrates her being, which is surely good. It makes me sad. We are putting so much effort into this work. But whats the point . If so many act as if nothing can happen to that one . And if this doesnt change, we wont see an end to this pandemic sticking, because google hopes that she will soon be able to work as a dentist again. But she also knows that her new job will be needed for quite a while. So the heart of porter, well Contact Tracing was seen as a key factor containing the virus earlier in the year. And many countries did a good job of expanding that capacity. But does it really work . Im now joined by dr. A couple bianco, hes the director of health and chair at the International Federation of red cross and red crescent societies. Dr. In many places numbers are on the rise. Again, even those who did a good job of tracing is it working . Well, the answer is that the context racing when when kept all the rage, that the trooper isolation and quarantine works in needs to be work. The problem is when the numbers are rising so fast that the systems is not functioning well. So what is the response to that east . Strengthening the ability to Contact Tracing, strengthen the number of people doing Contact Tracing. Now to flatten the curve and more importantly afterwards to ensure that outbreaks are immediately detected includes thats the road towards the end of all of these and him. What do you say to those who claim that measures like contact, Contact Tracing, are hurting the foundations of democracy . Well, i. E. Respected. These are we that statement, but i do realize that content tracing needs to be done in a respectful way when it comes to Sensitive Data and information that are passed during the winter, tracy. And thats why we do have a professional in well trained workers perform at least you do you think thats the same and that in all countries, citizens can rely on the fact that it will be done in a way, in a democratic way. Well, i think its eights, he can vary the level of information that hes being asked and requested varies. But what is the principle driving should be defined, recal. 3 simple understanding who has been in contact with a sick person and walk and person do in order to protect their self. But we self from from the rest. Its very important that these Contact Tracing is not undermined about on the contrary. Easy, particularly in places like lake grew up right now where the number are rising so fast and the impetus to flatten the curve is even greater than before. Well, in a recent interview you said that we asked governments to act with speed, courage, and inclusiveness. What do you mean by that speed, because the, when numbers are moving, go, are you so fast that if you dont intervene they cannot be controlled. And so Foster Foster measures are more and more effective measures. Then we talk about corage because these measures are often very difficult and politically are difficult and also for people are, are difficult to take that to take them on. So we need courage in both political and in the people and then inclusiveness because you know, to, to fight the sunday make, we need really to take care of the most vulnerable take care of the most will know from our perspective that once we are more exposed to the virus but also to the ones that are affected economically and ends. This social Protection Measures that are being stepped up in many countries are absolutely critical. I would say just as critical as the Public Health measures that are put in place to protect the people affected by could be 970 in a couple bianco, thank you very much for joining us on to the viewers. Thank you. To poland, nationalists and right wing extremists have clashed with police at a march at the capital walsall, the rally to mark polands Independence Day went ahead. Despite a ban on gatherings imposed during the pandemic flu scuffles between the police and far right. Protesters in Warsaw Police in riot gear, used 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 the guard of 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. 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 celebrations of nationalism and far right extremism. Some headlines making news this hour violent clashes broke out in peru, capital lima, after the former head of congress, manuel near reno was sworn in as the new president the protests for the removal of the previous leader. Martin biskra demonstrators accuse lawmakers of hijacking the presidency and plunging peru into crises. The us president and president elect have attended separate veterans day events. One of 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 clane. As his white house chief of staff plane was a key figure during the president ial campaign, he has already served as bidens top intendant during Barack Obamas force 1st term. When biden was Vice President , china has not yet congress elated u. S. President elect joe biden on his victories 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. That is a restaurant that he visited back in 2011. This noodle joint in downtown beijing has been popular for years with local residents and tourists, but greece and italy, a new group of visitors has shown up national and international media. All came here yesterday by accident. But i just say this though many my journey is that come here. Thats not a starbucks surprise for me, as for the reason is americas new president elect in 2011. Joe biden, americas then Vice President had lunch and then for something, we felt very honored to say that he had his lunch and talk to our chinese customers as to how i felt he was a very decent and easy going person. Yes. Mrs. E. I was father opened this traditional beijing restaurant in 1909, since mr. Bidens visit the restaurant has become well known beyond the city. This is how does not want to talk politics. But her preferences are clear enough that in a breakdown because biden came to our restaurant, many people in china got to know us. I was one acknowledging how they know he came job place to try traditional beijing dishes. And they wanted to tr