she's been a contact traces since march 1 of around 35000 in turkey. yeah, and if you're in your book one day, seen from here, the size of the city kelly scary. and i sometimes wonder where this endemic 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 there on the tracing team manages around 10 households 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 call that 90 and all of this as quickly as possible. google's 1st case today is the call, x. is all family. the mother recently tested positive. now the father has symptoms to the rule. could you call a clinical quitter? 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 it's worth it. she says, few countries expanded their con

rescue workers in turkey have pulled a 70 year old man from a collapsed building some 34 hours after a strong earthquake hit the region and the 40 people have now been confirmed to have been killed and hundreds of others injured the quake struck on friday with its epicenter in the save between greece and turkey more than 100 people have so far been rescued but aftershocks are complicating the search for more victims. emerging from the darkness after hours trapped beneath the rubble oh it's also the end of the day we were both up the hope of finding more survivors has kept rescuers working hour after hour at multiple locations in is near. where buildings once stood now only manton's of brick remain. rescue workers have been using cranes sniffer dogs as their bare hands to dig people out. there have been moments of joy. that this young woman was well enough to talk to her rescue words describing how her foot had been trapped there. but other families are in mourning. in some cases they have lost multiple loved ones at once. image their grief their urgent practical concerns to deal with

brent: will this have an impact on bilateral relations between germany and turkey? hans: relations have been in a very bad state for several years in this incident will not make anything better. the turkish side reacted with acrimony today, and the german side said well, this is just a further incident that is going to be reported and discussed at the next european union summit because what is behind us as tension not only between turkey and germany, but turkey and the international community here in europe with the european union and also with nader -- nato. brent: thank you. three prominent hong kong activists have been detained after pleading guilty to their involvement in leicester's pro-democracy protest. they are due to beach -- sentenced next week. they could face up to five years in prison. >> they arrived knowing it could be the last moments of freedom. >> it would not be surprising if i am sent to immediate detention today. >> that proved correct. the vehicle transform the activists into custody after they face trial over their role in massive, pro-democra

the world stage 4 year old girl has been rescued from the rubble of destroyed buildings in western turkey almost 4 days after a large earthquake hit the death toll in the quake has now reached 102 more 1000 injured 2 children were rescued from a 3 on one. frenched fence minister florence lisa says her country's forces have killed more than 50 jihad is aligned with al qaida in airstrikes in mali french authorities say the offensive took place on friday in an area near the borders of burkina faso and news share or government troops are struggling to rout an islamic insurgency. and women's groups in holland to protest for a 12th straight day over a constitutional court ruling that bans abortions in the case of fetal defects that was one of the last legal grounds to end a pregnancy in the staunchly conflict country the protests have given voice to broader anger at poland's conservative government. down to the u.s. where in person boating has begun in one of the most anticipated and polarized presidential elections ever it takes place amid record early voting and a campaign marred by the presi

turkey in the white house rose garden as part of a thanksgiving tradition. i hear but i grant you, i pad. he also used the opportunity to remind americans what he stands for. as i say, america 1st shouldn't go away from that america 1st president elect joe biden's nominations for the top posts of his cabinet point in a very different direction. it way from trump's america 1st doctrine and towards diversity and multilateralism. work in government. that's a team that reflects the fact that america is back ready to lead the world. not retreat from it. once again, sit at the head of the table, biden's choices our policy, veterans like his longtime adviser, antony blinken, named to secretary of state. we can't solve all the world's problems alone. we need to be working with other countries. we need their cooperation. the best known of the nominees is former secretary of state, john kerry, poised to become biden's climate change. and boy, in this crisis, the whole world must come together. you're right to rejoin paris on day one. i expect that we are a former fede

well turkey is as of a john's a most important supporter especially militarily it has provided weapons to the army in azerbaijan and training and my impression really is that this has edged the leadership in. over the past week so it's hardly surprising that they now want turkey to have a stronger role when it comes to the future of the horn of care about that they want them to help monita or this new agreement we've also heard and you're a mention that already turkish politicians congress chelating there as a by johnny brothers as they say to this victory so that's the turkish view here as well this is a victory that's what they say for us have a job. thanks very much for the w.'s yulia han in istanbul. well let's look at some other stories making news around the world this hour u.s. president donald trump has fired his defense secretary mark s. presidents who win reelection often replace cabinet members but losing presidents have generally kept their pentagon chiefs in place until leaving office as for anger trouble this summer when he opposed the use of the military to quell black l

12th straight week rescue workers have pulled a 14 year old girl from a collapsed building in western turkey almost 60 hours after a strong earthquake in the aegean sea struck the region but hopes of finding more survivors are fading the quake has killed dozens of people and hundreds were huge. thousands of royalists have gathered at bangkok's grand palace for a glimpse of thailand's king and. a show of support comes amid months of huge anti-government protests which have also called for reform of the monarchy in a rare direct comment on the protesters the king said we love them all the same. enjoyment going to sleep at football unbeatable labor coups and travel deprived knowing that a win would leave them just 3 points off the top of the league freiburg meanwhile were looking to address an alarming slump in form they were without a victory in their last 4 games going into this one. it was a soaping way in the black forest yet later couzin coach peter boss on friday her counterpart. were all smiles in the rain despite the contrasting fortunes of their teams. struggling freiburg took a surpri

drawn russia into an actual shooting war a military conflict in the region and given the influence of turkey in the region iran that something iran russia rather really didn't want to get involved with at the same time this gives them an opportunity to do the thing that they've wanted to do for decades now russia really would like to become kind of a new united states they want the clout to be able to negotiate peace in various parts of the world in the mid east and then also in their near periphery so at the same time this allows them to avoid a larger conflict and gives them more international clout on the international stage and for russia that was really seem like a win win at the same time many are means i spoke to said they hoped moscow would come in and take a more active role in the conflict and of course they're going to be very very disappointed by this turn of events and you know i think that's part of the reason we're seen such such anger unfold in the streets if you have on like we are seeing right now. thanks very much to report to you thanks for coming in. let's look at some o

. >> i hope biden will be a more serious and reliable partner for turkey. i hope you things more globally, not just america first. tobhe thinks more globally, no just america first. >> in this country, 80% are for trump, because they consider it important what he did for israel. for us, it is not so important when he does in the internal affairs in america. >> don't have too much hope. he said that he does not have to be [indiscernible] to be a ziist.on >> more than happy. ump is nonsense. we don't need him atll. >> before biden, there was one of african soil. presidenobama. it is just neutral. >> i am happy biden won, because hopefully, we will have less of that racial bias, minine bias, move forward. >>'victory will benefit mexico in many ways. the economy, migration policies. reporter: regardless of republican or democratic policies, at ywhou want is a leader wseho morals and ethics resemble your own. and atth winas ctaerly joe biden annot donaldrump t. so i 'm very happy. brent: let's take the sto nry to latin and south america. let's bring in our corre

a four-year-old girl has been rescued from destroyed buildings in western turkey almost four days after the earthquake. the death toll has now reached one or two, with more than 1000 people injured. france has reported the highest daily toll of deaths since mid april. the country is seeing a huge surge in cases. a month-long national lockdown is now in force. staying with the pandemic, germany's intensive care units are preparing for an expected increase, as the number of infections hits record levels. the country has come to the pandemic with plenty of spare capacity, but now germany has gone back into a partial lockdown, and hoping to prevent what angela merkel says to be an acute situation. >> this patient serious condition, he has to be ventilated. reporter: a second wave of covid-19 has arrived, and is different from the first. >> we had a live older patients in the first wave, and now they are almost all young. age 50 and younger. reporter: there is another difference to what happened in spring. the hospital is treating more serious leto patients from belgian. they say that belgiu

it is also concerned over allegations in greece illegally pushes back migrants coming in from turkey. donald trump's attorney, rudy giuliani has described recounts of election results as useless claiming the u.s. voting system has been compromised by a widespread fraud. the state of georgia is finalizing its recount which is likely to have -- uphold democrat joe biden as the winner of this previously republican stronghold state. trump's legal team has filed multiple lawsuits in several states disputing the election results, allegations of voter fraud are so far unproven. for more let's go to our correspondent in washington, good evening to you. rudy giuliani has just held a press conference, what did we learn about team trumps plans? >> it is one thing to claim voter fraud as a -- at a press conference as we have seen with rudy giuliani or by email or twitter as we have seen from donald trump and it is another thing to claim that in court and be successful because what we have learned is they have not produced any substantial evidence. it is not clear what they want, especially becaus

and rescue workers pulled a 14 year old girl from a collapsed building in western turkey almost 60 hours after a strong earthquake in the aegean sea struck the region of hopes of finding more survivors are fading the quake has killed dozens and killed dozens of people and hundreds were image. now to bill rose where police have fired warning shots and use stun grenades in an attempt to disperse tens of thousands of protesters marching in central minsk on sunday dozens of demonstrators have been arrested at their mass protests demanding the resignation of longtime leader alexander lukashenko are now in their 12th straight week. undeterred by threats of police violence thousands of protesters marched through the streets of minsk their destination a wooded area on the city's outskirts once used as an execution site by stalin secret police. but to get there they'd have to make it past lucas chink as police on this 12th weekend of protest against his rule security forces once again deploying familiar tactics arrests stun grenades and warning shots. from the head of sunday's march lucas in ca m

rescue workers pulled a 14 year old girl from a collapsed building in western turkey almost 60 hours after a strong earthquake in the aegean sea struck the region but hopes of finding more survivors are fading the quake has killed dozens of people and hundreds were injured. in bogus leah football unbeaten labor coups and travel deprived or knowing that a win would leave them just 3 points off the top of the league freiburg meanwhile were looking to address an alarming slump in form they were without a victory in their last 4 games going into this one. it was a soaping way in the black forest. and coach peter bows on friday. were all smiles in the rain despite the contrasting fortunes of their teams. struggling freiburg took a surprise lead on 3 minutes through. but freiburg had thrown away leads in their last 2 games and their fragility showed again after 29 minutes because a lot of you punished a shocking but us from nicholas who flew. the argentine 2nd shortly after put lever cruz and she warmed up at the break. ah into the 2nd half and not seem to count the game with this cracker