New lockdowns in Germany

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🗓️ 25 June 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Germany had eased its lockdown, but after a spike in cases at a meat-packing factory the authorities have re-imposed lockdown restrictions in two districts, affecting over half a million people. Is this the start of a second wave or just something to be expected asks Damien McGuinness? The Islamist militant group Boko Haram has operated in north-east Nigeria for years, despite the Nigerian army's efforts to defeat them. Recently there has been a new spate of attacks, in the garrison town of Monguno, and two more nearby. And now, they are targeting aid workers, as Colin Freeman reports. There was a deadly clash in Ladakh’s Galway valley last week, where India borders China. Both sides accused each other of crossing into their respective territory. Against this turbulent backdrop, the region is also known for its snow leopards. Michelle Jana Chan went in search of them. A Chechen blogger living in exile in a secret location in Sweden. says he was the victim of an assassination attempt, carried out with a hammer. The blogger had been a vocal critic of the pro-Russian government in Chechnya. So who sent the would-be assassin, and why did the hitman, who had not killed previously, take on the job? Nick Sturdee investigates. In Greece concerts are allowed again, and those who like folk music, but not the ubiquitous bouzouki sound, may want to head to Crete. Here the traditional performances don’t include bouzoukis, but instead, as Heidi Fuller Love has been finding, the instruments and voices are enhanced by live gun shots. Presenter: Kate Adie Producer: Arlene Gregorius

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:04.6	Good morning.
0:05.8	The terrorist group Boca Haram operates in northeast Nigeria,
0:10.3	and our correspondent finds that their chosen target these days is local people
0:15.0	working for aid agencies.
0:17.0	A crude and violent brawl between Chinese and Indian soldiers took place last week in Laddak, border politics intruding on the home of the
0:26.4	magnificent snow leopard. A would-be assassin stalks but fails to kill a Chechen dissident in Sweden who plotted this murky
0:36.0	incident our correspondent investigates and lockdown is lessened in Greece to the sound of music, voices, instruments and gunshots too.
0:47.0	First to Germany, and with restrictions eased after a relatively low death rate, the coronavirus has resurfaced.
0:55.2	There's been a spike in cases in Nordrine-Vest failure,
0:58.6	lockdown, reimposed in two districts on over half a million people all centered on a slaughterhouse
1:05.1	just as the bars, gyms, cinemas and clubs were getting into their stride.
1:10.0	They're closed again, says Damien McGinners, along with schools and nurseries.
1:15.0	Clemonstunius is not a popular man in Germany these days. Can't go on holiday?
1:21.0	Blame the Cutler Kaiser, say local people. Back to the nightmare of homeschooling?
1:26.4	Well, that's the meat baron's fault, they say. That's because his meat processing plant is a center of Germany's largest outbreak of COVID-19.
1:36.6	Just as the country felt like it was getting back to normal, suddenly more than half a million
1:41.6	people in that region are back in lockdown as authorities attempt to contain the outbreak.
1:47.0	Schools, sports facilities, bars and cafes have had to close down again and people are being asked not to leave the region.
1:55.4	More than 1,500 workers at the Tonya's Abattoir have tested positive with the virus and
2:01.9	his entire workforce almost 7,000 staff are now in strict
2:06.7	quarantine. Whole streets are fenced in and hundreds of police officers are
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