Secretary of state michael holmes, palio called controversy as the 1st top american diplomat to visit the occupied Golan Heights. Ohio st. Marks a major shift in u. S. Foreign policy. And just 5 in fiction rights. In fiction growth in germany live playing off coronavirus numbers are still fatu hot. Thats according to both parties. How many medical stocks were filled in there is some talk, a little thing for my Health Workers to reenter the profession and hope fill the gaps. You want, this is a story short im very, thank you for joining me. E. U. Leaders have not managed to end a dispute that is stalling its long term and the release of a message and see coronavirus funding. Now the diplomatic hour is over, poland, and hungary, which are unhappy about plans that would allow the e. U. To block payments to countries that it decides a corrupt or violate the rule of law. Now these 2 countries say that these targets them, the deadlock involves 1. 8, trillion, euros, nearly half of which is aimed at helping the e. U. Deal with the effects of the pandemic. Possible to new today in this hugging room is providing some comfort to the 2nd wave of coded. 19 is hitting italy just as hard as the 1st wave did in the spring. And the economic consequences are equally rough. Italy, along with many other e. U. States, is anxiously awaiting a multimillion euro e. U. Finance package to help ease the crisis. But the funds are being blocked at a Virtual Summit on thursday. Hungary and poland used a veto powers to stall the funds from being distributed, saying that the conditions set for the payments go too far. Then yeah, we say no to all mechanisms that are meant to punish us like naughty children and that treat poland and other countries on equally in poland and hungary object to a new rule of law mechanism that would allow the e. U. To block recovery funds to countries it sees as violating democratic norms. Slovenia also opposes the measure. German chancellor Angela Merkel stressing that there is more work to be done to get poland and hungary on board. We have every obligation to find a way forward. It is absolutely clear to all that this is an important issue. Its not an easy problem. I grant you that its a very serious problem that we have to solve on the table is the e. U. Budget of 1. 8 trillion euros for the next 7 years, including 750000000000 euros of coronavirus aid. The Financial Plan needs unanimous support to be approved, and the latest veto from opposing Member States means a solution for this political fight. We pushed back to next months summit. In the meantime, governments around europe are desperate for policymakers to find a middle ground. But given these entrenched positions, its clear that pandemic is not the only crisis europe needs to solve. Well, d, w correspondent, visa has been following this summit for us. We asked after the meeting, can the deadlock be solved and one of the options it can be solved, of course, i mean, every crisis, somehow, even the hostage crisis like this in the European Union when the whole budget has been sort of taken. Even this crisis can be solved the easy, the normal way would be european leaders say they would ed the declaration to the rule of law making isnt that says simply, we promise that every country here will be treated equally. So poland and hungary are not singled out that, but every country, if they sort of london, the democratic rules or sort of deconstruct them, will be admonished and in the end will be punished if that doesnt help. And if that doesnt help to get find climbdown for poland and hungary, then theres this socalled Nuclear Option that the remaining 24. 00 or 25. 00 countries would raise the money on the Financial Markets via intergovernmental contract. Its a bit complicated, legally, and technically, but it is doable. And that was our correspondent in brussels there. Lets take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. Today. Officials in the u. S. State of georgia say i had tele, of cost in the president ial election confirms that democrat, joe biden won the state. The recount of about 5000000 votes came from an order required by a new state law and was not due to any problems. We directional count the United States public Top Public Health agency. The c. D. C. Has urged americans not to travel for thanksgiving or spend it with people outside of their own household. 1000 cases are skyrocketing in the u. S. And officials are concerned that the corona virus could spread even more rapidly, between states over the holiday period. Well u. S. , secretary of state mike pump aoa is in the middle east on a trip that is breaking with established u. S. Foreign policy will 1st t. V. Is a jewish settlement in the occupied west bank. An occupation still not recognized by much of the international community. And he stopped in the israeli held Golan Heights captured by israel from syria in 1967, syria has condemned the visit as provocative. Its a 1st for israeli american relations. And a parting gift from americas outgoing top diplomat. Mike pump. It was a visit to the Golan Heights, makes him the 1st u. S. Secretary of state to visit the disputed territory. Since israel sees the region in 1967, the United Nations may have rejected the annexation. But for pump a 0 and the trump administration, this is really land you keep you cant stand here and stare out at whats across the border and deny the central thing the president rep recognized that previous president s had refused to do. This is a part of israel, the center part of israel in another, unprecedented move, pumping. You made a stop to an israeli settlement in the west bank angering some palestinians who see legitimizes what they view as illegal israeli settlements. The secretary of state had no scheduled meetings with palestinian leaders. Some have called the trip a victory lap of sorts, a chance for the trumpet, ministration to highlight what it sees as its diplomatic success in the region. Including taking steps to legitimize israeli settlements. There for a long time, the state Department Took the wrong view of settlements. They took a view that we didnt recognize the history of the special place. And instead now today that States Department of state stand strongly to the recognition that settlements can be done in a way that are waffle and appropriate and proper, a stance that puts us at odds with Many International bodies. And that could prove to be a stumbling block for incoming president elect joe biden. Well, here in germany, the countrys Disease Control institute is warning that the National Rate of corona virus infections is still too high. More than 23000. 00, new cases were announced today, but there os science at the latest restrictions are working as numbers begin to plan. But the head of the robert Call Institute says the situation is still very serious. But it sounds in to the overall case numbers are much too high. The number of severe cases and the number of patients in intensive care are also on the rise. The number of deaths is also still very high. As we know, this is certain lag in severe cases and deaths for 2, whom are less numbers in germany, increase hospitals are having to handle more and more critically ill coated 19 patients and theyre having to recruit more stuff as well. Germanys parliament has been working here for 18 years, but she has another job too. When the corona pandemic hit germany, she volunteered to work part time as an intensive care nurse in berlin hospital. Just finished a 9 hour shift taking care of covert patients. Now shes come back into the office to finish off some work for her full time job. I can stay at home with, a clear conscience. If my colleagues are slaving away in the i. C. U. , i have the training and can help. So i help. Theres no question about it. And german hospitals are in dire need of help. Intensive care units are stretched thin. Chief of the shop, one of europes Largest Research hospitals. She has put her finger on the problem. Germanys Health Care System is facing we have enough ventilators, enough beds, enough masks, and gowns and gloves. But were worried that all the beds cant be used because we dont have enough personnel to deal with this. The shah have launched a campaign to rehire former Health Care Workers likes was on of you got she trained to be a nurse over 25 years ago, but decided to move into a different profession. In this all hands on deck situation. Its people like her that are needed now in the i. C. U. Use are running at full capacity. If one person is taking care of 3 or 4 covert patients, thats rough. You have very little time. After work, i leave the hospital with a sad feeling because they couldnt give the patients the attention that they deserve. Invita. Despite rising corona numbers, germanys Health Care System has not crashed yet. But hospitals were already understaffed, and the workload was too high before the pandemic. Despite all the problems, designer has rediscovered her passion for nursing care. She couldnt even imagine quitting her job in the, in the stock. But for that she says, hospital working conditions would need to improve. Well, the covered 19 pandemic has left almost half a 1000000. Almost half a 1000000, a 1000000 and a half as its a people around the world dead and millions more. Relatives and friends mourning a loss that many were unprepared for. One touch of the artist in argentina is dealing with the grief of losing his father. By sharing his os with others in the same position, these are not easy times for tattoo artist marcos to feel it in his father recently died of complications from cope at 19 mourning his loss mark has devised a new design a mask apart. Is he going to its a way of paying tribute to my father and of showing other relatives of covert 900 victims that theyre not as alone as they might feel in the sort of marcos name the tattoo. Im with you. Hes had in fact on his own arm and on a growing number of clients who discovered his design on social media, on my hip with your monitor, the campaign im with you aims to build solidarity among relatives in the messages were sticking together. If you can, my dear man on sandra luna wants the mask part tattooed on her skin forever. Her sister died suddenly of covert related causes. In amman, we both experienced evil and death. It was hard. I couldnt see my sister to say goodbye. We couldnt hold a wake. Its so sad. To know that these days after one of the worlds longest quarantine periods, argentina is seeing a rapid rise in deaths. More and more people are succumbing to the virus. Hospitals can barely cope with the number of patients. We let it grow in many provinces, intensive care beds have hit capacity in rosario cordoba and other regions. And theres no sign of improvement with argentinas government appears at a loss over how to respond a month long lockdown failed to contain the virus and dealt a crippling blow to the ailing economy. In the tattoo studio, carlos sent to leon is next in line. He too lost his 80 year old father to the coronavirus this tattoo as a way of branding the victims. If i meet someone with the same tattoo, well both know what it means for her. One on that of marcos is offering clients the special symbol free of charge. He hopes it can help foster solidarity during the pandemic and bring people together in the morning. And youre up to date is this news from berlin . Dr. Phil is up. Next, theres more on our website, e. W. Dot com. Thanks for watching, take care and states. I can imagine how many push the old loves us turn out in the world. Climate change is very awful story. This is my place in a way from just one week. How much worse can really get we still have time to ask. Im going this process your country is threatened by the water. So supposed to be is right on top of the water. Its not as boat or a house, its a hybrid climate curiositys happening. Its not happening in the future, or possibly its already going on. Its the future of humanity. Just in the sea levels will continue to rise, but by how much the earth is getting hotter. The polar ice caps are melting. In greenland and antarctica, the ice is receding. 6 times faster than expected. Sea levels around the world are rising. Geo mark the Helmholtz Center for research is located in kiel, germany. Some of the worlds top climate experts work here, including moji blood, teef, who studies Global Warming and its effects. These are also an ice plant. These enormous ice caps hold an immense amount of water. Just imagine if they were to melt away completely. Gooden global sea levels would rise by about 60 meters. Seas made an increase of that magnitude would radically alter the earths geography. Much of Northern Europe could be submerged, the netherlands would vanish underwater. But even a small increase would have a major impact. Major cities in coastal regions and further inland would be flooded. That includes london, boston, shanghai, washington, d. C. , and mumbai. Yes, that wont happen for decades or even centuries. But if we dont limit Global Warming, it will eventually be unstoppable then that even if we stop emitting Greenhouse Gases and hireling, it will be its very late. As a bell for these huge sheets of ice, a dynamic systems, if they reach a tipping point, sea levels could rise a lot very quickly. This is an epigram type, yet. We know that happened at the end of the last ice age. We dont know if it could happen today. And encrease of one meter, or even 3 meters, is possible by the end of the century. I thought that i would a bit and then the sea levels are rising and eventually many coastal regions might be reclaimed by the ocean. Since the 19th Century Global mean sea levels have risen by about 20 centimeters in the South Pacific sea levels are rising 2 to 3 times faster than the global mean. The island nation of tuvalu might be the 1st to be swallowed by the way fully one half of the netherlands lies just one meter above sea level. One quarter is below sea level. The country is protected by a system of polders, dikes and dams. But for how long the netherlands is developing innovative concepts to deal with the projected rise in sea levels. Here in amsterdam, a Pilot Project has created an entire community of Floating Homes. Sasha glasses is a Founding Partner of the space and matter architectural studio. And he and his family now live in one of the houseboats. A small Building Initiative began acquiring these sites about 10 years ago. Theres room for about 30 homes, houseboats. Here are nothing new, but this project is one of a kind living on the water is incredible. Its a dream come true for me. This place feels like a big hospital if you come back from work and you feel relaxed and like youre on vacation, remember designed the house himself. Theres plenty of living space spread out over 3 levels. You wont find this kind of comfort on a traditional houseboat. Connects the floating settlement to the mainland. Weve got connections to the power grid, sewage water systems, the internet, and so on. Its a plug and play concept. Its simple and it works really well. It was as good as its like when you pull your motorhome into a camping site, thats connected the entire infrastructure system and others for one who voted for it to work with a living on the water gives you a lot of the flexibility when you can expand the community quickly or make it smaller. You can reconfigure it again. And again, this concept has a huge potential these Floating Homes generate much of their own energy with photovoltaics solar panels. Right now the site is purely residential. But sasha believes that this might change one day our vision is not limited to house boat. You could also have voting schools, offices and supermarkets, just about any sort of structure. Actually. A water studio Architectural Firm is located in the town of rye strike. The company was founded by kuhn an old house. Hes known around the world for developing Floating Solutions to problems posed by Climate Change and of an isolation of water architects. For me, that means that you use water to make cities better, so will quietly try to take advantage of the water by building on water by faking the flexibility of the water of death created these that are more efficient and more adaptable. The dutch have been taming the water and fighting the rising and falling tied for centuries in artificial country. We are live on the me from the sea level and what we did. We built some dikes around it. I mean, pump water out. So now we have a dry country, but of course with Climate Change, more Sea Level Rise becomes keep everything dry. So we now have to see whats the next next step in this surf investing machine because the netherlands body of sea levels continue to rise. The netherlands will be among the 1st countries that have to deal with the impact. You know, we have to take a lot of effort to keep everything dry. And i think what other architects and other countries can learn from the dutch is that true, never can sit still. You have to, to think of the next, next steps in your ear, city and your country. And we call this building for change and building for change makes its that you have to be flexible. We have to be ready for any change in politics, in technology, in climate, in whatever comes to us. And we debts, we have to make sure that we can create new cities, towns in visions, what he calls the blue sea, a floating metropolis that grows out of an existing c. C. By building on the water structures, or even districts, could be relocated to respond to Climate Change or new social conditions is an optimist. He believes that architects and urban planners will play an Important Role in helping communities adapt to rising sea levels. So we also have to deal with nature and we have to start living with the water. And thats a moment that this kind of floating architecture taking use of the water building top of the water, is the best because your city of your country is threatened by the water, the safest place to be is already on top of the water. Here in amsterdams i book, district, people are already living in Floating Homes and apartment buildings. Its a model Housing Estate that features designs by a number of architects. The structures are anchored to the sea floor, instead of carriages, there are docks for boats. The neighborhood is also different in another respect, its connected to the mainland by a jetty and the houses float on the water. So how would these structures actually built floating foundations that can be from, from concrete or from steel . And with that, make a big, very large floating platforms. And on top of that forms we can built almost anything from form parks and green to houses, to towers. And these are these big platforms. We can connect to our cities on the water or lakes or rivers or seas, and by that we can take advantage of that space. The range of possibilities seems endless. Ocean flower complex, in the malls, even islands, with 185. 00 villas, and a floating golf course. The citadel apartment complex in the netherlands, a design that would use the water to help cool the buildings. Consuming 25 Percent Less Energy than conventional structures planned for an entire floating city. It features selfcontained Modular Construction and has lots of recreational space. A design for a floating mosque in the United Arab Emirates and a 25 storey hotel tower in dubai rotating on a floating foundation. But khun althouse is mainly interested in designing floating residential communities with only floating villas will never be enough if you really want to cure the problems of space. You have to also do it in high densities. And high end densities means that we also have to make floating towers. So the next step for floating cities will be these things floating stars. So we need a tower for all of them. A Floating Office tower of 8 stories and we do it in seal to cause lemonade, the timber, and been put on the big frozen foundations. You can create almost same density as one basic idea, underlies Water Studios designs and accounts for its international success. People ask me, do you want to live on the water yourself . Well, i have a family, i have 3 sons, and there for me, i only want to live on the water if the quality of the comfort is exactly the same as all and, but today with all the technology, we have a favorable from the offshore industry and from form the shipping industry, we can make that forms that nobody even noticed that you are on the water. This is the mass, lance storm surge barrier in the province of south holland. And they look within that in they think that in the last big flood was in 1953. Nearly 2000 people were killed. The government said this cant happen again during the storm, 200 kilometers of dikes burst and water levels quickly rose to 3 meters. An estimated 100000, people lost their homes after wood, the government ordered the construction of a system of 15 storm surge, barriers stands and other structures. Barriers arent enough. Theyre just a part of the system that helps us to keep our feet dry. It sounds simple, but its really quite complex with the countries still battling the threat of flooding. Dikes are being rebuilt and planted with vegetation. Beaches are being widened and sand. Junes raised rotterdam was hit hard by the 953 floods. The mass land area is one of the Worlds Largest moving structures and now protects about 1000000 people. The 2 large floating gates each 240 meters long, the retaining walls, a curved to withstand the force of the oncoming water. The barrier is closed only when a big storm is on the way. Rotterdam is europes largest seaport, and the barrier is designed to protect it, to mars. And this is the only barrier of its kind thats run by a computer. Weve worked hard to eliminate any technical complications of the hours. It takes just 2 hours to close the gates. These only happens when the water level hits 3 meters, either they know they made a lot about everyone in the netherlands contributes to flood protection or through the taxes they pay. Even those who dont live near water in the pool for more than a 1000000000 euros goes into the Flood ControlProgram Every year. And then the government also finances. If its to help parts of russia, dam city center, collect and drain excess water in an emergency. Theres lots of open space in parking garages, theyre designed so that they can take on runoff. Water during floods. Rotterdam is particularly vulnerable to storm surges because of its coastal location. And because it sits in the delta created by the rhine and mass rivers, he is an unusual design floating police