Also coming up, the u. N. Calls it the shadow pandemic. Rising reports of Sexual Violence against women and girls under lockdown. We need a woman in kenya who they are working to shed the social stigma around survivors and helps heal each other. And the world gets to know us president elect joe bidens 1st cabinet choices. Its a team that reflects the fact that america is back ready to lead the world. Not retreat from biden is moving quickly to fill all key positions in his administration. Now that donald trump has stopped blocking the transition. Im sorry, kelly, welcome to the program. We have some breaking news coming in here in the german capitol of car has been seen crashing into the gates of german chancellor Angela Merkels office complex. Just a short distance from our studios. Youre looking at pictures there where there have been no reports of casualties. Police say that they have taken the driver into custody now. Merkel was scheduled today to host a Video Conference with 16 state leaders to discuss an extension of the coronavirus lockdown. And for more information on that, lets bring in de ws. Political correspondent, yulia sowed delhi who is standing by for us at the scene and what have you been observing there . So the accident or the event happened right here behind me, where there is a Side Entrance to the chancellor rhee where the press also usually goes in for events. And you can see here to my side, there is a car and it has some writing on it. Some sentences on the other side, there is a sentencing you damned killers of children and old people and on this side it says against the globalized politics. So police are not saying whether it was an accident or intentional, although with what is written on the car is already an indication of what might could have been the motive or what could have driven the driver to crash into the gates of the car is only lightly damaged in the front. We have Strong Police presence here. We had an ambulance present and as you said, police has taken the person into custody. And police here have told us he is being also medically the person is being medically treated. Ok, well its sounds like somebody who had a political message there. Again, this car, crashing into the gate at the chancery. Do we know that you will have any updates for us if they indeed develop . We appreciate it. Now to the pandemic and German Health authorities, as we have mentioned, they have today reported a record 410. 00 coronavirus related deaths the milestone it comes as the other 16 state leaders are set to decide on stricter lockdown measures. They have reportedly agreed to extend coronavirus restrictions into december with exceptions for holiday celebrations in new delhi infections have leveled off, but germanys caseload remains stubbornly high. The pressure is on for the German Government to ease restrictions for the most important time of the year. For many christmas celebrations, right, nobel winners, john dam and Market Square would usually be packed with people and show you the christmas market. Its been canceled. People will be allowed to gather at home for christmas, but in smaller groups, many accept the reality that this year is different. Theres going to be naturally some of the procession. Its nationally to happen, but it is what it is. You know its, theres no policy thats ever going to be 100 percent approved. I believe in god, i dont understand why restriction would be eased for christmas. Perhaps one should stick to them. But i also see what happens with people when they are lonely and happy. So i cant say much about it, but i just talk about it because i also see how it is in hospitals. Thats where i work. All. Yes, its sad not to celebrate christmas as usual, but how else the measures taken are important and necessary . And does always skypes always see the decision on christmas is expected to become firmed wednesday. Following talks between state premiers and chancellor Angela Merkel. The overall situation remains critical. Hundreds for so long as you have High Expectations as a parliamentary group. Until now we have begun to see a short trend of lower figures in terms of inspections, which means the exponential growth could be stopped. But thats not enough. We need lower figures, especially for christmas and it inspired christmas isnt the only separation thats on the line. Many say that the much loved tradition of new years eve, fireworks needs to be reined in, but a nationwide ban on fireworks sales does not appear to be on the cards. And is a manual shastas on the story. She joins us from berlin. How necessary is the extension of tough measures . Well, sarah, if you look at the cases tuesday, germany recorded its highest number of daily death, was more done, 400 new deaths and over 1800000 new infections in a single day. Since the beginning of the pandemic, we count own most a 1000000 cases overall, and the most 1500000 deaths, of course, now the number of cases plateaued is no longer an exponential growth. But it, it is still far from being an ideal situation. Here we definitely count, say that a pandemic is under control. That being said, if you compare the situation in germany with that of other countries, well geminis to fare as related may well in comparison, hospitals are not overwhelmed. For example, they need to look at a transport daily new kevin 1000. 00 infections per 1000000 inhabitants, and we can see that theres still an exponential growth in the us. For example, where germanys figures seem to plateau. But still, i mean, we see very clearly on that graph there, the numbers are going up and it is for that reason that chancellor Angela Merkel has been calling for even stricter measures. But shes getting pushed some pushback from the states. Talk with us a little bit about that and whether they might find some common ground. Yeah, going to morocco has advocated for tougher restrictions to our but she does have to find a come on line and we stayed. Premier is she backed their proposal, drafted on monday, according to that draft if its adopted today, we could see additional measures in areas where theres a high rate of infection. For example, we could see on gatherings up to 10 people from 2 different households could meet, that could be reduced to 5 people and nothing stands. A current measures will be extended was shops remaining open. But restaurants the boss think this change is remaining closed for now until at least december the 20 is emmanuelle a christmas. We know a very important holiday. You know, religiously, culturally, for many germans. What could a covert christmas look like . Well, as things stand exceptions to those restrictions are on the cards for christmas, members of one household will be allowed to meet with up to 10 other people from other households from december 23rd until the very beginning of january. So people are relieved. Others are talked to over the last few days, including medical personnel. Dont quite understand why there would be such an exception. In any case, people would be encouraged to self isolate before and after the said abrasions schools, my toes, so break up a few days earlier as early as need december. Religious ceremonies will be allowed and also breaking with a longstanding tradition on new years eve and in a bid to avoid public gatherings. There will be no public fireworks this year. Emanuel chaz, with the view from berlin, thank you all another european country, finland has managed to keep its new corona, virus infection rates under reasonable control restaurants, bars. They are open for business and stores actually never closed. In the past 2 weeks, it has recorded just 55 cases, 4100000 people. There are few local restrictions, but there are fairly tight rules aimed at keeping the virus outside its borders. How has finland managed to keep the coronavirus said big during this 2nd wave, its not due to harsh restrictions on citizens because there arent any masks are recommended, but not required. In most places. All stores are open. Restaurants and bars are 2 orders for alcohol and at 11 pm is director of the National Coronavirus strategy. He explains. It relies on a sense of personal responsibility. Mere recommendations wouldnt work everywhere, but here they do start to try to maintain avoid a lot of gathering as a lot of parties. Many people intend to work with. Says many finns are working from home and surveys show in person. Social contacts have been cut by 2 thirds. So while the situation in finland is very good at the moment compared with the rest of europe, Health Authorities warn that this requires constant vigilance. So while they are not making mass wearing mandatory, they put out friendly reminders like this one on city hall. Its a very good idea if pins want to maintain this way of life. But the number of new cases has started to rise. So now the government has ordered students over 12 to wear masks in school, and limited the size of social gatherings in the helsinki area to 20 people. It also extended until at least mid december. A ban on all nonessential travel into the country. Finnish Officials Say in the summer, half of new Coronavirus Infections came from abroad. Thats dropped to 6 percent. Now that tourists arent allowed in. The European Union is pressing governments to restore open borders as soon as possible. As finland is grappling with whether it can do that and stay safe, but its something that a little bit worried a little bit terrified also that that we have to have very good model to work with the border if youre through to the situation here until one government proposal is the travel restrictions could be eased by making it mandatory to be tested on a rival is deputy mayor of where the airport is located and hes responsible for security there. He says his city doesnt have enough medical professionals to carry this out. Communicated to the government that if you lift restrictions and if you make the law that forces our staff to move over to the airport. The situation is so that we cannot treat our finished people any more difficult decisions lie ahead for finland as it tries to figure out how to continue blocking the virus, but not visitors. And that was teri schultz reporting there. She joins us now. Shes back in brussels. Actually, terry, tell us, you know, compare what you saw from the finnish model to whats going on now in the broader well sara, its a very striking difference and i just need to update our figures there. The finish rate is now 70. Well as we can see there apologies everyone you can see were having some technical difficulties. Our correspondent, teri schultz, her line froze, theres going to move on to some other stories as, as you can see, youre seeing pictures of hong kongs chief executive carrie lam there. In other news she has defended a crackdown on dissent by heard ministration in beijing. And in her annual prophecy address, she praised the strict new National Security law as remarkably effective in restoring stability after mass protests last year, she vowed to restore order to the citys legislature also, in other news and ethiopian rights organizations saying that a local youth group aided by police and militia killed at least 600 people in a rampage in the region. Earlier this month, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said members of a group called somare carried out the massacre in the town of my. Now thought linda has become the worlds 1st nation to make menstruation products freely available to all its parliament, unanimously approved legislation that makes free access. The items such as tampons and sanitary pads, a legal right. It aims to and womens vote period, poverty, and inability to pay for basic sanitary products on a monthly basis. U. S. Media are reporting lee saying that president don trump plans to pardon his former National Security advisor, michael flynn. Flynn twice pleaded guilty to lying to the f. B. I. During the investigation into russian meddling in the 26 and president ial election. Trump reportedly wants to issue numerous pardons before he leaves office and that transition process is picking up speed u. S. President elect joe biden has introduced 6 key members of his cabinet. Now each of them with decades of experience in their particular field, he says that diplomacy and consensus are back and that the new White House Team is taking shape and will lead by example 3 weeks after the election, the trumpet, ministration has finally given president elect joe biden, the green light to begin the transition process. President donald trump personally directed music ministration to cooperate in the handover. But he has yet to officially concede defeat. Instead, he pardoned a turkey in the white house rose garden as part of a thanksgiving tradition. I hereby grant you a full hand he also used the opportunity to remind americans what he stands for. As i say, america 1st shouldnt go away from that america 1st president elect joe bidens nominations for the top posts of his cabinet point in a very different direction. It way from trumps america 1st doctrine and towards diversity and multilateralism work in government. Its 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. Bidens choice is our policy veterans like his longtime adviser, anthony blinken, named to secretary of state. We cant solve all the worlds 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 bidens climate change. And boy, in this crisis, the whole world must come together. Youre right to rejoin paris on day one. I expect that with great former Federal Reserve chair janet yellen, is to serve as treasury secretary. Shes trusted in the financial world. And if confirmed, she would be the 1st woman to take over. This pivotal role with optimism about new Coronavirus Vaccine spreading and political uncertainty, seemingly diminishing. The dow surged past 30000 points for the very 1st time on tuesday. So i think people like the cabinet post were seeing from biden, they like the idea that this sort of wong period of uncertainty about how much difficulty weak see an outgoing Trump Administration make. I think people like that thats over i think people like janet yellen as an idea for a new treasury secretary, shes a known quantity, was pretty able set of hands and a tough moment for everybody. President trump quickly claimed the latest market rally as the fruit of his own administrations work. But the markets seem to be banking on the current u. S. Leader, being on his way out of office today marks the uns International Day for the elimination of violence against women. Amid the coronavirus, pandemic reports of Domestic Violence are surging. Un data shows, there has been a 30 percent rise in reported instances of abuse in countries such as france, cyprus, singapore, as the lockdown measures forced people to stay at home. Now even before covert 1000 head statistics showed that one in 3 women had experienced physical or Sexual Violence from an intimate partner at some time during their life. Violence against women is also a human rights violation. And kenya, Sexual Assault is a daily reality for many women and girls. Activists say that isolation during the pandemic is making women even more vulnerable to the aegis mukta sent us this report from nairobi about women, determined to help and heal survivors if limiting has never depended on anyone survive except herself. Together with a group of women she makes and sells Peanut Butter to feed her family of 4. But this is not how it was 5 years ago when she vigil spoke up about to attack happened. Up until then she had been a silencer. 5 hour trip and mystic 5 s. Only i was right by my stepfathers employee when we went to visit a family relative. I was young then and i remember my mother taking me to the court where i was asked to identify the perpetrator. Later on, i was shocked to see the guy released seeing the perpetrator let lose left her with a permanent one. But she kept it to herself, afraid of stigma, and being shamed. Something that is common in her village. I was always wary of boys after the incident. I didnt want to see any man, not even my brothers my grandma really helped me through that jannie supporting me through the process. Now years later, in an unlikely place, she has found solace in a group of women who have all experienced a similar predicament of being sexually violated. In the last 12 months, 243000000, women and girls across the world have been subjected to sexual or physical violence by, in an intimate partner in neighborhoods like these sexual and domestic. But one woman was willing to change the norm by sharing her story. One can join as a victim of Sexual Violence. Shes now using her experience to remove the stigma and helps a viable success and legal help in informal settlements across kenya. I went through a traumatic experience. I was a rift in the challenges that i faced during that i think is what informed their establishment of one book and their foundation looking at how the Community Looks at as been affected. And we shifted their billing today as being very limited. Instead it said, oh, holding their patriot accountable. One believes the number of women affected through domestic and Sexual Violence could be well above 5 percent. Fueled by the pandemic. Even something that is hard and their figures will change. Because also they should all maintain pandemic has actually created an environmental cases of increased. Now shes hoping to change the narrative one to help these women sit a peanut, but to business and a place to openly talk about their issues. You see, when we all meet at the center, one thing we happen common is that we were all raped or underwent violent heat when it, were packing a come. As you see we can talk about this support each others businesses. Its a decision and and for more lets bring in Monica Hauser. She is the founder of the advocacy group. Medica, well, welcome to the program and thank you so much for joining us. We have been hearing there about Domestic Violence cases rising because of lockdowns around the world. What have you been observing . Yes, i also have to say, did you see that this crisis acts of great existing any inequality is violence against women and girls . Its curious that discrimination in inequality about all right, high before the outbreak of this pandemic and looking at the dimensions of violence against women be i certain that violence, including structured violence, is rising in the same areas all over the road. We see Domestic Violence rising as we have heard just now. We see declining sexual and reproductive hesse rights, meaning lex electing access to safe obstetrics as about to safe abortion and death for an escalating infant and Maternal Mortality 1st of your sort of pate cat grew up at the peak economic disadvantage for beaman. This is also a grounding in missing political participation of the men in the Decision Making process. Thats violence against women and girls is rising bad discrimination and inequality. They are right, right or right before you spend any. And we have evidence that possibly could be men and girls in conflict related areas affected drastically by the pandemic. So then tell us, because i mean the situation clearly from your observation seems to be going in the wrong direction. So tell us about, you know, the fight against Domestic Violence. Now about the resources that are available and what policymakers are doing. Do you feel that there is enough being done to prioritize the issue . No, not at all of the v. C, that they have their efforts made to address that of soon to violence. But measurements came much too late and too little in order to prevent, a rise of violence against women and girls. U. N. , secretary general and don, your group have us mentioned this as the shadow petain pandemic. And i saying this is very right to say the, as a pandemic to shadow pandemic is highlighting the rise of Domestic Violence, especially ministry for women in term. Any, for example, is a banner of to issue, but despite of the important initiatives of this ministry and a strong, a focus on the should very still a lack of comprehensive political measures and be still need to quote the Nation Office to the implementation of eastham would commend for example, as in many also European Countries and you see all that most of politics are responsible for a coordinated and sophisticated x. Planned on buying and 2nd stream and the responsibilities of all the federal ministries in germany. For example, im clear the funding of women childcare and Counseling Centers remains unsufficient. There is much to do to turn retail recreate into action. So a lot of suggestions they are for policymakers that you have put forward, and we thank you so much for joining us, especially on this day in order to share those for us here on news, Monica Hauser of maybe 1. 00. Thank you. Now a mysterious block of metal has been found deep in the remote red rock area of the u. S. State of utah. A helicopter crew spotted the object while counting big chord sheep. The block stands at about 3 meters high and appears to be firmly planted on the ground. There is no evidence of how it got there as it. It is the work of an artist or an alley in checking out the mysterious objects out for yourself. It might be difficult to its exact location has not yet been revealed to authorities worry that people might get lost or stranded trying to find it. In fact, in the utah desert, a quick reminder now the top stories that weve been following for you here at the deputy news german regional leaders have reportedly agreed to extend coronavirus lockdown measures into december and possibly into the new year. But restrictions will be loosened to allow for holiday gatherings. Up next on d. W. It is Business News with my colleague, chris colfer. Im sorry, kelly in berlin. Thank you so much for joining us. Take care and stacey play subsists endless. Fronting the Business Model sled. Companies are sensing gold rush, subversion, future markets with substantial in Space Science fiction. Obscene made in germany 16 song d, w. Carefully, soon to be a good lead. To scuttle the i subscribe to a documentary on you tube is for me. Playing is for is for hello glenn. Beethoven is for her. Is for beethoven is for us, is for the a beethoven 2020, the 250th anniversary here on a record high for wall street and a lot of confidence elsewhere. 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