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Says the infection rate is too high to consider lifting the lockdown the restrictions will stay in place until january 10th and a dial warning for our planet. Is waging war on nature diseased suicidal nature always strikes. And hes already doing so we go in force and fury u. N. Chief un told you the terrorist urges World Leaders to make 2021 year they commit to fighting Climate Change. Im told me a lot of boy its good to have you with us the u. K. Has become the 1st country in the world to approve the covert 19 vaccine jointly produced by the German Company biotech and u. S. Drug maker fires a british Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hailed the authorization as fantastic news saying it will allow the british people to reclaim their lives the vaccine got the green light after just 10 months of Fast Track Research and development and is also awaiting approval in many other countries. But trial participant is given the bio on tech finds a coded 19 vaccine in the german city of minds hes just one of thousands hes been part of lonsdale Clinical Trials that have already proved the vaccine is 95 percent effective in preventing the disease. Now germanys violin tech and u. S. Pharma giant pfizer have been given approval for their vaccine in the u. K. Making it a world 1st in the vaccine i will begin to be made available across the u. K. From next week i strongly urge people to take up the vaccine but it is no part of our culture our ambition in this country to make vaccines mandatory thats not how we do things there are challenges though the vaccine has to be stored at minus 70 degrees but the British Government says its Health Service is prepared the vaccine which uses novel emma and a technology is still awaiting regulator ie approval across the rest of the world he will thirtys say it could be authorized within weeks meanwhile to other western Drug Companies astra zeneca and madonna have also reported trial success for their vaccines. And inoculations developed by chinese and russian researchers have also shown positive results some of already been approved for emergency use. The u. K. Was the 1st country to reach an agreement with bae on tech and pfizer for the supply of vaccines its already ordered 40000000. 00 doses with several 1000000 expected to arrive before the end of the year. In germany the tough restrictions to tackle the pandemic will remain in place until at least january in a Video Conference on wednesday chancellor Angela Merkel and state premiers agreed to extend the measures buckle said the infection rate was still too high to soften the restrictions. In germany to situation looks bleak with regards to the pandemic after a month of the socalled lights lock down. The from the c. U. We still have to go to go back to a 7 day incidence rate of under 50 cases spare 100000 inhabitants and on average were very far from it. If you are the simplest lump the question is whether we leave the country in this state of half sleep or if we decide at some point to introduce significantly tougher measures we will see how efficient the measures currently in place are to give it. In the heart of belin hi chad plats is usually bursting with visitors at this time of the year they come from all over the world to enjoy mulled wine a sausage at one of germanys 3 tarzan Christmas Markets the demeter pandemic little from the magical atmosphere of christmas remained here. We need to ask ourselves what to do we dont know what will happen its not really a Christmas Market just a few stands if. I was there last year before i flew back to italy it was wonderful i think its a real shame that theres nothing to see here im really sorry. That their live restaurants and bars had to close when the lights lock down was introduced but now resort to take away orders and survive packs to regular and loyal customers this is not only sincere it is a bit difficult to moment of course but were doing our best we open for takeaways with new offers and our regular customers supporters will see how long it lasts i hope the situation end soon from of a long. Shot for us both and the. Chancellor Angela Merkel had warned time and again that germans would face a long and difficult winter and we saw the uncertainty it entails that winter has arrived. The United Nations is urging World Leaders to make 2021 the year they commits to fighting Climate Change it comes as new reports highlight this years record breaking weather and failures to cover Global Warming the u. N. Says the coronavirus pandemic now presents a chance to hit the reset button and do the work needed to save the planet. Heatwaves droughts wildfires. And flooding 2020 has been yet another year of extreme weather ecosystems like the Great Barrier reef in australia. Or Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in mexico are under threat this year is on course to become the 2nd hottest on record after 2016 on the un secretary general sent out a dire warning humanity is waging war on nature the zs suicidal nature always strikes back and it is already doing so well go in force and funi. Biodiversity is collapsing when 1000000 species and its risk of extinction eco systems are these appearing before our eyes theres that sense wetlands are being lost every year we moved 10000000. 00 extremes and forests oceans are overfished and shocking we mustnt waste. According to the World Meteorological organization Greenhouse Gas concentrations climbed to a new record in 2019 and have risen so far this year despite an expected drop in emissions she took over 1000. 00 knockdowns. Tourism Hunting Fishing and livestock grazing are playing a role in the crisis. Less visible was an increase in marine heat to record levels. More than 80 percent of the worlds oceans experienced a heatwave. The shrinking of the ice caps and bleaching of carl reefs are just some of the impact. The changes it is no. System just for instance is. Really his fear so anything changes 30 or so were going to. There is a glimmer of hope though more than 100 countries have promised that 52050000 be Carbon Neutral fishes new targets are being proposed for a un conference next year. Lets take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. Lawmakers in israel have passed a preliminary bill to dissolve parliament bring in the country closer to its full for National Election in 2 years Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for unity with his governing partner benny gantz who supports the bill. In germany a man is being investigated on 5 counts of murder and 18 counts of attempted murder after he drove his car into pedestrians in the city of tire residents have been paying their respects at the landmark city gate no motive for the attack has yet been established. French president valery scott has died aged 94 from complications linked to cope at 19 he was in office from 1974 until 1901 and was best known for his efforts to modernize French Society the current president has paid tribute to his predecessor and described him as a politician of progress and freedom just god is tall rather short for the unification of europe at the close front good german friendship. Joining me for more on the life and times of valerie just got this is kate stevens i was a kid to tell us more about. Just ons contribution to unify very europe as well as this frontal a German Special relationship right well he was a european through and through he was actually born here in germany in the city of co bends and as a member of the French Resistance during the 2nd world war he took part in the liberation of paris from the not to keep ation so he really believed in the european project he was a very Ardent Supporter of european integration and he so i to i with the german chancellor at the time of his presidency had it and they worked together really forging the foundations for the European Union as we know it today including setting up the european Monetary System which was the precursor to the euro which we have today so thats a huge part of his legacy and he remained an ardent believe in european integration until the end of his life and full fronts he was known to have pushed for modernizing French Society thats right he was only 48. 00 when he was elected president which at the time was really quite young and he was elected as a modernizer a reformer somebody who shook up the sort of stuff he could conservative tradition in postwar france and one example of this he spontaneously when Christmas Morning invited for passing god his men to breakfast at the. It is but it was also reflected in his policies and i think what a lot of french people will remember him for is for legalizing abortion he was he lowered the voting age to 18 and. Gave proof for divorce by Mutual Consent so a lot of liberal social policies also Infrastructure Projects he was a modernizer there as well otis leads to action of the high speed t. G. V. Train and committed fronts Nuclear Power so he really did shake up france and said i are on a new path of the country you know today his legacy overall how would that be seen well there were some scandals that time as his legacy he was actually denied a 2nd term as president but he remained active in politics for most of his life he found. Activities within the European Union and he also remained a well loved figure in regional politics so i think that well there were some aspects which turns his legacy including a Sexual Harassment accusation 2018 i think to really be remembered for what he achieved as french president and then from his father contributions to european integration in his later life ok Casey Stevens thank you for that giving us the life and times of the late violet we discard just all of our french president. But son of legendary ferrari driver Michael Schumacher will make his formula one debut next season make sure marco will race for the u. S. Team after signing a multiyear contract. Mick is set to make his formula one debut next season exactly 30 years after his father Michael Schumacher made his back in 1901 the 21 year old german a product of a racing family security deal with the u. S. Own team has its really been wondering what ive always dreamed about and now its finally comes through some really really happy and just emotionally excluding really nice im really looking forward to it and you take it when you go for the great messages and great support make has shown signs of promise in 2016 he started racing in formula 3 and won the divisions European Championship 2 years later that success helped make move up to formula to where he is currently leading the championship by 14 points. But formula one is a whole different ball game a ball game his father michael managed to dominate for many years michael is a legend in the sport with 91 wins in 7 World Championships sadly the german great has been in a coma since 2013 after a skiing accident mick knows he wont be able to escape the comparisons to his father for now hes just happy he can test his wheels on the big stage of formula one. Youre watching news doc film is up next hour remember you can keep up to date with all the latest news and information around the clock on our website d w dot com rebecca riches is at the top of the hour with more news but from me thats it for now thanks for watching. Hi neal and im game did you know that 17 trillion land animals are killed worldwide sure but its not just the animals little suffering the student army if you want to know how it went to the priest and the culture has changed us as we take to listen to our podcast on the plane. In november 29th seen hundreds of thousands of people spontaneously took to the streets in iran sanaa just cities men and women blocks traffic and trampled on poor traits of the countrys leaders. The crowds were upset about a huge increase in gasoline prices following months of fuel rationing. Since 2018 iran has been hit hard by new u. S. Economic sanctions on the government has taken a hard line against the protests. After the 1st demonstrations still sororities blocked Internet Access nationwide for several days to keep people from posting. Cts about the protests several 100 people were killed in the clashes and at least 7000 were arrested. I irans leaders blamed the demonstrations on its enemies. I mean. This year i could not keep. You. Have just read the book. And as you have been seeing. The gallery in force i bet if you pay those are the. In america that i see the matter of doom. No. The u. S. Has applied maximum economic and political pressure on iran to try to get the countrys leaders to approve a new agreement on their Nuclear Program. Many western experts see iran as a threat to political stability in the middle east iran has staged provocations in the persian gulf and its allies are playing an active role in conflicts in syria yemen and iraq. But the sanctions really having any impact on irans foreign and domestic policy some western experts believe they have actually helps to keep the countrys islamic governments in power but what is clear is the devastating impact they have had on ordinary iranians. At 1st glance the sanctions appear to have had little effect on the capital tehran. But a closer look shows that these measures have hit the middle and lower classes hard inflation and unemployment are high. Lost her job at a factory cheering the 1st wave of u. S. Sanctions in 2010 shes a single parent and now works as a seamstress her every day life is hard. The sanctions make our lives really difficult every day. We can barely make ends meet. Theres a lot less work right now compared to 3 or 4 years ago. Over the. Because we used to get orders from everywhere the business is very slow right now so the work shop often has to shut down. Because towns like this anymore because we dont earn enough money to pay the rent or tuition fees for our children or medical care. And im a novice at that with an intern and i suffer from back pain and i shouldnt be working. But i have to so that i can earn at least a little money from this job as im good at and us. Supports herself and her son on the equivalent of just 60 euros a month. You can have a mothers love everythings very expensive and if i want to buy rice i have to ask a Charity Organization for help. I dont even have enough money to buy a simple bag of rice. Is the same with beans or lentils i cant afford to buy the mill and then. Another you i buy some cheese now and then. It used to cost a 1000. 00 to a man then for the other today its 10000. 00. Dollars for they were on a further. Is a virgin and forget about meat its just too expensive. For them puffed up i can you please scan everything slowly i cant spend more than 100000 so. Whats the total 54000. 00. There are plenty of goods in the shops but because of soaring inflation field by the sanctions most people cant afford to buy them the government provide small cash subsidies for some people. Place help me with this will you thanks. Akram 17 year old son loves to play soccer but he had to quit so he could take part time jobs to pay his school face. Was. Its hard for young people to find work especially if youve got a College Degree a lot of those people are unemployed and the politicians have to do something so that we dont end up like that. Because again i had one chance and one time the west is trying to get us to take to the streets to protest against down government they want us to believe that the state is trying to keep us down and doesnt care about us they want us to rebel against the government. And push on with their plans havent worked and if we stick together they never will. That. Was a. Government sponsored propaganda praises the countrys economic independence despite western sanctions. For 4 decades irans conservative islamic government has adopted policies that have isolated the country and raise tensions with the United States. Tatty in the hall between yes the sanctions have had an impact but we can deal with it should we share a border with 15 countries you can always get around an embargo. Schick us that there are cracks in the wall of sanctions the u. S. Is gradually losing international support. Well just continue to focus on our Domestic Production capability. Since ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini came to power in 1979 the us has imposed sanctions on iran several times the 1st of these measures was ordered by president jimmy carter after University Students seized the u. S. Embassy in november 1979 and held 52 diplomats and civilian workers hostage. Who the united. You the hostages were held for 444 days until january 981 relations between irans new government and the United States could not have got off to a worse start. The u. S. Soon froze about 12000000000. 00 in iranian assets and american sanctions made it difficult for iran to buy food spare parts and medical products overseas in 1995 president clinton impose new sanctions and these were a new job by the Bush Administration. Washington accused iran of using the revolutionary guard corps to promote terrorism in the middle east the u. S. Said the guard supplied weapons to and training for hezbollah militants in lebanon and various Palestinian Resistance movements. President george w. Bush was also concerned about irans alleged efforts to build Nuclear Weapons. The United States of america will not permit the worlds most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the worlds most destructive weapons. In 2002 bush described iran is part of an international axis of evil in 2010 president barack obama announced new sanctions as iran continued to defy international demands to change course on its Nuclear Program similar calls came from the European Union and the u. N. Security council. But irans new president Mahmoud Ahmadinejads promised that the country would push ahead with its Nuclear Program. During the Bush Administration and certainly during the Obama Administration sanctions were intended to be leverage for diplomatic success that was the point that you were going to apply pressure so that you could take it away as part of a negotiated agreement to deal with the Nuclear Issue obama would not have been sad if the regime had ended you know transformed its you know a true democracy emerging inside of iran i think would be something that would be appreciated by countries around the world but obama explicitly said that iran discover meant as irans government and that you know we respect the sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of iran so he was not looking to change the regime in iran. Washingtons new efforts to bring iran to the negotiating table page 2015 after several years of talks iran agreed to strict conditions and transparency controls on its Nuclear Program in return for an easing of International Sanctions the 5 permanent members of the u. N. Security council plus germany played a key role in the negotiations. This nuclear deal meets the National Security interests of the United States and our allies it prevents the most serious threat iran obtaining a Nuclear Weapon which would only make the other problems that may cause even worse. Thats why this deal makes our country and the world safer and more secure obama looked at the middle east as a region that had always complicated u. S. Foreign policies and he was looking to try and find a way of getting us out of the middle east quagmire that he saw it with whether its with iraq or whether its with afghanistan or the broader regional conflict and i think he thought that trying to get a resolution the Nuclear Issue and other regional issues with iran would be one step towards doing that they didnt mean that he thought that that would transform the middle east or that he was trying to handle iran control of the middle east as some of his opponents have said but i think obama believed that a Nuclear Agreement would be one of the 1st steps towards a different u. S. Relationship and u. S. Set of interests in the middle east than what it had been over the course last 20 or 30 years. You know that i mean the iranians never said that theyd change their policies toward syria iraq and yemen after theyd signed the agreement thats not what the treaty was a bounty and you know the agreement was not perfect but it did create conditions that would depending on which close you look at it that prevent iran from using you clipped off a military purposes for the next 1015 or 20 is good under the supervision of the International Atomic energy agency. Then cool. Nobody will get all they want we didnt get all we wanted the United States didnt get what they want to french germany britain even china russia didnt get to understand the nature of this type of negotiations i wouldnt accuse anybody of being of being soft its just a process of negotiation. Vienna or a green. And gave new hope to the people of iran who looked forward to an easing of sanctions. And it was a success for irans new president Hassan Rouhani and foreign minister mohammed serif. To deliver the clogged it was a victory for the moderates and it had the support of the supreme leader. But that support was calculated so to speak and it was not comprehensive. Still rouhani and his people could never have gone as far as they did in the negotiations come in a hadnt given them the green light and as we know hes not exactly a moderate like the one would be. Among the 1st to enter the new market to a big era pay in companies that build aircraft and automobiles or develop oil and gas Fields Company executives signed contracts with Senior Iranian officials tehran hope that these agreements would help to boost the economy. In 2017 to toggle frances Largest Energy company agreed to buy 150000 barrels of oil per day from iran and to develop a huge natural gas fields in the persian gulf. With value if. The reformers in iran had very concrete expectations just as the europeans and americans did by hopes that iran could rebuild its economy and that this would lead to a more open society iran renounce the use of Nuclear Weapons and expected economic benefits in return they needed Foreign Investment to help them improve living standards. He says i suppose is obvious point. That any move in this direction would cause trouble for the Islamic Revolutionary guard corps their job is to protect irans political system that. They also play an Important Role in irans economy and have actually profited enormously from the sanctions the posture on. Higher g. C. Whatever you like to call them takes advantage of it in in many ways they control all aspects of imports and exports in a situation like this and they operate sort of like. Mafia bosses they control the flow of counterfeit goods. Things like alcohol and cigarettes from from other countries food in this sort of circumstance they really gain and having lived through the previous round of of heavy sanctions in 20122013 the thing that i noticed most acutely was the massive wealth gap that was created you had a whole new class of people a Smaller Group of people who had tons of money limitless money one of the primary opponents to the j. C. B. Away was the Islamic Revolutionary guard corps it signaled a couple of things for them one it signaled a kind of rapprochement with the west to some degree and thats antithetical to their hold on power and the concentration of wealth that they want as if iran was going to get an increased economic benefit under the g c p a way it was very clear that they couldnt get that benefit of the i or g. C. Had its tentacles in those companies the u. S. And the European Union were going to maintain significant sanctions on the i or g. C. Even after the the lifting of sanctions on the way and so iran had to get the r. G. C. Out of those companies it was a difficult balancing act not least because the sanctions did in place predicted American Companies from doing business in iran. But if they were locked down to the market we couldnt use dollars in our transactions with iran and we couldnt employ any american is. When i travel to the us i couldnt do any business with iran the framework was rather strict not at the same time the agreement gave us the opportunity to take part in this Huge Development project we knew that doing business with iran was recent but nothing ventured nothing gained it was a gamble of it and we hoped that it would pay off when we were. At it the. Companies that decided to go ahead with projects in iran didnt want to do anything to upset the u. S. Government especially the Treasury Department which in force is the sanctions which specifically prohibits the use of u. S. Dollars in business transactions with iran. In 2014 the French International Banking Group b. N. P. Perry had to pay nearly 9000000000. 00 in penalties after it pleaded guilty to violating u. S. Sanctions against tehran the n. P. P. Continue to engage in this activity even after they were being told by their own lawyers that the conduct was illegal the nature and scope of b. N. P. Peace criminal conduct far exceeded that in any previous criminal sanctions case thats been resolved by the department of justice todays nearly 9000000000. 00 penalty represents the staggering total volume of provable criminal conduct on b. N. P. Is part. Of the Iran Nuclear Deal generated a lot of opposition in the us powerful lobbying groups like united against nuclear iran kept trying to block its implementation their primary concern was that iran would use the agreement to secretly develop Nuclear Weapons you want me keeps track of companies that do business with iran and puts pressure on them to stop. I had a theory that we could engage in economic war for. Instead of using soldiers and bullets to try to use pen and ink to convince the regime to shame its be able not only for the benefit of the United States but for france and the iranian people even ive contacted hundreds of French Companies and delegation but ive also sent thousands of letters to the talibans germans chinese russians americans and look my letter is very simple its basically a similar letter we do very Accurate Research and if if your Television Channel was trying to profit and make money around they would get a letter from me and i would say to your company look youre making a decision to do business with the most oppressive brutal Nuclear Weapons seeking regime in the world i would suggest to you that thats wrong. To me u. S. National security advisor said both said this he said tries to rebuild and just one cold regime change in the. I had said for over 10 years since coming to these events it declared hollow see the United States of america should be the overthrow of the knowledge regime in tehran. And thats why the 429 t. We here will celebrate in tehran thank you man. On january the 20th 2017 dont trump was sworn in as president. Foreign policy hoax rejoiced since trumpeted often criticise the Iran Nuclear Deal and us now in a position to scrap it. He had made it very clear the 2. He did not like anything that. Barack obama had done one of his major task in life was to destroy the legacy of barack obama and he had all. Criticized the Nuclear Agreement but i think most of that criticism is to please various pressure groups in the United States rather than. To. Advance the interests of the United States i think if the United States is interested in nonproliferation then it wont get a better team than a sheep you. Just. Pointed bolton as National Security adviser in march 28th. The stage was now set for the u. S. To clean out as the Nuclear Agreement with iran. The fact is this was a horrible one sided deal that should have never ever been made it didnt bring calm it didnt bring peace and it never will i am announcing today that the United States well with the draw from the Iran Nuclear Deal. In a few moments i will sign a president ial memorandum to begin reinstating u. S. Nuclear sanctions on the a rainy end regime of. President trump aim to put what he called maximum pressure on iran this included the toughest economic sanctions imposed so far by the u. S. But the kid really from said he wanted to try to bring iran to the negotiating table. Negotiate your company also music or terry of state pompei o then gave iran a list of 12 demands that would serve as preconditions for the talks you want to negotiate your you see a condition and i go but those conditions were completely one sided. And so harsh that it would have been suicidal for iran to accept the offer it says she did then could do did you see the coup on the one hand trump wanted to scrap the original agreement even though iran was playing by its rules at the same time he wanted to negotiate a new deal that would cover not only irans Nuclear Program but also irans policies in the middle east and its arsenal of police to missiles from completely misread the situation maybe offer us more namea to have only. Been was argued a year kaesong iraq balled out of 20 man. Sat carrying tommy mao you toddy how all. You care all mentor my. Mil let him on him all get out of there. In may 2019 the u. S. Tightened the sanctions that cover sales of irans Petroleum Oil exports account for a substantial portion of the countrys income tankers sent idle of. Irans largest commercial ports. Oil exports soon hit record lows and that hurt the countrys economy even more. In may 2019 several foreign tankers were attacked in the gulf of them on the us suspected iran was behind these incidents but tehran denied any responsibility. Iran also seized a british tanker in the strait of hormuz and in june shot down a u. S. Surveillance drone that prevailed to an Immediate Response from the white house. Trump has been saying things like that for years hes a megalomaniac of the future but all he can do is make threats to get even for the one im on says if iran does this or that we will react what did he do when we shot down that american drone hulett chappie did nothing but post a few tweets. Iran shifts from what it calls maximum patience to maximum resistance and its their way of saying that look were not going to just sit as this economic pressure mounts and we also havent seen the europeans and the the other members of the nuclear deal do what we expect from them in terms of economic normalization that that key bargain in the nuclear deal and so we are going to respond in the ways that we can one is were going to stop complying fully with the way and every 60 days we are going to breach some of the restrictions that the deal has not because we want a Nuclear Weapon but because this is how we can kind of. Added impetus to efforts to stabilize the deal that is the iranian argument what the iranians are trying to do i mean theyre really trying to build leverage not a bar right now they want to build leverage against the europeans against the u. S. To try to compel some economic assistance and to have something to trade away once they go sheesh and start up again which might be a couple of years down the line. In a round the hope that was generated by the vienna agreement soon gave way to frustration and disappointment there would be no lucrative european contracts and no new jobs western companies simply did not want to risk violating the u. S. Sanctions. Its just a mistake its a diabolical system the u. S. President can choose 5 sanctions from a list of 12 but no one knows which 5 some of the mood be deadly for a company like toto for example trump could ban us from using the American Financial system. He says if an International Company like total cant issue bonds denominated in dollars wed be in big trouble. Could also stop americans from buying shares in total right now about 30 percent of our shares are owned by american citizens these sanctions demonstrate the power of american capitalism because the u. S. Can impose its will on International Companies but we have those for the. Most International Corporations pulled back from contracts theyd signed with iran the sanctions also made life hard for ordinary iranians these measures extended even to imports of medicines and medical equipment. Supplies of pharmaceuticals from europe dropped sharply. To some iranians then when they will turn its halves. Without money