A diet warning from planet. Hes waging war to make sure the zs through cycles late should always try to spec and hes already doing so with go in force and fury u. N. Secretary general antonio to terrorism or just World Leaders to make 2021 year of fighting Climate Change. Plus a chaotic attacked of the European Union guys from covert 19 former french president balotelli just cant just talk led france during the 1970 s. And laid the foundation for europes single currency the euro. Im rebecca riches welcome to the Program German chancellor Angela Merkel has confirmed that a partial lockdown to tackle the coronavirus will remain. And in place until at least early january michael said infection rates are still too high to consider reopening bars restaurants gyms and other Leisure Facilities germany is being hit much harder by the 2nd wave of the virus this week saw a record for the highest number of deaths since the beginning of the pandemic restrictions on get togethers will be loosened over christmas a move Public Health experts warn will have fatal consequences. In germany to situation looks bleak with regards to the pandemic after a month of the socalled lights lock down. From the c. U. We still have to go to go back to a 7 day incidence rate of under 50 cases their 100000 inhabitants and on average were very far from it. Before i discipline slump 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 with see how efficient the measures currently in place are constructed you get. Into heart of belin hi chad plots 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 towers and Christmas Markets but the media 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. I was there last year before i flew back to the to the it was wonderful i think its a real shame that theres nothing to share im really sorry. That their live restaurants and bars had to close when the lights lock down was introduced but some now resort to take away orders and survive packs to regular and loyal customers. This. Year it is a bit difficult to moment of course but were doing our best we open for takeaways was new authors and our regular customers support some years well see how long it last i heard the situation and soon one of the long is for sure for both both in the. Chancellor Angela Merkel had warned time and again that germans would face a long and difficult winter and we saw the uncertainty to entities that winter has arrived. Lets go straight to d. W. Political correspondent thomas a sparrow tamas yesterday germany reported a record of 487 deaths today they were 479 2nd highest death toll so far what does that say about the 2nd wave here in germany it essentially says rebecca that the 2nd wave is hitting germany very hard indeed and that the lockdown light as it has been called has not yet delivered the results that authorities had expected you have over 22000 new cases in the last 24 hours you have over 1300 deaths this week so far so yes there may be initial signs the numbers are going down yes they may be initial signs that the exponential great growth has been stopped but yet the situation remains very serious and this explains why Angela Merkel and the 16 regional leaders decided to extend this partial lockdown until the beginning of january. Thomas does that mean that people are not following the were also what seems to be the problem there why while the numbers remaining so high. Essentially its being described as a diffuse situation where you dont have one specific hot spot in one specific place but where the incidence of new coronavirus cases is high in most parts of the country if you look for example at the german map you will clearly see that its basically red in most parts of the country and this shows how difficult it is for authorities to also track and trace new infections under demo had said a few weeks ago that it was very difficult in fact for German Authorities to track most infections so this gives you an idea also of how big the challenge is another issue altogether is where the Health System is being overwhelmed there are already hospitals saying that they cant receive more patients and it is such only a very big challenge indeed for German Authorities and one that has German Authorities very concerned all right tell us the sparrow speaking to us from our studio thank you and british Prime MinisterBarak Johnson says vulnerable groups in the u. K. Will be vaccinated against the corona virus from next week or thorough the same most of the initial jabs will go to care home residents and the over eightys they face a high risk of death if they contract contract the virus and its hoped the vaccine will protect them from severe disease but johnson has warned it will take time for the rollout to reach everyone in the top priority groups. But trial participant is given the by on tech finds a covert 19 vaccine in the german city of minds hes just one of thousands whos been part of large scale Clinical Trials that have already proved the vaccine is 95 percent effective in preventing the disease. Now germanys biotech and u. S. Pharma giant pfizer have been given approval for their vaccine in the u. K. Making it a world 1st 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 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 e approval across the rest of the world equal 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. Lets go straight to london where big mass is standing by big it all eyes now turn on to the rollout of the vaccine what are the u. K. s plans. Well the u. K. Is definitely getting ready for mass vaccination and we know that at the moment 50 hospitals are already ready and we know that 1st of all its going to be those who work in care homes in the n. H. S. And the oldest people in the u. K. The most vulnerable theyre going to be the 1st ones to be vaccinated however then slowly slowly and were expecting more mass vaccinations next year this is going to be rolled out also to the younger parts of the population and there are Mass Vaccination Centers being set up some in places like racecourses for example and some the army is going to help and volunteers are being trained but yes this absolute mass rollout is not expected until next year and of course theyre hoping for more than one vaccine to implement this rollout how far along are they in approving the. Well the others are still waiting for approval for example Oxford University and astra zeneca are they also very far in there in their development off another vaccine and the u. K. Has food 100000000 doses of that but is still waiting for approval also moved in other companies also not yet approved so yes the u. K. Doesnt have enough vaccine at the moment to inoculate the whole population just 40000000 doses from the from the original one thats going to the start of next week but as you say this rollout is going to take some time the u. K. Still has to get through a tough winter how is the u. K. Dealing with its 2nd wave. Well the u. K. Is definitely one of the countries in europe that was affected now were just imagining from a month lockdown and things have been a bit better the the impression is that the death rates are going down so there is. You know its has been effective on the other hand still hundreds of people are dying every day and this is why Boris Johnson the Prime Minister has people to take up the offer of the vaccine once it is offered to the people throughout the u. K. So were not out of the woods yet and the fear is that over christmas when people will get together more indoors that there will be possibly a way for so definitely still cause for concern in the u. K. To get thank you data is being. Well lets turn to brussels now and barbara vessel is going to give us the view from the e. U. Barbara something to see you did breaks it in speeding up this process for the u. K. No it didnt really back up but there was a certain amount of breath to brag going on yesterday in london at least at the beginning of the day so lets though do our bit for fact finding and decent research of course this had nothing at all to do with bricks it because every european country could have given one of these emergency authorizations the German Health minister. Who was yesterday conferring with his european colleagues pointed that out and said yeah we developed the specs in this was a german scientists we could have given this also read some weeks ago and simply said we believe in the quality of the signs and so lets just go ahead and give the facts and to our people they didnt do it he says we prefer the to go the european way and to wait until the Medicine Agency in amsterdam gives the green light for everyone and then everyone at the same time in europe will get the vaccine because the European Union has already bought 400000000 doses of this particular vaccine and it has to be shared out fairly even the german ambassador in london and dress me healers sort of wrote. To eat and he said why is it so difficult a myth this is an International Success this is really not about sort of being force and saying you know were already there were getting the 1st or i will but it breaks it didnt have really anything to do with this separation i suppose why can the u. K. Give the great mind to roll out the vaccine when the European Medicines Agency says that ill need to have another meeting. Every country in europe could have there is a certain legal loophole with in the rules in the European Union that still apply in britain to till the end of this year that says if a country feels it is being overwhelmed by an epidemic they can give an emergency authorization for innumerous and for a new drug or for a new vaccine hungary has done that for instance a couple days ago they approved under this rule they approved the russian vax and thats coach nick nobody has checked it in europe nobody knows what it really does and they said we decide to rely on the Russian Science its their decision basically however the overall rule is that in europe everybody says safety 1st we will sort of trust in the scientists off the saddam the Regulatory Authority they have really could have acted to group of the best scientists in europe who had no poring over those tests and checking and crosschecking everything and then towards the end of this month they would say ok lets go ahead and sort of do all out whatever we can produce as quickly as possible to everyone in europe. Are available in brussels thanks very much for the update. Well lets have a look at some other development in the pandemic the number of people hospitalized with covert 19 in the United States has reached 100001 time high as the pandemic places increasing strains on Health Care Systems the 2nd largest u. S. City los angeles has issued an emergency stay at home order to all residents its mayor said the city face running out of hospital beds by Christmas Eve new infections continued at the current rate and russian president Vladimir Putin has ordered voluntary mass vaccination to start next week also says its sputnik back saying is 92 percent effective. Well russias 2nd wave of corona virus has hit its regions particularly hard in many cities there are hardly any hospital beds left official statistics say almost 40000 people in russia have died from corona virus but media reports say the excess want tallahassee in the country is 4 times higher than last year our correspondent emily show and went to the city of my countrys southwest where it is my name the undertake his who experience these figures firsthand she accompanied one saying that work. With a steady stream of coronavirus dead speed is of the essence at the morgue every morning the team from the Funeral Agency to all comes here to collect new victims of the pandemic. 29 year old. Has been working at the funeral home for 12 years but he says hes never had to bury this many bodies but one time there was a huge line of persons standing in line outside the morgue it was only then that people started to understand that the death really. Called the relatives to identify the body. This morgue in the city of is only for those who died of the corona virus or had contact with an infected person the bodies have to be sealed in plastic the coffins closed. Many russians feel theyre dead should be treated with more respect toward explains. Some of the relatives are often more tense than usual because their dead are handed over to them in plastic bags. To open the bags so i tell them that right away some people cry and demand that we open the bags then i have to explain that they could get infected themselves this virus is no joke but bring it to. You he has been in the business for 7 years today hes in charge of the team of undertakers he says since the 2nd wave of corona virus there has been at least twice as many deaths in the city of funeral agencies have had a tough time keeping up. With we have more work a lot more work over a 1000000 people live in the capital of the republic of. Government statistics say that only around 80 people in the region have died of the corona virus since the pandemic began but official numbers also show that during that time over 4000. 00 more people died than in the same period last year corona virus infections are spiking across russia but authorities insist the situation is under control. The undertakers arent so sure today unity and his team are interring and 92 year old woman she didnt die of the coronavirus that means her relatives can say their final farewell with an open casket which is the tradition in russia. Usually funerals are big Family Affairs in russia but the pandemic has changed that people are often worried about getting infected and stay away. So far no one on yuris team has caught ko that he can only hope it will stay that way. In russia people say if its decided up there think shell get run over by a street car you wont drown fate is fate with if the coronavirus is of my faith it will pass me by. Her with me were very good the next day the team prepares for 4 more funerals i tour and his colleagues hardly have time to worry about their own health at the moment theyre just too busy. The United Nations is aging World Leaders to make 2021 the year they commit to fighting Climate Change it comes as new reports highlight the Severe Weather that broke records around the world this year the u. N. Says the coronavirus pandemic presents a chance to hit the reset button and do the work needed to save the planet from the devastating temperature increases. Heat waves drive. Wildfires. From flooding 2020 has been yet another year of extreme weather. Ecosystems like the Great Barrier reef in australia. Or Monarch ButterflyBiosphere Reserve in mexico are under threat this year is on course to become the 2nd hottest on record after 2016 and the u. N. Secretary general sent out a dire warning. The ease waging war on nature the zs suicidal nature always strikes back and it is already doing so with force and few. Biodiversity. When 1000000 species on its risk of extinction eco systems are these appearing before our eyes. Being lost every year we moved 10000000. 00 times and forests oceans are overfished and. 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 due to cope with 19 lockdowns. 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 impacts. The change in the arctic is not a religion or who would group their grammar system just in for instance is were. They were to reduce fear so anything changes the arctic 30 or so were going to of. There is a glimmer of hope though more than 100 countries have promised up by 2050 failed be Carbon Neutral issues new targets are being proposed for a un conference next year. Lets take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world this hour Hong Kong Media tycoon and prodemocracy activist jimmy lying has been charged with fraud and detained until his next Court Hearing in april the court refused to grant live battle over a charge that his Anti Government use paper violated the lease terms of its offices the decision comes a day after the jailing of 3 prominent prodemocracy campaign its. Filmmakers in israel have passed a preliminary bill to dissolve parliament bringing the country closer to a 4th National Election in just 2 years as Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has called for unity with his governing partner benny gantz who supports the bill. South korean pop sensation b. T. S. Wont have to swap their celebrity lifestyle for military duty any time soon thanks to a new law passed by the countrys parliament all able bodied south korean men between the ages of 18 and 28 must serve in the army but the new lol makes an exception for globally renowned k. Pop stars like b. T. S. Will be allowed to postpone could strip conscription raba until they are 30. 7 they may be a boy group but for their countrys military not to mention many compatriots they are able bodied men. Now with the new deferment for k. Pop stars or the singing sensations b. T. S. Being unfairly advantaged for a. All south koreas physically fit young men must serve in uniform a legacy of the korean war which started 70 years ago and technically south and north korea have yet to make peace. And the army life was quickly closing in on the groups oldest member known as gen just 2 days before he turns 28 the laws upper limit for beginning service Parliament Cleared the way for a 2 year deferment. Other heartthrobs didnt have that luxury in 20131 of the countrys biggest k. Pop stars known as rain was discharged from the army after serving his time. In sports stars enjoy their own special rules so on your own men a footballer currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur was exempted from service because hed won a medal at the asian games but he still had to complete basic training which he did last year when the covert pandemic conveniently interrupted the premier league season. So whatever they decide to do b. T. S. Have 2 more years to set more industry records and break more hearts until their National Service is supposed to begin and the musics over. I was in europe a in dream a leader who promoted the vision of a unified continent until the end of his long life form a french president valid mean just contest ta has died aged 94 from complications linked to covert 9 tain just contest our lead fronts from 1974 to 1981 speedway heading a social revolution away from catholic conservatism he also worked closely with germany to pave the way for the European Union of today. He was hailed as a modernizer and a champion of european integration in the 1970 s. Former french president valery just got to stand helped lay the groundwork for the European Union born in what was then french occupied germany she scott was just a teenager when he joined a French Resistance group in occupied paris in the 2nd world war. He went on to be elected president in 1984 at the age of 4081. 00 of frances youngest postwar lead as. First very good i know that today marks a new era for french politics. Well you are pretty small if thats of for juvenile and change for france. During his 7 years in power the center right statesman helped modernize French Society he legalized abortion and allowed divorce by Mutual Consent in spite of face opposition from the catholic church. And that he also pushed to liberalize frances economy and as a strong advocate of technology he was seen as the father of the countrys high speed train network. She was committed to the european ideal and forged a close relationship with former west german chancellor Helmut Schmidt together they laid the foundations for the euro single currency and turned their dream of a more integrated europe into reality. You know watching data stage came from focus on your own. Movement. Month without a sign of life. The crew of 2 italian fishing boats. Disappeared after a caution to the libyan militia. 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Hello and welcome to the program liz show for a long time russian authorities acted like they had the coronavirus and then make under control they issued relative low infection rates and even developed the 1st vaccine against the virus but now the numbers have skyrocketed in many russian cities hospitals have reached their limit even the government