General Assembly World leaders convene for a special session is there a multilevel. Pandemic and the number of deaths in russia suggests that the virus is taking a far greater told them to government is admitting well meet an undertaker who tells us he is overwhelmed. And a key architect of the European Union and the g. 7 dawns from code big seen former french president to scott to lead france during the 19 seventies and laid the foundations for europes single currents. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and to our viewers all around the world welcome we start tonight with the latest from the pandemic here in germany and the news is. Not good the head of the countrys Public Health institute says that germany is still nowhere near bringing the 2nd wave of corona virus infections under control a partial lockdown in place since early november has stabilized the numbers but those numbers remain to haul. The coronavirus pandemic is not yet letting up in germany. The head of the countrys federal Health Agency issued a stark warning. Many people are still getting infected with cold at 19 and the numbers are still too high they are on a plateau but they are not yet falling noticeably. We also see that the number of serious outbreaks and deaths is increasing from week to week since both of these always occur with a certain delay we must expect many more here than. Germany has been under a partial lockdown since nov 2nd the daily increase in new infections has leveled off with just over 22000 cases recorded on thursday but this but the restrictions on public life the numbers havent dropped significantly and this week the country reported a record 487 deaths the highest death toll since the onset of the pandemic. With no clear change for the better insight chancellor Angela Merkel announced on wednesday that the partial lockdown will be extended until january 10th restaurants bars and Leisure Facilities will remain closed and context will be restricted some say even that is not enough the Southern State of bavaria is considering tougher measures. In the coming weeks well really have to ask ourselves whether all these measures are enough whether we can keep the country in a sort of half sleep like this or whether we should be clear and consistent and impose even stricter measures in certain areas with some exceptions will be made over the Christmas Period to allow friends and Families Together in berlin something to loosening on restrictions over the holiday is a good idea while others fear it may be too risky. Because its very difficult at the moment people cant meet with friends they cant see or their grandparents maybe these few days will have a positive effect on our lives and. This will only make things worse if we pause the restrictions and then we have to be back to the virus again for. Still some long weeks of coronavirus restrictions ahead with hopes pinned on the forthcoming vaccines. Let me ask you what is the plan here in germany. Well brand Vaccination Centers up being set have that right this moment around the country days should the 1st one should be able to open within 2 weeks but at 1st they want the you know vaccines for everyone else production goes to supply will of course increase over time with production there will be a 2 phases to t. G. During the 1st one so probably still Vulnerable People will be prioritized im thinking badia these people in hospitals 1st responders and vaccinations will take place in doze centers and through mode by the teams for example if ok homes then there will be a 2nd phase one step vaccine will be more broadly available at the end of general population well have access to 8 and a vaccine will be available at medical practices just like any other vaccine that should be probably next year early next year and we know that the partial walk down is going to stay in effect into the new year january 10th place i think and yet were still not seeing a lot of progress in bringing down the number of new infections why use them. Because its partial so it takes time for number of the number of infections to significance they drop right now at the light lockdown has talked to exponential growth suggested good news but it hasnt significantly reduced the number of infections today we so more than a little over 22000 new cases but on they want to come to love down the means like on the 2 that would last number was over 23000 so we do stagnate with significantly more deaths at the moment this partial lockdown is to be extended until january tends with some areas we specifically particularly high infection rates im thinking about now on back in the very hour some districts in saxony where tougher restrictions have been implemented these other restrictions we know were going to be eased from christmas into the new year how do we know that then it will not be creating a super spreader is it. Well said the plan is to allow more people up to 10 from 2 different households to gather at christmas but this is up to local authorities to a low rates are not here in berlin for example into german capital the mayor and Michelle Miller has decided to not alone using autocar Interest Rate shows which are 5 people mark simone for 2 households because the 7 days incidence rates into german capital is too too high and im going to marco had warned a time and again that there was a need for tougher restrictions and she called for individual responsibility to avoid socializing and to avoid traveling when this is not necessary to virus wont take any holidays over the Christmas Season yeah thats true the virus certainly does not observe in the home but it is emmanuel shots with the latest here in berlin and thank you well as the world prepares for mans vaccinations in the new year supply will most likely not meet demand at least at forst and that raises questions about who should be at the top of the banks a nation list after months of doom and gloom a shot of hope or rather millions of them but well most agree that anyone who wants to get vaccinated should be able to demand is likely to outstrip initial supply thats why the World Health Organization is now recommending that health and social workers. Over 60 years of age and residence and stuff. Get facilities should be placed at the least for excess to over 1000. 00 vaccines. Their recommendations closely mirror the plan announced on wednesday by the British Government which said it will start vaccinations later this month. In countries with federal states like germany or the u. S. The question of who comes 1st and who will have to wait will be left to local authorities. In the meantime german chancellor Angela Merkel has sought to calm critics monfort kets phone then nobody will be forced to vaccinate it this is a voluntary decision fog of the evidence at question of who will be vaccinated 1st is being discussed how they felt because what i think i can already reveal this much at 1st and foremost of course we have nurses doctors and people in high risk groups and of course. Many have hailed the new vaccines as potentially Game Changing the beginning of a Brighter Future but across europe an air of euphoria mixed with clouds of caution. Inevitably take some months before almost bone on protected long cold months so its all the more great too that as we celebrate this sort of typical achievement were not carried away with overoptimism or pulled into the naive belief that the struggle is over its not only after 60 to 70 percent of people have become immune to the virus will the pandemic be considered defeated and reaching that point worldwide will take time a covered 19 of the road to recovery that is the focus of a special session of the Un General Assembly almost 100. 00 World Leaders are taking part in the 2 day meeting coincides with the release of a u. N. Study that shows that more than 1000000000 people could be living in extreme poverty by 2030 the long term effects of the coronavirus u. N. Secretary general antonio good day had us criticised some countries for going it alone he stressed the size of the challenge facing the entire world vaccines may become available within the next weeks and months. But lets not fool ourselves. And vaccine cannot undo the damage done to stretch across ears even decades to come. Extreme poverty is rising the sense of famine looms we face the Biggest Little recession in decades and these intergenerational impacts are not due to covering 1000 alone they are the result of Long Term Strategy leave these inequalities of the injustices that have been exposed by the pandemic its time to reset well the other concern is of course making sure theres equality of access to vaccines all over the globe we spoke about this earlier with professor calypso d chunky to shes director of Global Health policy at the center for Global Development heres what she had to say these are encouraging news especially on the vaccines i think we still need to look at the data we need to rely on more than press releases or need to look at their new publications of the results but in the meantime our regulators here in europe and the United Kingdom and the United States are proceeding with emergency authorization processes and thats important and understandable in terms of equitable access i think its reasonable to assume that wealthier nations those with those advanced deals with companies will be the 1st to get that vaccine and distribute to that populations followed by resource constrained countries. Our guest of a look now at the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic over 1500000 coronavirus deaths have now been recorded worldwide from nearly 65000000 cases thats according to Johns Hopkins university u. S. Coronavirus expert anthony found she has criticized u. K. Regulators for their swift approval of the buy on tech Pfizer Vaccine that shes suggesting u. K. Scientists had just accepted the companys data instead of carefully scrutinizing it russian president Vladimir Putin has ordered voluntary mass vaccinations to start next week moscow says its sputnik vaccine is 95 percent effective or russias 2nd wave of the corona virus has hit some of its regions hard in many cities there are hardly any hospital beds left official statistics say almost 40000 people in russia have died from the virus but media reports say the mortality in the country is probably 4 times higher than last year our correspondent emily sure when went to the city of in the countrys south west where it is mainly undertakers who experience these grim figures firsthand. With a steady stream of coronavirus dead speed is of the essence that the more come every morning the team from the Funeral Agency 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 hearses standing in line outside the morgue it was only then that people started to understand the death really come to. Call the relatives to identify the body. This morgan the city 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. But the relatives are often more tense than usual because their dead are handed over to them in plastic bags. To open their 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 utica and his team are interring and 92 year old woman she didnt die of the corona virus 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 your worries team has caught co that he can only hope it will stay that way. People say if its decided up there think shell get run over by a street car you wont drown fate is fate if the coronavirus is my fate it will pass me by. Her with a very good. The next day the team prepares for 4 more funerals attitude and his colleagues hardly have time to worry about their own health at the moment theyre just too busy. It was in the leisure when reporting there lets take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world is the german city of tree or has held a minute of silence to honor the 5 People Killed when a vehicle plowed into pedestrians on tuesday a 51 year old man is in Police Custody prosecutors say the suspect was under the influence of alcohol that there are no indications of a terrorist moat British Police say 4 people have died in one is injured after an explosion at a Water Treatment plant in southwest england the blast near the city of bristol is believed to have involved a chemical tape the calls of the incident remains unclear israel is urging its citizens to avoid travel to the go free agency saying that iran may be planning to attack israeli targets the advisory comes a week after irans Top Nuclear Scientist was killed in an ambush outside tehran iran has blamed israel for the attack and has valid retaliation. 3 egyptian human rights activists who were detained last month on terrorism related charges have been released from prison thats according to their organization the Egyptian Initiative for personal rights the men arrests in november sparked an International Outcry its not yet clear if charges against the activists have been dropped. The Afghan Government and the taliban have reached an agreement to continue with peace talks even as fighting between the 2 sides continues still u. S. Officials have welcomed the deal as a chance to quell a sharp rise in violence across afghanistan the u. S. Military is moving ahead with president trumps order to withdraw all thousands of troops from the country in january a move critics say is coming much too soon. And this is a city that hasnt had a sense of normality for 4 decades in recent weeks the security situation has worsened again. Government buildings International Hotels and the airport in couple are guarded by soldiers and police officers. Ali says opened his cafe 3 years ago many of his customers are foreigners worried about what will happen if the United States withdraws half of its soldiers from the country in january. And if the International Troops are irresponsible enough to withdraw then there will be no more security and no more business for which house in september representatives in the Afghan Government and Afghan Civil Society have been negotiating with the taliban in qatar what direction is the country headed is afghanistan at a turning point is everything thats been achieved over the past 20 years in jeopardy. And this school in couple girls and boys play together in the schoolyard just 2 decades ago under the taliban regime girls werent even allowed to go to school or work. Jo sophie was one of those affected but she secretly learned to read and write today shes a history teacher her students are 17 and 18 years old but do they fear the taliban ruling again. Someone not on that afghan women wont give in weve suffered so much to be here. We wont stop the fight to the heart of this economic climate this thing and if they want to lock us up again after 18 years of change then the taliban can forget about it afghan women have changed a lot of the one of the. Just 60 kilometers from couple the taliban controlled the streets of gaza any province earlier this year their leaders signed a peace deal with the United States but do they want to c. N. N. To terrorist activity and do they want peace in afghanistan with. The poem or live on as the non muslims who have occupied our country must leave our goal is to have an islamic system in place and have an islamic government will was in the get it over with. The taliban have also changed theres a new generation of holy warriors. They have press officers and give interviews to western media but the government in kabul reject them. There are many who fear that if the United States withdraws its troops afghanistan could fall victim to violence on terror im returning to the dark days of its past. Firefighters in australia are struggling to contain massive wildfires devastating a unesco World Heritage site Fraser Island is the largest saying im the island in the world the fires have been burning now for 6 weeks and have already destroyed almost half of this unique natural paradise. The flames here have been raging on for weeks with more than a 1000000 liters of water and extinguishing agents firefighters are battling the blazes to no avail more than 80000 hectares of land have already been scorched. Weve been reporting 50 percent of the all in has been affected by the fall and were probably not seeing the end of it yet. Exactly what thats going to look like in the end because were trying to limit it as space we came. With a length of 122 kilometers Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world and has been in unesco World Heritage site since 1902 the island is particularly popular with camping tourists with Freshwater Lakes and mangrove swamps Fraser Island is characterized by tropical rain forest which is currently still unaffected by looking at the next few dice to say what the wind does the moment weve got winds which are helping us in this in this way we know that if we have winds kick up on the weekend its gone by things with high authorities suspect the blaze was started by an illegal bonfire in mid october this week the situation was further aggravated by the force of an ongoing heatwave tourists have been instructed not to travel to the island Fraser Island is known by native aborigines as garri which means a pair. Yes. The former french president a fellow he just got to stung has died from complications linked to cohabit 19 he was 94 the center what politician led france in the 1970 s. Spearheading a social revolution away from catholic conservatism he also worked closely with germany to pave the way for the g. 7 and the European Union as we know it today. He was hailed as a modernization and a champion of european integration in the 1970 s. Former french president valery just gotta stand helped lay the groundwork for the European Union born in what was then french occupied germany she scuffed was just a teenager when he joined a French Resistance group in occupied paris and the 2nd wealth war. He went on to be elected president in 1974 at the age of 4081. 00 of frances youngest pace will lead as. First very good i know that today marks a new era for french politics. You know i didnt know if thats a for g f a nation and change for france. Im sure in his 70 s. And paua the sensorites 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 but 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. Scott was committed to the european ideal and forced a close relationship with former west german chancellor Helmut Schmidt together they laid the foundations for the year a single currency and turned their dream of a more integrated europe into reality a teacher from rural india has picked up one of the professions major awards the global teacher draw. Raje scindia sala was on and for transforming the education of young girls at a Primary School in deep Western State of maharashtra he redesigned all the textbooks in the local language and embedded q. R. Codes for multimedia learning to saul was selected from over 12000. 00 nominations in 140. 00 countries he says that he will share half of the 1000000. 00 prize money with his fellow top 10. 00 finalists and hes a happy teacher there. Isis forces now italy will host the u. A. E. Phoenicians League Finals next year in october 2021 italy have been drawn to face spain while belgium will beat france in the semifinals on october 6th and 7th to set up the final a few days later the matches will be played at the event as stadium intervene and the sun c. E. O. In milan. Also added that albania would host the 1st ever final of its new 3rd tier Club Competition in 2022. And finally you might remember the story from last week of the mysterious mental monolith found in the utah all desert now another one has been spotted on a hiking trail in Southern California local media reporting that unlike the utah original this one is not bolted to the ground and could be tipped over the utah monolith which disappeared as mysteriously as it appeared captured the imagination of many with its references to the classic side find movie 2001 a space odyssey a similar structure has also been spotted in romania. The mystery continues are his reminder of our top story the head of germanys Public Health institute says he expects the coronavirus to claim that many more lives in the country daily deaths this week reached their highest levels since the beginning of the pandemic. Youre watching u. W. News after a short break ill be back to take you through the day to night in fact seem nationalism hazardous to your health well be right back. From the ghetto to parliament. 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It goes without saying that in this pandemic no one is safe until everyone is safe and yet the vaccine nationalism the race to be 1st in approving the vaccine if suddenly real what happens when nations race against each other hoping to beat the coronavirus with a virus usually wins in the United States almost 3000 people are dying every day from cope with 19 more than 100000 hospitalizations and climbing the pandemic is killing like never before we