Up on the other side of the atlantic anticipation grows for about saying roll out the outgoing u. S. President touts Americas Group Speed Development but how much cooperation has trump offered to his successor will be rolling out the actual vaccination program. Im Rebecca Ritters welcome to the Program German chancellor Angela Merkel has pushed for tougher restrictions to bring down stubbornly high coronavirus numbers this is germanys death toll from covert 9 tain has hit a record daily high of 590 state as a considering a Strict Lockdown over the holidays to curb infection right addressing the German Parliament just moments ago merkel urged the public to recognize the seriousness of germany situation. Well this right now isnt does not fill us in and 14 days until Christmas Day and we must do everything we can to ensure that we get away from exponential growth and we have set the teachers and to everyone all of the contact that isnt necessary must be restricted and as hard as that is a
What is the most glaring or salient way in which the transatlantic relationship is likely to change with the incoming biden administration. Well biden also people have picked for his cabinet and his kind of close coworkers are very committed to transit lantus as spies having that said we have to keep in mind that it was president obama who came out with this doctrine leading from behind and this is something President Biden will continue to do he will ask your own people ask. Germany to pay their fair share in the Defense Community to pay more money for their own military equipment so its gonna be a tricky part for President Biden because for sure he doesnt want to send back troops overseas and hurt military families that wouldnt be good policies either so its going to be tricky but i think it is fair to say that hes very committed to stable and consistent transatlantic relationships. Washington bureau chief in his poll reporting to us there from the u. S. Capital thank you and as bang
The infection rate is too high to consider lifting the lockdown of the restrictions will stay in place until january 2000. And a dial warning for up. Hes waging war on nature easy sweet. Natured always strikes back and hes already doing so with going forth and future un chief until a new terrorist urges World Leaders to make 2021 the year they commit to fighting Climate Change. Im told me a lot of the its good to have you with us the u. K. Has become the 1st country in the world to approve a covert 1000 vaccine jointly produced by the German Company biotech and u. S. Drugmaker fires a british Prime Minister boris john. 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 biotech finds a coded 19 vaccine in the german city of minds hes just one of thou
From moscow thanks so much for joining us on our to international tonight on Daniel Hawkins swerve you are welcome to the program. Paris has been engulfed in renewed unrest over a controversial security bill police used water cannon and tear gas as the situation spiraled out of control as when huge anger over plans to protect Police Officers by handling the extra powers and boosting surveillance with more from the french capital heres a shot at do with. Well weve had huge Pension Savings paris in the last hour where we have seen a number of what i would describe this action grabs by the police its obviously much more organized not that youll have members over the Security Force is going to the crowds and dropping out into the jews that they think of causing trouble or perhaps likely to cause trouble you saw one man being dragged from the crowd by the officers. A buffalo tensions with apostles accept a whooping for the Police Officers who burst or had seen a gas already deployed a fact
Im rebecca richs welcome to the Program German chancellor Angela Merkel has confirmed that a partial lockdown to tackle the corona virus will remain in place until at least early january michael said infection rates are still too high to consider reopening bars restaurants james and other Leisure Facilities terminals 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 per 100000 inhabitants and on average were very far from it. And do wish not before i was a Buddhist Monk the question is whether we leave the country in this state of half sleep or if we decide at some point