Of vaccines. Its already ordered 40000000 doses with several 1000000 expected to arrive before the end of the year lets go live to london where our mass is standing by bigot how could you k. Approved advice in so quickly. Well there was an absolute emergency approval and normally these processes can take around 10 years however this time was different because the regulators work alongside the companies so not just to the company that the companies do their research and afterwards look if everything is safe but just really a company that the companies and and all the trials longside and of course there are questions about security one expert explained it in a quite graphic way i found that quite interesting he said imagine you are going through Central London normally youd expect gridlock but this time all the traffic lights are on green you have a Police Escort and there are no other cars on the road so this is how they could they say safety proof this vaccination so quickly interesting way to describe it whats now the plan for rolling it out in the u. K. Or trying to gods green for that as well. Well pretty much the secretary matt hancock said that 50 hospitals are already on standby theyre ready to deliver the vaccine and we know that Health Workers and the most vulnerable those in calf homes older people they are going to be the 1st people to get to live with this new vaccination as early as next week after that its going to be according to vulnerability again so the oldest members of the population are going to be inoculated 1st along alongside those with Underlying Health conditions and then it goes on the u. K. Doesnt have enough doses to inoculate the whole population boss what were expecting is that all the companies with look at their vaccinations approved soon so the hope very much is that the u. K. Is going to be 1st but that other countries are going to follow suit whether that be enough vaccine to. Our people really likely to be queuing up for this or is there some resistance. There is a certain degree of resistance we know from studies that maybe if that of the u. K. Population is a little on satin or they say they are unlikely to get that job and we know that the vaccine its about 80 percent uptake in the population in order to be effective in order to achieve socalled has immunity i guess is how you could put it we have to see though i think once the people are getting the jabs i think this is a lot of the u. K. Citizens will be looking at how its going maybe in the 1st days and weeks and if there are no Adverse Reactions if there are no heavy side effects of being reported i can imagine that many people will actually get the inoculation and that even some who are now saying they are uncertain that they could change their minds because the u. K. Is still one of the most affected countries in the world we have around 60000 deaths of the coronavirus related deaths so its quite a high number and well see how many people really in the end be resistant and and how many will take it out to the viewers london correspondent big. Thank you pigott. Felled by own tech the German Company who collaborated with pfizer on that vaccine will be holding a press Conference Soon and well be covering that live here on d w later on the program but 1st to hong kong where a quarter sentenced leading prodemocracy activist joshua want to a total of 13 and a half months in jail for charges related to last years antigovernment protests as the 1. 00 and 2. 00 other prodemocracy protesters pleaded guilty to charges including inciting in the Illegal Assembly after those mass protests last year beijing imposed a National Security law on hong kong in june critics say the new law is being used to further silence dissidents speaking through his lawyer joshua long said the fight for democracy and freedom would continue in prison for more on this lets bring in cloudy m oh shes one of the opposition legislators in hong kong who recently resigned in a show of defiance towards beijing bismo theres this sentencing of 13 and a half months for joshua will surprise you. Lightly lenient and most people were expecting that because that weve been thinking in terms of years that he would get some will and the 2 years or something its now at the scene and a whole month its still there when it comes to sentencing away young that small and prosecution its actually past secure shit because the authorities at the just that will not try to understand whats really behind the protests theres no attempt on their part to try to get into the reasons behind all of these their protest campaigns and im calm and this is just not right well theres a tile position that is that is including you resigned on top of this not because lives are so off as a jail sentence is not has beijing succeeded in silence and the opposition with it trying to introduce this sort of political inertia in song on that one challenge to everyone. There who get the cashier what greek of breaking the law or in any way there are judicial consequences and so on and social but then you do not want. Asked to mate hong kong people state and nation to fight for their future with theirs to the one and the one country 2 systems and committed to systems that plenty of room to mind our own best and now its only one country and there they are trying to tell us how to lead illegally under this new rule to the new National Security law coning is wrong yes get it wrong in every way in these days. Well given the covert restrictions on gatherings and beijings hardening stance is. The Movement Likely to continue what do you think when we should turn things may look bleak because theres sure all of this is social restrictions on it and gentleman you cant fix it is street approach. By doing shandong to retool to to treat you with democracy which is what were fighting for democracy is humanity and humanity will always win so we will lead this dong i should think thank you very much claudia mo one of the former opposition legislators in hong kong. Thank you. To some other stories making headlines around the world today the u. S. Justice Department Says its found no evidence of voter fraud in the president ial election the statement from u. S. Its own attorney general william barr is a blow to president from. Been challenging the election result and still refuses to concede to joe biden hungary a member of the European Parliament has resigned after breaking lockdown rules by attending whats been described as a Gay Sex Party in brussels. Who has previously backed the legislation in hungary admitted attending the party which was broken up by police sayah belongs to hungarys Ruling Conservative Party and is an ally of Prime Minister viktor or bani. New zealand has declared a Climate Emergency pledge that its Public Sector will be Carbon Neutral 2025 Prime Minister just told parliament urgent action was needed for the sake of future generations the country joins so its 2 others who have issued emergency declarations over global warming. One of the Worlds Largest telescopes has collapsed after 57 years of operation located in puerto rico it had been deteriorating since august and repair efforts were deemed too dangerous the Radio Telescope featured in the 995 James Bond Film golden eye was used to track asteroids and study distant planets. A german will appear in court today after driving his car into pedestrians in the western city of tire the police have confirmed that 5 people were killed including a 9 week old baby the driver is a local man hes in custody no motive has yet been established. As a city in mourning outside candles were lit at a makeshift memorial for the victims. And inside the citys cathedral a service for those killed and injured. But just of this is the darkest day in the history of tria since world war 2 were all used to seeing these kinds of pictures all over the world but no one ever thought it would happen here we were very much mistaken as we painfully found out today like. A baby was one of the 5 killed when a 51 year old local man drove an s. U. V. For around one kilometer to the center tria hitting people at random authority said he was stopped by police. Social media for that showed the man being arrested investigators said he had consumed a significant amount of alcohol. And im not going to talk to us we have no indications that the motive is of a terrorist political or religious nature. Dispute couldnt escaped there are indications that there could be a psychiatric problem involved. Shock which just conk out. Here. As is the case across germany Christmas Markets have been canceled in terre but despite the quiet atmosphere police urged people to stay away from the city center on tuesday. Joins us from. What do we know about the victim so far. So there were 5 victims of this car rampage and you might see people here behind me who have come to. A landmark the parts i need to pay homage and mourn these victims 1. 00 of the victims was a 9 week old baby and another was the babys 45 year old father so certainly a heavy toll here in the city the babys mother and an 18 month. Old sibling are in hospital there were 3 more victims a 25 a 52 and a 73 year old women are from clear and there are still a dozen people injured some of them severely injured in hospital. The police have a suspect in custody what do we know about him. The suspect is a 51 year old german man born in clear and residing in the area the prosecutor leading the investigation has said the man did not have a fixed address in the last few days he was living out of a car the same car that he used to commit the rampaging that was loaned to him by a friend the man was drunk he had drunk had significant amounts of alcohol in his system when he committed the rampage he was alone in the car and he resisted police when they arrested him. Well authorities happy with this arrest is the investigation still going into other directions as well what can you tell us about the investigation. So at the moment the suspect is being interrogated the police have said that he is currently talking to them investigators have excluded any terrorists political or religious motive but they do not know what has driven the men to to commit the rampage he is today expected to be brought in front of a judge who will have to decide whether to send him to jail or to a psychiatric facility and further psychiatric examinations are also expected to take place. In tree reporting for us thank you to the. U. N. Refugee agency has appealed to ethiopia for access 296000 every train refugees in the Northern Region there are concerns of possible food shortage following reports of attacks abductions and forced recruitment of refugees meanwhile the nearly months long war has displaced thousands of people into neighboring countries like sadar. Africa correspondent traveled to a town on the border with. They were lucky after crossing the border from ethiopia to sudan latter bore han and her family found refuge in this home the nearby campus already overcrowded there they would have had to sleep outside on the ground. While. They were saying i thank the owner of this house so much because she doesnt know was she doesnt know anything about us but because we were neighbors across the border she took us in more than 50 people. She never forget the moment she realized she and her 9 children had to flee their home town into guy. We know we cried and our children cried with us they wept in front of us the shooting started while we were eating and we just had to leave. Even the. 6 families live here together that is more than 50 people in one house among them a tourist he and her husband when the fighting and to get eyes started they tried to bring their children to safety. When this shooting started i gave my children to our neighbors who had a car to take them with them. Since then she hasnt heard anything from them because of a Communications Blackout and to get i she cant call the neighbors or people in her village. My children are always on my mind whenever i close my eyes i see them the owner of the house study day brahim its not the 1st time that she has welcomed refugees in her home in the 1960 s. People who fled the war and. These people came to us and those all we dont have much money they owe a neighbor so we have to hurt them many residents of this already poor region have again welcomed duty of the refugees in their homes some of us out only others provide food and water however the influx of people here has resulted in instant price hikes residents tell us vegetables fruit and even water has become much more expensive still they try to help as much as they can for its the 2nd time that she had to flee her home she doesnt want the same for her children. I hope my children will have a better life will not become like us i wish theyd go to school study do their jobs in stay away from politics it isnt in many. Fareed abraham says her guests can stay as long as they need it now let me take you back to our top story britain has approved a Coronavirus Vaccine for pharmaceutical partners pfizer. For emergency use making it the 1st western country to do so vaccine will be made available across the country next week the vaccine is the result of a collaboration between the u. S. Drug maker pfizer and German Company biotech that right now we are just waiting for biotech to hold a 1st press conference. For reaction on that im now joined by dr peter elton hes a clinical director for Britains Health system the n. H. S. In the north of england welcome to news dr alton your reaction to this news. Stands as it is. In this is probably the only way were going to get to her in the future. We hold the event in track snake. Move quickly and that will enable us to know. How big of a just tickle challenge is this for Britains Health system the n. H. S. Its usually is a good challenge but the n. H. S. Is well up to it we have a very well developed Vaccination Program and speaking inclusions what i am impressed with is how committed they are making this work so everybody in their eyes is that a lot of other health care is the hand of the coronavirus and therefore its a good priority to getting the next nation down. People have to vaccinations and. Hundreds of people say in one in one general practice. I see no reason why we come to class number of people everybody is working at it and working very hard toward large numbers of people what about those in britain who are skeptical around the safety of the vaccine how will you reassure the public that they should take the shot. So that soon and partly true and a lot of people are very enthusiastic happen fascinations. The net there is a minority in past 1020 percent who are very skeptical there on the people who could pass it has been say go out and this is a bit more and but there are a lot of people who are enthusiastic and the important thing is to vaccinate the people. Priority groups and also to address the fears of those whom oregon outfits who are getting more and more information as people have the vaccine and theyre seen not to have any undue adverse events from it sounds like its reassure people and d only sound majority of people that will help combat a virus and then we need to work on the small portion people who are reluctant to have not seen those who will receive the vaccine what kind of side effect. And they expect. So according to the trials about 4 percent have some growth and see about 2 percent have headaches but these are temporary side effects and not very severe. So. This happens with many vaccines you get temporary mild adverse events and people cope with this and very minor compared to the risks of course. Of peter. Look into a crystal ball how long is it now until the u. K. Will see the end of this and. So theres going to be at 70 and dozens of the vaccine available the focus because people need to go says and there probably is some protection from the 1st i had them that sees this good and he probably d. Isnt a profound reaction to the 2nd so i wouldnt expect some benefit from the store that may not be cherry long lasting and then in the new year when they have a more vaccine and people talked about 18000000 doses been available. By the end of march so i would expect as they do that and i would expect that really before the end of march we will hanson vision for sure in the population and thats not to make a difference but i would add that that would allow us to return to normal life but i think there will be some still some current virus around so that measures that we can take that dont affect our lives too much things like distance when you can good handwashing and all those things we should still do with the sure history that we should really do until its almost completely disappeared so i think providing people say those measures to protect themselves. Businesses will be able to work in normal. Dr peter elton talking to us from the u. K. Thank you very much. Well beyond tech the German Company who collaborated with pfizer on the Coronavirus Vaccine that has been over us in britain will be holding a press Conference Soon and our correspondent of business in minds in the front of the biotech headquarters im also joined by Matthew Moore whos been following this story for us here in berlin but lets go to conrad 1st one of pfizer and biotech are giving separate press conference whys that. Well obviously this is a partnership that also involves a little bit of competition who can use about who can use this huge event for marketing of oneself but let me make this clear its by on tech the relatively small German Biotech Company that developed the vaccine that you know made the huge innovative efforts to come up with a technology thats never been used before and the 2 charismatic founders dr zahi and his wife living to achieve here in mines city near frankfurt they are the ones to develop the vaccine they hold all the patterns etc. Pfizer is of course the huge Pharmaceutical Company that has all the resources to help you know distribute produce the large amounts of this vaccine that have to be produced and then of course also help negotiate ing the deals with various governments that have ordered the vaccine. Being a rather compare comparatively Small Company what kind of a milestone is this. Its a huge smile saw by on take up until now and never has made a profit and now it has what in pharmaceutical terms is cough called a blockbuster its also a milestone i would say not only for the region here or the ride mine area which you know is. Of course a region that has a lot of pharmaceutical companies in. But. Recent years has not come up with a huge u. N. Of a ship innovations i do its a big mo so for germany lets not forget we have another vaccine being developed by cure vaca company to bring and so i guess the german pharmaceutical biotech innovation powers are really the 1st 4 years here. Thank you cannot match you with when will the 1st vaccines be distributed. The expectations will be distributed next week there we start sending them out from sites i think belgium is actually which will be which the pfizer says will be critical to the u. K. Supply they will start arriving in the u. K. This week and the vaccinations will Begin Next Week and. Theres a lot thats going to be focused on Health Care Workers and care homes and hospital settings and then on the most the most elderly people there who are the most racist basically from the crew of us so will other countries not follow suit and give this a rapid approval. I think the 2 things i think the u. S. New york regulators are both looking at last what the u. K. Done today has essentially said were going to use the emergency route to bypass the e. U. Because they will do that until the end of the and theyve done not raised a few eyebrows let me let me say but the point is it might put pressure on both those regulates report to come to a decision sit up because they say if its good enough for the u. K. Wasnt good enough for us and has already been some concern here in europe with lawmakers from Angela Merkels party in the European Union Parliament Saying that they think that the u. K. Decision is perhaps a bit hasty problematic and that it could have just waited a few more weeks to make sure that this is really safe if they start distributing lets go back to sukhamoy of in the minds of the Head Quarters that if the u. K. Is the 1st country to start rolling out this vaccine will that mean fewer of are seen those as far. Of accomplis welcome production keep. Well be out by on take try so make sure that everyone all of the customers do not get concerned about this 800000. 00 of those isto says it will now be delivered 1st to the u. K. But many more doses are expected to be delivered as soon as you know the vaccination is being confirmed also in europe biotech says it plans to deliver 1300000000 doses of the vaccine next year alone and lets not forget its not going to be an easy task you have to store the vaccine at temperature is down to some minus 70 degrees celsius in order to make sure that this works theres a lot of technology involved. Because