the program, germany's christian democrats have a new party leader. cd you members vote overwhelmingly for friedrich mats to take the helm of the conservative opposition after their worst ever election defeat. ah, i'm public only as welcome to the program, a ban on all non essential travel between france and the united kingdom has come into effect. the french government is implementing the band with the aim of slowing the spread of the arm across corona virus variant. the u. k has been experiencing rocketing numbers of infections and reported more than 93000 new infections on friday. travelers hoping to beat the travel deadline, rushed to secure seats on trains, fairies and plains, between france. i'm the u. k. santa claus is coming to town on or maybe not of it's paris, he's going to and his last stop was london, non essential travel between france and britain grind to a halt on saturday. a strict new rules go into force at paris is goth. do know, christmas holiday makers were grabbing their last chance to get to london on the eurostar on friday. i feel very lucky that i managed to get out of france on the last day that it's possible. um, but yeah i, it is a bit worrying. it's a bit scary and who knows, it's going to happen in january when, when everything gets that's normal after the new year. so we'll see. i think it's a bit late really considering melnick holmes already here with rollin something written. so i don't see why a run why with either the circle with signs of escape game. so we thought this was a grand adventure for we were looking for an escape game and we found out exactly how to get out of france and back from london. they'll make it out, but re entering france from britain won't be quite as jolly across the channel, low a long queues at london saint pancras station. as people there sought to travel in the opposite direction and get to france while i could from saturday. even if the british can convince french authorities that, that travel is essential. they'll be subject to self isolation on arrival. all right, well for more information on the story, i'm joined by d. w reporter hannah hummel. here in the studio. she's been following the story force. i had a good to see you now. who actually is affected by this is, is everybody affected? no, not everyone's affect it. i think it's also important to make clear that this is an i right ban. so french and ease at sends will still be allowed to return. they need a negative test beforehand, and there's a minimum quarantine of 48 hours. and then they need another task, but also french residents are allowed to travel back even if they're not french citizens. and transit is still allowed. so if france isn't your final destination, then you can still travel through and, and travel to the u. k from france. am authorities of asked people to postpone trips, but again there is an i right ban the ban affects professional work, trips and tourists. and those are the people that are going to be the most affected here. so many britons travel to france over the holidays for things like ski trips . so that's going to be, who's the most affected, of course. right. so tell us about why is the been only on the u. k, because we know that this alma kron variance is present here in germany and many other countries, and we're seeing pretty high numbers as well. or of this variant. m a across europe . yeah, exactly. and is a really good question because france has said that they've banned travel from the u. k, because the numbers are just saw high over there. and also there is a direct train line connecting the to capital cities. thousands of people generally travel across that lane. every day, so especially since london is the worst effected part of the u. k, you can understand why they want to sever that connection. but like you said so many other countries are also affected by omicron. but e countries don't really want to restrict travel with in each countries. and the notable difference here is that the u. k. isn't a part of the you anymore. and in those same conditions then don't apply. alright, well, how's the u. k responding to all of this, them, they're quite, they're not happy about it. of course, for us, johnson has and said outright that he doesn't think that it's a fair decision. and many conservative politicians are also arguing that it may be a political move. it does follow of weeks of political attentions between the 2 countries over things like prospects that fishing rates and migration or the channel. but on the other hand, if you just look at the numbers a lot, i mean the u. k reported 93000 cases on friday. so you could argue with that speak for itself. all right, we'll leave it there. d. w 's. how normal, thanks for bringing us all that information. france is not the only country in europe bracing for a new wave of infections across the continent. governments are introducing restrictions such as limiting opening times for popes and venues. vaccinating children is another measure. authorities are taking to reduce the severity of infections. a quick pinch and it was all done on whose i had these kids and denmark i getting vaccinated against coven? 19 a girl? yeah, i got the job because of the new corona variant. and i don't want to be so sick that i can't eat dinner with everybody on a cron is spreading at a fast speed and denmark ear infection rates. i think daily record hiv pushing more and more parents to get that children job to where personal to slow the spread of the virus. the danish government has announced that cinema theaters and concert halls will be closed. restaurant opening hours will also be restricted in neighboring gemini. the health minister has raised the alarm. alicia on on, i'm assuming a massive fits wave. that's awesome. we have to prepare ourselves for a challenge and all that we have not yet faced in this. for me, we are in these are formed on the kafka infection rights have been rising rapidly across germany to the easy spread of on the kron butts and writes soaring even higher. as a result, the german government has now classified denmark and other countries, including france and norway as high risk areas. travelers will have to quarantine for 10 days upon arrival unless they have been vaccinated over covered from occur in a virus infection. let's take a look at some more stories making news around the world. russia has reveal details of the requirements. it says must be fulfilled to reach a security deal with the u. s. and to nato. the demands were delivered to the us this week. among them are the denial of ukraine's aspirations to join nato and a reduction in the alliances military deployments. moscow and washington both say they're ready for dialogue. defense lawyers, in the trial of social delane maxwell, have rested their case in her sex abuse, draw in new york. the lawyers had spent 2 days presenting witnesses, maxwell declined to dest testify, calling the prosecution's case, quote, unproven. she denies grooming, under age girls for abuse by the late peter fo jeffrey epstein. the un human rights council has voted in favor of setting up an independent investigation into abuses in the ethiopian conflict. this comes after a senior you and official reported severe human rights violations by all parties involved between 5 to 7000 people are set to still be in the tension. exult, battery, see an opposition leader. it's fet. lana, taken off sky and 2 of her colleagues have been awarded the prestigious charlemagne prize for their efforts on behalf of freedom and democracy. it's annually awarded by the german city of action for services to european unity. germany's opposition christian democrats, the party of former chancellor anglo michael have elected friedrich mats as their next leader, a former mackerel rival. he beat to other contenders with an outright majority in the 1st round of a member's vote. his supporters hope he'll steer the party more to the right after the c to use worst ever national election result under his predecessor, i mean lash it is in ms. jones as of steve's 3rd time. lucky for frederick metz. twice before he has launched a bid to become leader of the christian democrats. this time the choice was left of the party members, many of whom are over 60, and he's traditional attitudes chime with those of the 66 year old merits. reacting to the vote, frederick mad, promised to unite the party is vice versa. i know what lies ahead for all of us and i know what this means for me personally. i accept this nomination of our members and i'm looking forward to working together well with absolutely everyone of go to some about it requires an metts was 1st elected to the buddhist target in 1994 and later became parliamentary leader of the c d. u. but he was squeezed out by angle, a miracle in 2002 mad switch to a lucrative career in banking and did not return to the political fray until 2018. as there were signs, the era of chancellor miracle was coming to an end. he ran for the c d u leadership in 2018. losing to integrate, cram karen bower and again in 2020. when i'm in lush, it took charge, but after the parties poor result at this year's general election, many in the cd you clearly felt it was time for matt's is brand of tough talk roughly because i know muzzles argon, let me simply say that the cd you this party has been in a state of emergency for 3 years, and this must not be repeated on cur, does in sight and of isn't you motions that yas ornish read all even within is party. some of question. frederick mats, his motives suggesting he's driven, namely by personal ambition. that ambition has now given him the cd used talk job enabling mets to be the face of conservative opposition to the government of olaf shots. or earlier we spoke to political scientists to al, crashed on looker and asked him how frederick mats would be different anglo mabel. i think he will be very, if not a say, a totally different to angle american because he's from character totally different . he's very aggressive. he is not only from the right, as you said, he is more nearly liberal but he's very has a very strong with tory and merkle. yes, you know, was very moderates. he was not says he will smooth all the time. and now that will be a very aggressive opposition leader, and i think it's not a bad thing for the see you because now the position has changed. now they opposition and now you have be aggressive, you must be strong. and that's what flick mouth is on. we have 16 years of anglo merkel, a very strong leadership from long time after the last year's not a strong, but i think if america would have been candidate, she would have been one another time. and all of shots wouldn't have been chancellor. but that's the reason why now the era is another one. i don't think that she will return to the past because whittling math. no 2nd can't be reactionary. he can't be right only. he can't be only nearly liberal. he already says that he must win the social positions off to you. he must be more going to the middle. and that's the thing. what he's doing. he will be on the one side, he will create contract that he will be very strong and aggressive as an opposition leader. but on the other side, he will also try to hold the middle. and that's very important for the cd you because that's not and has never been right party to sport. and in the bonus league league leaders by a munich, b 12 spring for nail in their final game of the 1st half of the season. and it was a special night for their top score. robber levin dusky bag, the final goal of matching the dying minutes. what a beauty! it was! the prolific poll volleying in an unstoppable shout strike means! levin dusky has broken gap miller's half century old record of most coolness, like a gold. in a calendar year with $43.00 inter milan have terminated christian erickson's contract because of the cardiac device. he has fitted after collapsing on the pitch during the european championships in the summer. the 29 year old midfielder has in plates and suffering a cardiac arrest during denmark's game against finland at the euro's. italian health regulations prohibit him from playing with the cardiac device, but he could continue his career in another country. mohammed ban, so am has been elected the new president of the f i a that's the world governing body for motor sports. he's the 1st non european to hold the position. benzo am one of the most successful. our drivers in motor sports history became the 1st arab vice president of the fi, back in 2008. and he's also being part of the organization's development task force since 2013 it right, well to randolph, the shell, we're bringing you some fest of cheer from peru. christmas has come early for these do animals in the capital, lima giraffes, tigers and lions were paid a visit by father christmas. at these camels feasted on festive wreaths. recently, relaxed corona virus restrictions mean that visitors can return to watch the sous activities. all right, you're watching detail the news from berlin up next world stories including a report from ukraine where there is concerned that neighboring russia is planning an invasion. i, bob, odious. that's all for me. thanks for watching. take care and see you very to the amount of class is increasing every year, many im gonna working on lunch with holiday destinations and drowning interesting ways. we read wine at the closet with every year of the exports over $1000000.00 tons of plastic with. is there another way? after all the environment isn't to recyclable. make up your own mind. d. w. made for mines. ah, this week unwell stories. do hon is burg fighting the corona virus. a dispute over a coal mine in britain? but we began in ukraine. there is international concern about the deployment of russian troops on the countries east and border how i residence in the border region handling the threats. this muddy trek used to be an international crossing from ukraine to russia for elena and her neighbors with family and friends on both sides. it was a lifeline. dana, a cup roll cook. i want to check what kind of why are they put up? oh, yes, yes. it's bob's why i call you j tucker fish and they loud this strip. but oh, to catch people we try to cross would it lowered a few signs, some fencing and some barbed wire or could have it might not look like a particularly well defended frontier between 2 countries in conflict. but it's certainly a big change or people in this part of eastern ukraine to hold until a few years ago could drive across the border without much is showing a passport or to last year. but my neighbor has his elderly mother down there on the russian side. it's only 6 kilometers from here. but now he has to do a huge loop and travel 10 times that to pass through the board to post the motion. and when the boat offense was 1st built few years ago, helena tells us relatives would come and stand on both sides to talk over the barbed wire. it's this closeness, these personal ties that mean that many, yeah, aren't ready to believe that. um conflict with russia is even possible brosnan, the gym, particularly we hear all the scary things on the knees, but i just can't imagine it affecting us here. there's no animosity between us nation with him as a milligram. that may be the case, but the tanks in the troops are definitely there. even if they're still some 200 kilometers from helene as border village with u. s. defense sauces, warning invasion could be a reality within months. very earnest terms, his gulf don't. we've been expecting of russian invasion since 2014. they're always flex in their muscles and. and i think this is just an attempt to win political concessions, robert williams elsewhere. but then in a politician or in, in the border town of mill over, there's not much of that shield evidence with russian and ukrainian border guards, barely metro park long the boundary which runs down the middle of the main street. but even here were many locals can see russia from their windows. it's cold and economic worries rather than russian tanks for now. a still weighing most heavily on people's minds law last year. how can we be in danger if the board is right there, we would have seen something already. yo, i've only seen those russian tanks on t b, but we can't see or hear them here. yet, no tensions here. so as negotiations between washington and moscow to resolve these tensions go into overdrive to people on the ground, this new crane seem unwilling to believe that the threat of war is real till they see those russian tanks with their own eyes. ah, the i'm chron, variant is causing a surgeon corona, virus infections, especially in south africa, where it was fast detected. the mayor of johannesburg wants to do everything she can to stop it from spreading farther. johannesburg at night is a party town. there is no social distancing, no masks, no registering of guests at claps. local may am pull. pallets is not happy with the situation and is taking part in a police rate. on the complaint of coven 19, isn't moving forward, wave of call, then i'll number the we very concerned about compliance. he called the regulation. the music is turned off and the club closed for these guests. the party was over long before the midnight curfew. but palatez job is just getting started. she is the 1st black female mia and johannesburg city. that was once the dream destination for gold prospectors. but now as the city in crisis pallets there wants to stop this trends. but now the pandemic is causing her further concern. she is to prepare the city for a 4th cove. it waif, a lot of systems already in place. i have also seen gaps though that need to be addressed, particularly around making sure that service delivery continues in the covered era and we need to strengthen performance management particularly well officials are having to work from home. i've heard rumors of people working from home never coming in and there's no real means of seeing if people are delivering and on what they've been employed to do. and so such things need to be a given attention to ensure that the 4th wave does not hit the city as hard as previous ones pallets is trying to convince people to get vaccinated. only $1.00 and $4.00 south africans is fully vaccinated, although there's enough vaccine available here in the so wait or township the vaccination rate is particularly low. they say that to a nuclear foxley ted, you'll get some diseases like cov, 19 made their physical, some of the different room do this. they do with mission. they get think the uptake is very low. and the research has shown that in terms of cases that are hospitalized that end up with complicated disease, a lot of them are the and back to nathan panata is a single mother and a doctor. and she fears the pandemic will take up much of her time. ah, almost all the residents of to later a city and southwest in brazil, vaccinated against the corona virus. this is despite president wilson, our stance. he long denied the pandemic existence. ah. just a few months ago doing the rounds. here was a grueling task for emergency doctor jose. i proceed. oh, so bow. so now all empty these beds were once occupied by critically ill cove. 19 patients the corridors, the hospital in the brazilian city of toledo is deserted. emergency beds now in the storage room, it's the result of what might be brazil's most successful vaccination drive which we used to have 40 into bacon patients here. now we don't have any hot, and it's very rare for us these days to provide that level of intensive care. the cases are also much less severe than before. so we can think more carefully about how best to treat those who are sick and to give them a better prognosis, made up some i know, but tonight in southwestern, brazil is home to some 143000 people. corona virus was right here only a few months ago, like many other parts of the country. the severe health crisis was followed by one of the fastest and most efficient vaccination drives in brazil. american pharmaceuticals, company 5, the recently launched a long term study and laid out over the course of a year. it's observing what happens when everyone in a city is vaccinated against coven 19. hello, everyone. over the age of 12, including 13 year old anna will be given the full dose panel for the summer down some of us in apple, madeline. the mother tells us that her whole class got vaccinated with no bad side effects. she answered almost every one continued to go to school as far as she knew both vaccination isn't compulsory though. just hardly any skeptics here. the city council president is simply relying on people's willingness to get vaccinated your vehicle? yes or no? got a dog. i doubt that anywhere else in the world has so much expertise. and so many vaccination centers, if we had enough vaccine before the russian, not 100 percent of the population would have been fully vaccinated. long ago course we have a tradition of vaccination maintenance of us in our so the sample to sam clark. we took toledo is serving as a test lab for the rest of the world in a year or 2. many questions could be answered here, under which conditions do virus variance develop among vaccinated people? and how long does protection last? at this to later hospital, there's growing hope the pandemic is finally coming to an end. in britain, the new mine is to be built in a former coal mining region, climate activists, a trying to stop its construction, while many residents in the area hope it will bring new jobs main shafts and pitts could these soon be back in operation. there's a good chance the could be says div credit. he was a minor for decades and he loves his job. he was responsible for ventilation and all the culprits in white, even a small town in northern england, including this one. that was the best job i ever had in my life. miners look after themselves on the ground because it's such a dangerous, healthy fashion. when i came out of the mines, i didn't find that on the surface. call was lush, produced in 1986. and then from there that was the lush coal mining in cumbria know that her plans to start mining cool again for steal production. the seabed here is a veritable treasure. truth, an estimated 750000000 tons of coal. why under the water if you want to steal you need call the mileage, tons of it out there on the job. why bring it from broad? when you got it? many bushes still work still use coal. there are new technologies which is hydrogen to power steel production or recycle old steel. and these are constantly being improved. but they have yet to replace cool. the council has already given the go ahead for a new calorie on this former factory site. but claim activist carol would and her husband robin are campaigning against it. the climate change agenda is just so urgent now. i mean we are actually seeing the impact of climate disaster and it's not, it's not in the future, it's happening now. and we haven't got any wiggle room. we absolutely need to keep this colin ground. this is the position of the new mine over on the marsh on site. and that's up where that light is on the top just over there. over there. but div credit is where things yes ticket, but then you plans every one and reviving the many tunnels of the past the this map shows that mining was ones everywhere in the past. call the ship from here. but now there are just a few private boots. the old industries have died out making the region one of the poorest in britain. many lucas hopes the new mine will bring back jumps. so the battle goes on between locals, who hope for return to the all times of high employment and others who want to move forward to a better, more environmentally friendly future. ah . a creating christmas spirit that something for professional decorators will show 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