this is the news live from a visit to the occupied west bank might pay of course controversy as the 1st u.s. secretary of state to visit a jewish settlement in the palestinian territory, visits the heights disputed since in 1967. also on the program u.s. staff from coronavirus talk of course of a 1000000. the numbers are still rising rapidly. germany's comfort infection that race is still too high, despite nearly 3 weeks of warnings from top scientific advisor,

as the number of coronavirus cases remains above 20000, growing numbers of migrants arrive from strains, canary islands, quote from africa 10 times last years' time., i'm still gal. welcome to the program u.s., secretary of state mike pompei, or has visited the israeli occupied golan heights disputed area on expired israel in 1967 and then occupation that is still not recognized by much of the international community. he became the 1st american secretary of state to visit a jewish settlement in the occupied west bank as part of his visit to israel and breaks with previous u.s. policy on disputed regions. straight to jerusalem then rejoined d.w.

correspondent, tanya crap. welcome. clearly a lot of symbolism involved in this message. yeah, this is achieved by the u.s. secretary of state. my company has been labeled at least in israel as a fair though to about one with highly controversial stop to over as he arrived this afternoon on the golan heights, the occupied golan heights. and this is a rino where the ministration also changed. longstanding u.s. policy. last year they made an announcement recognizing israeli over the occupied golan heights. that is of course, what most of the international community sees differently contradicting international law before that also as a 1st he made a stop over a divine re in a jewish settlement. in the occupied west bank and announced from now on another reversal of u.s. policy. that products made in the occupied west bank in settlements could be

labeled as made in is well another controversial issue. that is in line with an announcement last year by the ministration that they no longer see israeli settlements as inconsistent with international law. and we saw a few protests also in the line up to this by the palestinians. they say it's a provocation, a very small protest, just opposite this settlement in the town of beer. and that's part of some of the actual owners of parts of the land where the settlement is built on over there. now the question is, of course, you know, with this announcement of new policy, you know what the impact is going to be that most people's mind to because this is an outgoing administration, but of course it sets, you know, a symbolic president and close to lines in what's admissible in international law? course there was a quite a close relationship between the prime minister benjamin netanyahu,

outgoing president to donald trump. what is the feeling about joe biden? well, i think you have to see it on different levels. president elect joe biden is known in israel for many years. he himself describes himself as a friend of his. yes, met every prime minister since the 1970 s. a. you still speaks about his meeting, the scald, and you're one of the prime ministers then. but it will be a different relationship. i mean it's no secret to say that the current israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu had a very close relationship with u.s. president trump, you always said, you know, he had the doors to the white house, but there is a major concern here now, especially among the right wing, you know, what will happen to all the policies and the power meters, the trump administration has set. will there be a review? will there be a reversal when it comes to the withdrawal of the u.s.

destroyer from the iran nuclear deal? and also of course, the power me to set when it comes to the israeli palestinian conflict, for example. the move of the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem, the cutting of funds for the palestinian and so on and so on. so a general feeling is both ministrations will work together, but this is the main concern, you know, what foreign policy will look like. and also how high on the agenda this region will be for the new administration. jerusalem, thank you. we'll take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. australia's special forces unlawfully killed $39.00 afghan civilians and prisoners, according to a damning new inquiry heard evidence of summary executions in afghanistan. during the initiation rituals. the chief of the australian defense force has apologized in the case, has been referred to

a war crimes prosecutor. only 16 people have been killed and many others injured in protests in gondor disturbances broke out after presidential candidates and pop star was arrested, detained in the capital, kampala for allegedly flouting covered 19 rolls. while campaigning, thailand's prime minister is threatening a tough response to protesters demanding a reforms, including his removal of bangkok, a scene another night of mass protests with activists marching on police headquarters. these dozens have been injured. pressing madman's for changes to the constitution and to the monarchy. no makers in japan have declared a climate emergency in a symbolic vote by parliament's, a powerful though a change, but this follows last month's commitment by the country to aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions to net 0 by 2050. a non-binding declaration by me as asides unprecedented. the damage from hurricanes flooding and forest fires exacerbated by

climate change. the u.s. death toll in the coronavirus pandemics now topped a quarter of a 1000000 the highest in the world. many state governors and mayors are imposing stricter measures before next week's thanksgiving holiday. but in fact, but with infections soaring to new highs, there's little relief for hard pressed health workers. another day on the front line, doctors and nurses are doing all they can to help the growing number of covert 1000 patients. but the death toll keeps rising. 250000 americans lost to the pandemic. that exceeds predictions by the country's top and experts say hundreds of thousands more could die in the coming months. health care workers are pleading with people to take the virus seriously. we're understaffed. we have so much on our plate as nurses, there's not enough. we have been one of those is just

a place where man and i hope i don't see you as the pandemic keeps sweeping, the u.s. the midwest has become the latest hot spot. the dakotas and neighboring states have some of the highest per capita death tolls. but every state in the contiguous us is seeing rising numbers. some are blaming the lack of a national strategy. cities and states have their own response plans in new york city schools closed again on wednesday, just 8 weeks after reopening. california is considering a curfew. other places have introduced mass mandates. president elect joe biden has called for a strong federal response, and he has warned even more people could die if president trump continues to refuse to share crucial information with the incoming administration. on wednesday biden held a virtual meeting with frontline workers who told him about chronic shortages. they

still suffer under look at the camera. i myself have held that he had the guy, patients who are crying out for their family that they can't see you know, we nursed this. we know that we are b.c. immense death and suffering in the coming weeks. and we will be there. but we need to act now. i'm sorry. and so more emotional. in many places, the morgues are filling up again in texas. prisoners are helping move the deceased to refrigerated trucks. a quarter of a 1000000 dead is a bleak milestone. and even with hopes of a vaccine on the horizon, the disarray and hurt is far from over. well, germany's public health authority is warning. the national rate of coronavirus infections is still too high. more than 22000, new cases have been recorded in

a day. there are signs that the latest restrictions are working as numbers begin to flatten. but the head of the robert cock institute, germany's disease control or thora to assess the situation is still very serious. photons in the overall case, numbers are much too high. the number of severe cases and the number of patients in intensive care are also on the rise. the number of deaths is also still very high. as we know, this is certain lank in severe cases and deaths. we get more on this from d.w. political correspondent leoni von hummelstown. welcome. literally given that warning from the robert cock institute is germany likely to see a tougher restrictions? well, it's definitely going to see the measures being on the table again next week when i'm going to america meets with the 16 state premiers. and firstly, they're probably very likely to discuss an extension off the current measures

beyond the month of november. because as you mentioned, the case numbers are still too high for the health system to be able to cope in the mid-term. and they're probably also going to discuss it for the tightening of measures and one topic that is likely to come up our schools. because germany's schools are still open, but a lot of people are arguing in favor of or sort of partial lockdown. so a hybrid model that would mean that half of the students are being taught in the classroom while the other half is learning from home. and then they switch in order to reduce the social contacts. now we saw thousands of people demonstrating outside the top yesterday. is the government losing public support? no, it's not. these angry protesters are definitely in the minority. 24 percent of germans only think that the current measures are going too far and the government is enjoying the support off 2 thirds of the german population. and out of those 20

percent, almost 20 percent even say they would like to see a further increase in the restrictions so further restrictions put in place. so we can see that there is a very broad support of the government action, and that has been consistent for months. now we've seen some heard some very promising announcements about vaccines are the last week or so. what's the german government's vaccination strategy? the vaccination strategy is still being discussed, but what we know so far is that germany is planning to roll out. nation that's banning vaccination center is every federal state will be responsible for that. here in berlin, they just announced that they will have 6 vaccination centers ready by december. what we also know is that the federal government government will cover costs for the vaccination that risk groups are supposed to be vaccinated 1st,

including medical personnel. and very importantly that the vaccination against over $1000.00 will be voluntary. and studies suggest that 2 thirds of germans are actually willing to get such a vaccine, which would be enough to achieve a so-called hurt immunity. the only form hummus time. thank you so much for that. this infection numbers in germany increase in hospitals having to handle more and more critically ill covered 19 patients. although the head health sector is well equipped, a lack of qualified staff means hospitals are looking for volunteers to fill the gaps. just talk. germany's parliament zuzana of uganda has been working here for 18 years. but she has another job too. when the corona pandemic hit germany, she volunteered to work part time as an intensive care nurse in berlin, shockey te hospital just finished

a 9 hour shift taking care of covert patients. now she's come back into the office to finish off some work for her full time job. the commitment of i can stay at home, with a clear conscience. if my colleagues are slaving away in the i.c.u., i have the training and can help. so i help, there's no question about it. deserves and german hospitals are in dire need of help. intensive care units are stretched thin chief nurse of the show, one of europe's largest research hospitals. she has put her finger on the problem. germany's health care system is facing that we have enough ventilators, enough beds, enough masks, and gowns and gloves. but we're worried that all the beds can't be used because we don't have enough personnel food to deal with

this. the shocking t. have launched a campaign to rehire former health care workers like zuzana, if you got she trained to be a nurse over 25 years ago, but decided to move into a different profession. in this all hands on deck situation. it's people like her that are needed now in the i.c.u. use are running at full capacity. if one person is taking care of 3 or 4 covert patients, that's rough. you have very little time. after work, i leave the hospital with a sad feeling because they couldn't give the patients the attention that they deserve. despite rising corona numbers, germany's health care system has not crashed yet. but hospitals were already understaffed, and the workload was too high before the plan.