bialik guest at frankfurt airport city, managed by for this is the news live from germany for appears full christmas during it and to make state leaders agreed to extend the current limited lockdown and sit out a special plan for gatherings during the holiday period. also coming up oil thirty's, target, civil protest leaders with charges of royal defamation. the crackdown comes ahead of a plan to rally today, drawing attention to the kings of honest personal wealth and us president elect.

joe biden announces his 1st key cabinet choices. it's a team that reflects the fact that america is back ready to lead the world. not retreat from a judge biden is moving quickly to fill all king positions in his administration. now that donald trump has stopped blocking the transition a math anyhow. it's good to have you with us lengthening the lockdown. germany 16 state leaders have reportedly agreed to extend coronavirus lockdown measures into the sand and possibly into the new year. but exceptions ah, being made for holiday celebrations restrictions. so bridie in place have led to a leveling off of new infections. but germany's chi slowed remains stubbornly high

. just last week, chancellor angela merkel had called for even stricter measures, but she was met with resist. the pressure is on for the german government to ease restrictions for the most important time of the year. for many christmas celebrations, right, nobel in stone, dam, unmarked square, would usually be packed with people and show you the christmas market. it's been canceled. people will be allowed to gather at home for christmas, but in smaller groups, many accept the reality. this year is different. there's going to be naturally some of the perspiration. it's natural, it's happened, but it is what it is. you know it's, there's no policy that's ever going to be 100 percent approved. i believe in god. i don't understand why restriction would be eased for christmas. perhaps one should stick to them. but i also see what happens with people when they are lonely and unhappy. so i can't say much about it, but i just talk about it because i also see how it is in hospitals. that's where i

work. yes, it's sad not to celebrate christmas as usual, but how else the measures taken are important and necessary? and does always skype's always see decision on christmas is expected to become firmed wednesday. following talks between state premiers and chancellor angela merkel. the overall situation remains critical for so long as you have high expectations as a parliamentary group. until now we have begun to see a short trend of lower figures in terms of inspections, which means the exponential growth could be stopped. but that's not enough. we need lower figures, especially for christmas. so our christmas isn't the only separation that's on the line. many say that the much loved tradition of new year's eve, fireworks needs to be reined in, but a nationwide ban on fireworks sales does not appear to be on the cards. and for more on this, let's bring in emanuel shadows. emma,

good to see you. they did lose political correspondent, what is the situation now? is the pandemic under control? well, antony, ever since the 2nd partial lockdown was introduced here, we've seen the number of infections. so, that's a good news. there's no more exponential growth states. this is positive, but if it is way too high, yes, today, more done, the 80 in 110-0000, new infections were recorded of 410 people died of a coroner virus infection. we're nearing a 1000000 infection. here in germany said a pandemic is definitely not under control. just last week, chancellor merkel called for even stricter measures, but there was pushback from the states find common ground here. well, what we might see today after that meeting ease, additional measures in areas where the high rates, where there are high rates of infections. they could be introduced such as

a tighter curve on gatherings, for example, up until now a 10 people from 2 households could meet that could be reduced to 5. we can also see an extension of the current measures remaining open, the restaurants vasya, remaining close for not open to at least december 20th and the situation will be reevaluated every 2 weeks. now, this thing is out. i know america has always advocated for tied to measures, but she does have to make do she does have to find a come on line. we used to state premiers see back to the draft proposal that the state premiers found on the side upon on monday as the goal is a coordinated answer. so the backdrop to this is christmas and the christmas holidays coming up. what are you hearing? will they be any specific restrictions in place for that? while, according to the drafted measures for christmas and specifically for that period, members of one household will be allowed to meet up with 10 to 10 other people from

other households. people will be encouraged to says isolate before and after the celebrations. schools may also break out a few days. maybe as early as me december religious ceremonies will be allowed during the christmas period. this discussion around ses and maybe use of fireworks for new year's eve in a private capacity that is being discussed. but it's very controversial with seo. so perhaps an increase in test capacities ahead of the holidays. so more people can get tested. so we are heading towards an exception of for christmas, which is also something that's controversial here in germany, political correspondent, and money walsh. thanks so much. now as a look at some of the other stories making headlines this hour, france is relaxing its coronavirus restrictions following

a drop in new infections. as an amount, moma says shops, movie theaters and museums will gradually reopen, and families will be allowed to celebrate christmas together. but large gatherings of people will remain banned and scotland has become the world's 1st nation to make period products freely available to all its parliament. unanimously approved legislation that makes free access to watch them such as tampons and sanitary pads . a legal right to end of women's period. the inability to pay for basic cemetery products on a monthly basis. and if you have been brought, so can i say is that a local youth group i did by police and militia killed at least 600 people in a rampage in the thick riot region. earlier this month and rights commission said that members of a group called samurai, carried out the massacre in the town of my code on my card from the international done of countries at

a conference in geneva have pledged more than 10000000000 euros in aid for afghanistan. money will be to live with the next 4 years, but will be partly conditional on progress made on human rights and peace talks with the taliban. well thought is in thailand have revived the hosh law, criticizing the monarchy ahead of the planned rally today by students leading pro-democracy protests for months. demonstrators have been pushing demands for the resignation of the prime minister and his government and for changes to the monarchy. police have now summoned several activists to face charges under the same is just it's a bit insole insults rather against the royal family and carries a sentence of up to 15 years in prison. all to go a bit deeper on the protest and thailand's future under the monarchy, i'm joined by from bangkok by political analyst 29 palms. so he had ak good to have

you with us, or thirty's, have stepped up their threats against protesters, but it doesn't seem that that intimidation is having much effect. what's driving the protest is anger here. them, in fact is driving the vote test. you know, basically, if you, the young generation basically out the 9080 or younger than 40 years old, has seen that stop plans been going in circles of military coups constitutions. you lessons crises and it's, you know, the future. so that every future by taking to the streets before the one campuses, but not in students. and i think the final catalyst was the pot sized raise that since then we've seen last march, now street demonstrations and it's you know, clashing for the longest the government is now charged 12 protesters with royal defamation. questioning the monarchy has been seen as almost treasonist in the past

. what might this so significant reintroduction of less than just all pass bins done away with for the 2 years. but now i suggest that it is an intensification of using legal instruments to suppress just to let meant by the government authorities. think that using this law is a very draconian break. tough law will be kept here. they can arrest you just who needed it. all that, that would be enough to undermine this image and put an end to this of this movement. but this student protest movement is very horizontal. so it would be interesting to see if you would arrest all of these there. as these 2 leaders used to protest, movements can still continue. they have other people who are willing to come up to the leadership roles, i think,

did not wish seen varying estimates. but as you understand it, how big is the fortune of the king? and that has been published in various publications. i'm not an authority on valuations of different kinds of assets, but if you did a numbers out there and it is of dollars. yes, absolutely. hey, lock in bangkok, thanks so much you owe us president elect. joe biden has introduced 6 key members of his cabinet, each of them with decades of experience in their particular field. he said diplomacy and multilateralism back and that his new team will lead by example. the transition to a biden white house is finally picking up speed after president trump cleared the way for a transition of power. 3 weeks after the election, the trumpet,

ministration has finally given president elect joe biden. the green light to begin the transition process. president donald trump personally directed his administration to cooperate in the handover, but he has yet to officially concede defeat. instead, he pardoned it took in the white house rose garden as part of a thanksgiving tradition. i hereby grant you a full hand. he also used the opportunity to remind americans what he stands for. as i say, america 1st shouldn't go away from that america 1st president elect joe biden's nominations for the top posts of his cabinet point in a very different direction. it way from trump's america 1st doctrine and towards diversity and multilateralism work in government. it's a team that reflects the fact that america is back ready to lead the world,

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tuesday. so i think people like the cabinet post we're seeing from biden, they like the idea that this sort of wong period of uncertainty about how much difficulty we see an outgoing trump administration make. i think people like that that's over i think people like janet yellen as an idea for a new treasury secretary, she's a known quantity, was pretty able set of hands and a tough moment for everybody. president trump quickly claimed the latest market rally as the fruit of his own administration's work. but the markets seem to be banking on the current u.s. leader, being on his way out. as a sports news now, and she's days champions, league fixtures, basilan of a kind, the 1st team to qualify for the last 16 of the tournament after they form their win of a dynamo key. if in other results dortmund big, bruges, 3 nil manning by a still top of their group. meanwhile, 2 german coaches went head to head as p.s.g. bade abby leipzig, one nil. they were bravo's manchester united, sealed

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