for christmas, perhaps one should stick to them, but i also see what happens with people when they are lonely and happy. 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. all yes, it's sad not to celebrate christmas as usual, but how else the measures taken are important and necessary? and does always types always see the decision on christmas is expected to become firmed wednesday following talks between state premiers and chancellor angela merkel. the overall situation remains critical on the arts 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 region. 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 manual shares is on the story. she joins us from berlin. how necessary is the extension of tough measures. if you look at the cases on tuesday, germany recorded its highest number of daily death, was more done, 400 new and over 180-0000, new infections in a single day. since the beginning of the pandemic, we count own most a 1000000 cases overall in the most 150-0000. then us, and of course now the number of cases, plateaued is no longer an exponential growth. but it, it is still far from being an ideal situation. here we definitely count, say that a pandemic is under control. that being said, if you compare the situation in germany with out of other countries, well, gemini, see, affairs related may well in comparison, hospitals are not overwhelmed. for example, they need to look at a transport daily,

new cavy, $1000.00 infections per 1000000 inhabitants. and we can see that there's still an exponential growth in the us, for example, where germany's figures in mind, so most seem to plateau. but still, i mean, we see very clearly on that graph there, the numbers are going up and it is for that reason that chancellor angela merkel has been calling for even stricter measures. but she's getting push some push back from the states. talk with us a little bit about that and whether they might find some common ground. yeah, going to morocco has advocated for tougher restrictions to our but she does have to find a come on line and we stayed pretty, is she back today? a proposal drafted on monday, according to that draft, if it's adopted today, we could see additional measures in areas where there is a high rate of infection. for example, we could see tighter curbs on gatherings to know, to 10 people from 2 different households could meet. that could be reduced to 5 people. and as things stand,

a current measures will be extended was shops remaining open. but restaurants of boston studios remaining closed for now until at least december to 20 is emmanuelle a christmas. we know a very important holiday, you know, religiously, culturally, for many germans. what could a covert christmas look like? well, as things stand exception to those restrictions aren't a cause for christmas. members of one household will be allowed to meet with up to 10 other people from other households from december 23rd until the very beginning of january. so people are relieved all this out. talked to over the last few days, including medical personnel, don't quite understand why there would be such an exception. you know, any case people would be encouraged to self isolate before and after the said abrasion schools, my dose, so break up a few days earlier as early as need december. religious ceremonies will be allowed . and also breaking was a long standing tradition on new year's eve and in a day to avoid public gatherings. there would be no public fireworks this year.

emanuel chaz, with the view from berlin, thank you. and staying in berlin, a car has crashed into the gate of german chancellor angela merkel's office complex . just a short distance from d.w. studios. it appears to have been a protest action. that's the car had antiglobalization slogans painted on its sides . americal spokesperson said that the incident caused only minimal damage. police have to teams the driver seen sitting in a wheelchair. there are some reports that the same vehicle attempted to drive into the security perimeter of 6 years ago. back then the car was painted with slogans against climate change. well, among european countries, finland has come out as a star pupil of corona, virus containment, managing to keep its new infection rates under reasonable control. restaurants and bars are open for business and stores. they never closed,

but there are fairly tight rules aimed at keeping the virus outside of its borders . how has finland managed to keep the coronavirus said big during this 2nd wave, it's not due to harsh restrictions on citizens because there aren't any masks or recommended but not required in most places. all stores are open. restaurants and bars are 2 orders for alcohol and at 11 pm is director of the national coronavirus strategy. he explains. it relies on a sense of personal responsibility. near recommendations wouldn't work everywhere, but here they do start to try to maintain avoid a lot of gathering as a lot of parties. many people intend to work with the way it is suggested. says many finns are working from home and surveys show in person. social contacts

have been cut by 2 thirds. so while the situation in finland is very good at the moment, compared with the rest of europe, health authorities warn that this requires constant vigilance. so while they are not making mass wearing mandatory, they put out friendly reminders like this one on city hall. it's a very good idea if his want to maintain this way of life. but the number of new cases has started to rise. so now the government has ordered students over 12 to wear masks in school, and limited the size of social gatherings in the helsinki area. to 20 people, it also extended until at least mid december, a ban on all non-essential travel into the country. finish officials say in the summer, half of new coronavirus infections came from abroad. that's dropped to 6 percent. now that tourists aren't allowed in. the european union is pressing governments to restore open borders as soon as possible populous says finland is grappling with

whether it can do that and stay safe or something. a little bit worried a little bit terrified also about that. we have have to have very good model to work with the border. your theory of true to maintain this interest i'm hearing from one government proposal is the travel restrictions could be eased by making it mandatory to be tested on a rival team. autumn kit is deputy mayor of where the airport is located and he's responsible for security there. he says his city doesn't have enough medical professionals to carry this out. commune communicated to the government that if you lift restrictions and if you make the law that forces our staff to move over to the airport, the situation is so that we cannot treat our finished people any more like difficult decisions lie ahead for finland as it tries to figure out how to continue

blocking the virus, but not visitors. and here are other developments in the pandemic. france is relaxing its coronavirus restrictions following a drop in new infections. non-essential shops, movie theaters and museums will gradually reopen large gatherings will remain banned. australia's most populous state new south wales has eased social distancing measures and allowed companies to bring employees back to work after 3 weeks without a locally transmitted case. and in the us, a restaurant dining ban comes into effect today in los angeles. the country's 2nd biggest city, the 3 week order comes as the state of california faces a record number of new infections. u.s. media are reporting that president donald trump plans to pardon his former national security advisor, michael flynn. flynn twice pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. during the investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

now in may the just part that needed to withdraw its charges, but that effort has since been stalled in a federal court. trump reportedly wants to issue numerous pardons before he leaves office and the transition process has been picking up speed. in the meantime, u.s. 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 consensus are back and that the new white house team will be taking shit shape and they will lead by example 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. turkey in the white house rose garden as part of a thanksgiving tradition. i hereby grant you a far 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, away 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. not retreat from it. once again, sit at the head of the table. biden's choices are policy veterans like his longtime adviser, antony blinken, named to secretary of state. we can't solve all the world's problems alone. we need

to be working with other countries. we need their cooperation. the best known of the nominees is former secretary of state john kerry, poised to become biden's climate change. and boy, in this crisis, the whole world must come together. you're right to rejoin paris on day one. i expect that with great former federal reserve chair janet yellen is the service treasury secretary, she's trusted in the financial world. and if confirmed, she would be the 1st woman to take over. this pivotal role with optimism about new coronavirus vaccine spreading and political uncertainty, seemingly diminishing. the dow surged past 30000 points for the very 1st time on tuesday. so i think people like the cabinet posts we're seeing from biden, they like the idea that this sort of wong period of uncertainty about how much difficulty weak see and outgoing tromping ministration 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 of office. and here are the other stories making headlines this hour. hong kong's chief executive has defended a crackdown on dissent by herd ministration and beijing. in her annual policy address, carrie lam praised the strict new national security law as remarkably effective in restoring stability after mass protests last year, she vowed to restore order to the city's legislature, which recently saw the mass resignation of opposition lawmakers. pro-democracy demonstrators are rallying in the thai capital, bangkok, in defiance of a government crackdown on the opposition. the protest outside of

a bank in which the thai king is a major shareholder comes to spite the revival of a harsh law. against criticizing the monarchy, several activists face charges and sentences of up to 15 years in prison. and the ethiopian rights organization says that a local youth group, aided by police and militia killed at least $600.00 people in a rampage in the t. gride region. earlier this month, the ethiopian human rights commission said that members of a group called summary carried out the massacre in the town of my kiara. scotland has become the world's 1st nation to make menstruation products freely available to all its parliament, unanimously approving legislation that makes free access to items such as tampons and sanitary pads. a big all right, is aimed to end a women's period poverty. the inability to pay for basic sanitary products on a monthly basis. well today marks the un's international day for the elimination of

violence against women. and amid the coronavirus pandemic, reports of domestic violence are surging. un data shows that there has been a 30 percent rise in reported instances of abuse in countries such as france, cyprus, and singapore, as lock down measures forced people to stay home. even fork over 1000 hits, it has to show that one in 3 women had experienced physical or sexual violence from an intimate partner at some point during their life. violence against women is also a human rights violation. while in kenya, sexual assault is a daily reality for some women and girls are sent us. this report from nairobi about women determined to help and he'll survive it. limiting has never depended on anyone survive except herself. together with a group of women she makes and sells been

a part time to feed her from view for. but this is no time to was 5 years ago when she vigil is about to touch up and up until then she had been a silence, a private group, and this to us will continue. but i was right by my stepfather's employee when we went to visit a family relative. i was young then and i remember my mother taking me to the court where i was also to identify the perpetrator. later on i was shocked to see the guy released seeing the perpetrator. looky loos left with a prominent woman, but she kept it afraid of stigma and being something that is common in her village . i was always wary of boys off to the incident. i didn't want to see any man, not even my brothers. and my grandma really helped me through that journey, supporting me through the process.

now years later, in an unlikely place, she has found solace in a group of women who have all experienced a similar predicament of being sexually violated. in the last 12 months, 243000000, women and girls across the world have been subjected to sexual or physical violence by an intimate partner in neighborhoods like these sexual and domestic. but one woman who is willing to change the norm by sharing her story. one country was a victim of sexual violence. she's now using her experience to remove the stigma and helps appointments, access, ecological and legal help. in informal settlements across kenya, i went through a traumatic experience i was raped in the challenges that i faced during. that is what informed their establishment of all kinds of

foundation looking at how the community looks at us and was been affected, we shifted the blame as being very limited. instead it said of holding them a patriot accountable. one believes the number of women affected through domestic and sexual violence could be well above 45 percent. fueled by the pandemic, to walk to something that is hard and therefore ching has actually created an environmental now she's hoping to change the narrative one. we have these women sit back to business and the place to openly talk about their issues. when we all meet at the same time, one thing we haven't common is that we were all raped or underwent violent panga

comments. he see we can talk about this and support each other's businesses. it's a decision that helps you believe in and others like salute dirty and convert shoot . and for more let's bring in monica hauser. she is the founder of the advocacy group medic up $1.00. well, welcome to the program and thank you so much for joining us. we have been hearing there about domestic violence cases rising because of lockdowns around the world. what have you been observing? yes, i also have to say, did you see that this crisis acts of great existing, any inequality is violence against women and girls, cures that discrimination in inequality of all right? high before the outbreak of this pandemic and looking at the dimensions of violence

against women be i certain that violence, including structured violence, is rising in the same areas all over the road. we see domestic violence rising as we have heard just now. we see declining sexual and reproductive hesse rights, meaning lex collecting access to safe obstetrics as about to safe abortion and death for an escalating infant and maternal mortality 1st of your pate cat grew up at the peak economic disadvantage for being men. all of this is also grounding in missing political participation of the men in the decision making process. that's violence against women and girls. it's rising bad. these commission and inequality they have right, right, or right before to spend any. and we have evidence that possibly could be men and girls in conflict related areas affected drastically by the pandemic. so then tell us, because i mean the situation clearly from your observations seems to be going in the

wrong direction. so tell us about, you know, the fight against domestic violence. now about the resources that are available and what policymakers are doing. do you feel that there is enough being done to prioritize the issue? no, not at all of the v. c, that they have their efforts made to address that of soon to violence. but measurements came much too late and too little in order to prevent, a rise of violence against women and girls. u.n., secretary general and don, your group have us mentioned this as the shadow petain pandemic. and i saying this is very right to say the as a pandemic. this shadow pandemic is highlighting the rise of domestic violence, especially ministry for women in term. any, for example, is a ban of to issue, but despite of the important initiatives of this ministry and a strong, a focus on the should very still a lack of comprehensive political measures. and b.

still need to quote the nation office to the implementation of is them would commend. for example, i see many also european countries and you see all that most of politics responsible for i call the naked and sophisticated extreme plan on buying and 2nd stream. and the responsibilities of all the federal ministries in germany. for example, i'm clear the funding of human child care is and counseling centers remains unsufficient . there is much to do to turn retail recreate into action. so a lot of suggestions they are for policymakers that you have put forward, and we thank you so much for joining us, especially on the stay in order to share those for us here on news, monica hauser of maybe $1.00. thank you. and to some sports news now in football, byron unix striker robert leven, dusky and coach, handy flick, have been named all of the short list for the best fifa football awards. after

byron's trouble winning campaign, they've scored 55 goals in all competitions. last season, the striker can lay claim to being the best player in the world if he wins alongside the usual nominees, leo messi and cristiano ronaldo. now, germany's xenophobe a models on currently playing at olympique li li on it is among the women's best player nominees. the best football award ceremony is on december 17th and in tennis news, the 1st grand slam of the season, the 2021 australian open will most likely be delayed due to a 2nd wave of covert. 19. the tournament won last year by novak djokovic was scheduled to start on january 18th. but now that date is in limbo. organizers are hopeful to start a date which can be agreed upon within weeks. although one grand slam tournament

was played out in 2020 only, but only wimbledon was called off due to the gym always more than a year since a blaze tore through paris as notre dame cathedral and restorers have completed a vital step in the process to revive the iconic site, when the fire broke out in april 21000, the building was already under repair. existing scaffolding was molded by the heat and officials feared, taking off could collapse the building entirely. but further tragedy has been avoided as restored successfully removed $200.00 tons of scaffolding. the next phase of the restoration involves protecting the damaged spire from the rain. authorities have pledged to reopen the cathedral to the public. a 2024. so coming up next on news, asia is the government in berlin. losing patience with the king of thailand he

loves to spend time in southern germany, and that's prompted awkward questions. and it's a girl we will take you to a celebration in india that encourages families to treat all children as equal here. ashleigh entertain, my colleague has all those stories and more after the break in the meantime that you so much for joining us. you can always get more on our web site if you talk to tom. you can also follow us on social media. i'm sorry, kelly in berlin. it's her watch.

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