a number of people reportedly wounded, a queen, including his bodyguards. they have been taken to hospital, as you say, no group has yet claimed responsibility. and we understand that the iranian foreign minister has reacted. that's right. let's read the tweet that mohammed java and zarif posted a short time ago. he says, terrorists noted an eminent iranian scientist today, this cowardice with serious indications of an israeli role. he says, show what he describes desperate warmongering of perpetrate as a run around calls on the international community, especially the e.u. to ends their shameful double standards and condemn this act of state terror. another senior official, the chief of staff of the iranian military, tweeted a short time ago that we assure you we will not stop prosecuting and punishing the perpetrators of this assassination of soccer is a day who he described as a motto carried,

thanks for that. and i'd like to bringing that now where cornelius other bar that he is with the german council on foreign relations and an expert on iran, a very good day sir. what do you make of these developments? well, this is something that had to be sheer, it this falls right into the transition period in the united states. we will see president trump walk out of office in january and it's becoming lee believed that this particular great maybe period between the election and the inauguration maybe lead to some to school a shift in the region around iran. rumors of a meeting between u.s. secretary of state, pompei o. and israeli prime minister netanyahu in the recent days. and this may just be well part of this escalation. what do we know about the scientist? the scientists mustn't proper set a. he was a professor of physics in tehran,

but he was also with the revolutionary guard at the iranian elite forces. and so he was a twin figure all the scientists and military in the area. and it was all the father of the program because he was running this program, which as you know, is part of an international dispute. and there is a military dimension which was attached to this program that could have led to an iranian nuclear bomb. but which has been under international control much since the j.c. pray, the run nuclear deal was signed in 2050. and 2018, you might remember israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called out months in the has a day by name. what impact will his death have on the iranian nuclear program? and the iranian nuclear program, maybe not so much. this is far advanced in its civilian stakes. and there is even international cooperation going on with iran under the security under the super

deal. but his, the impact will be much more on the political side, and you have just going to be called by foreign minister zarif. and i'm sure the supreme leader will come out also very strongly, primarily against israel, maybe also on the sides against the united states. and so this will, this book poison the atmosphere around the change of government in the united states. where many people had hoped that the biden presidency could lead to a deterrent to some, some renewed diplomacy between the united states and iran. as you have mentioned, of course, the all important nuclear deal. how much of a diplomatic setback is this? again, not yet. but it is one of the many hurdles which are not placed in front of the incoming by that ministration. the europeans also russia and china, who are part of this deal because it will make it more difficult and it will

heighten the escalation in the region. iran will be, will be pressed to retaliate. there will be domestic pressure in iran. and at the same time, it will be hard for the united states or any other major power to make any concessions to iran if it is seen as retail liaising against regional and bursaries . exactly. well, my final question to you, sir, what could this mean for the region? this will play out over the next couple of days. maybe some strong reactions initially. mostly, i believe, between iran and israel. there is a, there is a ground for this, maybe in syria, but we have also seen in the past, cite or attacks from one country to the another. so this may take that particular form, but it could also, if worst comes to worse if for example, the current us administration and the president trump doubles down on this,

this could lead to a wider confrontation. as i say, making it very difficult to even envisage a more diplomatic opening. come january, cornelius, sada bar member of the german council on foreign relations, an expert on iran. thank you. thank you. kremlin critic alex in a valley has use a briefing with the european parliament foreign affairs committee to call for sanctions on members of russian president vladimir putin's inner circle of ali is recovering in a germany after an attempt to poison him with a nerve agents in august while speaking to any peace on friday, he urged the e.u. to redraw its relationship with moscow and to stand up for democracy in russia. and for free. alexei navalny did not beat around the bush, asking european politicians to take concrete action should parliamentary elections in russia next year. he marred by manipulation of european parliament then every

politician greets a russian for the coming election election in the very simple way. if some people not allowed to participate the results of such a lesson will never be regarded. nice. now vali is in germany where he was treated in hospital after collapsing on board a flight to moscow from the siberian city of tomsk last august. laboratory tests subsequently confirmed, he had been poisoned with a novacek nerve agent. the main question that we should ask ourselves, why these people poisoning killing and probably gates? and the answer is very, very simple. my, me. so european union and russian oligarchs even teach the kremlin, has denied any involvement in of on these poisoning. he is only the last in

a row of russian crime than critics who have been gunned down or poisoned in recent years, if not the 4th one. and unfortunately, it will not be the last one. boy isn't all killed or treated in this way. it is that despite surviving the poisoning attempt, the hassles for nevaeh in the main not be over. russian police raided the moscow offices of his anticorruption foundation earlier this month, despite what appears to be a coordinated campaign to intimidate him and other kremlin critics now fallen the intends to return to russia. european countries which have significant economic ties to russia, including a gas pipeline project in the works, will have to decide how to shape their relationships with the kremlin and with its critics in the future. care of the other stories making headlines this hour. thousands of thai pro-democracy protesters have turned out in the capital,

bangkok to call for changes to the government's the constitution. and the monarchy protestors dubbed the rally a rehearsal to oppose a coup. as months of near daily protests, few rumors of another military takeover. france is planning to impose a new tax on big tech firms firm, december 2020, the u. digital, what services tax targets companies that earn over $25000000.00 euros annually in france like u.s. giants to google, apple and facebook. the move is to go ahead despite u.s. threats of increased taxes on french imports. spain's health minister says the country's 47000000 people are to be vaccinated against coronavirus by next summer. he said the vaccination will be carried out in 3 stages, beginning in january, with the most vulnerable, with the last of the doses to be administered during the summer months. well,

the number of corona virus cases here in germany has now passed the 1000000 mark earlier this week. the government announced tougher restrictions would be introduced after a partial lockdown, didn't do enough to reduce the number of infections all despite positive news about potential vaccines. politicians are warning, there are still tough times ahead. another somber milestone for germany as covert 1000 cases in the country passed the 1000000 mark. germany also registered a record daily death toll of 426 higher than any level reached there in the 1st wave in the spring. after almost 4 weeks of a partial lockdown, the country is still not out of the woods. the increase in daily new cases appears to have leveled off for the past few days, but daily new infections haven't dropped significantly. germany's federal health agency, the robert institute also reports some other worrying trends. above all,

the growing proportion of coronavirus cases among older age groups and more outbreaks in senior and nursing homes. in light of the situation, the german government decided this week to extend the partial lockdown until december 20th. people in berlin think it was the right thing to do. just for moscow, michael, i think it's good that we have these measures. the incidence rates are warring, so i think that what we are doing goes in the right direction of india. and i think that if we just follow these simple measures, wear masks, keep our distance, don't travel when it's not really necessary. and then we'll get the situation under control and get it up to this point. germany has come through the pandemic fairly well compared to most of its neighbors in europe. but with christmas fast approaching,

the government is trying to strike a balance between allowing friends and families to get together and containing the pandemic. some restrictions will be eased over the festive period, but it won't be a big free for all. chancellor angela merkel's chief of staff even warned that restrictions could stay in place until march. well, the speed at which pharmaceutical companies are competing to get their vaccines on the market has really sums safety concerns. so, would you take a vaccine if one was available? how do you know in years wants to know what you think? and we have a survey, you can part of go to our you tube channel rather, and click on the community section to answer the question, would you take a vaccine when it becomes available? you can also leave a comment there once again, go to community section of our you tube channel. that's where you'll find the survey. and make sure to stick with us for did

a music over $1000.00 special about the latest on the pet demick, and i'll have your world headlines at the top of the hour again, a little r. off on behalf of all of us here. thank you for spending this part of the day to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic has the rate of infection been developing. what does the latest research say? information and context? the coronavirus update. 19 special on t w n u u m e. no. here's, here's a review and how last year's german chancellor, who bring you an angle out man called and you've never have before. a surprise

yourself with what is possible. who is medical really what moves and also who talks to people who follows her along the way. admirers and critics alike, how is the world's most powerful woman shaping her legacy? joining us from eccles last stop. since the beginning of the pandemic, numbers are playing an even larger role in our day to day lives. which is better standing 1.5 meters apart or 2 meters. what exactly is the all right? do i have enough masks? how long can i wear one for the numbers inform decision making? how many kids can be safely? one classroom for how many people should i be allowed to meet with

between you and changing numbers coming to us every day. what's important, and how do you keep your head from spinning? with so many statistics associated with a coronavirus pandemic is imposed, was give on top of them all, or even to understand them. well, if all these numbers all leaving, you know, allow us to help you out by explaining a few and the key ones. the 7 day incidence indicates how many people tested positive within one week measured per $100000.00 inhabitants. for example, let's assume a city with 129000 inhabitants has this number of positive tests. in one week. we add up all the positive test results and then the 7 day incidence is calculated 48 times 100000 divided 512-1000 inhabitants

giving an incidence of 37.2. the number allows you to ascertain the current infection rate. in other words, how many people are currently infected in a region, and since it refers to 100000 inhabitants, one can also say, so to speak, what the percentage of new infections is a value is considered problematic for a region once it becomes difficult to identify all contacts an infected person has had in germany, that is a 7 day incidents above 50 the effective reproduction rate are, describes the average number of people an infected person, passes the virus on to in r. value of 2 means that one infected person passes the disease to 2 others, meaning the virus spreads exponentially. if the effective reproduction number is

less than one, the number of new infections decreases or you can talk incidence of the 7 day incidence offers in initial estimate, the reproduction rate gives you an idea of the dynamics. how quickly the infection is currently spreading from one person to the next they gaze fatality rate indicates how many people who tested positive die from or with the virus. for example, one out of 10 people die is the case fatality rate is 10 percent. if we take a look at the latest case fatality rates from different countries, we see a very inconsistent picture with the world average hovering around a case fatality rate of 2.4. if

the number is important for considering how threatening the infection is for an individual patient, but it also has notable problems on the one hand, the number of unreported cases is very important. and the number of undetected cases also depends on how much testing is going on. in other words, you might get a distorted picture if you test very much or very little. if you look as if you need to test it. and that's the problem with many of the key statistics, depending on your test capacity, the figures change. nevertheless, the measurements provide valuable information with the arc of it. in short, it's about relative changes. and you can see those quite well in these figures. and the goal remains the same all through the pandemic super event health care systems from becoming overburdened let's speak to maria bob or also who is a mathematician of the franc, the institute for advanced studies. thanks for joining us, maria. so many know me has too many for anyone to really keep across. so can you

help us out here is that one number that we should be paying more attention to than all the others? well, there are really many numbers concerning dependent make and care have been many coming across during the months. we are currently paying very much attention to numbers which indicate disability of disease like hospitalization and i.c.u. requirement. so people who are in severe conditions because of disease disease and does are numbers to us, which inform us a bit more about this a very key and a health care requirement. roger did only numbers concerning the detection, so like 7 days, incidents or r.t. number. so you say that's where you're currently focusing on is the number that's

most important change over time. this, this change, of course, we have been tracking them essentially since the beginning of dependent because it became quite clear to dizzee disease that require or might have a seeing severe course and hand up in deaths or require us because asian and health care and does is of course, an indicator which, which is not stable depends very much on the health care capacity of the country. but i believe it's less affected tracking capacities or testing the t.v. team in the country. so we have all these numbers, they are number 7 day incidents and stuff to the general public need to be across these numbers. i can understand why governments decision makers might need to be. but what about i, can we just stay at home and do as we're told without getting caught up in the thickens? well i guess it's probably the 1st time,

at least since i'm aware of. and as surely the 1st time to people became so informed about the meaning of the production number were even seventy's instance where any disease just numbers are reported for a number of diseases, but usually are kept in, in control systems in health care facilities. so people who are working wouldn't, so now if they went into a community and i guess it was because of making people aware or making people aware of this, a very dependent make of the weight spreads. but of course, and then the number of the numbers that we get or the more numbers that he gets dissed can make people more confused. a might not know what they are looking at. it's there are some indicators like overproduction number or wished which is not

like temperature measurement. it's depends on under cases that are reported it and this are in case of cold feet for sure are not all cases which we have out there. you know, i suppose misunderstanding the numbers could cause more problems than not knowing the metol anyway. marie above or also thank you so much for bringing us your expertise from the front that institute for advanced studies. thank you very much. now is the pasta. the program where you get to ask the questions, you've been submitting them through our you tube channel. so now let's put one of them to ask science correspondent, derrick williams. should people who have already had coded 1000 continue to wear masks? i answered this question a few months ago and the guidelines haven't really changed, but it gets sent in so often that i guess it's, it's maybe time for

a reminder. the short answer is that a lot of aspects of covert 19 immunity are still pretty hazy because people simply haven't been recovering from it long enough to provide solid, long term data. based on what we've seen so far with the disease. people who get infected once do acquire some immunity for a period of time. the big problem is, we still don't really know how long on average that period is. so for some framework, it makes sense to look at what we know about other corona viruses that infect humans and, and studies there, have revealed that immunity can wane pretty swiftly. a number of them convincingly show people can be re infected with some of those pathogens within a year of catching them once so far, there have been a few dozen documented cases of that also happening with covert 19. but as,

as proving reinfection is quite a complex challenge, the real numbers are almost certainly higher. in some of the documented cases, the people who got it again showed no symptoms the 2nd time around but, but in others, they got the disease worse. and we still don't know whether they were infectious to others. so until we have better data guidelines from health authorities like the c.d.c. recommends that you continue to wear a mask, especially in indoor public spaces until we have more information. and you should assume that now sitting up is still in effect of way to protect not only others, but yourself, even if you had to have it 1000 once and recovered from it. and you can submit a question for derek through you choose shadow detail. you news. now, i know we've already thrown a lot of numbers here in today's program, but bear with us here. we have just

a couple of more for you because with the vaccine production starting up around the world, if we asked you to us are media channels. if you would take a jab against call that 19 say are the results. the largest proportion ever 40 percent said they'd rather wait and see before taking a vaccine. so the 8 percent said they offer pads to take the vaccine and around 16 percent said they would not be willing to get immunized against covered 90. that was a bad as mentioning that are only just say, immunization is the only way to get a grip on the coronavirus pandemic. but it seems there is still a fair bit of skepticism around the vaccines we've seen developed in recent months . well, that's all from this edition of the 19 special for the latest developments on the corona virus pandemic. go to our website dot com slash coverage 19 console. next time. take a test a healthy or

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