the but the but this is did over your news live from berlin and the united nations condemns what it calls a hate us and senseless massacre in nigeria bore them 40 farm workers killed by insurgents on motorcycles. jihadists are suspected of carrying out the attack. also coming up on the shelf and unlikely coronavirus hot spot to take you to a small german town where the infection rate is over 4 times the national average. and a miracle, a state at the box rain, a grand prix. tragedy a verdict as one a one driver obama for sean survives an explosive crash.

i'm gay. richards and welcome to the show. u.n. officials in a nigeria say more than 40 people have been killed in a brutal massacre in the country's northwest. eye. witnesses said militants on motorcycles rounded up until farmers who were bringing in their harvest in northern borno state, where no one has claimed responsibility. but jihadist groups have attacked the area in recent years. the victims of the gruesome are laid to rest in a mass burial. with reports, say the farm workers were attacked by armed insurgents on motorbikes. while they were harvesting rice, someone shot others with their throats cut. it is that there were 6 of us in the

bush. then we headed back into the village. we were shocked when we got there micah, we found the bodies and that was where the main killings took place. then we went through a nearby village called good though. we met so many people fleeing from our village without knowing where they were going. the huge amounts of harvested rice was set on fire are used as you well know. this is the most violent attack on civilians and bonus state. this year. the region in northeastern nigeria has been gripped by a jihad just insurgency. for a decade both the islamist group boko haram and a rival group, the i.i.s. affiliated so-called islamic state west africa province operate here. the 2 groups have been blamed for attacks on fallen isn't fisherman, in nature use of spying for the army and pro-government militia. but so far,

there's been no claim of responsibility. but us, i came from work around it killed many of our people. we need assistance. we need weapons because we have young men who can guard our farmers while they work. please please, for god's sake. the democrats don't like it when the nigerian military has been unable to quell the insurgency in which tens of thousands of been killed or abducted. there are reports that several women may also have been kidnapped in the latest incident. and the number of men remain missing, raising fears that the death toll from this brutal attack could still rise. let's cross straight to funny. if i charge up your correspondent in nigeria, a funny, there are reports that the number of casualties may be far higher and currently being reported. what can you tell us from where you are there conflict in numbers when it comes to the actual death. still attack happened on saturday when

a lot of farmers actually from the northwest and also some part of the jury came to the northeast looking for work as a farmer. and they terribly, terribly must reported the as we've heard in the report before. their wives have been abducted and that just on them. but that was reported on such a day to be around 4543 people are rom, local numbers went up short up to hundreds, according to u.n. records. now, and that is due to the fact that when the region is released happened a small village in the north east of me to nigeria in borno state is, is, is not a place where you get to do to your security due to violence. this is not the 1st time that book or i'm strikes this year. they've been various incidents in that part of the, of the, of the country. my team and you have been to all of state and i do, which is called the birthplace of harlem. several times,

and there's heavy security if you didn't, my degree didn't get in the capital city of borno state, but unfortunately not when it comes to other parts of borno state where this incident, this attack happens and it's a charge. thank you very much for your reporting. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the worlds. if the o.p.m. prime minister has declared the government's offensive in the northern it region, it'll be over after the armed forces captured the capital of. but international observers say the conflict is likely to continue because that's about all the forces are able to keep on fighting. and the refugees who fled to sudan have also dismissed off as claims french media reports of say, authorities are charging 4 police officers in connection with the beating of a black music producer. the incident sparked outrage after the release of security

camera footage showing the assault nationwide rallies against police brutality have been overshadowed by clashes with the dozens of demonstrators injured and more arrested. us president elected joe biden has fractured his foot while playing with his dog. the 78 year old was taken to a clinic in his home state of delaware. biden's doctor says a scan shows a hairline fracture shows. hairline fractures to 2 small bones in his right foot is expected to wear a medical boot for several weeks. well here in germany, a rise in covert infection rates have triggered it tighter restrictions on public life. in some areas, residents in the bavarian town of paso are only allowed outside if they have a good reason, such as going to work or buying 3rd. and a ban on public assembly is now in force in another hot spot has barkhouse in, in the country's center, after hundreds of residents demonstrated against lockdown restrictions last week.

these images have attracted nationwide attention in germany. people singing side by side ignoring coronavirus restrictions of around 400 people took part in the protest against strict pandemic control measures in his book housing a coronavirus hot spot district administrator to miss mina was shocked by the demonstration. it's macabre that people operating through the town singing at the top of their voices when people are dying in hospital, something needs to be said about that and that's what i did. and then to be threatened with that makes it even was true. none of those place and home and no under police protection. you've received death threats on

social media. after criticizing that, demonstrators, when we visited several days after the protest, calm had returned to the center of his book house and the lock down. this keeping many indorse few people out on the streets. aside from the police. we decided to find some locals to hear what they have to say about such demonstrations in that town. and without the protests and denials, maybe it would be possible to make a fuss to progress, to hit stupid, considering everything, things are as they are. and we just need to get through this too few mentions who few too many people, too much ignoring of the restrictions. it's simply irresponsible for unfolding stores. the town has now imposed the ban on unprejudiced public gatherings.

the divide hit, the next demonstration looks likely to happen soon. forties have boosted police presence, so they'll be able to respond quickly to any violations of the middle to mass murder, hope stand won't be necessary. he's calling on people to be reasonable. live saying it's dangerous. it's dangerous, not only for yourselves, but also from others of the night. it's does not help the situation mtl in his book housing hopes that infection rates will go down soon and within the nationwide attention. well, joining me now is d. w. political correspondent, nina has a need. when the pandemic 1st hit, germany was considered to be a relative success story compared to some of its neighbors with low rates of both infections and mortality. what has changed? well, the 2nd wave has definitely hit germany, harder than the 1st in the spring. also more older people infected moment and

that is leading to increased mortality rates. but if you look at the situation in the hospitals, the health system in germany is still not overwhelmed. there are some 5900 intensive care unit beds that are still available nationwide. having said that, some hospitals have already exceeded their capacity and they're transferring patients. and of course, the partial lockdown has now been extended so that the population understand the situation is extremely serious. and that the number of those beds could windell very fast. as you say, germany has been in a partial lockdown for almost a month now. and yet authorities haven't been able to stem of the rise in infections. how serious is this situation and what's being done to help bring those numbers down? the partial lockdown has been extended until just before christmas, and they have extended it and intensified it in some areas. so there are more

places now where wearing a mask is compulsory. you can only meet with 5 people even in a private space, for example. and the idea behind that is to give people a bit of a breathing space over the very important christmas period. that is germany's most important family tradition. and the government says, we need to bring the numbers down, or at least make it clear to everybody that the numbers are not rising exponentially anymore. and that seems to be working. the numbers are still very high. so on average, we have about 20000 new infections a day, but that number has been stagnating for a while now. and here in germany, we look at the number of infected people per 100000 inhabitants in the course of 7 days and nationwide that average is 136. and the goal of the government is to bring that number down to 50 because that would mean that the situation is really under

control. and that you can actually tell where you got your infection from. because at the moment that is not possible. political correspondent, nina, thank you very much. meanwhile, police in argentina have raided the office of the doctor who was treating the football legend, diego matter. donna, a 60 year old former sports star died of a heart attack last week is holding an outside us. this is a reported seeing a struggle between matter, donna and his doctor order ok. days before his death media say the doctor's office was searched as part of an investigation into possible voluntary manslaughter. of a neurologist told reporters he was not responsible for maradona's death and said the medical team had done everything they could. he was going to go was tired. he was tired of being marathoner. diego was the most rebellious person with more

independence and autonomy than anyone i have ever met. but within that, he decided everything. not. i'm not hiding anything. there is nothing to hide. i did my best and more. i know what i did. i'm proud of what i did and what all the doctors did for diego memphis, unless it obviously i regret how it ended. but i guarantee we did our best for diego and you told us it's a formula one now. and a lewis. hamilton sped to victory at the bahrain grand prix. the race was overshadowed by a fiery crash at the french driver. miraculously walked away from the wreckage. the race around the floodlit soccer track got off to a wild start with several drivers losing control. none more so than haase's woman calls. his car was ripped in hall, founding gulf in flames as it speed through protective barriers. following contact with danielle could be outs for closure,

i was able to free himself from the wreckage and was taken to a nearby hospital with minor burns and suspected broken ribs. the race was brought to a halt and off to the restart drive has continued to skid on the track. a long stroll flipped his car off to also colliding with danielle cree out. despite landing upside down, the racing point driver was on hurt. however, there was more bad luck for his team. as said, g.o.p. says was on course for a 3rd place finish and his 2nd podium in 2 races until an apparent engine failure caused his car to catch on fire. that meant the race was ended with a safety car guiding lewis hamilton to a 95th graham prevent jury joined on the podium by red bull pairing max misstep and, and alexander alden. well that is your news update at this hour

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