this is, do w. news live from berlin, another step in the battle to end the coronavirus pandemic. a 2nd covert 19 vaccine is now waiting for a merchant's, the approval. my dad is asking both europe and the us a for a fast track. go ahead. thousands of farmers, a block roads leading into the indian capital delhi, they fear they'll be exploited under new agricultural reforms, and they're prepared for a long battle ahead. also on the show at the most innovative car maker in the world

needs germany's highly regulated labor system. we'll look at tesla in berlin, and we travel to japan to meet again down the giant of battle robots with an anti-war message. i'm claridge's and hello and welcome to the show. well, december is beginning with a race for a functioning coronavirus vaccine. us a drug from a dharna is asking for a merge and see approval of its covert 1000 vaccine in both europe and the united states. and that means it could be in use in the united states within weeks. again, as a product would be the 2nd drug likely to receive special authorization following another developed by pfizer and its german partner biotech. finding effective vaccines is

a crucial part of tackling the corona virus pandemic. with madonna filing for emergency approval of its vaccine. on monday, it could get the green light before christmas eve and the year that our advisory meeting is likely to be on december 17th. it is highly possible that between the 17 and christmas, you know, the product is approved. if the u.s. food and drug administration gives the go ahead in occupations, could start within hours met by u.s. vaccination, logistics chief general, because stuff panna actually have a question. we don't does. he is a baby under a year. so as soon as we get approval or urge our plan and he's teams are going to get hold of a vaccine, we have and start shipping it in the conference is going to vaccinate americans within 24 hours on the pro or the company hopes its latest trial results will lead to speedy approval in other countries too. in trials of the vaccine with more than

30000 people, only 30 participants became seriously ill. all of them had been given placebo shots . this makes the vaccine 100 percent effective against severe cases of co that 19 reported side effects include pain at the point of injection chills and fever. these symptoms usually result within one or 2 days, you know, on a personal level. when we saw the 1st interim results, i think we were all really, really relieved and enthusiastic. i can tell you when i saw the final results last night, they came in a little bit earlier than that. we had planned for i love myself to cry for the 1st hour. the company says it will keep monitoring to check for any further side effects. for more on this, let's bring in a coyote cook for schmidt, who is a science journalist and a molecular biologist. so that has applied for emergency authorization in the united states. but let's talk timeline. when do you think we're down to could be

granted approval? well, it looks very possible at the moment, so they've set the date of december 17th. the f.d.a. has set the date of december 17th or for their meeting. it looks very possible that within days after that they would be granted to prove to be just something like 2 days. and then they said that the day after they want to start vaccinating so it looks very possible that people will start being vaccinated in the u.s. with respect seen as well this year. that's coming up really soon. so in your assessment, what do you make of modern as vaccine when it comes to issues of safety? well, it's an interesting vaccine, and i think the thing we have to remember is that both of these vaccines going down no one and apply the biotech one. they are a new technology, right? it's m.r. ne, so basically, you know, you're giving the body the instruction to build a little bit of the virus. and of course that kind of raises raises questions about the safety. but at the same time, you know, 30000,

people got the murderer vaccine. now with any vaccine, what you're looking for is really, you know, side effects that come immediately after you give the vaccine. so we have the data now from the data from 30000 people. in this study we have data from tens of thousands of people in the pfizer by on tech study there. and there were some m r, n, a vaccine that have been tested on a few 100 subjects before. so we have some data that the question that always remains the thing that kind of that people worry about the most probably is severe side effects that come at a very rare rate. so if you have something that only happens once in $100000.00 people, that's much harder to find if you've only tested a vaccine of 30000 people. so that's the kind of thing that you never pick up in the, in the early trials of vaccine. and that's why it's really important that once the vaccine is rolled out, you know, the regulatory agencies and the companies will keep looking for any signal of any, any serious side effects. but the kind of thing that would be very common or that

would happen immediately after vaccine that we should have seen at this point. so i worry less about it. and in terms of the mechanism, the m r n a that isn't checked, it basically, you know, disappears again in the body after a few hours. and it only stays for a few hours so that the cells use it to produce this, this protein. and then it disappears. so that mechanistically, it also makes me feel much better about the fact that the shouldn't be any long term safety issues. well, now what kind of side effects are we talking about specifically both the most more serious ones and perhaps the less serious ones that these studies show? well, the ones that we've seen that are, you know, the very typical vaccine side effects you have, you know, pain of the injection side, reading of the skin, sometimes you know, muscle aches or headaches. so you know, something that a lot of people who've maybe had a flu shot will be familiar with. this is just, it's not unusual at all to the bigger question really is, you know,

we going to get any signal of the rare side effect, like say, a younger race and rome, which has, in the past, in very rare instances, you know, been linked to vaccines but this is something that usually will happen, you know, and maybe one in a 1000000 cases, the one in a few 100000. so it's important to look out for it, but it's actually not a safety concern. that would mean that, for instance, you wouldn't be in the vaccine safe enough. and let me ask you, what does the approval process look like for your af that's, that's one of the big questions. now it's, i mean, with these vaccines. of course, things are, you know, going in a slightly different way than they used to. now, the e. m a has been, you know, adamant that there won't be any kind of, you know, regulate, regulate for iraq. but they have done a rolling review process. so basically they're already getting data from the trials while the trials have been going on. so they kind of have a head start, which means that they might be faster at looking through the final data which has

been submitted to them apparently. so they will have a few days, baby weeks to go through all of this again and make sure that they feel that they, that, that is their suggested suspects seen is effective enough. it is safe enough to start vaccinating people. you know, millions of people in the, in the youth's affectionate science, a journalist, and molecular biologist. thank you very much. and the pandemic has are raised to years of economic progress in many countries, including in spain, which is considered the e.u. member hit the hardest. and before the coronavirus, spain's a g.d.p. was outpacing that of its neighbors growing at almost 3 percent. but in the 1st 2 quarters of this year when travel and tourism, the lifeblood of spain's economy came to a standstill. the economy tanked putting the country into its worst recession in more than 80 years. seemingly endless queues for food in madrid,

working class district off by a cash. some people have been regulus at this food bank at a church for years, but others are near the been damaged has brought them here. some are too shamed, they hide from the camera. so others speak for them, they can give up that people here have been waiting to get minimum state subsidies for ages. and that people who apply for furlough in march and still haven't been paid hit by one of europe's worst coronavirus outbreaks, spain's economy has been left, chanted. people know incomes migrants and casual workers have suffered the most work as i had reza for the past 17 years that was until the pandemic as she, her husband and their 5 children have hit rock bottom up almost. there's no not made of money before, but we always had food there never in our lives. did we imagine we'd end up like this? you know, a lot about moody. i was entitled to ply for family payments,

but she has had to wait too long for the money to come through. the is that a lot for me? i should think about the families who don't have food. please don't forget us that the system is at a standstill and house situation is very bad. i'm one month, one month. the government says it will extend the furlough scheme. it has rolled out a basic income program, but the process of getting benefits is highly bureaucratic and lengthy. and even with the money food to donations remain essential. demand is soaring. many people awful in through the cracks and have little to no financial aid. the spanish food bank federation's latest figures showed just how many people now depend on their help. and with almost nobody made up on the 1st part of the pandemic. we had 1000000 beneficiaries. the now we're looking at 1000000 890000. you know me, don't you think the hole in doubles the moment the results of the in the,

in the me is a warehouse on the outskirts of madrid, supplies 70000 killers of food every day. that's mainly paid for by government and e.u. aid. these schemes have been extended and a recent can painful donations should ensure that the warehouse doesn't run out of store. back at the church, father going santa needs more volunteers to fill the many trolleys and reduce waiting times. they go from empty to full within seconds before they get to the waiting hungry they have, i confess that on some days a year into it, i'm damned if i thought i'd make it home because there were but i was working at a speed of a person who had aged 40 years before the age, but that doesn't stop him. one fool truly contains food supplies for a month, including treats that families cannot afford over the only one that children see the cocoa or track, and it's a very happy to hear. i want to set it up because i can only buy the essentials for

one night. i'm not there. i said to condemn it. has it spain's already battered economy hard? it's unlikely it will recover quickly enough. so people may have to rely on food handouts for some time to come. let's have a look now, at other developments in the pandemic, the un, it says the crisis has fueled a dramatic rise in the number of people worldwide who need emergency assistance. because of a pandemic, the u.n. says a record of $335000000000.00 will be required for you. humanitarian aid. next year, the head of the red cross has warned the vaccine misinformation could create a so-called. 2nd pandemic, francesco rocca said measures were needed to build confidence in vaccinations that will be critical to fight the pandemic. meanwhile, vietnam has reported its 1st locally transmitted case. in 3 months. authorities

have introduced a temporary lockdowns. and now to some other stories making headlines around the world. deforestation in a, brazil's amazon rain forest has surged to its highest level in 12 years. according to official figures. the national research agency says destruction has risen sharply under right wing president, shah year boston are oh, now this year alone, an area 7 times the size of london has been stripped. bare officials have up held a joe biden's election victory in the us states of arizona. and wisconsin biden won arizona by 10000 votes just like the trump campaign, appealing against the results. separately in a key appointment. biden has named former federal reserve chief janet yellen as his choice for treasury secretary or prime minister. obviously, that has declared the government's offensive in the northern it region over after

the armed forces captured the capital, mckayla were not international. observers say the conflict is likely to continue as rebel forces are able to keep on fighting. many refugees who fled to sudan have also dismissed. it's claims. german chancellor angela merkel is warning some new states are growing impatient as time runs out to reach a breck's a trade deal with the u.k. . key differences still remain ahead of the december 31st deadline. americal says an agreement is in everyone's interest, but should not come at any price. a lot of musk will be in berlin, a once again on tuesday. this time to accept a business prize. the test their founder has been making regular trips to the german capital to watch his gigafactory being built in the area. it's a highly anticipated project for the region, and it's raised plenty of questions,

including how america's most forward looking card company will get along with a germany's highly regulated labor system. a year ago, this was all forest. now, a huge factory is taking shape. and assembly hall paint shop and drive unit. tesla intends to start producing electric cars here as early as next summer. tesla boss elon musk is now looking for employees. he's been on site himself to hold interviews, going straight from the airport to the construction site. around $8000.00 jobs will need to be filled on tesla's website advertisements look tempting, but musk is not a fan of germany's powerful unions and rigid labor laws. what do you want? surely gets, and he's been very clear that he does not want, does not want a union here in america. my hope is that the laws in germany

are better or stronger and will allow for a better relationship between unions and tesla to keep tesla in check. but this is exactly what metal workers union eeg, a metallic is insisting on cooperation between company management and employees has a long tradition in germany. union official. bergen is skeptical about tesla's attitude. and you don't highgate, he and the law workers in germany have a say in how the company is run. works councils are mandatory here. we have strong laws, protecting workers' rights and health. and we expect that american companies here in germany will respect and dear to these rules that then cost them crist is a businessman himself. and he's hoping tesla will become a customer of his. he's also the president of the local chamber of commerce. chris says the wages tesla is offering are about average for the car industry, but there's still a lot for the region likely use these wafers to poach workers from existing

companies. probably seem tempting to people, but they should be aware. the factory will be running it all out hours 7 days a week. and that's not the case at other companies. up to $500000.00 cars could be rolling off the assembly line here every year. that's a demanding pace of production for the factory and the unions warning for its employees. well, india's government has invited pharma union leaders to talks. as thousands of farmers continue to block roads into the capital delhi, they're protesting agricultural reforms that they say will leave them at the mercy of big corporations. prime minister, narendra modi has said, protesters are being misled by opposition parties, and that the laws will benefit them. these $20000.00 farm is going anywhere their trucks and tractors, blocking major highways,

sneak in the is capital h. about track this is loaded with rations for up to full months until the time the government reverses these new agricultural laws. none of us will go back. the families feel their livelihoods are under threat. new laws mean the government will soon stop buying grain at guaranteed prices. the pharmacy claim that could leave them at the mercy of corporations who won't pay enough for their crops. india's prime minister's trying to placate the groups because their protests, a causing disruption and threaten to cost him politically. i want to tell the citizens and farmers not out from the banks of the river ganges. and the holy city of daraa nasi, that we are working with intentions, which are as pure as the water out of the river ganges. and without any intention

of betrayal, modi's government says the laws give farmers the freedom to sell their crops to profit by it is rob of them through the state. they insist the laws will drive up prices. but the pharmacy remain unconvinced. we have always suspected the government's intentions because they have become a slave of the corporations. they want to turn us into this slaves as well. it is that the pharmacy protests have been going on for months since parliament passed the new laws in september. but they only caught the country's attention in recent days, when thousands of farmers clashed with police security forces used tear gas and water cannons to prevent protesters from entering delhi that was stopped just outside the city. but the now determined to camp out for the long haul

well it's a day marks world aids day. its aim is to raise awareness of the fight against hiv hiv, which is particularly important in times of the coronavirus. and despite great progress in recent years, that hiv pandemic is far from over, especially in africa. our correspondent adrian krishna reports from cape town in a south africa, a country where one in 5 people is living with the virus. for almost 2 decades, the nonprofit organization hope has been an important point of contact for those living with hiv. like here in the cape town township of delft. true 2 years ago, luis morris worked in a textile factory but then her life took a difficult turn. and the accident left her unable to work out who problems followed. and then she became infected with hiv. my family, it from my my family didn't want to have anything to do with me after my h. i.v.

diagnosis. they cut of contact, and even now if my neighbors knew i have hiv, they would only say hello from a distance. they wouldn't invite me to their homes. it means i also keep my distance. it's not easy being a positive, you have to somehow accept that people behave in a certain way towards you. i find it said dr. hughes on rainy is used to hearing similar stories. at least half of the community has a family member that somebody that they know that they should be positive, but it's but it's so common here. but people don't speak about it. they definitely not open about it. they might speak to ass about it and they're mad speak to the service providers about it, but they will, they finally not speak. they're not open about the status. they worried about discrimination. although stigma is still a massive problem. in many communities,

south africa has made a mess of progress in the fight against hiv aids. over the past years, most people, the vast majority of those living with hiv, know their status and are on medication. and just recently, researchers announced possibly for the good news. the preventative drug prep has been available for several years around 90000. south africans protect themselves against hiv infection by taking a daily tablet. now a study into a similar preventative drug that needs to only be injected every 8 weeks has founded to be even more efficient. women particularly have challenges with taking a pill a day. the issues of the habit of taking a pill, but also people experience a lot of social pressures. so women are judged as living with hiv. if they're taking pills that look like antiretrovirals, they may have judgments about their sexual activity. and partners may feel that they are wanting to be unfaithful, so there are many barriers to taking a pill

a day. and what the injections were able to do is overcome some of those challenges by being discreet and convenient. independent researchers also see the injection as an important developments, but further research is necessary to find other options to prevent hiv in women. young women are the hardest hit group in south africa and deal with marital harmony . and sometimes you know, so many jews, the pope in cape town also believes the injection could be a great help, but it may not be available for a number of years. in the meantime, more argent issues remain due to the covered pandemic. for us, patients are going to clinics as a result, the number of new infections, a new born cis on the rice, a worrying trend. so after all the hard work to stop the spread of the virus.

well, it's to japan now where engineers have been putting an 18 meter tall, a robot through its paces. the creation is a spin off from a popular 1970, s. anime series called mobile suit. ganton featuring an enormous battle robots, piloted by humans, is the main attraction at a theme park in yokohama. due to open it later this month. robots a big in japan, and this one is larger than life. can dam stands at just over 18 meters tall and weighs 25 tons of mortar on this book, i've been a fan since i was a schoolboy in the 1980 is the models were so popular, they were always sold out. i used to queue up to get one or the some of these and then i got a couple don't count and was born in 1999 as

a children's toy is if they were all its own, the whole science fiction universe, a hugely popular and i'm a series of movies, manga has and video games that have grossed more than $20000000000.00. and now the whole world can see how much we japanese love anime, games and manga. so, maybe we have a primal desire to create something gigantic. it used to be buddha, now it's gundam. countdown is an icon in japan, so much say that the organizers of the tokyo olympics sent him into space on a mini satellite to promote the games. because of the pandemic. he will have to stay in bed for a while longer. but that one change his mission to the take he did not to get the story of gun them teaches us that there is no friend or foe. everyone has

a bit of both in them. but what he wants to tell us is that war is always a tragedy, that we must be civil and intergalactic message that the coastal road ought to be promoting. well, the german, a football association have confirmed that yogi love will stay on as national team coach. despite the recent debacle against spain, those men were beaten 6 nil in their nations league fixture earlier this month, causing a calls for the coach to be sacked. he's been in the job since 20061 of the world cup in 2014. and to venice survived in the job, despite crashing out of the group stages at the world cup in russia 2 and a half years ago. and i don't now of our top story u.s. a drug firm that is submitting its kovan $1000.00 vaccines for a merge and see approval in the united states and european union,

putting it on track to start distribution in december. another vaccine from pfizer and biotech is already up for approval in the u.s. . it's a news update at this hour kickoff is up next. i'm claire richardson in berlin for me in the whole team. thanks for watching. i'm going

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