this is d.w. news live from regulators in britain approved emergency use of. we will stop. in this country. becomes one of the 1st countries to greenlight. pfizer says it's a historic moment in the fight against cup but also on the program 3 pro-democracy activists a sentence for the last 2 years hong kong protests and the latest crackdown on

dissent. a jailed for between 7 and 13 months. among 5 people killed in syria city center on tuesday police say the attack was intentional but the drivers motives are unclear. i'm a welcome to the program. britain has approved the coronavirus vaccine produced by pharmaceutical partners pfizer biotech becoming the 1st country in the world to do so the u.k. government says it will be available across the country from next week the vaccine is the result of a collaboration between u.s. drug maker 5 and german company by own tech its still awaiting regulators approval across the rest of the world including the e.u.

he said he could be authorised within weeks british health minister not hancock welcomed the decision by the country's regulate real authority fantastic news the m h r a fiercely independent regulator has clinically authorized the vaccine for for rollout the n.h.s. stands ready to make that happen so from early next week we will start the program of vaccinating people against the covert 19 here in this country. has joined d.w. chorus want to mass in london welcome big it has to how is this going to affect the u.k.'s handling of the pandemic. well u.k. looks really set to be the 1st country in the world where jobs are actually going to go into arms and that hank of the health secretary has said that 50 hospitals are already ready so as early as next week the vaccinations would start and

those people who work in the health service are going to be fast in line also care home rather than the residence of the most vulnerable and after that it's going to be into an age groups so starting from the oldest in the population alongside with those who have underlying health conditions so again those who are very vulnerable now the u.k. is forward 40000000 doses of the vaccine so that's not enough to inoculate the whole population but where i think everyone in the u.k. and across the world is hoping that other vaccines will be approved soon from other companies and other glamor it's in the next weeks and months a hopefully this will be the start of a big rollout program for the whole world. to london and i thank you. we can get more from matthew more from d.w.

business welcome matthew so was this decision expected well i think it was a surprise it will always come as a surprise i mean i think the speed of it is that in the copy pull off guard. look this is the moment we've all been waiting for this year and i think it suggests that is a bit of light at the end of the tunnel and ultimately this is about saying that as a vaccine which is 95 percent affects of against and inoculating against the coronavirus that works across all age groups it's also effective in the most vulnerable the over 60 five's so it's a huge moment as we've had and i think it's worth just to celebrate in a moment it's also the fastest ever vaccine that's been produced record time the closest they came to the vaccine the mumps vaccine that took 4 years so it's a kind of success for the combined efforts of government scientists private companies and regulators ok so if if the u.k. is talking about vaccinations starting next week this stuff has got to be out with

those across the country pretty quickly there so this is being produced in partnership to pfizer i don't tech takes office the german companies we've had and they're producing the 2 sites in germany and there's a 3rd one a bit wanting to try to cope with the huge demand and so they are saying that they will be producing this this we can start shipping at this week to london u.k. . of him to start distributing the vaccine how they next week and they're not saying look let's party christmass back on the saying be vigilant because obviously this is a 2 dogs vaccine so it would actually provide protection until one month is given so it's not too john your that people can kind of maybe start to live my life normally again so it's a proven in the u.k. it's also bidding for approval in the u.s. and maybe this is going to be good news as far as pfizer is concerned yes it's good news is far as everyone's confirm specifies a. and what it does is obviously you case kind of setting the pace and the movement

even before today's announcement of people in the you're opinion saying why is the you not making a decision on this why the european medicines agency not going to meet to discuss this alley or they're planning on meeting at the end of december and so this will probably increase pressure on european regulators to meet and maybe trying to reach a decision the u.s. is planning on meeting us regulates upon meeting next week to discuss the results and whether they'll give approval to the drug and so. be very. unsurprising i wouldn't be surprised if donald trump starts the pressure and even more pressure on the regulation is there to try to to reach a decision he will want nice to be part of his legacy he's trying to take credit he's taking credit for what speed operation watch people just kind of really put accelerators on reaching getting a vaccine ready and he obviously wants this to kind of maybe be something his final weeks in office. matthew move to the real business thank you.

let's take a look at the latest developments in this pandemic will start in germany where the country's public health institute has reported a record $487.00 deaths over 24 hours officials say they've been expecting daily deaths or trend upward following a steep increase in new infections. prime minister an attorney acosta has said securing a vaccine for all european countries will be a top priority when portugal takes over the european union's rotating presidency in january and the media reports say japan's planning to allowed large numbers of overseas visitors to attend next year's tokyo olympics without mandatory vaccinations or quarantine that's provided they submit negative covered test results and download tracking apps. not to hong kong but a call to sentence leading pro-democracy activists to joshua wont to a total of 13 to the hof months in jail for charges relating to last year's mass

anti-government protests but the wall in 2 other pro-democracy protesters the pleaded guilty to charges including citing inciting and illegal a sense straight to the terror she had when we found a d w correspondent to phoebe com welcome phoebe a talk us through the verdicts. well just how long was sentenced to. 35 months over the skies as inciting and 09 saying although i simply back in certain styles in the ninety's insult this is a message that the government should. also he has to own scientists to wrestle. i'm now the center of them already members as well and i who am well also since it's for 7 months and 10 months respectively this is live and. then it's back to my many others so as before i just i just will raise the voice

break bringing here like to us is the most general sense of this time is more than i. think hostess judge sent 3 of as who are active citizens who mobilized. on the side wall consensus trying to rally the respect those hands against police brutality our job to just say this is a protest i wish you wish it had and therefore i think that you knew that imprisonment is the only appropriate option to send of these kinds of acts and china is obviously trying to send a clear message about pro-democracy activity in the territory. yeah absolutely or it's just along this is the time for him to put behind bars i. have mentioned he was sent to joe oh it's the same ones over the past 2

years the. 5 months we so that's why therefore he will retire and i'll apologize for the whole story $21.00 and also he is also an facings who on the court cases ablative to child just like out stations last year and also a beast he is go to place more fire one of. these later this week and other one will house example early next year so he is expected to lay maybe face possibly more sentences. so is hong kong's democracy movement unlikely to withstand this. one today and if the lead. laying in the city here which is also a huge blow and major setback to the office since it came as just

a while to add to this where so far and in most high profile activists to be jealous that you see massive and deference movements and they are and this is the heaviest sentence of oil for activists leading up to the same and so we know and have condemned that and it is pretty high court has there because. of the virus and also the nationals chose you know i think the 3rd to tighten the social gathering rules against and on the suppression of the all the supplies in the levels of the side here facing nowadays i just make the movement even harder to the seat in the. thank you for that to be tall and own cause. we'll take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world starting in the united states where the justice department says it has found no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the presidential election a statement from u.s.

attorney general william barr is a blow to president trump's efforts to challenge the election result as he refuses to concede to joe biden. hungary a member of the european parliament has resigned after breaking lockdown rules by attending what's been described as a gay sex party in crossroads yossef sire who has previously backed anti l.g.b. legislation in hungary admitted attending a party which is broken up by police he belongs to her ruling conservative party and is an ally of prime minister viktor next question comes from mr new zealand has declared a climate emergency and pledged that its public sector will be carbon neutral by 2025 any prime minister to send told to parliament urgent action is needed for the sake of future generations the country joins 32 others who have issued emergency declarations over the global health crisis. a german man will appear in court today after driving his car into pedestrians in the western city of syria police

have confirmed that 5 people were killed including a 9 week old baby the driver a local man is in custody no motive as yet been established. as a city in mourning outside candles were lit at a makeshift memorial for the victims. and inside the city's cathedral a service for those killed and injured. i think this is the worst black day in the history it ts since world war 2 we are all used to seeing these kinds of pictures happening all over the world but no one ever thought it would happen here we were very much mistaken as we've painfully found out today. that baby was one of the 5 killed when a 51 year old local man drove an s.u.v.

for around one kilometer to the center tria hitting people as random authorities said he was stopped by police. social media for state showed the man being arrested investigators said he had consumed a significant amount of alcohol. and i'm not going to talk to us to be i have no indications that the motive is of a terrorist political or religious nature i know who spewed into script there are indications that there could be a psychiatric problem involved that's a new piece of ice i'm shocked pushes conk out bit. as is the case across germany christmas markets have been canceled but despite the quiet atmosphere police urged people to stay away from the city center on tuesday evening. as it sure up to date got alphonso happy up right at the top of the out of next here on. takes

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