this is d w news live from berlin tonight the u.k. becomes the 1st western country to approve a coded 19 vaccine we deploy the n.h.s. has been preparing for the biggest program of mass vaccination in the history of the u.k. and that's going to begin next week so this is big news also for the vaccine developers buy on tech and pfizer they are racing to produce and deliver the vaccine on time also coming up germany's partial lockdown extended into 2021 chance on the americans as the infection rate is too high to consider lifting

the walk down the street shins will stay in place until january 10th and get more political uncertainty in israel as lawmakers move to dissolve parliament taking the country a big step closer to its 4th election in just 2 years and it's a formula one family affair nick schumacher son of the 7 time world champion michael schumacher is sent to make his formula one racing debut next season. i'm broke off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome tonight an historic and a 1st step in the fight to end the coronavirus pandemic the u.k. has become the 1st country in the world to approve

a covert 19 back seems the vaccine was developed jointly by germany's buy on tech and the u.s. pharmaceutical giant pfizer shipments of the vaccine are expected to reach british distribution centers by this coming weekend. it's a ray of hope after months of punishing lockdowns in the u.k. the country's covert 1000 vaccination program will start next week 8 100000 doses are reportedly standing by with another 20000000 on the way i'm just so so pleased that 2020 has been just awful and 2021 is going to be better and help is on its way to the elderly and health care workers will be at the front of the line the health authorities here say the vaccine is safe this vaccine has only been approved because those strict tests have been done and complied with and everyone can be absolutely confident that no corners whatsoever have been caught

by antec and its partner company finds or are priming their supply chain for the 1st major deliveries. we have started immediately the process of delivering vaccine we expect that to offer vaccine in the u.k. will happen within the next couple of days almost a year after the discovery of the sars code to virus it's increasingly looking likely that enough vaccine doses will be available. and there are currently 48 vaccine candidates undergoing clinical trials according to the world health organization moderna has joined by antec pfizer in applying for emergency approval of its vaccine in the u.k. is after seneca and germany's karabakh are also in advanced stages of development in russia the controversial sputnik 5 vaccine from the gum of the institute was approved in august and china is allowing volunteers to be vaccinated with preparations from cindy back and single farm without regulatory approval biotech

pfizer's vaccine purports to offer 95 percent protection against covert 19 but it has to be transported in extremely cold temperatures posing a major hurdle for its distribution. well i'm joined now by david saulsbury he's an associate fellow with the global health program at chatham house in the u.k. mr goldberg good to have you on the program the u.k. will start next week with mass vaccinations would you say this is the turning point in this pandemic well this is a fantastic day to know that we have got a vaccine that has gone through rigorous rigorous scrutiny and has come through knowing that it's going to be effective knowing that it's going to be said that's the 1st hurdle the next is to make sure that we get it in to enough people to protect those who are at greatest risk and after we've protected those at risk the next hurdle is going to be to be sure to row the vaccine out to protect the

healthy younger people for whom the step is to stop transmission so the virus can no longer spread person to person so it's the beginning we've got great optimism that this is going to take us out of the year that we've had interest on whether it's going to be a much better environment yeah i'd like for instance take a listen now to what u.k. prime minister boris johnson had to say about the british vaccination plan take a listen we've put just more than 350000000 doses of 7 different vaccine candidates and the u.k. was the 1st country in the world to preorder supplies of this pfizer vaccine securing 40000000 doses through a week to plan the n.h.s. has been preparing for the biggest program of mass vaccination in the history of the u.k. and that's going to begin next week what do you say mr saberi is the u.k.

prepared for a vaccination program on this scale. well there's been a great deal of planning done that's clear that the 1st phase which is protecting the most vulnerable is really. a a mock up of what is done every year for seasonal influenza vaccination and we do that very well in this country for people over $65.00 we routinely get 75 percent vaccine uptake in people who are 65 years now over and so this will be matching that successful program where it gets much more difficult is rolling the program out afterwards to all of the healthy young people who aren't normally part of any vaccination program so we've got to a great deal to do. a lot of it we know how to do because we know how to vaccinate

devonian to people with either a just the risk factor or medical conditions we we know how to do that it's not going to be made easy with a vaccine that requires this ultra low temperature co-chaired but there are ways in which that adaptation can be done to cope with that we know that the world health organization is already warning of shortages in vaccines boris johnson also mentioned that britain has ordered vaccine doses from 7 different companies i'm wondering in your opinion is this a result in a lack of availability or is this a clever strategy. i think what was done was that the contracts were place long before we had any knowledge of which back scenes were going to come through with high efficacy good safety and availability and it's

a bit like you know betting all of horses in the race to make sure that you get at least one of them through us so. it's a good strategy in terms of protecting your own population we have to be very aware that there are hundreds of millions of people all over the world who are going to need to be vaccinated. ok david sounds very from the global health program at chatham house this is where we appreciate your time your insights tonight thank you thank you. we're here in germany the tough restrictions to tackle the pandemic will remain in place until at least january in a video conference on wednesday chance there are no americal in the state premiers agreed to extend all of those restriction measures mental said the infection rate is still too high to soften what is being called germany's lock down life in order

to fight the coronavirus medical also said shorter but consequent is better then longer and half consequent that. are the scoop straight down to the political correspondent emanuel shant she's on the story for is emma good to see you why are germany's leaders why do they seem to be so worried. well brenda look at the situation it's simply not a good look at the figures early january where we were having around 232-3000 new infections they know after a month off so cold live with bars and restaurants close to his cultural institutions not running anymore we went down to over a 17 paos owns infections that if they leave but the number else that have significant thing creased today it was the highest sesto ever registered in germany since the beginning of the pandemic with $487.00 deaths and america say that the

exponential growth escaped the south but that the goal was to just to bring back the 7 days incidence and so 50 cases the 100 has any not because this is still not the case for bread lines as i've been kathy said no need this is 87400000 inhabitants and balance may or may have made us a war and that's a potential vaccine wasn't the ultimate solution just no at this stage well considering the situation is not getting much better could these restrictions could they be tied to. indeed that's what i got america save she wanted time in the end again and also the very end state premiers say that at some point publications really needed to consider whether on not to leave the country in a huff sleep that he that's he's was in a house slave situation or if indeed we shouldn't see tougher measures being implemented he also say that the current measures will be extending extended until at least enter a tense and there will be

a new discussion on january 4th on whether or not to reconnect them we know that the latest polls show that a solid majority support the partial walk but we've got about a 3rd of people in germany saying they do not how difficult is it becoming to get the public to stay on board with all of these restrictions. well those that have the a minority which doesn't approve the restriction some people are still getting very anxious to hospitality secretaries very affected by the situation weaseled restrictions but most of germans do support the measures in fact around half of the population find a restrictions currently in place appropriate and iran thank you percent of them would even like toughen measures being taken our rights emissions but the latest here in berlin him as always thank you. here's a look now at some of the other developments in the coronavirus pandemic russian president vladimir putin has ordered voluntary mass vaccinations to start next week

russia says its sputnik vaccine is 92 percent effective or 2 goes prime minister has said securing a vaccine for all european countries will be a top priority portugal takes over the european union's rotating presidency in january germany has reported a record $487.00 deaths in the last 24 hours officials have been expecting deaths to trend upward following a steep rise in new infections and france says it will make random border checks to stop people going skiing in neighboring countries such as what's real and where ski resorts are expected to be open over the holiday period french ski lifts will be closed over christmas. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu his governing coalition appears to be on the verge of collapsing leaving israel facing possibly its 4th election in 2 years

a bill to dissolve parliament was supported by netanyahu is main coalition partner the blooming white party of defense minister binney guns may remember guns it was initiated by the opposition of the bill needs to pass 3 more readings in the knesset in order to become law the government formed in may at the height of the coronavirus pandemic has been characterized by ongoing disputes between netanyahu zwick cooed and the blue and white part. on dramatic days like this one we should not be calling elections the people of israel want unity and not polling stations they want to vaccines and not election broadcasts benny gantz must pull on the handbrake. he must stop this downhill spiral towards new elections and halt the unhinged attacks against us he needs to change his conduct it's not too late are in for more now i'm joined by

sean he was honestly the middle east analyst shawnees good to see you you've been listening to the speech delivered by netanyahu tell us what you make up. well this is a master in politics benyamin netanyahu have managed to bring himself into such a position that he he he takes the blue and white party and basically crashes that india india in the polls to about 3rd of what he used to be he manages to take the arab united party and break them into pieces and now he's standing there delivering basically an election speech claiming he doesn't want any elections so we are obviously already in a complaint it's very clear he's campaigning is very clear he knows he has the upper air hand and he's trying to use that momentum however he knows that the best thing to run his campaign with is unity and this is why we're hearing him talking

about not wanting going for election but the fact is he's the one with aces up his sleeve he's the one who can decide whether to respond to blue and whites demands and actually stop the election come in at the election you know what we've seen now the move today who that can't lead to the election or or to go along and do it he has all the cards and blue and white no it is just as well so this is basically another part of political charades that israelis have been spectating for too long in the last couple of years so you're convinced that we're going to see a force away it is real in the past 2 years. good chances are that this is where we're heading we're actually you know if we zoom out and try to understand what's happening this is a deep systemic problem yes we see we see them craddick rule in israel and they're

never seen before pressure we're seeing a prime minister who has on the one hand a very strong mandate from the people but at the same time though undoubtedly is very much in legal and somewhat ethical moral problems with with indictments that are out there for him he's supposed to stand trial starting january or actually now postponed to february and this is an unprecedented situation in israeli politics and the most amazing thing is again looking at his master in politics he manages to crash all of position arabs jews left right whatever happens he's a loser has the upper hand you have a child let's not just not take any of the responsibility away from the voters here be the voters have said time after time after time an opportunity to make their decisions known and they've done that and if apparently doesn't hurt that yahoo that he is facing criminal charges indeed indeed there was

a very famous known of saying by david been going on the founder of the state of israel about the need to change the people when they voted against his will what can you do there is a perilous is that is based on the fact that there was basically a split a divide and israeli public. and i think the bigger problem is that nobody. seems to be that it's a it's a leadership crisis even a person like any guns who is a firm ahead of the army chief of staff he's not ruki he didn't come you know just out of nowhere if he doesn't manage to galvanize a big support to become a leader a strong enough lead big enough support then the feeling in israel is nobody can and is you know from each sound helps build up this new. stand and position of methane now when the way in the scene back he's lebanese and rivals as well you know that's a very good point amazing israel to have this for what could be the 4th election in

2 years shall resign as our middle east expert one funny thing which if you don't mind is the change in america or gene having biden in the white house that might make everything more complicated for an attorney out but let's see if there is election and when that happens i'm sure that i would also find a way to smooth that the growth of this hurdle we'll see if that's right january 20th joe biden will become the us president we will see what happens thank you johnny. our lives have a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world the united nations has reached an agreement with ethiopia to allow aid into government controlled areas of the reach the conflict between addis ababa rebel forces has displaced tens of thousands of people the you when had been warning for weeks about a possible humanitarian catastrophe and the german man is being investigated on 5 counts of murder and 18 counts of attempted murder after he drove his car into

pedestrians in the city of tree or residents have been paying their respects at the landmark city gate no motive for the attack is yet been established. u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists has urged world leaders to make 2021 the year they commit to fighting climate change and ted this said humanity is waging war on nature in a report the un has highlighted 20 twentieth's record breaking weather and fossil fuel extraction. thailand's highest court has acquitted the prime minister of an ethics breach allowing him to keep his job the opposition accused him of a conflict of interest by remaining in his military residence after he retired from the army the ruling comes amid months of program ocracy protests demanding his resignation. will south korean pop sensation b.t.s.

will now be able to defer mandatory military service thanks to a new law passed by the country's parliament all able bodied south korean men between the ages of $18.28 must serve in the army but this new law will allow globally breaking 9 k. pop stars such as b.t.s. to postpone that to 30 years of a. they may be a boy group but for their country's military not to mention many compatriots they are able bodied men. now with the new deferment for k. pop stars or the singing sensation's b.t.s. being unfairly advantaged for a will. all south korea's physically fit young men must serve in uniform a legacy of the korean war which started 70 years ago and technically south and

north korea have yet to make peace. and the army life was quickly closing in on the group's oldest member known as gen just 2 days before he turns 28 the laws upper limit for beginning service parliament cleared the way for a 2 year deferment. other heartthrobs didn't have that luxury in 20131 of the country's biggest k. pop stars known as rain was discharged from the army after serving his time. in sports stars enjoyed their own special rules saw on him in a footballer currently playing for tottenham hotspur was exempted from service because he'd won a medal at the asian games but he still had to complete basic training which he did last year when the covert pandemic conveniently interrupted the premier league

season. so whatever they decide to do b.t.s. have 2 more years to set more industry records and break more hearts until their national service is supposed to begin and the music's over. the son of ferrari greats michael schumacher will make his formula one debut next season mick sure mocker will race for the us own team after securing a high year deal. mc is set to make his formula one debut next season exactly 30 years after his father michael schumacher made his back in 1901 the 21 year old german a product of a racing family security deal with the us own team hence it's really been a dream that i've always dreamed about and now it's finally comes through some really really happy and just emotionally exploding really nice i'm really looking

forward to it and you take your body for the great messages and support mick has shown signs of promise in 2016 he started racing in formula 3 and won the division's european championship 2 years later that success helped make move up the formula to where he is currently leading the championship by 14 points. but formula one is a whole different ball game a ball game his father michael managed to dominate for many years michael is a legend in the sport with 91 wins in 7 world championships sadly the german great has been in a coma since 2013 after a skiing accident mick knows he won't be able to escape the comparisons to his father for now he's just happy he can test his wheels on the big stage of formula one. now for a visit to a museum of miniatures in the french city of leo it displays the work of carpenter

and interior designer dan all that a single exhibition can be months in the making because these tiny creations require massive amounts of patience and precision take a look. seems the renowned restaurant in paris is known around the world. but why do they have already linked tables here when there are neither way to get. this mini version of the famous restaurant in the french capital was created by done oh man it took him a year to finish the handmade miniature. then i mean i feel like he's the new prime minister is an art form has existed for centuries and can even be found in the ancient egyptian pyramids. in the 17th and 18th centuries when you had miniature paintings it was usually depicted daily life. is a painting technique but also 3 dimensional in many of the band and they are quite

emotional. in 2005 done omar opened his museum of miniatures in the house of long's historic district it was here in france is the 3rd largest city where he arrived for an exhibition in 1989 bringing along 3 trucks bearing tiny artworks he immediately fell in love with the city. and an area of 2000 square meters visitors can see over $100.00 extremely realistic miniature scenes built by various european many tourists though the majority were made by done online himself. oh microfilm in your shop i think the miniature of the bally was particularly piece of focus because it really to pick the cityscape of lunar which you can see through the windows of the opera house but of the hot my favorite miniature. is this leon bistro the whole scenery is full of little details and it's very precise and its

depiction of what really impresses me is the light as well as the individual objects in the room you can see how much work has been put into it. in addition to scenes from done all man has basically replicated half the world. that he's not short of ideas for future miniature projects. i saw a very atmospheric place a family lives there. it's an old palace there are a lot of empty palaces there and the atmosphere is incredible and in these fantastic palaces hundreds of white sheets we in the wind it was really impressive . i'm currently working on a miniature of this and it will be a beautiful over recent. lens natural history museum as a dollhouse in done oman's work gigantic skeletons are easy to handle and huge

rooms are rather cute the us are stunned by his artwork even though or maybe because the scenes hardly differ from the real thing. amazing you're watching b.w. news after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day tonight the u.k. 1st in line for the corona virus vaccine will be right back.

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