beethoven's 9th. the world starts to simmer down oh b.t.w. . this is d w news live from berlin russia rolls out it's getting 5 vaccine against coated with a mass campaign in moscow 2000000 doses are available for high risk groups but amid concerns about how fast the vaccine was approved will muscovites be lining up to get the job also coming up venezuelan opposition leader one why do calls for

a boycott of sunday's elections claiming there were rigged leaving the door wide open for a big win for president nicolas maduro is really a party. omarion evanston welcome to the program moscow kicks off a large scale vaccination campaign today with a russian made sputnik find a vaccine against covert 19 the country says it's produced around 2000000 doses to date and will distribute the vaccine free of charge doctors teachers and social workers are among those 1st in line to receive the jab the rollout is going ahead even though clinical trials have not yet been completed. gaze at the knob ski took the leap off to seeing his friends fall ill with corona virus the journalistic w.'s

russian service says he did a lot of research into the vaccine before signing up for trials it's just that it's a better i decided for myself that at the very least the vaccine is safe and in the best case scenario it will be effective if they give me the vaccine rather than placebo before they vaccinated me they told me it was safe but they gave me a life insurance policy anyway in case of my death my relatives were saved the equivalent of around 22000 euros in compensation in case i become disabled i would get up to $17000.00 euros but i doubt that will happen. so that is. around 40000 people have already taken part in trials for sputnik v one of the 2 russian vaccines trials for both are ongoing but the vaccines are already registered and have been rolled out across russia moscow is starting vaccinations on saturday doctors and teaches the 1st in line to receive the jet which authorities have emphasized will be free and voluntary but there have already been media reports of

people being put under pressure by their employers to sign up the head of an independent doctors union says. the union medical workers are being put under pressure and they are agreeing to get vaccinations but we have also seen mass refusals and protests and even resignations of course that isn't improving our health care system. do you. and not all teachers say they're on board with the vaccination scheme. it's a warning we're supposed to sign saying we will carry the risk so if i get vaccinated i would be risking my health without any guarantees that the vaccine won't have a negative effect on my body that's why i would like to have the choice whether i get vaccinated or not. and russia isn't just rolling out sputnik v. to its own population it's already delivered samples of the vaccine to serbia

hungry and venezuela and is agreed to production deals with several countries including india and china experts say the goal is to show that russia is a scientific super power. it's almost like the spice rice the main thing now is to stake a claim on being 1st to say we were the 1st country to produce a vaccine and to stop vaccinating people we won't know the result for a year old so when it doesn't matter as much which one was the most effective this one the british or the american one. but he is hoping for more than politics after getting the 1st of 2 jabs he had a fever but quickly felt fine now he's hoping the russian vaccine will keep him safe from the corona virus along with thousands of others getting the job across the country. to prevent the spread of covert 19 austria has introduced restrictions making it difficult for foreign tourists to visit ski resorts where the risk of

catching coronavirus is well known the government will keep hotels close to tourists until january 6th and visitors from rest areas will have to quarantine for at least 5 days and then test negative for the virus that locals will still be allowed on the slopes. many in the austrian province of tuvalu well hoping the slopes would stay open to tourists despite the coronavirus pandemic but even though austria rejected calls from across europe to close its slopes completely the government there has now effectively closed it for foreign tourists. if you haven't let him before the holiday period we will start with a very strict immigration program this means that anyone entering austria will have to spend 10 days in quarantine with the possibility of cutting it short of 5 days by testing negative income on the list of risk areas austria's biggest neighbor germany this means the ski regions will likely miss out on millions of euros in

tourism revenue it's a grim end to a year that was going well for the industry all things considered. this summer was comparatively good and there was also a fair bit of business at the pits and that's also why it's all the more incomprehensible that such tough measures are being applied to tourism considering that all summer long there were no verifiable infections in the ski lifts. austria's government says the measures are necessary to prevent returning nationals or tourists from bringing the virus into the country adding the rate of infection remains far too high. it seems like a tough season ahead for the region of t.v. was when most of the revenue comes from holiday makers. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. a u.s.

federal judge has fully restored the obama era immigration program known as dhaka the program provides a work permits to some young undocumented immigrants and choose them from deportation it's the 2nd time a u.s. court has overruled the trump administration's moves to cancel the scheme. the chief negotiator michel barnier and his u.k. counterparts have agreed to all these negotiations and opposed gregg's a trade deal after a week of intense talks ended in stalemate the negotiators will now step back while politicians decide if several major differences be overcome the time is running out to reach an agreement break the transition period ends on december 31st. peruse congress has repealed a farming law that triggered days of group blocks and other protests by striking workers demonstrators welcomed the vote and began with the blockade that is destructive traffic on the pan-american highway some 2000 trucks and buses were

affected. at least 14 people have been killed in a bus crash in the brazilian state of mena. more than 2 dozen others were injured in the bus was traveling east of the state capital of bellowed at johns when it fell more than 50 needers from a highway overpass. venezuela will hold parliamentary elections on sunday bond to the opposition is boycotting the vote called by president nicolas maduro opposition leader and head of the national assembly one claims the polls will be rigged to strengthen windows grip on power as follows years of turmoil that have seen venezuela become increasingly isolated and desperate. an epic predawn line for gasoline in venezuela shortages widespread hunger broken down institutions all made worse by international sanctions yet despite it all president nicolas maduro has clung to power his nemesis speaker of

the assembly and self-proclaimed president one guy you know now working from home 37 years old he's made a career out of denouncing maduro's policies he's organized the national referendum after the vote aimed at invalidating the upcoming elections. and. the election called by the dictatorship will be held without any of the necessary conditions there's no right to elect and be elected no independent arbitrator no possibility of free participation by political parties. but his call for a referendum has split in the already weakened opposition. but not participating in these elections is not only suicide but also an irresponsible attitude to the suffering of the venezuelan people. there is nothing to decide because all the competitors were chosen by the regime. so who are you going to allow them to.

venezuela has been in political crisis since the disputed election in 2018 that son nicolas maduro win by a wide margin most of the international community including the us and the european union said the election was not free or fair they took quite a dose side as assembly speaker he was next in line to be president under the venezuelan constitution standoff followed no held mass rallies and attracted international backing but he failed to convince the military and the state. since then material has consolidated power sidelining the national assembly and installing a parallel legislative house filled by loyalists. meanwhile why those popularity and influence have shrunk dramatically. some coming election is likely his last stand a big win by my duros ruling party which is almost guaranteed will mean why don't

is no longer speaker that will leave my dear old without any serious competition. gay catholics around the world have been heartened by an apparent softening of the vatican's views on l. g.b.t. rights pope francis has endorsed same sex civil unions the vatican still officially opposes gender transitioning but in the pope's native argentina church projects are doing important work to help transsexual men and women suffering from abuse and stigma 24 year old rice of aves has come all the way from ecuador to buenos aires. an ecuadorian friend told me that she owned a hair salon here in argentina and needed young women so i came here when i was 18 but she lied from the very 1st day i had to work as a prostitute. and i said took drugs and sold them that's

why she went to jail 3 years ago. her sentence was reduced to house arrest 7 months ago and she went to me house for transsexual members of the catholic oh god to create association. here she works in the laundry the garden and the kitchen and she can finish her high school diploma here. residents of anemia receive medical psychological and spiritual support. the new me. me was created as a refuge for transgender girls who were very sick or who had come from hospitals who had nowhere to live who didn't have the strength to look for a job it's a place designed to give them a chance for a fresh start the. father for every battle this is the home every thursday. the 36 year old takes a pragmatic view of things even though the vatican is officially opposed to gender

transitioning. that reality is something with which we are confronted something that accompanies us which we accept sometimes we must do without a few structures and paradigms which lead us away from the most original thing the gospel the church is still learning all over the world it is learning how it can accompany this reality. i'm very grateful to the church and the home they support us so much. money on cooking good tiaras agrees. the 31 year old bolivian can. i'm to argentina at the age of 15 because she wanted to live in a more liberal society. but. myself and was in an unhealthy relationship which i didn't like i decided to go away and leave it all behind i've been living here for a year and a half now i'm continuing my studies. in spite of the church's official stance the

catholic association god decree still has now built a 2nd home for transsexuals in buenos aires. to sports now and the german bundesliga where hard to berlin took complete advantage of one young berlin who saw their lead to disappear due to a red card then had. stole the show on their own the land opened the scoring in the 1st half by 15 minutes later when you were left with only 10 men to defend and robert on face was sent off this high put challenge to level the score after the break and then polish striker. play the hero super some scored 2 goals within minutes to lead had to berlin to a 31 victory over their city. organizers of its hokey olympic games have announced that the postponement of the event will cost an

additional $2300000000.00 euros due to the coronavirus pandemic the games are rescheduled and will begin in july of next year the i.o.c. previously said they will contribute over 500000000 euros to postponement costs and while tickets can be refunded but so far less than a 5th the holders have chosen to do so. and that's the latest on the w. news this hour american and steam from me and the entire team in berlin and thanks for watching. in the light of climate change. what's in store. for the future. for a few major cities to get insight. from

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