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theses d.v.d. news live from berlin and a star acknowledgement as britain launches its nationwide coronavirus vaccine program this was the shop watched around the world the u.k. hopes the roll out of the back saying marks the beginning of the end of the pandemic but how long could it take also coming out indian farmers stage and nationwide strike as their standoff with the government intensifies farmers fear new market reforms will make them vulnerable to price slashing to big business. and
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with hopes for bricks and deal dying a new chief there is a funded line invites pritish prime minister paris johnson to brussels for last ditch talks to try to end the deadlock. i'm rebecca riches welcome to the program the united kingdom has administered the world's 1st a clinically tested and fully approved covert 19 vaccine margaret came in a 19 year old grandmother was inoculated at a hospital in coventry marking the start of the country's mass vaccination program the 2 dose vaccine developed by a german firm by own take in partnership with us pharmaceutical giant pfizer is the fastest fully certified human immunization ever brought to market. well let's go straight to london where data charlotte tells them pill is standing by charlotte
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it's good to see you this is a moment a lot of people we've all been waiting for let's face it what's going to happen next. well i think 1st rebecca we need to take a moment just to absorb those historic pictures that have been coming out of the u.k. today margaret kena 90 years old she is the 1st person to receive the vaccine outside of clinical trials a lot of government figures here in the u.k. of figures from the national health service here saying they feeling extremely emotional this morning as those pictures roll in margaret herself turns 91 next week she says the best bet they present she could hope for when she said that she should be able to see family now she's had this vaccine and really that is what this is all about isn't this is about getting us back to some form of normality but the government has been keen to stress that this will be a marathon and not
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a sprint that normal that we're all hoping for is still some way away after all this vaccine rollout is going to be phased the 1st to receive it will be over 18 people who are likely to have took appointments who already you can come into the hearts 50 homes across england like the one just behind me to receive their vaccine over the coming weeks from either h s workers and care home workers as well also in line the most though it's certainly going to be the new year when they'll receive the vaccine it really is going to be a long journey but of course the whole world as you've said is watching this roll out as other countries consider approving this vaccine they're looking to see not just how the u.k. justice logistically but also how it wins over hearts and minds we've spoken to a lot of people on the streets about how they're feeling take a look at my report. this is a moment the whole world's been waiting for the u.k.
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is the 1st to run out the bio and tech finds a 1900 vaccine it's a momentous moment for a population with the highest death toll in europe and off is a window of hope for the future. very very sadly lost many residents of those care homes who died from co they'd been a hugely challenging and difficult year and all the time this promise and this hope of a vaccine has been so it's very exciting to the point where feels like that we might be able to make a really positive step or with the help of the vaccine. the u.k. health service is calling this the biggest immunization program in its history 1st in line for the vaccine will be people over 80 as well as care home staff and frontline health care workers but this rollout poses major logistical challenges this vaccine needs to be stored at around minus 70 degrees celsius and need
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carefully meaning in england it will at 1st only be administered from 50 specific hospital hubs. but the majority of the public here vaccinations at sites like this hospital a still a way off but for authorities in the u.k. the messaging surrounding the start of this rollout could not be more important after all approving the vaccine is one thing actually encouraging people to take it it's quite another. is the 1st in the wall to water rise the vaccine the u.k. is dependent on public trust and enthusiasm isn't universal risk is what the long term effects break thanks to i would take it there is a benefits outweigh the risks seems sensible thing to do yet and it clearly way we're going to get out of the pandemic i think is very very fast i was come out. barchester i would say can. see.
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every field thank you for your truth on facebook uptake of the vaccine will be key to its success and all storage fees are being advised to find creative ways to address public concern and tackle misinformation there's some speculation the queen may even reveal the vaccine to be confidence it is extremely important are these people get the vaccine so we need to find a way how to communicate it to them and how to in a way isolate them from these damaging examples of misinformation that they seeing on social media and i think it is the role for the health providers it is a role for the community leaders to actually go out and try to explain to them what they seeing on social media is actually not always the truth. the eyes of the world are on the u.k. this week with governments came to see not just how it tackles the logistical challenges but how it sells this vaccine to a public being asked to keep pace with science. huge
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logistical challenges as you mentioned there in the report not least of which that the vaccine needs to be stored at minus 70 degrees celsius how has the u.k. sold things challenges of distributing the shops. well as a 1st step these vaccines are going to be distributed through hubs like this one just behind me because of those that just tickle challenges not just the temperature which needs to be kept with also difficulties in trans transporting it's there are a lot of things that need to be kept in mind that it is the hospital hubs that make the most sense at this stage botts the health minister here in the u.k. has said he does want to see your way to try and get it out of these holes so hard into vaccination centers for example and crucially into calf as it had been recommended that those in calves those ways vulnerable those who've suffered so much this year should be the 1st to receive the vaccination they they will have to
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wait a little longer until the logistics of figured out find out exactly how they can bring how authorities here can bring the vaccine to them now and now the challenge of course polls show that one 3rd of the population in the u.k. worry about the safety of the vaccine and don't want to take it what's the government going to do to try and win people over. well there's already talk of a big p.r. campaign to try and get people to take this vaccine the trouble is that you do have anti vaccine is like the one that you heard in that report they're becoming more mainstream at the moment this because this is a vaccine that could at some point affect all of this is not just about a role as you usually see for young children this is every single one of us at some point that might be also whether or not they want to take the vaccine is the conversation that the whole world will be having so here in the u.k. yes a p.r. campaign is being considered a number of all the celebrities hey you might not know they were back in some of the more famous in the u.k.
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than they are around the world but they've stepped up to say that they are willing to take the vaccine to big conference and the queen is well there's been a lot of speculation about whether she and her husband she of course is over 80 very much so whether she will take the vaccine too just to show the public that they can do it as well. speaking to us from london thanks very much. of research have laid the groundwork for speeding development of a coronavirus bank saying studies show the 2 front runners developed by take $5.00 and $1.00 turn a around 95 percent effective but each has very different handling requirements here's a closer look at the science behind the vaccines poised for rollout around the world. memory r.n.a. . breaks down the genetic material of the already tiny virus and even tinier nano particles when injected particles trick
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a person's immune system into thinking they have the virus creating an entire body if a person later gets the virus the antibodies go to work on the person doesn't get sick . reported side effects with both are minor including fevers and muscle pain however it's not clear how long both vaccines are effective. both require 2 shots $28.00 days apart where the vaccines differ is in how complicated it is to store and distribute them those nanoparticles can be very sensitive the beyond tech pfizer vaccine must be stored at minus 70 degrees pfizer developed a specific kind of dry ice to keep it cold maintaining that cold temperature will be a major challenge and fires or is having difficulties acquiring enough raw material for large scale production the moderna vaccine on the other hand can be stored for up to
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a month at household refrigerator temperatures that makes it easier to transport and distribute why the 2 vaccines have different storage requirements is a mystery the companies are keeping their recipes secret. beyond tech pfizer and moderna are just 2 of the many competing vaccines worldwide british pharmaceutical company astra zeneca has its own and there are russian and chinese versions as well meanwhile the world holds its breath hoping this is the beginning of the end of the pandemic. let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world this hour german chancellor angela merkel says the current coronavirus restrictions one get the country through the winter she's pushing for a decision on tougher restrictions before the christmas holidays the state varia is already tightening measures asking people to stay at home with only a few exceptions. u.s. president elect joe biden will nominate retired general lloyd austin to be his
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secretary of defense according to a number of us media reports also would be the 1st african-american to leave the pentagon after a 41 year army career alston is now on the board of raytheon one of america's biggest weapons firms. in new zealand an inquiry into last year's christchurch mosques attack found that security services had not focused enough on the threat from right wing terror the 800 page report said spy agencies have placed an inappropriate focus on islamic extremism before the attack but stopped short of saying with already is could have prevented the massacre. farmers in india staging a one day nationwide strike can protest over the government's reforms to agriculture rules tens of thousands of farmers have been blockading roads into delhi since the end of november demanding the changes be repealed under the new provisions of state run purchases will be scrapped allowing farmers to sell direct to supermarkets
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farmers say they'll be worse off while the government says the sector needs to be modernized. and for more i'm joined from delhi india correspondent. let me. say these reforms are against their interests but the b.j. pay the government says the new laws will not hurt farmers whose right. right or better add this wind it is almost a matter of perspective the government is insisting that they are trying to follow us but meeting changes to each old government change markets that have been the norm and after all what a great one base it also saying that they're trying to knock out minutemen and allow us to access malkuth better pricing and send the buildings to higher but i never said pretty private phones as far as i want to go are they concerned that if one's focus got involved if they can then drive down prices that you've reached the
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ends of putting them on was the loss of mine to back off from gadsby price that they have not mentioned in the response long list and problems bt i sprayed some corporate stick documents and will back out from their response and it is even mollison. there's a lot of opposition many of the opposition parties are opposed to this law as well how determined is the government to push through the reforms. i don't like that the government is definitely meant despite the fact that there have been fighting around the top spec bombers and. all around national after len cysteine of these laws must be ordered back the government is standing and the monopoly not these goals of the government and the farmers perhaps in the cia not all business in bodies hatch and then expressions of what we national straight that is why i took office today this has left the government to the act and told the split that's
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literally begun lines out over recent bodies better than pot and the cost of then clandestine actions that actually because no one's base enough to do once and i think you did it was alleged in these spots and not tracked a bandit of the equity or gen one thing back on earth. but the families have had daily under siege for almost 2 wakes in the pictures we're saying a lot of destruction now today's strike how much support do the families have amongst the general population but it was definitely to have supporters back up at me look at this national strike transporting years of supporters and there's an expectation if talking vegetables the place is going to get back unions and other unions and let's wait present thought to how it was farmers have said the distraught asked who want to be the strike will only be from 11 am do cheaply and there are little wanted to stop still has to do a lot of clean goodness and you have these seats and this is why it's not just
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pushing the line up to $6.00 don't even have the government do more. right you mentioned just one in delhi thanks very much for the update. on the still no sign of a breakthrough after another day of breaks it talks time is running out to make a trade deal and avoid a cross-channel economic chaos british prime minister barak's johnson is now set to travel to brussels to try to strike a last minute deal in person the european union's chief negotiator my home however is down base about the chances of an agreement saying k. sticking points remind. european leaders still locked in disagreement with the u.k. over the fatal terms of a trade deal held a high stakes call on monday to thrash out their positions on an all in a bed to unlock the jam e.u. commission president. spoke at length on the phone to yuki prime minister boris johnson but to no avail conditions were not there for an agreement they both said
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they plan to meet in passion in the coming days just a few sticking points have kept the sites from striking a deal one is the so-called level playing field that has rules governing business competition. a 2nd sticking point is more visceral who gets the fish france has threatened to veto any agreement that doesn't grant e.u. fishing boats generous access to british waters the u.k. formally left the european union in january of this year but agreed to adhere to the blocked rules until a new deal could be forged after nearly a year of talks there's no deal and the deadline is less than 4 weeks away officials are gloomy and sore are many on the streets of london. streets in crazy i mean truth or else in the 6 train we rode 3 then 4 years later i got a very very good progress it's all to be honest with you somehow this what we do we bury that sort of you say feels like it's been buried in the public to know about
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this and what's going on it is buried among look down pandemic virus that needs to come to the surface i'm not worried about it we need to get something so detailed if talks fail the u.k. would be left without a trade deal this would cost both sites hundreds of thousands of jobs and destruct trade for years to come. have an interest in striking a deal they just don't have much time. and 8 emmys brussels bureau chief alexander phenomenon joins us now from brussels alexander the deadline is of course at the end of the month but no doubt everyone will want to wrap this up before the christmas holiday is there is still any chance of a deal. well we really have to say that the mood here in brussels is rather downbeat about the prospects of sealing and your trade deal with the u.k. and it seems that london as pessimistic as well both sides were saying yesterday
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that no real program has been progress has been made that there are significant differences remaining and there are still those 3 key issues we just heard about then the question how to go until further competition then mechanism that needs to be established so both sides can resolve their disputes in the future and of course the question of fishing rights home march a fisherman from the european union should have in the future to u.k. waters both sides cannot agree on those 3 issues so now it's time for the bosses so to speak for the law from the lion and boris johnson to speak and to try to break the deadlock and of course we know that they're going to be doing that in this way boris johnson travelling to brussels what can they hope to achieve in person that hasn't already been discussed so many times before. while what we're
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hearing for example from london right now is that now this is a question of political will to find a solution we know that boris johnson will be here in the next days we don't have an exact date yes he could be here on wednesday on a thursday when all the leaders will be in town to gather for their regular summit but they actually don't want want to speak directly to boa's jones and they want funded lyon 2 to negotiate on their behalf to you know show that there are united so we will see of this last ditch attempt will be successful yes we'll see indeed and i and alexander phenomena speaking to us from brussels thank you. a paste deal signed by all mean is prime minister has prompted the opposition to call for his resignation and the armenians are angry over concessions made by nicole passion young last month to end a 6 week war with azerbaijan over the nagorno-karabakh region the agreement sees
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armenia returning a significant part of the disputed territory to azerbaijan thousands of azerbaijanis are now starting to move back to the area that had been under control . or to mario a mismatch points to the place where she once lived she says are dumb was a beautiful town until 1903 the year i mean ian forces captured it her husband and her brother died in the fighting this is her 1st visit to argue in over 27 years in the battle to condemn grew to secure i'm happy and proud of course everything has been destroyed here and i'm home again this is where i lived and grew up in the. mosque is still stunned there are no you know he brought him up against the armenians his animosity towards his old enemy remain strong. they kept animals here may god punish them for keeping pigs sheep and cattle in
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a muslim prayer room. not gonna cut about his hours says he brought him off. he's proud that it's under it was a pleasure only control that's thanks in part to support provided by neighboring turkey there are indications that turkish drones and mercenaries played a role in the conflict. prayers for the fallen in the phrasing the mountains in the distance or in the purge of my girl occur for. the greatest hope is that armenian never again under its control. let's take a look at some more world headlines this hour vote counting has begun in ghana as presidential and parliamentary elections with results expected by wednesday it's said to be a tight race between incumbent nonna a coup for adam and his longtime rival john muhammad garner is considered one of the most politically stable countries in africa but the coronavirus pandemic has plunged the country into economic crisis. is
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a legend bob dylan's entire catalogue of songs has been bought up by universal music for an undisclosed sum the deal covers the rights to some 600 songs composed over 6 decades think load the times they are changing knockin on heaven's door and like a rolling stone reports say the deal was struck directly with bob dylan himself. some sport now and germany have been given an easy looking draw in the european qualifiers for the 2022 world cup in qatar romania in iceland of the toughest opponents for germany coach joachim move his under pressure after a 6 nil hammering by spain last month. for germany already knew they would be a top seed in world cup qualifying despite some poor results in the last 3 years they probably could not have dreamt of a better draw as they try to reach the 2022 showpiece in qatar unscathed rumania and iceland other main photos in group j along with north macedonia armenia and
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tiny little. other groups look tricky. which. in his 1st press conference since the 6 no humbling by spain last month germany coach yoakum love said he never fought of resigning and was raring to go for the world cup qualifiers even i still have motivation and i believe i never lost it there are always thoughts after a bad game but the next day the motivation is there again for the da in the wake of germany's shock group stage exit as holders at the 2018 world cup lurve decided to axe mainstays mats hummels thomas millar and you're on board saying there is a chance they could be recalled for the 2022 qualifiers starting in march but live said it was unlikely that he see here or if i see that the team needs this or that in order to be successful and we will of course do it at the moment i've said i see
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no reason to do that. coronavirus destruction means the world cup qualifiers will take place either side of the delayed european championship in june if lurd survives in the job after the euros his side will need to finish top of the group to guarantee a spot in qatar in november 2022. and finally we'll leave you with something to smile about we've covert 19 ruling out circus events at us across europe have had to get creative to keep performing as they say all the world's a stage and you of show offs has set out to prove that in brussels to the delight of young fans. a curtain raiser of a different kind in the belgian capital brussels circus performers are adapting to the times with restrictions making a regular circus visit impossible these artists are bringing the stage to the street. and i think that night. on the other side of the
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glass there is no applause no atmosphere for the g.a.o. to feed off but it's still a welcome change. we can't really see their faces or get their reactions but while the window blocks out some of the noise there is still a bond that is created. here it feel yucky sick. just like the performers bar staff have also been starved of patrons. i didn't look it's heartwarming just to open the cafe to have an activity see the smiles on the faces of people outside it's the best thing that has happened to us recently. for the most part a charity has been helping performers make ends meet ovo passes by are also encouraged to make donations so that circus in the city might help make their curtain call worthwhile. you're watching data 1000000000 new state change
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now found documentary series close up which takes a look at the battle to save a stranger's koalas after the devastating bushfires that destroyed large parts of their habitat that's coming up after a short break we'll have more news headlines for you at the top of the hour i'm rebecca riches in berlin thanks so much for watching.
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