to keep your children in total and also start a digital education as much as possible be the 1st and the 2nd stuff starts on december 24th 2 might a week it's all just where you start 10 days earlier because the new 24th you may need. to family members whom you haven't seen in quite some time and of course at that point you want to make sure that you are not spreading the virus or that you don't have to sometimes on december 24th what you recommend you start all stores that are not absolutely necessary such as pharmacies and food stores being closed and that we have read it to heart don't until january 10th. now joy has been so hard to come by this year is it not too onerous to ask people to worry less not celebrate holidays with their loved ones to protect them. yeah you can you're totally right of course it is a risk to ask them to do that but let me point out 2 things 1st it is still

possible that you really spend the holidays with their closest member of your family so with their real loved ones boudoir where should be a very intimate celebration also whom you can reduce the risk if you do what we recommend they mean you start the 1st phase of self karma yourself on december 14th so that you can be quite certain that you are not seen to magic by the time you meet your closest family members and very importantly the current and the time of the knock dog is meant to be short its heart and short but that also gives us a perspective for the months to come and also for returning to a more normal life afterwards and by the way there are good reasons to assume that for instance if you compared a situation in germany to other countries such as the bill children or ireland they went through such a quick and very hard look in their numbers much much better than once in germany

so are you are you seeing this as a circuit breaker is that what i understand from your answer is this more a circuit breaker. it is meant to be a circuit breaker but think about it it's a holiday season that is at the one time one that presents enormous wrists but interestingly it also presents us with an enormous chance because ultimately during the holiday season. life is being too subtle rated all or shops are closed public places are closed so our viewers that if such a circuit breaker or a hard look at their own is necessary then that student through a time in which we through our culture or any of all our stating it all has shops or groups and so on and so on so i mean the idea here is that we really seize the opportunity and make use of the chance of 40 pieces giving us. professor.

of germany's layout paul dana academy of sciences sir thank you for coming on because you very much. let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. the u.k. has agreed to withdraw draft clauses and brags that legislation that would have broken international law and renae on its earlier agreement with the european union on the move is being hailed as progress by both britain and ireland but on a separate matter of reaching a trade deal there is no sign of progress. u.s. president elect joe biden will nominate a retired general lloyd austin to be his secretary of defense according to a number of us media reports austin will be the 1st african-american to leave the pentagon after a 41 year long army career he is now on the board of re fought now one of america's biggest weapons for years. and years he owned an inquiry into last

year's christian mosque attack found that security services and not focus enough on the threat from right wing terror while the 800 page reports that spy agencies had placed an in appropriate focus on islamic extremism before the attack but it stopped short of saying authorities could have prevented a massacre could have been done. coca-cola pepsi and nestle have been named the world's top plastic polluters for a 3rd year in a row all 3 companies have been accused of making 0 progress on reducing plastic waste coca-cola announced earlier this year it would not have been abandoned rather a plastic bottle saying they were popular with customers. a peace deal signed by our media's prime minister has prompted the opposition to call for his resignation when the armenians are angry over concessions made by a call. last month to end

a 6 week war with azerbaijan over the nagorno-karabakh the agreement says armenia returning a significant part of the disputed territory to azerbaijan thousands of their ears are now starting to move back to areas that had been under a meaning control. this time we did it we won says hum that it brought him off he proudly showed the 2 armenian tanks captured in a recent battle 28 years ago he fought against yemeni and himself that is when they lost. to i mean yeah that is why he's especially happy about this victory. a little bit it's still loaded the tanks were still full of ammunition when we took them they just left everything there and ran away. we travel with hama to act i am one of the 50 so-called liberated songs factum is a ghost town after being captured by i mean in forces in 1903 the assyrian

population fled and the captures destroyed the city because of the hiroshima off the caucasus. is returning here after 27 years she's proud and happy but she's not sure she will ever be able to live here again. is where i went to school but over there is where our house used to be that is now completely gone. they only left the mosque standing now he can no longer see anything fact i'm used to be so beautiful but everything was destroyed there's nothing there we left everything in the house we couldn't take anything with us i was only wearing flip flop. they had to flee act on her husband and brother wounded in the attacks and have been missing ever since they are just 2 of thousands of missing people. why did they kill us what did my

husband do wrong my son showed me internet videos of amenia killing hostages. are supposed to know if my husband was also killed in that way or if they told and. such videos were also made by syrian troops both sides have been accused of war crimes the hatred runs deep the fighting in this recent war was. that burned bodies of a 1000000 soldiers are still lying in the back of a truck painted crosses lead the way to the dead in another ghost town from the 1990 s. hamlet walks through the ruins of a mosque. that was the minaret as big as the one at the destroyed it the mosque was very big that is what they have done to it it is in complete ruins. on the edge of the rubble lies the former headquarters of the a 1000000 troops here now it's on the syria control and it is the victors who wants

to set the rules now. as our president said the armenians can live together with us in our country as citizens of our country under our flag with our passports. but living together is not an option at the moment the battlefield is still there it is a truce not peace. now some football news for you the champions league group stages will draw to a close this week and for a german club are. a win over manchester united on tuesday would guarantee a spot in the knockouts leipsic our last season's semifinalists but lost to the english team 5 nil in the reverse a fixture lapse they hear a coach should julia not go smile on said his team have managed to recover from the bitter defeat and are ready for united after morale boost on saturday against byron

munich. now a possum in argentina has proposed a new banknote with the image of legendary player diego maradona on the banknote could look like this with mounted on us face featured on the front and his most famous goal on the back the football great passed away 2 weeks ago at the age of 61 of the not lead his country to the 1986 world cup title. the pandemic has shut down many live events so artists across europe have had to get creative to keep performing but as they say all the world's a stage they were in brussels has set out to prove just that. a curtain raiser of a different kind in the belgian capital brussels circus performers adapting to the times with restrictions making a regular circus visit impossible these artists bringing the stage to the street.

i think that night. on the other side of the glass there is no applause no atmosphere for the g.a.o. to feed off but it's still a welcome change. in what we can 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. yet at the sick a. just like performers ball stuff have also been starved of patrons. 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 although passes by also encouraged to make donations so that circus in the city might help make the curtain call worthwhile. circus in the city you're watching it every news coming up next in

d.w. news asia. farmers in india have been protesting for days now against government reform plans well now taking their movement nationwide plus we visit a special shop in vietnam where a young designer is reviving centuries old attire. more such and well how those stories and a whole lot more for you and just a couple of moments before we go want to leave you now with founds around the world who are paying tribute to music legend john lennon 40 years ago today the beatles co-founder was murdered outside his home in new york city while to mark the anniversary of his death will leave you now with the song here today a tribute by his band mate paul mccartney a few years after lennon's death. and if. i read. one. of the. few relieved a. moment

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melissa chan welcome to news asia we're glad you could join us indian prime minister narendra modi is intent on what he characterizes as the modernization of the country's agricultural sector his party insists this will benefit farmers but the farmers are not convinced and they have responded in dramatic fashion with protests and now a strike this is all happening as the country slips into a recession after years of economic growth. farmers in the 10s of thousands in a blockade of delhi 6. oh for almost 2 weeks they protested the new farm laws on the outskirts of the indian capital on tuesday they upped the ante launching a one day national strike. across the country protesters blocked rail lines and roads and prevented projects from reaching markets. farmers organizations called

for the shut down after the mardi government refused to budge on plans to liberalize the agricultural sector. we have determined to win this fight this movement will go on until we defeat modi we will only go back after the laws are repealed be done. until now india's farmers have been forced to sell through state run wholesalers that guarantee a minimum price. laws will allow them to sell produce on the open market including to supermarket chain. the government insists the changes will benefit farmers and boost their profits. but on the streets protesters fear the industry will be taken over by the corporations who force prices down. they're going to go to the projects we sold for $3000.00 indian rupees is now fishing is just $1600.00 and they say our incomes will be doubled these ministers have no idea about farming. for 72

years many governments of limited farmers independence is only for the ministers and bureaucrats 80 percent of farmers have not benefited in any way. by going to but i do you know many. of the groups across india are adding momentum to the protests agriculture supports more than half of the country's 1300000000 people any threat to their livelihood could be a major headache for modi's populace government. joining us. delhi and misha tell us more about the strike. then there's at the farm a strike loyalty has support the bombers are going to sell those oblong oil sites all of the national capital in addition transport unions have announced as all of it is apply sheens and there have been zones and 1. 200 vegetable markets be hit on this day in addition mad unions as well as the unions that cauldron support

families who went to work and say that this strike there or is only between 11 am and sheep. so as to ensure that all those dollars are not really and these are this is a symbolic straight and important to emphasize their top test against these new laws and it was it will show in the sixty's and of dogs with the government tomorrow. that many farmers seem convinced that legislation will hurt their bottom line but there are experts who assist that's not the case so i guess i'm wondering is it possible the farmers are misinformed and are just afraid of change. well listen this is what the government has been saying this either day one day you these thoughts of the promise transplanted them just how beneficial the new obama before them finally does however friended by this implication this being and this

is almost understanding in fashion because they believe they don't know what they're talking about because it is there like it hurts now it isn't logical to know that the system that the government is trying to address. to state markets have not have been fast and that the fuel load on the system had been discussed in the past. as men and the government says and the other dressing that they're knocking out the middle match that ensuring the farmers get all but the last go bad prices but if healing is got attributed markets and willing to cry and it bears as far as however it happens i didn't the dr irish in all of india little also pockets and grand plans to drive down prices and eventually bob was left in the lurch because the government has not mentioned the gatenby price it has offered to flower so why instead democracy and this is true just mean argument that the bomb was

awful to sing on begin these protests. and how have the other political parties taken advantage of this conflict. but unless other political parties across the national less than a state level have come out and said or at least the strike that has gone to the had was that commented on the protests and the bust and hat one of the us government and i farm or is now the government has hit back on this i mean these protests political consequences all of these opposition parties express and bess aboard the government says these opposition parties bend the evidence but all of them they were conducting elections have actually proposed laws already follows a similar to the last a does gottman has had the garbage to get it out according to them however let david these opposition bite is now up and ready to the farmers which is a very important word in back now this has been going on for quite some time now gay still way out of this deadlock well it's been almost 2 weeks now and the

bombers have congregated around the borders all day and have stopped with them for tests what's important to know that $5.00 of stocks are already happened and the 6th round is going to happen tomorrow the dead not has listed because there is one crucial distance the pharmacy the only that lost bay news all are bad these laws and guy pete got one saying the binocular that he's got so one side or the other need to back down to stand up to dissolve one plus movie out some expose the ears of the government get ishall in trading and they will ensure that that minimum support phrase of the guy and the price and offer it so far in the markets will continue to be offered to farmers dummy does however have said on the sidelines that this is not surprised that the laws must be toward that so it can do this deadlocked so why is bay hard to predict such as well thank you so much for joining

us. everything old is new again that's the spirit behind the work of one vietnamese fashion designer who has tapped into the consumer in this style just for retro retro 900 century that is. this 28 year old is an up and coming designer but he doesn't have his eyes set on creating new trends on the contrary his mission is to inspire a revival of 19th century vietnamese clothing knew. our purpose is to bring ancient costumes back to life for our target audience is young people who have new thoughts and new viewpoints and can approach old ideas in a new way. he got to ground the entire. block and his hanoi based company largely reproduced imperial style outfits from the new end in

a state which ruled vietnam from 180-2883. at the time the ruling class war extravagant and brightly colored designs embellished with symbols of power such as dragons. the creation of such costumes it's a time consuming process aladin expensive. because some form want to go away from our product on cheap because we want them to have a certain standard i don't want them to be anything like the low quality ones that are available on the market. vietnamese ancient costumes must be of good quality we took them one time and he didn't you know. just by the hefty price tag young people have started to take note of the designer's creations and where the outfits with pride. those who can't afford to buy them rent them for a photo shoot. a little payback they think it was helpful to me

all my ancient style costumes bring out the traditional beauty of vietnamese people and they are part of vietnamese culture that we need to preserve and on a more normal. creator of outfit passionate. i agree with that statement is the goal is for every will drop in vietnam to one day contain a traditional cross team from the 19th century. people produce garbage a lot of it the world dumps at least 3 and a half 1000000 tons of trash every day and much of that is as litter what i mean is that is that people are not putting things in trash bags they're just tossing it on the ground everywhere including in some of the most beautiful places a tourist destinations like china's tianmen mountain someone has to clean that up even if doing so is scary and risky. on

a rock face like this even the tourists sky walk is daunting. but for some the job starts on the other side of the railing fun for you collects the litter that was thrown from this breathtaking height perhaps just to watch it fall young has to follow the same path as they say just don't look down. the road or when their water bottles plastics tissues much less than before. somehow young has gotten used to working on the edge of a cliff. i

have no fear i've got used to it or i was a little afraid before when i just started doing it but now it's nothing. that young and his colleagues have collected 2 tons of trash this year alone that's less than half their annual haul earlier but still a said testimony on tourism today. even in a place like this. that's it for today there's always more and d. w. dot com for its lush asia and we are on twitter and facebook as well before we go mount everest is officially taller today nepal and china agreed on the mountains elevation which is now $8848.00. meters that's 4 meters higher

than china's previous official figure thanks for watching see you next time and good bye. to. the fight against the corona virus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. information and context the coronavirus update coming. on t w. i call meal and game did you know that certain threw them down a month or killed worldwide sure so that we can include but it's not just the

animals at all suffering it's the environment we want on a journey to find ways out of the ignition if you want to know how old one click to the priest and the culturists train stops are going to be for those who listen to our podcast on the green and. the. fever and difficulty breathing are both known symptoms that can arise from a cold with 19 infection some people suffer long cold it where they have extreme fatigue and cognitive difficulties but doctors are still finding out why it could be that the virus moves through the nervous system of people it infects that's what your research suggests. and that's research we're going to be looking into later. an expert who studied the neurological impact of coded 1000 on patients but 1st

let's zoom out what happens to the human body when infected by the corona virus we know much more about that now than we did at the beginning of the pandemic take a look. it's not just coughing and sneezing that are dangerous but also speaking and singing tiny droplets and aerosols loaded with the virus float invisibly through the air and are inhaled coronaviruses can reach the mucous membranes in the throat and nestle in there this is the beginning of the infection. then come the symptoms but those aren't that unusual for most people they might feel like a normal cold decisional a runny nose a cough feeling sick for take. it can all be there another thing is a loss of taste most infected people around 80 percent who have mild symptoms which go away after a few days.