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mine's. the fight against the corona virus pandemic. how has the rate of infection been developing. measures are being taken. what does the latest research say. information and context. the coronavirus update the code it seems special monday to friday on g.w. . the. medical history was made today it happened at 631 this morning in coventry england 90 year old margaret keenan who you see right there she rolled up the sleeve of her merry christmas t. shirt she looked at the nurse holding the syringe and she said go for it it was the 1st shot in the 1st mass vaccination program using a clinically tested vaccine against the corona virus today's injections are no shot
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in the dark more like points of light that in time will end this long and dark winter the winter that is this pandemic i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. but the papers coming. any of us think we're already at the march or april give anything. to you at this point so based. on the sound. oh i think. that's a tough way to expect about. also
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coming up 4 decades ago a gunman shot and killed the singer and former beatles member john lennon tonight the man whose music and its message. translate in. 40 years on. the lead and that's one of the make you know. i would have. been. but to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states into our viewers all around the world welcome we begin the day with a mammoth medical marvel taking place in the u.k. a race to protect as many people as possible from a virus that less than one year ago was unknown and unnamed today the u.k. became the 1st country to begin a mass vaccination program against the corona virus that causes coded 19 the 1st country to use a vaccine that has been clinically and fully tested the vaccine administered today
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was developed and tested at an unprecedented speed by the german firm by on tech in the u.s. pharmaceutical giant pfizer it received approval in the u.k. last week since then $800000.00 doses have been transported at south pole like temperatures to 50 hospitals nations are watching and hoping to roll out their own vaccination soon as the virus continues to claim bides every day by the thousands we have this report tonight beginning in england. with one prick the largest vaccination campaign in the history of the u.k. was launched. 90 year old margaret chain was chosen to be the 1st recipient and she played the role with grace and gratitude. i say for the 1st. 51st it is friday and this is the best thing that's ever happened. the woman said
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did you feel free. from london to edinburgh thousands of elderly patients were vaccinated on what the government dubbed the day the u.k. has secured 800000 doses to be administered in the coming weeks. british prime minister boris johnson visited a london hospital where staff were administering some of the 1st jabs. what i would say is that there are those on the street who. feel that they come back soon so you need to. be sickly for ideological reasons or for medical reasons i think that. i know that there are made to people who count themselves into practice just taking the approach i could see it's the right thing to do it's good for you and it's good for the whole good. it wasn't just a big moment for the british that same vaccine developed by by on tech pfizer is
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set to be rolled out in europe and the us pending approval there that could be a matter of weeks. but many other countries are pinning their immunization hopes on china chinese authorities are preparing a massive rollout of their own coronavirus vaccines beijing is already negotiating sales to countries in asia the middle east and latin america they've even sent out the 1st shipments. for more i'm joined now by dr on carr so how did he is chair of the london assembly health committee dr so hard it's good to have you on the program i understand your committee found out via a survey that a quarter of londoners are unlikely to get the vaccine do we know why that is. but of course with this this figure is consistent with other surveys also the 25 percent people don't want to be actually in the end the reason they quote half of them quote the reason being that they don't trust the government or they don't trust the drug companies get up people who believe that this is
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a vaccine doesn't exist right all the buyers of the exist but of course we need to win the lower and we need to reassure them that this is a safe vaccine it can be saved liver and is a game changer in the fight against people back to the big over 19 pandemic m how do you plan to convince these skeptics that they should get the vaccine i think is an exercise in public communications we need to reassure them this is a safe we need to make sure that people are expanded that give risks of not having that scene and reassure them that this is safe about tested let's not forget some of the 44000 people have already had the vaccine before it's been given a license and the rep last has been given by the independent regulatory authorities there's been tested by an independent body who looked at all the evidence it's been trying to whom beings is safe and i bet we trust in the vaccine and i think we need your reassurance and communicate this information to all the public what about the argument that this is these vaccinations are the beginning of the end of this
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pandemic i mean that should be a convincing argument should. absolutely i think the only thing we have so far was social distance that was the only tool we had but this is a game changer by giving the vaccine we're going to do 2 things one is we could have kept ourselves the 2nd things we have kept you other people in the community because once you know that the nation the life of such a population that is their back they did you get what's called herd immunity so when you take the vaccine you yourself and you have in your community and what how long do you think it will take before we get to that level of herd immunity. well of course that differs from different these different folks for me though is that 95 percent 80 percent we don't know what the field with all these betting said and i suspect they'll take about 89 months to get there i suspect that we'll have that need to the most people by the by major shia and the it off that was fucking up but
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i think the kate move was about next 9 months to get to the head of energy dr on car so to chair of the london assembly help committee we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you think about it the u.k. mass vaccination program comes as the buyers is surging yet again from a midsummer viral madness to the winter of our discontent how big thing that today the 2nd person to be given the new vaccine was an 81 year old pensioner who goes by the name william shakespeare shakespeare received his jab at a hospital in coventry not far from where england's great dramatist him poet was born the famous name inspired some wits with comments like the taming of the flu and the 2 gentlemen of corona. some asked if the woman who received the 1st jab if she was patient one day then was shakespear patient to be
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or not to be. here in germany the country's top scientists are recommending a much tougher campaign to stop the coronavirus one that does not allow any exceptions for christmas or new years today the country's national academy of sciences known as leopold dean and said the government should consider a 2 week nationwide hard lockdown starting on december 24th several states including bavaria have already announced curfews and stay at home orders. with the christmas shopping season in full swing many people are probably thinking more about presents than hospitals but statistics say more than 4000 patients are being treated for cope at 19 and germany's intensive care units due to its high number of infections saxony has taken a decisive step. in these an essentially schools and daycare centers will be closed from this monday december 14th. germany's influential national academy of
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sciences leopold dina recommended that the holiday season be used to impose a heart lockdown across the country this would include lifting the otherwise compulsory school attendance from december 14th and banning all groups sporting and cultural events access to public spaces would also be more restricted from christmas until at least january 10th and in the chinese and in fact if we do not shut down and the infection numbers continue to climb then we will probably have to impose even stricter measures for an even longer period this lockdown as a kind of investment also in the economy so that we can ease restrictions again in january or february. the chairman of the state premier conferences calling for a new subsidies programs should businesses be forced to shut down again. mr bush to the programs we already have would certainly have to be more flexible so that businesses that are affected by further measures can also be covered by the support
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programs and a meeting between the federal and state governments concluded that the states can unilaterally impose stricter measures well i'm joined now by professor ralph think he is a psychologist and one of the co-authors of the report that was published today professor i think it's good to have you on the day your report calls for tougher restrictions or calls for harder now that's what chancellor angela merkel wanted weeks ago she's a scientist so are you are you confident that the country's other political leaders will follow the science this time. present already winning i'm more confident than i was a week ago and i think you can already see the 1st signs you just recorded of saxony and similarly in the oreo they are also pretty harsh measures announced but mostly i believe that the numbers are very powerful and speak for themselves and i do think that i do hope that the political leaders will heed to it by says here all
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scientists and to some to the numbers you know the the current plan here in germany would allow an easing of restrictions between christmas and the new year your recommendation calls for this hard walk down to be implemented on december 24th christmas scene why is that. yes correct actually what we are proposing is the 2 step procedure locked on one already started before teams and the idea there is that if you start within our own 24th and your name and during the family possibly with symptoms and with the virus so actually the people who really want to see there are enough ones to think about self finding themselves 010 days before the 24th and the reason is obvious that christmas that we are doing all the things that are really produced of to the spread of the virus very close together
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for your insight getting together we are possibly seeing together and then of course president bush. and at the same time the very same period also present is a huge opportunity because in general own life is being celebrated shops are closed and we tend to be a toll so in a way these tunnels of presents itself as a great opportunity to actually have unlocked although you know a way that at the same time we can at the same time we can appreciate the things that we would otherwise appreciate christmas let me ask you about the psychology of this pandemic perhaps you've noticed here in berlin that this year more homes and apartments are decorated for christmas much earlier than usual light in this very dark season what does this tell you about. the desire for hope and the mental health of the public after a year of this pandemic. but i'm not sure that i would read too much into it i
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think at the same time we also know that we all became kind of interior decorators and holmy chris because we're spending so much more time inside and at the same time what's also true is that in times of uncertainty and this clearly i don't uncertainty we also like rituals of the rituals we like to do what we always do because the person also to some extent safety. possibly i think that is me the more reflection off the uncertainty around us and also much unnecessary of all what else and i want to pick up on this point you made about christmas if people are going to get together with family that they should quarantine or isolate for 10 days is that realistic most people i think would say that they can't isolate for 10 days. the idea here is that he made a very very firm effort through reading me moister contacts that we have and the
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way that could be made possible is for instance trying to read him work from home which requires for instance they think lawyers to really encourage the use to work from home the same holds for compulsory school attendance that we are giving people and parents a choice to not send their kids to school but for kids to be homeschooled and in that sense we should do everything we tend to make that moment possible that people can reuse of any more just a context they have 10 days to christmas ok ralph have think of germany's leopold an academy of sciences mr haven't we appreciate your time in your insights tonight thank you as well better thank you. oh my next guest is professor andrew allman he's a member of the german parliament and the advisory board the g. 8 j. the german help the lions dr owen is good to have you on the program again this is
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the german government's leading scientific advisory body today sending a clear message that we need a harder walked they want it the german chancellor has been warning it for weeks what about the other political leaders are there are they going to finally listen to the science. well i think that thank you for 1st of all for having me back again but i think it's not a question of seeing the signs or appreciating the increase of infection rates in germany i think everybody is aware of that and when he's putting this into question the question that the real question is how we could how we approach the situation it is a pandemic a crisis that is very serious and measures have to be taken however many politicians have different ways to approach this problem and one of the ways you could do it is make it very easy everybody goes into lockdown and then everything is fine but the collateral damage that is done psychologically and economically has
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to be put into the equation as well so the national academy of sciences put out a very strong paper of their opinion scientifically it was more weak paper to be on as i see this as a scientist myself i would have liked to see a lot more explanations besides we need to go into a lockdown where is your view of the countries that did that or are you in favor though of what is recommended that being a harder walk down beginning on christmas eve december 24th. i'm in favor of about 80 percent what's written in that paper which is already in effect in germany that has to be followed because what we have as a problem in germany and this was actually addressed in this paper from the national academy of science that control of the implementation of quarantine measures are not being done in germany and a white scale and if we do not control quarantine or isolation measures then even
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a hard locked out would help us to stop the infection rates so i think everything has to be put into this caution and we need a wider discussion it is not simply done doubt really read out scientists throughout germany basically clinicians and allow people put out this paper but again i think there are other countries in the world that did better for example taiwan or south korea that's true that's true but they have a much stricter follow up when it comes to quarantine as you say which we don't have here in germany are you finding political support then to take on measures that some people would consider to be a violation of personal privacy well personal privacy. and a secondary role with our infection control laws in germany because it's the public to the official public health institute if you are infected the problem is that the manpower is missing to control those people who are got infected or even here in
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berlin i heard about stories that people were sent to quarantine 14 days after they had their disease far too late and probably has caused more infections that he set up i would be very much in favor of more control of those measures all right dr andrew allman as always our girl no we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you. thank you for having me again. this was john lennon in his adopted hometown of new york city where he spent much of his adult life and where his wife ended 40 years ago today outside his luxury apartment building a gunman shot and killed blend in front of his wife next door in central park is where lennon's ashes were later scan. well for more
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on lennon's legacy i'm joined tonight by lesley ann jones she's a music biographer and author of the book who killed john lennon it's good to have you on the program lesley and john lennon it's like elvis presley one of these artists whose music lives on after they've died but also an artist who becomes even larger than life in death almost like a pop cultural deity if you will is our perception of john lennon today is it anything close to the reality of the man when he was alive. i think it's often sad isn't it that the most important thing a rock star can do to ensure longevity and methodology is to die young and not that john wouldn't wish this upon himself but of course he is canceling all his legacy has gone through the roof and it's big it's a day that it started being my children my 3 kids no beatles music they know john lennon music they didn't necessarily know very much about the man which is what
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inspired me to write this book i also wanted to approach this subject very much from a woman's point of view and to tell john story through the emails in his life but i'm glad you brought that up because what struck me today in preparing for this talk was that you know there are reports of looting physically abusing his 1st wife and also physically abusing his son that's not something that we hear a lot of the singer of the massage of this. why is there in your opinion. john had a very difficult dysfunctional and he said childhood not very much love little affection his mother gave him away tyrell to sustain it was time of his father ran away to sea until didn't see him again until he was about 20 and it was a very caustic cold household that he grew up and so the thing that fascinated me
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from the beginning was how come this year didn't experience very much love as a child was even able to conjure up love songs how did he know that love is all you need and how did he know that money couldn't buy it but there was a hangover from childhood or obese dysfunction and he was angry he was base and he took those things out on other people he hung learn to harness his anger in his business and to get a hold on that. was it was there any moment like in the pivot when you were doing your research for your book where you thought as a woman. john lennon i think is more or less likable than i used to. definitely and i would credit yoko ono with that i think she was his salvation she got him at a time when he was right on the night the fetal smoke breaking up they were broken and she got the blame for that of course she was blamed to run out of town for
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having split up the greatest group in the well she didn't they were heading that way anyway they were off the road and in the studio of slighting and the other thing she was jackie to a lawsuit racist abuse in this country but the reason why they went to new york to live was to try and find her child kyoko been a ducted but the outsider was that young because obviously very family is woman a very well educated to state musical all the things that people don't want to know about she brought something to john's life that was missing for his entire life and she made him a nice a person and i found at the end of my research that i liked him a whole lot better than i heart you liked him because of his wife. pretty much although i think he did revise quite a lot of his thoughts about his life you know in the early days he would beat somebody up if they dad to suggest that he wanted to get going on
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a sort of honeymoon with brian epstein the beatles manager he put a d.j. in hospital just saying that a much later on here and he said i must've been terrified of the in a factor in me because when those things were happening homosexuality was illegal in this country you know my 967. you know the descriptions of this man and his wife reminds me of christa the artist christo and his wife john called. there were all these rumors that john called really made crystal what he was the same being be said in any way with yoko and john lennon i mean you said she made him a better man. she definitely did but i think the mess in the middle he made her as a woman as well so they wanted a perfect match and a lawsuit people have bad things to say about the kind of music she was making at that time we didn't see the same things about b.s.
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when she came along she does not want government to liking you know just was ahead of her time and was trying to present itself in a way that rocked people up to rolling higher in john together as musicians i think it could have really taken that experiment very full. fascinating talking with you leslie and wish we had more time unfortunately we're out of time leslie and joan's news a biographer and author of the book who killed john lennon leslie and thank you for your time and your insights thank you for having me the day is almost done but the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either at u.w. news or you can follow me brit go off t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll leave you tonight with the music of the late john lennon.
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northern lights place the arctic circle starts december 21st g.w. . this is g.w. newsline from berlin tonight a medical 1st in the u.k. and the world is watching britain rolls out a nationwide vaccination program against the corona virus a 90 year old grandmother received the 1st shot 2 days but the vaccine swift approval by british regulators that has some people hesitating to also coming up the calls are growing for
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a hard lock down here in germany the country's top scientists say tighter restrictions are now urgently needed as coronavirus case numbers remain stubbornly high plus still no bright side breakthrough e.u. chief invites british prime minister boris johnson to brussels for a last ditch right since both sides are admitting it could soon be game over. it's good to have you with a medical history was made today the united kingdom became i began the enormous task of inoculating its population with a fully tested covert 19 back seat to those vaccine. was fast tracked by the german company by on tech in partnership with the us pharmaceutical giant pfizer the u.k.
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faces some public worry over safety given how quickly the treatment was brought to market but the government could not have asked for a better influence or to get that 1st shot. with one prick the largest vaccination campaign in the history of the u.k. was launched. 90 year old margaret keene was chosen to be the 1st recipient and she played the role with grace and gratitude. i say for. the 1st food this friday and it's the best think it's ever happened. in london. did you know right from london to edinburgh thousands of elderly patients were vaccinated on what the health secretary dubbed the day the u.k. has secured 800000 doses to be administered in the coming weeks. around one in 3 britons however say they aren't likely to get immunized some cite the speed at which it was rolled out others cite false conspiracy theories. that british prime
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minister boris johnson visited a london hospital where he reiterated his faith in the vaccine. what i would say is that there are those on the street who. feel that a vaccine is something they need to. be sick leave for ideological reasons or for medical reasons i think that. i need a girl maybe 2 people who can't and so it's empty box and gets to be the root brooch i could say it's the right thing to do it's good for you and it's good for the whole because. it wasn't just a big moment for the british that same vaccine developed by by on tech pfizer is set to be rolled out in europe and the u.s. pending approval there that could be a matter of weeks. but many other countries are pinning their immunization hopes on china chinese authorities are preparing a massive rollout of their own coronavirus vaccines beijing is already negotiating
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sales to countries in asia the middle east and latin america they've even sent out the 1st shipments. i want to bring in now ho hunter he's professor of medicine at the university of east anglia in england where he specializes in the study of infectious diseases and epidemics professor it's good to have you on the program the the speed of this vaccination program role well would you characterize it as being too fast or a marvel of medicine. i would go for the model of medicine actually i would it has in fast but it's been fast for some very good reasons the 1st is that normally when we have a vaccine it takes years because you've finished one study to work out whether it's worth going to the next phase here those phases have a lot the other big reason is that not often you can wait for years in the vaccine study to get enough people who have the infection to be able to calculate the
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effectiveness. we have not been short sadly of kovi cases this year so we've been able to get those numbers much much more quickly than we would normally. and when we're talking about this this vaccination program we're talking about a huge logistical challenge here and i understand even the hospitals we're the injections the shots are being administered that is where the vaccine has to be mixed by pharmacists i mean that's that's see it's very it's a complicated process isn't it it is it is a very complicated process and having to keep the chain down to minus 80 like that is a real challenge but i think it's a challenge that we in europe are more than able to to manage all of us in europe are very used to industries that rely on very cold temperatures medical of our trees. have. liquid nitrogen storage so we are used to handling these sorts of low
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temperatures and it's a challenge that i think all of us in europe will be have to rise to but there was a new report that came out today from oxford university in astra zeneca they of course have been developing their own corona virus vaccine what do you say about that vaccine is that expected to get the go ahead soon. i would imagine so yes i think it's. there are some issues that we need to. see what the medicines agency. how they address the issue about the low dose and the high dose have we had enough . people go through the low dose study to to really be sure about its effectiveness but i'm quite sure that. in the not too distant future the oxford vaccine will get a get its authorization and will also be rolled out in is that back soon preferable
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over the vines or biotech vaccine because of cost or i mean or is there a preference. i think it's difficult to say because we haven't seen the final day data in the public domain of the pfizer vaccine typically the pfizer vaccine is said to have a fact ignace or in that efficacy of about 95 percent the opposite as presented. effectiveness is coming out at about 70 percent so much lower which is against the against the oxford astra zeneca vaccine but on the other hand there is this subgroup that of people that got that particular low dose where they are claiming much higher effect efficacy but we need to see really how strong that evidence is for the highest ethical sea in the haft the big thing of course about the astra zeneca vaccine is you can store it in the fridge you know it is going to be
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incredibly useful vaccine in low income countries where they could not manage the cold chain needed for the for the pfizer vaccine you professor 400 professor we appreciate your time in your insides tonight on bus no i'm interested in the u.k. thank you. well germany is not the u.k. when it comes to rolling out the new vaccines today german chancellor angela merkel warned that the 1st coronavirus vaccine may not be available here until early next year that was one of 2 sobering messages today one of the country's leading health institutions is recommending a 2 week hard nationwide beginning on christmas eve december 24th the current walk down with a well for an easing of restrictions between christmas and the new year. with the christmas shopping season in full swing many people are probably thinking more about presents than hospitals but statistics say more than 4000 patients are being
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treated for cope with 19 and germany's intensive care units due to its high number of infections saxony has taken a decisive step. even if it isn't an essentially schools and daycare centers will be closed from this monday december 14th. germany's influential national academy of sciences leopold diena recommended that the holiday season be used to impose a heart lockdown across the country this would include lifting the otherwise compulsory school attendance from december 14th and banning all groups sporting and cultural events access to public spaces would also be more restricted from christmas until at least january 10th and beneath treason but in fact if we do not shut down and the infection numbers continue to climb then we will probably have to impose even stricter measures for an even longer period this lockdown as a kind of investment also in the economy so that we can ease restrictions again in january or february. the chairman of the state premier conference is calling for
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new subsidies programs should businesses be forced to shut down again mr bush to put the programs we already have would certainly have to be more flexible so that businesses that are affected by further measures can also be covered by the support programs and a meeting between the federal and state governments concluded that the states can unilaterally impose stricter measures. so here's a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world u.s. president elect joe biden has pledged his administration will carry out 100001000 vaccinations in his 1st 100 days in office he also committed to reopening the majority of the country's schools but even as he introduced his health care team by born things could get worse before they get better the united nations says it is alarming after ethiopian forces shot and detained a u.n. staff in the troubled region the u.n. team was seeking humanitarian access to refugees thousands of people are fleeing
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the fighting in the region the government says the u.n. workers ignored instructions and drove through 2 checkpoints the u.k. has agreed to withdraw all draft clauses in its brakes and legislation that would have violated international law and reneged on earlier agreements with the european union british prime minister boris johnson is traveling to brussels this week and a final push for a post breaks it tree deal with the european union there's mounting pessimism on both sides that and agreements can be reached. or brussels correspondent barbara visalia she gave us this assessment on whether london's decision to drop the clauses is being treated as an important concession in brussels. we really have to look at what's happening here the british government has agreed not to break in international treaty it has signed 11 months
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ago so yes indeed that is very welcome because the people in the european union are quite incensed about this blackmail scenario that bar since it had built up there was those 2 laws in question in order to not implement the northern irish protocol that would have meant unending trouble there that would have meant the borders couldn't really been kept open against what had been agreed in general and so on and so forth and even joe biden the incoming u.s. president had warned boris johnson over that and said you know if you wouldn't take care of peace in northern ireland there would be punishment coming down from washington is so it was necessary to take this down because the e.u. had also said we won't rectify any deal as long as the stand so yes it's a good sign but an absolutely necessary one or because we're reporting there there is more. than we thought. which is on the border between china and the ball is
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already the world's highest peak but now it's gotten even taller at least officially up until now the 2 countries have differed on whether to include the snow camp on top of the melt in their measurements but after both countries teams of surveyors they've reached an agreement ending years of debate on the side. chum a long saga mata mt everest the world's highest peak is known by several names and now it's reaching even greater heights to be used. for the world. is a 1848.86 feet. that's 86 centimeters higher that was previously recorded when the 7 natural wonders of the
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world ever straddles both nepal and china but the 2 countries have long disagreed on its height so each sent out teams of surveyors to scale the summit the multi-year effort to measure the legendary mountain wasn't easy teams endured extreme weather conditions and a strenuous climb to come to calculations that both katmandu and beijing can now agree. we have to respect anything that becomes bigger the encrease and height is a source of huge prize for nepal and her people so it's a big deal. pride comes from conquering the mountain but also from keeping the quest local. here on the table in the past measurement of the mountain all the instruments and equipment used by china were imported from abroad but this time china used its own equipment and withstood the test of the extremely harsh environment there were concerns the 2015 earthquake that killed nearly 9000 people
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had also caused the mountain to shrink but those fears are gone at 8848.6 meters it stands even taller than previously imagined. on mount everest songs apparently does matter coming up next our business update with rob want to stick around he will be right back. where i come from we have to fight for a free press and was born and raised in a new town dictatorship with just one to the shadow and a few newspapers with official information as attorneys i have worked on the streets of many can trust and their problems are always the same 14 the social
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