this is g w news live from berlin german chancellor angela merkel warns of trying times ahead during the pandemic 2nd wave here in a rare of emotional plea markel urges the public to accept limits that will save lives but can german leaders get people behind a total lockdown during the holidays as health experts are insisting. also coming up a mysterious illness strikes a small town in india around $500.00 people mostly children have fallen sick in what appears to be a mass poisoning now investigators say they have pinpointed the possible source of

the world's tallest peak mount everest gets a little taller after himalayan nations agree on new measurements. plus accusations of racism sparkle walked off at a champions league match to the biggest prize harrington is in the studio to explain what happened. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us german chancellor angela merkel is making an impassioned push for tougher restrictions to bring down the country's high coronavirus numbers germany's death toll from cope at 19 has hit a record daily high of 590 now state leaders are considering a strict lockdown over the holidays to curb the infection rate michael address the german parliament a little earlier urging the public to. recognize the seriousness of the moment and

take additional precautions to help make a difference by not intruders not folks in and 14 days until christmas 14 days and we must do everything we can to ensure that we get away from the exponential growth that we have set the teacher is absolute and to everyone all of the contact that isn't necessary must be restricted and as hard as that is and i know how much i love goes into it when you set up your group i understand you christmas market stands your christmas trees yours does not fit into the agreements that we had when we say that you can only take food away from restaurants i'm really sorry about there's it breaks my heart it's implied but if we have to pay the price that we are seeing $590.00 people dying every day then it's simply not acceptable from my perspective and this is why we must type things up thank you thank you thank you and is scientists are banking

on us before christmas before you go and visit your grandparents or alter people to spend one week with a very reduced contact before you see that i know more then maybe we need to think about whether we don't find some why some way to chaps who holiday start on their sixties not only 19 if you look back at the challenge of our century if we weren't able to spine some solution for these 3 days thanks what will they say it was you know and it may be that it might be they still have to have a digital last series in the 1st 3 days i don't know that's not my area of expertise i just know that if we have too many contact with other people before christmas it might be the last christmas we have with our grandparents then we will have done something wrong thank you. did have used chief political

correspondent linda crane followed that speech in the german bundestag forest she joins us now a chance of michael there closing her dress with this impassioned plea for more action that is pretty unusual for her what did you make of it. indeed it is it was in part a response to a call from a leader of germany's right wing party the f.t. just before the chancellor spoke telling the chancellor she should get out of her eiffel tower and give citizens the facts so the facts are precisely what the chancellor did give her listeners at the end of her speech saying that she believes in the power of reason and the power of science and then rattling off a series of numbers that show the very dire development in infection rates and death rates and the shrinking of intensive care capacity in this country over the

last 2 months and she cited the findings of germany's council of experts to lay opal deano which said yesterday that the current restrictions simply aren't enough she said history and science show us that the 2nd wave of a pandemic is always more difficult and more painful than the 1st we are now in the middle of that 2nd wave and we simply must to do more and with we said she meant not only the states the federal states working together with the federal government but every individual on his or her own and there she drew quite an interesting distinction between democracies like germany and authoritarian regimes saying they can handle things differently than we can lead must depend on every individual doing their bit and she used that moment in her remarks to thank all of the many great majority of germans who in fact are complying with the rules well we know that germany is also taking on a lot of new debt to mitigate the economic effect of the pandemic what are the

chance i have to say about that. she said that she is well aware that this is the 2nd highest level of debt that germany has ever taken on the 1st time just being in this year also because of the pandemic but she said extraordinary situations demand extraordinary measures and she said we are very well aware that this debt to does burden future generations it will be paid back and the government has issued a schedule for how it intends to repay the extraordinary debt and she said i also have listened to the calls from all political parties here in the bundestag for this money to be well invested for it to be put to good use and then she listed a number of the areas where she believes that is the case from. research and development on new energy sources like hydrogen to infrastructure to the health care system and artificial intelligence and a major push on digitalisation so

a very very clear statement from her that she believes this is money well spent our chief political correspondent linda crane reporting from the bundestag for us thank you. well the state of bavaria is one of the hardest hit it has already implemented tougher restrictions let's go now to face that talk us she is in bavaria in the city of nuremberg for us what's the situation like where you are right now. hi sue me as you can probably see behind me it's very quiet at the moment usually at this time of the year the central market square and number x. all told is a very brittle busy place with the annual englisc in those markets which is one of the oldest and most famous christmas markets in the world that of course fell victim to the pandemic this year and with the emergency situation now in effect it has become even more quiet varian's are urged to stay at home and only go outside if they have a real reason to do so for example for grocery shopping to go to the doctor or to

go to work and here in earn back the situation is especially bad that's why a couple of other measures of come into place for example students from grade 8 on don't go to school anymore but they learned home as a ban on alcohol in all public places like this one for example and also a nighttime curfew that kicks in at 9 pm every day and to let your mind just wide the state of bavaria is taking these tougher measures now well from the beginning of the pandemic varia was hit harder than most other states here in germany that's why its premier michael souter is usually among the 1st to call for stricter measures and also to implement them here number x. for example at the moment 180 even more than that patients are being treated for covert 19 in the hospitals and the city's hospitals for the 1st time have reached

capacity last weekend so a number of patients had to be moved from them back city to hospitals outside in the surrounding areas to make sure they get the treatment they need all over the very every 20 minutes someone dies from covert 19 and the state governments said they cannot accept that and that's why they had to act now as you said today is it's unusual to see the city of nuremberg are so quiet at this time of year so how are people there taking these measures. well people in this area of germany are not prone to emotional outbursts so they are taking this too with composure but of course the pandemic is taking a toll on them police told me their pet had not but they haven't had any problems with enforcing the rules so far and they do not expect that to change with today's tightening of the lockdown and the people i spoke to told me they are ok with the restrictions and most of them even said they would favor stricter measures even to

finally bring infection rates down here and that's something that germany's so-called soft lock down so far has failed to achieve. today is a top buy in nuremberg good to talk to you. let's take a look now at some of the other developments in the pandemic israel received its 1st shipment of coronavirus vaccines on wednesday the country is expected to receive enough vaccine for about a quarter of the population by the end of the year israel plans to start and ministering vaccines on december 20th china has tested more than a quarter of a 1000000 people fork over 1000 after a handful of new cases were detected in the southern city of chengdu a south korea reported 686 new coronavirus cases on wednesday as it battles a 3rd wave of infection that is threatening to overwhelm the medical system and the daily tally is the 2nd highest since the start of the pen demick. well coronavirus

numbers are climbing in turkey which now ranks 4th globally in the highest number of daily cases doctors there are sounding the alarm after months of pressure by health experts and opposition politicians the government has reintroduced stricter rules to contain the pandemic our correspondent yulia han has this report here recently i was actually. celebrating her birthday she turns a 2 day or 2 biggest wishes harry potter cake and meeting her best friends. the latter is more difficult to organize since trip to corona virus measures have come into force in turkey young people under the age of 20 are only allowed to leave their homes for 3 hours a day just so i know that like i used to be able to go outside whenever i wanted it

that was much better i also miss school now everything is done why assume and it's so annoying. ok i mean you know he has his mother's trying to organize life as best as she can between work and curfew she's often surprised how quickly the children have adapted to the difficult situation. to declare must you know your name the kids where their math without complaining even when they're playing they got used to it only when we look at old photos of the do we notice that the masts weren't always there and you're making me believe you're going to get all the. curfews for children are not the only new anti coronavirus rule in tokyo those older than 65 can also only go outside at certain times public transportation is forbidden for young and old people and on weekends everyone with few exceptions has to stay at home. it looks pretty bleak these days in istanbul. usually very busy

neighborhoods restaurants bars many shops closed. until recently the turkish government only publish the number of covered 19 patients showing clear symptoms and that's why many people here thought turkey was surviving the crisis relatively well but now the authorities have started to release data on the number of all new infections every day and many are realizing turkey is one of the worst affected countries in the world. the government now reports about $30000.00 new infections per day. many of us are angry about how the government is managing the crisis but there's nothing we can do. the government is concerned with its reputation they want to look good that is why there is no transparency of all moderate publishing the need to but they should have informed people much

better right from the beginning then everyone would have known what to expect and how to act if you could read it. the deals with many covered 19 patients he's a family doctor and belongs to the turkish medical association he says the authorities are still hiding the true extent of the crisis. so. we still have a lot more cases then the government says according to our estimates we have about 50260000 new infections per day our doctors and hospitals are at the absolute limit we have to urgently take radical countermeasures and. all. the of those things the current restrictions are already plenty tough the party's over the kids have to go back inside next year she hopes for a birthday with out the coronavirus.

let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world british prime minister boris johnson and e.u. chief was enough to underline will hold talks in brussels later as they make a last minute push for a post break the trade deal that comes after months of deadlock negotiations between officials both sides have warned the chances of reaching an agreement by year end deadline are slim u.s. carmaker tesla has been told to stop clearing a forest for a new german factory after environmentalists got an injunction because of threats to the habitats of indigenous european lizards and snakes a court will now examine the concerns raised before issuing a final decision. the u.s. supreme court has rejected an effort to overturn the results of the presidential election in the state of pennsylvania it signals that the nation's highest court which includes 3 judges appointed by president trump may not go along with his efforts to overturn his defeat in last month's election. a small

indian town in state is swarming with investigators after a mystery illness has sickened hundreds of people including children officials and say blood tests on some patients have revealed the presence of nickel and lead they have now identified possible sources of what appears to be a mass poisoning. more than 500 people many of them children have been hospitalized with the mystery illness since saturday patients have reported a wide range of symptoms including noisy and headaches some had convulsions on the street others just collapsed with no warning. and then another. my father asked me to put on a news channel on his mobile phone while i was doing that i fainted i only regained consciousness in the hospital. bob the view on we got our daughter admitted last night that she was vomiting had diarrhea and was shivering we were afraid to end up

in the so we brought her to the hospital. medical officials have been baffled about the cause of the illness they struggle to find a link between those taken ill but now traces of heavy metals including nickel and lead have been found in the blood of some patients tests on the water supply and food such as rice and oil being carried out one scientist said the source could be pesticides. we have the likes of more than 70 drug samples we have collected 70 food samples water samples milk samples and all samples for analysis and so on to analyzing we will be able to conclude and find the reason behind this disease. that we are suspecting that it could be metal toxicity and pesticide toxicity. the majority of people appeared to have recovered within hours and was sent home but doctors warn if heavy metal such as lead are confirmed as

a cause then this could lead to more health problems down the line. in ethiopia security forces reportedly shot at and detained u.n. staffers trying to reach the embattled to grab region humanitarian officials call the report alarming they wore the desperately needed aid has still not reached the conflict area those who have fled the fighting face the added risk of a coronavirus outbreak in neighboring sudan nearly 50000 people from the to grow region have now crammed into refugee camps with sparse and inadequate facilities. under the scorching sun they wait their turn that comes like number of refugees have been really they wait for food for cash to register with aid agencies and they also share shelter. health workers worry that raises the chances of corona virus spreading in the already strained conditions.

the problem becomes bigger because the person that comes here will go back to their camp where they live surrounded by people so they could spread it very easily. they are people who are going through a difficult time. there are young people older people also people who have chronic illnesses and other diseases affecting their immune systems and to that if cope with 19 is found here it could spread widely within the uk that involves a lot of. health care facilities are limited and there is no covert 19 testing or treatment available to the refugees themselves also concerned. about the matter is scary when you see people together they may be infected with corona virus people sit together and do not wear masks of course it is scary you

see people always move collectively without masks of course it is scary. but. with more refugees expected to arrive the already strained humanitarian services might not cope putting this safe haven at risk of its own crisis. mount everest on the border between china and there powell is already the world's highest peak but now it's even taller officially at least up until now the 2 countries had differed on whether to include the snow cap on top of the mountain in the measurements but after both countries sent teams of surveyors they finally reached an agreement ending years of debate. 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. east.

is a $1848.00. that's 86 centimeters higher than was previously recorded when the 7 natural wonders of the 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 and do it 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. 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 of a 2015 earthquake that killed nearly 9000 people had also caused the mountain to shrink produce fears are gone at 8848.806 meters it stands even taller than previously imagined. football now and parasites romance champions league game with istanbul was abandoned after players left the field in protest. they accused a match official of using racist language now this incident happened in the 1st half a member of istanbul's coaching staff was sent off after which players we acted to

the official's choice of words the game will be played on wednesday with different referees in the turkish club or out of contention for the last 16 but p.s.g. can finish 1st or 2nd in the group. and cross harrington from these forts is with us hi chris take us to what happened here will the 4th official who's over romanian descent sebastian cole 6 who said who basically was referring to an assistant coach but she shall hear of cameroonian dissent saying the black guy over there the black guy was there go check who he is the black one over there is not possible that he does that and that pretty much sparked you know what the players deemed as racist and utterly walked off the pitch together both sides p.s.g. and the turkish side as well and basically after this exchange happened a lot of players a coach was outraged the coach here where bill was outraged say why do you say the black guy why the black guy why the black guy here player. but also was

very irritated at that issue and the romanian the state anti-discrimination came out and already said have acknowledged the fact that if you identify a player by his race in the remaining language it is deemed as racist and that's a huge problem because the officials are supposed to put out fires not spark them into you know what it is today that seems to be of race is it in the black eye you know for football at this level and stiffen up the 1st racist incident in european football or is there a protocol and how to deal with this yet typically is the official who is there to you know regulate the situation whether it's you know monkey chants from fans or from of an opposing player we've never seen the official himself you know be the center of attention in this regard in that's the unfortunate side. of it because you can argue that there was ignorance on the official's part will you a fish should inform and educate their officials to make sure that doesn't happen so right now as it stands as the official has been removed the action will resume

with another official you know in their place but as you stated before p.s.g. is set to advance by shocks i hear is not but despite whatever happens moving forward i think it shows solidarity and it will definitely change i think you wafers attitude and the players attitude and just the rules of football altogether because there are no fans everyone's watching on t.v. it's definitely not the best light for the sport to be in right now and what does happen with the game now well the game continues as i've said the game will continue. and i just hope moving forward things like this don't repeat you know itself because if they do and the players choose to walk off as i mentioned you know the sport right now relies on everyone tuning in on their television fans are permitted anywhere right now so i think i'm assuming that the organization will hand out some sanctions probably another anti-racist initiative we've seen many in the past i think this would just be the next chapter and an opportunity more than anything to make sure you know everyone is educated and has you know the same

understanding so things like this don't happen to get cross harrington from good at these sports bringing us up to date thank you so much. well let's check in on the action now a last season's semifinalists are the live sick have reached the champions league last 16 after beating manchester united 32 and eliminating the english team alive sick top group h. at the moment pending the result of that p.s.g. again dortmund were already through but top group with their win at san it as a 16 year old. became the youngest ever champions league player a latino also qualified while you ventus 13 male lead barcelona to beat the catalans to top spot in group g. . let's get a quick reminder of our top story here and have you in an address to parliament german chancellor angela merkel has demanded tougher measures as coronavirus cases sale to drop germany's death toll from covert 1000 has had a record daily high of 598 leaders are considering

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