this is deja vu news live from berlin german chancellor angela merkel warns the country is at a crisis point in a where of emotional pleas merkel urges the public to accept limits that will save lives from the coronavirus but can't german leaders get people behind a total lockdown during the holidays as health experts are insisting. also coming up after calls for more transparent reporting turkey reveals its coronavirus situation is much worse than previously thought our correspondent has more about.

accusations of racism spark a walk off the adult champions league match press harrington is in the studio to explain what how but. plus think of this guy the next time you're tempted to litter we follow the death defying work of the chinese crew tasked with keeping this few pristine. i'm sumi some us got to thank you for joining us german chancellor angela merkel has made an impassioned plea for tougher restrictions to bring down the country's high coronavirus numbers germany's death toll from cope at 19 as hit a record a daily high a 590 with more than 20000 new infections michael doesn't have the power to unilaterally impose new rules instead that decision is up to individual german states. addressing the german parliament earlier america urged her fellow

politicians and the public to recognize the seriousness of this moment. or the slightest incident is not thoughts in targeting little sarah 14 days until christmas 14 days and we need to do everything we can to ensure we have void any further exponential growth of our scientists have told us any contact that is not absolutely necessary should be avoided and this hard as that is and i know how much love goes into it when christmas stands a set up with mulled wine a warm waffles it doesn't fit with the agreements we made that food and drink should only be for take away to our homes always a good buy is to admit it i'm really sorry it breaks my heart but if we have to pay the price of $590.00 people dying per day that is simply not acceptable from my perspective we must out of this decide this. did abused

chief political correspondent linda crane followed that speech in the german bundestag forests she joins us now a chance americal 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 eye for the 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 in death rates and in 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 low poll dina 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 leave 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. and let's take a look at some of the other developments in the pandemic the united kingdom's national health service has advised people with a history of serious allergic reactions not to receive the biotech pfizer coated 19 vaccine 2 people have responded adversely to the shot just the day after a mass vaccination started a sweden's government has proposed a new temporary law to expand its powers to tackle the pen demick such as a tightened lock down the nordic country has been hit by rising hospitalizations and deaths israel has received its 1st shipment of coronavirus vaccines 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

administering the vaccines on december 20th and a south korea reported $686.00 new coronavirus cases on wednesday as it battles for a 3rd wave of infection that is threatening to overwhelm its health system the current daily tally is the 2nd highest since the start of the pandemic. and coronavirus numbers are climbing in turkey which now weighing 2nd globally in the highest number of daily cases after months of pressure by health experts and opposition politicians the government has changed the way it counts cases that has revealed of much worse situation than previously thought our correspondent yulia han has more here. even is celebrating her birthday she turns a 2 day or 2 because wish is the harry potter cake and meeting her best friends.

the latter is more difficult to organize since trip to coronavirus 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. yes i know that but i used to be able to go outside whenever i wanted it that was much better but i also miss school now everything is done why assume and it's so annoying. 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. judge that must give you know the kids wear their masks without complaining even when they're playing they got used to it only when we look at old photos do we notice that the masts weren't always that if you're making me then 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's usually very busy neighborhoods restaurants bars many shops closed. until recently the turkish government only publish the number of call that 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 true. parents almost 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. and 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 truly extend of the crisis. we still have a lot more cases than the government says according to our estimates we have about 50260000 new infections per day when our doctors and hospitals are at the absolute limit we have to urgently take radical countermeasures. oh

yeah those things the current restrictions are already plenty tough policies over the kids have to go back inside next year she hopes for a birthday with out the coronavirus. that report there from our correspondent yulia han in istanbul and she's standing by for us with more on the story hi yulia good to see you yulia we were just taking a look at your report and i want to know if you could explain to us why there are different restrictions in turkey for the young and for the old. well the tech is government 1st introduced stay at home orders for those aged $65.00 and older and those aged 20 or younger in april when the pandemic started basically arguing that the elderly are a risk group that needs protection while asymptomatic young people might fuel the spread of the virus now both age groups combined make up about 40 percent of the

turkish population and since most of them are not pod of the workforce keeping them atone and that's certainly part of the reasoning here is less harmful to the economy than let's say similar measures targeted at the working population in spring though the curfews were much tougher the young and the elderly were completely banned from leaving their homes for about 2 months and the authorities argue that this helped to bring the numbers down so what we're seeing now is somehow a soft aversion of the curfews we saw earlier this year while the overall coronavirus situation here in turkey is much worse than it was in spring you mention in your report you leave the discrepancies between how turkey has been reporting nuke over 1000 infection so how clear is the picture there of the situation right now. well my impression is that the condemning here in turkey

a risk spiraling out of control many people we speak to either know someone who tested positive for call that 19 or someone he even died from the virus now we have the official figures published by the turkish health ministry and according to this we had more than 33000 new infections in the last 24 hours that's the highest number reported since the beginning of the pandemic it's also the highest number in the europe right now the official death rate has also more than doubled in less than 3 weeks now these figures are already very alarming if you now listen to what the turkish medical association says that it represents most of the countries dr as the actual figures are even higher and now add to that is they're warning some say it's actually a cry for help that hospitals are full that i see use of fool especially here in istanbul all of this is painting a very grim picture given that alarming situation yulia do you think that the current measures that are in place or enough to curb the spread.

well the take is medical association the doctor we spoke to for the report clearly say no they say in a city like istanbul with 16000000 people you would actually need to shut everything down for at least 14 days to relax the situation in the hospitals at least a little i don't think we're going to see anything like this because the government already said that they want to avoid any additional economic pain but the government government now is being criticized a lot for their lack of transparency for giving the economy a priority in this house crisis and for acting too little too late. in istanbul soras thank you very much. let's check in now and some other stories making headlines around the world the united nations says the earth is on course to

warm by more than 3 degrees celsius by the end of the century after greenhouse emissions reached a new high last year the u.n. said the impact of this year's dip and pollution due to the pandemic will only be negligible without a comprehensive and rapid shift away from fossil fuels. british prime minister boris johnson and e.u. chief was left on the line will hold talks in brussels this evening as they make a last minute push for a post brigs a trade deal it comes after months of deadlock negotiations between officials both sides have warned the chances of reaching an agreement by the deadline at the end of the year are slim 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. the ethiopian government has rejected calls for an independent probe into the conflict in its 2 grier region

the un human rights chief has said the situation is worrying and volatile humanitarian workers say aid cannot reach the region and thousands of people have fled the fighting. venice was caught off guard by surprise flooding on tuesday after a sudden change in the weather forecast parts of the city were submerged at high tide in spite of the new multibillion euro barrier designed to prevent flooding the flood gates had been activated within the 48 hours needed to be fully operational. a small indian town in the state of on their probation is swarming with investigators after a mystery illness made hundreds of people sick including children officials and lou to save 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 you on we got our daughter admitted last night that she was vomiting had diarrhea and was shivering we were afraid and up there 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 elected more than 70 blood samples we have collected 70 food samples water samples milk samples and all samples for analysis and so on and 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 were sent home but doctors warn if heavy metals such as lead are confirmed as a cause then this could lead to more health problems down the line. sports now in football parasites romance champions league game with a is stand here was abandoned after players left the field in protest they accused a match official of using racist language the incident happened in the 1st. half a member of a stumbles coaching staff were sent off after which players reacted to the

official's choice of words and the game will be played on wednesday with different referees the turkish club are out of contention for the last 16 but p.s.g. can finish 1st or 2nd in the group. and cross harrington from these forces with us high crest take us to what happened here will the 4th official who's of romanian descent sebastian cole 6 who said who basically was referring to an assistant coach said bussy shall hear of cameroonian dissent saying the black guy over there the black out of there go check who 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 only 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 pierre webber 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 state anti-discrimination came to out and already said have acknowledged the fact that if you identify a player by his race in the romanian language it is deemed as races 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 and it seems to be of race is it in the black eye you know for football at this level and certainly not the 1st racist incident in european football 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's. and 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 structure here 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 will 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 again chris harrington from get up the sports bringing us up to date thank you so much. meanwhile last season's semifinalists rb leipsic have reached the champions league last 16 after beating manchester united 32 and eliminating the english team lacks a top group h. at the moment pending the result of the p.s.g. game bursey dortmund were already through but topped group ass with their win at st it as a 16 year old girl so fat milk local became the youngest ever champions league player not c.e.o. also qualified while you ventus won 3 nil at barcelona to beat the catalans to top spot in group. real madrid will crash out of the champions league in the group stage for the very 1st time on wednesday night if they lose to germany's burress him mention god it would be a huge fall from grace for a coach that it is a done club back hope it will rekindle memories of their glory days.

xina to dan coats real madrid to 3 straight champions league titles between 20162018 but now the record 13 times winners risk going out in the group stage for the 1st time the 3rd in group b. heading into the final round of matches captain said joe ramos is set to return from injury but they all know defeat at home to mention club back will dump them out and leaves it down clinging to his job no group. club will do what it has to do i'm just thinking about the game. said movie increase for them then the club will do as it always does i'm not really thinking about it. but oh no no. no we're not in. class back warmed up for the game with a hard fought to 2 george freiburg in the bond as leader at the weekend. some players scored a cracker and will hope to shine again against reale having been directly involved

in 8 goals in 5 champions league games this term. cut back need just a draw to reach the knockout stages for the 1st time since their heyday in the 1970s. to this myself and we know what to expect and that we need to defend with real passion and diligence at the same time we know that without quality we will certainly have chances to score and we want to make use of that. it is one of the most exciting ends to a champions league group stage in years. now to a spectacular view 5 bucks for china's tienanmen mountains warned visitors that this rocky klein here is definitely not for the faint of heart but imagine if you are this guy right here he is part of the national parks cleanup crew here's

a look at the risks that he takes to keep these cliffs. 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 put in their water bottles plastics tissues much less than before. the job or. 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. to 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 sad testimony on tourism today. even in a place like this were. let's get a reminder now of our top story in an address to parliament german chancellor angela merkel has demanded tougher holiday measures such coronavirus cases fail to drop germany's death tolls from coburg 19 us had a record daily high a 590 state leaders are considering

a strict lockdown through the festive season. coming up next eco africa our environment shall stay tuned for that.

eco africa. they have a bad reputation play a key role in the ecosystem. which is a very much important in the. the. better than to call them nature's until many species are endangered a project to kenya seeks to protect the unloved scavengers that means above all talking to local people and africa. next on d. w. .

the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing. measures are being taken. what does the latest research say. information and context. the coronavirus an update to the code of special monday to friday on g.w. . in the far north. it's lonely. and breathtakingly beautiful. the arctic i'm going to. take a journey around the north pole meet profiteers and talk with people experiencing

a changing environment gradually the ice disappears earlier and it keeps retreating our future depends on what happens here. northern lights within the arctic circle starts december 21st g.w. . hello and welcome to eco africa on today's sure we will talk about the problem of plastic waste and other waste and the impact that could be in 1000 pandemic is having on the environmentalists i'm now out i in lagos nigeria and i am sundra 3 nobody 0 here in company the capital of uganda a big hello to everybody thank you for joining us as always we have lots of

interesting stories for you from africa and europe on a range of environmental issues but fast here is what is coming up in a bit. how young people in uganda launching businesses that benefit society. health and cities are preparing for the climate crisis. and why in a minute cynical walks around covered in plastic bag. how can job speak created for young people why aren't the same time protecting our planet and its resources close to a couple companies we've visited and learning how to which encourages young people to turn their business visions into reality. with. our house collapsed on the bed when mother died from the injuries she suffered so i

turned to my painful past into motivation. i never knew that what i'm doing. this big to me and couldn't vote i meant. i thought and i thought. because of my often falling from malaria. i am now part of the solution in my country. 2 people each with a vision journal of bega produces so politicized that repels mosquito according to the un every 2 minutes a child under the age of 5 dies of malaria. even if i'm not saving all the kids that are suffering right now i am at least saving the ones that i can john merrick is founder and director of the green business up cycle africa which builds houses others recycled plastic bottles consumer and elevator are graduates of the social innovation academy all senior official says. it's located in the town of

from p.v. about 30 kilometers south of uganda's capital kampala. here young people including oftens and street kids learn how to develop their ideas into successful businesses due to the code of 19 pandemic only a few students are currently able to attend classes on campus especially in uganda people are not prepared to have to work together to present themselves to ask critical questions to find their own solutions on answers and we are learning that unseen are and that's why often not everybody will become an entrepreneur but many of our scholars as well that have been seen or have found jobs. one of the solutions led to kampala where plastic waste is a huge problem. $350000.00 tons of trash accumulates in the ugandan capital every year and only half of it is disposed of. much of the plastic lands on this

trash dump recycling isn't common here john mary could do math pays young trash connectors together bottles that he can then use to build houses. every time i come here i thought i could give some money to other people for example as locally all keeping our environment limited gives me hope that even the future demolition will inhibit the whole of the planet that we are we have done all we have protected from plastic with. earth is pressed into the plastic bottles to make bricks many women work talked of in this business giving them the chance to earn their own money. give him a says the houses are cool inside even on hot days his business has already constructed more than 100 buildings using over 3000000 plastic bottles in the process. due to the cologne if i respond demick commissions have slowed but there

is funding coming in from abroad we are revising different solutions on the way we can be able to survive as a company we've also got some people who came along to support us for example we've got some funding for i care for men that decided to support us and especially in the. journal of baker has brought a few bars of soap to one of the women who supply her with lemon a key ingredient in her product before the covert 19 crisis not a beggar charge tourists and hotels a bit more for her so so she could keep the price down for locals but now that they are hardly any tourists she's expanded her online process i have a vision to make. it happen base i have a mission to make africa into and of running away from it to make it a better place. if my mother happened to see me now. i know it will be

probably. protection and conservation that's also what our next report is about in recent decades gunna fast track a rain forest it is a situation that is a once in a climate change that's right sandra one local eco activist and entrepreneur decided to address the problem and reforested a piece of land by practicing sustainable forestry there he helped revive the natural ecosystem he's enterprise is not only a boon for the environment it's become a popular destination for equal taurus. and i have the ladies come forward this is a moment when in tin biotene if you like he enjoys treats in his visitors to the intoxicating center of the lanky length. exam passed around civilians around but you're going to smell like that for weeks as well as in walking in the flower

garden it's quite beautiful. isn't this very nice to see that there's an area like this in ghana that. others whether they're hearing god or even outside of the country could come to and actually enjoy nature. it started 20 years ago when biden planted all his hold in of 210 acres. he founded porto forest estates and initially just sold would pull it off so. we thought we could enter crop for food crops and keep it going by. selling those food crops to generate short term revenue except that the community and the workers kept eating everything even before it's was ready to generate more income he and his team had another idea they decided to propagate local plants and extract essential oils in 2018 they added eco tourism jaring every tall visitors served up

a typical kenyan dish that is made exclusively of local forest produce. one in 10 by doing is also linking up with the local community in better he has hired several locals as chefs and tall gods also work in his laboratory technician isaac could joe is in charge of producing the essential oils as well as natural cosmetics such as soap. because up with us natural source from the forest they tend to have less side effects and then the meaning how to give that very effective treatment for my remark therapy you can really get the feel of the of the room from the plant and you have no side effects or anything whatever the oils are sold across the country including in the capital across retailers there also provide interested costumers we detailed information

about the product. on guided tours visitors hear about the company's mission future plans include sustainable construction projects for their eco tourism business this is because we want to make you most. a couple from print and elvira left to cut costs crush and i think. every mentality of 70 we want to reduce that mall a family friend in wellington biden attaches great importance to passing on is knowledge to the next generation. and now main focus is the experience show the ending center where we're going to teach people what we have learned over the last 20 years this is the only way that we come quickly disseminate what we've learned because it's all about training and preparing people

to also go out there and do it themselves in that way biden's projects provide an example to local residents showing how day 2 can make a living in some protecting the forests. now more than half of the population of nigeria live in cities like lagos and others organization is on the rise all over the world not just in africa in europe currently more than some 2 percent of the population already lives in towns and cities but a growing problem is that searches are born are of all too extreme weather caused by climate change in germany steps are being taken to protect towns on the heat and massive rainfall with the help of meat. these young trees fresh from the nursery are being planted in the new residential neighborhood complex in hamburg the leaves on some looks surprisingly green and fresh given how late it is in the year especially when compared to these beach saplings they are spain's alter

a hybrid species bred from japanese and caucasian alder with many beneficial characteristics nursery owner explains that when it gets hot the pores in their leaves close to retain valuable moisture. we haven't planted many of the space out there yet it's new here a climate change tree a city tree of the future. we still have to see how they fare in urban settings my suspicion is they're far superior to native species around the corner are some states alter that were planted in the spring the summer was very dry but they're still looking good. better than the endemic species here so that's. 20 years ago we started to say that we're going to have to plant different kinds of trees new ones better suited to cities where they're subjected to a lot of stress it took a while for people to sit up and listen to climate change just playing havoc with cities around the world one reason why many cities can't deal well with heavy rain

or floods is that so much city surface is covered by concrete and water can't see into the ground. environmental scientists complained that this ceiling effect means half of all rainfall is lost compared to woodlands and meadows and not available to people or nature. rain water that's channeled straight into drains and carried away is gone it can evaporate and it's removed from the natural water cycle from evaporation cools the air and we feel that has doctors you can all the sealed surfaces heat up all. and stay hard if there's no cooling effect from of operations that's one reason we get urban heat islands an alternative approach can be found in southern berlin in a neighborhood where sponge city water management principles have been adopted here

rainwater is collected on open ground and roofs and channeled into local pools it doesn't just disappear down the drain and get whisked away on a cougar is a geographer and hydrologist who works for berlin's own municipal water company think tank. rainwater is a very valuable resource we needed to adapt our city to a changing climate that's what our goal is to manage and use that locally. the entire project takes up 10 hank tears it's full of unpaid services strips of garden and the roofs here are also covered in soil and plants lots of opportunities for rainwater to be soaked up and slowly released into the air or ground imo if it's come off the. rain will to cvs directly into the ground between the paving stones or it flows into little depressions in the ground like this one that's why there's a gap in the curb. and that water's sinks in or it evaporates that's

benefiting the trees. then how does one even set up his climate cops 5 years ago his heat resistant trees can't do entirely without water but it will take time to find out just how much water they need and how well they adapt. using guns on phone it's still in the early stages. when testing $61.00 species of tree seeing how they fare. we've been growing some of the species for decades so we already know their strengths and weaknesses. and. his nursery has so far raised 10000 trees new to germany's urban landscapes. but better able to weather climate change trees like the turkey oak and new climate treaty which is being introduced more frequently into hamburg's neighborhoods all of which should make for some pretty cool cities. talking about 31 thing you will find

homes are works of art beyond making us happy these are p.c.'s can also draw attention to social issues like and bio mental pollution in today's edition of doing your bit for the environment we meet i mean press of nigerian artist who do just that. lifelike creations made of sawdust. the material that's plentiful in lagos. to plentiful says nigerian artist although lincoln lush a calm. it's a sign of how many trees are being cut down nigeria's forests are shrinking the artist uses the sawdust to highlight the problem mixed with water it can be molded into all kinds of animals and insects from spiders to big cats. crying because. the.