thank. you. this is d. w. news wire from the world in germany's coronavirus numbers spiral further out of control the country's disease control agency reports a record nearly 30000 new infections people in germany are being warned to reduce their source all contacts or face much tougher restrictions in the weeks ahead also coming up the u.s. takes them a just it forward towards conquering the coronavirus an expert panel endorses the bio intake finds a vaccine formal approval is now expected within days paving the way for america to

move ahead because mass immunizations. and e.u. leaders result for the budget blockade and passed a massive new spending plan that also includes billions in coronavirus really. i'm tired read thank you for joining me we begin with some breaking news there's been a new record number of corona virus infections here in germany nearly 30000 were recorded on thursday on the same day nearly 600 people died and now the record weeks of partial lockdown haven't had the effect that authorities had wanted the head of the country's disease control center is now urging germans to stay at harm over christmas much tougher restrictions seem almost inevitable now with political momentum building for a hard to lock down over the whole. with only 2 weeks to go until christmas the

looming question is will a hard lock down come before or after the holidays the president of germany's will but call institute is concerned the curve might have been flattened but efforts to reduce infection rates have yet to show effect it's just used our calculations show that the plateau we're on is extremely fragile the situation could easily go sideways again leading to a quick exponential growth of case numbers excluding turned on board especially in assisted living facilities the situation is problematic according to german authorities residents of nursing homes are more at risk than ever. currently receiving double the amount of outbreaks in assisted living facilities than in spring and every outbreak affects a lot of people and are tough and several states are now considering tightening the measures already in place berlin's government is considering closing all

non-essential retail schools may switch back to distance learning and extend the winter break it's global i believe these 2 and a half 3 weeks will give us plenty of opportunities regarding disease control. state leaders are hoping to set out a coordinated road map in a meeting with chancellor angela merkel. if you get a moment off from also a few minutes look at the ring looks likely to take place on sunday. we were very interested in getting together as quickly as possible in order to rapidly gain clarity about the path our country will follow used to open door at one point they're cute. in light of recent developments religious services over the christmas holidays are also in the balance. i mean. if there is a possibility of a religious gathering endangering lives i'll be the 1st to call things off. the

so-called most wonderful time of the year now marked by fear a new lockdown in germany isn't a matter of if but rather when. meanwhile the united states which is the worst hit country in the world is on the verge of authorizing its 1st corona virus vaccine an expert panel made up of scientists and doctors has now issued an emergency recommendation to the food and drug administration this is a may just to towards a mass vaccination campaign regulators in britain and canada have already approved the bio and take pfizer vaccine for use in their own countries. let's go straight to washington now where our correspondent all of a salad is standing by hi there all of us so an expert panel has endorsed this vaccine is that it does that mean it's approved now. well that was the last big hurdle at least jarrett so we're almost there it was

a recommendation as you mentioned about the food and drug administration the f.d.a. who was then in charge of issuing that emergency authorization usually always follows those recommendations so that said we are also in a very grim situation in the united states as you know yesterday a new record was said 3000 people died of coal that 19 so it's very clear that that panel would say yes to the bio and take pfizer vaccine also given that it's already approved in the united kingdom but what's missing now of course is the the formal authorization of the f.d.a. and that could happen as soon as tonight or tomorrow and looks to be a formality as as you say let's talk the next steps now how quickly could have vaccinate a vaccination program start and what would this look like well the u.s. government hopes to get some $20000000.00 people vaccinated until the end of the year and that could even start as soon as the f.d.a.

issues its final approval of the city of washington d.c. will relocate is currently preparing for 1st vaccinations to take place next week so senior citizens will be 1st as well as front line workers those who are really exposed or at risk and of course there are also some challenges ahead as you know the vaccine has to be stored at minus 70 degrees celsius so there are some transportation issues resulting out of that you need special equipment special freezers unnecessary and that is a problem in particular for the rural areas of the united states which does not have access to such equipment all of it there 'd is a lot of people in the united states who will be needing a vaccination what is the general attitude among the american public to to a vaccine how do they feel about it. well it's hard to map out a general attitude jerad as it's very very different in the coasts and along the

coasts and in rural areas but latest poll suggests that some 60 percent of americans are now willing to get vaccinated that's up and it was a little bit less a bit earlier there's a lot of misinformation and conspiracy theories circulating also on the topic of the vaccination of corbett 19 in general of course and therefore 3 former presidents have come out and they want to get vaccinated in front of the cameras to raise awareness also to make people to raise the credibility in fact and those are george w. bush bill clinton barack obama so it's a bipartisan a bipartisan effort here on the hope of course is that as time goes by more people get vaccinated also the acceptance grows within the american population and that's our correspondent in washington d. w.'s all of a salad thank you very much olivia let's take a look now at some of the other developments in the coronavirus pandemic australia has canceled the production of a local code 19 vaccine after some trial depends returned false positive hiv

results through the testing proved that the hiv wasn't there the government will instead tsukuba vaccines elsewhere and scientists say the pandemic is the reason that global c o 2 emissions dropped by 7 percent this year this is the biggest fall they say it's because people are traveling list list but they expect emissions to jump back up after the pandemic ends. here in europe leaders in brussels say they have come to an agreement on the 1.8 trillion year i budget which includes hundreds of billions in coronavirus relief funds member states poland and hungary had blocked approval of the budget plans to tie the money to respecting the rule of law bought a compromise brokered by germany which currently holds the presidency ended the deadlock. after a tense few weeks the jovial atmosphere at thursday's e.u.

summit suggested e.u. leaders knew what was to come all eyes were on these 2 men the prime ministers of poland and hungary had threatened to veto the entire e.u. budget over plans to link funds to rule of law conditions we feared that we might be. attacked in an unjustified way we are fighting for the victory of the. of the common sense both felt a lot was at stake and for the e.u. 1.8 trillion euros roughly one trillion for the next 7 years budget and the 750000000000 euro rescue fund to help breathed life into the use of virus hit economy. but just in time for dinner a compromise tabled by german chancellor angela merkel seemed to do the trick council president michel and now most on twitter that all 27 e.u. member states had reached the landmark agreement the deal was done but not without

controversy the changes could see rule of law proceedings delayed by years in viktor orban scase until after the next election but it seemed this was a concession that had to be made to one block desperately needed funds before christmas. michael let's bring in our correspondent matters in brussels good to see they e.u. leaders have managed to say this budget the standoff is over what exactly were the concessions that got everyone to agree in the end. i'd say you can boil it down to 2 key can concessions or 2 offers that were made one is that something that will simply delay things because the european court of justice will now have to look at this mechanism and basically confirm that this is fully legally functional and secondly there will be a declaration signed by a member states that everyone agreed to tonight and that is that this rule of law

mechanism will only be applied in a fair manner so it will not be you misused for political pop party political gains if you want and that was a concern that hungary and poland at least that's what they said that was a concern they brought forward so now that this is out of the way the money can flow and if you want it's been a bit of a political thought but at the end of the day quite a historical day that this huge amount of money if this rescue fund is now being put on the table and it's the 1st time the e.u. is taking up debt something that germany for many many years has avoided and that is now taking place the 1st time and the money does will now flow as you say we know that a big chunk of this package was made up of is made up of coronavirus relief funds so what happens to this money now. exactly this money when we're talking to loans

and grounds about the same size of this money will 1st go to those states that are most in need those states the hardest hit by the pandemic for instance italy and spain now before they can unlock their share of that money from that fund you have mentioned they will have to come up with a financial plan and. a suggestion how to restructure their economies before they can actually get their hands on that money but basically the money is now there lots of it and it will start from january next year onwards our correspondent georg matters in brussels there let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world today according to hong kong media democracy activist jimmy lai has been charged under the city's controversial security law is accused of colluding with foreign forces and endangering national security law is the most high profile person yet to be charged under the new law and was denied bail earlier this month on

a separate charge. and time magazine has named us president elect joe biden and vice president elect come along person of the year for 2020 they were picked ahead of health care workers battling the covert 19 pandemic the rational justice movement and u.s. president donald trump since 1927 time magazine has on a depressant or people who have most impacted the news during the calendar year well a female television news anchor has been shot dead in eastern afghanistan so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility malalai maiwand was killed along with her driver as she travelled to work in jalalabad. oh lauren who are prayers for a heroine hundreds came out to pay their respects to journalist milan my wand and her driver assassinated on their way to work. how to milk for many young women in afghanistan my one was larger than life a t.v.

anchor in a country where 2 thirds of girls are barred from attending school. my one was also an advocate for women's rights and continued to speak out even after her own mother was killed for doing the same. but then early thursday morning in this street she and her driver were ambushed by gunmen the attack was claimed by the militant group islamic state. it really. meant a lot my wand was a brave female journalist and anchor she was working for any past local t.v. . i'm unfortunately today she was martyred by the enemies but not only her family but all the women of mongerer our province are set for. the . islamic state has claimed responsibility for a string of recent attacks on civilians in afghanistan. as the u.s.

draws down troops there and conservative militant groups resurge many worry that a life like my ones will once again become impossible. this is news from believe michael or cool bit will have the latest headlines in 45 minutes of the great. can you hear me now i guess we're going to need you and i love stands gemstones that way bringing on that magical as you've never had time to surprise yourself with what is possible who is magical really what moves back and want some people to fuller's how long the way maurice and critics are not telling us the metal stuff stops.

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