the e.u. agreed on an ambitious new goal in the fight against climate change. after all night besides greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 percent target 2030. germany's cases of. countries disease control agency today reports of infections of nearly 30000 each morning germans to reduce their social contacts dramatically.

the u.s. takes a major step toward. an expert panel. is now expected within days paving the way for america to move ahead with mass. welcome to the program. european union leaders have reached a hard fought deal to make dramatic cuts to the block's greenhouse gas emissions following all night talks the member states agreed to reduce emissions 55 percent by the end of the decade e.u. council president shawls michel says europe will be the leader in the fight against climate change the move now sets expectations high for a u.n.

climate meeting this weekend for more on this i'm joined by our alexandra von naaman good morning again. what can you tell us about this climate agreement. so after a very long night you leaders as you just said were able to agree to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent by 2030 and this was a goal put forward by the european commission a much more ambitious goal that the initial plan to cut emissions by 40 percent but it was very telling that it took so long the leaders started discussing this issue over dinner and were specifically countries in eastern europe who were saying that they are industries are still coal dependent that they would cost them extra money to achieve this goal so it will be interesting to see the final

declaration on this topic and how the european union will try to help those countries to achieve this goal but now we have the breakthrough and as you just said to european council president michel took to twitter to to to celebrate this achievement saying that europe is still a leader in the fight against climate change and that that was of course what was at stake here europe's reputation we have the breakthrough alexander stay with us for a moment just ahead of this announcement e.u. leaders also came to an agreement on the 1.8 trillion euro budget but it was a challenging deal with poland in hungry trying to block the approval that's have a lot. french president a man with crawl shows covered 906 kisses as a greeting german chancellor angela merkel waved the atmosphere seems jovial when

leaders gathered in brussels but behind closed doors it was a different story. i never seen that and difficult long reach is behind us and i've never remember i don't remember any negotiation as difficult tense and strong as it was for the so-called regulation to mortals. will be the wiser for the only way the. material is material from what i've yet to keep the polish prime minister and hungary switched to oban had threatened to veto the entire badgett over plans to link fence to respecting the rule of law all other leaders criticized them for jeopardizing the european union because a lot was at stake to be precise 1.8 trillion euros roughly one trillion for the next 7 year budget and a 750000000000 euro rescue fund to help breathe life into the virus hit economy.

but just in time for dinner a compromise table by german chancellor angela merkel seemed to do the trick the deal is not without controversy the changes could see real floor proceedings to late by years in the to obama's case until after the next election but it seems this was a concession that had to be made desperately needed funds before christmas so alexandra de deadlock is at long last finally over but at some potential significant cost. what results could we have as a result of this compromise. well this as we just saw in the report can be that the mechanism will be delayed maybe a few months maybe a year and but we can expect that that mechanism for the 1st time the european union will have such a mechanism linking e.u. funds to the respect for the rule of law so we can expect it's to be implemented

the european parliament is going to deal with the compromise next week and we're hearing that most of the members of parliament are saying ok we could have been tougher on hungary and poland but it's good to have this mechanism and it's good to have such a mechanism in the future and of course it is a big deal for europe because now finally the money from e.u. recovery fund can be distributed and it cat can help member states recover from the culverts pandemic to recover the economy it can help europe's transition to low curb an economy as well you talk about their grueling virus recovery money. who is likely to benefit from the. country's hardest hit by the coronavirus a pandemic italy is going to be the largest beneficiary followed by spain and friends and poland and now member states have to present their investment in

a form plans so the european commission can approve them and then they will be given the money through grants and loans and italy for example has already announced that they want to focus on women employment and they want to direct 60 percent of their money toward screen transition and 40 percent towards digitalisation since you so much alexandra the norman. russell's bureau chief as always really appreciate it. and here in germany the latest drone of virus numbers show a dramatic spike in new cases over the past day the country has hit a new high of nearly 30000 cases and 598 people have died the highest day the total yet weeks of partial lockdown haven't slowed the spread of infection in the us much tougher restrictions seem almost inevitable now with political momentum

building for a harder lock down over the holidays. with only 2 weeks to go until christmas the looming question across germany is will a hard lock down come before or after the holidays. at its weekly briefing on wednesday germany's robert cock institute said it was alarmed and that it was bracing for a significant increase in case numbers. but if it's all it's going to to ensure literally tippit get in before it's a meeting about exponential growth put instead on. the situation is especially problematic in assisted living facilities according to german authorities residents of nursing homes are at more risk than ever. currently we're seeing double the amount of outbreaks in assisted living facilities than in spring and every outbreak affects a lot of people are tough and. several german states are now considering tightening the measures already in place berlin's government is considering closing all

non-essential retail before christmas the busiest period of the year winter break may be extended and schools could return to distance learning. i believe these 2 and a half 3 weeks will give us plenty of opportunities regarding disease control. state leaders are now hoping to set out a coworker needed plan in a meeting with chancellor angela merkel. if you get a moment of fun also if you miss the gathering looks likely to take place on sunday . we are very interested in getting together as quickly as possible in order to rapidly gain clarity about the path our country will follow you to open door at one point take it in light of recent developments religious services over the holidays are also being scrutinized. then i would 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 here now marked by deep concerns a new lockdown in germany isn't a matter of if but rather when. reported julius l. deli joins me now julia give us some perspective here how worrying are these latest numbers. they're definitely concerning just even if especially if we consider that there are measures in place to try to contain the spread of the virus and just yesterday the head of germany's disease control agency said the situation is worrying we could even see a spiraling of of cases again going into exponential growth. the virus is widespread across the country and what is most worrying is that we see an increase in cases in older age group these are the groups that are at higher risk from cold 19 and that's why we've seen an increase in intensive care beds and in

deaths recently and even if we compare germany to other countries for example the us which is not seen as a beacon of. responsibility in dealing with the pandemic and not a successful example necessarily we see that the incidence of call in 19 in the u.s. is at $63.00 cases per 100000 inhabitants over 7 days in germany that number stands at 149. julie as you well know germany introduced a partial lockdown at the start of november it certainly doesn't appear to have worked so what exactly went wrong. you have a partial lockdown is not working it was meant to bring down cases a significantly before christmas so that measures could be slightly relaxed over the christmas holidays and people could enjoy the holidays better that has not happened if we look at countries in europe for example ireland or belgium they

implemented a tougher shorter lock down which was able to bring cases down significantly and almost of the virus in its tracks that has not happened in germany that is also because there was not political consensus around tougher measures to be implemented in the last few weeks and therefore we only saw a partial lockdown come into effect but that is starting to change now with these really worrying numbers. what measures are likely to be taken now so we've seen already some states implement measures in this past week we are looking at the recommendations of germany's academy of science we are likely going to see the school holidays extended for a by a week until january 10th we are looking at shop closures non-essential shops

remaining closed and we will wait for meeting between america and the 6 american germany's chancellor and the 16 state leaders to decide whether to go ahead with a national common approach with with the rules the question is whether they will come into place before christmas or right afterwards we have to keep in mind that it is an important time of the year for shops it's the christmas buying period so it is going to be a difficult decision to take. to discuss some of this economic impact news on us is stephen beardsley from business stephen. german business groups and economists have been warning for quite some time now about the effects of a 2nd general lockdown and that looks like it could very well happen how just how bad would that be for the german economy there right michael does the more apparent

than ever that it's coming to me mr pitts all myers saying this morning that something has to be done businesses have been expecting this it's still going to be bad news especially for retail which has not been affected by the light lockdown as julie mentioned there this is a very important time of the year for them for their sales and while some of them may have been able to orient more towards online sales a lot of them are still heavily dependent on foot traffic this could be devastating for them now restaurants and hospitality industries they have been affected since november and what they get out of it they get another lockdown on top of one that hasn't worked before devastating for them for industry it's also not good news their numbers have started to recover and past months they've seen more exports go up there's demand coming out of places like china so this raises questions of can that continue or will they be affected what about supply chains and then for small and medium sized businesses that really make up the backbone of the german economy they actually made it very well through the 1st lock down a lot of them had very good cash reserves on hand the question now will they be

able to make it through a 2nd one without appealing to state aid there's only so much a government can do but what can germany do as a government to soften the blow to this point you can see the germany actually has done a very good job through. it of grants loans and by suspending insolvencies for a lot of businesses it has been able to keep businesses afloat and take the immediate danger away however all it's done is buy time for a lot of businesses that money has to be paid back the rent has to be paid on the ends of their leases and so for many of them it's just a matter of what happens how fast is demand going to come back that's not clear. so i think you're going to see that there's going to be more efforts to bring that aid in to direct exactly at these industries but the question is at some point demand has to come back and they have to be able to survive on their own and that's not a given what will the german economy look like once the 10 demick is over i think one of the interesting things is that there is so much stated that perhaps businesses that should otherwise be closing are going to stay open and so there is

concern amongst economists as economists that you're going to have these zombie businesses that otherwise are diverting capital and employees from businesses where they could otherwise be and that slows the efficiency of the economy another concern when the german government takes on debt which it can afford a lot of people want to give their money to the german government have them hold it they're going to have to raise taxes more than likely to pay that back that's coming in the years ahead that's already under discussion and that will also add further inefficiencies of the german economy so those are the concerns moving ahead otherwise some trends being sped up automation for example home office working and it will be interesting to look at the car industry as well in germany stephen beardsley with the business really appreciate your perspective. and germany still has a long way to head for a vaccine european regulators will meet just before the new year to decide if the biotech pfizer vaccine is ready for mass distribution but the government is already planning the epic task of how to deliver the vaccine across the country with some

disputes already over distribution correspondent tess of author reports for the every night in berlin was well known for its rock concerts and techno parties now it's slated to house one of 6 specks the nation centers and berlin so far there isn't much to see but everything is scheduled to be ready by mid december project manager but i promise convinced things were from smoothly. through this time the process we allow 4 minutes for each person to get in take of their coats sit down and roll up their sleeves then the vaccination team comes in they disinfect inject and put some cause on the wound the last step is the documentation that say here the vaccinated people will then be looked after by doctors and nurses the patient doesn't have to pay their health insurance covers the costs 1st the elderly will be

vaccinated then medical personnel than everyone else right now more than 300 of such vaccinations centers are being built throughout germany the government hopes this system will simplify logistics and make it possible to vaccinate millions of people in the shortest possible time people probably won't be able to get the jab from their family doctor until spring time before that they will have to go to the center. i think will have to wait for hours at the vaccination center thousands of people will be. if not don't care whether i get vaccinated that my family doctors or the vaccination center lobbied him also i would prefer going to our family doctor because they know. about my medical history and will take any risks into account. doctors ability katzenstein agrees she was one of the 1st 1000000000 family doctors who specialized in treating cope at 19 patients vaccinating people as part of her daily routine when it comes to cope at 19 she

says she should be allowed to vaccinate and her own practice is. explanation as a matter of trust it's important to know the patient because every patient directs differently to unknown risks i think the general practitioner is best equipped to advise each patient in making a decision about the coronavirus vaccination she believes she and other family doctors in germany can head of the vaccination campaign in the pendant i thought. in my opinion the vaccination centers were probably not necessary in france and vaccinate its population using family doctors only i can't germany. germany has up to 10 vaccination centers it's a bit katzenstein argues that the best possible consultation to roads one go that's one thing as much of the population as possible as quickly as possible.

the u.s. appears to be on the verge of approving the country's 1st drone a virus vaccine an expert panel of scientists and doctors have reviewed information on the shot and are recommending emergency use of the biotech pfizer vaccine their endorsement paves the way for the country's food and drug administration to issue the necessary final approval once that happens the 1st shots could be given within days regulators in britain and canada have already approved the biotech pfizer vaccine for use in their country. ringback. joining me now is dr peter chin hong he is an infectious disease specialist at the university of california san francisco dr welcome to d w a panel of experts has endured the buying tech pfizer vaccine so what has to happen now before it's formally approved the advisory panel endorse it by a vote of 7 teams of 4 so they expectation is that in the next 24 to 48 hours we

should have the official emergency use authorize the shit which will then lead to people being able to be in the united states in the 1st week. so let's talk about next steps how quickly could a vaccination program start and what exactly will it look like. well there is a frequent so to speak war where there are a few hospitals that have been given. authorization to begin. a month early as in these other health care workers emergency room staff intensive care unit stuff people who do diagnostic testing that's in the health care setting and then in the community there will be vaccines ruled out drugstores to schools and then they'll begin distributing the department defense has its own distribution so you can see that multiple different layers and pipelines to get vaccine in the united states. dr i have to say depending on who you talk to where

you are it's easy to get the impression that there are equal measures of excitement and skepticism around the world when it comes to this vaccine what's the attitude among the american public. well the other 2 does a creasing you know prove slowly in the summer it was 50 percent to restore the balance he was being used for political capital in an election year then they approved the rating went after about 60 percent in the last month or so we're hoping that it's higher but again a lot of it was mired by you know the current administration. dr peter chen hong thank you so much for your time face was driving berlin's prestigious state bell a now admits it has a problem with racism that admission came after the 1st black woman to join the company accused. of mistreatment her letter was backed and signed by several

colleagues and companies interim director said they'd hoped to deal with the issue internally the french dancer later went public with her story after she found out the ballet wasn't renewing her contract. to legend of the white swan for ballet dancer chloe lopez gomez swan like is no longer just a fairy tale. her skin as white as swan's feathers some european companies have dancers and how do their bodies know pascoe mess says the training director at berlin state ballet told her she would need extra pound. the spelling mistress come to me and she told me now you will have to cut out your skin off a very very site that's a fortunately no one was able to protect me inside this institution. lopez gomez says the company directors eventually told her she didn't have to

powder herself white but did nothing to stop the racist remarks when the tesco mass joined the shots ballot in 20 teen she became its 1st ever black female dancer soon she realized the ballet mistress had a problem with her skin color. sometimes i just come out like chloe you're not online and we can only see you because you're black or you're not musical and we can only see you because you are black and during the rehearsal of i got there she was giving some white that's we were supposed to put into our heads and one came so much wrong she told me i cannot give it to you because it's a very white and you are black and she laughed in my face. the interim artistic director says the decision to not renew the dancers contract had nothing to do with lopez comesa skin color and that she'd prefer to handle the matter internally. this is to hide supercomputers here to this week that's just very complicated so i don't

want to comment on that i learned through the media that fear is apparently an issue here it's just too much. but i also know other voices from the ensemble who say they've never experienced such an open atmosphere as here in the state ballet starts by the way lopez gomez has now received support from the world's most famous black ballerina misty copeland the principal dancer at american ballet theater praised her courage on instagram copeland has long been vocal about racism and ballet last year she posted this image from russia's bolshoi calling them out for using blackface berlin state ballet is now planning a new code of conduct and says it must do more to fight racism chloé lopez gomez says it's not enough. to still bad he said to fire me but i have to regret he didn't take any action regarding this is barely mistress

who discriminates me because she still working at the stats like nothing happened chloe lopez says she was fired on that ballet mistresses recommendation she's now hired a lawyer and plans to take legal action. and a reminder of our top story at this hour european union leaders agreed on dramatic cuts to the blanks greenhouse gas emissions following all my talks in brussels a member states agreed to reduce emissions 55 percent by the end of the decade. germany has seen a dramatic spike in corona virus cases over the past 24 hours a new record of nearly 30000 cases was reported and another 598 people have died from cope with 19 calls are growing for tougher lockdown during the holidays to break the rapid spread of infectious. stay tune for global 3000 up next

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