this says that every news lawyer from berlin raising the bar in the e.u. agrees on a more ambitious goal in the fight against climate change member states agreed to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 percent in the next decade also coming up there's been no let up germany sees a 2nd record day of corona virus infections with nearly 30000 new cases the pressure is growing for a new nationwide law down to begin before christmas and is

a landmark bill pro-choice activists celebrate as argentina's lower house of congress votes narrowly to liberalize the country's of course lost. her rock to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to our viewers all around the world as great to have you with us while we begin our broadcast with a new development said a high stakes summit european union leaders have reached a heart fought deal to dramatically cut their country's greenhouse gas emissions after all night talks member states agreed to reduce emissions by 55 percent by the end of the decade or the new target aims to put the e.u. on track to reach net 0 emissions by 2050. judging by their faces there was no doubt that had been a long. night here in brussels. after hungary and poland had finally

agreed to drop their veto on the entire budget leaders could get on with tackling what was the commission's most pressing issue before the pandemic struck the climate crisis. hard to see often achieving this was worth a sleepless night i can't imagine what would have happened if we weren't able to reach this result instead now. she's talking about the e.u. xnu more ambitious climate goals compared to $990.00 the planned now for sea slashing greenhouse emissions by 55 percent in the next 10 years by investing in green energy technology the e.u. has pledged to become climate neutral by 2050 the previous target of 40 percent had been criticized as being far too low but some eastern countries with coal dependent economies feared serious consequences they demanded more clarity on funding to ease the transition according to the outcome of the meeting each member states

individual situation will be addressed level to the shared will is to take into account that different countries had different starting points to take up the issue with the spirit of equality and solidarity. to the polish prime minister's office tweeted we have an agreement which creates the conditions for a just transformation of the polish energy an economy. with another major obstacle out of the way it was time for us to wrap up germany's e.u. council presidency the stuffings are going to us i can tell you the german presidency was a lot of fun although we weren't able to achieve a lot of things that we planned this is all for me last. 2021 portugal will be taking over. all right sell let's bring in now executive director of greenpeace international jennifer for more again that very good to have you with us miss morgan now these measures that we just are heard in that report are they

too little too late they are definitely too little and although we still have time they risk being too late where in a climate of urgency and where experiencing extreme weather fires drought storms all around the world and the e.u. needed to take on a 65 percent cut rather than this 55 percent cut which isn't actually much more than they're already you know on track to meet so we need more from the e.u. and we'll keep working for that right but is that viable that 65 percent that you just mentioned as the e.u. is already committing now more than a couple of billions of euros into renewable energy will that help. well i think that it is definitely possible i mean right now you have a situation that around the world according to the international renewable energy agency that 95 percent of new energy that's being installed is from renewables it is cheaper more affordable than coal and most other fossil fuels so this is a

a win win win i you know it's bringing much better air quality in places like central and eastern europe and health benefits it brings new jobs into the system and it tackles climate change which is a life and death situation so it's doable it makes sense and it would benefit the e.u. to go even further than what they did today let's talk about nuclear which is believed to be part of the solution there how is that going down with greenpeace. nuclear is not the solution nuclear is risky from a range of different perspectives the waste issues the risk of the fallout issues it's also extremely expensive and so when you have an energy source around wind around solar and energy efficiency all put together it's it's not needed and it's very much too late it takes too long we need to act now we need to have global

emissions in the next 8 years now in terms of economic impact which is of course also something that countries have to keep in mind what does this goal mean. i think the goal means that from an economic perspective i mean there's 2 parts of this right one is that the e.u. is preparing itself for that 0 carbon economy and it is creating jobs i mean if you look across the job markets in places where say renewable energy is booming it was one of the largest growth in jobs in the united states for example over the last number of years so from an economic perspective of that piece of it it's definitely a benefit it also will help the e.u. this is a global piece but you have to think about the impacts of climate change itself to the farming system to our infrastructure to our buildings that just cause tremendous cost which often is not taken into account so if you put that all

together you know this is this is sound for the e.u. to do it just needs to be further and it needs of course to be working with other countries to move in the same direction and that in the last remaining 30 seconds that we have together i mean is there enough sense and sense of for countries to propel them to do more. i think the movements around the world if people can look at their kids in the face and hear that youth that are out on the street that should be enough incentive beyond all of this economics that i'm talking about this is the moral issue of our time. to thank you so much jennifer morgan executive director of greenpeace international good to have you on thank you. now planting trees is one way to tackle climate change and in senegal a former and violent minister is taking that fight from his desk to the great outdoors he's leading efforts to really green this a hell region an area a risk of becoming a desert while some of his methods might be unconventional but he's helped plant

over 150000000 new trees. senegal needs more trees i'm tired or else who heads a large scale reforestation project is busy getting them planted scientists say that without major reforestation senegal will lose half its are a blend within the next 5 years here on the coast of the car some months region farmland has become unusable jus to solid nation among groves that once protected the shoreline were cut down for firewood and building material repeat business pity the farmers were desperate to grow ching into their rice fields which were no longer producing rice so it was difficult for them. but mangroves are a rich ecosystem they hold back floodwaters deter land or roge in and act as a natural sold barrier they also store up to 5 times as much carbon dioxide as

other trees once it became clear just how beneficial the mangroves are to farmers things began to change. the present they were concerned about their rice fields they became heavily involved in planting mangroves because of their rice fields more of them on the road. d.m. was one of them for 4 years villagers in pac noble have been working to save their parties the initiative is organized and financed by the ngo oceania hider its former president started the project. our rice fields no longer produce good harvests because salt water is invading them more and more and i don't know the reason it's because the mangroves have disappeared we need to replant them luckily oceania provides us with mangrove pods further north in the extremely ira to my time region close to the sahara desert came up with

a more unconventional method during the wet season nomads herds graze here the animals have been recruited to help plant a forest it will be part of the great greenwald that anxious to curtail dessert if occasion of the sun hell region. the herd is fed the fruits of the person it's a fast growing tree that needs a little water the animals spread the seeds in their dawn. young men from the village of also help that use slings to scatter seeds of the african mahogany the intention is to introduce more diversity. with that of the animals it was necessary to think of an alternative way to disseminate the seeds don't wait for things to solve themselves amount of action where the money grows are especially geared to lifelong ecologist hider alys heart due to his after it's over 150000000 birds have already been planted and in

a few years time rice paddies should be sold free. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. work has restarted on the controversial north stream 2 gas pipeline between russia and germany while almost one year after u.s. sanctions brought the project to a halt the pipeline is almost complete washington says it will make europe too dependent on russian gas berlin meanwhile says it will create a secure energy supply. germany is lifting a ban on deportations to syria for the 1st time in 8 years the supply of the ongoing conflict in the war torn country the decision means that syrian nationals convicted of a crime or deemed a security risk face deportation as of january 1st. british media say the government is planning to patrol the country's fishing waters with

the help of the well maybe if no greg zittrain deal can be reached by sunday or ports a naval vessels would have the power to stop check and impound all fishing boats operating in british waters. germany has set a new record for corona virus infections with nearly 30000 cases in the past 24 hours 598 people have died the highest daily total yet weeks of partial lockdown haven't slowed the spread of infection enough and tougher restrictions seem almost inevitable now with political momentum starting to build for a stricter lockdown over the holidays. here the record infections are not just a number german hospitals like this one in mannheim are struggling to treat the rising number of patients with copd 19. get out on the streets you might not know the country is in crisis the so-called lockdown light restrictions mean shops

and schools are still open. the german state of baton rittenberg is not waiting for the federal government to take action you fire. from december 12th on we are imposing a general lockdown for all of baton rouge back. from saturday residents there may only leave their homes with a valid reason such as going to work or school the situation is dangerous all lawmakers seem to agree on that several other german states are urging action at the national level. we can see it getting away from us slipping from our hands we have to make a decision that's clear more resolute and more understandable in trying to escape this is a matter of life and death to put it clearly it's a matter of ethical responsibility that we in the government have. chancellor i'm going to mikel is also in support of stricter measures on sunday germany's federal

and state leaders will meet once more to discuss the crisis. meanwhile germany's schools are preparing for more restrictions or a possible expansion of the vacation period yet education ministers are asking for as few cuts to schooling as possible. in our opinion vacation should not be extended but rather we should introduce remote learning or even a lifting of compulsory attendance or a combination of both these are 3 models we have. just under 2 weeks to christmas eve and a holiday that will probably be a lot quieter than usual. let's get you more on this utopia correspondent simon young joins there right now assignment with a coronavirus situation in this country growing increasingly dire how is the government reacted. well i we know that the government is inclined to impose tough measures when necessary above all chancellor merkel

herself supports a tough lock down we heard an emotional peal appeal from her in parliament just the other day saying that you know it really more action was needed a lot of this action is going to be put in place by germany's regional states because they have responsibility for. a lot of things like schooling and so on so but now we're seeing that one state after another coming forward barred inverting bag they're imposing a curfew is from tomorrow saturday you won't be able to go out freely without good reason that you're going to work or you're going to see the doctor and other states doing something similar in north rhine-westphalia another big populous state in the west telling old school peoples to follow the lessons from home and section is imposing a full lockdown of closing shops and schools from monday so it's pretty clear which

way the wind is blowing pretty clear which way the wind is blowing but why is the government not acting as a whole right now. well as i said you know germans are used to the concept of different rules in different states that's the way germany is organized and so there is some need to i think respond to the different situation across the country there are as a matter of fact more higher infection rates in the southern states than in the north so of course state so authorities don't want to go further than they have to physically when it comes to closing down businesses which are already hard pressed in this pandemic so there is a certain logic to the to the different approach but i think now more and more people are saying we need a common nationwide line and 2 here were points where we tried to gauge the mood

this afternoon and asked people here in berlin how they feel about the prospect of a hard law to his take a listen. and cut a cut needs to be made impose a curfew as far as i'm concerned you shouldn't always make comparisons but it's worked in other countries. push to get to god and. i hope that a lot happen after christmas because it would be very nice for people to spend time with their families. and i think we need another stricter longer period of time so we don't have this constant up and down but instead a real chance for better times in the spring. and simon so there's rot support among the people that we met here on the streets of berlin how representative is that for germany at large. i think it is representative i think a lot of people are alarmed that the relatively mild lockdown that we've had during the hasn't brought the benefits that people hoped for

a lot of people who are so frustrated with the hard line anti corona measure. people that there are out there people resisting any efforts by the authorities to fight the virus at the same time some surveys suggest up to 40 percent of people saying they they wouldn't follow closely on a by the rules over christmas the rules that say there's only 5 people from 2 different households can meet so you know there's a mixed picture and it remains to be seen how germans will respond to a full lockdown if indeed one is announced simon young reporting thank you european regulators meanwhile will me just before the new year to decide if the biotech pfizer met vaccine is ready for mass distribution while here in germany the government is already planning how to deliver the vaccine but everyone agrees on

the logistics involved to be a correspondent walter reports. the arena 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 home is convinced things were from smoothly. through this time 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 just inject and put some calls on new wound the last step is the documentation that's. 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 $300.00 of such backs the nation centers are being billed 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 at my family doctor or the vaccination center lab it would have him also i would prefer going to our family doctor because they know about my medical history and will take any risks into account not my belief that doctors ability katzenstein agrees she was one of the 1st berlin family doctors who specialized in treating covert 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. pixilation as a matter of trust it's important to know the patient because every patient directs differently to unknown risks i think the general partition is best equipped to advise each patient in making a decision about the parana by respects the nation she believes she and other family doctors in germany can handle the vaccination campaign in the pendant i thought. in my opinion the vaccinations and those were probably not necessary if france can vaccinate its population using family doctors only why can't germany. germany has up to 10 vaccination centers it's a bit katzenstein argues that the best answer is possible consultation to rhodes one go next and making as much of the population as possible as quickly as possible . let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. in the u.s.

death row inmate brandon bernard has been executed it was the 1st federal execution during a presidential transition in 130 years and the 9th since president donald trump restarted federal executions after a 17 year pause while his administration plans to rush through another 4 before his term ends next month. a police officer in albania fatally shot a man on shoes day for violating a coronavirus curfew he has been now arrested and is in custody the shooting of the 25 year old man has triggered violent protests in the capital tehran out and led to the resignation of the interior minister. the vatican has officially inaugurated its christmas tree on st peter's square the 30 meter tall spruce tree that snaily 100 feet is now scintillating with tens of thousands of lights the

annual tree lighting ceremony signals the beginning of christmas. festivities. argentina's lower house of congress has passed a bill to legalize abortion thousands of pro and anti abortion activists rallied to through the night and went to cyprus as lawmakers debated the legislation if the bill clears the senate it would make argentina the 1st nature latin american nation to decriminalize abortion and at the end are you $131.00 in favor $117.00 against with 6 abstentions. it means what these women have tirelessly campaigned for. as other got my eyes and we've been fighting for this fundamental human right for 15 years so we're overjoyed we held a 21 hour vigil outside congress and in more than 40 places around the country we

took to the streets once more to make sure lawmakers knew they have to vote in favor just as the people already have. argentina has some of the world's most restrictive abortion laws women who undergo the procedure face prosecution. the rules are only waived in a handful of circumstances thousands of women have resorted to back street abortions and died. in a few days of my stint of human rights social justice and public health. crisis right is one we must begin a debate and begin to think about our role as women and what we want whether or not we want to be mothers this is it. it's ok. but not everyone was happy meters away antiabortion activists held their own rally.

that i don't believe it's a right i think the unborn have a right to live. and i think there. other options such as education and prevention . if the bill passes the senate it will make abortion illegal up to the full sheet week of pregnancy but pro-choice activists contrast and then rules yet is the 2nd time this has happened in 2018 a similar bill was rejected after passing the now a house and despite enjoying strong public support these women hope that will be repeated. some boxing news now heavyweight world champion anthony joshua and buggery and coo brett's pool left almost came to blows on the eve of their big fight at the when we arena in london well things got pretty heated during the weigh in on friday with both men trash talking and joshua set to

defend his belts and has only lost one fight in his professional career as the same for pleasure but he's 8 years older than the brit in 1000 fans will attend the fight because of the coronavirus and ever. see him by munich so robert levin downscale is one of 3 finalists for a fee fuzz best men's player award while he joins regulars leo messi and cristiano ronaldo leavened asking played a key role in byron's the treble winning season the prolific polish striker scored $55.00 goals last campaign the winner will be revealed on december 17th. now something that will make you smile the ukrainian capital kiev is experiencing icy conditions right now which is unusual for the time of the year but h. alan for anyone out and about and one especially determined pedestrian there was

a caught on c.c.t.v. camera just trying to make headway if at 1st you don't succeed try try again you cannot keep a good woman down at all and it looks like try as you might she was forced to give up and the and. but she gets top prize 1st stab at i that's it for me and from our new steam for now i'll be back in a few moments to take you through the day i hope you'll join me then and sound thanks but in the company for now.

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