it's a way to depopulate the world that's an agenda behind the vaccines sorry i'm not interested i will never take it out of my dead body and in the 1st step that kind of let things on the now and then i want to take that step to basically go out and have normal times again normalcy. some states are planning to begin vaccinating as early as monday but the shot comes with complex distribution challenges it has to be shipped and stored at all true temperatures and countries are competing for limited supplies. was the question. this is a skating question. and. intends. to . ask the question what can. states how can the.

u.s. health officials say they will have enough doses to vaccinate every american who wants to be by the middle of next year europe is set to make its own decision on the biotech pfizer shot later this month in what could be the beginning of the end of the global pandemic. well surge in cavite 19 fatalities here in germany is alarming or thirty's and stoking calls for a strict a lockdown at the beginning of the pandemic germany's death toll per capita was one of the lowest among countries with the 2nd wife however the picture looks more bleak on saturday german health authorities recorded nearly 519 belated deaths and the numbers continue to trend upward. and meanwhile the country's disease control agency also registered more than 28000 new infections in a single day and those 6 figures suggest weeks of a partial lockdown have not slowed the spread of the infection indeed tougher

restrictions same almost inevitable now in germany something chancellor angela merkel and state latest will discuss in a mogens he talks on sunday. 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 covered 19 yet out on the streets you might not know that the country is in crisis the so-called lockdown light restrictions mean shops and schools are still open the german said of button vet america is not waiting for the federal government to take action you fire up. from december 12th on we are imposing a general lockdown for all of baton verbeck runs. from saturday residents there may only leave their homes with a valid reason such as going to work or school this 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 and try to live is good 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 angela merkel 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 possible expansion of the vacation period get 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. just under 2 weeks to christmas eve and germans may only

have a few days left for christmas shopping before stricter measures are put in place it looks like this holiday season will be even quieter than usual. well i'm joined now by political correspondent hans browne hants good morning to you and the german government will meet on sunday to discuss the situation what do we know about their plans that because just by reading the tea leaves it seems an awful lot like waiting for a hard lock down because it's going to be another one of those meetings between chancellor angela merkel and the 16 leaders of the 16 federal states and germany and that's been a very difficult relationship over the last couple of months i'm out of the central government has pushed for much stricter measures than we've had so far and the regional leaders have always resisted that and now the situation has gone so critical that i think what's happening is that regional leaders are going to toe the line that the central government is trying to enforce and that is indeed some

sort of knocked on probably a lot stricter than we have of the moment we don't know exactly when that's likely to be implemented there's a possibility it will be implemented it's early next week maybe monday maybe wednesday some people are saying only just before christmas so there's still some room for move for maneuver there and i presume that the regional leaders are the ones that are still holding back to some extent but we will get a lockdown in germany does seem so yeah you say situation critical germany has for the last few weeks been on the what we've come to call lockdown a lot why and has that not but we can't say that it hasn't worked in that sense what's happened is that it has slowed down infections but it hasn't brought them down we've been at a kind of plateau on the could've for about the last 10 days or so to run 223-0000 new infections infections every day and what needs to happen clearly is for these infection rates to go dawn and that's not that's what's not been happening why has

it not worked well clearly it hasn't been strict enough and people haven't been sticking through it. you know strictly enough people have still been meeting presumably in shops presumably. in their private homes possibly. schools play a role here possibly gathering such as church gatherings play a role we don't really know anymore because we haven't been able to trace infections effectively for quite a while though it's been tending this why the so why is the german government and so reluctant to use the stricter measures as soon well there's a whole gamut of reasons one reason is what i was just talking about the fact that the central government as such cannot impose these distinctions has to be done in the regions and they have been reluctant then there of course costs involved costs for government if the shutdown is imposed by government the government has to pay compensation to a large number of businesses and people those are billions and billions that don't have already been spent and obviously the governments are reluctant to increase

their spend and at the same time there is obviously pressure from business to keep keep things open especially now before christmas it's the 2 most 3 most important weeks in any retail as business year so clearly the resistance is very very strong it will wait and see how many thanks ok let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news elsewhere in the world. a series of rockets struck the afghan capital kabul killing one and wounding 2 others the afghan interior minister said that 10 rockets were fired in the cots international airport no group has claimed responsibility but this is the 2nd rocket attack in the city within a month. ron has executed a dissident journalist for encouraging anti-government protests in the country. criticized iran's government with a website and internet news channel while he was living in exile he was captured in

2019. british media say the government is planning to patrol the country's fishing borders with the help of the royal navy if no breaks a trade deal can be reached reports say naval vessels would have the power to stop chick and impound all e.u. fishing boats operating in british waters. well the u.s. supreme court has rejected a lawsuit filed by the state of texas to overturn the results of last month's presidential election president trump and scores of republican officials and little micah's had support of the suit which challenge president elect joe biden's victories in michigan georgia pennsylvania and wisconsin the justices ruled that takes us didn't have the right to challenge how other states run their elections the president reacted but the tweet and the supreme court really led house down.

so then is this the end of the road for donald trump's campaign to stop judge biden from taking office next month we put that question to marco he's an election law expert at florida state university. this one of the things that made the texas suit so unique and again the court held they didn't even have jurisdiction a lot of commentators had pointed out the numerous procedural and jurisdictional hurdles that it faced but one of the the unique aspects of the texas suit is that it essentially sought to bring the entire election before the supreme court that it identified is a 4 different states where texas claimed it had statutory and constitutional problems and invited the court to to handle the issue in one fell swoop there is still really there are still cases pending in the lower courts as a matter of fact the wisconsin supreme court has just agreed to hear an appeal brought by the trump campaign tomorrow there are other cases where the trump

campaign has lost in the lower courts were it can still ask the supreme court itself to hear those cases so over the upcoming days and potentially even weeks i expect to see continued litigation i think it's extraordinarily unlikely that any of those lawsuits will succeed but the the short answer is no this is this case while it presented one unified package that would have allowed the court to consider all of the objections being raised right across at least in most of the states across the board the court's rejection of this case doesn't shut the door on all these other cases that remain pending in the lower courts. election voice but from florida dave i got his foot in friday's bundesliga action on hosted on truck front fit the visitors took the lead but a double from vatuvei cost won the game for the hosts 1st the dutch friend level things up that was from the penalty spot for his goal of the season not to sending

the caper the wrong way then in the dying minutes he struck again decisively to c.o.i. 21 victory. run now stretches to 11 games in the win puts them into champions league contention. speaking of champions by munich's robert levin dusky is one of 3 finalists for the faith based men's play award he joins regulus lino messi and cristiano ronaldo as you would expect live in else he played a key role in bonds trouble winning season the prolific polish straka scored $55.00 goals last campaign the winner will be revealed on december 17th. and will this my well be one of the strangest nativity scenes that we've seen this year a church in the german town of reading and has put a giant coronavirus at the center of its religious sticker russians before the christmas holiday the model virus is in place and with the words do not be afraid

of the outward homage to health care workers alongside the family of jesus christ of course because of the coronavirus restrictions the church is closed to visitors and the nativity can only be seen during service. it watching data for the news from berlin a look coming up at how online activism drives china engine out technology show shift that's up next year on the deadly there's more news on the data and that data . and they'll be monique's headlines in an hour's time. lying to us is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make signal screeners how can we protect habitats we can make a difference little boy genius environmental series again global. d.w. gone mind. was

a virus spread. why do we have it and when will all this is. just 3 of the topics covered and the weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like. information on the drawing of virus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you go your podcast you can also find us and. science. hashtags online petitions and social media campaigns these days more and more protests takes place online especially on social media but can a simple click really make a difference i want to be today on ship. back in the day raising awareness on an issue and reaching society more broadly required

making the headlines with spectacular media stunts today thanks to the internet and one can express their opinion and share it with the world just one single post can reach a massive audience speck a dot pound of the german web. dog sees this as a huge opportunity or it's a tiger balm and i get it now a days you really only need 3 people at most to get a protest started on social media feeds. into people hold up a banner one person and you're all set. is it really that simple finding the right moment to target the right social media platform with the right half. is that all you need to start a worldwide comparing how and when does a singular event spark an entire protest movement online and how does it spread across the globe let's take a look at the black lives made of movement that's currently receiving overwhelming global support it was sparked by

a video that showed the violent the rest of georgia floyd that led to. the video went viral and the hash tag matter was used about 3700000 times a day the following week but the movement started years ago. this is the facebook post that started. it was a reaction to the george zimmerman 2012 the security guard had frankly shot trayvon martin on a black teenager. to an emotional response campaign. commented with the hash tag matter and the movement was born. we developed. both love for black people but also. for the ways in which our system has treated black people. joined and together they started

a twitter and tumblr account here they encouraged others to share their experiences of racism and police violence on facebook twitter and instagram they used images rife with symbolic meaning the hash tag black lives matter was often combined with other hashtags to reach more people and the following about 17000 times a day. by the hash tag always helps so because many people can rally around it but it improves visibility and most importantly it sends out a message like a slogan lives black lives matter is a great hash tag and it's also a great slogan they. chanted on the streets. in may 2020 george florence black and was killed in a violent a wrist video documenting the brutality went viral and sparked outrage since then protests have been taking place on and off line the demands put forth by black

lives matter even reached from platforms like i believe we all matter but right now blacks have a much bigger matter. celebrities are also supporting the cause online and the hash tag share that mike now selena gomez and hillary clinton amongst others have lent their social media profiles to black lives to get their message of why do we reach . more than black people to show up for black lives that in fact when we when we free black people when we really deal with the issues that plague black communities we set the ground for everybody else to get a little bit more free. even if there's still a long way to go black lives matter draw attention to the issue of racism around the world and has led to some changes in several areas in the tech industry for example i t. corporations are fine tuning their vocabulary to be rid of such terms as blacklist the white list but let's back up a little if there's an issue i'm really passionate about how can a spring into action to start my own campaign here 3 expert tips.

if any protest needs a certain momentum when you're lacking momentum. inequalities haven't led enough people to believe that this kind of protest is useful in this particular situation then you're pretty much on your own. and she. or no he wants and without a moving story and without communication skills in general it's hard to bring a message across and even harder to start a large movement by. long at any motional tail capsule it's a message in a totally different way than just the facts and can capture an audience of us from the factitious wonder.

if i don't you know i have to be visible on all outlets and use all the opportunities they offer you know i need to be on instagram with visual elements and on twitter with hash tags and short statement someone needs when he was acquitted. the tricky part is finding the best strategy for each platform to reach more people mobilize them and just get my message across and will be easier for my new teams advance but here but even if you've got all the necessary ingredients for a successful online campaign that doesn't guarantee it will work online campaigns also require an engaged audience there are different levels to this step one noticing or reading a post on social media that catches your eye step to liking then sharing the post with friends which basically makes you part of the movement already the next steps

are posting something about the issue yourself starting a group of platform and finally taking to the streets on the issue successful campaigns often have interlinking online and offline nativities that mess together smoothly as the need to have movement showed it can also take some time to catch on a round the world how many aims to run a bird and i'm the founder of the me too movement. we found that me too over a decade ago to support young women of color in the community we live who are survivors of sexual violence. in the me too movement started in 2006 and was originally a local outreach project in the us only in 2017 did me also become a hash tag as charges of sexual abuse were leveled against hollywood producer harvey weinstein actress alyssa milano had called upon others on twitter to share the hashtag me too if they too had experienced sexual violence then alyssa milano

and to run a burger joint forces and a new global movement was born. since the expansion are explosion of me to 2017 we have a unique opportunity to expand our platform and continue a national conversation around sexual violence in this country and countries around the world to start a trend in more than 85 countries it helped uncover many other cases of sexual abuse and spark to banks around the world harvey weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison for grace and the criminal sexual act. but it's quite rare for an online movement to bring about such change in such a short amount of time symbolic awareness campaigns in the real world can improve their reach where the mass demonstrations of climate change. post is about racism. or projecting images onto the statue of christ in rio de janeiro to want others

about the coronavirus. protesting on the streets remains important online you're subject to the constraints of each specific social media platform and the interests of profit driven. off facebook when we use a bank to create a paid for our campaign are completely dependent on facebook they can ban us any time and we don't know to what extent our issue is perhaps being repressed only to . to the streets and we are protected by the right to protest and to freedom of expression. i suppose. that might be true for a nation like germany that is governed by the rule of law but in other parts of the world it's a different story there the internet can become an important safe space. we're in an arms race for surveillance technology 10 tools for digital self-defense among the. myth of get busy if you put in the effort and know how to you can still cover

your digital footprints and make it hard to track your online enough. many people rely on in order to voice their opinion or raise an issue called we need to. take hong kong for instance the chinese special administrative region has seen the shop lies encroaches defending democratic rights it's a risky undertaking as the number of protests committed has been steadily decreasing activists could be in prison for life interested they use social media to share plans and information and use encrypted messages such as telegram to cover their digital tracks but he new security law has put activists even more in harm's way. i think there are always 3 the purpose of the law is to change. the rule of law to rule of fear so every day when people.

wake up they have to think what should i say today should i come out tomorrow. in other countries protesting on the streets is hottest you know this social media can offer a safe space for activism. only mischa in a rainy livy an exxon launched a campaign my stealthy freedom in protest against iran's law obliging women to wear hijab she posted a photo of his so. on facebook with out one soon many iranian women followed her lead. there is a day war in iraq about my life. they have guns and bullets they have facebook to church instagram and our social media they can not be silent that's something that i never use. i to sing on social media can also help people facing completely different struggles the campaign in me action raises awareness to people with the chronic fatigue syndrome and many who suffer from pains and sudden

feelings of exhaustion and me is still quite unknown so patients are often wrongly diagnosed in some cases even as having a psychological condition they'd written patients are turning to social media to raise attention to their plight with the hashtags immediate action and not enough for me they're demanding more funding for research on the disease. posting a video photo of yourself holding a piece of paper with a message on it as plain as that may sound it can still make a difference even if that difference simply means raising awareness for a certain issue but can online protests also lead to real change or does the movement then need to shift into the real world with demonstrations for example what do you think what issues have you fought for online or out on the street that is now on facebook you tube or d w dot com that's it for me today see you out there soon.

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