this is d.w. news live from berlin a christmas lockdown could be on the horizon here in germany rising covert 19 infections and deaths force leaders to make some tough choices chancer on the americal prepares for emergency talks with regional commuters also coming up from supporters rally in washington d.c. after the supreme court deals on another blow to the u.s. president's hopes of remaining in office are forced fondant assess whether trump has run out of options. and bringing hope to ethiopia the 1st aid

convoy arrives and teeth rise since the fighting broke out a month ago but the one sounds the alarm on refugees caught up in the conflict. omarion evanston it's good to have you with us a surge in covert 1900 talent is here in germany is alarming authorities and stoking calls for a stricter lockdown at the beginning of the pandemic the death toll was hailed as being remarkably low with the 2nd wave the picture looks a lot bleaker on saturday authorities reported nearly 500 deaths and the numbers are still rising. well the public health agency also registered more than $28000.00 new infections in a single day those figures suggest weeks of

a partial lockdown have not slowed the spread tougher restrictions now seem almost inevitable chancellor angela merkel and regional leaders will hold emergency 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 baton veteran back 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 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 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. get up earlier porter joel dolerite is here and now with me in the studio to talk a bit more about this so cial we were just saying that the german federal government and the state leaders are going to meet tomorrow to discuss the situation with the coronavirus what are their plans do we know what they're going to decide well it seems like it's a question of when and rather than if hotshot measures are going to be introduced some federal cabinet ministers are saying that they should be introduced immediately while we're hearing speculation in newspapers that wednesday is more likely and some states are already starting to bring in their own localized measures such as overnight curfews now until now germans had been preparing for

christmas under the assumption that shops would be open and that they could travel to meet their family and his life only weeks ago authorities approved a plan under which these measures would be relaxed over the holidays allowing more people to meet in bigger groups but now the experts are telling the government it needs to lock down hard and fost last week chancellor angela merkel made an emotional address in the buddhist are the palmach calling for people to have a restricted christmas so far it's been the state leaders who have been quite resistant to hotshoe measures but things are changing absolutely and you know we did have this so-called lock down line and that was implemented in early november but it seems that really hasn't helped enough has it well there wasn't much of a lockdown it old germany basically banned food and fun we could have a look at some of the measures that were brought in early november early hospitality entertainment and leisure businesses were closed but schools shops and

workplaces all stayed open there were no stay at home orders or not curfews as we saw in some other countries and people's behavior basically didn't change very much as a result those cases numbers have not gone down that's right i mean schools were open as you mentioned the kids are travelling on the trains we also saw lots of crowds in shops i have to say always surprised me. joel i'm curious to hear how germany actually compared to other e.u. countries and how it's been managing this so-called 2nd wave where we can actually visualize that on a map because a team from oxford university has been tracking lock down severity on this map we see here darker colors indicate stricter measures such as stay at home orders and closing all but non-essential shots that was done in france greece and to some extent in the u.k. spain and italy they brought in not time curfews and they banned into regional travel now here we can see that germany is ranked somewhere in the middle it close

restaurants and gyms and events but otherwise it was basically business as usual and angela how did these different approaches in the different european countries impact how the situation with the pen demick is you know where the place is with much stricter lockdowns seeing fewer infections is generally the countries that lock down harder and foster seen better results and we can compare 2 countries germany and the u.k. on the left there germany you see the spark that came in in november and then it sort of plateaus but it hasn't gone down under the law down live meanwhile the united kingdom at the same time had a spike but they brought him to slightly tougher measures and as you can see the numbers have dipped and this is the same in other european countries that brought in slightly hostile measures in germany such as italy france and spain so the lock down light hasn't really worked and that's why many here are now anticipating that we're going to have tough tougher measures to be announced possibly tomorrow and possibly starting early in the week but we do have to follow the data and it's clear that the heart of the lockdown the quicker the infections slow down so we'll

see what happens children are always good to talk to you thank you. let's turn our attention now to some of the other stories making news this hour. u.s. regulators have approved the emergency use of the biotech finds or covert 1000 vaccine the makers say they'll start shipping doses immediately and the 1st inoculations could begin as early as monday in trials the vaccine was shown to be 95 percent effective in preventing cope with $1000.00 and also the u.n. secretary general antonio has called on world leaders to declare a climate emergency in their countries and to slash carbon pollution during a virtual summit on the environment could tedder said pandemic recovery packages offer an opportunity to shape a low carbon future. thousands have taken to the streets across france for a 3rd straight weekend to demonstrate against

a security bill that would restrict publication of images of police officers scuffles erupted in paris as police tried to disperse protesters. all thousands of supporters of donald trump are rallying in washington in support of the u.s. president the rally comes a day after the supreme court rejected an attempt by trump's lawyers and the state of texas to overturn the results of last month's election the justices ruled that texas did not have the right to challenge election procedures in other states official results show that president elect joe biden is going to win the electoral college tally by a wide margin. all right let's bring in correspondent stefan simons who is at the freedom plaza in washington d.c. hello to use stefan so it was just yesterday that the u.s.

supreme court again rejected an attempt by trump to overturn the election results but it seems that his diehard supporters still don't seem ready to accept his defeat what have you been hearing. oh it seems stefan can you hear us you know 2nd review in just one week by the supreme court and as you can see behind me and i'm going to step out to offer your bet if you a sizable. you know i can hear you can you hear me can't you can't continue can to see a bit of just carry on right behind me as you can see a potentially sizable crowd nobs not of the size and magnitude. ok so if you can hear me now i step out of the picture and as you can see behind me to offer you a better view this is a sizable crowd of die hard supporters but nowhere near what we have seen just 4

weeks ago with this mega march which was i guess i believe in the soul a convert sells and this is a fraction of that however those people here and i'm going to step in the camera again those people here are convinced that the election was stolen to them they don't even accept the supreme court ruling from yesterday giving this lawsuit from texas no merits at all and with that. having joe biden president elect for sure being the one standing here january 20th being declared president of the united states based on are there any legal channels left for trump at this point and he went to me saying the selection is done. well technically it is still possible for his campaign or some attorney general to

file anything at a lower court or even try the supreme court again but virtually and literally when it comes to the law the. court said texas has no standing in front of the court that means no right no business to actually try to bring forward any any sue lawsuit the way they did telling other states how to do their elections so this is off the this is off the ice the cow is absolutely of the eyes and every expert every observer every attorney and lawyer with a little bit of knowledge of constitutional law says it's over it's done the supreme court put the kybosh on it and we'll have to move on now why are still those guys protesting here this is because donald trump is not actually interested in really fighting the election results he's interested in catering to his base his base for the next 4 years and to still hold the grip

a firm grip on the republican party the g.o.p. because those guys are republicans and foremost trump supporters diehard trump supporters that's why they're here 7 zeros in washington thank you. the night of nations says it's increasingly alarmed about the plight of eritrean civilians caught up in the conflict in ethiopia the un refugee agency says it has received disturbing reports of displaced people being killed or kidnapped and forcibly returned to eritrea which borders ethiopia's battle scarred region the 1st international aid convoy has arrived in te prions and fighting broke out there more than a month ago. well earlier we asked journalists and touch you in the ethiopian capital addis ababa about the current situation and we know for a fog. that can be accessible to the un and its partners only

areas controlled by the federal government and governments so much will. not accessible to the un. many many thousands of you. including a tree on roof the car in desperate need according to the united nations also last night they run out of all kinds of things including basic food so you can only imagine the kind of humor it's there and so that's going on in the region all right to the bundesliga now and the early saturday games are all done so let's take a look at the results so far. underdogs stood guard stunned and dortmund live think braman gladbach drew with her to berlin freiburg down to beat a fed cologne defeat of mines was 4th beat frankfurt on friday right now when you're in berlin are battling byron munich and looking ahead to sunday take on

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a picture you. mean by leading a little features in the movie may fuel economy. how will climate change affect us and our children was. more than g.w. dot com slash water. libyan coast guards are hunting down sicilian fisherman odd prime fishing grounds where the red shrimp are waiting to be caught. there is a particularly large number of them off the coast of libya but there libyans block the talian fishermen from accessing the fishing spots a political power play sicilian fisherman are repeatedly arrested and detained in libya. i no longer have

a sense of the future when i look towards the sea if he looks at. however i am afraid that my husband will not return. an afternoon and that saturday violent coastal fishermen are hauling in their daily catch these are the few who won't risk venturing further out into the open sea local fishmongers are already waiting they appreciate the fresh catch here in western sicily even though they are paying prices that are no longer profitable for most fisherman the only people still making real money are deep sea fisherman their crews are at sea for up to 2 months they fish primarily for red treb which are sold at a profit all over the world the shellfish are sorted by size and then stored in deep freeze while they are still at sea. captain phillips is particularly proud of this

catch. fish all these are the famous 1st class red shrimp. they don't get any bigger than this and this mediterranean delicacy is in high demand at the finest restaurants around the world. if they want it when times are good we can make 550 euros with 1st class red for a 12 kilo box. to be that's $45.00 euros per kilo here on board. up to 100000 euros can be made from a good catch in return the crew risks a lot of fishing grounds for red shrimp off the libyan coast are particularly lucrative and they're actually international waters but the libyans have been claiming them as their own for years but incidents keep happening like this one

during the summer of 28. the libyan coast guy. wanted to stop the italian fisherman and arrest the crew now markham i don't his crew has been caught in early september his 2 fishing trawlers were detained by the libyans the vessels owner is desperate 18 men have been detained in a benghazi prison for months no dispute within the dns has ever lasted this long so how can it just be about sovereign rights. it's horrible not being able to see the ships anymore. or the men who work with the. it's like having a missing son who you can't hug anymore what. a total of 9 italian fishing trawlers are involved in this clash with the libyans unlike some of the other captains colona was able to save his ship barely. the

libyans approached us they wanted to capture all of the trawlers captains along with their paperwork. as this couple who we risk our lives when we escaped because the coast guard is armed with they could have shot us while 'd they were there was. this is a photo of the fisherman taken into custody it appears to have been taken after they were arrested in benghazi. not on the photo mohammad ben-hur data mohamed is one of the 6 tinnies and crew members held by the libyans since he has been arrested by the libyans twice before his family has already feared for his life both times but this time uncertainty is wearing on the nerves of both his daughter now rests and mother money. we were always in contact and knew how he was doing look at people with not his

phone always worked thinking that i was in the thing this time we haven't heard from him in months we don't know what's happening or if he's even still alive. i feel really exhausted. when we have i no longer have a sense of the future and when i look towards the sea. i'm afraid that my husband will not return. as difficult as it is in libya i just hope that he is in a safe place. media. at the port of matata mohammed starter meets with the families of other detained fisherman as much as she can together with the ship's owner marco they hold a small protest to comfort one another christina i'm a believe no worries about her husband salvo the 1st officer on one of the fishing trawlers in our city at our children are waiting for their fathers mothers

for their sons and wives for their husbands. the government must act swiftly neuer the stomach we are fighting for 18 italian fishermen which includes 6 tunisians for 2 senegalese and 2 indonesians who have all lived here and was out of their bhalo for many years some since before i was born at the time of the people. we are talking about 18 fishermen from us out of the barlow who pay their taxes and who have families here but with the thought it was another bomb. but the families still refuse to give up and they're taking their cause to the capital rome they have been staging a protest in front of parliament for 2 months demanding more action from the italian government and more protection for fishermen off the coast of libya. it's

gammel we risk getting arrested 74 nautical miles off the coast because libya considers the open sea to be sovereign waters europe and italy must step in to stop this because the sea does not belong to just one person or nation it belongs to all of us to this issue but i got a lot out of it we never expected that my husband would leave home for work set sail and then end up in a libyan prison just become a life. in what's out of their value. colona also understands what this means the red trim trade her own stew fishing trawlers in 2009 has vessels were also seized by the libyans this. was when you're in charge of 2 fishing trawlers each with a crew of 7. men you've worked with for 25 or 30 years. and then arrest like that really gets under your skin. just

thinking about it today makes me feel awful. that the phone. the incident off the coast of tripoli lasted for 3 days before the men were released italy's then head of government silvio berlusconi negotiated directly with the late libyan strongman moammar gadhafi the son that what good off he claimed 74 nautical miles of open sea as his own personal territory. that's like my neighbor breaking through the wall and saying that my house belongs to him libya has created an international problem in the mediterranean which no italian government has ever tackled. at least the italian navy used to patrol international waters off the libyan coast until 2018 they also flew in by helicopter to assist italian fishermen when they were being harassed by libyans most of the time their

speed boats then turned around and left the sicilians to continue fishing in the waters and then came the turning point 2 years ago rome withdrew from the southern mediterranean the only thing the fishermen were told the operation is too costly and politically complicated from that point on the fish at their own risk the reasoning behind it if the navy withdraws it won't be able to rescue distressed migrants at sea either more and more people were attempting to reach europe by crossing the mediterranean sea there is still a dispute between european countries over their rescue and admittance not only is the right wing populist government in rome abandoning the refugees it is also compromising the security of its own fishing fleet the goal before will be but we need their protection so that we can fish in international waters with otherwise

what happened to my ship crews will just happen again next time with all the cloud better to lottie a security expert on the southern mediterranean cease fisherman as pawns in the libyan power struggle with the sequester see this is a real kidnapping that is threatening a tie in fishermen and their lives. this is an international power play that goes far beyond territorial waters or fishing grounds and who has access to them in the southern mediterranean that. this photo proof. specter lottie's point the arrested fishermen were forced to pose in front of a photo of general khalifa haftar the longstanding instigator of libya's civil war still controls benghazi but because he has fewer and fewer allies he has been excluded from recent peace negotiations that would affect the entire country because this kidnapping could be a last ditch effort by the libyan general. his back's against the wall and he's

trying to get himself back in the game once again with a dramatic stunt. so paolo di a colonia is convinced that it's not just about red shrimp and yet properly marketed the christie ation could deliver peace on both sides of the mediterranean as long as the libyans can be convinced that a real deal can be made with the italians. the fight for fishing grounds over red shrimp could finally come to an end if both sides can profit from the sale of this cull unary delicacy or the way the quality here has been given to us by god with the sea that gives us delicacies that are valued around the world. this sea could feed italians and libyans just as it feeds the shrimps. colona dreams of a joint venture where shrimp can also be packed in libya which could shorten the long transport routes in the mediterranean but it can everyone would benefit we

could finally fish and peace without fearing for our lives and the libyans would have us the italians as new investors we could build warehouses on their coasts and create new jobs but in order for this to happen peace must 1st prevail across the sea and libya and the fishermen of mazzara would need assurance of free passage. this way we can avoid more arrests. and stop more families from suffering. going to. despite the explosive situation nobody here and that's sad that evolve though can't imagine life without red shred.

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