well you. this is the w. news live from berlin a christmas log downed could be on the horizon here in germany high rates of covert 19 infections and the apps are forcing leaders to make some tough choices chancer on the americal prepares for emergency talks with her regional premiers also coming up bringing hope to ethiopia the 1st aid convoy arrives in teague rhinestones fighting broke out a month ago but the u.n. has sounded the alarm on refugees caught up in the conflict. and

a stunning upset in the bone this week as underdogs stood guard to thrash doors but it's yet another setback to the workmen's title hopes. america evanston is good to have you with us a surgeon cove in 1900 tallaght is here in germany is alarming authorities and stoking calls for a stricter law down at the beginning of the pandemic the death toll was hailed as being remarkably low with a 2nd wave the picture looks a lot bleaker on saturday authorities reported nearly 500 deaths and the numbers are still rising. germany's 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 chancer on the americal and her regional leaders were 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 covert 19 yet out on the streets you might not know that the country is in crisis the so-called lockdown like to restrict gins means shops and schools are still open the german said of baton but i'm 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 written their guns. 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. if 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 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 uglier porter told all right is here and now with me in the studio to talk a bit more about this so jill we were just saying that the german federal government and the state leaders are going to meet tomorrow to discuss the situation with the krona virus 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 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 in fact only weeks ago authorities approved the 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 bundestag the parliament coley 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 it wasn't much of a lockdown at all with germany basically banned food and fun we could have a look at some of the measures that were brought in 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 case numbers have not gone down that's right i mean schools were open as you mentioned the kids are travelling on the trains that 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've 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 are seeing 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 life 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 tough measures to be announced possibly tomorrow and possibly starting early in the week when 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. the united nations says is increasingly alarmed about the plight of eritrean civilians caught up in the conflict in ethiopia the un refugee agency says it's received disturbing reports of displaced people being killed or kidnapped and forcibly returned to eritrea which borders ethiopia's war torn region and international aid convoy has now arrived in. 7 large trucks jammed full with medical and relief supplies destined for the city of mckayla n.t. cry red cross workers in the ethiopian capital at us up about a hugely relieved that they can finally send aid almost 6 weeks after chaos broke out in the region. the worst for a medical personnel for the whole staff hospitals and primary health care centers this is to be unable to help is to be unable to provide support due to lack of

due to lack of assistance and for lack of stocks and that's what we are trying. to achieve by bringing much needed assistance into the region that's all food go down since weeks now the 1st supplies are allowed in but still no international observers or news crews can entity cry. many of the thousands of people who fled the region described terrible bloodshed it but it's not clear who's killing whom. and that i wish you could see through my eyes right now the did the blood that we saw the dogs were eating the corpses. we were afraid when the soldiers threatened us. what happened is written in history.

conflicting accounts suggest atrocities may have been committed by both sides since ethiopian security forces entered the region and its civilians ethnic to bryants and ethiopian locals have suffered the most the head of the united nations has called on world leaders to declare a state of climate emergency a virtual summit on the environment has been held to mark the 5th anniversary of the paris climate accord un secretary general and tony a good 10 ish urge nations to slash carbon emissions if we don't change course we may be headed for to get the stuff you temperature rise of more than c. the goodies the century get anybody still deny that we are facing a domestic emergency if you like today i call you that is worldwide to declared a state of climate emergency in their countries and you've got to look at how he's reached some such if countries have already done so we could rise to the urgency and the stakes are huge others to follow there was the un secretary general antonio

ted ish opening a virtual summit on climate change when more than 70 leaders addressed the online gathering but only countries which have taken action on climate change were allowed to speak the world the 40. 5 years ago the historic paris agreement was adopted at the climate conference called 21 the goal is to keep the global temperature rise well below 2 degrees celsius compared to pre-industrial levels. since than 189 nations have ratified the agreement but 5 years on progress has been slow but the biggest emitters have yet to submit goals that would put them in line with the accord. some countries have committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2050 you have. that includes the world's 2nd biggest emitter the united states which had withdrawn from the accord but to set to rejoin under president elect joe biden.

the world's biggest polluter china promises to follow suit by 2060 but no nation has yet outlined details for how they will meet these climate goals. carbon dioxide emissions declined by around 7 percent this year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic but nations plans for an economic recovery still have really focuses on supporting sectors burning fossil fuels. nation should be looking instead toward investment in green jobs and infrastructure says u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists making peace with nature that is the defining process of the 21st century it must be the top priority for everyone everywhere the u.n. estimates that if countries continue as they're doing there could be a temperature increase of over 3 degrees celsius the century leading to impacts far more devastating that we've witnessed this year even with the pandemic in the

honestly dortmund have suffered another humiliation losing 51 at home to promoted should guard the latest defeat means dortmund have now won just once in their last 5 league games. basically me times for dortmund coach lucien fava he's top scorer is out injured and his side. of the blocks he's on the break by stuttgart they conceded 26 and it passing a clear file by emery chan he was booked. see last one minute you curse score from the sports. giovanni raina has been a rare bright spot for dortmund this season. is sublime for us touch and finish in short the home side when teams have time on level terms. but there was nothing level about the 2nd half as stuttgart ran riots by man gets

to ko grabbing his seconds with the dortmund to friends or at c i. m they were in even deeper water some moments later for the 1st hour with the 3rd goal. before tan gooey cool of barley made it 413 stuttgart goals in 10 minutes and the final insult came in injury china's don't win try to bring some respectability to the scoreline making a strong solid is taking advantage of the oceans of space. 51 the final score dortmund's heaviest hundreds of speech in more than a decade the pressure now weighing even heavier on father let's take a look at all the bundesliga results so far at one young berlin held by a unit to a draw as we saw stood guard stunned dork one flight say get braman blood back through with head to berlin freiburg downbeat affairs cologne defeated lines of it

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. as. likes to sing songs he learned growing up and he misses playing with his friends and especially with his older brothers. you know. i miss them all and i want to go back home because i want to play with my brothers i miss my friends and my brothers. it's been 3 weeks since aopa last saw his family his mother had brought him to his teacher's doorstep when the bombs started falling on the hometown and home era she said she had to search for her 2 older sons a safe way yasser recalls without a 2nd thought she took him and ran recess again. we jumped over dead bodies our neighbors were dead but we couldn't bury them so we just kept running. and europe saw a lot of things a 7 year old shouldn't see says i see for us all she's close friend of his mother has known him for years he trusts her many other children who flatly die when not

so lucky the u.n. estimates almost half the $40000.00 refugees from the region actually it's not clear how many of them arrived in sudan on their own but the health ministry is currently registering all these as especially vulnerable. we face multiple problems 1st an important one we have to find out whether the family came to sudan or not if the family was killed we need to explain that to the child after that we look for a solution. a safe way yes the hopes that she will never have to explain that to europe she believes his parents are alive but with no phone and no communication blackout in t.v. right she can't reach anyone in their hometown. if god lets me live long enough and if there's peace i'll take the boy back to his mother now i'm a refugee but i will do what ever i can for this boy he's like my own son. life at

the campus heart up in s.f. was still wearing the same clothes as when they left home often they have to try through your food palms to get water but still sometimes a safe or manages to get something special. i love her because she takes care of me she buys me their squits fruits and candies i really love you. according to official statistics $40000.00 people in russia have died from the corona virus so far the situation is especially dire in a city south of the euro mountains the workload in funeral homes there has doubled and become more dangerous. with a steady stream of coronavirus dead speed is of the essence at the most every morning the team from the funeral agency. comes here to collect new victims of the pandemic 29 year old. has been working in the funeral business for 12 years

but he says he's never had to bury this many bodies. one time there was a huge line of hearses standing in line outside the morgue it was only then that people started to understand the death really come to. call the relatives to identify the body of. this movie in the city of is only for people who died of corona virus or had contact with an infected person the bodies have to be sealed in plastic the coffins closed. many russians feel that dead should be treated with more respect to explains. some of their relatives are often more tense than usual because their dead are handed over to them in plastic body bags. allowed to open the bags i tell them about right away some people cry and demand

that we open the bags then i have to explain that they could get infected themselves this virus is no joke. the thing if it. has been in the business for 7 years today he's in charge of the team of undertake has he says since the 2nd wave of corona virus there have been at least twice as many deaths in the city of funeral agencies have had a tough. time keeping up. a lot more work over a 1000000 people live in the capital of the republic of. government statistics say that only around 90 people in the region have died of the corona virus since the pandemic began but the official numbers also show that during that time over $4000.00 more people died the nost year corona virus infections are spiking across russia but. the situation is under control.

today and his team are entering a 92 year old woman she didn't die of the coronavirus that means her relatives can say their final farewell with an open casket which is the tradition in russia. usually funerals a big family affair as in russia but the pandemic has changed that people are often worried about getting infected and stay away. so far no one in your east team has caught he can only hope it will stay that way. people say if it's decided up there think she'll get run over by a street car he won't drown fate is fate if the coronavirus is my fate it will pass me by. or with me. the next day the team prepares for 4 more funerals and his colleagues hardly have time to worry about their own house at

the moment they're just too busy. the number of corona infections is rising in germany as well which can be seen in the intensive care units medical personnel are already at their limit and hospitals are searching for volunteers. talk germany's parliament. as a result of uganda has been working here for 18 years but she has another job too. when the corona pandemic hit germany she volunteered to work part time as an intensive care nurse and berlin's shockey to hospital. just finished a 9 hour shift taking care of covert patients now she's come back into the office to finish off some work for her full time job. commitment i can stay at home with a clear conscience if my colleagues are slaving away in the i.c.u.

i have the training and can help so i help there's no question about it. and german hospitals are in dire need of health intensive care units are stretched thin. chief nurse of the shah one of europe's largest research hospitals she has put her finger on the problem germany's health care system is facing. we have enough ventilators enough beds enough masks and gowns and gloves but we're worried that all the beds can't be used because we don't have enough personnel. food. to deal with this the shocking to have launched a campaign to rehire former health care workers like susan have you got she trained to be a nurse over 25 years ago but decided to move into

a different profession in this all hands on deck situation it's people like her that are needed now. that the i.c.u. use are running at full capacity if one person is taking care of 3 or 4 covert patients that's rough you have very little time. after work i leave the hospital with a sad feeling because i couldn't give the patients the attention that they deserve . despite rising carona numbers germany's health care system has not crashed yet. but hospitals were already understaffed and the workload was too high before the pandemic. despite all the problems zona has rediscovered her passion for nursing care she couldn't even imagine quitting her job in the blender stock but for that she says hospital working conditions would need to improve.

our last journey takes us to finland the scandinavian country has done well during the pandemic at the beginning of november the finns had the lowest infection rate in the e.u. instead of strict rules the government relied on its citizens to act responsibly until now. how has finland managed to keep the coronavirus said bay during this 2nd wave it's not due to harsh restrictions on citizens because there aren't any masks are recommended but not required in most places all stores are open. restaurants and bars are 2 orders for alcohol and at 11 pm. is director of the national coronavirus strategy he explains it relies on a sense of personal responsibility near recommendations wouldn't work everywhere but here they do start quite obedient in the sense that they are suggested to try

to maintain. avoid a lot of gatherings of a lot of parties many people intend to work with the way. says many finns are working from home and surveys show in person social contacts have been cut by 2 thirds but the number of new cases has started to rise so now the government has ordered students over 12 to wear masks in school and limited the size of social gatherings in the helsinki area to 20 people it also extended until at least mid december a ban on all non-essential travel into the country finnish officials say in the summer half of new coronavirus infections came from abroad that's dropped to 6 percent now that tourists aren't allowed in the european union is pressing governments to restore open borders as soon as possible one government proposal is the travel restrictions could be eased by making it mandatory to be tested on a rival team on. it is deputy mayor of where the airport is located and he's

responsible for security there he says his city doesn't have enough medical professionals to carry this out commune communicated to the government that if you lift restrictions and if you make the law that forces our staff. to move over to the airport the situation is so that we cannot treat our finnish people anymore so well that like difficult decisions lie ahead for finland as it tries to figure out how to continue blocking the virus but not visitors.

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