this is deeply news live from berlin germany prepares for a reality holiday season under pandemic lockdown as a good 19 infections is forcing the government's hand chancellor angela merkel and regional leaders have shared george and a message and seem a thing like that today. in the u.s. a country by vaccination program gets underway millions of doses of the just approved to buy and take pfizer vaccine i think shipped to clinics 1st inoculations are expected on monday. and a stunning upset in the bundesliga as underdogs dortmund trash trash by stuttgart

is just another setback as dortmund's title hopes of slipping away. imagining how would welcome germany's health departments have reported another search a new covered 19 cases sunday's figures were more than 2000 higher than on sunday a week ago and fatalities are also on the rise that's prompting calls for a stricter lockdown chancellor angela merkel and regional leaders will hold an emergency meeting later today to consider stricter measures likely to include closing all non-essential retail stores right in the middle of the whole of their shopping season. the yuletide season in germany usually a festival for commerce with parties vine and crowded markets. but

not this year a full lockdown is coming when shops closed and civic life reduced to a minimum christmas in 2020 is set to be a quiet one because. we would not forgive ourselves if this christmas turned into a celebration for the virus and quite honestly the virus does not care whether or not we have christmas shopping. across germany it has become clear the lighter restrictions imposed 6 weeks ago and not sufficient to control the pandemic instead december has seen record infection numbers more and more people are dying with the virus and hospitals are approaching the limit of their intensive care capacity so will people accept that it's time for a full lockdown. i hope it doesn't come until after christmas because it would be nice for people to spend it with their families and. i think we need

a tougher and longer period not to keep having these ops and downs but a real chance of better times in the spring. there has to be a hard break period and if you ask me a curfew you can't always compare different countries but in some places that has really worked in some places less so we just have to go that route. the misnomer. closing shops in the run up to christmas will be costly businesses will need compensation but most german states now see the need for common action yet you look at the lockdown must come as soon as possible common. as the politicians work out the details germans are bracing for a christmas without much cheer. i'm joined now by our political correspondent hans brand hence the german government will meet in the coming hours to discuss the

situation is a total lockdown as inevitable as it seems now yes it's going to be one of the by a non notorious meetings between america and the leaders of germany's 16 regional states there has been very very different very very different pages about what to do against the coronavirus for months now with the regional leaders stopping. the central government from implementing harsher measures now with the numbers rising again in germany it seems very likely that proper locked on will be imposed probably within the next few days and well into the new year so that now it seems that even the regional leaders that until recently have been hesitant about imposing such strict measures are finally coming to realize that is a sham that that is necessary. germany has for the last few weeks now been under what became known as

a lock down lot what would be the mind changes as we head towards a total lockdown while the lockdown light basically meant that life more or less continued as normal restaurants and places or other places of entertainment theaters and so on were closed but most shops were in fact all shops were open with some restriction on the number of people that were allowed to enter the shops there was no rule that you had to stay at home that you have to work schools remained open so there was a lot of public life that continued and now i think all of that is going to be restricted it's very likely that retail shops apart from those for essential goods will be closed in the middle of the christmas shopping season that schools will be much more restricted than there have been probably with schooling from home and that other gatherings will be restricted even further than they have been so far and with the christmas around the corner now this upcoming lockdown will have

a significant impact on calmness how is the government planning to compensate businesses. well we have already had the problem this necessity of compensating people and companies that have been affected by various restrictions that have been imposed recently and germany just like many other countries has been spending dozens of billions of euros in compensation in these last 2 months with those locked on line. additional billions have been mobilized and now if retail shopping in this most important season 4 of the year for all retail shops is that has closed down as well again the compensation will be going into the billions but i think german regional and central government at the moment see no other alternative so the money will be spent the money will be mobilised germany is still

a rich country and has not exhausted its resources so money will flow and it looks likely that a lockdown will come very quickly and supplant many thanks. well the united states is about to begin an extraordinary vaccination rollout as it struggles with skyrocketing cases of 19 the country now has reported 6 thing 1000000 infections the increase comes as millions of does as of the covenant in vaccine a set to be distributed across the country on monday the blonde take 5 is a jab received the green light from regular life as on friday is killed almost 300000 people in the u.s. the most well what. the name of the plan says it told operation works speed planes trains and automobiles are all set to carry the new vaccine to over 600 locations across the u.s.

and with a military precision i expect the 1st shipments to arrive monday morning extensive coordination. ensure that this is a curse we work with pfizer mckesson u.p.s. fed ex federal and local law enforcement agencies to ensure safety and security of the vaccine. imported touches from europe are bolstering home produced doses which are ruling off the production line at pfizer's facility in michigan. further east new yorkers have seen their city suffer as the nationwide death toll spirals in the world's worst hit country. yet the reaction here to the impending rule has been mixed. it's a really positive thing as we obviously be fighting sometimes he get a vaccine and now that they're finally got on it it means they can i we can get back to normal high play i hope it works i know

a lot of people need it. for someone such as myself i would prefer not to get it. usually 1st run of vaccines is still kind of a testing phase. but a great many in a nation we re overlooked are in and loss of life or hoping that oprah should warp speed can provide light at the end of 20 twenties long dark tunnel. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. british prime minister barak johnson and e.u. commission president want to live on how to hold another crisis call on sunday on the fate of a post breaks in trade deal and they say you single market in under 3 weeks and remain on the future try to the relationship is in the balance. thousands of taking to the streets across france for a 3rd straight weekend to demonstrate against the security bill that would restrict publication of the images of police police offices place in paris arrested dozens

and he's board a cannon off the scuffles broke out. change un secretary general antonio quit head ish called on world leaders to declare a climate emergency in their countries and slash common pollution during virtual summit on the environment ted as said pandemic recovery package is often an opportunity to shake a low carbon future. well the united nations says it's increasingly alarmed about the plight of eritrean civilians caught up in a conflict in ethiopia the un refugee agency says it has received the stedding reports of displaced people being killed or kidnapped and forcibly returned to retreat which borders if you know because war torn region and international i'd convoy has now arrived in tikrit. 7 large trucks gente full with medical and relief supplies destined for the city of mccain a n.t.

cry red cross workers in the ethiopian capital address up above a hugely relieved that they can finally send aid almost 6 weeks after the chaos broke out in the region. the worst for medical personnel for the whole stuff hospitals and primary health care centers this is to be unable to help is to be unable to provide support due to lack of material due to lack of assistance and a lack of stocks and that's what we're trying. to achieve by bringing much needed assistance into the region that's a full load 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 they did the blood that we saw all 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 now of the european film awards which were held online this year due to the corona virus pandemic. you ping access 2020 is. baffling that. germany's call it be out won best actress but you put the lie on the lawn she didn't hear her name big and else then it took

a few moments for the head of realize she drowned i believe this year she was with a silver bat the best actress category at the d.n.c. national film festival but then there's the video all spent in the office was assume you know they call out to. the sport now and in the bonus they could push it open and have suffered another humiliation losing 51 at home to promoted stood guy alleges defacements dope and have now won just once in their last 5 league i use. these a gloomy times for dortmund coach who seems favela his top scorer is out in jersey and his side always fly around for the blocks he's on the break by stuttgart conceded to 26 minute penalty a clear file by emery chan who was booked. see last one minute school with miss sparks. giovanni raina has been

a rare bright spot for dortmund this season i'm a 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 a shoot out ran riots from and get to car grabbing his seconds with the dortmund a friend saw it see my and 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 fool one dreams to come down in 10 minutes and the final insult came an injury china's don't win try to bring some respectability to the scoreline nicholas johnson is taking advantage of the oceans of space. 51 the final score so many heaviest home defeats in more than a decade the pressure now weighing even heavier on file for.

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