politics but whenever he does address the nation you can tell that he feels it's an important crossroads that has been reached so it's important for him to speak to again and to tell them why certain measures are unavoidable now that have been implemented by the government and by the state premiers and this was also the case today when he addressed germans and said that he could understand everybody who felt some sort of corona fatigue and many people don't know what the future will bring and that they've had enough essentially but he also said you know we need to pull through this together and it's up to each and every one of us to do whatever we can to protect the most vulnerable and at the moment he said it is unavoidable that we have to implement strict measures and avoidable because if you look at the numbers right now there are 4000 cases more compared to last monday 41 more deaths compared to the previous monday is the health system at this point at its limit

uncle americal in the press conference on sunday where she explained the latest benches said that the health system was extremely burdened and that we have to bring down infection numbers as quickly as possible so that we can avoid a situation where the whole system collapses and if you look at the situation in hospitals in germany there are still thousands of intensive care unit beds free nationwide but of course some hospitals are really reporting that they're exceeding their capacity and it's not possible to trace contacts so people don't know where they caught the virus and this is a situation where the virus has spiraled out of control so it's vital to bring down the numbers to also give the staff in hospitals a bit of breathing time because of course they have worked excessively and under extreme pressure for months now and many of them are worn out. well all of this means that with christmas just days away non-essential shops will have to close

starting on wednesday let's take a look now at what that will mean. on the hunt for stuffing fillers in a 1000000000 toy store the owners have been planning all year for the christmas rush which will now be abruptly cut short but they're not going yet they are cutting us off right now when we have the biggest sales of the whole year. of course that makes me angry because. it's part of a new more strict coronavirus lockdown announced by chancellor angela merkel amid surging infection numbers. and now due to christmas shopping the number of social contacts has risen considerably that means we must implement these measures they will have a broad impact on many many people we are aware of that. across germany it has become clear in recent weeks the lotta restrictions imposed at the start of november have not been sufficient to control the pandemic more and more people are

dying with the virus and hospitals are approaching the limit of their intensive care capacity. we have many deaths to mourn. all watching the statistics. and we know that the health system is very heavily burdened. and our job was always to avoid overburdening the health system. retail shops will suffer missing out on the most lucrative days of the year in the lead up to christmas and they are only being given 2 days' notice but the government is once again mobilizing billions to soften the blow. if it comes to a complete closure for a whole month we expect to spend just over $11000000000.00 euros for that month. that shows that this is a very generous support package. and i want to say that i think it's absolutely

justified it does if you're absolutely. it will be a reluctantly quite holiday season in germany but the hope is that will be also true for the health care system. you know you know we heard it there that that 1st partial lockdown didn't bring down numbers there's hope so why should people believe that this tougher lockdown is going to be affect it. well what we saw throughout the old him was a patchwork of measures it really depended on where you were in the country which rules apply and it was not a system that was cool here and many people question the measures and asked whether this was a sustainable strategy and uncle americal in fact called for much much more rigorous approach very early on but the state premiers insisted that they needed to have exceptions from the rule in their own states here in germany there are 16 federal

states and of course this is now something where angle america was proven right she said we need to have a strategy where people can understand the measures and the current postle lockdown has not been effective and many people are saying this is not sustainable so it needs to be addressed again on the 5th of january when the next crisis meeting will take place that you can have crisis meetings every few weeks and then essentially closed shops and tell people to stay at home and then have to compensate them for it this is just not fiscally sustainable our political correspondent nina has been reporting for us here in berlin you know good to talk to you. now to some other developments in the pandemic german foreign pharmaceutical company cure vaca has begun the final phase of clinical trials for its coronavirus vaccine in a study that will include more than $35000.00 participants in europe and south

america south korea is opening dozens of free testing sites in the greater seoul area amid a surge in infections there new zealand has announced plans for a travel bubble with australia needing that starting early next year travellers between both nations will no longer need to quarantine on arrival. meanwhile a massive vaccination effort is getting underway in the united states with the arrival of millions of doses of covert 1000 vaccine health care workers and nursing home residents are expected to be among the 1st to be given the biotech pfizer vaccine but with the number of coronavirus deaths in the u.s. approaching 300000 it comes too late for me. this is the closest tammy can safely get to her husband has another life hit hard by the pandemic he lies motionless unable to breathe on his own. room window is

this nothing you really want to want to do in life is that for a window. or over the past 2 weeks the u.s. has repeatedly exceeded 2000 covert related deaths per day surpassing earlier pandemic tolls heather surged back in may we were tired we were exhausted and we thought wow i don't know how this could really get much worse and fast forward to now to this week and the surge that we thought we were having that was really nothing compared to what we're experiencing now but a massive logistical effort is underway that will hopefully save lives and ease the strain on frontline workers this weekend the 1st shipments of the biotech pfizer vaccine left the manufacturing facility in the state of michigan this precious cargo is expected to reach hundreds of key sites across the country by monday 2 major package delivery services u.p.s.

and fed ex are part of the ground in air operations. i was pretty excited. they just came up and said hey you're going to be one of the few people unloading vaccines for us and you know what that's pretty monumental for so i was pretty excited happy to be helped. you know this is like i can finally do something about these problems instead of just staying at home but those great states are responsible for the distribution once supplies arrive frontline workers and millions of the most vulnerable are supposed to get the 1st doses. let's get a round up of some other headlines now police have shot and killed a gunman on the steps of new york's st john the divine cathedral shortly after a christmas carol concert attendants were leaving at the end of the event when the masked man opened fire no one else was wounded the gunman's motive remains unclear

. farmers in india are staging a day long hunger strike as protests intensify against government reforms to the agriculture sector unions say the laws will hurt their earnings and only benefit big corporations the government insists the measures will attract investment and boost the farmers' income several rounds of talks between the 2 sides have failed. and iran's foreign ministry has summoned the envoys of germany and france after the european union condemned the execution of an opposition journalist iran described it as an acceptable interference in its domestic affairs. was hand on saturday over his role in protests 3 years ago. and more on all that comes as reporters without borders has released its annual report on journalists who have been detained are missing or held hostage worldwide 387 journalists are in detention globally just 2 fewer than last year the biggest jailers are china saudi arabia and egypt but the

study also cited an unprecedented crackdown on ballard's which is seen months of unrest since its just beating the election the report noted a pandemic effect where countries used the coronavirus crisis to increase control over the media. for more that we can speak now to christian mirror he's the executive director of reporters without borders germany christiane good to have you with us 1st of all i have to ask you about the prominent iranian journalist. he was executed on saturday and that provoked an international outcry what kind of diplomatic response would you like to see. i mean 1st of all i mean it was really i mean we were shot this were part of the war is about hoaxes execution because we were expecting this and we even had words u.n. human rights commission a. list recently said about as possible it's huge and i was happy actually that we

at least has. some diplomatic career mentions that an ambassador is panel at a prominent conference an economic and european conference in tehran has been canceled or the purse patient of european ambassador is at big concert but i think this is definitely not enough because we have existing sanctions regime of the european union and we have a knowledge based targeted sanctions relief and i seated i think he'd is aware of who's the mastermind behind this execution and we need individuals and she would be against those people who are as possible causes if we look at other worrying developments your report also highlights china on your list 177 down on that list and last week a reporter for bloomberg was arrested in beijing on suspicion of endangering national security kristen can you tell us any more about that case. yeah i mean case unfortunately fits into

a recent pattern that actually not in the chinese journalists who are working and independently for blocks of chinese media but as well chinese journalists and cooperators who cooperate and where for rest and beyond i groom her are at risk and that actually nobody is really safe anymore in china and so this is why we are really really worried about his recent arrest and of course we demands immediate release but in starting point at least granting access to to lawyers to medical treatment for her but it's absolutely a pattern that everybody who's working independently is as risk and christian i want to ask you as well about something else your report mentions a pandemic effect where countries are using the coronavirus crisis as an excuse to repress journalists what does this mean. i mean what we actually saw and sees

here actually according to our data are all data which is call not exhaustive but we see that we really see this yes all fall increase in a particular area arrest of journalists during the 1st 3 rounds up to call it 90 spread around so worth 1st 3 months we count for march till may be and from the start to fair to the end of november to say 20 we saw obvious terrorists a little resent it certainly 5 percent of the press freedom violations lot glue and do we see that actually in. the current 19 and is used as an excuse to support for a 3 because those countries and. governments who arrested journalists actually were as aware as who always where and abuses press freedom. and their executive director of reporters without borders germany thank you very much. thank you steve. well the

coronavirus pandemic has left its mark on almost every part of public life for many forgoing the traditional family get togethers during festive holidays has been one of the biggest sacrifices but while cope with restrictions mean the jewish festival of hanukkah will be certainly different this year is tanya kramer found out that it doesn't have to mean missing out altogether. it's the time of the year for this special treat so jenny donetsk baker yousif who now fia and his team in time if he was busy making the traditional fried treat for the reclaim festival is a common cause they are in great demand. now that is what's important is the appealing a good enough job and when they see this suv symbolizes many of us here and they said how do you new one feeling that usually especially not all of them are here exactly of own iras that go and it reminds us to put it behind us and to be optimistic because you know where the jelly or chocolate filled the comfort food

does just fine in the midst of the pandemic and the dome that is only sold during also known as the festival of lights. the holiday commemorates the rededication of the 2nd temple in jerusalem more than 2000 years ago and given your obvious miraculous feast a delight for a night. today there's no miracle inside the corona virus infection rate has gone up again the government warns that restrictions could be tied to your budget then nighttime curfew during the holiday was cancelled for no leave i understand that the curfew was to come so that it was on again right now it seems even if it's going to happen in just a matter of a celebrated at home with family here neighbors ahead of it all kind of behind of what's different this time is that because and celebrate together one of the whole family but it was going to try. i want to enjoy the holiday as much as possible but

it is still sort of going to and we still like the penniless and it about. in the evening it's time for the candle lighting and this ultra orthodox rubbish i should move is on his way tonight the for new key in the square and. he's dressed as a dray to the 4 sided spinning top is often played was to drink during the holiday . to air a sense of kind of is to bring the right from darkness and thank god we have a lot of darkness now because everybody's down everybody feels a little bit to be at home to be i can go where i want there's no air power because there's no restaurants so everything is really big shanked so i have to add to it to find my e-mail happiness i can do is to knit last week a 1st small batch of vaccines against the corona virus has arrived in israel. next in nations are expected to start by the end of december at last prospects for light

at the end of the tunnel. the british spy writer john baker a has died at the age of 89 after catching ammonia the novelist saw a number of his books turn into films including tinker tailor soldier spy and the spy who came in from the cold like ira whose real name was david cornwell found some of the inspiration for his thrillers while working for the british secret service. and get more of his legacy now with scott roxboro from deep have you culture hi scott a you are in bonn right now which is germany's former capital and like ira had actually a special connection to that city tell us about that. yes hi yeah john kerry was stationed here as a spy. undercover at the british embassy and he had a great connection to the city of course he set one of his famous novels a small town in germany and here in bonn and look at. the close connections to

germany and even to the german language i mean he studied german and he gave that trade on to one of his most famous characters george smiley and various of his novels even the fact that a few years ago he received a good medal for contributions to the german language and for international cooperation so i think it's particularly appropriate that speaking about john le carre from from this town in ball on where he had which he had great affection for how would you describe his literary legacy. you know i think margaret atwood put it best when she said. carrie's works are key to understanding the 2nd half of the 20th century i mean he basically gave an alternative history to the of the cold war turned of narrative he instead of looking at the the victors of the cold of the world war 2 as being the great heroes and the moral heroes of the 2nd half of the

20th century he questioned their moral actions and he really looked at the gap between the lofty rhetoric that came out of the 2nd world war with britain and america talking about freedom and democracy and looked at sort of the the grubby reality of what these powers did in their espionage efforts throughout the throughout the decades and he was wildly successful in doing so scott i mean what do you think was that secret behind all of a success. i think was a combination it was that he knew his stuff i mean he knew spycraft he knew about the details of of dead drops and how he traps they put that all into into his books but then even as important i think was the fact that he understood motivation and he understood what drill drove people to be the spies and and drove them to take these actions and as i say i think he understood this gap between the the lofty

rhetoric of freedom and democracy that was professed by by these espionage pete players and the often quite nasty morally ambiguous reality of people driven by jealousy of greed and ambition it was truly a maze of writer scott roxboro from date of you culture on the passing of british spy writer john le carre thank you scott football now leverkusen now top the standings in the bundesliga they took over 1st place after a win over hoffenheim on sunday and an earlier drop out byron munich leon bailey scored twice for leverkusen including one shot what you're about to see that will certainly be a contender for goal of the season. leon bailey's performances this season have again attracted the interest of several big english clubs there's club scouts didn't have to wait long for another glimpse of bally magic i

assure corner routine with now the merry and then the strike a contender effort goal of the season 4 minutes gone for 6 this go with the sublime things went the ridiculous for opponents hoffenheim just over 20 minutes later on drake crammer richie's lackluster back path intercepted by bailey and he did the rest i have to now the hosts were coasting to the top of the table. 5 minutes into the 2nd half and hoffenheim hit back with a screamer of their own christophe baumgartner looking up and eyeing the corner of the net. but moments later the to go christian was restored florian vs through the visiting defense after a nice exchange with patrick shake hoffenheim exposed and they ended the game with 9 men in. the final act and lucas allowed

a penalty to make it 41 and ensure the business leader has a new name at the top of the table. well the leaks only winless team looks set to clinch their 1st victory but i'll spare denied them in the final minutes of a 2 all draw midway through the 2nd task in a scene which allowed fire a child into the league dad after a perfect pass runs a lot santa and shot was a too difficult to handle for the outspread goalkeeper but in extra time mark over a star saved a point froude spared his header dashed shall cause hopes to end the winless streak which now stands at $27.00 it's. huge in the us another top professional sports team will drop a. mascot that has long been criticized as racist u.s. media report that after more than a century cleveland's baseball team known as the indians will stop using that team name as part of its identity and ask fans for help with

a new name and 2018 cleveland phased out a native american caricature character called a chief wahoo but after continued pressure from activists the team will now go further and follow in the footsteps of the american football club formerly known as the washington redskins. italy's that mount etna erupted on sunday providing a spectacular night show with explosions and spewing ash the lava glow could be seen from the nearby city of ca tanya authorities have not reported any danger to the villages and towns on the mountain slopes and even though volcanic ash clouds kendra's disrupt flights tanya's airport is operating as normal. coming up next on your show global 3000 on globalization is looking at the role that women are playing in the u.a.e. is historic mission to mars and for all the latest news information you can also go to our website dot com for the latest headlines follow us on twitter our handle

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one in 3 articles avoid the news by the media part of the problem and wants to know rather than one sided inspiring rather than gratifying should the media be inventing itself join our online session. welcome to global 3000. in the philippines capital manila traffic jams on the order of the day. a transport revolution is urgently needed easier said than done. young female engineers working on a mission to mars not necessarily what you'd expect in the united arab emirates. what is life really like as a refugee we meet

a photographer offering insight into the hopes and the suffering of migrants. coronavirus feels like the only news of 2020 but this year has also seen many millions of people forced to flee their homes figures are not yet out for 2020 but they certainly haven't improved since last year when according to the un's refugee agency 79500000 people were classified as either internally displaced or refugees around 40 percent of them were under-rating. and then paying the pandemic. extensive lockdowns have left many people jobless that's a key reason says the u.n. for many to leave their homes. 2020 also saw the morea camp go up in flames on the greek island of less false leaving thousands of people homeless how are they doing now what is life really like for migrants in greece.

athens a few days before lockdown and reason why is out and about with his camera. many of the refugees who were sent to the greek mainland after moria camp was razed to the ground have ended up here in victoria square now that they have been granted official refugee status they have been left to fend for themselves or. when people are granted asylum they no longer have any right to receive state aid. they get no kind of financial support anymore and no accommodation. the greek asylum laws have increased the misery of people seeking refuge in europe for years and reads a night has been documenting their fates with his camera and much empathy when he was young to fled with his family from albania to athens where they lived illegally

the prestigious lackner agency photographer has made highlighting migration in the plight of refugees his life's work is and i was there when the blaze broke out at the morea camp on. mama. you know i remember the exhaustion and fear in their eyes but i also saw hope that moria was finally over the hope that things would improve but one of the girls who i have often photographed the 12 year old afghan girl money just organized a protest march on the day after the fire. at 1st only 20 children took part in the march kept swelling in size they all just wanted to get away from the island and i got learning and these are desperate cries for help but the european union remains deeply divided on asylum in migration policy the greeks rushed to build a temporary replacement camp directly by the scene of the night is one of the few

photojournalists with access to cartel pay he too is only allowed to work with a police escort and attempt to control the flow of information to the outside world about the catastrophic conditions the accommodation intense the lack of medical provision food and running water. people wash themselves with seawater. but when the winter comes what should they do then deny him or not. the children are already in a pitiful state. after. and yet people continue to have this unbelievable energy for example i saw my kneejerk crying in despair when moria was burning and then she really impressed me with her actions 1st she organized the protest and then she established a school again in the new camp and talked the youngest children so. it's

unbelievable how these people managed to keep looking ahead. the baby up with the next to give the hernando. 'd 'd flooding the looming winter the coronavirus pandemic what has to happen to make europe remember its fundamental values. i can't comprehend that we aren't helping these people because we are afraid of more migrants arriving and of. view of some of the people that we're talking about have been living here for 2 or 3 years already hardly any migrants arrived here last year. first some here at the photographer is a mainstay including marsha from afghanistan this is why this matters will be far fewer than a bomb and when i told her that i would be leaving in a few days she turned around suddenly and said to me will you come and say goodbye to us before you leave us up here that this almost welled up with tears.

before you need to say goodbye to us is also the working title of a forthcoming photo book a book devoted to the people whose lives he has been documenting since 2015 when the number of migrants arriving in europe reached its high point. the photographer has followed their movements their arrival in germany and sweden in some cases these photos also tell a story a fresh starts after. it was hopeful to see that many of the people who made it as far can now stand on their own 2 feet and were able to begin a new life. in athens i will continue to record the struggle of the morea refugees to survive they too should have a chance. why did the

wealthy gulf states take in barely any refugees the united arab emirates for example appears to invest it substantial oil revenues in stately buildings vast airports and airlines full prestigious p.r. friendly projects some analysts say many fans social unrest should the country welcome in too many migrants yes despite such criticisms one thing is changing in the u.a.e. the status of women that's particularly clear in its state funded mosque mission. is monitoring the progress of the hope spacecraft. it's sipping along at more than 100000 kilometers an hour on course for mars. it's set to go into orbit around the planet in february. for sure rafi is

a chemist and propulsion engineer and also does shift says risk manager in the control room the responsibility is huge but she and the rest of the team are well prepared for unexpected events. using contact me. over there and. we always have contingency plans and things. off nominal situations like you contact. the emerick mars mission is the 1st interplanetary mission by an arab country. why. the hope spacecraft was launched from the tiny gushy must play center in japan on the 20th of july it was a big moment for the team at mission control in dubai. the aim of the mission is to gain a complete picture of mars atmosphere clouds gases and dust storms and thus new insight into the planet's climate dynamics.

the mission also has strategic goals polishing the image of the u.a.e. and inspiring young people to study science it's a conservative society ruled by old men that is still dependent on oil revenues but it wants to go high tech become a knowledge economy and appear liberal. the mohammed bin rashid space center exemplifies this process of transformation it started developing satellites in 2006 with know how and technology acquired from abroad. i'm sure rafi has been working here since she graduated from university she's the spacecraft propulsion subsystem leader on the mars mission it's

a huge venture and adventure with its ups and downs. working with women was something new for mosen i want to be the lead mission systems engineer it took some getting used to but now they work together as equals. from the beginning you are used to seeing female engineers working on the size of you know some technical. segments or sectors that you normally think only men works there but you will be surprised to see them out and the interest that female engineers have. the mars mission builds on the success of the space center's earth observation satellite company 1st set launched in 2018 the 1st satellite built entirely in the u.a.e. and mainly by women on the mars mission 80 percent of the scientists are women.

being at the center doesn't become an obstacle course of becoming a mother i'm indeed the mother my son and i do have a kid so it doesn't hold us that way from being up and taking care of all of my families but there is it gives us such chance to contribute to the country that has a lot of support from the center as well supporting us with flexible timings and also supporting us in terms of giving gusts specific leaves when we acquired a. government policy in the u.a.e. to achieve gender equality and to empower all women and girls however 70 percent of the workforce are still men even though there are lots of educated women . who. are. a mere yes minister of state

for advanced science and science lead on the mars mission hiring for the mission without regard to an old boys' network meant new opportunities for highly qualified women having a small organization a more of a start up culture that is that needs to develop at a very fast rate where the objectives are very challenging you no longer are able to discriminate against people and you have to get the best people to come to fulfill the job. still there's a long way to go until gender equality use attained in many arab countries nonetheless the space center has offered women like ayesha rafi the opportunity to reach for the stars. and now from space we had back to earth in 2015 there were around 1300000000 vehicles on our planet comes motorbikes buses most of them privately owned for costa jest that by 2050 this figure could almost

double to more than 2 and a half 1000000000. the rapid rise in vehicles will be felt most in developing countries where at pollution is already a huge problem. electric vehicles like these buses in chile own mini vans in kenya will be essential if we're to achieve a proper shift to sustainable transportation e-cards remain the exception in most places that's something that's gradually starting to change in the philippines. more than 13000000 people live in metro manila the air is thick and not just with humidity pollution has long been a problem here according to the world health organization the philippines has an exceptionally high rate of air pollution related deaths postal delivery work.

struggles to make his way through this congestion every morning but he's one of the few people in the city with an emo pen and can travel from a to b. quietly and without creating any emissions here in the past district of manila i would always go by emo pit given the choice. it's quieter and it doesn't pollute the air you also save on gas money. but the other motorbikes around me are really loud i feel much more relaxed on my move could write something out the guys that it's a lot less stressful the ideal thing about the race there's. the philippines electric postal fleet is part of the model project that is co funded by the united nations and the philippine energy ministry a total of 30 vehicles. and tricity met sherman once to become an environmental pioneer and cut traffic congestion with new concepts pasig is one of 10.

being promoted with funding from the e.u. and the international climate initiative but it's not that simple and america pasig knows just how urgently change is needed. climate change an air pollution there definitely problems for us globally but. the image of. air pollution is definitely a big problem recently we just completed our greenhouse gas inventor the. air pollution in the city are. alarming to see the least and we need to do it every week to lower these numbers in the near future. wants to profit from this switch to elect your mobility base to the south of metro manila for 7 years now it has been.