new. this is deja vu news lot from berlin a record number of covert 19 related deaths in germany as the country goes into a hard lockdown the daily death toll talks 950 s. schools and non-essential businesses shut for at least 3 and a half weeks. also coming up u.s. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell but becomes the most senior republican to congratulate joe biden on winning the presidential election 6 weeks ago. and the coaching change at dortmund pays off right away the perennial put to sleep the

contenders start what they hope will be a new winning streak. i'm sumi so misconduct thank you for joining us germany's top infectious disease institute says the number of covert 1000 related deaths reported over the last day rose to a record 952 that grim news comes just as the country enters a harder national lockdown schools and non-essential businesses will remain closed until at least january 10th and the government has urged people to limit their contacts as much as possible. in much of germany hospitals and now at that breaking point. the number of patients needing intensive care has hit record highs as has the number of deaths from coke at 19. the latest figures showed

$952.00 people died from the virus over the last day that's almost a 1000 more families he'll be grieving instead of celebrating together this christmas. meanwhile many others were rushing to buy last minute gifts before wednesday's lockdown he's on fire for health reasons all i can say is that it's the right thing to do we can't wait until it all falls to pieces of the right people seem pretty stressed about the whole thing you can feel it but we're finished because our shopping done. non-essential shops of now close their doors and there's hope a different kind of christmas present may be coming soon germany is waiting for the 1st corona virus vaccines to be approved but so far not even the health minister knows when that will happen so not so national authorities are supporting the european authorities to the best of their ability the goal is to secure approval before christmas. germans have watched patiently as a vaccine invented in the country has been rolled out already in the u.k.

and the u.s. mass immunization centers a currently being equipped millions of doses of vaccine our own order. those with the heightened risk of infection will be invited feste the elderly as well as frontline medical workers establishing priority is case in distributing the vaccine . many people wanted as quickly as possible but that isn't enough at least in the beginning so that's why we need clear and transparent priorities the vaccine is being kept under kit and lock and it's very highly protected the vaccine is coming to germany but unlike with father christmas himself nobody can be show yet when to expect it so. let's take a look at what has changed in germany with this new stricter lockdown starting today all non-essential shops are closed supermarkets pharmacies as well as banks are allowed to remain open schools are shut until the 10th of january and employers

are being encouraged to allow their staff to work from home as much as possible chance on america also made an appeal for people to limit their social contacts during the holidays the number of people allowed to meet indoors will remain restricted to 5 not including children under 14 and in anticipation of new year's celebrations sales of fireworks have also been banned. let's get some perspective on the penn demick now we have with us he's a member of the european parliament and the health spokesperson for the largest political group in the parliament the e.p. mr lisa good morning thank you for joining us i want to start out 1st of all with the vaccines because we know that some countries like the u.s. and britain they are already vaccinating with the biotech pfizer shot why is it taking european authorities longer to approve it. yeah because we are having a more safe procedure europe will have the 1st regular approver of the vaccine

united kingdom and the us have emergency authorization and that is less safe because of 3 reasons 1st of all. we got more data by on take the lead but even yesterday night and the 2nd day said the liability is for the producer with the regular approval like in the european union and more people are looking at the data on side effects and if you can see so i think it's only a few days longer but it adds safety to the process and that's important but we're talking about the same vaccine here aren't we so you're saying that it was less safe for britain and the u.s. to move forward with approval so quickly are you worried about the safety of the sexy. i trusted my own tech i know these people they are serious but in german we say proton is good control is best so trust is good

but to check it is better and the checks have been more intensive and i know that many people are concerned because the vaccine comes so fast you normally normally from the 1st scientific project to the approval it takes years and now we have less than 12 months so we need to clarify that everything is in order and that's why this european approach in my view is is better they have worked day and night as i said in the night by an accent dater and the in immediately received them and distributed them so i think this is important too to do it fast but it's also important to do it say so is that also what you're worried about that because this approval process has generally been very fast that there's not going to be enough trust among the public do you think not enough people are going to take a sexy. i am optimistic that in the end many people will

be ready to be vaccinated but the process must be in or done. it is not. only an issue of pace we decided so a question of working day and night and the question of money normally that meant takes a long time because people. in industry they invest casualties because when there is a failure in the beginning you loose a few money when you invest a lot in it like buy on tickets for 40000 people in a clinical trial. you lose a lot and that was risk cervi the european union funded by on take the german government funded by own take so that if there would have been a sale i don't expect. then the risk is not only for the company so there are many reasons why it's fast and we have a regular conditional market licensing from may i trust in the safety and i would

really recommend everybody who is in order when when we have enough vaccine to get vaccinated mr lisa beyond the vaccine the head of the world medical association expects that we will see tough restrictions until spring why is that fair. yeah 1st of all we don't have enough black sitting. problems even in the u.k. that the united states the picture us gives the impression that everything is fine no it is not also u.k. and us we're not have enough vaccine and that's the same with germany and the members of the european union and that's why. i think we need to be prudent but i don't agree with mr montgomery that this trip treats elections as we have it now in germany we need to go until spring we should look at ireland as an

example ireland has managed to bring down the affections in october they were much worse. much higher fee goes for capital then romania and other european countries and now they have all put it pops and they have opened gyms because they've brought down the figures so if we all it's here through the measures we can bring the biggest down and that's what we have to do now in the coming weeks in germany alright we'll have to leave it there italy's a house health a spokesperson for the. in the european parliament thank you so much thank you. let's get a round up some other headlines now japanese prosecutors have charged a man with murder over an arson attack on an animation studio last year shinji is accused of shot is setting the kyoto animation building on fire killing 36 people and injuring dozens more he claimed that the studio had stolen his work. dozens of

police officers have been injured in clashes with anti lockdown protesters in ukraine demonstrators gathered in kiev to rally against recently announced coronavirus restrictions nonessential businesses schools and gyms will be shut from the 8th of january on in an effort to slow the spread of the virus. hungary has amended the definition of family and its constitution to limit adoption by same sex couples it now defines a family as a female mother and a male father rights groups have attacked the move prime minister viktor orban has worked to recast hungry in a more conservative mold since coming to power. in the u.s. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has become the most senior republican to congratulate joe biden on his victory in november 1st presidential election mcconnell was among many congressional republicans who have refused to acknowledge biden's defeat of president trump trump has continued to make unfounded claims of widespread fraud mcconnell's acknowledgment comes after the us electoral college

officially confirmed the result of the election. coming down from the left. or were very hard for me to work together on. certain on one another. we agree to get together. later and i'm looking forward to work. earlier we spoke to did abuse washington bureau chief in as poll and we asked her what to expect from trump and his supporters now that more leading republicans are accepting victory he will keep feeding the narrative that the election was stolen off him simply to keep his supporters angry and on his side illegally don't trumpets know for the options to fight the outcome i think at this point his rhetoric is nothing but air of p.r. really to prepare his come pain running again for president didn't 2024 i was attending

a trump rally just last weekend here in washington and it was actually quite amazing how many of his supporters told me that they would start their own party if the republican leaders stone listen to donald trump so we have to keep in mind donald trump has no loyalty towards the republican party whatsoever after all he was a his whole life of democrats so it's not about america 1st it's about time for and he knows that this charm said they will create a new party gives him a lot of power and this is something he will use to keep his influence. football now there was a rare midweek slate of matches in the bundesliga darkman got back to their winning ways after a coaching change darkness new interim boss 18 tests which took his club on the road to bremen including the youngest player ever to start in the lake. dortmund 16

year old yusuf mukoko who became the biggest think his youngest debutant in november started his 1st league match at braman but another historic moment for the teenager it's also the 1st start of the season for assistant coach turner haye 18 did seach do it many got their new head coach fired up early in the 12th minute jaden santo shot was blocked the raphael guerrero found the rebound to take the ball over a year republican for dili. the don't mean lead didn't last long only about 15 minutes bray means next egleston put it on a t.v. for a candid movie who smashed it into the net to level the affair. after the break the youngster mukoko got his chance but the 16 year old put too much peperoni. by brave means aggressive defeats past them to match. pub lanka brought down money

well a conduit to set up the decisive goal. the dazed pov lanka did his best to prevent marco rice's winner but to no avail publica managed to get a handle on the ball but royce was there to clean it up. dortmund with 18 did sit at the helm get back to winning ways with a 21 victory over braman. also on tuesday night club box visit to frankfurt offered high drama right to the very last moments of their draw frankfurt's on herself i had a foot in all of frankfurt's goals he broke the deadlock in the 1st task when he latched on to the ball and fired in this goal pass on some of the visiting team had their own hero and last who netted a hat trick including the equaliser in the 95th minute it ended 33 frankfurt's 8 draw at 1230. 6 let's get a quick recap of our top story germany has reported its highest daily death toll in

the pandemic 952 that figure was released on the day that the country enters a tougher nationwide lockdown but shops and schools closing until at least january 10th. thank you for watching t.v. . and you. you know yes we're going to do it in high last year's german chancellor i will bring you i'm going to map all as you've never had to have surprise yourself with what is possible who is medical really what moves want. to talk to people and follow along the way maurice and critics might join us for michael's life stops.