discomforting. subscribe to the documentary. on this december 16th here in berlin there is no hustle and bustle of shoppers buying presents instead a long silent night of stricter social distancing punctuated with more and more coded 19 deaths in less than a year germany has gone from respected pandemic manager to one of the world's many viral victims after 2 months of partial restrictions that didn't work today germany went full throttle against the pandemic tonight a hard lock down is in effect just in time for christmas i'm often berlin

this is the day. this is he says we just don't need to stay healthy and constantin imagine the same should the state should happen soon it's keep the cases down 80 in fact you think it's a high and we need to get them under control you have been in clinical let's carry saying it's the right thing to do with your stepson is going to send me home for the economy but what alternative do we have i thought either how much. also coming up under attack hackers are targeting the u.s. and europe are we equipped to face down the cyber threat. the time of pheno since is is over. we know that we had a target and we are organizing ourselves to build the resilience and the response capacity that's necessary. to our viewers on p.b.s.

in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day and another lock down another one because the others didn't work after almost a year of starts and stops of unsuccessful restrictions aimed at flattening the coronavirus kerr germany today entered a hard walk down the entire country is now shut down for at least 3 weeks everything except grocery stores pharmacies and gas stations the essentials and no one is joyful over the timing of this lockdown christmas and the new year will be observed in a muted manner unlike anything that we've experienced before traveling is almost taboo there will be few if any family gatherings there will be no parties on new year's eve and yet these interruptions these inconveniences do not begin to compare to the suffering and sadness inflicted upon countless families by the coronavirus

in the last 24 hours here in germany the daily death toll from coban 1000 hit a record high of almost 1000 and that number is expected to climb even with this lock down even with the vaccines the loss of life in this pandemic is expected to get worse before it gets better we have this report. the 1st day of germany's tougher lock down all non-essential shops are shuttered at one of the busiest times of the year just before christmas one of berlin's most famous shopping streets is almost empty a strange sight at this time of the year. it's very unusual it to present me a bit but i tell myself it's only this year next year it will be better again. if he doesn't really bother me we've got a lot of christmas presents already and i think you can also celebrate christmas a little more modestly it's a time when everything is a little quieter anyway the latest after christmas so it's ok with me. which is

nice to buy. we just have to learn other forms of social contact that's the way it has to be because the number of deaths is so high. the new lockdown came as germany reached a somber new record the highest called in $1000.00 death toll since the start of the pandemic and some areas hospitals are nearing capacity and health experts say cases could continue to rise over the next couple of weeks some respite could be brought by the vaccine its approval in europe appears only days away but speaking in parliament on wednesday chancellor angela merkel said the vaccine will not automatically end coronavirus measures including wearing face masks must be part of this will soon need to wear masks people may not have symptoms at all or symptoms may be milder for those who have been vaccinated it's not known whether

the virus can be passed on to others this needs more research and therefore wearing masks will still be necessary. germany's new lock down which includes the closure of schools is meant to stay in place until january 10th but health experts and politicians have warned that if the situation does not improve significantly they may remain for longer. so the christmas shopping experience cut short. what does it mean for the german capital here's w.'s chief political correspondent belinda corry i'm standing in the heart of her lynn shopping district on a city square that would normally be bustling with shoppers and christmas carols and traffic behind me is a berlin landmark the entrance to europe's biggest department store normally in the christmas season it would be receiving up to $100000.00 berliners and tourists a day up till last night there was a line around the block to get in but not today despite the fact that the stores

luxury grocery stands are still open there's scarcely a shop or insight and if we look further down the street to another berlin landmark the city's memorial church there's a beloved christmas market there that in fact 4 years ago was the site of a terror attack that didn't stop people from going there until yesterday to drink mulled wine and enjoy christmas treats but not anymore all of germany's renowned christmas markets are shut. retail association say that the latest lockdown could prove a catastrophe for shop owners predicting that as many as one in 2 could be driven into bankruptcy if they don't get sufficient help soon the government is in fact opening its purse once again providing direct support payments to affected shops to

the tune of up to $11000000000.00 additional euros a month and nonetheless cities like berlin worry that if in fact more and more customers do their shopping online empty urban spaces like this one could wind up being the new normal. that was melinda crane here in berlin well here is a list of the lockdown changes that are now in effect here in germany all 'd non-essential shops have closed the only exceptions supermarkets pharmacies and banks schools are now closed as well and companies are being urged to allow staff to work from home chancellor angela merkel is appealing to the public to limit social contacts during the holidays a maximum of 5 adults from 2 households are allowed to meet indoors there is no limit for children under the age of 14 and there will be no sales of fireworks to help and force a ban on public gatherings on new year's eve. as we reported the timing of this lockdown is not the best in fact the german chancellor and many physicians

wanted a hard lockdown months ago that includes dr viola prison from the max flung institute . so what does very clear. already logical thinking and we then make in one of the great to calculations about it it's absolutely clear that as soon as a case number. you know there is a fresh out of 2558 cases then they control this much easier why is that we have the health authorities that do the testing that do the contect try to sing and as soon as these can act and they can be possible in the virus if case numbers are too high we don't have sufficient tests we don't have sufficient capacity for contact tracing that health authorities are slow. and that's absolutely crucial especially because of the asymptomatic cases that these people identified before they continue spreading the virus so when you has a 3 to 5 phase of integration time and it will be as i said extremely important

health off warranties do this context pricing pasta and this information time germany and the walk to also coming up on the day the brits it bubble next there is still no trade deal between the u.k. of the european union and that has british companies fearing the worst for their supply chain. extreme stockpiling has led to long lines and massive delays in cali in the last few weeks as business is trying to get goods into britain the for a potential no deal direct that. russia has denied any responsibility for a cyber attack that targeted the u.s. treasury department and other government agencies it started in march when hackers used malware to gain access to u.s. networks washington says the attacks were apparently carried out for espionage purposes by elite russian hackers the impact was so severe that the white house national security adviser has cut short his trip to europe to return to the u.s.

to deal with the attack here is more from the white house. thought the u.s. government were aware of all of these reports we're taking on necessary steps to identify and remedy any possible issues related to the situation as one second that process issa has issued an emergency directive on sunday night for officer all civilian agencies to review their networks for indicators of compromise well seasoned or the cyber security and infrastructure security agency is charged with protecting the united states from cyber attacks the agency usually works behind the scenes but it hit the headlines after president trump fired its former boss chris cripps for calling the u.s. elections the most secure were in history from the sidelines cribbs said the hacker looked to be a pretty large scale but he had the utmost confidence in seeds and other federal partners they know how to do this he says let's let the pros work it out

it's. my next proces insider from the world of u.s. defense and cyber security john bateman was director for cyber strategy implementation in the office of the u.s. secretary of defense he is now a fellow of those in the cyber policy initiative at the carnegie endowment for international peace john it's good to have you on the program based on what has been reported these cyber attacks were possible because the pentagon has outsourced parts of its software infrastructure of 3rd parties here are these 3rd parties are they becoming a threat to national security well that's an important question and let me say that hundreds if not thousands of organizations were victimized by this hack and just about every major organization today uses 3rd party software whether you're at the u.s. military the white house or microsoft or j.p.

morgan no one can write all of their own software and usually it's more cost effective and sometimes even more secure to use 3rd party software but when you do that it does come with new risks that means you have to know that your suppliers carefully you have to understand the supply chain and you need a level of transparency and trust with those suppliers you were involved with cyber strategy for the u.s. secretary of defense what was the policy regarding 3rd parties when you were there . so i was working on this issue about 5 years ago and at that time the focus was really on reaching out to the hundreds of thousands of contractors that the government the military work with and demanding a level of disclosure to the government about when a major breach occurs and then starting to work toward common cybersecurity standards and maturity across many many different contracts the fact that we were talking about this 5 years ago and undoubtedly people were talking about it long

before that lets you know what a vexing problem the says and how difficult it is to get your arms around all of the possible vulnerabilities that could happen outside of your network whether it's with partners suppliers customers if you're a business and others john as far as we know these cyber attacks they were carried out for the purpose of espionage but they could have been used to do real damage right. that's always possible and it's important to understand that when it comes to a cyber penetration the actions that the hacker takes whether they're for espionage or for destruction are almost identical and both cases they'll be trying to get an initial access to a network and then work their way up to a higher level of access spreading from computer to q. computer and gaining more authority is along the way it's only in the final moment

when that hacker may decide whether to press one key to delete all the data or another key to steal all of the data and what does this tell us about the ability of a nation state to bring to itself from hackers and others did to me have we reached the limits of protection is the answer now to always be on the off ensnare have to be on the defense. well there is an uncomfortable truth about out cyber security which is that the attacker tends to have the advantage over the defender if we're talking about an actor like russia we've got a sophisticated well resourced foreign intelligence service that can pay people to set of computers and persistently target their adversaries day on day year on year eventually drily you're going to have some kind of success and i'm not prepared to say that cyber security is hopeless exercise it's right only important that we

shore up our defenses and we may find out that some companies and governments fared much better against this hack than others but it isn't navigable that major organizations will be hacked and that's why a lot of the focus needs to be on resilience that mitigating the damage and recovering faster and we know this is not just an american issue europe has also been the target of hackers recording more than 400 incidents just last year today the european union unveiled new cyber security rules take a listen. stanley and then become every day more important we depend then makes this so that has become more prominent only last week due to being made the sense agency it was at that. you know the european medicines agency was attacked and you know how important a coronavirus vaccine is right now is great this is a growing international threat is there enough international cooperation in your opinion john. no international cooperation needs to be more

robust than it is today if you think about cyber security it's the ultimate international threat acts themselves cross borders and the perpetrators can be sitting in any number of countries so it's vitally important that nations are able to share information about hacks that they're seeing in real time and then actually cooperate on action that they can take against the hackers whether it's investigating using law enforcement arresting or extraditing a perpetrator or taking some kind of counter strike or a technical response in cyber space like switching off malicious bots you know well let's hope that there will be more cooperation with the new administration coming into the white house we will see deaths john bacon with the carnegie foundation john it was good talking with you we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you. thank you well still ahead on the day the fight for democracy in

bell reuss as the european union rewards the opposition with its top human rights prize what is a bid to recognition that we have free think us what is a bad summative ation os to keep going the. to be in and to be real we end. well these are the final days on the 31st of december the u.k. is transition out of the european union and the e.u. single market will win rights it will be a done deal but there is still no post breaks it trade deal both the e.u. and the u.k. say they want a deal to avoid any disruption to business but finding common ground on issues such as sitting rights has been more difficult than expected. and as things stand i cannot tell you whether there will be a deal on not because 2 issues still remain outstanding you know them

a level playing field and the fisheries it's got folks with or there's been progress but no breakthrough and i think we're sticking to our opinion that an agreement would be better than no agreement but we are preparing for the lesser case in 3 or 4 but i think whatever happens in the next few days i know that is country will prosper amongst the times that we agree with our european friends whatever they may be well for companies wholly goods between the e.u. and the u.k. the new border regulations that will come with drugs that looks set to mean longer waiting times and more red tape with british stockpiling driving up demand truck drivers leaving france are already getting a taste of the potential chaos to come to the w.'s alexander phenomenon has more from the port city of cali britain's gateway to europe. the port of color a key departure point for goods had been the european union and the u.k. but with the end of the brics a transition there will be new rules and restrictions on what terms that's what

both sides are still cross the channel by truck for now they move freely between negotiating the port authorities however tell us they have prepared as much as they can. we've hired new employees we've restructured the organization we've opened premises we have trained our employees we've created a special computer system so i think we're ready with a deadline quickly approaching stockpiling has led to long lines and massive delays in their last few weeks as businesses tried to get goods into britain the for a poor to experience seeing the highest levels of traffic so far this year last week they processed almost 22000 trucks here extreme's 10 still no deal many here fear this is just a glimpse of what the situation will be like when customs stunned arse and immigration checks kick in on both sides of the channel. david saying there is war

it his business operates $110.00 trucks that transport flow or sugar and other goods from across europe to the u.k. with disruptions and delays to be expected the whole of fear is he'll lose money. i think the main risk is the traffic jams with long standing and waiting times for the vehicles and that's really harmful for us. on the one hand you're not earning any money on the other hand you still have the running costs for the truck and the driver was thinking more people because it was a beauty shop or. one of his driver is just came back from a tour to the u.k. he says going there was a nightmare. he started here at 9 in the morning and arrived in dover at 5 pm. and normally normally already in england by midday the little david sanger is

disappointed that the politicians have wasted so much time they ask you to anticipate the changes to come he says while they wait until the last minutes to decide at the port in cali meanwhile the customs officers are also getting a bit anxious on it then but we're impatient to see if everything we did will work and if there are any problems we'll have to fix. whether there is a trade deal or not they tell us big changes will come when they are ok leaps to single market. we ask yr old and their full world to stay on the ropes now not tomorrow and not sound when in the future. that was an opposition leaders but learned to be of be a rose equal hero to be brave in their decision and support the people of color in europe to action after her democracy movement was awarded the human rights

process of scalia said the award was an important marker of the fight for freedom in delegates she's been living in exile since denouncing the results of the presidential election back in august in belarus itself opposition supporters continue to protest despite the threat of arrest you use nick connelly filed this report. this much just coming out to march on sundays is this much a part of everyday life as having breakfast a neighborhood just won't keep quiet it's here that you finally get to meet your neighbors. for all the demonstrative good humor fear is never very far away in minsk most people here don't want to be recognized you know you can reach be filmed where in the mosques one person who is willing to take that risk is media 20 she's only of

a known one leader and xander. was. back in august we felt the change was really close it felt like it was in breach of just a day or 2 more and everything would change. 4 months later we're not where we wanted to be. dollars. was. police emerge out of on markdowns scattering the marches in all directions dozens of smaller demonstrations in parallel across the capital means making the police is that much harder but for the hundreds of protesters still routinely arrested each week and the stakes are rising the courts hand out of a harsher sentences. the fear only really hits you when you get home and read about everything that's happened that day online. i always carry a set of instructions with me to tell you what to do and who to call in case you are arrested. eventually the protesters recruited continue this time without the

help of modern technology so often in protest days and the government has switched off mobile phone networks. the reaction to their protest from the locals is overwhelming. we got really lucky one time the police were using stun grenades we got hit by some shrapnel there was nowhere to hide and all we could do was knock on people's doors. we moved from house to house and eventually there are about 30 of us hiding in one woman's house she looked after us and wouldn't let us risk leaving the house unless we had a left to pick us up with something suitable this is one of my senior. but not everyone is as impressed. as the march reaches its conclusion the question is as ever how to get home without getting arrested. quest it really feels like we changed as a country could never happens now that can't be reversed in the clifton but. no

one can say with any certainty how long these protests will continue or what they might still achieve before most of these young better russians are protesting giving up doesn't seem to be an option. so long i. was in berlin this week we asked what gives her hope for the people of. our unit our understanding that. this regime with the violence of this regime that tortures can be forgiven and that what we want to renew our identity be we now you realize that we are nation that to you again might be one to be a recess but russians you know a lot of europeans think the dearest is. this is russian i don't know but we are a separate country we separated the entity into the now we understand that we have proud that we have sense and the serenity and in this and independence are

extremely important for us and we fighting for this and we know that our will be oh you'll change. a voice of hope in these dark times of the day is almost on the conversation continues online we'll see you tomorrow.

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this is. a verdict in france is charlie terrorism the court has failed 14 people guilty of aiding the militants in the 25th attacks on the satirical magazine and on a jewish supermarket also coming up record numbers of. reported in germany as the country goes into a hard walk over christmas and to the moon and back a chinese lunar probe has returned to earth the 1st samples of moon rock to be collected in more than 40 years.

it's good to have you with us a court in paris has found 14 people guilty of assisting the. islamist militants behind the 2015 terror attacks on the satirical magazine charlie 'd and on a jewish supermarket the 3 attackers were killed in shootouts with police the verdict comes at a time when france has again been hit by a series of islamist attacks and during renewed debate over a cartoon depictions of the prophet muhammad. on the day of the verdict charlie have discovered reads god has been put in his place crime cannot be justified in the name of religion the 14 convicted of helping to organize the deadly attacks were given jail terms from 4 years to life but the court rejected some terrorism charges against several defendants. sue could decide this is your this ruling

recognizes that without a compass is there would be no attackers and no terrorism. everyone operating in this shadow world should be severely punished it's available. in january 2015 to terrorists forced their way into the charlie hebdo offices and shot dead 12 people including france's most famous cartoonist coco an artist who survived the attack left her shaking that after the shooting there was a deathly silence. just 2 days later another terrorist ceased hostages in a kosher food shop 4 people were killed this trial was an attempt to end a national trauma. this is an important trial because in this country freedoms are under attack it underlines that we will defend these freedoms and outpolled the law before but even as the case was being heard tara returned to france knife attack

has struck near charlie have because former offices a teacher was beheaded and there were fatal stabbing to challenge me. to spread it ends one painful chapter but the threat of terror remains all too real are d.w. correspondingly slow as she joins us now with the latest from paris good evening to you lisa talk us through the verdicts here did the prosecutors get the verdict that they wanted. well the prosecutors didn't get exactly what they had been asked for a boy asked for at least when it comes to the number of years spent in trial in prison for each of the accused however the judges decided to find all of the 14 accused guilty then they looked at each person's personal story and to what extent that person was actually in the know when it came to the terror project the terror plot and the judges decided that half of the accused 7 actually didn't know about

that and that's why these people were only convicted for at the station of a cry of criminal association and some of them got rather light sentences just a few years in prison and some of them were actually walk free quite soon because they have already spent a few years in prison but not all of the accused are happy one who got 30 years in prison we heard that his lawyer will actually appeal against the verdict despite the decision see here this trial is hugely symbolic and for you susan. well absolutely it's highly symbolic this is the reply by democracy by as stage we have a functioning justice system to a series of horrible terror attacks and it was also an occasion for civil plaintiffs here to pay tribute to those who got injured or died during these terrible attacks and 2015 they could explain who they were and why they are missing

them really and finally it was also an occasion for the members of the challis of door newsroom and their loyalty sharma ha to make the point that what was under attack here and what still is under time is the freedom of expression and that was all the more important actually to reply we ate traditional response to such a horrible attack in leeds we know for it has seen more terror attacks this year president he responded by promising to curb radical islam so how word today's verdict how are they going to feed into the public debate that was provoked. well as i said this verdict seems quite balanced and but it also shows that this democracy and this government this country already has lots of legal means to reply to terror attacks and that might give some arguments to those who are criticizing

the government for looking to the right with more and more anti terror legislation legislation to crackdown on radical islam they are criticizing the government for going too far to the right because they think that these new legislations these new laws coming up might actually stigmatize muslims even more here in the country all right you know usually so louis with the latest in paris. thank you. well here's a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world the japanese prosecutors have charged a man with murder over an arson attack on an animation studio last year she is accused of setting the kyoto animation building on fire killing 36 people and injuring dozens more the studio had stolen his work people living in the path of a super storm set to hit fiji have been warned to secure their properties or to flee to the nearest emergency shelters authorities are warning that cycling jasa is

strong enough to route trees and buildings from their foundations the european union has announced plans to revamp its cyber security just days after a hack on a new coronavirus vaccine database financial markets and health care infrastructures of the e used top priorities brussels also wants to bolster its same sions response to cyber security attacks it was a night here in germany more deaths and another lockdown germany's center for disease control says the number of covert 1000 deaths in the last 24 hours has risen to a record high of 952 it comes as the country enters a stricter lockdown in the hopes of preventing christmas from becoming a super spreader event the 1st day of germany's tough air lock down nonessential shops are shuttered at one of the busiest times of the year just before christmas one of berlin's most famous shopping streets is almost empty

a strange sight at this time of the year. it's very unusual it depresses me a bit but i tell myself it's only this year next year it will be better again. it doesn't really bother me we've got all our christmas presents already and i think you can also celebrate christmas a little more modestly it's a time when everything is a little quieter anyway the latest after christmas so it's ok with me. which is nice to buy. we just have to learn other forms of social contact that's the way it has to be because the number of deaths is so high. that. the new lockdown came as germany reached a somber new record the highest court in $1000.00 death toll since the start of the pandemic in some areas hospitals are nearing capacity and health experts say cases could continue to rise over the next couple of weeks some respite could be brought

by the vaccine its approval in europe appears only days away. but speaking in parliament on wednesday chancellor angela merkel said the vaccine will not automatically end coronavirus measures including wearing face masks must be part of this will still need to wear masks people may not have symptoms at all or symptoms may be milder for those who have been vaccinated it's not known whether the virus can be passed on to others this needs more research and therefore wearing masks will still be necessary. germany's new lockdown which includes the closure of schools is meant to say in place until january 10th but health experts and politicians have warned that if the situation does not improve significantly they may remain for longer. so here's a list of the lockdown changes that are now in effect here in germany all non-essential shops have closed the only exceptions are supermarkets pharmacies and

banks schools are also closed and companies are being urged to allow staff to work from home chances are going to medical is appealing to the public to limit social contacts during the holidays a maximum of 5 adults from 2 households are allowed to meet indoors there is no limit for children under the age of 14 and there will be no sales of fireworks to help enforce a ban on public gatherings on new year's eve and here are the latest global developments in this pandemic the u.s. drugs regulator the f.d.a. says the modernity vaccine is safe and 94 percent effective that means the vaccine could be rolled out as early as next week south korea's capital seoul says it has only 3 intensive care beds left in a city with a population of nearly 26000000 the country has reported a record surge in cases in recent days and scientists from the world health organization are planning to visit the chinese city of new han where the corona

virus was 1st reported a year ago they want to find out how we jump species from animals to humans and chinese lunar probe has returned to earth with precious cargo the 1st fresh samples from the surface of the moon in more than 40 years the chinese camp's will successfully land in inner mongolia shortly after 2 am local time on thursday on board or around 2 kilograms of moon rocks and moon dust. the end of a historic mission as planned the reentry vehicle separated from the overturned and it entered the earth's atmosphere and began its descent to speed of 11 kilometers per 2nd. parachute slowed down the capsule to enable a safe landing in the mongolian desert. chang a 5 was one of the most complicated and challenging missions in china's aerospace history. when the rocket was launched on november 23rd it was

a source of national pride the probe was made up of 4 modules one was the lander which is dug for rocks and soil. the materials were then transferred into a return capsule for the journey back to earth. it's the 1st time in 4 decades that material has been brought back from the moon china's space ambitions are no secret and have been growing for years. the in 2003 it secured a major breakthrough when it became the 3rd country in the world to send a man into space. 10 years later china hits another milestone successfully landing an unpiloted spacecraft on the moon it was the 1st soft landing since the soviet union's success in 1976 more chinese cheers in january 29000 in

a global 1st aluna probe touching down on the far side of the moon boosting china's space ambitions mars is also in its sights this year beijing launching an unmanned probe to the red planet. in july china put the final satellite into orbit for its chinese navigation system the country's rival to the u.s. yes. but this lunar mission to bring back material from the moon was one of china's most ambitious to date one which beijing was determined would be enough a success. are back here on earth and basketball younus on tape has signed the most lucrative deal in m.b.a. history after agreeing to extend his contract with the milwaukee bucks the 26 year old has taken the n.b.a. by storm since the bucs plucked him from his hometown of athens greece back in 2013 he is the 2 time reigning m.v.p.

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news live from berlin coming up next my colleague ben sizzling with g.w. business news stick around he will be right back. where i come from we have to fight for a free press and was born and raised in a new talent the painter she protests one to the shadow and a few news fame for us when official information as attorneys i have worked on the strength of many can trust and that problems are the same point to social inequality and that in the freedom of the press. we're gonna far to stay silent.