tears and talk with people experiencing a change in sentiment. the ice disappears earlier and it keeps retreating our future depends on what happens here. in the morning with people to circle church december 21st g.w. . this is day w news and these are our top stories a paris court has found 14 people guilty in connection with the 2015 islamist attacks i'm sure the a magazine and a jewish supermarket they were sentenced to jail terms ranging from 4 years to life the defendants were accused of assisting the attackers who were killed in shootouts with police. in germany reported a new a daily record of coronavirus deaths on wednesday the country's infectious disease

agency put the toll at 952 people the news came as germany started a tougher national walk down with schools and non-essential businesses now closed until at least january 10th. a chinese lunar probe has returned to earth with precious cargo the 1st fresh samples from the surface of the moon collected in more than 40 years the chinese capsule successfully landed in inner mongolia china is only the 3rd country to have successfully brought back samples from the moon it hopes the rocks and dust can provide insight into the moon's origins and surface this is deja news from berlin and follow us on twitter and instagram at g.w. news or visit our website. 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 covert 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 bringing off in berlin this is the day. as this reduces we just don't need to stay healthy it's just an emergency it should if it should happen soon it's keep the cases down get the infection because that high and we need to get them under control and you have been encouraged to come let's say it's the right thing to do with respect to the sun is with the send me

home for the economy but what else 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 believe there is even some 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 in another lock down another one it cost the others didn't work after almost a year of starts and stops of unsuccessful restrictions aimed at flattening the coronavirus curve germany today entered a hard lock down the entire country is now in shutdown 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 temp 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 corona virus 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 it's 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 lockdown on 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. you know 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 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 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 germany's new lockdown which includes the closure of schools is meant to stay in place until january 10th but health experts and politicians have warned that if there's a virus can be passed on to others this needs more research and therefore wearing masks will still be necessary mean for the german capital here's the w.'s chief political correspondent linda corrie. i'm standing in the heart of her lynn shopping district on a city square that situation does not improve significantly they've made partment 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 main for longer. so the christmas shopping experience cut short by. what would normally be bustling with shoppers and christmas carols and traffic behind me is a berlin landmark the entrance to europe's biggest depair 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 green 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 and close the only exceptions supermarkets pharmacies and banks schools are now closed as well and companies are being urged to allow stamp 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 presumably from the max planck institute. so what does very clear. already logical thinking and we've been made and why the great to talk to nations about it it's absolutely clear that as soon as case numbers as you know this is a fresh out of tetrapod 158 cases then they control us much easier why it is that we have the health authorities that do the testing that do the contact 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 one thing has a 3 to 5 days of intervention time and it would be as i said extremely important health off warranties do this context rising faster 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 the last few weeks as businesses try to get goods into britain the floor of potential no the old wreck 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. today u.s. government we are 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 step in that process issa has issued an emergency directive on sunday night for our federal civilian agencies to review their networks for indicators of compromise well season 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 programs work it. well my next guest is one of those pros he's an 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 in these 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 have 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 authorities 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 to and 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 vitally important that we shore up our defenses and we may find out that some companies and governments fared much better against this act and 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 and build new cyber security rules take a listen. and agree with stanley and become the

day more important we depend then makes this so that has become more prominent only last week 2 pm in 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 this group 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 that 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 in your insights tonight thank you. thank you well still ahead on the day the fight for democracy in the roof's as the european union rewards the opposition with its top human rights prize what does give it a recognition that we have free think us what is a bad summit to vacation for an os to keep going. to be in and to be real we in. for these are the final days on the 31st of december the u.k. has 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 a 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 stop folks with there's been progress but no breakthrough 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 this country will prosper. on the times that we agree with our european friends whatever they may be well for companies holding goods between the e.u. and the u.k. the new border regulations that will come with broad 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 you don't use all xander phenomenon has more from the port city of cali britain's gateway to your. the port of cully a key departure point for goods headed across the channel by truck for now they move freely between 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 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 that portis experiencing the highest levels of traffic so far this year last week they processed almost 22000 trucks here extreme

stockpiling has led to long lines and massive delays in their last few weeks as businesses try to get goods into britain the floor of potential know the wrecks that many here fear this is just a glimpse of what the situation will be like when customs stunned us and immigration checks kick in on both sides of the channel. david sedaris wore it his business operates $110.00 trucks that transport flour sugar and other goods from across europe to the u.k. with disruptions and delays to be expected the whole are fears 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. it was really shocking for us one of his driver is just

came back from a tour today 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. 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 minute to decide at the port in cali meanwhile the customs officers are also getting a bit anxious. we're impatient to see if everything we did will work and if there are any problems we'll have to figure. out. whether there is a trade deal or not they tell us big changes will come when the u.k. leaves the single market. we ask year old

and the whole world to stand to be of belarus we call the euro to be brave in their decision and support the people of bill the rules now not tomorrow and not sound when in the future. that was bill rosie an opposition leaders that line the tea one of sky calling europe to action after her democracy movement was awarded the e.u. used top human rights prize 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 bellamy's itself opposition supporters continue to protest despite the threat of arrest you don't use nick connelly filed this report. this much coming out to march on sundays is this much

a part of everyday life it's having breakfast on 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 but most people here don't want to be recognized you know you create a film where in the mosques one person who is willing to take that risk is media 20 she's only ever known one leader at xander. was to go. 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 for the hundreds of protesters still routinely arrested each week

and the stakes are rising the courts hand out 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 that tell you what to do and who to call in case you were 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

a political solution to all this isn't the only thing missing there. but not everyone is as impressed. as the march reaches its conclusion the question is as ever how to get home without getting arrested. because it really feels like we've changed as a country could never happens now that can't be reversed can the question 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 for. so long i. was in berlin this week we asked what gives her hope for the people of. our unity our understanding that. this regime of the violence of this region did too much as can be forgiven and that what we want to renew our identity be we

now do you realize that to be on nation that you even might be want to be a recess not a lot of russians that you know a lot of europeans think that the interest is. this is russian i don't know parts but we are a separate country we're separated into 2 ends of the now we understand that we have proud that we have good sense and the serenity and in the and independence are extremely important for us and we are fighting for this and we know that our will be you know the change. of voice of hope in these dark times of the day is almost on the conversation continues online.

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when the train. students december 25th. was. a 20 metre cliff a couple of ropes freezing cold water and me trying to cope with all of that i did make it down in the end but this outing with a couple of guys really had me testing my limits and that's precisely our topic this week on made leaving the comfort zone i'm chris colfer welcome we don't want to be bogged down with details do we it is the result that counts well sometimes it's the details that unveil an inconvenient truth take meat production we know

that for us to be able to slap that steak on our grill and animal needs to die often enough in anything but a gentle or respectful way our reporter an avid meat lover decided he wants to leave his comfort zone and does want to know how the sausage gets made literally a word of warning the report contains scenes some viewers may find disturbing. i am going to slaughter one of these animals they belong to vandalize. he farms sheep the traditional way his family has been doing this since 750. his sheep are out to pasture for most of the year. but it's hard to find enough grazing land. in that a good while the sheep need about

a hector hector a day that is all be off you can talk. every day yes a hector for $700.00 sheep. so this whole field is only enough for today. when they've had their fill the flock will go home to the farm. i hope they won't so i'm going to slaughter. oh yes this one is bigger it's 6 months old and weighs about 40 kilos. and. i had no idea how quickly they grow. i really don't ever come to this. i'm grappling with the fact that we kill animals so we can eat meat and then i'm going

to kill this lamb 1st we have to take it to the slaughter house. that you really can feel it all to kilograms. it's a 10 minute drive nothing in comparison to the lengthy journeys to the slaughter house that livestock often face marko care will be by my side throughout the process he's been a butcher for more than 10 years and he only slaughters what people bring him for their own consumption like this lamb that i've bought. you got what was it like for you the 1st time. you don't forget the 1st time i had to leave the room it was all a bit much. not because of the blood but the fact that an animal is dying. video yes the voice you don't really grasp that until you see it and when

it's done you can't on do it. but we manage. your shot. marco shows me how to use a bolt gun. it destroys the sheep brain and it won't feel anything afterwards. all locked up in the hand hold loosely and then press once c. that's that was it. that's like a real gun. and now the lambs head is in the firing line. or is going on like who's the. highest point draw a line there. think of a chicken fingers away think of it now. go.

ahead and pull the trigger. it's the. knife slicing through all the way. and again it's not an. there's a lot. that's a lot of blood. that's what that was it it's over. part of the shaft.

so how was this. it's all happening so fast. i think on it time to process. i've killed an animal. but. great shot really. but that was just the 1st step we're still a long way from having any charts or sausages. first cut off the head then the legs and the pelt that's easier than i'd expected. does production of all this isn't

mass production. not everybody can get a lamb like this. that's true but that's what makes it special. and it's what makes it sustainable people approach the holding in a different way specially with an animal like this. you know 'd. we still need to get rid of the guts. now it's left to hang overnight that makes it easier to process. i think what happened back in the slaughter house. for ever be burned into my mind the noises. the smell but only way that sustainably is actually possible because doing this in the masses of me today

is so loosely impossible. but still for me. i don't really know if i'm ever going to walk into a supermarket again and be like yeah i'm going to eat that means. the next morning it's time to harvest the meat we've worked so hard for. taking the carcass apart isn't any easier it turns out. and there goes the show up. about 20 kilograms of the lamb are lost in the process mainly the pelt and the guts . that looks great. how about a sausage for starters. i'm

not going to lie this is really really good and i don't feel guilty about it because the lamb had a good live and good death and i'm not turning vegetarian but it's only for special occasions when you slaughter animals like we used to do 100 or 150 years ago and like we just did you also need to eat meat like we used to 100 or 150 years ago that means only a steak a week and that's it. oh my what a day for a quarter leaving a comfort zone doesn't always happen voluntarily people losing their jobs because the businesses are suffering under 10 demick restrictions now that's a real problem but maybe this crisis can also offer opportunities entrepreneur

ernest darko might have some advice for you even if you're not into a large scale health systems development like he. career pandemic has really turned the world upside down. so here are 5 tips to boost your career in the context of a pandemic. is really important to focus on things that you're passionate about even if in the overall sense of your career it's hard to find you know to be passed along i grew up in the situation where health care was always poor clinics or overcrowded half or 3 medical career realized that if i really want to make a difference he'd have parents i needed yet dr our systems not so many years later here i am basically running a company that is focused on helping countries success systems at large scale it's

not easy to get out of bed to go to that jar or to go to that. it's your leg up getting iraq to. give in particular over again every year has pretty much dependent for example on seeing people and we know that according to law can at least in or it definitely impact your career 'd or your profession. boat to that assessment really quickly to understand whether it's how to diminish or create opportunities for you. and. if there is an opportunity trying to figure out how are you going to work myself into the chianti surviving innovate in order to meet this new demand yet actually not see people in person but i still imagine our power connect innovate. need this opportunity so we developed a screening app for example that community workers who are going to do the door to

door who are screening could use to capture their screening and the result of that screen. got. a. look at protecting yourself using technology to allow you to innovate using technology to allow you to meet when you are that reset or as opposed. to work. so technology and they can change in many cases. scale yourself up it allows you to be accessible i a client in a way that probably might actually be better than preprogramed. answers in physical things changing. everything from having 1st wave to 2nd wave to learning new things about it is then change its policy environment that then changes the rules you're happy with the right way if you mean taking

a class if you maintain quality and you meet any satisfaction. i notice other critical luxury to be in a position where you can do all these things because some people may not actually have these options to the extent that you can i think. that you do so and i've seen the meeting examples out are people doing this and in fact not only surviving on every but actually thriving in the context of all of that challengers that could make us proud. readjusting your career can be difficult no doubt particularly if your plan was to have one of the coolest jobs ever flying a plane but we know the pandemic has been an utter nightmare for the travel

business the global airline body says air traffic this year is expected to be 66 percent lower than last so it's been a huge mess for the sector up to this point and even with bookings slowly recovering german flag carrier who stands up as the jets that would be pilots in the prestigious flight academy might have to rethink their plans. flying free is a majestic landscapes it's not appealing prospect for many the video is about the trances pilot training program in the united states or a favorite with ucas time 22 year old moved to braman a year ago with his girlfriend to start his training at the european flight academy a look times the group's training school in germany. now they're packing up and leaving braman in march the coolest was suspended $700.00 would be pilots were left hanging for lucas it's been

a very trying time. they just kept stalling and putting us off 1st they said the course would start up again in may then in september then next january. since it's also unclear it's time for us to leave. we can't keep paying rent for this flat we came to blame and so that i could become a pilot and say i could go to university. but our time here is now over. after many months in a kind of suspended animation with the training museum or wouldn't it lucas and made the difficult decision to give up and go home.