documentary. this is due to the news live from berlin hundreds of abducted boys in nigeria will came to freedom the 1st images of the schoolboys kidnapped last week by islamist militants arriving at government buildings in the northern city of katsina their abduction prompted public anger and fresh demands for better protection for nigeria's children. also coming out of germany's daily cohabit 19 cases surged past the 30000 mark and deaths top 800 the country's health minister gradings

a new goal spelling out will get the 1st lifesaving jabs and will have to wait. plus britain's gathering crisis and care for the elderly health care workers from the e.u. leaving for home stopping children shortages becoming acute. i'm rebecca it has welcome to the program many of the $300.00 plus school boys kidnapped in northern nigeria and now free the boys who were abducted from their school in the northwest state of cat same cena riving at government buildings on friday the students will undergo medical examinations before being reunited with their loved ones nigeria's president said their release was a big relief to their families the entire country and the international community the jihadist group boko haram claimed responsibility for the kidnapping.

correspondent who i assume interest joins me now from the ones that we just saw the boys arriving at the katsina state governor's office they walked there themselves barefoot many carrying some of their belongings what more do we know about the condition of the boys. what did go used to be in health condition because the one that comes down from the bus is that right nobody helped them to come down nobody's been. limpin so did the right now be received by the listed on the right. side are you ok fall right i'm sorry we seem to have lost the order you know there from.

apologies for that we will try to get that back up for you later but good news about those boys returning high and now tending to germany's covert crisis which caves escalating more than 30000 new cases confirmed in a single day as germans tied to lock down restrictions will start to bring those numbers down deaths related to covert 19 are also climbing and they tend to lag behind infection numbers by several weeks the country's 2nd wave is threatening to overwhelm the country's medical system hospitals in the worst hit areas have begun to transfer patients to less severe affected areas. to talk more about this we're joined by hundreds of political correspondent huns germany's infection rate is at its highest what does that mean for the country's health care infrastructure. well obviously i was just seeing there are regions in

germany where the hospitals are reaching their limits the major. areas of infection at the moment are in the east of germany and the state of saxony on the border to the czech republic and poland this is a fairly remote area with small hospitals with limited facilities and those for the facilities in fact are being overwhelmed at the moment are only able to operate because every day patients from there are being moved elsewhere in germany by helicopter most of the time elsewhere in germany the statistics seem to imply that things are still pretty good there are about 4 and a half 1000 beds in intensive care still available and an extra 11000 to any emergency centers such as an exhibition holes but in fact in those areas where the situation is most. hospitals are reaching the limits and stuff are reaching their limits there many stoffel have infected themselves or who have. suffered from

exhaustion exhaustion and cannot continue working at the moment so stuffing problems are really the most serious shortage at the moment and jamie's health minister yen spawn is today signing the country's vaccination rollout plan what they want to be. this is based on the findings of the commission set up by a german by the german government a commission of experts and he's converting the recommend mendacious of that commission into a regulation that becomes becomes law in all. there is obviously a priority that is envisaged which groups of people are to be vaccinated 1st and what has happened is that the health minister has reduced the number of categories from 6 in the recommendations of the commission to 3 that are going to be passed into law today saying that their swords offer more flexibility in treating various groups of people that you didn't need to kind of complete the 1st group before you

could go on to the 2nd but let's listen to what health minister spahn himself had to say about this. by the new buses here they can but in the few roads and those who depend on care most at risk. and we need surely won't be able to vaccinate everyone or everyone who wants to be vaccinated them so we can only offer certain individuals protection we were there for starting with those for whom being vaccinated means better health so as it's leisure goes on tight and those who are experts say i live a longer life if that vaccinated. then situation informed should be had and his health and if he ends. it now harms how prepared are german stillings for the rollout. well spahn himself said earlier this week that the more than 400 vaccination centers that have been set up across the country are ready to go all the need is for the. vaccine to arrive which is expected within about

a week or 10 days but in fact there are regions in germany that aren't quite as far as that that will only be able to vaccinate early in january. most likely it is a little bit. and even distributed across germany but as i said the vaccine is likely to arrive soon and most risky groups will then the groups at highest risk will then be vaccinated. i think basically germany is well prepared and just waiting for the vaccine to be released as you say the highest risk patients they have being treated 1st with the vaccine obviously do we know of when it will be made available to the wider community when life may return some kind of manono malady that's very uncertain at the moment the 1st group of high risk people and people in hospital so on treating those high risk people comprises about 4 to 5000000

individuals already the vaccines that have been bought by germany at the moment will not even be sufficient to treat that group it's a matter of shortages in the production process obviously this vaccine is sold off to recruits the world. at the moment of the health minister is saying that it is possible that by some and next year in other words in about 6 months time there will be enough vaccine available to actually vaccinate the large majority of the population if some months yet another words my husband did have the political correspondent thanks very much for the update. meanwhile the u.s. has moved closer to approving a 2nd covert montane vaccine after an independent panel of experts indorse the shot made by pharmaceutical company monday the decision paves the way for the f.d.a. to approve emergency use of the vaccine be u.s.

has already started its mass immunization with a kovacs aim by biotech pfizer the e.u. under pressure to follow suit said it would speed up its approval of the mountain of vaccine decisions now expected on january 6th. when i take a look now at the latest global developments in the pandemic china is planning to vaccinate 15000000 high risk people before the start of its lunar new year at least for chinese made vaccines are in phase 3 testing a study in singapore suggests pregnant women with covert 19 do not get more ill than the wider population the study also found that babies born to infected mothers have antibodies against the virus and officials in australia have declared sydney's northern beaches a coronavirus hotspot $21.00 bitches will be closed because of a spike in cases sydney residents are being to stay indoors. so i leave the un can find solutions to the covert pandemic which has deepened global

inequality that's the message of u.n. secretary general antonio terrace he addressed the german bundestag in a special ceremony marking the international bodies 75th anniversary it was a welcome to the german parliament by chancellor angela merkel and president frank volta steinmeier he said the can play a central role in backing efforts to stabilize a world order during the pandemic germany carli holds one of the security council's rotating states. well let's have a listen into some of what the un chief has had to say this morning. then to me the 5th book lenient the pen to make has exposed deep divisions. shine a light on an equality and justice and an adequate social security systems. hearts. thought with just are suffering the most everywhere. it's clear that this global crisis needs

a global solution all. well the visit by the secretary general comes as the u.n. is fighting to stay relevant the principle of mulch rate multilateralism which it was founded has come under fire from many world leaders including u.s. president donald trump and even germany's chancellor says a as a rule the u.n. was born on in 75 years ago is denting its effectiveness. $945.00 the end of world war 2. diplomats gathered in san francisco u.s. president harry s. truman summed up their own dishes goals this way. for the unity of the terminator. already rar i on the 24th of. since then the u.n. family has tried to alleviate hunger and care for the poor. and the weak.

the peaceful resolution of conflicts and the world wide ban on violence those are the ideals of the united nations. but the organization hasn't always lived up to those goals the un was unable to stop the 1994 genocide in rwanda where hundreds of thousands of people died or were driven from their homes then came this rubber needs a massacre during the bosnian war in 1995 when dutch un troops stood by as genocide happened on european soil. one major structural problem dates back to the un's founding russia france the us great britain and china each had veto power to block action on the security council. for the un 75th do you believe the german chancellor angela merkel addressed the

central issue. so off this is because hot look too often when it comes to making clear decisions the security council is blocked we need reforms the united nations must adapt to take on the challenges of the 21st century. the un may have lost some of its luster over the decades but if it didn't exist we would probably have to invent it to promote peace and combat hunger in the world. the pandemic has led to a rise in mental health problems among migrants stuck in camps in greece that's according to a study by the international rescue committee the eye are saying some 15000 people are currently stuck in overcrowded reception centers on greek islands squalid conditions and made worse by lockdowns imposed because of the virus the i os a study found that additional restrictions in movements have worsened symptoms in a range of psychological disorders among migrants. meanwhile

a number of refugees worldwide keeps growing this year the un counted a total of nearly 18000000 refugees globally an increase of some 10000000 on last year and many of those people have been living as refugees from much if not all of their lives we have this report from then on. every morning your rear of the mood cleans the source out of this rusty oil oven it runs old night so that her children kept up by the cold with temperatures dropping close to 0 degrees celsius meanwhile father is desperately trying to insulate the shack. it's miserable we don't have proper schools here nothing to do it without noise i huddled the kids close together so that they keep warm we don't even have warm clothing for them. it's set to be the harshest winter for the family yet not just due to the cold but nearly 10 years ago they left aleppo fleeing syria's civil war

since then. lives have been devoid of prospects but it has never been this bad. image of barely any jobs left for us everything has gotten worse. almost 90 percent of refugees here now live in what is considered extreme poverty and the corona virus has arrived at the camp but mosques are in short supply. their kid never had to move everyone here is afraid and worried my father in syria has just died of coronavirus 3 days ago. the explosion at the beirut harbor in august was the catalyst for a wider crisis 200 people died 7000 were injured and 300000 made homeless the already teetering economy crashed completely and that has affected the willingness to support around 1000000 refugees in the small country. there are

a burden on lebanon and any other country they live in they should go back home. they need to go back lebanon is in a huge crisis we also don't have jobs and money for food there is nothing eyes and nothing but that and so for those sentiments off felt in the bekaa valley many syrians here are afraid of being attacked and are scared to leave the camps at night. which it's awful after 5 pm i don't go out even not to the pharmacy or the market. looking. for most people here a return to syria is unthinkable. house is destroyed and he fears being arrested his name is on the regime's wanted list and so he'd rather stay here than risk being put into a torture prisoners. let's take

a look at some of the other stories making news this hour cybersecurity officials in the u.s. have warned the government is a quote grave risk from hack is the warning follows revelations that the agency responsible for the country's nuclear weapons stockpile was among those targeted since march this year many suspect russia is behind the attacks moscow denies the claims. of a category 5 cyclists named yes has flattened entire villages in the pacific island nation of fiji the storm caused landslides of flooding and power blackouts as it swept across the island of van to live with winds of up to 345 kilometers an hour or say the cyclon has now weakened chinese. says it's dismayed the unit within the company talented software for identifying weak and minority members and says the technology was used only in testing and was not sent to any customer china is believed to hold as many as 1000000 wages in

internment camps. 38 us states filed a new antitrust complaint against google on thursday they argue that california takes muse's anticompetitive behavior to dominate the internet search market the suit follows 2 similar antitrust complaints one filed wednesday by 10 different states and another filed in october by the federal government. the northeastern united states has been hit by record amounts of snow the powerful snow storm has hit massachusetts pennsylvania and new york affecting 16000000 people officials have warned of near impossible travel conditions and asked people to stay off the roads. british and a year late is have turned pessimistic over the likelihood of finding a post breaks a trade deal british prime minister bars johnson says the chance of a no deal outcome in last minute talks now looks very likely he's been locked in

discussions with the european commission president as if on the line who says overcoming remaining differences will be a huge challenge fear pain parliament has set a sunday deadline for integration well some effects of britain's exit from the a you are already being felt many doctors and nurses from a new countries have been leaving the k. and they are proving hard to replace quickly even if it does rain a bit too much luigi donofrio has frozen love london no longer needs a place where you can really integrate people coming from all over the wards by the old live together and this is amazing i just worked as a nurse in south london for 6 years and has become a head nurse but now he's going back to his family in northern is since it wrecks a referendum he feels neglected by the british government as an e.u. citizen birth and that his work during the pandemic has gone on appreciated. our

boys have never been heads and we never been on the rada even during last year we supported u.k. in many different ways but i've never seen much a person appreciation would never been on the rada. as for all other e.u. citizens in the future doctors and nurses with each of these a they want to work in the u.k. already far fewer entering now than did before bret's it. the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the flaws in the u.k. health service amongst them a shortage of staff so every year doctor nurse of cal worker that goes back to their home country leaves a gap on a hospital ward or in a cafe or. the resistance i don't think about right see go run several nursing homes in 04 in eastern england he often discusses with the steve how to cope with staff shortages since the breaks of referendum it has been nearly impossible for

him to find qualified workers. we have 120 stalls. we are now down to $98.00 permanent staff and the rest is made up of agency staff and where we had for approximately 20 odd european nationals we're down to one or 2 maria from portugal as to so remaining e.u. work her job is hard minimum wage with lots of overtime be the black city if $49.00 people can come and we'll be at cannes to either out get us i think how can we take out of all this people. the elderly people whom she cares for have become like family to maria in spite of brags that she wants to stay in britain for the time being but most of her friends have already gone back home. singapore's straight kitchens have long been

a cane gradient of life in the city states with stalls bundled together in food courts known as hocus centers is communal dining rooms serve meals at all times of the day to all types of people now unesco has a fully recognize the particular flavor they bring to life in singapore and added them to their cultural heritage list. it sizzles simmers and seems something's always cooking in singapore's hawkers centers 24 hours a day 7 days a week. every morning at 5 am lena starts preparing to dove for the fish pools in her kitchen singaporeans eat around a 1000000 of them a day and here they're still handmade. and because opted to stay at it patiently it's in the bones so fish balls there and it was easy to show kids love fish balls yes i think that. there's that c.s.e.

buy in to love its taste of delta. lina and her husband even served hundreds of portions of fish ball soup every day they run one of more than 18000 food stalls in the city's food courts the hawker centers chinese malays and indian influences all come together here. jeevan is typical of this cultural mix he's of indian heritage but his dishes are inspired by chinese cooking and if i sing avoid losing a voice or culturally diverse we have so many different people of all sorts of races and walks of life coming together sharing the love of food. chicken or duck with rice for 3 euros a singapore classic the dish has even and this hawker a michelin star the longer the queue the better the food that's the rule of thumb here but going to a hawk a center is not just about filling your stomach according to food blogger leslie.

more than half of all singaporeans visit one of the food courts at least once a day for breakfast lunch or dinner. you see our prime minister lining up for the food here and he's got to stand in line like everybody else a way for people like everybody else so it's it's something that you know whether you're a sea. or a president of a company or whether your you know just a middle class worker whatever this is this is all community dining hall. but something needs to change if the culture is to survive the average age of chefs is 59. j.j. is an exception 12 hour shift and relatively low pay are keeping young people away j.j. gave up his marketing job to become a hawker together with his friends he wants to entice future tastebuds with a mix of japanese and hussein. thanks to offer and you

know maybe yes we do a lot during the 1st world it was all about what we really wanted to educate more business us getting more getting more stalls and also because of the recruit more people getting close to the revenue was up there just in time to time. singaporeans love their food every evening at 7 and entire street in the business district is closed off and turned into a street food market and singapore good cheap food is almost a basic rights and now part of humanity's intangible cultural heritage. some support now on buying minix robert levin dusky has won the faith of best men's player of the year award after scoring 55 goals in all competitions last season he beat previous winners christiana rebel though and lionel messi to the prize the pole helped by and seal a champions league bonus lane and german cup treble it's the 32 year old 1st global

award meanwhile england defender lucy bronze took the woman's women's prize 29 year old won the champions league with neil in august before moving to manchester city. and shall have parted ways with coach manimal bound who was unable to turn around the club's $28.00 game winless streak bound failed to win a single game with shall cause since taking charge in september as a run of 10 matches the german club a currently bottom of the table with 4 points in 12 games dutch coach and shock a board member who stevens is set to replace bound for the time being. is a reminder of the top story we're following for you today germany has registered more than 30000 new covert 19 infections and over 800 deaths in a single day the health minister is reading a lot spelling out who can get immunized 1st. business is next with monica john she'll look at new progress on

a new china investment deal that's all from me 4 news headlines at the top of the hour until then you can get all the news and information on our website at state of any dot com i'm rebecca riches thanks much.

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