this is news live from germany calls for patients. health minister. nations. everyone who will get the life saving jobs 1st and who will have to wait on the program. hundreds of school boards kidnapped by islamist militants in nigeria government buildings and. public. protection. fights for survival crisis with examining the health through the work.

is named. yeah after. 55 goals last. welcome to the program germany has revealed plans to vaccinate millions against 19 as infections and deaths continue to climb shop play the last 24 hour recording period has seen more than 800 deaths and 33000 positive tests fascinations the shuttle to begin on december the 27th. germany is gehring up for the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine authorities have to find which groups will be the 1st to

get the jab priority will be given to residents and staff of senior care homes people over 80 and medical personnel with a higher risk of exposure those aged between 70 and 79 and people with dementia who follow health minister yen spawn culture patients from those who will have to wait for their dose of the vaccine i call on all of us to do of the situation serviceably when germany states begin vaccinating most likely on december 27th at 1st the supply will be limited and it will be clearly defined who has the priority therefore i ask all their citizens to be patient i ask you to wait until it's your turn. and. there is light at the end of the tunnel germany is building numerous vaccination centers across the country ahead of the vaccine rollout and warned it will take one to 2 months before the most at risk groups will

be vaccinated it will take time for doses to be widely available that means many measures to contain the pandemic will have to stay in place. gentleman's club we have to realize that it will be quite a while before the vaccine will have any effect on the pandemic quite simply because we don't have enough for everyone who wants to be vaccinated therefore we will still need other measures to contain the pandemic. a pandemic that is still in full swing in germany the country recorded the highest number of new daily cases on friday and daily deaths are also at record levels high time for a smooth and fast rule out of the vaccine. yes let's get more from d.w. political correspondent simon young welcome simon so is germany's vaccine rollout ready. well phil i think the authorities here are quite

well prepared and as said there in the reports it certainly is it's a good time to do that because germany is facing increased infections in recent days record numbers of infections 30000 new infections yesterday and record numbers of deaths from kobe had 19 many of them in the elderly so the expectation is that the european e.u. medicines agency will issue an approval at the beginning of next week and then the biotech phase a vaccine can be delivered to germany the medicines agency here can check that those dates these are the right standard and then they'll be distributed to $400.00 vaccination centers around the country and vaccinations it's hoped can begin. off to christmas on the 27th of december and you know it's an important it's an important moment for germany there's been an intense debate of

priorities older people and people in care homes and also medical workers there will be getting the vaccine 1st and you know it's been it's been long hoped for now it's coming ok and i suppose what everybody wants to know is how long before a life can return to some semblance of normality. you know what the german government says is that in order for herd immunity to be achieved that's a safer enough vaccinations to be done that you know we can begin to start forgetting about covert 19 you need about 60 to 70 percent of the population vaccinated this 1st wave of vaccinations of the over eighty's will take a couple of months and then it'll be successively rolled out they say it won't be until the some of the 4 it can be offered more widely to everybody in the population so it's going to be a few months we hear that there is the 2nd vaccine of addenda vaccine is also in

approvals so you know the picture is good but it will take some time it's a list it was a logistical challenge for sure simon young political correspondent thank you. only the u.n. can find solutions to the covered pandemic which has deepened global inequality that was the message from u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists as he addressed to germany's parliament the bundestag in a ceremony marking the un 75th anniversary after being welcomed by chance of a makeover present from delta steinmeyer the secretary general said then could play a central role in backing efforts to stabilize the world order to win the pandemic currently holds one of the security council's protecting seats here's more of what the secretary general had to say he penned to me at the fair book lenient pantomimic has exposed deep divisions. shine

a light on an equality and justice and an adequate social security systems. heart you beyond the richest are suffering the most everywhere it's just class clear that this global crisis needs a global solution of. well the united states has moved a step closer to approving a 2nd covered 19 vaccine after an independent panel of experts endorsed the drug produced by pharmaceutical company but then a of a decision paves the way for the food and drug administration to approve the vaccines emergency use the u.s. has already started mass immunizations using the biotech pfizer shot the european union is under pressure to follow suit and said it would speed up its approval process for cough it 1000 vaccines. it's a look at some more of the latest developments in this pandemic starting in france

where the death toll has passed 60000 president macro is asking people to be vigilant after he tested positive for cough it 90 auster will go into its 3rd lockdown after christmas shops that reopened last week will close again restaurants schools museums and theaters will shut until mid january and china is planning to vaccinate 50000000 high risk people before the start of its lunar new year at least for chinese made vaccines are being tested well after months of resisting lockdown sweden has introduced some of its toughest measures so far the try and slow rising infections nonessential public spaces like james and live prisoner closed until late january the government's also done a u. turn on these for the 1st time recommending that people wear masks some public transport sweden has struggled to cope with record numbers of new covered 19 cases almost every week for the past 2 months. now to other news the

u.s. vice president mike pence has received his covered 19 vaccination live on television event was broadcast from the white house when is the pad said he aims to promote the vaccine safety and effectiveness. the u.s. financial markets with some uncertainty as wall street awaited stole the coronavirus economic relief package congressional leaders say they're close to a deal but there are reports of talks could relate to next week more than a dozen children have been killed in a bombing in eastern afghanistan and no one has claimed responsibility for the attack on a religious gathering and gaffney province which is controlled by the taliban. and as schoolboys in nigeria are being reunited with their families following a mass kidnapping they were abducted from their scold in the northern states of cuts to men a week ago and rescued by nigerian security forces many of the boys say they

suffered abuse during their captivity. it's a sight the world has been waiting for the 344 nigerian schoolboys free in sight yet they've suffered a terrible ordeal nearly a week in captivity some said they were baten and many of them report that was starved as a war for oil when they hit us in one place then they soared jetfighter change like ation and he decided where else they gave us food but it was very little. and it's been around 24 hours since they were delivered from they kidnapped as they spent their 1st night of freedom with soldiers next day to receive medical checks and only thereafter the government says can that go home good. for you. to. put. it to freedom for the boys and relief for not year and authorities the kidnapping

was seen by many as a symbol of the government's failure to keep people in the countries no saif the right will likely now bite at least for now or assume you do so pretty. to. conquer the efforts made right here in tears that unity our product as. if you hadn't felt that culminated. to need these for the 300 or were too full. it's still unclear who took the boys from this classroom but their doctrine has again shown a spotlight on the security situation in northern nigeria with bandages and threatens lives and livelihoods alike. british and european leaders say they're pessimistic about the likelihood of seeing a break said trade agreement u.k. prime minister says

a no deal books very likely has been holding telephone discussions with the european commission president. bush she says becoming remaining differences will be a huge challenge for european parliament has set sunday as the deadline for an agreement by some effects of britain's exit from the e.u. already being felt european doctors and nurses and leaving the u.k. and they're proving difficult to replace. even if it does rain a bit too much luigi donofrio has grown to love the place where you can really integrate people coming from all over the ward by the old eat together and this is amazing. he's 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 since rex's referendum he feels neglected by the british government as an e.u. citizen that his work during the pandemic has gone on appreciated. our

boys have never been heads and never been on the road or 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 fallout the e.u. citizens in the future doctors and nurses would need to be they want to work in the u.k. already few are entering now than did before bragg's it. the coronavirus pandemic has exposed deve flaws in the u.k. health service amongst them a shortage of staff so every you doctor nurse or cow aca that goes back to their home country leaves a gap on a hospital ward or in the cat home. everything that i think about right see go run several nursing homes in 04 in eastern england he often discusses with his team how to cope with staff shortages since the brags of referendum it has been nearly impossible for him to find qualified workers. who will 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 that will chew maria from portugal as does so remaining e.u. work job is hard minimum wage with lots of overtime be the black city if $49.00 people can come and we'll be. at can 2 without gathers i think i can 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. this is did a new life from birth and still to come with the coronavirus keeping stages closed

and a concert on hold will look out the gathering crisis in germany's arts center. head of that a philanthropist being held in jail in turkey has gone on trial on charges of spying. is accused of involvement in an attempted coup in 2016 which he denies he's already spent a years in prison despite never being convicted of a crime. disappointment outside this is temple court house a synagogue osman coverless close his colleague and his on a dollar cultural center is angry. but this is a far cry from human rights democracy and justice. human rights advocate cavalia has spent the last 3 years in jail he's been charged with spying and attempting to overthrow the government the witnesses who appeared in the latest

hearing did not incriminate him next time the public prosecutor wants to examine new witnesses it's cavalia 2nd trial. earlier this year he was acquitted of charges of organizing protests in gacy a park in istanbul. even as he prepared to leave his cell new charges were brought against him and he remained behind bars according to human rights groups the courts just carry out the president's orders that president made a thunderous speech saying this man should not have been acquitted he's responsible for the gezi events condemning the court and one condemned the court for trying to acquit him and made it very clear that he wanted this man behind bars turkey is a member of the council of europe and it's bound by the decisions of the european court of human rights bashir the court demanded cavalia be released. this

weekend to germany marks 4 years since the terrorist attack on a christmas market in the heart of berlin and islamist extremists hijacked a 40 ton truck and killed the driver in a vehicle into the crowded market fatally wounding another 11 people and injuring dozens more in the terrorist escapes and shot dead by italian police 4 days later you know the law. used is an emergency pastor in the days following the december 26th terror attack he met many of those traumatized by the event he says their grief was made even worse by the disastrous response from official support agencies. that's not why doesn't say it did not work as well at that point from people understood very clearly that they were on their own. to a certain extent that's because the berlin agencies and institutions were themselves overwhelmed but. that's one of the i'm a victim of a fatwa on as a result people waited a long time for financial and psychological help

a public memorial service however happened very quickly the day after the attack possibly to suit their got the scenes the memorial service was meant to be for victims' relatives but many of them had no idea at the time that they were actually the relatives of victims it was far too early. officials understood that there were not structures in place to deal with this kind of event a central liaison now coordinates support for victims and their families who will also get more financial help in the future. and we all know that money can't make up for the terrible pain that people have experienced it can only help with immediate problems. for the victims of the 2016 attack we've retroactively increase the payments even tripled them. trungpa says that the victims. of racist and anti-semitic attacks in the cities of

how now and how they have had quicker access to support he says the agencies have learned from their mistakes. that was put to the test earlier this month interfere where a driver fatally rammed 5 people. the perspective of the victims is what matters are the perspective of the victims' families. at every step of the process you have to say slow down don't hurry thinks . many people who are suffering after an attack get immediate aid and then you have to come to an agreement with the victims' families and also the families of the. 4 years after the 2016 berlin attack us this minister still stays in touch with many of the victims he just wishes the changes in victim support had come in time to help them earlier. and here's

a couple of more stories making news around the world the northeast united states is emerging from a massive snowstorm from pennsylvania across new york to the bunk people watched as up to a meter of the white stuff piled up for the 60000000 people have been affected by the season it was. a 38 u.s. states of the new anti trust complaint against google they argue that the california tech giant uses anticompetitive behavior to dominate the internet search market the suit follows 2 similar teach us complaints one filed this week by other states and another in october by the federal government. it's bought by robot leavened oscar he has won the fee for men's player of the year award after scoring $55.00 competition goals it's the polish board 32 year old's 1st global award and beat previous winners christiane in the world messi to the prize and held by a seal a champions league the bundesliga and german cup travel meanwhile england defender

lucy brahms took the women's prize 29 year old boy in the champions league with new york before moving to manchester city. let's get more on this from max merrill from v.w. sport welcome alex was leavened dusky the obvious choice well i think so although when you're living in an era with a christian or an alto and live in a messy it's never easy to beat out that kind of competition but live in dusk you have to stand out season 55 goals in 47 games and also leading by into the travel quite clearly being the best player for the team there as well so that all accounts it in his favor and he was very disappointed when the ballon d'or was cancelled this year in july and thought he had a chance at winning that you awfully of messi and ronaldo is not easy to beat but he's managed it now and well deserved i think so what did they do did they do it did they do it virtually they did eventually and johnny in france you know actually came and gave him the prize off to say he would be able to attend so

a little bit of a surprise for him no. good day for munich his. team mate might well know it took me award for best goalkeeper but hansie flipped the coach he didn't get anything that award went to fellow germany you know going to flow like yeah well you would have thought hans if they couldn't really do much more they won the treble and also the 2 super cup titles so there really wasn't anything else he could have done you would have thought and indeed you can club was very surprised saying he thought the flick was working away when he got the award you could see the surprise in his face then caught one last season's award having won the champions league with liverpool this season he won the english title the 1st one in 30 years for liverpool so a good achievement but realistically hands if you look at everything counted towards him the jury consists of players found journalists and coaches everywhere they were head to head except for the coaches or maybe even clubs charismatic demeanor gave him a little bit of a favor here and it also means that by him can actually win absolutely everything

ok let's talk about the women what made lucy bronze stand out as planned thea she has incredible leadership qualities an incredible fire. on the pitch she's a defender as well which is unusual for a player of the year would usually defenders don't really get the credit they maybe deserve and she works so well in the modern game as a fullback forwards and backwards fantastic for england fantastic in her 3 years at leo winning champions league title in each of her 3 seasons including the last one now moving back to manchester city and has just been a fantastic player and well deserved she she got all the votes and all fall categoric got a good reason the jury and her soon to be england head coach currently still the dutch head coach serina vic man won the coach of the year award and she said her win is a real sign that defenders are getting some credit you know it's nice what. they do sport thank you for the balance on your film festival the berlin ali is the latest

major event to fall victim to the pandemic and it's usually held in february it's been moved online in march with audience screening shuttle to follow in june the global culture industry has been hit hard with life performances and exhibitions i can so all restricted here in germany the government has been subsidizing artists but they say their situations are still dire. world class museums the cradle of classical music germany is a nation of culture. the government has freed up another 1000000000 euros to help out just under lockdown. you can't solve all the problems with 1000000000 euros but that was of course a very clear declaration of solidarity with the art sector by the entire federal government it's an expression of appreciation in june and the minister of state for culture launched a new start for culture aid program those employed in all areas of the arts can

apply for support through their professional associations. rehearsals for a satire a few days ago the oldest cabaret in berlin the final has received aid amounting 270000 euros and has invested in state of the art equipment for air purification and other measures against coronavirus. we've installed plexiglas barriers at the bars and the co-chair. contactless faucets for the toilets. we've presented and partially implemented i didn't concept that then allows us to stream productions so we've carried out this hygiene concept and way very happy about it. but not everyone has benefited from government support the culture minister has now called for another 1000000000 euros for the arts but there are many other aid programs as well jazz started says freelance artists in

particular need help to live a days under a critically as possible the question is really if somebody deserves it or not i do believe that artists especially taking out of action by law are already deserved something like short term compensation with. short term compensation is given to restaurant industry workers during lockdown for example many artists complain that the arts are not valued enough in these times. we need the arts because they hold up a mirror to us because they create a space for discourse because they deal with our answers to the ultimate questions with values that good. meaning we need the arts more than ever right now to help make sense of everything we're dealing with. the protests for better conditions for artists and the arts will continue the cultural nation of germany is currently being put to the test. now lots of us are wrapping up warm to fend off

chilly winter weather but it's not just us humans who are trying to keep the cold out this is a zoo in the southern chinese city of now which is installed heating to protect its animals after local time just plunged to an all time low i keep or say they're enjoying being warm of course is always an exception and the zoo's giant pandas are still living it up in the great outdoors this the freezing weather. well world news of the top of the hour i'll be back to take you through the day in just a matter. of

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the coronavirus of data the code of special monday to friday on t.w. . children to come to terms. one giant problem and mimic it in north america seem a bit serious. divided we'll be changing their fuel economy. by how will climate change affect us and our children ask. dot com slash water. i think it's everything channing 1st and i don't think i'm listening. much different culture between here and there challenging for everything. to some business i think it was worth it for me to come to germany. and i got my

license to work as a swimming instructor. in our 2 children 100. 60. what's your story take part on in for migrants dot net. as kobe related infections and death around the world continue to climb the fight back has begun with vaccines being approved in russia china united arab emirates britain and the united states to name just a few and vaccination programs have already begun now health authorities face the task of convincing skeptical populations that these drugs which have been bused through development and approvals process is safe i'm phil gayley in berlin and this is the day.