as restaurants are set to close next week the swiss government has edged people to stay inside but his left at least one decision to local authorities whether to open ski lifts this year's ski is it will have to add kovac 19 to the long list of alpine hazards. well for more on this i'm joined by klaus humpers a journalist in vienna austria one of the many countries tightening restrictions can you give us details of what's going to be happening there 1st of all everybody wants to was it austria has to entertain the county from that night on after 5 days he or she can take it just if negative care and he might. besides this is. blocked only to be closed again on december 26th lasting until generally seventeen's all shops museums sports fitness centers everything is closed completely the 24 hour curfew will be in effect for the coming 3 weeks due soon then after the 17th of

generally take part in mass testing in the negative you may go to restaurants museums cultural events again you should be opening on a piece of generate those who go not to testing but have to stay in place that hold another week it can only go out again generally 20 calls for extensions to go to work you go to buy who you go to help somebody in the neighborhood or you walk around to visit dog is your purpose to get some fresh air no exceptions of new year new year's eve so there are no player votes in the guy's rings in the streets. or ski resorts are another big topic of discussion a switzerland just next door to australia is letting local authorities decide on whether to live penske a lift was all straight doing there is a lot of money obviously involved in the decision. they want to earn the money to not only earn from outside because neither of their people are from germany not from italy not from switzerland will come into austria ski resorts will open in 24

hours of december but only for regional people because hotels and restaurants are closed down to 70 to generate so there are no food stations no drink possibilities no appreciate so only locals can go skiing and only for a one day visit if you want to say so this is possible and the local authorities decide to rodeo ancestral already decided to open on december 24th. right now austrian chancellor sebastian quarter said that the country even an island he's obviously talking about tourism there or are there other concerns as well. a lot of people from outside to live in austria and work in austria for example from western bargain's from germany from other parts of europe and to take chances little bit afraid that a lot of people for example orthodox people go back to serbia of tool festivities of regenerate 6 and come back and bring back fresh infections there for he

recommends everybody australians as well as foreigners living in austria to stay put their bowl here in austria don't go to see your neighbors don't go to see your relatives just stable so that we prevent an overthrow in the i.c.u. and certainly going to be a different christmas the fund has in vienna thank you very much. and a 2nd covert 9 tain vaccine has been authorized for emergency use in the united states millions of doses of them a dern a vaccine are expected to be added to the massive american vaccination program which began this week with health care workers older people in long term care facilities are next in line for the jabs the approval comes one week after the u.s. food and drug administration authorized the vaccine developed by bio and taken pfizer. here's a look now at some of the other latest developments in the pandemic german health

department's report of 31300 new cases on friday and 702 fatalities related to covert 90 more than 25000 people have now died of the disease in germany and france that toll has passed 60000 president is asking people to remain vigilant after he tested positive for the virus has put parts of sydney under lockdown to bring under control across to any of the city's northern beaches people who are only allowed to leave their homes for work care exercise or basic necessities and india surged past 10000000 coronavirus cases the 2nd highest in the world although new infection rates appear to have fallen sharply in recent weeks. this weekend germany marks the 4th anniversary of the terrorist attack on a christmas market in the heart of berlin and islamist extremists hijacked a 40 ton truck and killed the driver then rams the vehicle into the crowded market

killing another 11 people and injuring dozens more the terrorist escaped and was shot dead by italian police 4 days later. berlin was unprepared for such an attack and had to learn how best to help people in the aftermath. eustis minster 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. such. as i said it did not work 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 you know that's one of the i noticed on followed up 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. 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 they 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. because 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 ha now and hala 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. that's the perspective of the victims is what matters are the perspective of the victims' families. every step of the process you have to say slow down don't hurry things but many people who are suffering after an attack get immediate what 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 used as monsters 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. let's turn now to some other stories making headlines supercycle and yes it has flattened entire villages as it tore

through the pacific island nation of fakey authorities say at least 4 people were killed climate change has made cyclons stronger and more frequent with the 3rd maximum strength storm to batter the island in 5 years. u.s. secretary of state might pompei it says russia is likely the source of the worst ever cyber attack on u.s. government agencies and businesses he's the 1st trump administration official to link the attacks to russia moscow however has denied involvement. a pair of endangered durango tang's has arrived in indonesia to so they can be released back into their native habitat the 2 were seized from smugglers on the border between thailand and malaysia and 27 tame thailand has returned a total of $71.00 a rank of tanks to indonesia in the last 15 years. all the current virus certainly has been dominating headlines in this year and it doesn't mean that

other crises have gone away one such story is migration countless people trying to reach europe in hopes of a better life. and this year has seen a shop increase of migrants in the atlantic trying to reach spain's canary islands off africa's west coast it's a dangerous voyage as could be saying in this report. nash yano was born just a few days ago but she will never know her father. he died a few weeks ago while trying to reach the canary islands by barge on the sort of cold atlantic route. the mother only wanted was to improve his living conditions also i am sick and he wanted to provide for many his wife and children sent to go west africa one starting point for the atlantic route this year 10 times as many people have attempted the voyage as in 2019 hundreds of them lost their lives. the pandemic is one reason behind the increase jobs are vanishing way just falling

tourists are staying away migration routes through libya and across the mediterranean have become more difficult many of the migrants used to make a living from fishing but they say large troll is from the e.u. and other big countries a wiping out fish stock. so we need a normal family life is hard and there is little hope we lived mainly off of fishing and built our houses that way solved our problems sent our children to school. most of the migrants are young men driven by a desire to support their families as well as misconceptions about europe. more than maybe many young people believe that europe is looking for more workers because of the high death toll associated with curves at 19. used to move do. they know the voyage to europe is dangerous but for a better life they're willing to risk everything. and a bit of sport now on

a friday night's bundesliga match any i'm berlin continued to exceed expectations this season when i pulled off a stunning 21 victory against dortmund the winning goal started with a set pace in the 78th minute which martin frater huge headed home for. it was his 4th goal of the campaign the most of any defender in the bundesliga but when puts anyone in 5th place right behind dortmund. heavy snowfall is clobbering northern japan leaving motorists stranded and causing power outages in some regions a strong cold air mass brought record snow this week to mountainous areas in niigata and prefectures several times snowfall records were set on friday with more than 2 mate is falling on the city of fiji in just 3 days or thora teams have issued warnings for more snow avalanches and transport destructions.

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the end. secrets. starts december 26th. up. this week on the world story. itself the colder the piracy is out of control. number a silent christmas in lockdown but we start over it's following its controversial presidential election many members of the opposition were arrested for flood into exile. but protests against president lukashenko are continuing unabated.

most kids do 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 but most people here don't want to be recognized you know you agree to be filmed wearing them asks one person who is willing to take that risk is media 20 she's only ever known one leader at xander. was to book 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. what are. police emerge out of on mark plans scattering the marches in all directions dozens of

smaller demonstrations in parallel across the capital making the police's job 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. look at the police 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 on protest days in belarus the government has switched off mobile phone networks. the reaction to their protests 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 no can people's dogs we moved from house to house and eventually there are about 30 of us hiding in one woman's house she look

. and wouldn't let us risk leaving the house unless we had a lift to pick us up. this is one of the 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. it really feels like they changed as a country could have a happens now that can be reversed. but. no one can say with any certainty how long these protests will continue or what they might still achieve but for most of these young better russians out protesting giving up doesn't seem to be an option. to us has the highest number of 1000 deaths worldwide. this is partly because president trunk continues to downplay the threat of buyers the consequences are from.

south dakota one of america's least populated states but yet the virus has spiraled out of control here like nowhere else in the u.s. in the city of sue false a mask mandate was put in place recently without sanctions many citizens remain defiant i think it's a good idea that people wear masks but some people balk at the idea of being told to do so i think with some of the shutdowns are doing and the picking and choosing that they're doing is making it a lot of businesses like most of the people nowadays like even ehlers are not. but i think it's for the best like there's happy. south dakota now sees the highest hospitalisation rate of the u.s. and there is no relief in sight. out of schroeder is one of them he and his colleagues working 12 hour shifts trying to save those who are at the brink of death. a task which comes with a personal toll would be

a lot of dying right now unfortunately not everybody's recovering how we'd like. it's a little harder every day people are coming in typically requiring much oxygen a lot of them end up getting a breathing tube. and from there you know it's just a battle for their life i kind of see and understand his weekly press conference mayor paul 10 hakan of the republican party updates his community about the latest developments the mayor has been criticized over his handling of the pandemic in this part of the country i think there's a fierce independence a lot of people have made the mistake of calling a cowboy country at one point and people didn't appreciate that but the point of that term meaning we're independent we don't like people telling us what to do. christina bjorkman wishes for more government action against the pen demick told

her she lost her husband took over at 19 after a 30 day long struggle at the hospital her ordeal. where. she says his death could have been avoided with stricter rules. the whole mask mandate got political and should have never been political and should have been a medical thing and i think it just got so blown out of proportion and. i think maybe it came from our president he started it. christina bjorkman is pinning her hopes now on the president elect and a nationwide mask mandate once he takes office before then thousands more could die from cold at 19 in south dakota and the rest of the united states. the coronavirus situation is also a concern turkey's. government only recently began publishing the full number of

daily actions. doctors in the country's population. is celebrating her birthday she turns a 2 day or 2 biggest wishes harry potter cake and meeting her best friends. the latter is more difficult to organize since stricter coronavirus measures have come into force in turkey young people under the age of 20 are only allowed to leave their homes for 3 hours a day. i know that i used to be able to go outside whenever i wanted it that was much better but i also miss school now everything is done why assume and it's so annoying they are. coming to the other says mothers trying to organize life as best as she can between work and curfew. curfews for children are not the only new

anti coronavirus rule in tokyo those older than 65 can also only go outside at certain times public transportation is forbidden for young and old people and on weekends everyone with few exceptions has to stay at home. it looks pretty bleak these days in istanbul's usually very busy neighborhoods restaurants bars many. shops closed. the government now reports about $30000.00 new infections per day. in with the queues many of us are angry about how the government is managing the crisis but there's nothing we can do. the government is concerned with its reputation they want to look good that is why there is no transparency of all mother publishing them it's about they should have informed people much better right from the beginning then everyone would have known what to

expect and how to act if you curated. a miraculous deals with many covered 19 patients he's a family doctor and belongs to the turkish medical association he says the authorities are still hiding the true extent of the crisis. we still have a lot more cases than the government says according to our estimates we have about 50260000 new infections per day while our doctors and hospitals are at the absolute limit we have to urgently take radical countermeasures on that almost all of those things the current restrictions are already plenty tough policies over the kids have to go back inside next year she hopes for a birthday with out the coronavirus. our

last journey is to germany the country is now in a hard lockdown almost everything is closed citizens are being told to stay home. the world famous christmas market nuremberg has also been cancelled. this is christmas eve as it gets back and 2020 usually the central market square is bustling with the city's famous christmas market at this time of the year but it was cancelled weeks ago and now the city center has become almost ghostly. only fruit and vegetables on offer but no one comes to buy them. daily dorgan has been working here for 3 decades he says he's never seen his city so empty. feels it's all full for us there's no christmas here now no tourists it's terrible just look the market square is completely empty. and it's the same

all over the city the state government has asked the variance to only leave their homes if they have valid reasons like going grocery shopping visiting the doctor or going to work wearing a mask is compulsory in most areas of the city center partial school closures a ban on alcohol in public places and a nighttime curfew complete the strictest lockdown in germany police have increased their presence in the city center to remind people to stick to the rules but for now this little resistance they tell us. of course there are people who intentionally defy the rules there have been incidents of people refusing to cooperate when police tell them to wear masks but luckily those people are really the exception not the fella bones all the people we speak to think the authorities should be even tougher. in the monitors that we think the lockdown is absolutely justified there's just no alternative at the moment the restrictions should be tightened even further for shift and so. i'm totally fine with it because

there are so many people suffering and people not taking this seriously should see what it looks like in hospitals. and that discriminate and getting worse every day that scares people including those who are suffering from the effects of the lockdown that is already in effect black market trade or die any dog on the 2 things are hard lock down is the best option now there are 3 and we've just got to get through this and maybe things will get better that gets better. maybe even in time for christmas for that known back us a willing to make sacrifices in the weeks ahead.

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