this is a deja vu news live from berlin boris johnson cancels christmas for millions in the u.k. . these with a very heavy heart i must tell you we can all continue with christmas as planned the british prime minister unveils a new tighter code restrictions as a new strain of the virus causes infections to spike also coming up. israel starts to roll out the covert 19 vaccines that the palestinians have to wait the west bank and lock down infection rates they're on the rise doherty's have yet to secure

supplies of the shop. and in the bundesliga buyer munich capped off a great 2020 with a win at leverkusen putting them top of the table for the winter break. i'm nick spicer welcome to the program millions of people in the united kingdom will have to spend christmas without their loved ones after prime minister boris johnson announced tiger regional coronavirus for sections households in london and southeast england will not be allowed to mix for the holidays and non-essential shops must close it's a reversal of earlier plans to ease the rules over christmas and comes after scientist warned that a new coronavirus train was speeding up the spread of infections. shoppers in london made a final down. rushed to the stores before the new restrictions went into force that

made nice under the latest rules many will be forced to cancel their christmas plans indoor meetings between different households are now banned as all travel from areas under stay at home orders the number of kids are going up so i guess it's needed it's hard to start grateful because it's not good news for people but. i guess there's no way to avoid this kind of a sad day at work for me to. have to pay for the best. part of the room. i think i have. the decision to as little christmas get togethers in london and surrounding areas is a major climbdown for british prime minister bars johnson. that we don't want to as i say to christmas to to cancel it and i think that would be frankly inhuman it is with

a very heavy heart i must tell you we cannot continue with christmas as planned millions of he johnson said a new viral strain has forced him to change his mind when the science changes we must change our response. when the virus changes its method of attack we must change a method of defense and as your prime minister i sincerely believe there is no alternative open to me scientists say the evidence shows the new variant of the corona virus is more infectious than no there strains it has been linked to a surge of infections in recent weeks in southeast england. and now millions of people living in the area will spend christmas in lockdown the seasonal sparkle dold by the pandemics force. and earlier we spoke to our london correspondent charlotte charleston pill and asked her what these tougher restrictions mean for

people in the united kingdom the rules up until today had been that 3 households would be allowed to meet indoors for 5 days that is now been cut back severely people in these new to 4 restrictions as that quote i won't be allowed to leave that area is that being ours just to remain within their own household and as for the rest of the country well they're now being told that they can only meet for one day that's on christmas day and those measures says people around the country being advised not to travel far and to cut down socializing with with other households where possible. here's a look now at some more of the latest developments in the pandemic the netherlands has banned all flights arriving from the u.k. the government said it made the decision to limit the import of the new infectious covert strain circulating in the u.k. sydney has banned dancing singing and chanting indoors as it races to contain a growing outbreak bars and restaurants in australia's biggest city have to limit

their concern to customer numbers. and major outbreaks in a sole prison and a nursing home have pushed south korea's daily cases to a new record high south korea has now reported to over a 1000 cases for 5 consecutive days let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in sudan to demand faster reforms on the 2nd anniversary of the uprising which ousted president omar al bashir many protesters say they are unhappy with the slow pace of change in the country's transitional. lebanese riot police have confronted students protesting a big hike intuition fees security forces fired tear gas to disperse a gathering outside beirut's american university it and another university have decided to peg tuition to a much higher exchange rate with the us dollar than the official value for the

lebanese pound. and air leak in the russian section of the international space station remains impossible to locate according to russian state media pressure is growing on astronauts to find the leak as oxygen and air pressure levels drop but the russian space agency says there is no danger to any crew members. prime minister benjamin netanyahu already got his shot he told reporters he wanted to set an example for the country a successful vaccination program could give netanyahu a much needed political boost critics have blamed his government for his handling of the pandemic which has come amid a corruption scandal. it's unclear if israel's vaccination plans include the palestinians living under israeli occupation infection numbers in the west bank and gaza are rising rapidly as authorities there wait on vaccine supplies over.

the streets of jericho on cheerfully this quiet most business is a shot apart from pharmacies and bakeries palestinian police are enforcing the strict lockdown in the west bank it's going to be like this till the beginning of january the palestinian controlled parts of the west bank were already suffering economically before the pandemic people are hoping they will get the job soon northern israel of all of the palestinian people need a vaccine which is certified by the world health organization it would help the palestinians who are suffering a lot from the coronavirus pandemic which is adding to the problems of the israeli occupation a little a little light show a little bit with god's will this vaccine will be effective and we can escape this crisis which has affected every part of our life she untied me also. at the coronavirus testing labs more and more samples are testing positive for

covert 19. countries in the region like saudi arabia bahrain and israel are beginning mass vaccination programs. but the cash strapped palestinian government has not closed any supply deals with drug companies yet. it will be many months before we receive a quantity of the vaccine sufficient to vaccinate people on mass. bethlehem is usually bustling during the christmas season christians normally flock to the holy sites on the west bank but this year the celebrations will be muted as it struggles with the pandemic. american lawmakers have less than 24 hours of vote on a corona virus relief bill worth about $900000000000.00 it's part of an aid package

that could force a government shutdown if congress doesn't approve it by sunday night the stimulus plan has been fought over for months it would extend benefits for struggling businesses and millions of unemployed that are due to expire at the end of the year it's been a source of distress for many families across the u.s. and that later americans in california is no different she's balancing paying for rent and food when out of a job. i. would part from that was 1. 1 way of bringing home if there. were. church of local church and they give. gift cards. supermarket once every 3 months. a lady lost her job as a waitress to took over 19 and she's been relying on savings food gift cards and

her nephews part time job for extra cash. she's one of more than 12000000 americans who are unemployed or without income who face losing their benefits the day after christmas when the aid package passed by congress in the spring expires unless lawmakers pass a new bill this weekend. in new york marsal gonzales relies on a food bank after losing her job as a massage therapist. booker. i have been coming to get food aid for 7 months because i lost my job to the pandemic and this helps me along i mean you have. food banks across the country are struggling with the demand to continue to support families like maurice souls who's managed to pay rent through a series of small jobs with the relief bill still not passed on the pandemic still raging across the country it's unclear how long marsal and millions like her will

struggle to make ends meet. the african nation of namibia has more cheaters than any other country in the world but even there the big cats for me an endangered one threat comes from ranchers who kill the animals if they catch them preying on their cattle but now researchers have given farmers the information they need to keep their cattle safe and that's helping cheetahs to a rare sighting of wild cheetahs and namibia the country has the biggest free ranging population of cheetahs in africa but the big cats here as elsewhere on the continent are highly endangered. you know the population is threatens because it doesn't occur inside of national parks but on commercially used follett there's obviously needs to conflict as the truth ok finally probably all livestock of the fall of. scientists in germany flatmate's

institute have discovered a way to reduce that conflict they've been researching cheetahs and then maybe for more than a decade part of their study includes putting radio collars on the cheetahs and minor king their movements they found cheetahs is vastly preferred some areas over others allowing them to map safe and unsafe areas for cattle herding. it's about 10 percent of the area that is highly dangerous because concentrations of those is not how i and about 90 percent that is much less risky harmless and that by moving their cattle out of harms way farmers now lose much less of their herd to cheetahs. around the country adopt a management to these day nobody sees a high risk area and they just can't hold their cattle to an older place although it's just really not change and when cattle herders lose less of their livestock

they kill fewer cheetahs and example of how scientists working closely with locals is helping conserve africa's most endangered cat. owners portsdown and bonus league of football byron munich travelled to leverkusen in a bid to knock their hosts off top spot and go to the winter break in 1st place leverkusen were the last unbeaten team left this season having conceded only 10 goals along the way but they had their hearts broken by a last minute winner. by gracious gesture from the hosts laver coups and bosses presenting flowers to newly crowned player of the year robert leaven dusk. and goalkeeper of the year manuel neuer. but once the game started leverkusen turned less hospitable patrick schick opening the scoring with 14 minutes gone i the flowers a distant memory for neuer. a short corner now the memories are king pass and

schick beautifully meeting the ball on the volley for the opener. then biron got another press and just before half time who else but robert leaven doffs be the beneficiary across from thomas and liver cousins defense left the world's best player unmarked to score the equaliser. and laver couzens generosity continued in the games final seconds live and getting his 2nd of the night i mean a 10 time with the defensive blunder and the prolific poles shot deflected off edmond top soba into the net. $21.00 the final score and higher munich and a fantastic 2020 and they're accustomed spot top of the table. and you are of course watching news live from berlin next peiser don't forget you

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