this is if you did you 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't continue with chris cruise as planned the british prime minister unveils tighter covert restrictions as a new strain of the virus causes infections to spike also coming up israel starts to roll out the covert 19 vaccine for palestinians have to wait with the west bank in lockdown and infection rates there on the rise the warnings have yet to secure

supplies of the shop. and in the bundesliga are in munich kept off a great 2020 with the wind it later to use in putting them top of the table over the winter break. 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 tighter regional coronavirus restrictions households in london and southeast england will not be allowed to mix 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 war that a new coronavirus train was speeding up the spread of infections. shoppers in london made a final. to the stores before the new restrictions went into force set 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 weird it's hard so great for business it's not good news for people but. i guess there's no way to avoid that kind of have a family day. except for. the best. part of the room if you think of. the decision to add little christmas get togethers in london and surrounding areas is a major climbdown for president prime minister barak's johnson. we don't want to as i say to burn christmas too to cancel it and i think that would be frankly inhuman biddies 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 had 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 our 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 other 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 law on the seasonal sparkle told by the pandemics force. and the earlier we spoke to our london correspondent charles charles from phil and asked her what these tougher restrictions mean for

people in the u.k. the rules up until today had been 3 households would be allowed to meet indoors for 5 days that is now been cut back severely people in these new 54 restrictions as that quote i won't be around to leave that area is that being honest 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 people around the country being advised not to travel far and to cut down on socialising with other households where possible. and here's a look now at some more of the latest developments in the pandemic the netherlands has banned all flights arriving from the united kingdom the government there said it made the decision to limit the spread of the new 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 also have to

limit the number of customers they receive and major outbreaks in a sole prison and nursing home have pushed south korea's daily cases to a new record high the country has reported 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 of sudan to demand faster reforms on the 2nd anniversary of the uprising which ousted president omar al bashir many demonstrators say they're unhappy with the slow pace of change under the country's transitional government. lebanese riot police have confronted students protesting a big hike intuition fee's security forces fired tear gas to disperse a gathering outside beirut's american university it and another university have decided to pay tuition to a much higher exchange rate with the u.s. dollar than the official value for the lebanese pound. a powerful

cycling has left a trail of destruction in fiji authorities say entire villages were wiped off the map emergency services are trying to provide food and shelter to people in the worst affected places 4 people were killed but that number is expected to rise as aid workers reach outlying areas. israel has begun its covert 900 vaccination campaign with health care workers and people over the age of 60 at the front of the line. prime minister benjamin netanyahu already got his shot a successful vaccination campaign could also give him a much needed political boost its government has faced criticism for its handling of the pandemic which struck amid a corruption scandal it says it secured enough doses to inoculate most of the population but it's unclear whether the rollout includes plans to vaccinate palestinians living under israeli occupation. the streets of

jericho on shishi this quiet nice business is a shot apart from pharmacies and bakeries palestinian police are in full swing 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 11 this will 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 lot of baloney and 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 to vote on a coronavirus 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 here . it's been a source of distress for many families across the u.s. and they laid bare americans in california is no different she's balancing paying for rent and food when out of a job. what part of. that was 1. 1 way of bringing home. church of local church and they give. give. everyone for every 3 months. a lady lost her job as a waitress to you took over 19 and she's been relying on savings food gift cards

and her neck used 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. i have been coming to get food aid for 7 months because i lost my job to the pandemic and this helps me along. with. food banks across the country struggling with the done to continue to support families like marcel's 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 country of namibia has more cheetos than any other in the world but even there the big cats remain 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 the cheetahs to. a rare sighting of wild cheetahs enemy bia like country has the biggest free ranging population of cheetahs in africa but the pickaxe here as elsewhere on the continent are highly endangered . you the population is threatens because it doesn't look inside of national parks but on commercially used fondant there's obviously leads to conflict is the cheat ok generally prey or livestock of the follows. scientists from 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 ting their movements they found she does it vastly preferred some areas over others allowing them to map safe and unsafe areas for cattle herding. it's about 10 percent off the area that is highly dangerous because concentrations of to cheat those is not height and about 90 per cent that is much less risky for didn't harm was done by moving their cattle out of harms way farmers now lose much less of their herd to cheetahs. around the country adopt the management to these day nobody sees a high risk area 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. winter sports now in bundesliga football fire nick travelled to laver in a bid to knock their hosts off top spot and go into the winter break in 1st place leverkusen where the last unbeaten team left this season i think conceded only 10 goals along the way but they had their hearts broken by a last minute where. my gracious gesture from the hosts made because i'm boss is presenting flowers to newly crowned player of the year robert leaven dusky and goalkeeper of the year manuel neuer. but once the game started leverkusen turned less hospitable patrick schick opening the scoring with 14 minutes guard. i the flowers

a distant memory for noir. a short corner now the memories are king pass and schick beautifully meeting the ball on the volley for the opener. then byron got another present just before half time who else but robert evan just be the beneficiary across from thomas millar and liver couzens defense left the world's best player unmarked just scored the equaliser. and laver couzens generosity continued in the game's final seconds live in dusty netting his 2nd of the night i'm unit and 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 a custom spot top of the table. and you are of course watching news

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