what happens here. northern lights within the 4 to circle starts december 21st t.w. . 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't continue with christmas those 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 code with 19 vaccine the palestinians have to wait with the west bank in lockdown and infection rates there on the rise of forty's have yet to secure supplies of the shop. and in the bundesliga byron munich capped off a great 2020 with a win at labor crews and putting them top of the table over the winter break. a mix by sir 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 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 war that a new coronavirus strain was speeding up the spread of infections. shoppers in london made a final dash 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 not so great for business it's not good news for people but. i guess there's no way to avoid that kind of. work for me to. have to pay to get this. far the only. thing i have. the decision to add will christmas get togethers in london and surrounding areas is a major climbdown for president prime minister barak johnson we don't want to as i

say to burn christmas too 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 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 and last day in the seasonal sparkle

dold by the pandemics force. and for more on this let's talk to our correspondent charlotte chelsea until in london charlotte about a 3rd of britons are being told to stay at home alone for 2 weeks a few days before christmas how are people reacting. nick reacting as much expect a lot of sadness anger hall break as the fact that christmas for 18000000 people has it in so many words been counseled being told to stay at home and not mix with any other households and as was mentioned in that report there that is a dramatic reversal from what was promised to so many people so much of the british public by prime minister boris johnson who as we had said it would be inhuman to cancel christmas but now in essence that is exactly what he has just done now to put this into context the public here were told in england wales scotland northern

ireland that up to 3 households could meet for a period of 5 days over the christmas period now in the areas that have now been plunged into this so-called to fold the harshest lockdown restrictions that now although be no mixing on any day at school including christmas day for the rest of england wales and scotland there can be mixing of households but only on christmas day of course a huge blow to so many people but the thing that has to be remembered here is while the christmas council ation might dominate the headlines now and for the coming days the big question there are mains though is what happens now going forward into january february now that this new variant of the virus has been discovered it raises questions about whether or not some of the long time restrictions that have been in place so far even enough to talk with this new variant and that raises questions not just in the u.k. but internationally as well what do we know about this new strain of covert 19.

initial date to say falls in just this new strain is up to 70 percent more transmissible than the existing strain now just to put that into some context for you in london over the last week alone the number of cases hay have doubled it's thought that 60 percent of the new cases are this new variance not just just show how transmissible this virus this new variant can be in fact that's been sort of thought the nicholas surgeon described it is the most serious and parallel potentially dangerous juncture since the beginning of the pandemic but there are couple of things that do need to be pointed out to him mutations do happen all the time and scientists here have said that there is no evidence so far that this is a more dangerous than the existing variant that it would lead to any more hospital that host site is ations perhaps the toilet seat and it's thought that the vaccine and treatments will be effective on this new variant as well so there is some cool

hypothesis and some very terrible news have some cause for hope than charlotte chance until reporting from london thanks for that. 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 said it made the decision to limit the spread of the new coven strain circulating in the u.k. sydney has been 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 seoul in a soul prison rather and a nursing home have put south korea's daily cases to a new record high the country has reported over a 1000 cases for 5 consecutive days. time now to take a look at some of the other stories making headlines a powerful blast has rocked the afghan capital kabul killing at least 8 people

officials said the explosion was caused by a car bomb more than 15 people were wounded in the attack including a member of parliament. a powerful psych loan 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. armenia has paid tribute to the thousands killed in its recent war with azerbaijani forces over a disputed region. critics of the prime minister nicola passion ian staged protests accusing him of mishandling the crisis the nation is observing a 3 day mourning period. israel has begun its covert 19 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 program could give him a much needed a political boost the pandemic came when his government was hit by a corruption scandal now 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 cheezy this quiet most 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 not when israel of although a lot 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 to get elected our little light and show a little bit out of me 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 math. 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 media are reporting that lawmakers have reached an agreement clearing the way for a coronavirus relief bill ahead of a sunday night deadline the stimulus plan worth about $900000000000.00 has been fought over for months it would extend benefits for struggling businesses and millions of unemployed that are jus to expire at the end of the year. it's been a source of distress for many families across the u.s. and their leader mir is in california is no different she's balancing paying for rent and food when out of a job. part from. 11

way of bringing home. church of local church and they give. give. markets one for everybody one. lady lost her job as a waitress to you 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. 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 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 and the pandemic still raging across the country it's unclear how long marisol and millions like us will struggle to make ends meet. time for sports now in this league of football byron munich travel to leverkusen in a bid to knock their host soft top spot and go into 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. a gracious gesture from the hosts laver coups and bosses presenting flowers to newly crowned player of the year robert levon 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 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 pressing just before half time who else but robert leavened off see the beneficiary across from thomas and leverkusen stefanski 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 getting his 2nd of the night 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 fire munich

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