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for. cases d.w. 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 cannot continue with christmas as planned the british prime minister on piles tied to covert restrictions as a new strain of the virus fuels fear in britain and beyond also coming out of israel starts rolling out the cover 19 facts ain't about talent indians have to
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wait for the west bank in lockdown an infection right there on the rise all star teams have yet to secure a supply of the shops. i'm rebecca riches welcome to the program a number of european countries are moving to ban travel to the u.k. citing fears over a new strain of coronavirus concern about the new fastest spreading variant has led british prime minister abbas johnson to reverse plans to ease coronavirus restrictions over the christmas period has imposed an effective lockdown on london and southeast england. less than 5 days until christmas london is unrecognizable the normally heaving oxford street is almost deserted millions of people have been forced to cancel their christmas plans under the new restrictions
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after the discovery of a new corona virus strain this virus the new strain. it was out of control we've got to get it under control and the way that we can do that the only way you can do that is by restricting social contact it's an abrupt u. turn by prime minister bars johnson that's been widely criticized that we don't want to as i say to burn christmas to 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 i raised this with the promise to stay and he dismissed that and went on to tell people top a merry little christmas only 3 days later to rip up their plans and i think the british public's entitle to more decisive leadership than that the new strain of the virus is said to be 70 percent more transmissible than other strains and behind
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the surge of new infections in london and southeast england things like wearing them off it's like to me that social distancing they just reduce your chances of getting infected then they don't stop you getting in trick it and i guess that this increased transmissibility shifts the dial a bit back in favor of the virus and those things that mask where exactly this. become a bit less effective but that didn't stop london shoppers from making a final dash to the stores on saturday before the new restrictions came into force while the new rules could remain in place for some time britain's health secretary has tried to reassure the public saying a national lockdown is not inevitable. let's get more now from you hamad minear has over all of us from the lancaster university in the u.k. mr meir thanks for joining us what more can you tell us about this new strain of the coronavirus. well this new strain of corn of ideas was 1st identified kountry
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general back in september and that it was reported to the government in early october and since then we have seen and reached cases not only in britain london but also now in seoul east and the same strain is now being 35 in scotland and wales as well not that i learnt because of the. large scale sequencing approach it has not been identified but there are less chance of that it wouldn't be here so as it stands now it appears that now $67.00 is a dog of positive particularly in the norwegian or belonging to this screen so that is pretty scary and what he some so identified all the way back in september 'd why has it taken so long for the british government to act well when we 1st identified in in cannes at that point it was in one of those highly domino strain within the sequences that we're going to fight what happened over the time of course there is
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a limited restriction on to the movement but at the same time you know people are probably within the country and overseas as well so there's a strain in trouble quite frequently and therefore become more successful and the virus that has more sickness that would become more common i think in the field and now at this stage we have seen really fair proportion of people positive for this strain on shore a question that everybody would like to be certain of the answer is as we see the vaccine slowly being rolled out is this new strain going to also be able to react to a vaccine to the vaccine or be taken care of by the vaccine. yes absolutely of a comment when we talk about the new strain treat teens come in mind at the 1st incest 1st is that about the case why this is transmitted more within the population the 2nd things come whether it is more lethal is causing more so we are lucky enough that disease or the current vaccines are effective or not so the 1st one we certainly know that it is more than 70 percent in fact she is
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a peer it will be their regular classical strain of their call with 19 lara's but how much because impact onto the solidity of the disease or effective enough effectiveness of the vaccine is certainly something that we don't know to be honest but this is something that public health england is working very effectively end of it in 3 weeks we will have more information but it is less likely it's going to significantly impact on the vaccine success so therefore the cutting back program that is on of weight will not have any significant setback. for a mad mad mad man for all of us from lancaster university thanks very much for your information. thanks for having me before. let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines this hour a powerful blast has rocked the afghan capital kabul killing at least 9 people officials say the explosion was caused by a car bomb more than 20 people were wounded in the attack including a member of parliament. police in japan of rescued dozens of ski is trapped on
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a ski slope by heavy snow fall the group including $22.00 children had to spend the night in a cottage after toppled trees and power lines blocked the road to their resort record snow fall has caused disruption across northern and central japan. israel has begun its covert 19 vexation vaccination campaign with health care workers and people over the age of 60 at the front of the queue prime minister benjamin netanyahu already got his shot a successful vaccination program could give him a much needed political boost the pandemic came when his government was hit by 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 aren't usually this quiet most business is
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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 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 that elected our 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 and so. at the coronavirus testing labs more and more samples are testing positive for covert 19. countries in the region like saudi arabia bahrain and
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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. 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. they use highest court has backed a belgian ban on how kosher slaughter of animals the ruling states livestock must be stunned before they a killed the european court of justice says its ruling balances animal welfare and
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the religious freedom of jewish and muslim communities but the ruling has been condemned by religious leaders who are calling it an attack on their traditions and religious liberties. and for more on this i'm joined by data. how low does this ruling from the. main a total ban on how well i'm cautiously no it doesn't actually what it is the european courts are allowing kosher. kosher method of slaughter which is essentially that's most of the time a deep cut to the throat of the animal and then they're essentially bled out we'll say but only if the animal is stoned 1st so that's what the ruling is doing it's also backing up a similar ban which is already in place in several regions within belgium that the current ruling allows countries to introduce similar bans like the belgian legislation so it gives them sort of legal backing will say if they do decide to follow the path of those regions in belgium so it's not forcing countries to do to
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introduce upon like that and as you can imagine there's been plenty of divided reaction to this you know i can imagine religiously has reacted angrily i believe what did they say where were leaders religious leaders of said that their right to religious freedom in your. up is being isn't being protected that in fact animal rights are more important than their rights to were essentially practice their religious beliefs now in fact prior to this decision helen kosher slaughter at was given an exemption within at the animal rights legislation that's already in place so they're feeling very angry i spoke to the european jewish association and the central council of muslims here in germany to see their reaction so let's hear what they have to say jewish people cannot leave. you the not the basic rights you really they're sure there's a decision where everyone will through this every decision the state including the
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jewish people are not sure that there ought to continue to be able to consume food . i could not i cannot say that these people who. really would like to see urges you to continue living their riches freedom is gradually being undermined and traditional religious people are pushed to the mark much as our society how should lose their jewish shield at home in europe when they are increasingly denied access to who would call their according to their various rituals while feeling very excluded that those groups but what about the animal rights groups are they satisfied well animal rights groups are definitely very satisfied with this because they're saying that essentially by stoning the animal before the law and kosher slaughter it reduces the suffering of an animal so i spoke to a belgian animal rights group and this is what they had to say to me. you need to
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accept the 2020 we have to do everything we can to prevent them also for him and the needs are there the techniques exist reversible stunning exists it has been proven the. stern hu and stunning do not kill it and that was the condition for muslims and jewish people so i don't see where it's going to be stubborn i mean this is this should be the end of the discussion was definitely divided opinion there is can see if they referring opinions on what on what is going to happen i don't think is going to the end of this discussion are very difficult to get the balance there very fine not very sensitive topic it is thanks very much for coming and
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some support around childcare and the bonus league under new coach stephens enjoy their 29th straight game without a win on saturday there's even one nil at home to promote its side bailiff elde nathan de mint dino sent a beautiful long ball into the box and fabien and klaus was their team headed headed home early in the 2nd half of stephen's wasn't pleased with his team's defending with close given far too much space in front of goal chuckers last win was way back in january. a 2nd look at the other results from actually 13 so far they were away wins for hoffenheim braman and frankfurt. vital points at home to cologne earlier in berlin be brasier dortmund on friday night on sunday freiburg host head to berlin and travel to off spec. you're watching daytime emmys live from berlin shift data really is tech magazine is coming up after a show right so stay tuned for that i'll be back at the top of the hour with more
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