this is g.w. newswire from berlin europe the tightens its borders to guard against a new strain of corona virus germany and other countries move to ban travel from the u.k. where a new virus variant is causing new lock downs and fresh fear but just how dangerous is the new strain also coming up on the show safe and sound after injuring nearly a week in captivity a nigerian schoolboy is back home with family and speaking out about his ordeal. and of the tiny state of the monaco is entice him more than just tax dodgers these

days we'll look at why so many people are flocking there this winter. and play richardson welcome to the show in germany is joining several other european countries and placing travel restrictions on people coming from the u.k. as a new variation of corona virus spreads rapidly there germany will also impose restrictions on travel from south africa where the new strain has been identified as well ireland friends and a belgium are among the other countries which have announced a bans on flights and trains france is also blocking the arrival of all goods unless they are unaccompanied by a driver that's causing a major headache for businesses on a both sides of the channel the restrictions come after prime minister boris johnson on saturday announced a tougher. azure's to combat

a new virus strain officials say while the new mutation is much more easily transmitted it's not thought to be any more dangerous i've got more from date of your correspondent nina nina give us the latest what more do we know about what restrictions germany is planning. in spawn germany's health minister announced on sunday evening that all passenger flights coming from the u.k. will be banned from entering as of midnight on sunday night and on monday the government will issue a government order that restricts all travel from south africa and the u.k. so that also includes possibly increased border ticks and train travel and not just flights and as of now there is intensive checks already applying to all passengers arriving from the u.k. and that is in line with what the hell's organization has said looking at this new

variant of the fire is the world health organization has warned all e.u. states to impose stricter controls so that they said virus doesn't spread across the continent and as you say all these measures are presumably in place to stop the virus strain from coming to continental europe but is it already present in germany . we don't know on sunday morning chris gentle austin who is germany's leading viral exists and one of the leading global experts when it comes to science close to said that it wasn't yet registered in germany's labs and on sunday evening in spawn the health minister confirmed that but of course there's no way of knowing quite yet and there are a lot of. variants couldn't germany so they stay say that there are and they are in close contact with researches in britain to find out more about their stereotypes

and. extremely nervous deja vue correspondent nina thank you very much for your reporting and this news just coming in italian health officials say they've detected the country's 1st patient to be infected with that new strain of corona virus they say the patient had recently returned from the u.k. and is now in isolation and in the united kingdom meanwhile concern about the new mutation has led a prime minister boris johnson it to reverse plans to ease coronavirus restrictions over the christmas period he's imposed an affective lockdown on london in southeast england the move has made the capital which is usually bustling with shoppers at this time of year almost unrecognizable millions of people have been forced to cancel their christmas plans under the new restrictions britain reported almost 36 hours into new cases on sunday the highest daily rises since the start of the peg pandemic. and britain's health minister says the government had to take quick

action this virus the new strain 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 call to get more from mohamed when you're here is a very all a just a from lancaster university in the u.k. dr minyard how concerned should we be about this new coronavirus strain. well thank you very much claire for asking this one because i mean it's really important that any mutation that occurred into the spite of being bet that make the surface of the virus has some concerns because through this spike but in the virus and that it would a body and become successful so over the time we have noticed a so many mutations outlook or which have relatively little or no impact but this particular variant that have emerged now has 23 mutations which are significant in terms of disease for some disability so therefore it seems like this why this is more successful and more fitter this means that it is possible for one person to

another person and from one community to enter the community quite effectively and of course the big question that everyone will want to know as we see a light at the end of the tunnel is will the already developed vaccines to still be effective. well that is again very important i just want to highlight is that event vaccine work vaccine doesn't work against one part of the virus it works against different components of the virus for example there are more than 2030 different sites within this 5 looking against with the vaccine is effective so if one or 2 mutations occur still the other one would protect against the infection so as it stands now the mutation that we have had to fight here in the u.k. have literally no impact on who the vaccine effective has so therefore the vaccine can be and developed by the pfizer we don't know or as far as i knew would have no impact on to the this why the secretary on raising the immunity and also to really neutralize this wireless i am sure that's a relief for many to share but look at this mutation was 1st discovered back in

september do you think the british government should have reacted earlier. well this information was provided to the british government you know early october when the test cases were reported in canned region but then it's a product quite likely in the other part of the inlet and since then the government has been reporting on to this infection and we have decided to security have been defying those mutations that are becoming more prominent but usually virus take a little bit of time before they become the dominant strains within the population so it was just just a few weeks before when the virus became so probably 6 old off to an identified forward positive cases were belonging to this strain and that is how it would be to the surface and the actions start to take place thank you very much mohamed when you're just a front line caster university. and let's turn our attention now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world a powerful blast has rocked the afghan capital kabul killing at least 9 people

officials a set of car bomb detonated as an afghan lawmakers convoy was passing through the city he was among at least a dozen people wounded in the tank. for the. militants have fired several rockets into baghdad's green zone apparently targeting the u.s. embassy there iraqi military says some of them hit a residential compound in the zone causing damage but no casualties it is the 3rd attack on u.s. targets in iraq since a truce with pro iran militias ended in november. 18 italian fisherman who were held for several months by a libyan warlord have arrived home their families are greeted them at a sicilian port and prime minister in just separate context and negotiated their release from libya and general kiley to have to last week after his forces had accused the group of fishing in libyan waters. eastern iceland has been hit by some of its heaviest ever rainfall triggering mudslides that destroyed at least

a dozen homes an entire village has been evacuated but luckily no one has been injured. now to nigeria where more than 340 school boys have returned home after being snatched from their classroom by kidnappers earlier this month some of them have now begun speaking out about their ordeal we have this report looking at how the abduction has affected one of the students. it's a peaceful moment with friends something 16 year old who prayed for but wasn't sure he'd experience again and just over a week ago he and hundreds of other students woke to the sound of gunshots armed men burst into their high school in the middle of the night rounding up the boys and forcing them to track through a nearby forest. after some time tracking they said we should stop here they said even if you try to run or real out you to run you will go nowhere rather you will

die in the forest. and. but that was not their fate they survived the kidnapping sometimes by eating leads or drinking from puddles. and. if they said nothing to us except when they shot guns they said allah is great allah is great they kept saying this. 6 days later a moment of celebration security forces rescued them from their kidnappers but the ordeal has left them and their parents worried about their return to school. on assist father did not want his face shown on camera as he talked about his fears no one will send his son back to that school without proper security not until the government does something then we'll leave it in god's hands we'll leave it up to god. nigerian authorities still have some explaining to do it's

unclear who took the boys or how their release was secured until those questions were answered and the government does more to make parents feel safe fear will continue to grip families in northern nigeria. a krone virus pandemic has battered tourism around the world and the principality of monaco on the french riviera is no exception away only a tiny city state has seen a little boost with a steady stream of day trippers seeking a reprieve from tighter restrictions across the border in france. a sunday lunch time in monaco a few minutes away in france all the restaurants are closed because of the pandemic and the set to stay that way to january the 20th at the earliest here they are open and heaving with people very many of them french people. you know. from a nice we've come to eat in

a restaurant because in france we're not allowed to. parents give us all of us. you mustn't leave the house you mustn't go and eat. what we are disobedient teenagers we don't listen to our parents. across the border to come in and out. of my home. you would. think you don't see it's an excellent thing it keeps the economy going do you think the french to the same thing. yes it would be a step towards getting back to normal economically to continue down. and it's not as if there are anti covert measures here in fact there are quite a lot of the. good list also does you know the tables have to be one and a half metres apart. no more than 6 people potato.

reservations only. no later than 2 pm for lunch and 8 at night when the curfew starts. we give them a permit so they can go home later but everyone has to be out by 930. you know. monaco is an independent country that's smaller than london's hyde park everybody knows everybody and people don't want to say anything that might displease the princely family holds the economic as well as political power when she found one person who sorts monaco's covert policy was too lax would only speak anonymously she can stuff it i'm really against leaving the restaurant open it's less about freedom and thoughtlessness and showing up freedom stops when other people's freedom starts you tread on other people's liberty you're

not defending liberty any more on the contrary. as the holiday season gets underway support the principle of this mystery many others with their feet or rather bellies the french people celebrate new year's with the grounds of the restaurant you know not this year not in france in any case that many could be coming over. to the restaurants here. to russia now and let's check in with the moscow's use of giant panda rui came face to face with a snowman in his enclosure who he successfully took down to reveal some hidden treats like in there and the workers had put carrots and branches into the snowman to entertain the bear and to help him and of us as a thing get into the holiday spirit.

that's a news update at this hour sports life is up next with a look at the amputee footballers who are making history i'll be back with more news at the top of the hour but don't forget you can get all the latest on our web site d.w. dot com and i read it in berlin from the whole team and so much for watching. the story of prejudice and propaganda. they were called the rhineland bastards born after the 1st world war. their mothers were germans living in the occupied rhineland their father's soldiers from the french colonies. the g.'s f. o. german children had a hard time because they were reminder of the german defeat of. exclusion and

content culminated in forced sterilization under the nazis. first documentary examines the few traces that remain of their existence. we call them the children of. starch january 11th on d. w. . new bogus me little bit i like my old bean i've been here for 5 years though. i'm

doing my apprentice. here the people are always nice and helpful you just feel. 2015 how many fled his home country of afghanistan leaving behind his family and the trauma he lived through as a child. i was 12 and now at school when the taliban came and shot everything up. i was badly injured and a month later i lost my leg. i just went back to school and my main concern was how can i keep playing football you know that was on my mind when i told myself yes you can do it hammad you can. if you want something then you'll find a way and if you don't want something you'll find excuses. then quickly making new friends and fulfilling

a dream finally playing football again. several times a month he trains with the club. in germany there are just 2 other facilities for amputee football in hoffenheim and in. the sport is played using just one leg and crutches goalkeepers play on 2 legs but use just one arm. just like we're going to hoffenheim one goalkeeper 3 outfield players in the pen at lee ok sport or no. comment has been playing with the club since he is this young is preparing for the 1st official amputee football competition in just a few days the tournament will begin in hoffenheim are there for the formal. training match they work on fundamentals passing running shooting. this complex

sport demands a lot from the outside. yes. it's what i grew up with football when i came here to the boys and see that they're really motivated and it's lots of fun and. also the way it makes me feel going to football and the guys are part of my life. that's how i see it. for many of the football is a way back to normality. that's the case for 13 year old him. so i was 6 and i really like it because it's a real team sport at some point i went in goal and really enjoyed it and since then i've been playing as a goalkeeper. the bar. the side. it wasn't nice when he was in

a dark place and not feeling well but he was so happy when we heard about amputee football and he complained goalie again that's his favorite position so i'm really happy and also glad to see him happy. in a she's one of 30 active amputee footballers in germany 3 years ago he had an accident during a sailing trip underwent emergency surgery for several hours but doctors were unable to save his right hand man you know. you don't fully realize it at the time at the beginning he was stuck in this really dark place nothing was working when he couldn't really couldn't write because he's right handed and just simple things like using a playstation didn't work anymore how was he supposed to do it. one of the 1st questions was whether he could continue playing as a keeper with those are things where you just don't know the answers. there

were. by chance free to him bianca heard about the football it was a stroke of luck for their son here and. now he can finally play in goal again and is thriving. it's loads of fun it's a bit different but it's nice and also good to see that it works also that the other keepers are like me i'm not the only one with the disadvantage. i. have at the start i was slightly daunted but then i just imagined it was like regular football i kept on training and playing i was really excited when i heard the news that i'm 1st choice for brown strike me and. i'm very proud of. game time the 1st official amputee football competition kicks off 1st to play

a top teams to send off and hoffenheim. the opposition some really each match consists of 29 minute hearts the braunschweig scored the jangling disallowed often hoffenheim a very skilled. historic event is also watched by klaus bender he coaches the national team as well as the hoffenheim. the decisive difference from my point of view is the movement of the crutches and my in the right position rather crutches blocking my movement non-disabled players don't have that. many people complain about. my players can move all day about their missing leg it won't grow back. it's game time for. the head of their 1st competitive match the coach sets the tone . for me personally it's more important not to concede them for us to score if we

lose the ball the matter where on the pitch we have to move back. once we're there we can catch our breath then. yeah yeah i'm really happy but also a bit nervous. just a lot of our really good hoffenheim to it most of their players are in the national team didn't also receive the screen i'm excited to see what will happen. i think is going on. early on the team from braunschweig hold their own in their 1st competitive match. and pulls off some saves. but hoffenheim a more experienced and simply the better side on the day. the rules are simple each team can have one player wearing

a pristine sis all others play with crutches. actively playing the ball with crutches counts as a hand full. of the goalkeeper may not leave the penalty area home. commented he can get a win in their matches against hoffenheim and dislodge off. and yet they're still happy to be there for germany's 1st amputee foot per tournament i think it was loads of fun you can be a little angry or sad but i already feel great again now. back in. the 1st round of matches is over tom it is on his way to work.

2 years ago he began training as an orthopedic technician. how many bills prostheses and also he sees. now he's about to take his final apprenticeship exam. you know there are as many opportunities as you and not as many good prosthesis. it was my dream to one day get a prosthesis good enough for me to play football or other sports. guns from allah schwartz who that's why i'm learning this profession i hope to help other people at some point. in on the mission or i think. for them will. always been 1st i want to complete my printer and then work as a normal tradesmen for a few years with this but it's also my goal to get my master craftsman certificate

at some point and maybe even start a small company who i knew kind of. coming to set his hopes high also for the national team. should we speak french english or just the language of football. is also they mean high he wants to develop this fledgling sports and raise standards to a professional level in germany. you know to some countries have professional structures in place especially turkey but also poland in england are examples of countries where this sport is fairly professional. or we see ourselves as pioneers . but there is a structure forming and an interest we can build on next to. the european championships in krakow poland and we aim to finish in 2 spots higher than we did last time. i hope we can continue to find players in germany who are enthusiastic

about the prospects of football. in terms of amputee football germany is still a developing nation. the reigning european champions. the german national teams next big goal in 02021 in poland. that's how meds focus to he's part of the provisional squad. and or minus and i actually want to play for my national team but sadly we don't have all but i also call this place home i've lived here for 5 years and i want to stay. when you have a goal you give everything and it's my aim to play of the euros with the national teams. you know so not my hope i can make it but you all.

in december the competition is brought to hold you to the coronavirus pandemic team sports can only be played to a limited extent how madden see money use their free time to stay fit by soho near the new we are living in tough times a coronavirus pandemic who can still do something about what we were able to play to match things we learned a lot because it was the 1st time we've played with multiple teams for owns or else the 20 year there aren't many teams just 3 there she was still our 1st tournament. i definitely learnt a lot so it owns or elsewhere now i'm preparing for next year because i hope. they're worth of the next hour. i'll speak with.

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