urgency approval all the all the e m a improve all went quite fast they decided to do a more. close that to decide to take a closer look at at all the data and the upside here is that they know what they have more confirmation they have confirmation most aspects regarding safety and effectiveness and they have more time to review the evidence and this will actually also help convince people to take the shots at the end of the day now the question is of course why did the e.u. not go for the emergency approval there's many reasons too it's one of most of the most important reason is that this would not break the dynamic of the pandemic because even if we had started vaccinating a week or 2 weeks earlier there still wouldn't have been enough vaccine to cater to everybody and the e.u. has come under a lot of fire not only for taking quite long but also for not buying and often doses of the vaccine the commission bought house of what biotech pfizer offered them why is that and how could that affect immunization efforts.

there are many reasons for this the e.u. . decided to secure doses of vaccines of many different kinds of vaccines months ago at the beginning of the pandemic to make sure they would have. the vaccine ready for the for the member states so they made contracts with the individual companies 6 of them now back in the day it wasn't clear which vaccine would prove would prove. it would go through fastest with their approval which would prove effective and this is one of the reasons why they also spread out also another reason is that this pfizer biotech is the most expensive one quite expensive compared to us because a nickel for example another one to many factor of vaccines that is due to get approval at the beginning of next year and. some of the european union states

particularly the eastern european states decided to push for the more cheaper versions. and then brussels thank you very much for your analysis of countries from germany and france to india and saudi arabia have imposed travel bans on the u.k. that's as britain battles a new strain of corona virus that set to be much more contagious the measures are already causing housing chaos and airports and other travel hubs in the u.k. which is now effectively cut off from continental europe. entry denied trucks headed from england to the european mainland forced to turn back after alarms were raised over the new coronavirus train the channel crossing to france is a crucial trade route truck drivers and their goods now stranded. young to law by the. glossy sure the this is good to

buy kitchen this is what you have to live for the next 2 days yeah i want to make here. i think or call for. travel at london's heathrow airport was also disrupted with some passengers left in limbo. i'm. confused at this time we've given out i appear on board in december situation he says the situation is totally different it's hard time to. really put strain on a lot of people but. i think overall world sweden are opening up of all the countries. now sense to see your family get back to you know. the new covert strain has already been detected in mainland europe and as far away as australia. experts say the newly developed vaccines should still protect against the mutation.

russian opposition activist alex a no ball me says he has spoken to one of the security agents alleged to have been involved in his poisoning earlier this year the agent was named in a recent report led by the investigative website belling cat is that chemical weapons experts from russia's f.s.b. have been tailing the ball me for years what we're about to play to you is an excerpt from the conversation of ali had with the agent mr navai posing as a high ranking security official asks the spy what went wrong with the operation that tried to kill him on a flight to moscow. they landed you know what i mean right he took off then they landed the plane there you go the situation ended up not going in our favor that's what i think if it had been long gone then things could have turned out differently or. should be just what had been longer konstantin

expensive but if you think it means flying for longer. well yeah maybe if it had been flying for longer for example if they hadn't suddenly landed and so on maybe then things could have turned out differently. didn't use moscow correspondent and we sure went has more emily dramatic revelations there can you give us any more details about their conversation. well there was some dramatic new information coming to light in that conversation including the fact that the f.s.b. the alleged f.s.b. operative that nobody seems to be speaking to there said that the poison that was used to poison the viney was actually put on the in seams of his underwear so far there had been questions about how and where exactly had been poisoned ahead of his flight in siberia and the agent also confirmed seem to confirm that the f.s.b.

agents on the ground later collected his his clothing and washed it several times in order to destroy any evidence of that poison he also see said as we just saw in that clip that he seemed to think that the emergency response both of the pilot of the plane and of the emergency doctors the responders on the ground were actually what saved his life has there been any response from russian authorities so far. there hasn't been any response from russian also. so far the authorities here in russia have denied that russia has anything to do with the poisoning of me and they've even gone so far as to say that perhaps nonviolent was actually poisoned after he landed for treatment in germany russian president vladimir putin last week at a press conference said that yes of course russian security services had an eye on me but he said that if russian officials had wanted to poison me then they would

have successfully done so and now this conversation seems to point again to the fact that that f.s.b. alleged f.s.b. operation was botched which of course could be a huge embarrassment to the f a a speedy and in that sense an embarrassment to vladimir putin himself who used to head the speech so that's very personal to him in some sense but i think it's unlikely that we'll see that the russian narrative on this will change i think that we'll see denials over the poisoning going forward as well and really sure when in moscow thank you very much. let's now take a look at some of the other stories making headlines at this hour the u.s. has brought criminal charges against a man over the $988.00 bombing of a passenger plane over lockerbie in scotland the attack killed 270 people mostly americans the suspect is a former libyan intelligence officer official one other person was jailed over the bombing but later released. 2 men have been

found guilty of killing 39 men women and children from vietnam who suffocated in a sealed truck near london the driver and another man were convicted of manslaughter the deaths of 2 years ago exposed and illicit people smuggling trade. germany's main services trade union has called for a strike and amazon's 6 german warehouses the campaign is set to last until christmas eve the union says its goal is to pressure the online retailer into recognizing collective wage and workplace safety agreements. here in germany a man has been sentenced to life in prison for attempting one of the country's worst anti-semitic attacks since world war 2 a court has convicted the 28 year old far right extremists of murder and attempted murder the defendant killed 2 people and afforded attack on

a synagogue and the eastern city of holland last year. his only regret is that he wasn't able to kill more people at times chiffon be smiled as the judge read out her verdict she called his crime cowardly and said he will spend the rest of his life in prison. had he succeeded in his attack it would have been the deadliest hate crime in post-war germany but his attempt alone convinced many in germany that anti-semitism has become a problem that authorities do not have under control. it was 2019 on yom kapoor the holiest day of the jewish calendar that more than 50 community members and guests were celebrating in the synagogue and hala. at midday stephon be heavily armed attacked the synagogue. he fired shots at the door and threw hand grenades. but the synagogue solid wooden door

withstood the attack and it saved the lives of those inside. among them was max prevert ski chairman of hollows jewish community the experience has left him traumatized. as a desert bird ever had a problem with the fireworks on new year's eve in the past but i noticed this year that they made me feel a bit. i wouldn't say they made me nervous but i really don't feel comfortable with . it because i associate them with the attack in the death of me these are months luck. when he failed to enter the synagogue the right wing extremists shot a woman who had spoken to him while walking by he then storm to a snack bar and opened fire killing a customer. he filmed everything on a helmet camera streaming the attack live on the internet a sign in the window commemorates the 2 people who were killed.

next perverts he has twice found paper swat stickers left in front of the jewish community office. once he saw a police officer quietly removing a swastika he finds this unsettling. and mankind. does mind the bullets i when you can't feel completely sure that you can trust or depend on police or security authorities force them to. calm down that's a bad thing. politicians in holland throughout germany stressed that combating anti-semitism is their highest priority all the same many jews in holland so they are afraid to show their religious affiliation and public the synagogue door which saved their lives has been replaced with a new one that is even stronger. up next as

our special do make sure to stay tuned for that i'll be back with more headlines at the top of the hour until then you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website at www dot com. the entire thanks for watching. the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. as the rate of infection in developing . the latest research. information and context. i. i i i. i it was. for and. i.

i. see. starts to seem to. the stress of the coronavirus pandemic is taking its toll on all of us. there's the ever present fear that you or a loved one could catch the virus. on top of the strain of having to work and learn from home. with normal ways of relaxing and socializing on hold for now scientists are starting to study the emotional impact the pandemic is having on people everywhere from the oldest to the youngest.

that is. one. fact finding that. 1 may see even if. they. want. ringback to join perhaps can't fully comprehend the unusual strain that this pandemic is placing upon them is not normal times for anyone and the impact is being felt strongly by those who would normally need the most help the elderly are among them. among the 3 friends have met up to play cards in leipzig germany they are between 70 and one over 90 years old they all still live in their own homes

they regularly to exercise classes together and meet up in a restaurant on sundays so how do they feel about the contact restrictions. i don't want to take any risks i prefer to follow the recommendations i won't take any risks with this mission and there's no tillage to last of course this is stressful because he's become really isolated and very alone. and you need a bit more as of at least i personally need a little bit more company just nursing homes have had restrictions for a long time visits are now limited to half an hour each day one of this home's residence is lucy a little she is 99 years old has 4 children and she's a grand and great grandmother they mention still and go to sleep humans are meant to be social you can have a good life when you have closeness when you can hug things that aren't possible

now. and how think you have to think in the end i don't care to shake hands with the children that's not what you're supposed to do and that's the hardest part the . man has experienced a lot in her life as scape from war illnesses and great upheaval so you know the lesson all we can do is stay calm and accept whatever comes our way and the impact of when through come the only thing we can influence that is by being considerate to each other. the impact of the coronavirus on the mental health of people of all ages is something that's being studied very closely we can now speak to professor christoph corral from the sherry tate medical school here in berlin he's conducting a major international survey called the collaborative outcomes study on health and functioning joining infection times or co fit for short and i think we need a short version of that thank you very much for joining us professor i mean what's

the aim of your study. yes when a cool fit actually cooled it hits the world as we were stunned by it myself and marcos only did cool and we thought we need to do something to learn from it and feel fortified so the idea is to state and be fit cool fits during the covert pandemic and up and makes trying to understand who are the people who are at highest risk of having poor outcomes from it and one are coping strategies to actually do well during the pandemic so that we could learn from and do from individuals for individuals but also do something like that in space governance that politicians and society could learn from what kind of strategies to deal with pandemic health both physical and mental wellbeing or actually make it worse so what sort of thing is asking people. so are asking many things that's

a long survey that's a little bit of weakness about 30 minutes for a dolls and other lessons and about 15 to 20 minutes for all children aged 6 to 13 we're asking them obviously where they live how they live where they know someone who has been infected or they've been infected themselves if they're in carnitine right now or not but also do they have a physical or mental illness already and what is the help seeking behavior during the pandemic are they getting the medication or they can have a need and then we are asked symptoms looking at not full validated scales but we drew out single questions to b.s. trans diagnostic as possible having as many mental domains and physical domains we want to cover and then we already saw that having drawn out just a couple of questions always on 0 to $10.00 how much you feel it is true knowledge that you're anxious lonely or. angry and how was it the 2 weeks

before the pandemic hit in order to see a change and then we also ask about coping strategies what works the best and then we want to see people who do well what kind of coping strategies do they use versus those that don't so that we can actually recommend certain strategies to people who may not use them appropriately they're already send theories on the impact that their pandemics been having on mental health all the specific ideas that you are trying to either challenge all or prove with this. so i mean we're looking both at no modifiable risk factors which are basically socceroo definitions and modifiable risk factors so can we do something that we want to change so for example. how much people go outside how much they are in contact with other us is it just personal contact or what about also online contact that is already pretty good but what

about telemedicine that supplements for in person visits and can still maintain well being so where we're testing a couple of also resilience factors it doesn't resilience change over time or is it something that you're born with into the pandemic what about altruism and altruistic behavior change and thereby also improve outcomes these are all some of the questions we're asking with in looking on the program and specifically the impacts for young people and older people are there specific groups that you are expecting to see the pandemic having a lot to impact on. yes all we're looking at 1st of all this is an anonymous for the general population but we're very interested in subgroups migrants pregnant women women in general the young the very old the people who live alone from plant health care workers all of these will be examined we cardiff 110000 people across

the world 147 countries 6 continents to participate we need more people to understand it better but what we've learned already is that women seem to be the brunt they have more stress and more angry and they also feel somewhat more lonely than males and particularly it seems those that have to do triple time skiing there are home running the household but they have to do home schooling and maybe also do a home office kind of work and it seems that they are much more affected all they're more open and honest about it because also more women participated in the survey saw a will be interesting to see which groups to turn out to be the greater effective professor christoph corral from the sharia to medical school and the coast fit study thanks for joining us thanks for having me and you can take part in the

survey by visiting co fit dot com they want people from all over the world and it's available in lots of different languages and you can help create a better understanding of the human impact of covered 90 now is the part of the program where we put one of your questions submitted through how you cheat channel to our science correspondent derrick williams. i would like to know why the pfizer vaccine needs to be kept separate cold especially since it presumably has to be warmed up prior to administrative to answer this i 1st have to go over a few basics of cell biology the vaccine developed by biotech and pfizer is what's known as a messenger r.n.a. or m r n a backseat l m r n a is a chain like molecule that fulfills a very important function and cells it contains codes to make proteins and it acts

as a messenger between the cells control center and its protein building machinery as hence the name but the protein this particular m.r. in a vaccine in codes for isn't a human one it's a protein that's made by the corona virus and when the m r n a is injected it causes your cells to begin making that viral protein and that provokes an immune response just as if you caught covert 19 sending in the pretty simple quick to produce m r n a code molecules to make these these complicated proteins and getting the body to do all of the work of producing them is business elegant solution to a complex problem but of course it can't be all easy we've been trying to produce these kinds of vaccines for decades now and one of the major hurdles has been keeping the m.r.i. in a stable long enough for it to accomplish its task after all messenger r.n.a.

isn't built to last in the cell that's supposed to break down again after its proteins have been produced not hang around because that would cause all kinds of problems so lots of the research in the field involves keeping this pretty fragile molecule stable and one way to do that is to code it in a in a specially designed molecular envelope and then and. and freeze it at all to a low temperatures of when he thought back out again d m r n a begins to degrade but not instantly the best description i've heard of the process compere these vaccines to get chocolate covered ice cream bars with with the coding hoping to retain the integrity of the ice cream to some extent even as it slowly melts fazer and by on tag say that their vaccine if refrigerated remains stable for up to 2 about 5 days after thawing and maternal which which

makes the other m.r. and a back same can do that that's making headlines at the moment it says that it's those is have a refrigerated shelf life of up to 30 days. so for most stay healthy oh boy. oh boy.

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